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SuperKEKB beam final focus superconducting magnet system

The SuperKEKB was designed and constructed as the upgraded accelerator of KEKB. In this accelerator design, the nano-beam scheme of collision was applied and a luminosity of 8 x10 35 cm -2 s -1 was targeted. In the design, the beam final focus system was the key component in the accelerator hardware elements. This final focus system consists of 55 superconducting magnets. In this paper, the designs of the magnets, the cryostats and the cryogenic system are shown, and the field measurement results are reported. The SuperKEKB beam operation with the final focus system started on 2018 March 19, and the magnet quench events up to 2020 December 16 are described.

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Scorpius Accelerator Emittance Diagnostic Design

The 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’23) will be held in Venice, Italy from 7 to 12 May 2023 at the Venice Convention Centre. Website: https://www.ipac23.org/ Presenter: Mark Raphaelian Dear Mark, we acknowledge reception of your abstract #1268 for IPAC'23 - 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference. Here follow the details: Title: The Design of the Emittance Diagnostic for the Scorpius Accelerator Classification: MC6.T03: Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation Type of presentation: Poster Presentation Submitter: Mark Raphaelian Authors: Mark Raphaelian Co-Authors: Daniel Dzenitis, Franz Weber, Nathaniel Pogue, Sean Littleton, Steven Falabella, Patrick Duffy, William Stem

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Results of the first implementation of RF phase signature matching at LANSCE

The LINAC at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) has been utilizing the Delta-t method to match the RF cavities to the design acceleration parameters since its commissioning in 1972. The differences in time-of-flight between two subsequent Beam Position and Phase Monitors (BPPMs) are measured with both accelerated and drifting beams, depending on the whether the module is set to on or off. The algorithm optimizes the module amplitude and phase via iterative measurements if the initial phase is in the vicinity of the design value. With an upgrade to a faster readout system, a scan over the whole RF cavity phase range requires relatively less time than the classical optimization procedure. The Phase Scan Signature Matching (PSSM) method provides a time-efficient method that ensures the phase selection lands on the bunching side and empowers future analyses to build module-specific models. The PSSM also utilizes a direct model to determine the correct amplitude to sub-percent level instead of using linearized matrices. Furthermore, lacking a reliable energy measurement method in the LINAC, we measure the beam phases at two downstream locations to increase the precision of energy measurements. In this letter, we also discuss the sensitivities of PSSM, error propagation, and the implementation results for the 2019 and 2020 beam cycles.

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Design Philosophy for Accelerator Control Rooms

This report describes the foundational human factors principles needed to design user interfaces for accelerator control rooms. These principles are presented as recommendations for accelerator control system interface design and are illustrated with examples drawn from accelerator operations at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). These high-level principles are intended to serve as design objectives that apply generally across all control system interfaces developed for the accelerator complex. This design philosophy document is a high-level roadmap to approach the general interface design for the accelerator complex. This philosophy applies state-of-the-art human factors principles and evidence-based design standards to an accelerator environment, which will transform the next era of accelerator interfaces as outlined by the Accelerator Controls Operations Research Network (ACORN) Project. Further work will include mapping the general design principles included in this report to more specific guidance in the form of a user interface style guide.

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optimas v0.1

optimas is a Python library that can coordinate a large number of numerical simulations on high-performance computing resources, with the aim of optimizing a given simulation result. More specifically, this library is currently used for design optimization of laser-plasma particle accelerators. In this context, the performance of particle accelerator designs are often evaluated with large-scale simulation codes, and many separate simulations need to be run - with different design parameters - in order to find the most performant design. optimas facilitates this process by providing a convenient interface to advanced optimizers (e.g. Bayesian optimization), and by coordinating the execution of the different simulations on HPC resources. (This is done by leveraging the library libensemble.) Compared to other open-source optimization libraries (e.g. Ax), optimas is more tailored towards execution on DOE HPC resources (e.g. Perlmutter, Summit, etc.) and is specialized for the type of simulation codes and workflows that are used in the community of laser-plasma acceleration.

Lehe, Remi↗

Invited: Bambu: an Open-Source Research Framework for the High-Level Synthesis of Complex Applications

This paper presents the open-source High-Level Synthesis research framework Bambu. The framework provides an open-source starting point to experiment with new ideas across High-Level Synthesis, high-level verification and debugging, FPGA/ASIC design, design flow space exploration, and parallel hardware accelerator design. The tool accepts as input standard C/C++ specifications and compiler intermediate representations (IRs) coming from the well-known Clang/LLVM and GCC com- pilers. The broad spectrum and flexibility of input formats allow the electronic design automation (EDA) research community to explore and integrate new transformations and optimizations. The easily extendable modular framework already includes many op- timizations and HLS benchmarks. The integration with synthesis and verification backends (commercial and open-source) allows researchers to quickly test any new finding and easily obtain performance and resource usage metrics for a given application. Different FPGA devices are supported from several different vendors: AMD/XILINX, Intel/Altera, Lattice Semiconductor, and NanoXplore. Finally, integration with the OpenRoad open-source end-to-end silicon compiler perfectly fits with the recent push towards open-source EDA.

Ferrandi, Fabrizio↗

The Scorpius Accelerator and the NNSS [Slides]

Scorpius is an electron accelerator designed to take x-ray images of weapon components (Flash Radiography). The final design was completed in January 2022. The accelerator start-up will begin in 2025. The Weapons Labs and NNSS are building the Scorpius Accelerator. The NNSS will commission, operate, maintain and upgrade Scorpius.

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Influence of interorbit acceleration on the design of large space antennas

The characteristics of the acceleration-induced loading in structures consisting of triangular lattices are investigated and some initial quantitative results on the effect on the design mass and stowage volume are presented. The approach used defines the structural design that would be used if no interorbit acceleration were required and then determines what strengthening would be required to accommodate the loads due to acceleration. The basic zero acceleration design can be based on the stringent accuracy requirements placed on the antennas.

Hedgepeth, J. M.↗

Six-dimensional matching of intense beam with linear accelerating structure

Beam matching is a common technique that is routinely employed in accelerator design with the aim of minimizing beam losses and preservation of beam brightness. Despite being widely used, a full theoretical understanding of beam matching in 6D remains elusive. In this work, we present an analytical treatment of 6D beam matching of a high-intensity beam onto an RF structure. We begin our analysis within the framework of a linear model, and apply the averaging method to a set of 3D beam envelope equations. Accordingly, we obtain a matched solution that is comprised of smoothed envelopes and periodic terms, describing envelope oscillations with the period of the focusing structure. We then consider the nonlinear regime, where the beam size is comparable with the separatrix size. Stating with a Hamiltonian analysis in 6D phase space, we attain a self-consistent beam profile and show that it is significantly different from the commonly used ellipsoidal shape. Subsequently, we analyze the special case of an equilibrium with equal space charge depression between all degrees of freedom. Comparison of beam dynamics for equipartitioned, equal space charge depression, and equal emittances beams is given. Finally, we present experimental results on beam matching in the LANSCE linac.

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Invited: Software defined accelerators from learning tools environment

Next generation systems, such as edge devices, will need to provide efficient processing of machine learning (ML) algorithms along several metrics, including energy, performance, area, and latency. However, the quickly evolving field of ML makes it extremely difficult to generate accelerators able to support a wide variety of algorithms. At the same time, designing accelerators in hardware description languages (HDLs) by hand is hard and time consuming, and does not allow quick exploration of the design space. In this paper we present the Software Defined Accelerators From Learning Tools Environment (SODALITE), an automated open source high-level ML framework-to-verilog compiler targeting ML Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) chiplets. The SODALITE approach will implement optimal designs by seamlessly combining custom components generated through high-level synthesis (HLS) with templated and fully tunable Intellectural Properties (IPs) and macros, integrated in an extendable resource library. Through a closed loop design space exploration engine, developers will be able to quickly explore their hardware designs along different dimensions.

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Design Philosophy for Accelerator Control Rooms

This report describes the foundational human factors principles needed to design user interfaces for accelerator control rooms. These principles are presented as recommendations for accelerator control system interface design and are illustrated with examples drawn from accelerator operations at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). These high-level principles are intended to serve as design objectives that apply generally across all control system interfaces developed for the accelerator complex. These principles will be mapped to more specific design guidance that will be provided in a style guide for accelerator operations.

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LANSCE Accelerator Modernization Project Conceptual Design Report

The accelerator complex now known as the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) began operation in 1972 as LAMPF, the Los Alamos Meson Production Facility. In the intervening 53 years, the complex has been expanded in capability several times, both in terms of its accelerator performance and the user facilities it supports.

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Integration Process for the Habitat Demonstration Unit

The Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU) is an experimental exploration habitat technology and architecture test platform designed for analog demonstration activities The HDU project has required a team to integrate a variety of contributions from NASA centers and outside collaborators and poses a challenge in integrating these disparate efforts into a cohesive architecture To complete the development of the HDU from conception in June 2009 to rollout for operations in July 2010, a cohesive integration strategy has been developed to integrate the various systems of HDU and the payloads, such as the Geology Lab, that those systems will support The utilization of interface design standards and uniquely tailored reviews have allowed for an accelerated design process Scheduled activities include early fit-checks and the utilization of a Habitat avionics test bed prior to equipment installation into HDU A coordinated effort to utilize modeling and simulation systems has aided in design and integration concept development Modeling tools have been effective in hardware systems layout, cable routing and length estimation, and human factors analysis Decision processes on the shell development including the assembly sequence and the transportation have been fleshed out early on HDU to maximize the efficiency of both integration and field operations Incremental test operations leading up to an integrated systems test allows for an orderly systems test program The HDU will begin its journey as an emulation of a Pressurized Excursion Module (PEM) for 2010 field testing and then may evolve to a Pressurized Core Module (PCM) for 2011 and later field tests, depending on agency architecture decisions The HDU deployment will vary slightly from current lunar architecture plans to include developmental hardware and software items and additional systems called opportunities for technology demonstration One of the HDU challenges has been designing to be prepared for the integration of presently unanticipated systems Results of the HDU field tests will influence future designs of habitat systems.

Gill, Tracy↗