{"title":"Programmable electronic safety systems","authors":"R. Parry","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.309276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.309276","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally safety systems intended for protecting personnel from electrical and radiation hazards at particle accelerator laboratories have made extensive use of electromechanical relays. These systems have the advantage of high reliability and allow the designer to easily implement fail-safe circuits. Relay based systems are also typically simple to design, implement, and test. As systems, such as those presently under development at the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory (SSCL), increase in size, and the number of monitored points escalates, relay based systems become cumbersome and inadequate. The move toward Programmable Electronic Safety Systems is becoming more widespread and accepted. In developing these systems there are numerous precautions the designer must be concerned with. Designing fail-safe electronic systems with predictable failure states is difficult at best. Redundancy and self-testing are prime examples of features that should be implemented to circumvent and/or detect failures. Programmable systems also require software which is yet another point of failure and a matter of great concern. Therefore the designer must be concerned with both hardware and software failures and build in the means to assure safe operation or shutdown during failures. This paper describes features that should be considered in developing safety systems and describes a system recently installed at the Accelerator Systems String Test (ASST) facility of the SSCL.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116970501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Sarkar, J.C. Yandon, W. Sievers, P. Bennett, D. Gurd, P. Harmer, J. Nelson
{"title":"Experience with the TRIUMF Main Tank Vacuum Control System","authors":"S. Sarkar, J.C. Yandon, W. Sievers, P. Bennett, D. Gurd, P. Harmer, J. Nelson","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.309176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.309176","url":null,"abstract":"The TRIUMF Main Tank Vacuum Control System was upgraded in 1984. The earlier system, which consisted of a collection of hardwired relay logic boxes housed in three standard instrumentation racks, was replaced with a compact and flexible microprocessor-based control system. The user interface, previously distributed over the three racks, was consolidated into a single hardwired control and mimic panel. Since 1984, the Main Tank Vacuum System has undergone a series of changes in configuration and vacuum pumping hardware with necessary changes being implemented in the control system logic. Corresponding changes to the user interface were sometimes difficult to implement and in time exhausted the spare input/output capacity which had been built in to the panel. The availability of inexpensive personal computers with adequate graphics capability and the ease of modifying, or adding to a programmable user interface precipitated the retirement of the hardwired panel and its replacement by a PC-based graphics user interface. System configuration, safety considerations, the hardware and the software implementation using the 'C' programming language are described. The evolution of the control system and its performance, both over the years and in adapting to the vacuum system changes, are discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117113426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Broadband higher-order mode (HOM) damper for SSC LEB ferrite-tuned cavity","authors":"L. Walling, G. Hulsey, T. Grimm","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.308676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.308676","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports results of using High-Frequency Structure Simulator (KFSS) to design a Smythe-type broadband longitudinal HOM damper for the SSCL low energy booster (LEB) ferrite-tuned cavity. The damper is designed to have a shunt impedance varying from less than 1 kohm between 100-200 MHz to about 3 kohm at 1 GHz. Above 1 GHz, the ferrite should effectively damp all HOM.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"33 16","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120821487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new study of the Main Ring physical aperture","authors":"G. Wu, S. Pruss, D. Capista","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.309285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.309285","url":null,"abstract":"Changes made to the Fermilab Main Ring lattice and the Main Ring's future importance for the HEP program require a new study of its physical aperture. This task has been carried out using a computer program that automatically and systematically measures the available aperture around the ring. This program and its performance are described along with a preliminary analysis of the results. Further systematic analysis of aperture data is underway in preparation for modifications to be made in the coming summer shutdown.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127119121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Burns, W. Fischer, H. Jakob, I. Milsted, F. Schmidt, L. Vos
{"title":"The million turn date acquisition system BOSC","authors":"A. Burns, W. Fischer, H. Jakob, I. Milsted, F. Schmidt, L. Vos","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.309302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.309302","url":null,"abstract":"The data acquisition system BOSC has now reached a reliable operational stage after the phase of designing and debugging its complex hardware and software. The system consists of a VME-crate with a 68030 CPU-card, a timing module, a bunch selector card and 12 ADC cards each with two channels to acquire and store data of up to one million turns. The aim of the system is to measure a wide range of different signals each being recorded in one of the ADC channels. Three such crates are connected via Ethernet and Token Ring to Apollo workstations on the SPS site. Very flexible measurement requests can be sent to the crates in data-structures which are then filled with the requested data and sent back to the Apollo for processing. In the crate a complex control software running under OS9 has been developed, with several application software programs now running on the Apollo. One use of the system is for operational purposes such as tune measurements. Moreover BOSC has been the essential tool in conducting the delicate dynamic aperture experiments where the measurement needs are constantly changing.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127366964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infrared (IR) vs. X-ray power generation in the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)","authors":"R. Tatchyn","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.308553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.308553","url":null,"abstract":"The LCLS, a free-electron laser (FEL) designed for operation at a first harmonic energy of 300 eV (/spl lambdaspl ap/40 /spl Aring/) in the self-amplified spontaneous emission regime, will utilize electron bunches compressed down to durations of < 0.5 ps, or lengths of < 150 /spl mu/m. It is natural to inquire whether coherent radiation of this (and longer) wavelength will constitute a significant component of the total coherent output of the FEL. In this paper a determination of a simple upper bound on the IR that can be generated by the compressed bunches is outlined. Under the assumed operating parameters of the LCLS undulator, it is shown that the IR component of the coherent output should be strongly dominated by the X-ray component.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127438167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated testing of a high-power RF microwave tube","authors":"A. Young, D. Rees, A. Vergamini","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.308643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.308643","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an automated procedure for testing the high-power klystron amplifiers used in the Ground Test Accelerator (GTA). To verify klystron performance, we have developed an automated test system using data-acquisition and control programs based on LabVIEW, a program that can communicate with both an Allen-Bradley PLC5/15 controller over RS232 interface and with other devices that use the GPIB interface. Three automated tests were developed and performed on the high-power klystron: swept-frequency, power-transfer, and VSWR. This paper describes the tests performed, presents test data on the GTA klystrons, provides block diagrams of the automated test facility, and characterizes all the capabilities for the automated test system. This test facility is being used by the GTA program to fully characterize the klystron amplifiers before they are commissioned.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"248 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124731829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer simulation and cold model testing of CCL cavities","authors":"C.R. Chang, C. Yao, D. Swenson, L. Funk","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.308764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.308764","url":null,"abstract":"The SSC coupled-cavity-linac (CCL) consists of nine modules with eight tanks in each module. Multicavity magnetically coupled bridge couplers are used to couple the eight tanks within a module into one RF resonant chain. The operating frequency is 1282.851 MHz. In this paper we discuss both computer calculations and cold model measurements to determine the geometry dimension of the RF structure.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125031396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accelerator physics analysis with interactive tools","authors":"J. Holt, L. Michelotti","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.309009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.309009","url":null,"abstract":"Work is in progress on interactive tools for linear and nonlinear accelerator design, analysis, and simulation using X-based graphics. The BEAMLINE and MXYZPTLK class libraries, were used with an X Windows graphics library to build a program for interactively editing lattices and studying their properties.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125879011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Particle acceleration in extremely strong electromagnetic wave fields","authors":"K. Thielheim","doi":"10.1109/PAC.1993.308941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PAC.1993.308941","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper can be seen in the context of work on the origin of high energy cosmic ray particles. The plane-wave formalism without radiation reaction based on the Lorentz equation is adequate for the description of particle dynamics if the wave amplitude is of moderate strength. Particle motion then is periodic in velocity space so that there is an upper limit to particle energy. We have shown that the plane-wave formalism without radiation reaction also is a powerful tool to define and to calculate important features of particle dynamics in spherical wave fields. Among these features are the acceleration boundary, the plasma border and the law of asymptotic energy. In extremely strong wave fields the influence of radiation forces has to be taken into account. Motion under the influence of the radiation reaction is no longer periodic in velocity space. Particles, at least in principle, can achieve unlimited values of energy. This may be relevant for the cosmic particle acceleration to extremely high energies as, for example, in cosmic jets associated with rotating magnetized configurations. One may also think of man made jets constituted of laser beams connecting natural or artificial satellites. It is the intention of this paper to present and to discuss some results, which may be of interest in the above mentioned context.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":128308,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of International Conference on Particle Accelerators","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125943540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}