The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a Free Electron Laser (FEL) particle accelerator, at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University.
This web app allows one to view key data of the present and past operation of the accelerator:
- The primary operational parameters, such as the rate at which electron beam pulses are created and accelerated, their energy, and the energy and intensity of the x-ray photons produced and delivered to experiments
- The primary cryogenic systems parameters, such as the temperature at which key parts of the superconducting radio frequency accelerating structures are operating, and simply how much liquid helium we have in reserve
- The recent hardware and computing software issues of the machine, and their resolution status
- The control systems of the accelerator, and daemon processes, status
- The short term operational schedule of the machine.
External References
The LCLS II Superconducting "First Light" and Normal Conducting restart schedule. [SLAC authentication required]
Usage Notes
- Calendars : When using the Calendar tab, you may get message from Google saying to the effect that there is unusual traffic from your network, and asking you to verify that you are not a Robot, maybe with a CAPTCHA challenge.
Solution: This is known to happen for mobile browsers (e.g. smart phones). Go to your phone's browser settings, and toggle "Prevent Cross-site tracking" to off. Unfortunately, Google wants to be able to track your use of its services
- iLight is presently formatted to work well only on mobile screens, either vertically or horizontally. Better detection and dynamic reformatting for pads and desktops (so called "responsive" UI), is planned.
Authors
Greg White, Vijay Josephs, Charlie Nguyen and Fayaz Shaik, summer 2018 - summer 2023.
