Towards a Unified Environmental Monitoring, Control and Data Management System for Irradiation Facilities: the CERN IRRAD Use Case

Blerina Gkotse (1, 2) , M. Glaser (3, 4) , Pierre Jouvelot (1, 2) , Emanuele Matli (3) , Giuseppe Pezzullo (3) , Federico Ravotti (3)

1 Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris)
2 CRI - Centre de Recherche en Informatique
3 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
4 IReS - Institut de Recherches Subatomiques

— The qualification of materials, electronic components and equipment for the CERN High Energy Physics experiments and beyond requires testing against possible radiation effects. These quite complex tests are performed by specialized teams working in irradiation facilities such as IRRAD, the Proton Irradiation Facility at CERN. Building upon the details of the overall irradiation control, monitoring, and logistical systems of IRRAD as a use case, we introduce the motivations for and general architecture of its new data management framework, currently under development at CERN. This infrastructure is intended to allow for the seamless and comprehensive handling of IRRAD irradiation experiments and to help manage all aspects of the facility. Its architecture, currently focused on the specific requirements of the IRRAD facility, is intended to be upgraded to a general framework that could be used in other irradiation facilities within the radiation effects community, as well as for other applications.

Mots clés: control systems; IRRAD; irradiation facility; monitoring; radiation tests

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]

Blerina Gkotse, M. Glaser, Pierre Jouvelot, Emanuele Matli, Giuseppe Pezzullo, et al.. Towards a Unified Environmental Monitoring, Control and Data Management System for Irradiation Facilities: the CERN IRRAD Use Case. RADECS 2017, RADiation Effects on Components and Systems, Oct 2017, Genève, Switzerland. ⟨hal-01650131⟩