Operations¶

• Lots of activity in the Hall during January/February
  • Conventional magnet cooling circuits flushed
  • Focus coils swapped and FC1 being prepared for us in Feb
  • PPS serviced
  • Parts of the tracker He leak identified and being fixed
  • DS Power supply being returned by Feb 23 and will be installed on arrival

• Things which we will need to do during or after the user cycle
  • DS Power supply commissioning will have to be done in one of two work periods during the user cycle
  • Possible work on leak from the diffuser during user cycle
  • Mechanical realignment of SSD postponed until after this user cycle

• User Cycle 2015/04 : 16/Feb - 23/Mar
  • Straight track running with and without LiH absorber
  • 110 shifts allocated. 100 shifts taken up.
  • MOMs : Paul Kyberd and Ryan Bayes
  • BLOCs : we have a small pool which may be enough for this user cycle but really need more trained BLOCs
  • Expert start-up run : 17th Feb
  • Beam tune : Morning of the 18th Feb
  • Shift training on Feb 22nd
  • Data-taking to begin on Feb 23rd
  • Two work periods during the user cycle
    • 29/Feb - 3/Mar before 16:00 (evening shifts will continue)
    • 7/Mar - 11/Mar for LiH installation, but other work could also proceed in this slot.
  • I have some concerns at mix of Hall work and data-taking. Work must be scheduled, together
    with the DC, at the scheduling meetings and DC must be present during the work.