Automation of particle accelerator control

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7198077

Silbar, R R; Schultz, D E

We have begun a program aiming toward automatic control of charged-particle beam optics using artificial intelligence programming techniques. In developing our prototype, we are working with LISP machines and the KEE expert system shell. Our first goal was to develop a 'mouseable' representation of a typical beamline. This responds actively to changes input from the mouse or keyboard, giving an updated display of the beamline itself, its optical properties, and the instrumentation and control devices as seen by the operator. We have incorporated the Fortran beam optics code TRANSPORT for simulation of the beam. The paper describes the experience gained in this process and discusses plans to extend the work so that it is usable, in real-time, on an operating beamline. 11 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7198077
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-88-1058; CONF-880719-4; ON: DE88007821
• Resource Relation: Conference: ASME international computers in engineering conference and exhibition, San Francisco, CA, USA, 31 Jul 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
ACCELERATORS
BEAM OPTICS
BEAM TRANSPORT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
LISP
T CODES
COMPUTER CODES
CONTROL SYSTEMS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
430303* - Particle Accelerators- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
990220 - Computers
Computerized Models
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