WEOAN —  Instrumentation and Controls I   (30-Mar-11   08:30—09:30)
Chair: K.A. Brown, BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
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WEOAN1 Accelerator Timing Systems Overview 1376
 
  • J. Serrano, P. Alvarez, M.M. Lipinski, T. Włostowski
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Timing systems are crucial ingredients for the successful operation of any particle accelerator complex. They are used not only to synchronize different processes but also to time-stamp and ensure overall coherency of acquired data. We describe fundamental time and frequency figures of merit and methods to measure them, and continue with a description of current synchronization solutions for different applications, precisions and geographical coverage, and some examples. Finally, we describe new trends in timing technology and applications.  
slides icon Slides WEOAN1 [1.122 MB]  
 
WEOAN2 Linac Timing, Synchronization, and Active Stabilization 1381
 
  • F. Löhl
    CLASSE, Ithaca, New York, USA
 
  Femtosecond stability is required in an increasing number of linear accelerators, especially in free-electron laser facilities, but also in future light sources based on energy-recovery linear accelerators, as well as in future linear collider projects. This paper discusses schemes to synchronize and stabilize the most critical accelerator components in order to obtain such a stability.  
slides icon Slides WEOAN2 [4.441 MB]