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Motivations for upgrading the LHC injectors. Evolution of the CERN accelerator complex (1/3): - Proposed combinations. Proton flux / Beam power. Linac4. Linac2. 50 MeV. 160 MeV. PSB. SPL’ RCPSB. SPL. 1.4 GeV. ~ 5 GeV. PS. 26 GeV. PS2 (PS2+).
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Evolution of the CERN accelerator complex (1/3):- Proposed combinations Proton flux / Beam power Linac4 Linac2 50 MeV 160 MeV PSB SPL’ RCPSB SPL 1.4 GeV ~ 5 GeV PS 26 GeV PS2 (PS2+) SPL: Superconducting Proton Linac (~ 5 GeV) SPL’: RCPSB injector (0.16 to 0.4-1 GeV) RCPSB: Rapid Cycling PSB (0.4-1 to ~ 5 GeV) PS2: High Energy PS (~ 5 to 50 GeV – 0.3 Hz) PS2+:Superconducting PS (~ 5 to 50 GeV – 0.3 Hz) SPS+: Superconducting SPS (50 to1000 GeV) DLHC: “Double energy” LHC (1 to ~14 TeV) 40 – 60 GeV Output energy SPS SPS+ 450 GeV 1 TeV LHC DLHC 7 TeV ~ 14 TeV Benefits of injectors’ upgrades
Scenarios for the proton accelerator complex (2/3):- Stages of implementation Benefits of injectors’ upgrades
Scenarios for the proton accelerator complex (3/3):- Expected performance improvement Benefits of injectors’ upgrades