EPICS ACCELERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE IAC-RadiaBeam THz PROJECT

The Idaho Accelerator Center (IAC) of Idaho State University has been operating a 44 MeV L-band linac for various nuclear physics related applications [1]. However, for the past several years, this research has been done without the aid of a modern computer based control system. To obtain a better reproducibility and stability in operation, the EPICS accelerator control system has been applied to control various components of this linac. This has been done for the purpose of a joint THz research project between IAC and RadiaBeam that was performed in November 2012 [1, 2]. This paper describes the development of the EPICS accelerator control system used during this joint THz research experiment.