Useful literature

Accelerator Physics

M. Sands, The physics of electron storage rings, SLAC, 1970 Weblink

M. Martini, An introduction to transverse beam dynamics in accelerators, CERN/PS 96-11, Weblink

H. Wiedemann, Particle Accelerator Physics, Fourth Edition, Springer Weblink

S. Y. Lee, Accelerator Physics (available in CERN Library) Weblink

General background on LHC

Brief introduction
P. Hermes, Heavy-ion collimation at the LHC, Chapter 3, Weblink

Popular broad review
L. Evans, The Large Hadron Collider: a Marvel of Technology (can be found e.g. at the CERN library)

In-depth technical reference on LHC design and layout (Chapter 18 on collimation)
O. Bruning et al., LHC Design Report, 2004, CERN Weblink

LHC Collimation

General concepts
R. Bruce et al., Calculations of safe collimator settings and $\beta^*$ at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, PRAB, 18, 2015. Weblink.

G. Robert-Demolaize, Design and Performance Optimization of the LHC Collimation System, 2006. Chapter 1.1 to 1.4 and 1.6 to 1.7. Weblink.

C. Bracco, Commissioning Scenarios and Tests for the LHC Collimation system, Doctoral Thesis, 2009. Chapters 1 to 5. Weblink

LHC proton collimation simulations and measurements
R. Bruce et al., Simulations and measurements of beam loss patterns at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, PRAB, 17, 2014. Weblink.

Overview on High Luminosity LHC collimation system upgrade
D. Mirarchi et al., Cleaning Performance of the Collimation System of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, Proceedings of the IPAC 2016, Busan, Korea, 2016. Weblink.

Crystal Collimation
M. D'Andrea et al., Crystal Collimation Tests with Pb Ion Beams, CERN-ACC-NOTE-2019-0024, 2019. Weblink.

D. Mirarchi, G. Hall, S. Redaelli, W. Scandale, Design and implementation of a crystal collimation test stand at the Large Hadron Collider, The European Physical Journal C, 77, 2017. Weblink.

D. Mirarchi, Crystal Collimation for LHC, Doctoral Thesis, 2015. Weblink.

Heavy-ion collimation
N. Fuster-Martinez, et al., Simulations of heavy-ion halo collimation at the CERN Large Hadron Collider: Benchmark with measurements and cleaning performance evaluation, Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams, 23, 2020. Weblink.

P. Hermes, Heavy-Ion Collimation at the Large Hadron Collider : Simulations and Measurements, Doctoral Thesis, 2016. Weblink

Collimator materials
E. Quaranta and R. Bruce and A. Mereghetti and S. Redaelli and A. Rossi, Collimation cleaning at the LHC with advanced secondary collimator materials, Proceedings of the International Particle Accelerator Conference 2015, Richmond, VA, USA, 2015. Weblink.

Tracking Simulations

Overview of SixTrack-FLUKA coupling
E. Skordis et al., FLUKA coupling to SixTrack, Weblink

Physics beyond colliders

LHC fixed target experiments, CERN Yellow Report. Weblink

Future Circular Collider (FCC)

FCC-ee
FCC Collaboration, FCC-ee: The Lepton Collider. Weblink

Dynamic Aperture (DA)

E. Todesco, M. Giovannozzi, Dynamic aperture estimates and phase-space distortions in nonlinear betatron motion, Physical Review E, 53, 1996.

M. Giovannozzi, W. Scandale, E. Todesco, Dynamic aperture extrapolation in the presence of tune modulation, Physical Review E, 57, 1998. Weblink.

S. Fartoukh, M. Giovannozzi, Dynamic aperture computation for the as-built CERN Large Hadron Collider and impact of main dipoles sorting, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 671, 2012. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, Proposed scaling law for intensity evolution in hadron storage rings based on dynamic aperture variation with time, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 15, 2012. Weblink.

F. Van der Veken, M. Giovannozzi, Scaling Laws for the Time Dependence of Luminosity in Hadron Circular Accelerators based on Simple Models of Dynamic Aperture Evolution, 260, 2018. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, F. Van der Veken, Description of the luminosity evolution for the CERN LHC including dynamic aperture effects, Part I: The model, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 905, 2018. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, F. F. Van der Veken, Description of the luminosity evolution for the CERN LHC including dynamic aperture effects. Part II: application to Run 1 data, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 908, 2018. Weblink.

A. Bazzani, M. Giovannozzi, E.H. Maclean, C.E. Montanari, F.F. Van der Veken, W. Van Goethem, Advances on the modeling of the time evolution of dynamic aperture of hadron circular accelerators, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 22, 2019. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, E. Maclean, C. E. Montanari, G. Valentino, F. F. Van der Veken, Machine Learning Applied to the Analysis of Nonlinear Beam Dynamics Simulations for the CERN Large Hadron Collider and Its Luminosity Upgrade, Information, 12, 2021. Weblink.

Frequency Map Analysis (FMA)

Y. Papaphilippou, Detecting chaos in particle accelerators through the frequency map analysis method, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 24, 2014. Weblink.

Harmonic analysis and chaos indicators

R. Bartolini, M. Giovannozzi, A. Bazzani, W. Scandale, E. Todesco, Tune evaluation in simulations and experiments, Part. Accel., 52, 1995. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, W. Scandale, E. Todesco, Prediction of long-term stability in large hadron colliders, Part. Accel., 56, 1996. Weblink.

Measurements

E. H. Maclean, M. Giovannozzi, R. B. Appleby, Innovative method to measure the extent of the stable phase-space region of proton synchrotrons, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 22, 2019. Weblink.

A. Bazzani, M. Giovannozzi, E. H. Maclean, Analysis of the non-linear beam dynamics at top energy for the CERN Large Hadron Collider by means of a diffusion model, The European Physical Journal Plus, 135, 2020. Weblink.

Nonlinear beam manipulations

R. Cappi, M. Giovannozzi, Novel method for multiturn extraction: trapping charged particles in islands of phase space, Physical review letters, 88, 2002. Weblink.

R. Cappi, M. Giovannozzi, Multiturn extraction and injection by means of adiabatic capture in stable islands of phase space, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 7, 2004. Weblink.

S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, M. Martini, E. Metral, P. Scaramuzzi, R. Steerenberg, A.-S. Muller, Experimental evidence of adiabatic splitting of charged particle beams using stable islands of transverse phase space, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 9, 2006. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, J. Morel, Principle and analysis of multiturn injection using stable islands of transverse phase space, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 10, 2007. Weblink.

A. Franchi, S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, Progresses in the studies of adiabatic splitting of charged particle beams by crossing nonlinear resonances, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 12, 2009. Weblink.

M. Giovannozzi, D. Quatraro, G. Turchetti, Generating unstable resonances for extraction schemes based on transverse splitting, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 12, 2009. Weblink.

S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, C. Hernalsteens, First observations of intensity-dependent effects for transversely split beams during multiturn extraction studies at the CERN Proton Synchrotron, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 16, 2013. Weblink.

A. Bazzani, C. Frye, M. Giovannozzi, C. Hernalsteens, Analysis of adiabatic trapping for quasi-integrable area-preserving maps, Physical Review E, 89, 2014. Weblink.

A. Franchi, M. Giovannozzi, Novel technique for injecting and extracting beams in a circular hadron accelerator without using septum magnets, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams, 18, 2015. Weblink.

Borburgh, J. and Damjanovic, S. and Gilardoni, S. and Giovannozzi, M. and Hernalsteens, C. and Hourican, M. and Huschauer, A. and Kahle, K. and Le Godec, G. and Michels, O. and others, First implementation of transversely split proton beams in the CERN Proton Synchrotron for the fixed-target physics programme, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 113, 2016. Weblink.

Abernethy, S. and Akroh, A. and Bartosik, H. and Blas, A. and Bohl, T. and Cettour-Cave, S. and Cornelis, K. and Damerau, H. and Gilardoni, S. and Giovannozzi, M. and others, Operational performance of the CERN injector complex with transversely split beams, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 20, 2017. Weblink.

Huschauer, A. and Blas, A. and Borburgh, J. and Damjanovic, S. and Gilardoni, S. and Giovannozzi, M. and Hourican, M. and Kahle, K. and Le Godec, G. and Michels, O. and others, Transverse beam splitting made operational: Key features of the multiturn extraction at the CERN Proton Synchrotron, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 20, 2017. Weblink.

S. Machida, C. Prior, S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, A. Huschauer, S. Hirlander, Numerical investigation of space charge effects on the positions of beamlets for transversely split beams, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 20, 2017. Weblink.

Huschauer, A. and Bartosik, H. and Cave, S. C. and Coly, M. and Cotte, D. and Damerau, H. and Di Giovanni, G.P. and Gilardoni, S. and Giovannozzi, M. and Kain, V. and others, Advancing the CERN proton synchrotron multiturn extraction towards the high-intensity proton beams frontier, Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 22, 2019. Weblink.

M. Vadai, A. Alomainy, H. Damerau, S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, A. Huschauer, Barrier bucket and transversely split beams for loss-free multi-turn extraction in synchrotrons, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 128, 2019. Weblink.

X. Cui, S. Gilardoni, M. Giovannozzi, G. Iadarola, Numerical simulations of electron cloud build-up in circular accelerators in the presence of multimode distribution beams, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 129, 2020. Weblink.

Manuals

Collimation SixTrack for Protons → Link to Manual