h1. Target commissioning + CKOV HV scan - 28th/29th March 2015

h2. The purpose of the run is to:

* Get the system to a state where ToF (and CKOV) Calibration data can be taken

* Take some TOF calibration data 

h3. Daily schedule

| Date           | Saturday   | Saturday          |   Sunday      | Sunday     |  

| estimated time | 8am - 4pm    | 4 - 12pm        |  8am - 4pm    |  4pm - 12pm |

| MOM            | Y. Karadzhov | Y. Karadzhov    |  Y. Karadzhov | Y. Karadzhov   |

| Lead shifter   | P. Franchini | P. Hanlet       |  P. Frachini  | P. Hanlet       |

| Shifter        | H. Nebrensky | P. Soler        |  H. Nebrensky | P. Soler | 

| BLOC           |              |                 |               |                | 

| SOC            |  R. Bayes    | R. Bayes        |  R. Bayes     | R. Bayes       |

| Expert         |  Y Karadzhov (DAQ)|  | | |

|                |              |                 |               |                | 

| Aim            | Take Data    |                 |               |                |

|                |              |                 |               |                |

| Beam?          | Yes          | Yes             | Yes           | Yes            | 

| Additional Personnel          |                 |               |                |  |

h2. Prerequisites

"Run Preparation List":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/projects/operations/wiki/RunPreparationList

h2. Data Requested

h2. Beamline Configurations

* N.B. Decay Solenoid will not be available.

* We expect to be running with 2V beamloss and beam bump active.

h3. Preparation

* We will run beam into the hall so need to secure the MICE Hall

* Target needs to be ready

* BeamLine elements need to be ready

* Detectors need to be ready

* Controls needs to be ready

* DAQ needs to be ready

* OnMon and OnRec need to be ready

* Data Mover needs to be ready

h3. Shifter target training

* at shift handover on Saturday - somewhere between 15:00-17:00

h2. DAQ testing

* We will take data with TOF0, TOF1 and Ckov. This means that we will use only one LDC (VME crate).

* The main goal of this run is the continue with the commissioning of the new trigger system, and to investigate the stability issue found last weekend. 

* We will start with the debugging of the the stability issue. This operation will require unspecified amount of time.

Reference Run without Decay Solenoid

| Number of pulses | Particle Species| p at Tgt | p@D1| p@D2| p@Tof0 |Proton Absorber | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | D1| DS | D2| Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Similar Run(s)|

| # |  | MeV/c |MeV/c |MeV/c | MeV/c | mm | A| A| A| A| A| A| A| A | A | A | A | A| DAQ run #|

| 1 000 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

#  The beam line will be first set for Reference Run without Decay Solenoid.

# Then we will continue with the Ckov momentum scan on the pion momentum

h2. CKOV momentum scan run

* We will do a momentum scan on the pion momentum. There should be enough statistics with only 2000 actuations each run.

* To be carried out simultaneously with the debugging of the stability issue.

| Number of pulses | Particle Species| p at Tgt | p@D1| p@D2|Proton Absorber | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | D1| DS | D2| Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Similar Run(s)|

| #  |  | MeV/c |MeV/c |MeV/c | mm | A| A| A| A| A| A| A| A | A | A | A | A| DAQ run #|

| 2000 |  pion| 300 |268.67|265.98| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| 2000 |  pion| 325 |321.5|319| 83 | 69.1 |126.3 |77.31 | 246| ---| 119.6| 212.4| 284.8 | 188.9 | 193.7| 293.2 |250.6| 5439 |

| 2000 |  pion| 350 |346.58 | 344.14 | 83 | 74.5 | 136.1 | 83.3| 267.7 | ---| 128.8| 229.2 | 307.4 | 204|  210.6 | 318.8 | 272.5 | 5444 |

| 2000 |  pion| 375 |371.6 | 369.2 | 83 | 79.8 | 146 | 89.4 | 290.4 | ---| 137.9| 246 | 330 | 218.9|  227.3 | 344.1 | 294.2 | 5442 |

| 2000 |  pion| 400 |396.7 | 394.3 | 83 | 85.2 | 155.8 | 95.4 | 314.3 | ---| 147.1| 262.8 | 352.5 | 233.9|  244 | 369.4 | 315.8 | 5440 |

| 2000 |  pion| 425 |421.7 | 419.36 | 83 | 90.55 | 165.6 | 101.38 | 339.36 | ---| 156.26| 279.61 | 374.97 | 248.84| 260.49 | 394.43 | 337.23 | 5437 |

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h2. TOF calibration by using the old trigger system.

* This calibration will be used for comparison New vs. Old Trigger

* The goal will be to take 30 000 target pulse or more.

* Trigger provided by the old Tr. system.

# The beam line will be set for  TOF Calibration run.

h3. TOF Calibration run

| Number of pulses| Beamloss |  Particle Species| p at Tgt | p@D1| p@D2| Proton Absorber | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | D1| DS | D2| Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Similar Run(s)|

| #  | V  | mm | A| A| A| A| A| A| A| A | A | A | A | A|A|A|A|A| DAQ run #|

| 30000 | 1 | Positron | 300.0 | 259.7 | 249.58 | 29  | 56.35 | 102.7 | 62.65 | 195.72| ---| 98.59| 163.16 |218.79 | 114.14| 83.40| 125.70 | 80.06| 1678 |

h2. -CKOV HV scan run-

* We also want to do a Ckov HV and momentum scan.

* To be carried out simultaneously and parasitically with the TOF calibration run on electron beam as shown above

* Previous run to be split into 5 runs with 5000 pulses each run, scanning in a range of +- 50 V around nominal settings for CKOV HV settings

| Run type | Number of pulses| CKOVa1 | CKOVa2 | CKOVa3 | CKOVa4 | CKOVb1| CKOVb2 | CKOVb3 | CKOVb4 |

|  | #  | V  | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | 

| Default CKOV HV | 5000 | 1610 | 1520  | 1570 | 1625 | 1540 | 1590 | 1540 | 1495|

| Default CKOV HV - 50V | 5000 | 1560 | 1470  | 1520 | 1575 | 1490 | 1540 | 1490 | 1445|

| Default CKOV HV - 25V |  5000 | 1585 | 1495  | 1545 | 1600 | 1515 | 1565 | 1515 | 1470|

| Default CKOV HV + 25V | 5000 | 1635 | 1545  | 1595 | 1650 | 1565 | 1615 | 1565 | 1520|

| Default CKOV HV + 50V | 5000 | 1660 | 1570  | 1620 | 1675 | 1590 | 1640 | 1590 | 1545|

h2. Q123 Scan

* We will take data with TOF0 and TOF1, however TOF0 is most important.

* The main goal of these operations is to investigate upstream beamline setting (Q1,Q2,Q3). In particular settings with lower current in Q1 are investigated. 

* This activity will use the new calibrated trigger system.

Reference Run without Decay Solenoid + Runs with modified settings

| Run type | Number of pulses | Particle Species| p at Tgt | p@D1| p@D2| p@Tof0 |Proton Absorber | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | D1| DS | D2| Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Similar Run(s)|

|    | # |  | MeV/c |MeV/c |MeV/c | MeV/c | mm | A| A| A| A| A| A| A| A | A | A | A | A| DAQ run #|

| Reference |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| Lower 1 |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| Lower 2 |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| Lower 3 |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| Lower 1a |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| Lower 2a |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

| Refer 3a |500 |  pion| 272.42|268.67|265.98| 143.4| 29 | 57.8 | 105.6 | 64.6 | 202.8| ---| 100.4| 176.8 | 237.1| 157.2| 157.6| 238.5 | 203.7| 5729 |

h2. Finish

* Shutdown target and re-open Hall for Monday