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Beam Spot Display on TV Monitor

Main Control Room
Accelerator Main Control Room

Accelerator operators need to be able to interpret and respond to a great deal of information to keep the entire accelerator system running.
At various points along the accelerator are screens, small plates that operators can move into the beam path. The screen glows when struck by the beam and is viewed by a video camera that sends the signal to the control room. This spot is the actual record of the beam at a point along the accelerator. Beam Spot Monitor
Beam spot monitor showing beam going to beam dump.
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