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Description
The ELI-NP (Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics) Gamma-ray Beam Source (ELI-GBS), currently under construction, employs an 800 MeV linear accelerator (LINAC) to generate high-brightness gamma rays through laser–electron interactions. Its control system is designed as a distributed, EPICS-based architecture, where engineering-level control is provided for devices such as LLRF, modulators, magnets, profile monitors, and current monitors.
A set of high-level application tools is required for LINAC beam commissioning, tuning, and the measurement of key accelerator parameters. To meet the beam diagnostic capabilities and performance requirements of the commissioning process, we have developed Python-based high-level application software to support essential commissioning tasks, including gun phase scans, emittance measurements, and beam energy measurements. The software uses the pyepics package to interface with engineering-level device IOCs.
To support visualization and offline simulation, a set of Python soft IOCs has also been implemented, enabling realistic emulation of device behavior and data acquisition workflows. The online measurement capabilities of the system will be validated during the upcoming RF Gun commissioning and the subsequent LINAC commissioning phases.
Funding Agency
PN 23 21 01 06 sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization
Footnotes
This work was carried out in part under the contract PN 23 21 01 06 sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization
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