Channeling and volume reflection of high-energy charged particles in short bent crystals. Crystal assisted collimation of the accelerator beam halo

W Scandale, AM Taratin - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The experimental studies of high-energy charged particle deflection due to planar and axial
channeling as well as volume reflection and multi volume reflections in short bent crystals at …

Future physics opportunities for high-density QCD at the LHC with heavy-ion and proton beams

Z Citron, A Dainese, JF Grosse-Oetringhaus… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
The future opportunities for high-density QCD studies with ion and proton beams at the LHC
are presented. Four major scientific goals are identified: the characterisation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of channeling for 6500 GeV/c protons in the crystal assisted collimation setup for LHC

W Scandale, G Arduini, M Butcher, F Cerutti… - Physics Letters B, 2016 - Elsevier
Two high-accuracy goniometers equipped with two bent silicon crystals were installed in the
betatron cleaning insertion of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its long …

JACOW: Recent Developments with the New Tools for Collimation Simulations in Xsuite

F Van der Veken, F Cerutti, N Triantafyllou, LS Esposito… - JACoW HB, 2024 - cds.cern.ch
Simulations of single-particle tracking involving collimation systems need dedicated tools to
perform the different tasks needed. These include the accurate description of particle-matter …

HL-LHC operational scenarios for Pb-Pb and p-Pb operation

R Bruce, T Argyropoulos, J Jowett, G Rumolo… - 2020 - cds.cern.ch
This report describes the running scenario for operation with Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions in
the HL-LHC. The expected beam parameters are described, starting from the beams …

Applications of crystal collimation to the cern large hadron collider (lhc) and its high luminosity upgrade project (hl-lhc)

M D'Andrea - 2021 - cds.cern.ch
Charged particles interacting with materials with a highly ordered structure can experience a
variety of coherent processes, among which crystal channeling is of particular interest to …

Crystal collimation of heavy-ion beams

S Redaelli, R Bruce, M D'Andrea… - … : New Machine for …, 2024 - World Scientific
Crystal collimation is an advanced technique where a silicon crystal, only a few millimeters
long and bent to a curvature of about 50 μrad, coherently deflects the beam halo onto a …

[PDF][PDF] Design and implementation of a crystal collimation test stand at the Large Hadron Collider

D Mirarchi, G Hall, S Redaelli, W Scandale - The European Physical …, 2017 - Springer
Future upgrades of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) demand improved cleaning
performance of its collimation system. Very efficient collimation is required during regular …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation framework and measurements of crystal collimation of proton beams at the Large Hadron Collider

R Cai, R Bruce, M D'Andrea, LS Esposito… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Thanks to its versatility in deploying large kicks with high efficiency, crystal channeling is
being integrated more and more into modern particle accelerators. For example, at the …

[PDF][PDF] Layouts for fixed-target experiments and dipole moment measurements of short-lived baryons using bent crystals at the LHC

D Mirarchi, AS Fomin, S Redaelli… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
Several studies are on-going at CERN in the framework of the Physics Beyond Collider
study group, with main aim of broadening the physics research spectrum using the available …