17–22 May 2026
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Development of a surrogate model of the T09 beamline of the PS East Experimental Area at CERN

THP4072
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC4.A21: Hadron accelerators: Secondary Beams Poster session

Speaker

Dipanwita Banerjee (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

The T09 beamline of the PS East Experimental Area delivers mixed secondary particle beams for diverse experiments and test beams. This requires the possibility of generating flexible beam conditions. Predicting beam parameters at the experimental area, such as particle composition, spatial profiles, and momentum spread, typically demands time-intensive simulations with tools like BDSIM and FLUKA. This work presents the development and first studies of a surrogate model of the T09 beamline that reproduces key beam characteristics with greatly reduced computational cost, making it a promising candidate for future real-time applications. Trained on a database of detailed BDSIM simulations spanning multiple collimator configurations, the model employs machine-learning-based regression to predict beam transmission, spot size, and phase-space parameters. Preliminary validation against full Monte Carlo simulations shows agreement at a level of \SI{15}{\percent} for the tested configurations, supporting rapid parameter scans and indicating potential for future real-time beam optimisation. This approach is also scalable for other CERN beamlines.

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Authors

Dipanwita Banerjee (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Robin Tietgen (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Co-authors

Alice Goillot (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Bastien Rae (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Emily Barber (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Fabian Metzger (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Florian Stummer (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Giovanni Dal Maso (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Johannes Bernhard (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Laurence Nevay (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Maarten Van Dijk (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Nikolaos CHARITONIDIS (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Paraskevi Alexaki (University of Liverpool) SEYMA ESEN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Silvia Schuh (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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