Integrated performance of the LHC at 25 ns without and with Linac4

The performance of the LHC above 6.5 TeV will depend on many factors. The available beams and their brightness defines together with achievable beta* the potential peak luminosity. For some cases the peak luminosity and the associated event pile-up may degrade the quality of the data recorded by the experiments. Such cases will require luminosity leveling for which a number of options are available. The peak performance may also be limited by cooling capacities and other equipment related issues, including machine protection as well as UFOs. The 25 ns beams require in addition substantial periods of scrubbing. The performance of the LHC in terms of integrated luminosity will be evaluated for various scenarios involving 25 ns beams, taking into account potential limitations from the various sources.