Beam Parameters Analysis Interface for the Proton Irradiation Facility (IRRAD)

CERN’s proton irradiation facility IRRAD is a key infrastructure [1] for the High Energy Physics (HEP) community to perform radiation test studies. The usage ranges from radiation damage tests on semiconductor devices, electronics components, materials in operation around accelerators and experiments to degradation tests for components and systems. Obtaining a slow extracted beam from the Proton Synchrotron (PS) with momentum of 24 GeV/c allows exposing with a gaussian 12 × 12 mm2 beam to given particle fluence levels. The facility is located in the PS East Area at the T8 beamline. The facility’s upgrade in 2014 during the Long Shutdown 1 ensured adaption of the site to the challenging requirements for irradiation studies for the era of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). As the users rely on achieving the anticipated specifications, a regular monitoring of the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on the part of the IRRAD operation team is crucial. With the beam spills being distributed to the various experiments regulated by the CERN Control Center (CCC), they also rely on feedback in order to improve their operation. Moreover, with regard to future accelerator projects demanding higher fluences, this analysis also contributes to improve the facilities performance for the future challenges. Therefore a software tool allowing for a quick and uncomplicated analysis of the KPIs on a weekly basis became indispensable.