Title :
Computer automation of beam steering for the McMaster University Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator
Author :
Wong, J. ; Poehlman, W.F.S. ; McNaught, R.A.
Author_Institution :
McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A description is given of a prototype computer control system added to the McMaster University Tandem Accelerator Laboratory´s Model FN Van de Graaff Accelerator. Using a PDP-11/23 computer, the two-dimensional electrostatic low-energy steerers are controlled to optimize energy-analyzed beam intensity. This is useful as an operator´s `third hand´ while other parameters of the beam transport system are varied manually
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; computerised control; control systems; electrostatic accelerators; physics computing; McMaster University Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator; PDP-11/23 computer; computer control system; energy-analyzed beam intensity; two-dimensional electrostatic low-energy steerers; Acceleration; Automation; Beam steering; Control systems; Delay; Electrostatics; Ion accelerators; Ion beams; Magnetic analysis; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
