ML

March 12, 2015

V1.3

LHC Schedule 2015

Approved by the Research Board, December 2014
Controls
maintenance

Jan
Wk

Mo

2
29

Feb
3

4
12

5
19

Start LHC commissioning

with beam

Mar
6
26

7
2

8
9

9
16

10
23

11

12

13
16

23

Tu
Th

Powering tests
Sector
test
23
78-67

Fr
Sa
Su

Apr
Wk

Machine checkout

We

May

14

Mo

15

16

30 Easter Mon 6

17
13

June

18
20

Scrubbing for 50 ns
operation

19
27

20
4

21
11

22
18

Whit

23
25

24

25

26
15

22

Tu
Recommissioning with
beam

Th
Fr

TS1
Special physic run

Injector TS

We

Ascension

1st May

G. Friday

Sa

Intensity ramp-up
with 50 ns beam

Su

Scrubbing for 25 ns
operation

July
Wk

27

Mo

28
29

Aug

29
6

30
13

Sep

31
20

32
27

33
3

34
10

35
17

36
24

37

38

31

14

MD 2

TS2

MD 1
Intensity ramp-up
with 25 ns beam

Th

Jeune G

Fr
1

Sa

lower
beta*

Su

21

Special physic run

Tu
We

39

End physics

Wk
Mo

Nov

40

41
28

42
5

43
12

44
19

[06:00]

Dec
45
26

46
2

Tu
TS3

We

47
9

48
16

49
23

Ions
setup
IONS

Th

50
30

51
7

MD 3

Fr

21

Xmas

Sa
Su
Technical Stop

Machine development

Recommissoning with beam

Special physics runs (indicative - schedule to be established)

Scrubbing (indicative - dates to be established)

52
14

Technical
stop

Oct