Title :
RHIC vacuum instrumentation and control system
Author :
Lee, R.C. ; Pate, D. ; Smart, L.A. ; Weiss, D. ; Zigrosser, D.
Author_Institution :
RHIC Project, Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) Project is a nuclear physics research accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) with beam circulation scheduled for May 1999. To achieve the necessary beam lifetime, the vacuum in the two concentric rings must be constantly monitored to isolate problem vacuum regions. One function of the RHIC vacuum instrumentation and control (I&C) system is to operate sector valves with inputs from several hundred gauges and pumps distributed around the 3.8 km circumference of the accelerator rings. The architecture and implementation of the RHIC vacuum I&C system from the pumps and gauges to the remote user interfaces are described
Keywords :
accelerator control systems; ion accelerators; storage rings; vacuum control; vacuum gauges; vacuum pumps; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; gauges; pumps; sector valves; user interface; vacuum I and C system; vacuum instrumentation and control system; Colliding beam accelerators; Colliding beam devices; Control systems; Instruments; Ion accelerators; Laboratories; Monitoring; Nuclear physics; Particle beams; Vacuum systems;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.795544
