Summary of session 8

Abstract

Session 8 of the 2010 LHC performance workshop in Chamonix addresses all planned activities for the first upgrade intervention which is currently planned for the 2014-2015 shutdown. The goal of this first upgrade campaign for the LHC is to consolidate the nominal performance of the LHC and to open the door for routine operation with ultimate beam parameters and a peak luminosity above 2 1034 cm-2 sec-1. The interventions foreseen in this first upgrade phase include: the connection of LINAC4 to the PSB and the related upgrade of the injection region in the PSB, upgrade of the LHC collimation region with Phase2 Cu collimators and additional absorbers in the dispersion suppressors of the main cleaning insertions, the installation of new triplet and D1 magnets (including the DFBX electrical feedbox for the triplet magnets), the installation of 200 MHz capture cavities and additional transverse damper kickers.