IPAC'23 - Particle Accelerator Projects and Upgrades

IPAC’23 / PARTICLE ACCELERATOR PROJECTS AND UPGRADES 32 Project Region EMEA Project Location Switzerland Project Type Project Update Project Description The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest scientific instrument ever designed and built for particle physics research. The LHC machine accelerates and collides proton beams but also heavier ion species at unprecedented energies of up to 14 TeV. The accelerator is installed in a 27 km long tunnel, about 100 m underground at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC design is based on superconducting twin-aperture magnets, which are cooled with superfluid helium to their nominal operating temperature of 1.9 K, for the guidance of the particle beams. High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) is a project aiming at an upgrade of the LHC machine to maintain scientific progress and exploit its full capacity. By increasing its peak luminosity as of 2029 by a factor of five beyond its initial design value, it will allow collecting a ten times larger set of physics data than during the exploitation period of the nominal LHC. To this aim, HL-LHC is exploring new beam configurations and novel technologies in the domain of superconductivity, radiofrequency, cryogenics, radiation tolerant materials, electronics, and remote handling. Requirements List Available Yes Approval Date 01/06/2016 Status of Contracting About 70% of the tenders have already been adjudicated. For the rest, calls for tenders are in progress or will be launched in the next two years. Construction scheduled to start 01/01/2018 Estimated Project Cost Until the end of 2028 Estimated Construction Duration 1,140  M CHF (material cost) including R&D and in- kind contributions; Industrial contracts are about  700 M CHF Type of Equipment to be Purchased SC Magnets & components; SC RF cavities & components; Powering and controls devices for Magnets and Cavities; Collimators & precision mechanics special equipment; Vacuum equipment and beam diagnostics; Cryogenic plants and cryogenic equipment; SC links in MgB2 and High temperature superconductor current leads; Large & precision mechanical tools; technical infrastructures, manufacturing services. Project Leader(s) Oliver Brüning Affiliation CERN e-mail Oliver.Bruning@cern.ch Contact Person(s) Hector Garcia Gavela Affiliation CERN e-mail hector.garcia.gavela@cern.ch High Luminosity LHC