Abstract
The SSC consists of a series of six accelerators: an injector complex made up of a LINAC, a Low Energy Booster (LEB), a Medium Energy Booster (MEB), and High Energy Booster (HEB), as well as two storage rings together known as the “Collider.” Although controls requirements and issues related to this complex of accelerators are not inherently different from those of other large accelerator laboratories, some special problems result from the large number of control points involved (greater than 500,000), the great distances between the various components (up to 100 Km), and the very high reliability required (0.986 availability for the global control system).
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Heefner, J.W., Bork, R.G., Gurd, D.P. (1994). Business Opportunities in the SSCL Global Control System. In: Hale, P. (eds) Supercollider 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2439-7_2
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