Design of the Target Dump Injection Segmented (TDIS) in the Framework of the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) Project

The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) Project at CERN calls for increasing beam brightness and intensity. In this scenario most equipment has to be redesigned and rebuilt. In particular, beam intercepting devices (as dumps, collimators, absorbers and scrapers) have to withstand impact or scraping of the new intense HL-LHC beams without failures. Further, minimizing the electromagnetic beam-device interactions is also a key design driver since they can lead to beam instabilities and excessive thermo-mechanical loading of devices. In this context, the present study assesses the conceptual design quality of the new LHC injection dump, the Target Dump Injection Segmented (TDIS), from an electromagnetic and thermo-mechanical perspective. This contribution analyzes the thermo-mechanical response of the device considering two cases: an accidental beam impact scenario and another accidental scenario with complete failure of the RF-contacts. Further, this paper presents the preliminary results for the simulation of the energy deposited by the two counter-rotating beams circulating in the device.