Tag: Project Status
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Transition to deployment phase approaching: update on project status
Impressive progress has been made across the entire collaboration, with production progress vital as we continue to progress towards deployment in the LHC tunnel. The upcoming Collaboration Meeting will be an exciting time to meet just after the start of deinstallation of the machine, to reflect on what we have achieved so far and what…
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Update of project status
The HL-LHC project has continued to make impressive progress since the annual meeting in Genoa at the end of 2024. In particular I would like to highlight here the celebrations for the first Beam Screen being completed at CERN, the successful repair of the prototype RFD Crab Cavity cryo-module and its on-time installation in the…
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LHC operational status
Figure 1: Photograph of the dispersion suppressor collimator (TCLD) installed in the dispersion suppressor region around ALICE. A standard 15m-long connection cryostat is replaced by two shorter connection cryostats and a bypass module that enables installation of a warm collimator. Since the restart of the LHC for its third operational run in 2022 (Run 3),…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status
The project has reached several key milestones since the last newsletter. Among the many achievements, I would like to highlight here the celebrations for the successful validation of the CERN MQXFB quadrupole improvement plan and the successful validation of the first two magnets destined for direct installation in the tunnel (MQXFB03 and MQXFB04), the delivery…
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Status of infrastructure installations for HL-LHC
Following the handover of the civil engineering buildings and structures in the period from May 2020 until January 2023, the installation of the general services and technical infrastructures has started at the HL-LHC worksites of P1 (ATLAS) and P5 (CMS). The two worksites are in the so-called worksite Category 1 and will remain closed and…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status
The project reached several key milestones since the last Newsletter. Among the many achievements I would like to highlight here the celebration for the completion of all Civil Engineering work in January at CERN. The new underground structures have been completed by the end of 2022 and the new surface buildings at P1 and P5…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status – Issue 6
Progress since the last collaboration meeting in October 2021 has been impressive and the project passed several key milestones for the project implementation despite the turbulences caused by COVID-19 and the crisis in Ukraine. Among the many achievements, I would like to highlight here the successful endurance test validation of the MQXFA05 triplet quadrupole magnet…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status – Issue 5
The progress since the last collaboration meeting in October 2020 has been truly remarkable and the project successfully passed several key milestones for the project implementation in spite of the COVID-19 restrictions. Among the many achievements, I would like to highlight here the successful validation of two pre-series MQXFA triplet quadrupole magnets by our US…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status – Issue 4
Dear HiLumi collaborators, The period following the 9th Collaboration Meeting in Fermilab, 14-17 November 2019, has been exceptionally rich in events. The most striking has certainly been the COVID-19 emergency, with long periods of lockdown almost everywhere. Although work has resumed at CERN and in most laboratories, the consequences go far beyond the lockdown time.…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status – Issue 3
As mentioned in the closing remarks of the 8th HL-LHC Annual Meeting held at CERN (18th October 2018), the project is experiencing a mix of success and difficulties while passing from design and industrialization into construction. The most delicate point is certainly the unexpected bad behaviors of some prototypes and model magnets. The HL-LHC magnets…