A machine learning approach for particle accelerator errant beam prediction using spatial phase deviation

Yigit A. Yucesan, Willem Blokland, Pradeep Ramuhalli, Alexander Zhukov, Charles Peters, David Brown, Cary Long

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Abstract

Particle accelerators are extremely complex systems that are expected to operate on high availability. Predicting impending failures only by utilizing data collected from diagnostic equipment already on board can help operators to avoid installing expensive sensors, unscheduled downtime and associated costs. For this purpose we explore the predictive power of Machine Learning algorithms to detect faulty beams prior to the failure. In this study, we propose a Machine Learning approach to model mapping from a pair of sensors located across the accelerator. While the model is trained to represent normal operation, we evaluate the predictive performance on known faulty beam pulses. We also investigate the model performance on unseen data through k-fold cross-validation. Then we recap the analysis with a neural architecture search and hyperparameter optimization study to fine tune our initial model. This paper will also introduce a sustainable framework that can standardize Machine Learning workflow applied to particle accelerators.

Funding

The authors acknowledge the help of the collaborators from Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Malachi Schram and Kishansingh Rajput, and Sarah Cousineau at ORNL, for making this grant work possible. This work was supported by the DOE Office of Science, United States under Grant No. DE-SC0009915 (Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Scientific User Facilities program). This research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

Keywords

  • Data-driven fault detection
  • Neural architecture search
  • Particle accelerators
  • Sustainable machine learning framework

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