APS Acronyms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

ACIS Accelerator Access Control & Interlock System
ADD Associate Division Director
AES APS Engineering Support Division (ANL)
AES area emergency supervisor
AFM atomic force microscope
AIC Argonne Information Center
AIM Argonne Information Management System
ALARA as low as reasonably achievable
ALD Associate Laboratory Director
ALFF Argonne Linear FEL
AMOS Argonne Materials Ordering System
ANL Argonne National Laboratory
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APD avalanche photodiode
APS Advanced Photon Source
APSUO Advanced Photon Source Users Organization
APS RES Advanced Photon Source research initiative
ASD Accelerator Systems Division (ANL)
ATLAS Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System (ANL)
ATI Argonne Theory Institute (ANL)

B

BAC Beam Time Allocation Committee
BCM bent-crystal monochromator
BCTF Beamline Component Test Facility
BRC Beamline Review Committee
BCRRT Beamline Commissioning Readiness Review Team
BESSY Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft fur Synchrotronstrahlung
BIO Biosciences Division (ANL)
BLEPS beamline equipment protection system
BM bending magnet
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory
BPM beam position monitor

C

CAT Collaborative Access Team
CBT computer-based training
CCD charge coupled device
CCST Coordination Council for Science and Technology
CDT Collaborative Development Team
CHM Chemistry Division (ANL)
CHESS Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
CLO central laboratory/office (building)
CM configuration management
CMS chemical management system
CMB Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology (ANL)
CMT Chemical Engineering Division (ANL)
CNM Center for Nanoscale Materials Division (ANL)
COATS corrective action tracking system
CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPU circularly polarized undulator
CST coherent synchrotron radiation
CT compact tension
CVD chemical vapor deposition

D

DBPLD digitizing beam position limit detectors
DCC Document Control Center
DCM double-crystal monochromator
DD Deputy Director
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DEP Division of Educational Programs (ANL)
DESY Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
DIS Decision and Information Sciences Division (ANL)
DIW deionized water
DMM double-multilayer monochromator
DOD U.S. Department of Defense
DOE U.S. Department of Energy
DOT U.S. Department of Transportation
DX Design Exchange
DXRL deep x-ray lithography

E

EAA experiment assembly area
EMW elliptical multipole wiggler
EPICS Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System
EPS equipment protection system
EQO ESH/QA Oversight Group
ES Energy Systems Division (ANL)
ESAF Experiment Safety Approval Form
ES&H environment, safety, and health
ESH-TR ESH Division, Training Section
ESRB Experimental Safety Review Board
ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
ETS equipment tracking system

F

FDR final design report
FE front end (beamline)
FEA finite element analysis
FEEPS front-end equipment protection system
FEL free-electron laser
FOE first optics enclosure
FV fast valve
FWHM full width half maximum

G

GERT General Employee Radiation Training
GFCI ground fault circuit interrupter
GU General User
GUP General User Program

H

HazMats hazardous materials
HDF hierarchical data format
HEP High Energy Physics Division (HEP)

I

IAC Infrastructure Assurance Center (ANL)
ICMS integrated content management system
ID insertion device
IPNS Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Division (ANL)
IOC input/output controller
IR infra-red
ISI interlock systems and instrumentation
ISM integrated safety management