Injection test breakdown - tests with beam

Step

Activity

Who

Priority

     

ST.1.1

Commission injection region: beam 1, 1 pilot

 

 

System Software  

.01

Injection preparation (SPS, TLs, timing, close TDI)

OP

1

     

.02

Commission final 100 m of TI 8

BT

1

     

.03

Setup injection elements and beam to TDI

BT

1

     

.04

Beam commissioning injection BTVs

BI

1

BTV Standard application - on-line, off line fits to beam sizes  

.05

Detailed steering onto TDI

OP

1

Steering YASP  

.06

Power injection kicker MKI, beam to TDI

BT

1

Kickers LSA  

.07

Check stability of transfer lines and trajectory without MKI

OP

2

BPM - capture    

.08

Check stability of injected trajectory with MKI on, measure MKI waveform

OP

2

MKI - logging    

.09

Beam commissioning SIS system (parasitic)

OP

2

SIS    

.10

Perform aperture scan at MSI

BT

2

- Bumps
- Local beam loss
- BCT
   

ST.1.2

Threading around the ring: beam 1

 

 

     

.01

Open TDI and inject into ring

BT

1

TDI Controls - Collimator control
- Settings
 

.02

Coarse beam commissioning of BPMs (asynch. acquisition) and BLMs

BI

1

- BPMs
- BLMs
- Acquisition, concentration
- Display
 

.03

Commission trajectory acquisition and correction

OP

1

- BPM "threading"
- trajectory correction

YASP  

.04

Threading around ring

OP

1

- ditto -    

.05

First measurement of energy mismatch (correction if needed)

OP

1

- BPMs - capture - momentum trim SPS/TI8/LHC
- YASP - calculate deltap per arc
 

.06

First BPM and corrector polarity checks and repairs

OP

1

- kicks
- BPM capture

- sliding bumps  

.08

Commission BPM intensity measurement mode (parasitic)

BI

1

BPM intensity mode    

.09

Systematic BPM and corrector polarity checks and repairs

OP

2

- kick loop: kick, measure  

.10

Systematic physical aperture scans, free oscillations and sliding bumps

ABP

2

BLMs, BPMs, FBCT sliding bumps, kicks  

.11

Systematic linear optics checks with kick/response

OP

2

  loop: kick, acquire, YASP  

.12

Momentum aperture measurement

ABP

2

     

 

- ST 1 - injection breakdown

- ST2 - threading breakdown

More details required on those last ones.