High Energy Physics (HEP)
Ensuring accurate timing in control and diagnostic systems for particle accelerators.
Why It’s Important
Accurate timing is crucial for the proper functioning, optimization, and safety of particle accelerators, as it enables:
Synchronization of Components
Precise coordination of various accelerator elements, such as radio-frequency (RF) cavities, beam monitors, and magnets, is essential for guiding and manipulating charged particles along the desired path.
Beam Diagnostics
Accurate timing is necessary for the effective use of diagnostic tools like beam position monitors, emittance monitors, and energy spectrometers, which help optimize accelerator performance and ensure the quality of generated particle beams.
Pulse Shaping and Beam Manipulation
Short, intense pulses of particles are often produced in accelerators. Precise timing is crucial for controlling the properties of these pulses, such as duration, intensity, and energy distribution.
Data Acquisition and Processing
Proper correlation and interpretation of data collected from various sensors and detectors rely on accurate timing, which is used to fine-tune accelerator performance and guarantee successful experiments.
Experiment Synchronization
Precise timing is necessary for coordinating the operation of particle accelerators with other instruments, such as detectors or external lasers, ensuring accurate and reliable experimental results.
Safety and Interlock Systems
Real-time monitoring of various parameters and triggering protective measures in case of anomalies or potentially hazardous situations are dependent on accurate timing, ensuring the protection of both the accelerator’s equipment and its operators.
Why Safran
Safran collaborates on many breaking-through challenges all around the world, providing best-in class and highly innovative solutions for the most demanding scientific facilities. We’re widely known as a world-wide leader on accurate sub-nanosecond time transfer and frequency distribution as well as having high expertise on advanced control systems for particle accelerators. Our company collaborates on many breaking-through challenges all around the world, providing best-in class and highly innovative solutions for the most demanding scientific facilities.