LHC collimators low level control system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 333-340

  Masi, Alessandro ^a   Losito, Roberto ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

LHC collimators; LVDT; PXI; Real time control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL; SENSORS;

LHC COLLIMATORS; LOW LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM (LLCS); LVDT; PXI;

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS;

EID: 39049100477     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.914206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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