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Tadashi Koseki (KEK, Director Accel. Lab.)06/10/2026, 09:00
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Yuichi OKAYASU (KEK)06/10/2026, 09:15
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Yuichi OKAYASU (KEK)06/10/2026, 09:30
Japan was struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011.
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Both the KEK Tsukuba and Tokai campuses sustained damage, and the accelerators suffered extensive destruction.
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Jean-Frédéric Fuchs (CERN)06/10/2026, 10:10
The introduction of new portable high-precision laser scanners represents a significant advancement in metrology, enabling direct high-accuracy and non-contact measurements.
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CERN surveyors are currently evaluating and developing new workflows to integrate the Leica Absolute Tracker ATS800 into measurement campaigns, particularly in highly radioactive environments, where minimising personnel... -
Hélène Mainaud (CERN)06/10/2026, 10:35
Since 2022, survey and alignment experts from European laboratories have met annually at the EUropean Workshop on Accelerator Alignment (EUWAA). The workshop provides a forum for building a coordinated European approach to accelerator, detector and beamline alignment. It aims to foster exchange on common challenges, best practises, future tends and to strengthen cooperation between labs....
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Solomon Kamugasa (CERN)06/10/2026, 11:00
The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a proposed third-generation gravitational-wave observatory requiring an ultra-high vacuum infrastructure of approximately 120 km with stringent alignment tolerances. To validate key engineering and installation procedures, the Einstein Telescope pilot has been constructed at CERN as a reduced-scale demonstrator using full-size representative vacuum components...
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Vincent Gerligand (CERN)06/10/2026, 11:25
The FCC-ee, a future 91 km circumference lepton collider planned for operation in the coming decades, requires the relative alignment of neighbouring accelerator components to be maintained better than 0.15 mm. The installation of the components in the FCC-ee arcs therefore requires a geometrical network throughout the entire tunnel to enable both the initial positioning and the precise...
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Davide Bianculli (Argonne National Lab)06/10/2026, 13:15
Multiple chambers for the cavity-based X-ray free-electron laser (CBXFEL) have been designed, assembled, measured and tested by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The fiducialization and the features inspection of all the critical components are performed by mean of both probe-contact articulated arm and non-contact video microscope. All metrological aspects for crystal diamonds and...
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Yiliang Lin (National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China)06/10/2026, 13:40
Reliable magnet alignment requires assessing measurement capability before field implementation and selecting effective corrective actions when a measurement plan is insufficient. This study presents a task-specific, intervention-aware virtual metrology framework for the HALF GD04 magnet alignment. Laser tracker observation uncertainty is propagated through target coordinates, rigid-body pose...
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Chenghao Yu (BNL)06/10/2026, 14:05
NSLS-II is planning an upgrade to NSLS-II U, according to beam dynamics, the current lattice design requires that the adjacent PMQ magnets on a common girder to be aligned within 15-micron (RMS). It is a much more stringent requirement considering all the error factors involved. The approaches for magnet fiducialization and girder assembly will be investigated and tested. Recent experimental...
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Xiaoye He (National Synchrotron Radiation Labrotory, University of Science and Technology of China)06/10/2026, 14:45
The on-site installation of the Alignment of Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) project commenced in March 2026, with all component installations scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. At present, the preliminary installation of the injector and transport line has been finished, entering the precision alignment stage in the measurement hall. Meanwhile, the preliminary installation...
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Enchen Wu (University of Science and Technology of China)06/10/2026, 15:10
The Hefei Advanced Light Source (HALF) facility requires a high-precision tunnel control network to support accelerator alignment, equipment installation, and long-term geometric stability. This study focuses on the design and data processing optimization of particle accelerator tunnel control networks. An automated simulation workflow based on laser tracker measurement planning is developed...
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Qiuyu Zhang (University of Science and Technology of China)06/10/2026, 15:35
As a core component of the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF), the storage ring's magnetic element arrangement accuracy and beam optical performance directly affect the device's operating efficiency and beam quality. To address potential geometric deviations during the installation of the HALF storage ring, this paper focuses on smooth adjustment, establishing an analytical framework from...
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Wei-Yang Lai (NSRRC)06/10/2026, 16:00
This report details the long-term settlement monitoring and local alignment adjustments of the Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) storage ring. Following successful adjustments in 2020 and 2021, the latest data (2024–2025) indicate a continuous settlement trend in specific areas, which will serve as the basis for future alignment planning. Additionally, to overcome line-of-sight obstructions caused by...
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Jana Barker (DESY)06/10/2026, 16:45
High-precision and efficient magnet referencing is required for the series
fiducialization of the large number of multipole magnets for PETRA IV.To meet the required precision while keeping the measurement process suitable for series production,
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a high degree of automation is necessary.
Two concepts for relating external magnet fiducials to the magnetic axis
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Torsten Miertsch (GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt)06/10/2026, 17:10
A major fire on 5 February 2026 in the RF Gallery at GSI almost completely destroyed the installation and equipment parts of the existing facility. This fire had such serious consequences that beam operations at GSI – and consequently the First Beam Event for the new facility FAIR – could not take place. Soon after the fire, initial ideas and discussions emerged on how to enable adequate...
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David Krawczuk (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)06/10/2026, 17:35
Fermilab’s PIP-II project will result in a new beamline approximately 550 meters long and will require establishing a geodetic control network to align all beamline objects in the tunnel. The first installation stage involves lower-precision alignment of objects such as stands and girders. The second installation stage involves high-precision alignment of beamline components. At Fermilab, a...
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Joffray Guillory (Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie LNE-Cnam)06/10/2026, 18:30
In IWAA 2024, we presented an absolute distance meter (ADM) for long-range measurements, achieving uncertainties below 1 mm (k=1) over distances of up to 12 km. This instrument uses two laser wavelengths, one in the visible and the other in the infrared, to measure the difference in optical path length between them. This additional measured quantity corresponds to the accumulated effect of the...
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Bastien Champeau (CEA)07/10/2026, 08:30
EPURE Facility (standing for “Expériences de Physique Utilisant la Radiographie Éclair”, i.e Physics Experiment using Flash radiography), located in the CEA Valduc site, is a Franco-British joint experimentations facility. The key mission of the Facility is to x-ray dense in-motion objects
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simultaneously with three radiographic axis. The radiographic images are thus captured over very short... -
Dirk Mergelkuhl (CERN)07/10/2026, 08:55
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) represents CERN’s flagship future project. Following the Feasibility Study Report published in 2025 and the Reference Design Phase (RDP) concluding at the end of 2027, the project faces unprecedented engineering challenges. The proposed 91 km tunnel requires the high-precision alignment of approximately 23 000 magnets, pushing existing geodetic and...
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Hélène Mainaud Durand (CERN)07/10/2026, 09:20
Increasingly stringent alignment requirements in particle accelerators have led to the development of dedicated high-accuracy alignment systems. While qualification procedures exist for standard metrology instruments, no established methodology is available for the qualification of research and development alignment systems and their associated references. This paper presents a generic...
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Cristina GONZALEZ TORRES (ESRF)07/10/2026, 10:10
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) Extremely Brilliant Source (EBS) was installed in 2019 and commissioned in 2020. The alignment tolerances for the most demanding magnets—including the combined-function magnets, high-gradient quadrupoles, and sextupoles—were approximately 60 µm (2.5σ).
Between 2019 and 2025, no global realignment of the Storage Ring (SR) was made. During...
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Cristina GONZALEZ TORRES (ESRF)07/10/2026, 10:35
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) operates a well-established program of comprehensive Storage Ring (SR) and regular machine surveys to maintain the geometric integrity of the accelerator and serve as the primary reference for all beamlines. Over the past three decades, the SR survey has evolved into a highly coordinated activity comprising nearly 10,000 measurements completed...
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29. In-House softwares for ESRF Survey and Alignment : current developments and perspectives (WEO06)Guillaume Chamblas (ESRF)07/10/2026, 11:00
The Survey and Alignment Group measures its primary network of reference points through a full survey managed every six months. This survey consists of nearly 9,000 measurements acquired using laser tracker-based tacheometry and direct leveling with digital levels. It is carried out during the first week of each semi-annual machine shutdown and involves between one and four teams working...
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Bertrand Nicquevert07/10/2026, 11:25
Beyond existing specification tools: how to specify / request on a drawing an alignment specification using ISO GPS situation features
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Etienne Pataille (CEA)08/10/2026, 08:30
EPURE Facility (standing for “Expériences de Physique Utilisant la Radiographie Éclair”, i.e Physics Experiment using Flash radiography), located at the CEA Valduc site, is a joint French-British experimentations facility. The key purpose of the Facility is to X-ray dense in-motion objects simultaneously with three radiographic axes. The radiographic images are thus captured over very short...
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Francis Klumb (CERN)08/10/2026, 08:55
Since the mid-1980s, LGC (Logiciel Général de Compensation) has been CERN’s primary software for the least-squares adjustment of survey networks and alignment processes. Historically operated as a self-contained executable, it has evolved into an adjustment engine embedded within a diverse range of survey workflows. The evolution was driven by both operational needs and a deliberate strategy...
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Vivien RUDE (CERN)08/10/2026, 09:20
The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC)
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project aims to significantly increase the LHC’s integrated
luminosity, thereby increasing the number of collisions and
expanding its physics reach. To achieve this objective, 68
new accelerator components will be installed along the 220
m of Long Straight Sections (LSS) located on either side of
the ATLAS and CMS experiments.
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Dirk Mergelkuhl (cern)08/10/2026, 10:10
The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) project introduces increased radiation levels in the Long Straight Sections (LSS),
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creating a strong demand for automated measurement and remote alignment solutions.
To address this challenge, CERN has developed the Full Remote Alignment System (FRAS) for the LSS, together with Ecartometry Measurement by Automatic Photogrammetric Survey... -
Jullada Saetiaw (Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization),Thailand)08/10/2026, 10:10
The Siam Photon Source II (SPS-II) is Thailand's next-generation 3 GeV synchrotron light source currently under construction, comprising a 270 MeV linear accelerator, a 3 GeV booster synchrotron, a 3 GeV storage ring, and beamline facilities. Achieving the designed electron beam emittance below 1 nm·rad requires precise component placement and long-term positional stability, making a robust...
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Jean-Frédéric Fuchs (CERN)08/10/2026, 10:10
During the Long Shutdown 3 (LS3, from July 2026 to 2030), CERN surveyors will measure and re-align a large fraction of the 60 km accelerator beamline, requiring optimized survey procedures to ensure efficiency while maintaining accuracy and quality levels.
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In preparation, CERN ‘s Geodetic Metrology group surveyed a 2.8 km Large Hadron Collider (LHC) arc during the 2024–2025 Year-End... -
Mika Masuzawa (KEK)08/10/2026, 10:10
The final-focus superconducting magnet system (QCS) in the SuperKEKB interaction region is housed in a large cryostat whose position is continuously monitored by gap sensors. This monitoring system has recorded the cryostat response to numerous earthquakes with a wide range of magnitudes and epicentral distances, providing a unique opportunity to study the mechanical behavior of a large...
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Hélène Mainaud Durand (CERN)08/10/2026, 10:10
Future accelerators and fourth-generation storage-ring light sources impose increasingly stringent requirements for component positioning, stability, alignment, and uncertainty control.
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Meeting these demands requires not only accurate instrumentation but also reliable and consistent measurement practices throughout the alignment chain.
To address these challenges collectively, an... -
Shu NAKAMURA (KEK)08/10/2026, 10:10
At the KEK Tsukuba Campus, seven GS10 GNSS receivers have been installed at the delivery building and the auxiliary utility building, which are located along the SuperKEKB ring road, to collect positioning observation data continuously since 2012.
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Previously, specialised analysis software was used to calculate receiver positions from this data; however, due to license expiration, a large... -
Joshua Erikson (Canadian Light Source)08/10/2026, 10:10
The Canadian Light Source has been operating its 2.9GeV storage ring since 2005. Beam-based metrics, primarily radio frequency tuning and orbit correction, provide a continuous, indirect measurement of the beam’s length and indicate a decrease in the storage ring beam circumference over time. The 171m storage ring is equipped with a 155-point wall and floor network to allow location of laser...
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Tuyet Kim Tran (KEK)08/10/2026, 10:10
Alignment of SuperKEKB, whose nano-beam optics demand sub-millimetre magnet positioning, relies on laser-tracker surveys that have proven highly accurate — the surveyed ring circumference was confirmed directly by the beam during commissioning. The survey is, however, performed intermittently, while the tunnel and the interaction region move on daily, seasonal and long-term scales, and the...
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Sikharin Suphakul (Synchrotron Light Research Institute)08/10/2026, 10:10
Prototypes of storage ring magnets for the Siam Photon Source II (SPS-II), Thailand’s next-generation 3 GeV synchrotron light source, have been successfully developed. The prototype magnets achieved a pole profile accuracy within 20 µm and an assembly accuracy better than 40 µm. The original magnet alignment was performed using mechanical adjustment. Initial magnetic field characterization...
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Ting Ding (University of Science and Technology of China)08/10/2026, 10:10
This study addresses the core problem of how to achieve high-precision measurement consistency in large-scale engineering metrology under high-noise and multi-disturbance environments.
First, for multi-station laser tracking systems, a GUM-based uncertainty propagation model is established, revealing the evolution laws of measurement accuracy and enabling accuracy optimization.
Second,...
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Jaehyun Cho (Institute for Rare Isotope Science, Institute for Basic Science)08/10/2026, 10:10
The low-energy accelerator and experimental facilities at RAON are currently in operation following the completion of installation and initial alignment. Maintaining stable beam delivery requires periodic verification of beamline alignment accuracy relative to the facility's survey control network. This poster presents a geodetic alignment assessment of major RAON experimental beamlines,...
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Baohou Liu (University of Science and Technology of China)08/10/2026, 10:10
To satisfy the strict alignment tolerances of accelerator magnets for the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF), it is essential to accurately fiducialize their magnetic centers. This paper describes a high-precision and efficient fiducialization method developed for HALF, based on a single stretched wire bench combined with a precision surface plate. The system enables the relative coordinates...
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Dirk Mergelkuhl (CERN)08/10/2026, 10:10
Precise alignment of particle accelerator components requires stable, straight-line references over distances of several hundred meters. Pseudo-nondiffracting laser beams are promising candidates for optical-based, straight-line alignment reference systems because they maintain a narrow, high-intensity inner core over extended propagation distances. However, atmospheric fluctuations in the...
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Witold Niewiem (SLAC, Stanford)08/10/2026, 10:10
This paper presents an integrated three-component software suite developed at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for high-precision network measurement and adjustment in accelerator alignment. The system consists of AlignTrackPro for automated laser tracker data acquisition, a modernized version of the legacy LEGO adjustment engine, and LEGO Pipeline, which provides visualization through...
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Vivien RUDE (CERN)08/10/2026, 10:10
The High Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Col
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lider (HL-LHC) project aims to increase the integrated lu
minosity by an order of magnitude over the LHC’s original
design specifications. To achieve this objective, strict control
of the alignment of the new Inner Triplet superconducting
magnets installed around the ATLAS and CMS interaction
points is essential. This is provided by the... -
Behrouz Afzali Far (MAX IV Laboratory)08/10/2026, 10:10
In preparation for the upcoming upgrade of the MAX IV Laboratory 3 GeV storage ring, tighter alignment tolerances are required for the magnet-cells to achieve the lower target beam emittance. We evaluate alignment strategies that ensure both local cell-to-cell smoothness and global alignment relative to the control network. Three candidate strategies are designed and evaluated using tailored...
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Dirk Mergelkuhl (CERN)08/10/2026, 10:10
In high-precision metrology and geodetic network design, the achievable accuracy depends not only on the instruments
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but also on the measurement geometry — in particular, on where component fiducials and instrument stations are placed.
These positions are traditionally chosen from experience and have to be fixed before any measurement is taken;
selecting them systematically therefore... -
Xiaolong Wang (University of Science and Technology of China)08/10/2026, 10:10
Opening and reassembly are required in some accelerator magnet units during vacuum chamber installation, maintenance, or internal component adjustment. The reassembly state is commonly evaluated using high-precision top targets measured by laser tracker systems. This procedure provides a reliable engineering criterion for the recovery of the top-target region, but the targets are mainly...
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Torsten Miertsch (GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt)08/10/2026, 10:10
Following previous IWAA presentations regarding progress on FAIR, this report outlines the status for 2025 and 2026. The campaigns over the last two years have included network measurements and their analysis, blue-lining in various machine areas, selective alignments to more complex structures in extremely hard-to-reach areas such as the Super-FRS, and the survey of parts of the machine that...
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Georg Gassner (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)08/10/2026, 10:10
This poster presents the survey and alignment activities at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory since 2024. The major projects during the last two years have been the LCLSII-HE (Linac Coherent Light Source) project.
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The LCLSII-HE project includes an additional 20 Cryomodule and an upgraded Soft X-Ray Undulator line. We re-mapped the existing monument network and monitored the effect of... -
Albert Torrente (MAX IV Laboratory)08/10/2026, 10:10
This project presents the integration of high-precision 3D scanning data
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into the MAX IV spatial metrological network during the construction
of the new TomoWISE beamline.
By registering point cloud data within the facility global coordinate system,
the scanned data can be accurately overlaid with the beamline CAD model,
providing a reliable digital representation of the installation... -
Jongdae Joo (Institute for Rare Isotope Science, Institute for Basic Science)08/10/2026, 10:10
RAON requires a stable geodetic reference framework to support the precision alignment of accelerator beamlines and experimental devices. This work presents the maintenance of the RAON survey control network, including periodic measurements to evaluate floor monument stability and update alignment reference coordinates. As measurements must be completed within limited shutdown periods, recent...
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Youen Delalande (Synchrotron SOLEIL)08/10/2026, 10:10
The SOLEIL II machine upgrade requires unprecedented alignment tolerances, down to +/- 20 µm for the most critical magnets of the storage ring. This specification demands full control of measurement uncertainties throughout the various steps of the alignment process. One of these steps is the survey, which aims to determine the position of the machine's components and thereby reconstruct its...
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Thoreenz Soldevilla (National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES)08/10/2026, 10:10
Structured Laser Beams (SLBs) offer a viable alternative in generating straight reference lines for long-distance alignment systems in particle accelerators. While prior research has utilized quadrant detectors to demonstrate displacement sensitivity for various beam types, this study extends that evaluation to an optical system experimentally verified to diverge by only 0.1 mrad at a...
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Francis Klumb (CERN)08/10/2026, 13:00
Maintaining high-precision survey and alignment software at accelerator facilities is challenging due to small teams, regular staff turnover, and incoming engineers with limited domain or programming experience. At CERN, years of fragmented development had produced a heterogeneous survey software landscape, with several applications abandoned after their original developers left. The creation...
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William Jansma (Argonne National Laboratory)08/10/2026, 13:25
Achieving and maintaining the alignment tolerances required for the upgraded Advanced Photon Source (APS) is a significant challenge, particularly in the presence of ground motion and settlement. To monitor vertical displacement and transfer elevation over long distances, two hydrostatic leveling systems (HLSs) are being deployed at APS.
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The storage ring system consists of 105 HLS sensors... -
Léonard WATRELOT (CERN)08/10/2026, 13:50
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) is a proposed next-generation collider at CERN, intended to succeed the High-Luminosity upgrade of the LHC. A key element of this project is the Machine Detector Interface (MDI), which forms the link between the accelerator and the detector and fine-tunes the beams immediately before collision by optimizing beam parameters to maximize luminosity. To achieve...
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Vivien RUDE (CERN)08/10/2026, 14:15
The High Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Col
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lider (HL-LHC) project aims to increase the integrated lu
minosity by an order of magnitude over the LHC’s original
design specifications. To achieve this objective, strict control
of the alignment of the new Inner Triplet superconducting
magnets installed around the ATLAS and CMS interaction
points is essential. This is provided by the... -
Matthias Saure (Leica Geosystems AG)08/10/2026, 15:50
Since the launch of the Leica Absolute Tracker ATS800 mid of 2025 we have gained a lot of experience regarding customer applications through several demonstrations, benchmarks and test campaigns. These experiences have led to significant improvements in the handling of point clouds produced by the ATS800. The presentation will give an overview about the improvements prepared for an upcoming release.
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Babatunde O’Sheg Oshinowo (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)08/10/2026, 16:15
The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab will be 10,000 times more sensitive than previous experiments looking for muon-to-electron conversion. This precise and complex apparatus will be able to produce 200 million billion muons per year. The Mu2e experiment layout in the MC-2 Building consists of four superconducting solenoid magnets: Production Solenoid (PS), Transport Solenoid Upstream (TSu),...
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Mark Emamian (Duke University)08/10/2026, 16:40
Duke University Free Electron Laser Laboratory originally started at Stanford University in the Mid 1980's. The entire facility moved to Duke University in the late 1988.
In this presentation, methodology and technic of the survey and alignment of the beamlines in every step from start to present time will be discussed in detail.
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William Jansma (Argonne National Laboratory)08/10/2026, 17:05
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Upgrade project received its final approval in January 2026, having delivered on its full scope on budget and ahead of schedule. The upgraded facility is now fully operational, and user experiments are underway. During the upgrade project the APS Survey and Alignment team also underwent a major transformation. Along with bringing on new technicians and...
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Youen Delalande (Synchrotron SOLEIL)09/10/2026, 08:30
The SOLEIL II machine upgrade requires unprecedented alignment tolerances, down to +/- 20 µm for the most critical magnets of the storage ring. This specification demands full control of measurement uncertainties during the different steps of the alignment process. For this specific purpose, a rigorous metrological approach has been developed and applied throughout the entire alignment...
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Tao Luo (Suzhou National Laboratory)09/10/2026, 08:55
Overall alignment strategy of the comprehensive materials research facilities at Suzhou national laboratory. The Comprehensive Materials Research Facility (CMRF) at Suzhou National Laboratory is a large-scale scientific infrastructure dedicated to full-cycle materials R&D, multi-source advanced characterization, and AI-driven data intelligence. Its overall alignment strategy is designed to...
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Wei Wang (University of Science and Technology of China)09/10/2026, 09:40
The operational stability of large-scale particle accelerators—such as synchrotron light sources, and free-electron lasers—is fundamentally dependent on the sub-micron structural integrity and thermal stability of their components. However, the sprawling physical scale and extreme environments (high radiation, cryogenic temperatures, and electromagnetic interference) pose significant...
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Jean-Frédéric Fuchs (CERN)09/10/2026, 10:05
The 2028 installation phase of CERN's High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) project will require precise positioning of hundreds of accelerator components and accompanying infrastructure within extremely tight integration tolerances. Floor tracing of reference marks is an important prerequisite for installation activities, providing the geometric references used by installation teams...
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Witold Niewiem (SLAC, Stanford)09/10/2026, 10:30
This study compares the vertical measurement accuracy of two Leica laser trackers: the AT500, which uses Orientation to Gravity (OTG), and the AT403, which provides continuous dual-axis compensation. Laboratory tests using a network of ten stations with a maximum baseline of 18 m showed that OTG correction produces vertical angle uncertainties of up to 0.4 arcsec, making single-instrument...
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Dirk Mergelkuhl (CERN)09/10/2026, 10:55
This paper presents the validation procedure and performance assessment of a new prototype named Ecartometry Measurement by Automatic Photogrammetric Survey (EMAPS).
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Developed for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) project, the system measures the horizontal offset between a stretched wire and a target,
contributing to the development of high-accuracy, automated and remote alignment... -
D. E. Archuleta (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
In 2021, a design was proposed as the foundational
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metrology network for the forthcoming Scorpius linear
particle accelerator. By contrasting simulated network conditions
with empirical findings, this paper highlights the
benefits of predictive network design for novel or unfamiliar
operational environments. Located at the Nevada National
Security Site’s (NNSS) Primary Underground...
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