ICALEPCS 2025 - The 20th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems

Data acquisition monitoring and real-time analysis at LCLS

THAG005

25 Sept 2025, 09:45

15m

Grand Ballroom (Palmer House Hilton Chicago)

Contributed Oral Presentation MC09: Experiment Control and Data Acquisition THAG MC09 Experimental Control and Data Acquisition

Speaker

Vincent Esposito (Linac Coherent Light Source)

Description

X-ray experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory require rapid analysis and feedback to optimize experimental conditions and maximize data quality. To address this need, the Data Systems team has developed a real-time monitoring and data analysis software tool, facilitating timely decision-making and improving experimental efficiency.
In this talk, we will present the design and capabilities of this software tool, including its intuitive parallelized, flowchart-based user interface and graph-based backend, with an overview of the pre-defined operations that can be combined into full workflows. We will also mention the software's scalability through its use of ZeroMQ (zmq) sockets, as well as its modular design, which enable easy integration of new data formats or functionalities. This flexibility and scalability make the software a valuable resource for x-ray experiments at LCLS, with the potential to improve experimental efficiency and productivity.

Funding Agency

BES