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AKBP: Arbeitskreis Beschleunigerphysik

AKBP 12: Bestowal of Prizes

AKBP 12.2: Invited Talk

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 12:30–13:00, HS 7

The LHC as an Heavy-Ion Collider — •Michaela Schaumann — CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

In the scope of a second major physics programme the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has provided nucleus-nucleus and proton-nucleus collisions since 2010 and 2012. While the major hardware systems are compatible with heavy-ion operation, the beam dynamics and performance limits with nuclear beams are quite different from those of protons in a number of respects. This presentation will introduce the heavy-ion programme of the LHC from the point of view of accelerator operation, explain the main challenges of this operational mode and show prospects for the future.