LEP, SPS & LHC Beam Energy and Polarization

Notes & Publications :

• Observation of tides with resonant depolarization (NIM A 357 (1995) 249) (pdf)

• Energy calibration during the 1993 energy scan (Z. Phys. C 66 (1995) 45) (pdf)

• Centre-of-mass energy shifts due to opposite sign vertical dispersion (pdf, ps)

• Centre-of-mass energy shifts due to dispersion in 1993/1994 (pdf)

• Influence of horizontal orbit correctors (pdf)

• Observation of ring deformations with closed orbits (pdf, ps)

• Final LEP1 energy calibration paper (pdf)

• Central RF frequency measurements (pdf, ps)

• Observation of tides with closed orbits (PAC 99) (pdf, ps)

• Bending field spreading on horizontal correctors (pdf, ps)

• RF System Calibration with Beam Orbits at LEP (pdf)

• Energy calibration at the SPS with p & Lead ions (pdf)

• SPS momentum calibration and stability in 2003 (pdf)

• SPS momentum calibration PAC2005 (zip of paper, poster)

• Beam momentum calibration at the LHC  (pdf)

• LEP2 energy calibration paper (pdf)

• Final LEP2 energy calibration paper (pdf)

• LHC energy calibration at 4 TeV proton-Lead (pdf)

• LHC energy calibration and accuracy (pdf)

Polarization:

• LEP polarimeter design - NIM M. Placidi & R. Rossmanith (pdf)

• LEP polarization studies in 1993 - SL report (pdf)

• LEP solenoid compensation - LEP note A Blondel (pdf)

• LEP polarizarion overview 1995 (pdf)

• LEP polarization at 60 GeV - Master F. Sonnemann (pdf)

• LEP polarizarion with beam-beam - PAC 05 (pdf)

Formulae:

• Spreadsheet SPS energy matching (exel)

• Energy related formulae (pdf)

Talks:

• LEP seminar at Univ. Mainz  (feb 99) (pdf)

• LEP fest presentation (oct 2k) (pdf)

• ATLAS LHC energy calibration (Nov 2012) (pptx)

• LHC beam energy calibration TOP WS (May 2016) (pptx)

Link to LEP energy calibration homepage - Back