LHC Planning 2026

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3	Date	Shift	Team	Status
4	2/23/2026
5		M	OP		Access...
6		M	OP		All caverns patrolled and closed @ 14:00.
7		A	OP		All vacuum valves (except pt2 open), circuits on. BIS & LBDS armed.
8		A	OP		Cycle to 50/15 with BIS and LBDS armed. "Quench" of ITR2 to be investigated by QPS/EE teams
9		N	OP
10		N	OP
11	Tue 24/2/26
12		M	OP		Access for VSC to point 2, Intervention by QPS in ITR2.
13		M	OP		Machine to 6.8 TeV to check ITR2.
14		A	OP		LBDS and BIS MP tests, TL tests - LHC MTG crashes on injection requests
15		A	OP		TL test, FMCM tests, RF frequency ramp LBDS armed
16		N	OP
17		N	OP
18	Wed 25/2/26
19		M	OP		Access for removal of VSC equipment from point 2, BRAN, DOROS, ZDC checks
20		M	OP		Access for removal of VSC equipment from point 2, BRAN, DOROS, ZDC checks
21		A	OP		Recovery
22		A	OP		Precycle & cycle (circuits & RF)
23		N	OP
24		N	OP
25	Thu 26/2/26
26		M	OP		First injections and circulating beam, Q & Q', orbit, trajectory corrections
27		M	OP		Meyrin injectors down (technet issue), RF bucket setup, ADT excitation, AC-dipole
28		A	OMC	BCM	Optics checks at injection, BI, RF and ADT setup, VELO valves closed (SMOG)
29		A	OP/OMC	BCM	Optics checks at injection and FT (1.2m)
30		N	OP	LUMI	Steering TI2/8 with nominals, E-matching, ramp and collide with nominals (stop at 1.2m)
31		N	OP	LUMI	Probes to 50/15 cm, LMs at 50/15 with coarse settings
32	Fri 27/2/26
33		M	OP/COLL/BI		Collimation alignment at injection, IR6 BPM intensity threshold, SMOG in LHCb
34		M	OMC	BCM	Collimation LMs, optics check @ FT
35		A	OMC	BCM	Optics check at FT at 93 cm, 60cm, 30cm, 25 cm
36		A	OMC	BCM	Optics check at FT at 18 cm, 15 cm - dumped on BLMs - OMC setup completed
37		N	OP		Decay measurements at injection (6.8 TeV / precycle)
38		N	OP		Decay measurements at injection (6.8 TeV / precycle)
39	Sat 28/2/26
40		M	COLL		Collimator alignment at FT
41		M	COLL		Collimator alignment at FT, aperture measurement at injection
42		A	OP/BI		Blindable BLM test
43		A	OP/BI/RF		Blindable BLM test, splashes ATLAS, RF V calibration
44		N	RF		RF cavity phasing (voltage cal not possible, scope issue)
45		N	RF		RF cavity phasing (voltage cal not possible, scope issue)
46	Sun 1/3/26
47		M	ABT		TDIS & TCDQ alignment check @ injection
48		M	OP		Cycle to 1.2 TeV (FT only) - issue with TCTPH.4L8.B1 (all switches actives)
49		A	OP		Access to UA83 for TCTPH, 1.2 TeV cycle
50		A	OP	LUMI	VDM cycle with nominals
51		N	COLL/ABP		Collimator impedance - lost S78
52		N	COLL/ABP		TZ82 fire alarm, ITL8 PC issue
53	Mon 2/3/26	1	WEEK	10	MC: H. Timko
54		M	ABT		Access for ITL8 PC, TCDI aligment check and inj prot validation
55		M	ABT		TCDI aligment check and inj prot validation, CMS splashes
56		A	ADT		ADT setup (single nominals) - bumps, intensity range setup...
57		A	ADT		ADT setup (single nominals), nominal cycle cleaning
58		N	OP		Beta* levelling cleaning
59		N	OP	LUMI	Beta* levelling cleaning / setup / nominal optimization in squeeze
60	Tue 3/3/26	2
61		M	ABT	LUMI	TCDQ alignment at FT, beta* levelling setup (collisions, TCT+TCL alignment)
62		M	OP/COLL	LUMI	Beta* levelling setup (collisions, TCT+TCL alignment), aperture at 15 cm
63		A	COLL	LUMI	LM at injection, TDIS angular alignment re-check
64		A	COLL	LUMI	Aperture at 18 cm
65		N	OP		OMC corrections for 1.2 TeV cycle - beam lost due to instability (Q')
66		N	OP		OMC corrections for 1.2 TeV cycle
67	Wed 4/3/26	3
68		M	OP		LM during ramp and FT - nominal lost during first ramp
69		M	OP		LM during ramp and FT
70		A	RF		RF voltage calibration / LM at injection
71		A	ABP		Impedance studies
72		N	ABP		Impedance studies
73		N	ABP		Crystal alignment check
74	Thu 5/3/26	4
75		M	OP		Access
76		M	OP		Recovery, IR6 BPM sensitivity + beam presence flag check, AGK adjustment
77		A	COLL	LUMI	AGK adjustment, Interlock BPM check (single b), XRP alignment
78		A	COLL	LUMI	XRP alignment
79		N	COLL	LUMI	XRP data taking (AFP mu = 0.5, 1h, CTPPS 6h)
80		N	COLL	LUMI	XRP data taking (AFP mu = 0.5, 1h, CTPPS 6h)
81	Fri 6/3/26	5
82		M	RF/ADT		LMs at injection, interlock BPM validation with 12b, train injection, ADT setup/check
83		M	RF/ADT		Train injection, ADT setup/check, access for RCBH30.R7B2
84		A	OP	LUMI	Access for COD + ADT, MP validation 60/18
85		A	OP	LUMI	MP validation 60/18
86		N	OP	LUMI	MP validation
87		N	OP	LUMI	MP validation, 1.2 TeV cycle
88	Sat 7/3/26	6
89		M	OMC		VdM optics
90		M	OP		VdM optics
91		A	OP	LUMI	Stable beams with 4b
92		A	OP	LUMI	Stable beams with 4b - dumped on beta* smp range for SB flag	Single_4b_2_2_2_noLRs
93		N	OP	LUMI	Stable beams with 12b
94		N	OP	LUMI	Stable beams with 12b	Single_12b_8_8_8_1bpi_12inj
95	Sun 8/3/26	7
96		M	OP		Stable beams with 12b, 3 TeV cycle	verbal "checklist"
97		M	OP		Stable beams with 75b - ALICE field off fill (1st fill, min 5 h)	25ns_75b_74_38_50_12bpi_9inj_3INDIVs
98		A	OP		Stable beams with 75b
99		A	OP		Stable beams with 75b
100		N	OP		Stable beams with 75b