A prototype X-ray Beam Position Monitor (XBPM) has been developed and tested at the Australian Synchrotron. This talk will outline the design consideration, fabrication and initial results for the XBPM. A review of the lessons learned and changes being made of the second iteration will be presented.
Describes the plant and the concerns with age.
Actions underway to mitigate the risks.
To support growing interest of the use of high energy electrons (40-200 MeV) for detector and medical therapy investigations, we are developing an electron extraction line at the end of the Australian Synchrotron's 100 MeV linear accelerator. While it is within a shielded area, it is desirable to reduce as much as possible the scattered radiation from the beam dump. We have investigated the...
The Centre for Accelerator Science (CAS) operate four tandem accelerators featuring 3 different charging and terminal potential stabilising systems. This presentation is a discussion about the current methods used to stabilise the terminal potential and inviting other delegates to contribute their knowledge surrounding the limitations of the existing systems and discuss some ideas that might...
The 14 UD will soon receive new Column Posts. We will move to a new low stress assembly technique.
As part of the development of the University of Melbourne X-band Laboratory for Accelerators and Beams (X-LAB) we have been advancing the conceptual design and simulations of a compact low emittance beamline to be based in the newly re-developed beam hall.
Proposed applications of the beamline include radiation dosimetry, as well as the electron source for an Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS)...
The Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) at the Australian National University is reaching a series 50-year milestones in its operation of the 14UD tandem pelletron particle accelerator. Far from fading into the dying light, the accelerator and facility are instead pushing toward the future with an array of major infrastructure initiatives and an expanded range of industry relevant...
The Pelletron at the University of Melbourne has been used for materials analysis and ion implantation since its installation in the 1970s. Today, it is primarily used to produce proton and helium beams up to 3.5 and 1.5MeV respectively, serving three beamlines via a rotating spectrometer magnet. Although the approximate beam current and transverse profile can be measured using the...
this talk will give an introduction to the Australian synchrotron accelerator facilities and a summary of current key accelerator upgrade projects we are undertaking and their technical challenges.
Current major upgrades include the booster and storage ring RF amplifiers, electron gun and storage ring injection system.
An introduction to the Advanced Instrumentation Technology forum and also diversity in STEM facilities.
This talk will outline the Space Test Facility run by the Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre at the ANU Mount Stromlo Observatory.
Alexey will present on some of the spacecraft missions he has been involved in.
This talk will provide a description of the Advanced Composites Manufacturing facility and recent demonstration projects.
The first Southern Hemisphere X-band Laboratory for Accelerators and Beams (X-LAB) is under construction at the University of Melbourne, and it will operate CERN X-band test stand containing two 12GHz 6MW klystron amplifiers. By power combination through hybrid couplers and the use of pulse compressors, up to 50 MW of peak power can be sent to any of 2 test slots at pulse repetition rates up...
Every day we interact with compliant mechanisms (CMs), whether you realise it or not. They are present in light switches, zippers, and even your plastic takeaway container. A compliant mechanism is a mechanism that uses one or more flexing features to achieve a mechanical outcome. We use them frequently at the AITC as substitutes for traditional mechanisms, such as bearings, slides, and...
Optical engineering combines the disciplines of physics, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. At AITC we design and integrate optical systems. This talk gives an overview of optical engineering techniques, some tools of the trade, and some tips and tricks that we have learned through building optical systems.
In this presetation I will introduce the Australian National Nanofabrication Facility on a general level, and then more specifically OptoFab ACT which is a recent new node formed around optical coatings,precision custom optical fabriction, and ultimately optical chips. I will present the current and upcoming capabilties and some exaamples of components and systems we have built.
This talk will outline the detector technology program at the ANU RSAA Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre.
From requirements to execution of test on hardware and then back using JAMA, JIRA, CICD, tango, k8s and hardware.
The preparation of Ferromanganese crust samples for AMS studies.
The current control system is based on an Ubuntu 12 (32 bit) server and EPICS version 3.14.11-dirty. The server provides EPICS IOC's to four VME crates and a few arm based IOC's via tftp boot. All IOC's run the same iocApp with different st.cmd and data base files to form the accelerator control system. In addition all control terminals are thick clients booting from the Ubuntu 12 server,...
ANTARES AMS Data Acquisition System (DAQ) is built up in the early time of 90’s. The system includes detector, pre-Amplify, CAMAC electronics system, and VME frame with Motorola MVME CPU processor plus CEAN scaler board and ADC pulse process board. The system employs OS/9 operator system that were developed by Microware for MVME CPU processor. A Linux machine is connected to MVME CPU board via...
The accelerator and support infra-structure at the Australian Synchrotron has over 220 different EPICS IOCs, gateways, archivers and operator interfaces items
that need to be built and maintained.
This presentation will give an over view of the tools involved, the methodology,
and the advantages and disadvantages of the system.
