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AI LLM February 19, 2026

Toward a Fully Autonomous, AI-Native Particle Accelerator

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Chris Tennant

Abstract

This position paper presents a vision for self-driving particle accelerators that operate autonomously with minimal human intervention. We propose that future facilities be designed through artificial intelligence (AI) co-design, where AI jointly optimizes the accelerator lattice, diagnostics, and science application from inception to maximize performance while enabling autonomous operation. Rather than retrofitting AI onto human-centric systems, we envision facilities designed from the ground up as AI-native platforms. We outline nine critical research thrusts spanning agentic control architectures, knowledge integration, adaptive learning, digital twins, health monitoring, safety frameworks, modular hardware design, multimodal data fusion, and cross-domain collaboration. This roadmap aims to guide the accelerator community toward a future where AI-driven design and operation deliver unprecedented science output and reliability.

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arXiv ID: 2602.17536
Provider: ARXIV
Primary Category: physics.acc-ph
Published: 2026-02-19
Fetched: 2026-02-21 18:51

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