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| URL | https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-MOCG003 |
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| Title | Automation of sample alignment for neutron scattering experiments |
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| Abstract | Neutron scattering experiments are a critical tool for the exploration of molecular structure in compounds. The TOPAZ single crystal diffractometer at the Spallation Neutron Source and the Powder Diffractometer at the High Flux Isotope Reactor study these samples by illuminating them with different energy neutron beams and recording the scattered neutrons. Aligning and maintaining the alignment of the sample during an experiment is key to ensuring high quality data are collected. At present this process is performed manually by beamline scientists. RadiaSoft in collaboration with the beamline scientists and engineers at ORNL has developed a machine learning based alignment software automating this process. We utilize a fully-connected convolutional neural network configured in a U-net architecture to identify the sample center of mass. We then move the sample using a custom python-based EPICS IOC interfaced with the motors. In this poster we provide an overview of our machine learning tools and show our results aligning samples at ORNL. |
| Paper | download: MOCG003.pdf |
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| Conference | 20th Int. Conf. Accel. Large Exp. Phys. Control Syst. (ICALEPCS'25) |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Date | 20-26 Sep 2025 |
| Publisher | JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editorial Board | Kent Wootton (ANL), Jeffery Biss (FNAL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Jeff Kirchman (ANL), Kelly Jaje (ANL), Denise Skiadopoulos (ANL), SuYin Grass Wang (ANL) |
| Online ISBN | 978-3-95450-255-4 |
| Online ISSN | 2226-0358 |
| Received | 09 October 2025 |
| Revised | 21 October 2025 |
| Accepted | 04 November 2025 |
| Issued | 25 November 2025 |
| DOI | 10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2025-MOCG003 |
| Pages | 93-98 |
| Copyright | Published by JACoW Publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the published article's title, publisher, and DOI. |