Instrumentation2: Other instruments, ghost/satellite bunch monitoring, halo, emittance, new developments

TL;DR

This paper discusses advanced beam instrumentation techniques at the LHC, focusing on measuring beam parameters like current, distribution, and size with high precision to improve luminosity estimation.

Contribution

It presents new developments in beam instrumentation, including ghost/satellite bunch monitoring and halo/emittance measurements, enhancing absolute parameter calibration.

Findings

Improved accuracy in beam current measurement

Enhanced monitoring of beam halo and emittance

Better calibration of luminosity-related parameters

Abstract

In order to estimate in absolute terms the luminosity of LHC certain beam parameters have to be measured very accurately. In particular the total beam current and the relative distribution of the charges around the ring, the transverse size of the beams at the interaction points and the relative position of the beams at the interaction point. The experiments can themselves measure several of these parameters very accurately thanks to the versatility of their detectors, other parameters need however to be measured using the monitors installed on the machine. The beam instrumentation is usually built for the purpose of aiding the operation team in setting up and optimizing the beams, often this only requires precise relative measurements and therefore the absolute scale is usually not very precisely calibrated. The luminosity calibration requires several machine-side instruments to be pushed beyond their initial scope.