Indiana University Cyclotron Controller

This joint project with the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility applies analog field computers as real-time controllers for the dipole and quadrupole electromagnets in the IUCF beam line. Simplicity, adjustability, and rapid response to changing conditions are achieved with a digitally-reconfigurable VLSI field computer that has an analog computation path, and includes an integrated simulator to compute beam moments from non-invasive beam position monitors. The prototype controller is a 2mm x 2mm MOSIS "TinyChip".

Associated Faculty: Jonathan W. Mills, Gerard P. Allwein, John C. Collins

Associated Graduate Students: Students who want to do research in this area should send mail to Jonathan W. Mills or Gerry Allwein

Affiliated Projects:

• IU Visual inference Laboratory

• NSF Physics/CS Multi-Disciplinary Research Program (submitted)

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