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The mandate of our group

Mandate for the LINAC 4 and PSB Section (PSB)

The section is responsible for the operation of LINAC 4 (L4) with the exception of the L4 source, and the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) including their transfer lines.

Operational responsibilities for L4 and PSB involve:

• Plan and execute the hardware commissioning, dry runs and beam commissioning after technical stops and shutdown periods;
• Collaborating with the L4 and PSB technical coordinators for the Individual System Test planning and special requests during the shutdown periods;
• Operating L4 and PSB during the different runs:
  • Assure and participate in the shift rota of the Proton Synchrotron complex;
  • Lead and participate in the machine coordination of L4 and PSB;
  • Responsible for the safety and coordination of access and interventions during periods of operation;
  • Set up, monitor, maintain beams and optimize their performance for the downstream machines and the ISOLDE facility;
  • Register faults and machine downtime and follow up on faults with the equipment experts with the aim to provide robust beam statistics and improve machine availability;
  • Prepare and participate in machine development sessions;
  • Responsible for the operational machine configuration and the associated settings management for L4 and the PSB, which includes the development of methods, dedicated tools and software applications.
• Draw up and maintain operational and safety procedures for L4 and the PSB as well as beam documentation, training documentation, functional specifications, engineering change requests or other machine-related documents;
• Take an active role in machine upgrade studies;
• Participate in establishing and maintaining accelerator operation schedules.

Quick Links

• OP Webtools
• Logbook (internal, external)
• EPC Logbook
• Injector’s performance
• Accelerator Fault Tracking
• Optics repository
• Zoom virtual meeting rooms
• PSB Layout: Wiki, EDMS
• LN4 Layout: Wiki, EMDS

Documentation

• PSB Wiki
• PSB EDMS
• CPS ECRs
• OP shutdown lectures (new, old)

Minutes

• Supervisor meetings
• PSB section meetings

Schedules

• Injector schedule
• ISOLDE schedule
• MD schedule

Databases

• Controls database
• EPC database
• Norma database
• Survey database