Combined energy ramp and beta star squeeze at the Large Hadron Collider

In 2011, the LHC has exceeded expectations by producing a massive amount of data for the experiments. The turnaround time being a bottleneck in terms of operational efficiency, its duration has to be minimized. This is done by combining two already optimized steps, the energy ramp and the betatron squeeze. The aim of this feasibility study will be to generate a set of power converter settings combining both steps and validate them using dry-runs and beam tests.