WEKA02
BARC, Mumbai, India
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Evolution of Control Systems for Large Telescopes and Accelerators : A retrospective | |
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| Particle accelerators and telescopes are big instruments of experimental physics. Even though markedly different in design & construction, particle accelerators and telescopes complement each other in answering man's most profound questions on the nature and origin of universe. Today's particle accelerators are mammoth microscopes peering in to the structure and properties of building blocks of matter with ever larger energies or particle intensities. On the other hand, telescopes look outside in to the cosmos to ever greater distances and time. As they become bigger and more powerful, both accelerators and telescopes have been continuously pushing the frontiers of technology in all spheres- detectors & front-end electronics, control, communication and computing. This has resulted in electronics which is smaller, consume less power, faster, more accurate, more reliable and support higher capacities. In this keynote address, the speaker traces over two decades of association in building control and information systems for world's big telescopes such as GMRT (Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope, 90's) and MACE (Multiple Atmospheric Cerenkov Emission, today) in India and large particle accelerators such as LHC (90's) and FAIR (today). While tracking the evolution of related technology over the years, the talk analyses the choices made, lessons learnt, failures and successes, performance and life cycle management issues. | ||
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