LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO
The upgrade of the LHC has given rise to the High Luminosity (HL) LHC project. HL-LHC relies on a number of key innovative technologies, representing exceptional technological challenges, such as cutting-edge 13 Tesla superconducting magnets, very compact and ultra-precise superconducting cavities for beam rotation, and 300-metre-long high-power superconducting links with zero energy dissipation. The most technically challenging aspects of the LHC upgrade cannot be done by CERN alone and requires a strong collaboration involving external expertise and modernization of existing CERN Test Facility infrastructure as in the SM18 . The SM18 hall was originally optimized for the NbTi LHC magnet testing, but with the High Luminosity LHC upgrade coming up (http://hilumilhc.web.cern.ch/), a major upgrade of the test facility is ongoing.

DATA: 29-09-2016