Annotation Proceedings of the October 1992 workshop, including papers and poster sessions. Papers address accelerator reliability, beam diagnostics, beam monitors, signal processing, fluorescent screens, timing systems, and software analysis. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Contributors associated with new accelerators, such as the Superconducting Super Collider and the Advanced Photon Source, and established machines, such as Fermilab and CERN, share their experiences concerning instrumentation. Among the topics are the development of a low-intensity current monitor s

Annotation Proceedings of the October 1992 workshop, including papers and poster sessions. Papers address accelerator reliability, beam diagnostics, beam monitors, signal processing, fluorescent screens, timing systems, and software analysis. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

This book summarizes the experience of many years of teamwork with my group, the beam diagnostics group of GSI. For a long time the group was also responsible for operating the machines and application programming. In my opinion, this connection was very e?cient: ?rst, because a beam diagnostic system has to place powerful tools at the operators’ disposal; second, because data evaluation and presentation of results for machine operation demand application programs which can be handled not only by skilled experts. On the other hand, accelerator developments and improvements as well as commissioning of new machines by specialists require more complex measu- ments than those for routine machine operation. A modern beam diagnostic system, including the software tools, has to cover these demands, too. Therefore, this book should motivate physicists, constructors, electronic engineers, and computer experts to work together during the design and daily use of a beam diagnostic system. This book aims to give them ideas and tools for their work. I would not have been able to write this book without a good education in physics and many discussions with competent leaders, mentors, and c- leagues. After working about 40 years in teams on accelerators, there are so many people I have to thank that it is impossible to mention them all by name here.

From the reviews: "This book is a very welcome and valuable addition to the accelerator literature. As noted by the authors, there is relatively little material in the book specifically for low-energy machines, but industrial users may still find it useful to read." Cern Courier