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XAL - Beam Loss Monitor Application. Dan Ottavio. Beam Loss Detection. beam loss : the amount of beam that has reached the edge of the beam pipe. i. Collect measurements of beam loss from various control points of the beam pipe.
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XAL - Beam Loss Monitor Application Dan Ottavio
Beam Loss Detection beam loss: the amount of beam that has reached the edge of the beam pipe. i. Collect measurements of beam loss from various control points of the beam pipe. ii. Display correlated beam losses through a client application.
Argon gas filled glass ion chamber BLM installation in RHIC transfer line Beam Loss Monitors • Diagnostic tool for tuning and damage prevention
Ring Diagram BLM 4 BLM 3 BLM 5 BLM 2 BLM 6 BLM 1 BLM 7 BLM 8
Data Collection *EPICS XAL - Corrilator Data Correlation Graphical Representation Beam Loss Monitors
0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 :04 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 :03 :02 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.6 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 :01 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Data Correlation Position
Graphical Representation • 3D Strip Chart ( Waterfall Plot ) • X axis – position • Y axis – time • Z axis – amount of loss • JClass • Proprietary Java plotting package from Quest Software • 2D – 3D graphing capabilities
JClass Application Layers JClass Java 3D Open Graphs Library ( UNIX / Linux )