F. Pedersen

Publication List Details

Period

1985 - 2007

Number

72

Co-Authors

ELENA, a preliminary cost and feasibility study (2007)

Angoletta, M-E, Barnes, M, Beuret, A, Belochitskii, P, Borburgh, J, Bourquin, P, ...

To produce dense pbar beams at very low energies (100-200 keV), a small decelerator ring could be built and installed between the existing AD ring and the experimental area. Phase-space blowup during...

The LHC Lead Injector Chain (2004)

Beuret, A, Borburgh, J, Blas, A, Burkhardt, H, Carli, Christian, Chanel, M, ...

A sizeable part of the LHC physics programme foresees lead-lead collisions with a design luminosity of 1027 cm-2 s-1. This will be achieved after an upgrade of the ion injector chain comprising...

Upgrades to the Digital Receiver based Low-Intensity Beam Diagnostics for CERN AD (2003)

Angoletta, Maria Elena, Belohrad, D, Bojtar, L, Findlay, A, Ludwig, M, Marqversen, O, ...

The CERN AD Low-Intensity Beam Multi-Diagnostics (LIMD) has been upgraded as planned since 2001 by adding tune measurements during ramps and plateaus, based on the Beam Transfer Function (BTF)...

Two years of AD operation: Experience and progress (2002)

Belochitskii, P, Eriksson, T, Findlay, A, Holzer, E B, MacCaferri, R, Maury, S, ...

The antiproton decelerator (AD) has been running successfully for physics for the past two years. After the end of the commissioning period [1] that finished in 2000, the machine has gradually been...

Real-Time Tune Measurements on the CERN Antiproton Decelerator (2002)

Angoletta, Maria Elena, Ludwig, M, Madsen, N, Marqversen, O, Pedersen, F

A novel system for real-time tune measurement during deceleration of a low-intensity particle beam is presented. The CERN Antiproton Decelerator decelerates low intensity (2x107) antiproton beams...

Feasibility study of a decelerating radio frequency quadrupole system for the antiproton decelerator AD (2002)

Bosser, Jacques, Bourquin, P, Brouet, M, Couturier, B, Gelato, G, Giovannozzi, Massimo, ...

This feasibility study reports on a decelerating Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) system for post-deceleration of the 100 MeV/c antiproton beam of the AD machine. The corresponding kinetic energy of...

Antiproton beam parameters measurement by a new digital-receiver-based system (2002)

Angoletta, Maria Elena, Bojtar, L, Chohan, V, Findlay, A, Ludwig, M, Marqversen, O, ...

The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) provides the users with very low intensity beams, in the 107 particles range, hence prompting the development of an innovative measuring system, which was completed in...

Beam Measurement Systems for the CERN Antiproton Decelerator (AD) (2001)

Angoletta, Maria Elena, Chohan, V, Ludwig, M, Marqversen, O, Odier, P, Pedersen, F, ...

The new, low-energy antiproton physics facility at CERN has been successfully commissioned and has been delivering decelerated antiprotons at 100 MeV/c since July 2000. The AD consists of one ring...

The New Digital-Receiver-Based System for Antiproton Beam Diagnostics (2001)

Angoletta, Maria Elena, Chohan, V, Ludwig, M, Marqversen, O, Pedersen, F

An innovative system to measure antiproton beam intensity, momentum spread and mean momentum in CERN's Antiproton Decelerator (AD) is described. This system is based on a state-of-the-art Digital...

Commissioning and First Operation of the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) (2001)

Belochitskii, P, Bosser, Jacques, Buttkus, J, Carli, Christian, Caspers, Friedhelm, Chohan, V, ...

The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) is a simplified source of antiprotons which provides low energy antiprotons for experiments, replacing four machines: AC (Antiproton Collector), AA (Antiproton...

The PS complex produces the nominal LHC beam (2000)

Benedikt, Michael, Blas, A, Borburgh, J, Cappi, R, Chanel, M, Chohan, V, ...

The LHC [1] will be supplied, via the SPS, with protons from the pre-injector chain comprising Linac2, PS Booster (PSB) and PS. These accelerators have under-gone a major upgrading programme [2]...

New technique for bunch shape flattening (1999)

Blas, A, Hancock, S, Koscielniak, Shane Rupert, Lindroos, M, Pedersen, F

A technique for increasing the bunching factor (Bf) is described. Typically in booster-type synchrotrons, it is important to reduce the transverse space-charge tune shift. One means to achieve this...

An ultra low noise AC beam transformer for deceleration and diagnostics of low intensity beams (1999)

González, C, Pedersen, F

The design of a broad band ultra-low noise ferrite loaded AC beam transformer is presented. It is designed for use in the CERN Antiproton Decelerator (AD), where beams of a few 107 charges must be...

New technique for bunch shape flattening (1999)

Blas, A, Hancock, S, Koscielniak, Shane Rupert, Lindroos, M, Pedersen, F

A technique for increasing the bunching factor (Bf) is described. Typically in booster-type synchrotrons, it is important to reduce the transverse space-charge tune shift. One means to achieve this...

Explanation of Sextupole Instability in CERN PS Booster (1998)

Blas, A, Koscielniak, Shane Rupert, Pedersen, F

Dual harmonic RF systems have been discussed for many years: to promote Landau damping, to reduce transverse space-charge, and to improve Touschek lifetime. Since its introduction into the CPS...

Beam optics issues for the antiproton decelerator (1997)

Belochitskii, P, Carli, Christian, Eriksson, T, Giannini, R, Maury, S, Möhl, D, ...

The deceleration of the beam down to 0.1 GeV/c in the ring previously used as Antiproton Collector (AC) at 3.5 GeV/c, requires a number of modifications to the lattice. The insertion of the electron...

The antiproton decelerator: AD (1997)

Baird, S A, Berlin, D, Boillot, J, Bosser, Jacques, Brouet, M, Buttkus, J, ...

A simplified scheme for the provision of antiprotons at 100 MeV/c based on fast extraction is described. The scheme uses the existing production target area and the modified Antiproton Collector Ring...

Overview of the recent operation of the AAC and LEAR for the low-energy antiproton physics programme (1997)

Baird, S A, Boillot, J, Caspers, Friedhelm, Chanel, M, Chohan, V, Eriksson, T, ...

This paper reviews the recent performance of the AAC and LEAR. Activities on the AAC include the successful exploitation of a magnetic horn as an antiproton collector lens and an energy-saving mode...

Conversion of the PS complex as LHC proton pre-injector (1997)

Blas, F, Cappi, R, Chohan, V, Cornuet, D, Daems, G, Dekkers, Daniel, ...

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) [1][2] will be supplied with protons from the injector chain Linac2-PS Booster (PSB)-PS-SPS (Fig. 1). The required transverse beam brilliance (intensity/emittance)...

Beam dynamics experiments in the CERN PS Booster (1997)

Gareyte, Jacques, Magnani, L, Pedersen, F, Sacherer, Frank James, Schindl, Karlheinz

The main problems encountered on the way to 10/sup 13/ ppp have been emittance blow-up and coherent instabilities. The observations and counter measures are described. (12 refs).

An Antiproton Decelerator in the CERN PS Complex (1996)

Riunaud, J P, Autin, Bruno, Baird, S A, Boillot, J, Bosser, Jacques, Brouet, M, ...

The present CERN PS low-energy antiproton complex involves 4 machines to collect, cool, decelerate and supply experiments with up to 1010 antiprotons per pulse and per hour of momenta ranging from...

The antiproton decelerator (AD), a simplified antiproton source (feasibility study) (1995)

Autin, Bruno, Baird, S A, Berlin, D, Boillot, J, Bosser, Jacques, Brouet, M, ...

In view of a possible future physics programme concerning antihydrogen a simplified scheme for the provision of antiprotons of a few MeV has been studied. It uses the present target area and the...

Acceleration of lead ions in the CERN PS booster and the CERN PS (1995)

Blas, F, Bossard, P, Cappi, R, Cyvoct, G, Garoby, R, Gelato, G, ...

The new CERN Heavy Ion Accelerating Facility also requires besides a new Linac substantial modifications of existing accelerators. They are imposed by the low speed and the low intensity of the ion...

Time course of platelet alpha granule release in acute myocardial infarction treated with streptokinase.

Frandsen, N. J., Winther, K., Pedersen, F., Christiansen, I., McNair, P.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the time course of platelet alpha granule release in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with streptokinase. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: Coronary care...

The influence of age, sex and other variables on the plasma level of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide in a large sample of the general population

Raymond, I, Groenning, B A, Hildebrandt, P R, Nilsson, J C, Baumann, M, Trawinski, J, ...

Objective: To identify potentially confounding variables for the interpretation of plasma N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP).

Prevalence of impaired left ventricular systolic function and heart failure in a middle aged and elderly urban population segment of Copenhagen

Raymond, I, Pedersen, F, Steensgaard-Hansen, F, Green, A, Busch-Sorensen, M, Tuxen, C, ...

Objective: To assess the prevalence of impaired left ventricular systolic function and manifest heart failure in a general population aged 50–89 years.

Diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of left ventricular systolic heart failure by plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in a large sample of the general population

Groenning, B A, Raymond, I, Hildebrandt, P R, Nilsson, J C, Baumann, M, Pedersen, F

Objective: To evaluate N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for systolic heart failure in the general population.