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Phiphy's Physics Study Notes

LHC – The 0th Year

Posted by Phiphy on 05/09/2008

End June:
Machine cold
Expt beampipe bakeout finished

Mid-July:
Experiments configured ready for beam
Patrol of tunnel and caverns
Controlled access only

End-July:
First injection
Commissioning with beam, including at some point
few hours collisions at 900 GeV cm

End Sept:

Collisions at 10 TeV..2008 physics run.

End Nov??
Winter shutdown: commission to 14 TeV.

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