Support Areas

The laser system, along with the electron accelerator, is essential for X-ray generation. Currently, the system lacks the necessary controls for optimizing the pulse and the transport line. For these tasks, the support area relies on instrumentation provided by the Department of Physics at the University of Calabria.

This support area manages the source control system in its various components. The complexity of the accelerator/laser/beamlines system requires a sophisticated remote control system for the parameters of the various parts, allowing flexible operation during the machine's operational phase.

The support area is equipped with essential radiofrequency measurement systems, which were used during the installation phase of the TBS source in its current configuration. These systems allow the characterization, within certain frequency limits, of RF devices in terms of scattering parameters and the control of power levels in the various sections of the acceleration system.

This area manages the radioprotection system of the TBS source and ensures that the levels of Gamma radiation and Neutrons are within regulatory limits. In particular, the radiation levels emitted by the RF source, the accelerator sections, and in areas where high-energy X-rays are produced, are continuously monitored.

This area provides support for the vacuum system required for the operation of the accelerator machine and the beamlines. The area provided support during the installation of the vacuum pumps on the accelerator machine and the TBS source beamlines in their current configuration, and also oversees the vacuum during the operational phase of the source by performing appropriate leak tests and degassing procedures.

The computing and data storage services are managed by the ReCaS Cosenza Data Center, one of the nodes of the computing infrastructure created as part of the ReCaS project of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), and distributed across the regions of Southern Italy. The implementation strategies adopted for the ReCaS infrastructure in Cosenza take into account the interoperability between the various ReCaS Data Centers and the integration of different computing paradigms: parallel and distributed; Grid and Cloud. The total computing power of the Data Center is approximately 32 kHep-Spec06, with a total of 3,800 cores and more than 15 TB of memory (RAM).