CERN SPS Upgrade New 200 MHz and 800 MHz amplifiers CERN Accelerator Complex Protons and Lead Ions to maximum acceleration Eric Montesinos CERN-RF LINAC2 (proton) or Linac 3 (Lead ions) Booster (protons) or Leir (lead ions) PS (Proton Synchrotron) SPS (Super Proton Synchrotron) LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Several other experiences : n_TOF – The neutron time-of-flight facility; a neutron source that has been operating at CERN since 2001 AD – The Antiproton Decelerator; manufacturing antimatter providing lowenergy antiprotons for studies of antimatter ISOLDE – Isotope Separator On-Line; source of low-energy beams of radioactive isotopes CLIC – the Compact Linear Collider Study; an international collaboration working on a concept for a post LHC machine to collide electrons and positrons head on at energies up to several TeV Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 2 CERN SPS – the Super Proton Synchrotron The second largest machine in CERN’s accelerator complex, nearly 7 km in circumference. It was switched on in 1976 (CERN Nobel-prize for discovery of W and Z particles in 1983) Presently, SPS accelerates particles to provide beams for the: Eric Montesinos CERN-RF North Experimental area FT (Fixed Target) program (North Area) CNGS project LHC (Large Hadron Collider) And Many Machine Developments SPS as LHC injector CNGS : CERN Neutrions to Gran Sasso Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 3 200 MHz RF in the SPS 1975 Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 1980 1990 2000 2010 1976 TWC#1 / TX1 TWC#2 / TX2 The RF-SPS started up in 1976 with two accelerating cavities 1979 TWC#4 / TX4 1978 TWC#3 / TX3 Since 1980, for the new role of SPS as proton-antiproton collider, there are four cavities operating @ 200 MHz 1980 TWC#1 / TX1+TX2 TWC#2 / TX3+TX4 TWC#3 / TX5+TX6 TWC#4 / TX7+TX8 Configuration of one of the four 200 MHz power plant Transmitter (TXA) We have 4 lines : 2 x Siemens: 20 x RS2004 2 x Philips: 68 x YL1530 mW Coaxial transmission line (feeder line) 125 to 160 meters Dummy load Terminating loads Power combiner Transmitter (TXB) Accelerating cavity Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 4 Two ‘Siemens’ lines = 20 x RS2004 From Beam Control Ø Eric Montesinos CERN-RF From Beam Control G Ø G 1W Solid state 1W Solid state 1W Solid state 1W Solid state 100W Solid state 100W Solid state 100W Solid state 100W Solid state 1kW YL1440 tube 1kW YL1440 tube 1kW YL1440 tube 1kW YL1440 tube 10kW YL1520 tube 10kW YL1520 tube 10kW YL1520 tube 10kW YL1520 tube 100kW RS2004 tube 100kW RS2004 tube 100kW RS2004 tube TXA TXB 4 x 125kW 4 x 125kW RS2004 tubes RS2004 tubes One line (input cavity ~125/140 m away) Thursday, 6th October 2011 TXA TXB 4 x 125kW 4 x 125kW RS2004 tubes RS2004 tubes 100kW RS2004 tube One line (input cavity ~125/140 m away) 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 5 Two ‘Philips’ lines = 68 x YL1530 From Beam Control Ø From Beam Control G 1W Solid state Ø 1W Solid state 100W Solid state 100W Solid state 1kW YL1440 tube 35kW YL1530 tube TXA 16 x 35kW YL1530 tubes TXB 16 x 35kW YL1530 tubes G 1W Solid state 1W Solid state 100W Solid state 100W Solid state 1kW YL1440 tube 1kW YL1440 tube 35kW YL1530 tube 35kW YL1530 tube One line (input cavity ~160/180 m away) Thursday, 6th October 2011 Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 1kW YL1440 tube TXA 16 x 35kW YL1530 tubes TXB 16 x 35kW YL1530 tubes 35kW YL1530 tube One line (input cavity ~160/180 m away) 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 6 Travelling Wave Cavities Eric Montesinos CERN-RF One section: 11 drift tubes One section = 11 drift tubes 2 x 4 sections Siemens plants 2 x 5 sections Philips plants One 4 sections cavity 4 Main Power Couplers 2 input couplers 2 output couplers 2 x 550 kW terminating power loads Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 7 200 MHz limitations With present 4 cavities configuration we will have problems at ultimate LHC current The increased number of shorter cavities with 2 extra power plants should significantly improve the RF performance for ultimate LHC intensities Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Courtesy of Elena Shaposhnikova The best compromise is 6 cavities: Total voltage possible on the flat top vs beam current with : 4 x 3 sections cavities with 1.0 MW 2 x 4 sections cavities with 1.4 MW Thursday, 6th October 2011 4 cavities (present situation) with 1.0 MW 5 cavities with 1.0 MW RF 6 cavities with 4 x 1.0 MW + 2 x 1.4 MW Dashed lines are at nominal and ultimate beam currents. 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 8 Cavities redistribution 2011 : 4 cavities 2 x 4 sections Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 2018 : 6 cavities 2 x 4 sections 4 x 3 sections 2 x 5 sections + 3 spare sections + 1 spare section Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 9 First upgrade: Present amplifiers Ratings Present Future CW 5 seconds 650 kW 700kW Pulsed 43 kHz 900 kW 1100 kW BW-3dB 2.6 MHz 2.3 MHz Tubes per year 6 + 16 7 + 18 HVPS need a full re-cabling and an air cooling improvement to allow higher pulsed mode Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Tetrodes: Present lifetime statistics, operating ~650 kW cw: RS2004 : 20’000 hrs : 6 tubes per year YL1530 : 25’000 hrs : 16 tubes per year HVPS need a full recabling and air cooling improvement to allow higher pulsed mode 10 New RF power plant Eric Montesinos CERN-RF New RF Building New RF Amplifier 1 mW LSS3 Tunnel integration 1.7 MW RF amplifier 1 mW Coaxial transmission line 150 meters 1.7 MW RF amplifier New RF Building Accelerating cavity Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Accelerating cavity 11 2018 : two new power amplifiers Must be reliable: 24/24 hours 300/365 days (2 months winter Technical stop) 2 x 1.7 MW Klystron 2 x 4 x 450 kW Diacrodes 2 x 8 x 225 kW IOTs 2 x 8 x 225 kW tetrodes 20 years of operation, with 3 years of operation + 1 year off cycle Equivalent to ‘Siemens’ Pulse mode: 1.7 MW max Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Average: 850 kW (thermal limitation) Thursday, 6th October 2011 2 x 16 x 110 kW tetrodes Equivalent to ‘Philips’ 2 x 1700 x 1 kW SSA 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 12 1.7 MW amplifier, i.e 1.4 MW cavity To have 1.4 MW available at the cavity input, 1.7 MW at the Final output are needed Taking advantage of the long experience we have with tetrodes and combiners, a possible solution could be a 16 x tetrodes combined through 3 dB combiners A major improvement to present systems would be to have individual SSA drivers per tetrodes From Beam Control Drivers 16 SSA Final 16 Tubes or SSA 1.7 MW -0.6 dB total 3 dB combiners and power loads Drivers (SSA) Finals (SSA or Tetrodes) Combiners (3 dB above 100 kW) Transmission lines (coaxial, 345 mm outer) Thursday, 6th October 2011 1/16 splitter 1.5 MW 120 m and 180 m Coaxial lines Four contracts : Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 15th ESLS-RF Workshop -0.2 dB To cavity input 120 m away 1.4 MW 13 SSA vs Tetrodes Overdesign requirements : 14/16 tubes shall provide full power, i.e. each tube shall deliver up to 138 kW SSA are more ‘reliable’: 2000/2048 of the total number of devices shall deliver full power Tetrodes tube costs over 20 years will be added : 20 year * 3/4 * 335 * 24 = 120’000 total hours With 20’000 hours per tube = ~ 200 tubes Reduced by warranty lifetime Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Final Nominal ratings SSA obsolescence shall be integrated: i.e. 20% additional transistors, not module, single chips (still under discussion, need experts inputs) Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 16 x 106 kW = 1700 kW SSA (Gain = 20 dB) 2048 x 830 W = 1700 kW Maximum Maximum ratings 2 faulty tubes For 1400 kW 14 x 138 kW = at cavity input 1932 kW Maximum 48 faulty modules 2000 x 891 W = 1782 kW Maximum ratings 16 x 8.7 kW Driver 16 x 1.1 kW Tetrodes (gain = 12 dB) Wall plug efficiency will be part of the adjudication HVPS included (Tetrodes) Losses in all SSA combiners, circulators and loads included 14 New RF building Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Only possible location is between two existing buildings Maximum ‘RF’ foot floor will be 2 x 450 m2 Whatever the solution, SSA or Tetrodes, the same building, no impact on the choice 800 MHz RF workshop Siemens Faraday Cage Philips Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 15 Draft schedule Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 2011 2012 2013 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 Studies (amplifiers, couplers, cavities) RF : Cavities re-arrangement within a LS ( > 6 months) Tendering MS Build new hardware Tunnel : Install Studies Commissioning Build New hardware Building: Installation phase 1 (pickups + dampers + CV + EL + …) Studies Installation phase 2 (cavities) Authorizations Building Services Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 16 200 MHZ upgrade Conclusions We will have two new 1.7 MW pulsed / 850 kW average RF power amplifiers Building will be the same, no impact The less expensive solution beetween SSA and Tetrode will be selected ! Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 17 800 MHz RF in the SPS Eric Montesinos CERN-RF The proton beams for the LHC are intense and unless careful precautions are taken they become unstable in the SPS and cannot be accepted by the LHC One of the most important systems in the SPS used to keep the beams stable and of the highest quality is the 800 MHz RF system acting at the second harmonic of the main accelerating 200 MHz RF system This 800 MHz system in the SPS is essential for maintaining stability of the LHC beams. It is required at every point in the cycle from injection to extraction. It works by increasing the synchrotron frequency spread in the beam Stability is problematic above 1/5 nominal without the 800 MHz By applying RF voltages of ~ 1 MV (about 1/7 of the main RF system) via two cavities in the SPS ring this “Landau Damping” system increases the natural spread of synchrotron frequencies in the individual proton bunches, prevents them acting together, and thus ensures stability The RF power source and its ancillary equipment for this 800 MHz system must be of the highest reliability to ensure beams are available for the LHC at all times Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 18 Old 800 MHz system (1) Since 1980, the system is composed of : 2 Travelling Wave Cavities 2 transmitters of 225 kW each connected via ~ 120m waveguides to the TWC 4 x 56 kW klystrons Valvo YK1198 per transmitter combined using 3 dB hybrids Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 19 Old 800 MHz system (2) Unfortunately, that system has not been used for a very long time and has not been properly maintained. We still only have : 2 simultaneous klystrons available on 1 cavity 6 operational klystrons 10 broken klystrons (could be repaired for 100’000 $ each) Eric Montesinos CERN-RF We also had major difficulties with power converter transformers : 9/9 burnt 4 repaired Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 20 Upgrade proposal Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Replace Klystron Transmitters with IOT Transmitters and re-use all existing peripherals Maximum power will be slightly increased up to 240 kW CW 1.0 MHz with Klystrons 6.0 MHz with IOTs Power converters RF Power Amplifier 60 kW cw Amplifiers Attenuator Splitter Ø shifter Monitoring and Controls Power converters RF Power Amplifier 60 kW cw Attenuator Monitoring and Controls Power converters RF Power Amplifier 60 kW cw Amplifiers Ø shifter Attenuator Thursday, 6th October 2011 Monitoring and Controls Power converters 3dB Combiner Amplifiers Ø shifter Final amplifier IOT based Individual power converters Individual Monitoring and control compatible with CERN interface In total it will be 8 + 1 transmitters One 800 MHz Line Layout Power load 3dB Combiner Monitoring and Controls 3dB Combiner Amplifiers Attenuator RF power amplifiers chain One 240 kW Transmitter Layout RF Power Amplifier 60 kW cw Ø shifter BW-1dB will be increased: New transmitters will include: Power load Power load 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Cavity and Transmitter Monitoring and Controls (CERN) waveguide line (125 meters ) Cavity Terminating load 21 Selected supplier : Electrosys Two companies per member state have been contacted (40 companies) Six companies have been compliant to our specifications Electrosys has been selected ‘Quasi’ off the shelves Transmitter Possibility to have Thales or e2v trolleys and tubes for the same price Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 22 Factory Acceptance Tests: various operational modes Continuous operation Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 24/24 hours CW for 10 months continuously 24 hours made prior to our visit. 4 hours made with us Power Very Long Pulses operation Fc = 800.888 MHz +/- 0.5 MHz : 100% from 0 to 240kW with rise and fall time < 0.5 µs 5 seconds ON / 5 seconds OFF 240 kW One hour made with us 0 kW 0.5 us time 0.5 us 5s 10 s Power AM modulation #1 Fc = 800.888 MHz +/- 0.5 MHz : 100% from 0 to 240kW with rise and fall time < 0.5 µs Repetition time 10 µs (100kHz) AM modulation #2 Fc = 800.888 MHz +/- 0.5 MHz : 0 to 240kW with 4 MHz triangle AM 25 % in power Rise and fall time < 0.5 µs Flat top pulse and off pulse length of 11 us Repetition time 23 µs (43kHz) This cycle for 20 second then 1 second OFF. Thursday, 6th October 2011 240 kW One hour made with us 0 kW time 0.5 us 0.5 us 10 us Power 4 MHz triangle 240 kW 25 % 0 kW 0.5 us time 0.5 us 11 us One hour made with us 11 us 23 us 20 s 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 1s 23 Factory Acceptance Tests: Bandwidth Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Pout vs frequency 70 Power Amplifier (Driver + Final) Pmax = 61.0 kW 60 Operating frequency : 50 800.888 MHz 6.0 MHz (+/- 3.0 MHz) CW output minimum power : 60 kW Amplifier meets all requirements 40 BW-1dB = 7.0 MHz (-3/+4 MHz) 30 20 10 0 790 796.25 796.75 797.25 797.75 798.25 798.75 799.25 799.75 800.25 800.75 801 801.5 802 802.5 803 803.5 804 804.5 805 805.5 806 Bandwidth at -1dB : Pout [kW] Pmax -1dB = 47.5 kW Frequency [MHz] Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 24 Factory acceptance tests: Phase stability Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Measurements to be made with each Power Amplifier AND with the whole Transmitter (i.e. four Power Amplifiers combined together) Measurements with a 800.888 MHz carrier at Pmax/2 and a frequency sweep 20dB below carrier : Non linear phase distortion at +/-3.0 MHz: max. +/- 10° Carrier f0 at mid power (30 kW) with additional - 20 dB power sweep Fully fulfill specification Passband at -1 dB: 5.0 MHz Passband at -15 dB: 8.0 MHz Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 25 Factory acceptance tests: Power Sweep Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Gain AND with the whole Transmitter (i.e. four Power Amplifiers combined together) 25.00 24.00 23.00 22.00 21.00 20.00 19.00 Gain saturation curve With one PA : Po = 60 kW -70 -72 -74 -76 -78 -80 -25.0 -24.2 -23.4 -22.6 -21.8 -21.0 -20.2 -19.4 -18.6 -17.8 -17.0 -16.2 -15.4 -14.6 -13.8 -13.0 -12.2 With four PA : Po = 240 kW Phase Phase [deg] IoT Gain [dB] Measurements to be made with each Power Amplifier Drive in [dBm] Pout Small signal differential gain in the range 0.1 Po to 0.9 Po: g gmax 3 dB maximum Local slope variation max +/-15% Can vary maximum. by 3 gmin Pin dB Local slope variation +/5% (+/- 2% averaged) Vary by 2.0 dB maximum Non linear phase distortion curve Pin Non linear distortion (CW): Δ φmax < 10º phase Δ Φ max < 10º At Pin for Po Phase shift Phase distortion < 3° differential TX gain y = -0.0026x2 + 0.2323x + 25.765 -25.0 -24.2 -23.4 -22.6 -21.8 -21.0 -20.2 -19.4 -18.6 -17.8 -17.0 -16.2 -15.4 -14.6 -13.8 -13.0 -12.2 Pin Small signal differential gain g = dPout/dPin, in the range 0.1 Po to 0.9 Po 33 31 29 27 25 10 5 Local slope 0 -5 -25.0 -24.2 -23.4 -22.6 -21.8 -21.0 -20.2 -19.4 -18.6 -17.8 -17.0 -16.2 -15.4 -14.6 -13.8 -13.0 -12.2 g = dPout/dPin 0.1 Po 0 Local slope variation [%] Pout vs Pin must be monotonic from zero to Po Differential gain [dB] 0.9 Po -10 0.1 Pmax Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 0.9 Pmax 26 Factory Acceptance Tests: conclusion Eric Montesinos CERN-RF All factory acceptance tests have shown compliance respect to the specification, and even better : Linearity Monotonous Phase stability Maximum output power All requirements were fulfilled (we repeated all the tests twice to confirm the results) We checked modularity of the equipments We controlled noise level We checked protections: driver output reflected power operated while making tests (due to over range power sweep) Water cooling, air temperature, current limits, etc … Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 27 CERN Acceptance Tests Pre-series Amplifier has been integrated within CERN operational area All tests cycles have been done for 4 hours each, no trouble has been discovered Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 28 Long duration tests: CW mode Eric Montesinos CERN-RF When we launch CW long duration tests, difficulties arose While doing the test over six weeks, we were not able to obtain a stable operation Maximum time slots were : 115 hours :1 66 hours :2 33 hours :5 < 24 hours : 18 CW Alarm repartition Inverter Fault 18% → Not stable enough in CW mode 120 60 40 20 13 4 1 2 0.50.5 0.15 5 0.50.50.52.5 33 33 33 Cleaning filter- 6 May 60 4 7 10 HV iInhibit & HVPS Over Voltage 64% HV Inhibit 18% 66 47 34 32 11 32 31 20 16 0.5 Adjustement tube by phone with Mr. Bel - 15 april Newcharge 250 kW - 4 april 80 Calibrate directionel coupleur - 7 april 100 115 Adjustement tube with M. Bel - 12 May 140 14 16 8 5 0.5 26 23 24 19 16 5 0.5 25 20 13 15 12 15 12 12 12 14 10 9 0.02 0.02 8 4 8 0 Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 29 Air temperature sensitivity Transmitter has shown to be Temperature sensible : Water Temp = 26.4 +/- 0.5 Air Temps = 22.1 +/- 2.6 Driver Gain = 6.7 % Cold IOT = + 7.5 % to - 38 % Hot IOT = +/- 4.9 % Temp water Relative Gain Driver1 Drivers are inverse temp, while IOT is direct Temp Restart a cold IOT must be done readjusting the drive within the first three minutes Eric Montesinos CERN-RF Temp water Relative gain IOT Temp air Relative Gain Driver2 Temp air CERN LLRF will manage these variations Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 30 5 Long duration tests: Super Cycle mode To reduce average power and be closer to machine operation, we launched Super Cycle long duration tests, new difficulties arose While doing the test over four weeks, we were not able again to obtain a stable operation Time slots were mainly between 12 to 24 hours The main fault is always the same ‘IGBT 4 gate D’, even with no amplifier connected ! 66 Pout [kW] Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 3000 6000 Time [ms] 47 We are convinced the tube itself is not part of the trouble 32 31 26 23 24 19 16 25 20 13 15 12 15 12 12 12 14 5 0.5 Thursday, 6th October 2011 10 9 0.02 0.02 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 8 4 8 31 HVPPS instabilities We tried a 50% RF signal instead of our super cycle, varying the repetition rate The HVPPS stability is function of the repetition rate ! Pout [kW] Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 50 100 Time ON [%] Power converter stability vs Repetition rate 20 hours 10 hours 100 hours 20 hours 10 hours 1000 900 800 Stability [seconds] 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 0.1 0.5 1 5 10 50 100 500 1000 1500 1600 Repetition rate [Hz] Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 1700 1800 2000 2100 2500 32 800 MHZ upgrade Conclusions First tests were very promising, but… Long duration tests shown lack of HVPPS stability We asked for a conventional linear Power Converter (with thyratron crowbar) Installation is foreseen next week … Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop Eric Montesinos CERN-RF 33 Many thanks For your attention, and for inviting me to your workshop RF Group at CERN adio – Eric Montesinos CERN-RF requency September 2011 Group A. Cobas, L. Dupont Group Secretaries E. Jensen Dpt. E. Ciapala FB BR Beams and RF E. Shaposhnikova Dpt. T.Bohl T. Argyropoulos (DOCT) F. Caspers J. Esteban Muller (FELL) S. Federmann (DOCT) L.Ficcadenti (FELL) S. Hancock R.M. Holz (TECH) H. Timko (FELL) J. Tückmantel LR Cavity Servos & Controls Interface RF Feedbacks & Beam Control Klystrons & SC Cavities Linacs RF Synchrotrons RF A. Butterworth Dpt. L. Arnaudon W. Höfle Dpt. P. Baudrenghien O. Brunner Dpt. G. Mcmonagle M. Vretenar Dpt. F. Gerigk E. Montesinos Dpt. C. Rossi L. Arnaudon D. Landre S. Totos M.E. Angoletta P. Baudrenghien A. K. Bhattacharyya (FELL) J. Ferreira-Bento G. Hagmann T. Mastoridis J. Noirjean D. Stellfeld F. Dubouchet M.Jaussi J. Molendijk M. Naon (UPAS) A. Pashnin (FELL) A. Rey F. Weierud A.Blas A. Bullitt (UPAS) H. Damerau A. Findlay J. Fox (UPAS) M . Hernandez-Flano (FELL) P. Leinonen (FELL) T. Levens (FELL) J. Lollierou (FELL) R. Louwerse D. Perrelet T. Truszcynski D. Valuch U. Wehrle D. Glenat P. Martinez-Yanez P. Maesen G. Pechaud G. Mcmonagle S. Curt G. Rossat A. Benoit (Stagiaire) I. Mondino (FELL) C. Nicou S. Mikulas (TECH) M .Pasini J. Pradier G. Ravida N. Schwerg (FELL) M. Therasse (FELL) W. Weingarten J. Chambrillon (FELL) T. Junginger (DOCT) C. Liao (FELL) H. Vennekate (TECH) DOCT = Doct. Student FELL = Fellow SUMM=Summer Student TECH = Techn. Student PDAS= Paid Ass. J. Broere V. Cobham S. Doebert A. Andersson W. Farabolini (UPAS) J-W. Kovermann (FELL) R. L. Lillestol (DOCT) S. Livesley J. Monteiro S. Rey R. Ruber (UPAS) H.S. Shaker (PJAS) L. Timeo T. Wiszniowski A. Boucherie G. Cipolla N. Jurado C. Marrelli (FELL) C. Renaud F. Gerigk N. Alharbi (UPAS) M. Schuh (UPAS) P. Ugena-Tirado (FELL) R. Wegner W. Wuensch M. Dehler (PDAS) N. Shipman (DOCT) I. Syratchev A. Grudiev A. D’Elia (UPAS) G. De Michele (UPAS) V. Khan (FELL) O. Kononenko (FELL) J. Shi (FELL) K. Sjoebaek (PJAS) H. Zha (UPAS) G. Geschonke J.M. Giguet J. Marques Balula S. Ramberger K. Schirm UPAS = Unpaid Ass. PJAS= Project Ass. S. Calvo C. Julie F. Killing M. Paoluzzi C. Vollinger G. Riddone A. Acker (UPAS) M.Filippova (PJAS) A. French (PJAS) N. Gazis (DOCT) D. Gudkov (PJAS) I. Kossyvakis (TECH) A.Olyunin (UPAS) P. Piirainen (FELL) F. Rossi (FELL) A. Samoshkin (UPAS) V. Soldatov (UPAS)A. Solodko (UPAS) J. Vainola (UPAS) C. Rossi V. Bretin V. Desquiens M. Haase G. Lobeau A. Marmillon M. Morvillo S. Tavares Rego (UPAS) Underlined = Supervisors RF group is 170 colleagues operating RF over all machines Thursday, 6th October 2011 15th ESLS-RF Workshop 35