LHC Accelerator Research Program

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The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) coordinates research and development in the United States related to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. [1] Among other things, the program has contributed important instrumentation for initial LHC operation [2] [3] [4] [5] and is leading the way for the development of superconducting magnets based on Niobium-tin, which are proposed for future LHC upgrades. [6]

LARP was first proposed in 2003 as a collaboration between the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [7] The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory joined the program shortly thereafter. [8]

LARP is funded through the US Department of Energy. The total funding in Fiscal Year 2010 was $12.39M, distributed among the four labs involved. [9]

References

  1. "Home". uslarp.org.
  2. "LHC beam instrumentation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-18.
  3. "Ipac2010 Thpe083".
  4. "Ipac2010 Mopec021".
  5. "The 4.8 Ghz LHC Schottky pick-up system" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-18.
  6. "LARP leads the way for Niobium-tin magnets | Article 4 | Issue 4 | Newsletters | News | EuCARD". Archived from the original on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  7. R. Kephart et al, "The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program: A Proposal"
  8. Markiewicz, "LHC Accelerator Research at SLAC" [ permanent dead link ]
  9. "DOE FY10 Science Budget, p. 245" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2010-08-25.