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RunPlan20150925

September 26 - 27
estimated time 08:00 - 16:00 16:00 - 00:00
MOM Y. Karadzhov Y. Karadzhov
Lead Shifter Ao John
Shifter 1 Ray David
BLOC C. Pidcott C. Pidcott
SOC C. Rogers C. Heidt
Deputy MOM ? ?
Experimenter
Aim Data taking Data taking
Beam? Yes Yes
Additional Personnel
September 28
estimated time 08:00 - 16:00 16:00 - 00:00 00:00 - 08:00
MOM Y. Karadzhov Y. Karadzhov Y. Karadzhov
Lead Shifter Paolo Francois Jaroslaw
Shifter 1 Henry Jean-Baptiste Alex
BLOC C. Heidt / H. Nebrensky C. Heidt C. Heidt / H. Nebrensky
SOC C. Heidt C. Heidt C. Heidt
Experimenter
Aim Data taking Data taking Data taking
Beam? Yes Yes
Additional Personnel
September 29 - 30
estimated time 16:00 - 00:00 00:00 - 08:00
MOM Y. Karadzhov Y. Karadzhov
Lead Shifter Francois Jaroslaw
Shifter 1 Jean-Baptiste Alex
BLOC C. Heidt C. Heidt
SOC C. Heidt C. Heidt
Experimenter
Aim Data taking Data taking
Beam? Yes Yes
Additional Personnel

Training

Get permission to enter R5.4 from ISIS MCR
1 - 2 pm (approx) Friday 25th : Control room familiarisation
3 pm (approx) Friday 25th : Beamline and Target training
2 pm (approx) Monday 28th : PPS Training
11 am Thursday Oct 1st : Magnetic field safety training

Configuration

  • No spectrometer solenoids
  • the DS PSU will be run in local mode, and at fixed current, until a ramp-circuit fault has been identified & fixed.
    It is imperative that the DS PSU is operated only by designated DS experts with appropriate
    experience - ie Mark Tucker, Vicky Bayliss, and myself. The current is currently set to 443 A.
  • At end of shift on the weekend we will go to standby (both require the MOM) (see checklist)

Known Issues

  • Run control will need to be killed and restarted from the console between runs
  • Magnet currents in the CDB are the right numbers but the wrong magnets. Continue using the run conditions spreadsheet
  • On OnRec, Cerenkov plots are not coming through. Neither is one of the SciFi plot.

New Shift Checklist

A shift checklist has been constructed. In the future this will be a web-form, but for now we have paper
forms to fill out. They can be found in a binder in the control room. The form is on miceMine here

Please go through the checklist at least every two hours.

Hall probe monitoring and operation

Melissa would like shifters to take data with the hall probes once per shift. The operating instructions can be found here

Weekend run plan : Saturday - Sunday

Task 0 : Tracker check list and calibration

Follow the tracker checklist and do the tracker calibration at the beginning of every shift.

Task 1 : Pion reference run

Reference Run with Decay Solenoid / TOF1 trigger

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 2 : TOF Calibration

Task 2.1 : TOF0/1 Calibration

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 fixed 98.59 163.16 218.79 114.14 83.40 125.70 80.06 1678

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 2.3 : TOF2 Calibration

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 fixed 63.29 102.46 137.39 90.40 61.01 91.90 77.80 1146 TOF-Calib+150

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 3 : Pion reference run / TOF2 trigger

Use TOF2 to trigger.

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 4 : Pion Reference run

Reference Run with Decay Solenoid / TOF1 trigger

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Task 5 : 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.
  • Note: Due to the 315A limit on the quad currents, these settings are too high in momentum. Please ask a beam expert (or the MOM) to re-tune
    the current settings for the following momenta : 240, 260, 280, 300, 320, 340 MeV/c before starting this task
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 fixed 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 fixed 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 fixed 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 fixed 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 fixed 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 fixed 156.26 279.61 374.97 248.84 260.49 394.43 337.23 5437

Alternate lower momentum settings given by David. Should be checked by an expert before use

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 240 29 50.9 92.8 56.8 177.4 fixed 88.4 154.7 207.5 137.5 134.6 203.5 173.7
2000 pion 260 29 55.1 100.7 61.6 193.0 fixed 95.9 168.4 225.8 149.7 148.9 225.3 192.4
2000 pion 280 29 59.4 108.6 60.5 208.8 fixed 103.2 182.0 244.0 161.8 162.9 246.5 210.6
2000 pion 300 29 63.7 116.5 71.3 225.0 fixed 110.5 195.5 262.2 173.9 176.7 267.5 228.5
2000 pion 320 83 68.0 124.3 76.1 241.7 fixed 117.8 209.0 280.3 185.9 190.3 288.1 246.2
2000 pion 340 83 72.3 132.2 80.9 258.9 fixed 125.1 122.5 298.4 198.0 203.8 308.6 263.7

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 6 : CKOV HV scan

Do this only if remote control of the CKOV HV is both present and useable. If there are any doubts, bypass this task

  • Should have David present when this is done
  • Can be carried out simultaneously and parasitically with a TOF calibration run on electron beam
  • TOF run could 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 1636 1527 1591 1626 1530 1599 1522 1474
Default CKOV HV - 50V 5000 1586 1477 1541 1576 1480 1549 1472 1424
Default CKOV HV - 25V 5000 1611 1502 1566 1601 1505 1574 1497 1449
Default CKOV HV + 25V 5000 1661 1552 1616 1651 1555 1624 1547 1499
Default CKOV HV + 50V 5000 1686 1577 1641 1676 1580 1649 1572 1524

* If you get here by Sunday evening and more than two hours still remain on the shift, proceed to Task 11*

Monday run plan

Remember to start shifts (as close as possible) with a tracker calibration

Task 8 : Pion Reference Run

Reference Run with Decay Solenoid / TOF1 trigger

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 9 : Tracker timing studies (Measurement Co-ordinator : Ed )

Request: Use the standard pion reference beam with D/S (settings as in Task 1 above).

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

I would like the following runs:
Target is 25K Triggers in TOF1 per run

Run Type Timing FileName Efficiency Alive Window Alive Window Est. Run #
(Trig/Request) Delay (ns) Width (ns) Spills
Nominal Nominal.cfg 0.8 130 110 (116.4 meas.) 1400 (20min) 7285, 7404, 7409
Section1 Timing_section1.cfg <0.2 130 30 (35 meas.) 5600 (2hr) 7410
Section2 Timing_section2.cfg >0.2 130 30 (30 meas.) 5600 (2hr) 7411
Section3 Timing_section3.cfg >0.2 130 30 (35 meas.) 5600 (2hr) 7412
Section4 Timing_section4.cfg <0.2 130 30 (35 meas.) 5600 (2hr) 7413

Instructions:

Cd into directory on acq machine:

ssh miceacq16
cd ~/tracker/gate_generator_config/

For each setting do the following Run:

./ConfigDownloadT560.py timing_studies/FileName
eg:
./ConfigDownloadT560.py timing_studies/Timing_section1.cfg

Once complete run to restore to normal beam settings:

./ConfigDownloadT560.py BeamTiming_TOF1.cfg

Notes: In run 7257 830 spills collected. Assume ~1 noise hit in TOF2/TOF1 per spill = 830 noise hits
TOF2/TOF1 scalars: 4835/19737 = 25%
TOF2/TOF1 = 20%
23 Triggers per spill.

Would like ~5K hits in TOF2 for each setting. => 25K Particle Triggers in TOF1.
Could Halve these values if needed...

Task 10 : Pion Reference Run

Reference Run with Decay Solenoid / TOF1 trigger

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 11 : Magnetic field remnant study (Measurement Co-ordinator : Melissa)

Particle Species p at Tgt p@D1 p@D2 Proton Absorber Q1 Q2 Q3 D1 DS D2 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Diffuser Setting Similar Run(s) # triggers Run Control Tag
mm A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
3pi 240 MeV Muon ? ? ? 147 113.74 142.11 98.88 370.14 fixed 104.34 176.12 236.18 156.63 156.92 237.49 202.88 --- 2463 70k @ TOF2 3-240+M0
3pi 140 MeV Muon ? ? ? 44 80.33 100.34 69.80 243.06 fixed 73.88 122.40 164.15 108.73 101.18 152.95 130.42 --- 2300 70k @ TOF2 3-140+M0
6pi 200 MeV Muon ? ? ? 82 102.4 127.9 88.9 323.2 fixed 94.2 158.2 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 --- 7157 70k @ TOF2 6-200+M0
6pi 200 MeV Muon ? ? ? 82 102.4 127.9 88.9 323.2 fixed 94.2 158.2 212.0 140.6 138.7 209.8 179.2 7 7159 70k @ TOF2 6-200+M0

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Task 13 : Beam Polarisation Measurements (Measurement Co-ordinator : Chris R)

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

Particle Species p at Tgt p@D1 p@D2 Proton Absorber Q1 Q2 Q3 D1 DS D2 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Diffuser Setting Similar Run(s) # triggers Run Control Tag
mm MeV/c MeV/c MeV/c mm A A A A A A A A A A A A DAQ run #
Muons 453.6 450.32 264.87 82 113.74 142.11 98.88 370.1 fixed 104.4 176.2 236.3 156.71 157.01 237.62 202.99 --- 2261 50k @ TOF2 ---
Pions 453.6 450.32 ? 82 113.74 142.11 98.88 370.1 fixed 185.0 176.2 236.3 156.71 157.01 237.62 202.99 --- --- 50k @ TOF2 ---
Muons 453.6 450.32 ? 82 113.74 142.11 98.88 370.1 fixed 144.7 176.2 236.3 156.71 157.01 237.62 202.99 --- --- 50k @ TOF2 ---

Task 14 : Pion Reference Run

Reference Run with Decay Solenoid / TOF1 trigger

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 272.42 268.67 265.98 243.4 29 67.9 84.9 59.0 203.0 fixed 104.8 176.8 237.1 157.2 157.6 238.5 203.7 4018 RefRun w/DS

Note: DS fixed at 443 A

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