Synchrotron radiation studies of the LHC dipole beam screen with COLDEX

The cold bore experiment (COLDEX) installed in a beam line of the electron-positron accumulator (EPA) at CERN, has been used to study the effect of synchrotron radiation onto the LHC dipole beam screen. The ~ 2 m long cryostat, that can be cooled below 3 K, is fitted with an actively cooled beam screen. A 'sawtooth' copper co-laminated type beam screen has been submitted to grazing synchrotron radiation with 194 eV critical energy. Experiments studying the effect of photon dose, gas condensation onto beam screen or cold bore and temperature oscillations is presented. Implications to LHC operation is discussed.