• DocumentCode
    2885173
  • Title

    Status of various sns diagnostic systems

  • Author

    Blokland, W. ; Patton, J. ; Pelaia, T. ; Pennisi, T. ; Purcell, D. ; Sundaram, M.

  • Author_Institution
    SNS, Oak Ridge
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    25-29 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    2658
  • Lastpage
    2660
  • Abstract
    The spallation neutron source (SNS) accelerator systems are ramping up to deliver a 1.0 GeV, 1.4 MW proton beam to a liquid mercury target for neutron scattering research. Enhancements or additions have been made to several instrument systems to support the ramp up in intensity, improve reliability, and/or add functionality. The beam current monitors now support increased rep rates, the Harp system now includes charge density calculations for the target, and a new system has been created to collect data for the beam accounting and present the data over the web and to the operator consoles. The majority of the SNS beam instruments are PC-based and their configuration files are now managed through the Oracle relational database. A new version for the wire scanner software was developed to add features to correlate the scan with beam loss, parking in the beam, and measuring the longitudinal beam current. This software is currently being tested. This paper also includes data from the selected instruments.
  • Keywords
    beam handling equipment; beam handling techniques; particle beam diagnostics; proton beams; proton sources; Harp system; Oracle relational database; SNS diagnostic systems; Spallation Neutron Source accelerator systems; beam accounting; beam current monitors; beam loss; electron volt energy 1.0 GeV; liquid mercury target; longitudinal beam current; neutron scattering research; power 1.4 MW; proton beam; wire scanner software; Current measurement; Instruments; Loss measurement; Neutron spin echo; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Relational databases; Software measurement; Software testing; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0916-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2007.4440373
  • Filename
    4440373