Upgrade of hardware controls for the STAR experiment at RHIC

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21340%2F21%3A00351526" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21340/21:00351526 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165644" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165644</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165644" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nima.2021.165644</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Upgrade of hardware controls for the STAR experiment at RHIC

Original language description

The STAR experiment has been delivering significant physics results for more than 20 years. Stable operation of the experiment was achieved by using a robust controls system based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS). Now an object-oriented approach with Python libraries, adapted for EPICS software, is going to replace the procedural-based EPICS C libraries previously used at STAR. Advantages of the new approach include stability of operation, code reduction and straightforward project documentation. The first two sections of this paper introduce the STAR experiment, give an overview of the EPICS architecture, and present the use of Python for controls software. Specific examples, as well as upgrades of user interfaces, are outlined in the following sections.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10301 - Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LM2018109" target="_blank" >LM2018109: Brookhaven National Laboratory - the participation of the Czech Republic</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

ISSN

0168-9002

e-ISSN

1872-9576

Volume of the periodical

1013

Issue of the periodical within the volume

Oct

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000685514500012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85111627401