Parameters for aperture calculations at injection for HL-LHC*

Accurate evaluations of the margins of available aperture in the LHC and HL-LHC are very important, in order to judge if proposed optics and hardware are adequate, and to push the machine performance. A 2D calculation model was used during the design stage to study the aperture margins, however, the parameters of the model can now be refined based on LHC measurements and operational experience. This has already been carried out for the triplet aperture in the experimental insertions during physics operation [1]. In this report, we study instead the parameter sets for aperture calculations at injection for HL-LHC, and provide an updated set of tolerances as well as a criterion for the allowed aperture.