The presentation will describe how ISIS neutron and muon source is operated: Layout of accelerator, operation hours/year, structure of operation team, number of operators, shift Schedule, control room layout/occupation, describe the on-call system.
Synchrotron SOLEIL is the 3rd generation French Synchrotron Radiation light source located south of Paris. It has been in operation since 2007 providing photon beams to 29 beamlines with a maximum intensity of 500 mA, 5000 hours per year. Besides its high overall performance (98.95% beam availability, 139 hours mean time between failure), the SOLEIL accelerators have experienced two major...
"Accelerator-based high energy neutron sources are foreseen to characterize the material of future fusion reactors. The Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc) is a full-scale prototype aiming at validating the production of a deuteron beam of 125 mA at 9 MeV in continuous wave under the Broader Approach (BA) agreement between Japan and Europe.
Just as an orchestra needs a conductor,...
The J-PARC 3-GeV Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) aims to deliver 1 MW proton beam to the materials and life science experimental facility (MLF) and the main ring synchrotron. In such a high intensity beam , there is a possibility to cause a severe radiation accident. To detect and prevent the radiation accident in the accelerator system, we developed the beam diagnostics system in RCS. This...
Visual aids play a crucial role in the operation of Canadian Light Source, providing valuable information to scientists, engineers, and operators. Multiple screens represent real time data about the machine's status, its parameters, and diagnostics in an easy to read and understandable form. These visual aids allow operators in particular to monitor and control various aspects of the...
"The FAIR International Accelerator Facility, one of the largest science projects in the world, is being built at the GSI Helmholtz Center in Darmstadt, Germany. With construction work on the main buildings and accelerator tunnels for the FAIR first science stage nearing completion, the project is soon entering its final phase. Installation of the accelerator components will begin next year,...
In 2017 the Australian Synchrotron secured funding to build 8 new beamlines to accompany the existing 10 that have been in operation since 2007. After initial delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic many of these beamlines have started to come online in some capacity over the past 12 months. The accelerator operators have been actively involved in this process, which has included: commissioning...
The SAGA Light Source (SAGA-LS) is a compact synchrotron radiation facility. The SAGA-LS accelerator complex consists of a 255 MeV linac and a 1.4 GeV electron storage ring of 75.6 m in circumference. The accelerator research group is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the accelerator system. The annual operation time for synchrotron radiation experiments has been around 1700...
RHIC Run 23 faced numerous challenges, largely caused by running in the heat of the summer. This talk covers the plethora of unexpected issues experienced during the run, and our attempts to address and mitigate them.
A method to measure relative changes of the bunch length based on the spectrum of the induced voltage on a BPM button has been developed at ALBA. The bunch length has been calibrated using a Streak Camera for different filling patterns and beam currents. The idea is to have an alternative, redundant and readily available measurements of the bunch length during machine operation, avoiding the...
For the First machine Elettra we used and optical method and reached a presion of tenths of millimetres. For Elettra 2.0 we Will use Absolute tracker, a network for inserting objects and an appropriate software. In this case we would reach a centesimal millimetres precision.
Research Center for Electron Photon Science (ELPH) of Tohoku University operates three electron linear accelerators (linacs) and an electron synchrotron for various scientific fields, such as radioisotope production, proton radius measurement, and hadron physics experiments. One of the linacs, operational since 1967, is outdated and frequently malfunctions. Our team of about eight people,...
The control system of the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source is being moved to EPICS from the current Vsystem control system. This transition affects many different areas of the control system from servers to hardware interfaces. But the most relevant for users and operators are the areas concerning the control screens, alarm displays and data archiving. Early involvement from machine physicists and...
"The MedAustron Ion Therapy Center is an ambulatory for tumour treatment located in the city of Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Europe. The applied therapeutical beams are delivered by the MedAustron Particle Therapy Accelerator (MAPTA), a synchrotron-based and CE-certified medical accelerator providing 60-250 MeV proton and 120-400 MeV/u carbon ion beams to three treatment rooms. Outside of the...
A database system for operation and maintenance of the accelerator and irradiation system for particle therapy was developed. The main function is to record and search detailed information of machine troubles. Each actual “trouble event” was entered into the database and aggregated into a higher level concept of “trouble class”. Trouble frequency analysis and progress management including...
"Elettra Synchrotron Trieste is a multidisciplinary research center that welcomes the global research community. It specializes in producing high-quality synchrotron and free-electron laser light and applying them in the fields of materials and life sciences. The research center boasts two advanced light sources: the electron storage ring Elettra (2.0 – 2.4GeV) and the free-electron laser...
"MAX IV is a synchrotron radiation facility based on a 3 GeV linear accelerator, which powers a soft and hard x-ray storage ring, as well as a short pulse facility. At MAX IV, an extensive set of tools developed by operators assists in all aspects of operations. Operator-developed tools are often more targeted and faster implemented than tools developed by a software team. Different tools used...
"At the Paul Scherrer Institute, we have been operating three very different particle accelerators with a common pool of full time operators for more than a decade. A high intensity proton facility, a proton therapy facility and an electron storage ring.
Incorporating our new free electron laser SwissFEL into this operation framework and transitioning it from commissioning into regular user...
