Comment by ComputerGuru
6 days ago
Am I the only one that feels three/four years is a mighty ambitious timeline for the upgrade? It seems to be a very significant undertaking…
6 days ago
Am I the only one that feels three/four years is a mighty ambitious timeline for the upgrade? It seems to be a very significant undertaking…
Keep in mind this is for the hardware work. We have been working on the HL-LHC from the physics / beam dynamics / everything else side for close to a decade now.
The other machines in the complex, which we call "injectors" from our mighty tower, have already undergone their own upgrade to be ready for HL-LHC, the LIU (https://home.cern/accelerator-chain-prepares-high-luminosity...).
Nonetheless there are plenty of things to be done and a lot of technologically engaging challenges ahead so this 3-4 years is still ambitious ;)
It's been in the planning stages for at least 5-8 years at this point. The instruments and upgrades have been tested and validated so it's just putting stuff together and then validating/calibrating. Stuff can still happen like the splice issue and repairs.