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MICE Beamline Precommissioning and TOF Calibration : 29/4/2015

The purpose of the run is to:

  • Complete April 25/26 weekend run plan
  • Take TOF calibration data
  • Test TOF gains vs applied voltage dependence

Daily schedule

Date Wednesday
estimated time 6pm - 12am
MOM M. Popovic / P. Hodgson
Lead shifter P. Hanlet
Shifter A. Young
BLOC P. Hanlet
SOC A. Dobbs
Expert
Aim Take Data
Beam? 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 is 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

  • None

Data Plan

Reference run

#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

Task 5 : Beamline pre-commissioning (search for improved upstream setting for muon beam)

  • The main goal of these activities is to search for settings to improve muon rate by changing matching into the DS.
  1. The trigger needs to be set at TOF0.
  2. We need short runs of 500 target pulses

Task 5.1

*This is the reference (6-200+M0) for comparison.

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 #
500 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

Task 5.2

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 97.3 124.1 86.3 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan1

Task 5.3

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 90.1 118.9 80.1 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan2

Task 5.4

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 95.2 117.7 74.8 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan3

Task 5.5

*Note strong setting on Q2 (Pierrick, please check limits, please confirm in the log or by updating the wiki)

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 132.6 188.3 89.4 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan4

Task 5.6

*Note strong setting on all Q123 and Q3 should be close to max current (Pierrick, please check limits, please confirm in the log or by updating the wiki)

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 158.3 179.2 198.5 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan5

Task 5.7

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 85.97 146.61 117.65 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan6

Task 5.8

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 94.41 140.64 110.90 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan7

Task 5.9

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 38.18 115.70 110.12 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan8

Task 5.10

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 #
500 2 Pi+/Mu+ 408.6 405.27 238.0 82 87.39 138.82 113.50 323.2 668.6 94.2 158.1 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 6-200+M0-UpScan9

TOF Calibration run

  1. The beam line will be set for TOF Calibration run
  2. The goal will be to take 10000 target pulses.
  3. In order to study the apparent TOF gain problem Durga wants to lower the HV on the
  4. TOF PMTs by a small amount to check that the gains follow the voltage
  1. Lower the voltage on the TOF PMTs by 10% and do a TOF run
  2. REMEMBER TO RAISE THE VOLTAGES TO NOMINAL AGAIN
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 #
10000 2 Positron 300.0 259.7 249.58 29 66.29 82.54 57.23 195.91 426.03 98.59 163.16 218.79 144.14 83.40 125.70 80.06 1678 TOF+Calib300w/DS

Finish

  • Shutdown target and re-open Hall for Thursday

Notes

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