The HE-LHC study investigates the possibilities for upgrading the beam energy
of the Large Hadron Collider CERN from 7 TeV to 16.5 TeV. This paper presents a
preliminary investigation of intensity issues and machine protection for the
HE-LHC.Comment: 4 pages, contribution to the EuCARD-AccNet-EuroLumi Workshop: The
High-Energy Large Hadron Collider, Malta, 14 -- 16 Oct 2010; CERN Yellow
Report CERN-2011-003, pp. 124-12