2022/02/03 by B. Rae, Rae, B., M. Hrabia +25 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Superconducting Materials and Applications #hep-ex #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2202.01705
5 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS 2021)
arxiv created 2022/02/03 · openalex publication_date 2022/02/03 · arxiv updated 2022/02/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The CERN fixed target experimental areas are composed of more than 8 km of beam lines with around 800 devices used to define and monitor the beam parameters. Each year more than 140 groups of users come to perform experiments in these areas, with a need to control and access the data from these devices. The software to allow this therefore has to be simple and robust, and be able to control and read out all types of beam devices. This contribution describes the functionality of the beam line control system, CESAR, and its evolution. This includes all the features that can be used by the beam line physicists, operators, and device experts that work in the experimental areas. It also underlines the flexibility that the software provides to the experimental users for control of their beam line, allowing them to manage this in a very easy and independent way. This contribution also covers the on-going work of providing MAD-X support to CESAR to achieve an easier way of integrating beam optics. An overview of the on-going software migration of the Experimental Areas is also given.