SPS Structure & Documents

300 Gev Programme
1966 to 1970

Laboratory II
1971 to 1975

SPS Division
1976 to 1989

SL Division
1990 to 2002

1971 - 1975 In 1971 CERN Council approved the construction of a second laboratory, adjoining the existing site, with a Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator (SPS) initially planned for an energy of 300 GeV. J. B. Adams was appointed as Director-General of Laboratory II, which was administratively separate from the Laboratory I.

Lab II Division Leaders

J.B. Adams (1969-1976)

Lab II Groups	BT	CO	DI	EA	MA	ME	PS	RA
Lab II Groups	RF	SA	SI	SU

LabII Series	All LabII Technical notes		All LabII Specifications
	Machine Running-in Committee		Installation Meetings		Scientific Notes		Technology Notes

LabII Technical notes
by year

ALL

LabII-BT	Beam Transfer	B.de Raad
LabII-CO	Control	M.C. Crowley-Milling
LabII-EA	Experimental Area	G. Brianti
LabII-MA	Magnet	R. Billinge
LabII-ME	Mechanical Design	H. Horisberger
LabII-PS	Power Supply	S. Van der Meer
LabII-RA	Radiation Protection	K. Goebel
LabII-RF	Radio Frequency	C. Zettler
LabII-SU	Survey	J. Gervaise
LabII-SI	Site Installation	R. Levy-Mandel
LabII-DI-PA	Directorate, Parameter Section	E.J.N. Wilson
LabII-SA	Administration Service	A. Klein

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1976 - 1989 In 1976 the two CERN laboratories were united. Laboratory II was renamed SPS Division and still directed by J. B. Adams.

SPS Division Leaders

J.B. Adams (1969-1976)
M.C. Crowley-Milling (1977-1978)
G. Brianti (1979-1980)
B. de Raad (1981-1989)

SPS Groups	ABM	ABT	ACC	AES	AMR	AOP	APS	ARF
	AMS	EMA	EBP	ELA	ELE	EHY	EPI	EPO/PCO
	SME	SEL	SFL	SU

SPS Series	All SPS Reports		All SPS Notes		All SPS Specifications
	SPS Improvement reports		SPS Commissioning reports		ACC Meetings		Technical Committee

SPS Divisional Reports by year	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
SPS Divisional Reports by year	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989		ALL

SPS Notes by year	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
SPS Notes by year	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989		ALL

SPS-SU	Survey	J. Gervaise (1976-1986)
Accelerator (SPS-AC) GROUPS, B. de Raad (1976-1980) - W. Middelkoop (1981-1982?)
SPS-ABM	Beam Monitors	L. Burnod (1976 to 1988)
SPS-ABT	Beam Transfer	W. Middelkoop (1976 to 1981) E. Weisse (1982 to 1989)
SPS-ACC	Computer Control	F. Beck (1976 to 1981) P.G. Innocenti (1982 to 1989)
SPS-AES	Electronic Services	B. Sagnell (1976 to 1988)
SPS-AMR	Main Ring	B. Angerth (1976 to 1988)
SPS-AOP	Operations	Y Baconnier (1976 to 1978) V. Hatton (1979 to 1989)
SPS-APS	Power Supplies	J. Pahud (1977-1987)
SPS-ARF	Radio Frequency	C. Zettler (1976 to 1981) D. Boussard (1982 to 1989)
SPS-AMS	Machine Study	J. Gareyte (1987 to 1989)
Experimental Areas (SPS-EA) GROUPS, G. Brianti (1976-1978) - C. Bovet (1979-1989?)
SPS-EMA	Magnet	A. Asner
SPS-EBP	Beam Physics	C. Bovet (1976 to 1978) N. Doble (1979 to 1989)
SPS-ELA	Layout & Installation	P. Coet (1976 to 1978
SPS-ELE	Electronics	M. Rabany
SPS-EHY	Hydrogen Targets	L. Mazzone
SPS-EPI	Projects & Installations	G.Bachv
SPS-EPO SPS-PCO	Power & Operation (1976-1987) Power Converters and Operation (1988-1989)	B. Danner (1976 to 1989)
Site and Technical Services (SPS-ST) GROUPS, H. Horisberger
SPS-SME	Mechanical Design	G. Corazza (1976 to 1984)
SPS-SEL	Electrical Supply	O. Bayard (1977 to 1982)
SPS-SFL	Fluids & Cooling	E. Hugi (1976 to 1989)

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SL (SPS + LEP) Division, 1990 - 2000
SL (SPS + LHC) Division, 2001 - 2002

In 1990 the SL Division was created, combining exploitation of both LEP (Large Electron Positron Collider) and Super Proton Synchrotron Division (SPS). In addition to the exploitation of the SPS and LEP, the SL groups were heavily involved in design and development work on LEP200 (upgrade programme), LHC (Large Hadron Collider project) and CLIC (Compact e+e- Linear Collider).

In 2000 LEP accelerator achieved a collision energy of 209 GeV. The machine was closed in November.

In 2001 following the closure of LEP, the name of SL division is changed from "SPS and LEP" to "SPS and LHC" keeping the same abbreviation "SL". It continued running the SPS accelerator and prepared to run the LHC.

SL Division Leaders

L. R. Evans (1990-1993
K. H. Kissler (1994-1999)
S. Myers (2000-2202)

SL Groups	DI	AP	BI	CO	EA	MD	MR	OP
SL Groups	PC	RFS	RFL	RF	PO

SL Series	All SL Reports		All SL Notes		All SL Specifications
	SL Safety		SPS-LEP Performance Committee		SPS-LEP Controls Meetings		Technical Committee

SL Divisional Reports by year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
SL Divisional Reports by year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002			ALL

SL Notes by year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
SL Notes by year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002			ALL

SL Specifications by year	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
SL Specifications by year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002			ALL

SL Documents by group	Groups	Leaders	Years
SL-DI	Division leader Office		1990 to 2002
SL-AP	Accelerators Physics	J. Gareyte	1990 to 2002
SL-BI	Beam Instrumentation	C. Bovet	1990 to 2002
SL-BT	Beam Transfer	E. Weisse	1990 to 2002
SL-CO	Controls	K. H. Kissler / R. Lauckner	1990 to 2002
SL-EA	Experimental Areas	N. Doble / P. Grafstrom	1990 to 2002
SL-MD	Machine Development
SL-MR	Main Ring	S. Myers / H. Schuhbach	1990 to 2002
SL-MS	Magnets and Separator	W. Kalbreier	1990 to 2002
SL-OP	Operations	V. Hatton / A. Faugier	1990 to 2002
SL-PC	Power Convertors	J. Pett	1990 to 2002
SL-RFS	SPS Radio Frequency	D. Boussard	1990 to 2002
SL-RFL	LEP Radio Frequency	S. Hansen	1990 to 2002
SL-RF	Radio Frequency	D. Boussard	1990 to 2002
SL-PO	Power Systems	G. Fernqvist	1990 to 2002

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