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MICE Muon Beam Test + Downstream PID Detector Runs - April 18/19

The purpose of the run is to:

  • Ensure that the downstream PID detectors are operating as expected
  • Take any calibration data required for the PID detectors
  • Repeat Step I with setting that Jaroslaw will provide

Daily schedule

Date Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday
estimated time 8am - 4pm 4 - 12pm 8am - 4pm 4pm - 12pm
MOM M. Popovic M. Popovic M. Popovic M. Popovic
Lead shifter R. Gamet D. Rajaram R. Gamet D. Rajaram
Shifter K. Ronald M. Palmer K. Ronald M. Palmer
BLOC C. Pidcott C. Pidcott C. Pidcott C. Pidcott
SOC C. Heidt C. Heidt C. Heidt C. Heidt
Expert
Aim Take Data
Beam? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Additional Personnel

SOC Contact Phone numbers : http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/projects/maus/wiki/SoftwareOnCall

Prerequisites

Run Preparation List

Data Requested

Beamline Configurations

  • Decay Solenoid MAY be available
  • We expect to be running with 2V beamloss and beam bump active.

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

Shifter target training

  • on Friday afternoon after Hall closeup - somewhere between 15:00-17:00

Data Plan

Test on Friday afternoon

  • The main goal of this run is testing functionality of systems before the week-end data taking
  1. The beam line will be set for Reference Run with Decay Solenoid.
  2. We will pulse the target for ~2h

Reference Run with Decay Solenoid

Number of particle triggers 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) RunControl tag
# MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
10000 pion 272.42 268.67 265.98 143.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 443.1 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Note Friday reference will be used to try to debug the TOF Gain issue (See wiki minutes). We will want to

  • do some sanity checks
  • change HV by 20% on selected channels and check the effect

Durga will be there to manage this.

Reference runs.

Please do a reference run using the settings in the table above as close as possible to the start of each shift

Beamline pre-commissioning activities

  • The main goal of these activities is to prepare matching to the Step IV channel

#First we do the Reference Run with Decay Solenoid

Number of particle triggers 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) RunControl tag
# MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
10000 pion 272.42 268.67 265.98 143.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 443.1 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS
  1. The beam line will be first set to the (6, 200) reference setting.
  2. The trigger needs to be set at TOF1 (we need tracks recorded in both TOF0 and TOF1).
  3. We need 10000 analysable muons.

Please do each run in units of 1000 pulses each You will need to manually stop and start the run at 1000 pulses. For 5000 pulses we need 5 runs of 1000 pulses each.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 4095 6-200+M0
  • The beam line will be now set to the (6, 140) reference setting.
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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 327.6 324.11 188.86 29 81.9 102.3 71.2 248.4 534.6 75.5 125.2 167.9 111.2 104.2 157.6 134.4 3419 6-140+M0
  • The beam line will be now set to the (6, 240) reference setting.
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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 471.6 468.33 275.88 147 118.3 147.8 102.8 390.2 772.7 108.5 183.6 246.2 163.3 164.4 248.8 212.6 2387 6-240+M0

Pre-commissioning with modified(6, 200) reference settings

  1. The trigger needs to be set at TOF1 (we need tracks recorded in both TOF0 and TOF1).
  2. We need 10000 analysable muons.

Please do each run in units of 1000 pulses each You will need to manually stop and start the run at 1000 pulses.

*The beam line will be now set to the (6, 200) with reduced D2 current by 5%

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 89.5 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 4095 6-200+M0_lowD2

*The beam line will be now set to the (6, 200) with reduced Proton Absorber, but D2 back at nominal.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 29 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 4095 6-200+M0_shortPA

*The beam line will be now set to the (6, 200) with nominal Proton Absorber, but DS at +10%.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 735.5 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 4095 6-200+M0_highDS

*The beam line will be now set to the (6, 200) with nominal Proton Absorber, but DS at -10%.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 601.74 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 4095 6-200+M0_lowDS

*The beam line will be now set to the new setting based on (6, 200), but with different setting in Q4-Q7. There is a risk of Q4 tripping. This setting aims to prepare matching including Diffuser in a future. Shifters do not need to worry about the Diffuser now.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 216.3 221.5 135.3 160.4 251.7 172.6 6-200+Match1

*The beam line will be now set to the new setting based on (6, 200), but with different setting in Q4-Q7. There is a risk of Q4 tripping. This setting aims to prepare matching without Diffuser. Shifters do not need to worry about the Diffuser now.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 196.2 262.3 201.2 137.9 248.6 202.2 6-200+MatchNoDiff1

Beamline pre-commissioning (search for setting for commissioning of downstream detectors without B field)

  • The main goal of these activities is to find setting to improve particle rate in downstream detectors in the absence of B field from SC solenoids.
  1. The trigger needs to be set at TOF1 (we need tracks recorded in TOF0, TOF1 and TOF2).
  2. We aim to measure rate in downstream detectors using TOF2
  3. We need 10000 analysable muons in TOF1 for phase space reconstruction.

Please do each run in units of 1000 pulses each You will need to manually stop and start the run at 1000 pulses. For 5000 pulses we need 5 runs of 1000 pulses each.

*The beam line will be now set to the new setting based on (6, 200), but with different setting in Q4-Q7.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 117.1 179.9 115.6 113.8 171.3 100.2 6-200+MatchDown1

*The beam line will be now set to the new setting based on (6, 200), but with different setting in Q4-Q7.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 115.7 178.9 115.4 95.6 155.4 85.5 6-200+MatchDown2

*The beam line will be now set to the baseline on (6, 200). Aim is to check the reproducibility of data together with taking data with TOF2.

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) RunControl tag
# V MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
5000 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 102.4 127.9 89.0 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 4095 6-200+M0

TOF 2 Calibration

#First we do the Reference Run with Decay Solenoid

Number of particle triggers 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) RunControl tag
# MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
10000 pion 272.42 268.67 265.98 143.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 443.1 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS
  1. The beam line will be now set to the positron 150 MeV/c setting.

Please do each run in units of 5000 pulses each You will need to manually stop and start the run at 5000 pulses. For 25000 pulses we need 5 runs of 5000 pulses each.

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) RunControl tag
# V mm A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
25000 2 Positron 191.0 164.42 157.24 29 42.04 52.31 36.25 124.36 269.60 63.29 102.46 137.39 90.40 61.01 91.90 77.80 1146 TOF-Calib+150

Finish

  • Shutdown target and re-open Hall for Monday

Notes

*It is possible that people working in Rack Room 2 on the tracker will request a controlled access to the Hall.
If this is done the standard procedure (in a checklist) must be followed.

*There will be no offline reconstruction between 4pm and 12am on Saturday afternoon/evening. This is not a problem
for the shifters.

Updated by Pasternak, Jaroslaw almost 8 years ago ยท 61 revisions