Preface

Abstract

The 12th International Beam Instrumentation Conference, IBIC’23, was hosted by the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada from Sunday, September 10th to September 14th, 2023. IBIC is dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and measurement techniques for particle accelerators. IBIC’23 was attended by 182 delegates from 18 countries. IBIC’23 included 18 invited talks, 18 contributed talks, 2 tutorials, 114 posters, and a 3-day vendor exhibition with 18 industrial exhibitors in attendance. Twenty-five young scientists from all over the globe attended the conference. Nine of these students received grants thanks to sponsorship from the City of Saskatoon, Tourism SK, Discover Saskatoon and Innovation SK and contribution from the industrial exhibitors. The organizers of IBIC’23 are grateful to all sponsors for their valued support.The conference venue was TCU Place, a 104,000-square-foot convention and arts centre situated in downtown Saskatoon. Welcome remarks were delivered by CLS CEO, Bill Matiko, Saskatoon Mayor, Charlie Clark and University of Saskatchewan President Peter Stoicheff and Tonia Batten (CLS), IBIC’23 Conference Chair, opened the conference.The scientific program was developed by a 23-member Scientific Program Committee (SPC). Oral and poster sessions were grouped according to the following nine IBIC classifications. Beam Charge and Current Monitors • Diagnostic systems measuring the average beam current, instantaneous total intensity or individual bunch intensity. Beam Loss Monitors and Machine Protection • Diagnostic systems measuring the average beam loss, instantaneous beam loss or individual bunch loss.• Machine protection architectures based on inputs from beam instrumentation systems, as well as machine protection apparatus such as scrapers, collimators, radiation shields, etc. Beam Position Monitors • Diagnostic systems used for the measurement of beam position: orbit measurement techniques, trajectory measurement techniques, and bunch-by-bunch position measurement systems.• This track includes the use of diagnostics associated with secondary beams, e.g. photon beamlines, to measure the position of the charged particle beam. Data Acquisition and Processing Platforms • Data acquisition systems or architectures of relevance for beam diagnostic systems. This includes acquisition platforms, data processing techniques, electronic component validation or characterization.• Computing platforms, control and acquisition software and operating systems of relevance for beam diagnostics. Feedback Systems and Beam Stability • Systems used to stabilize or control any beam or accelerator parameter either in a closed or open loop. This includes control of orbit, trajectory, longitudinal stability, bunch-by-bunch transverse stability, emittance, tune, chromaticity, etc.• This can include descriptions of the detectors, actuators, any specialized acquisition electronics used to acquire the signal, as well as related data processing techniques. The feedback or feedforward aspects should, however, form a major part of the submission, otherwise, the diagnostic description would be better suited to the track dealing with the primary measurement under discussion. Longitudinal Diagnostics and Synchronization • Diagnostic systems used for the measurement of longitudinal beam parameters such as bunch length, bunch profile, arrival time, energy spread, or longitudinal emittance.• Systems used for beam synchronization and timing distribution. Machine Parameter Measurements • Systems used to measure machine parameters such as betatron tune, chromaticity, higher-order multipoles, space charge, impedance, beam-beam, etc.• Techniques and algorithms used for such measurements.• Other diagnostic devices or techniques which do not clearly match any of the previous tracks. Overview and Commissioning • General description of beam instrumentation devices and systems at new facilities or machine upgrades.• Commissioning results and lessons learned.• Workshop reports related to beam diagnostics. Transverse Profile and Emittance Monitors • Diagnostic systems used for the measurement of transverse beam size, transverse beam profile, transverse emittance, and beam halos.• This track includes both interceptive and non-interceptive diagnostics.The distribution of talks by classification was 5% Beam Charge and Current Monitors, 8% Beam Loss Monitors and Machine Protection, 13% Beam Position Monitors, 16% Data Acquisition and Processing Platforms, 8% Feedback Systems and Beam Stability, 18% Longitudinal Diagnostics and Synchronization, 8% Machine Parameter Measurements, 16% Overview and Commissioning and 8% Transverse Profile and Emittance Monitors.The regional distribution for participation was 37% from the Americas, 18% from Asia and 45% from Europe. The regional distribution of talks was 32% from the Americas, 26% from Asia and 42% from Europe. The gender ratio for oral presentations was 82% male and 18% female. The oral presentations were 79% onsite talks and 21% remote talks.List of Industrial Exhibition, Peer Reviewed Proceedings, IBIC2023, Peer Review General Policies, IBIC 2023 Peer Review Acceptance Criteria, IBIC 2023 Questions posed to referee in SPMS review module and Committees are available in this Pdf.