Coincident Learning for Beam-based RF Station Fault Identification Using Phase Information at the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source
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| author | Liang, Jia Colocho, William Decker, Franz-Josef Humble, Ryan Morris, Ben O'Shea, Finn H. Steele, David A. Zhang, Zhe Darve, Eric Ratner, Daniel |
| author_facet | Liang, Jia Colocho, William Decker, Franz-Josef Humble, Ryan Morris, Ben O'Shea, Finn H. Steele, David A. Zhang, Zhe Darve, Eric Ratner, Daniel |
| contents | Anomalies in radio-frequency (RF) stations can result in unplanned downtime and performance degradation in linear accelerators such as SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Detecting these anomalies is challenging due to the complexity of accelerator systems, high data volume, and scarcity of labeled fault data. Prior work identified faults using beam-based detection, combining RF amplitude and beam-position monitor data. Due to the simplicity of the RF amplitude data, classical methods are sufficient to identify faults, but the recall is constrained by the low-frequency and asynchronous characteristics of the data. In this work, we leverage high-frequency, time-synchronous RF phase data to enhance anomaly detection in the LCLS accelerator. Due to the complexity of phase data, classical methods fail, and we instead train deep neural networks within the Coincident Anomaly Detection (CoAD) framework. We find that applying CoAD to phase data detects nearly three times as many anomalies as when applied to amplitude data, while achieving broader coverage across RF stations. Furthermore, the rich structure of phase data enables us to cluster anomalies into distinct physical categories. Through the integration of auxiliary system status bits, we link clusters to specific fault signatures, providing additional granularity for uncovering the root cause of faults. We also investigate interpretability via Shapley values, confirming that the learned models focus on the most informative regions of the data and providing insight for cases where the model makes mistakes. This work demonstrates that phase-based anomaly detection for RF stations improves both diagnostic coverage and root cause analysis in accelerator systems and that deep neural networks are essential for effective analysis. |
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| spellingShingle | Coincident Learning for Beam-based RF Station Fault Identification Using Phase Information at the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source Liang, Jia Colocho, William Decker, Franz-Josef Humble, Ryan Morris, Ben O'Shea, Finn H. Steele, David A. Zhang, Zhe Darve, Eric Ratner, Daniel Accelerator Physics Anomalies in radio-frequency (RF) stations can result in unplanned downtime and performance degradation in linear accelerators such as SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Detecting these anomalies is challenging due to the complexity of accelerator systems, high data volume, and scarcity of labeled fault data. Prior work identified faults using beam-based detection, combining RF amplitude and beam-position monitor data. Due to the simplicity of the RF amplitude data, classical methods are sufficient to identify faults, but the recall is constrained by the low-frequency and asynchronous characteristics of the data. In this work, we leverage high-frequency, time-synchronous RF phase data to enhance anomaly detection in the LCLS accelerator. Due to the complexity of phase data, classical methods fail, and we instead train deep neural networks within the Coincident Anomaly Detection (CoAD) framework. We find that applying CoAD to phase data detects nearly three times as many anomalies as when applied to amplitude data, while achieving broader coverage across RF stations. Furthermore, the rich structure of phase data enables us to cluster anomalies into distinct physical categories. Through the integration of auxiliary system status bits, we link clusters to specific fault signatures, providing additional granularity for uncovering the root cause of faults. We also investigate interpretability via Shapley values, confirming that the learned models focus on the most informative regions of the data and providing insight for cases where the model makes mistakes. This work demonstrates that phase-based anomaly detection for RF stations improves both diagnostic coverage and root cause analysis in accelerator systems and that deep neural networks are essential for effective analysis. |
| title | Coincident Learning for Beam-based RF Station Fault Identification Using Phase Information at the SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source |
| topic | Accelerator Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16052 |