22:03

Before this run we checked quickly  beam with the target on but it does not make sense with the current status of the beam.

We removed target and starte Run14

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

12.46 DAQ continues G22-88/R10_14

      c. 20MeV 16O2+ + 4He 

      DSSSD bias OK - attachment 1
      ambient temperature 17.7 deg C ( c. 1deg C increase cf. earlier this week )

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2

      All system wide checks OK
      WR timestamp control OK - attachment 3

      ADC data item stats - attachment 4
      FEE64 rates c. 0Hz except 'hot' channels aida01 ( 71k ) and aida15 ( 8k )

      per FEE64 Rate and Stat spectra - attachments 5-8
       events ( beam? ) aida01 asic #4 and aida04 asic #4 ( c. 200k per ASIC channel )
       
      per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 9-10
       most spectra showing background and, possibly, a small amount of scattered beam?

      per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - 20us FSR - attachments 11-12

      aida04 3*L and 4*L spectra - attachments 13-15
       distribution by strip # - uniform across asic# #4, continuing across asic #3 with abrupt fall off c. channel 9
       not Rutherford - more consistent halo/beam scattering?
       what are the current lab angles subtended by the DSSSDs?
   
      Rutherford cross section for 20MeV 16O+4He



               Reaction: 4He(16O,16O)4He

                      A:           4         16         16          4
                      Z:           2          8          8          2
              Mass(amu):    4.002603  15.994915  15.994915   4.002603
             Error(keV):       0.001      0.002      0.002      0.001
                 Origin:
                 Status:

  Projectile lab energy:   20.000 MeV
              CM energy:    4.003 MeV

                     Particle 3                                 Particle 4
                   ( scattered )                                ( recoil )

  Lab         Cross Section         CM    Lab/CM    Lab        Lab      Lab
 Angle      Lab           CM       Angle   Ratio   Energy     Angle    Energy
 (deg)           (mb/sr)           (deg)           (MeV)      (deg)    (MeV)

  0.00 NaN          Inf            0.000 NaN       20.000     90.000    0.000
  1.00 0.143028E+09 0.572301E+07   4.999   0.040   19.976     87.500    0.024
  2.00 0.894079E+07  356425.      10.017   0.040   19.902     84.992    0.098
  3.00 0.176669E+07  69982.6      15.072   0.040   19.780     82.464    0.220
  4.00  559329.      21951.4      20.186   0.039   19.607     79.907    0.393
  5.00  229335.      8887.05      25.382   0.039   19.382     77.309    0.618
  6.00  110782.      4221.76      30.690   0.038   19.103     74.655    0.897
  7.00  59959.1      2235.75      36.144   0.037   18.768     71.928    1.232
  8.00  35299.6      1279.52      41.790   0.036   18.371     69.105    1.629
  9.00  22192.2      775.052      47.692   0.035   17.907     66.154    2.093
 10.00  14729.2      489.347      53.941   0.033   17.366     63.029    2.634
 11.00  10261.1      317.919      60.685   0.031   16.732     59.658    3.268
 12.00  7514.20      209.725      68.185   0.028   15.976     55.907    4.024
 13.00  5900.47      137.756      77.018   0.023   15.035     51.491    4.965
 14.00  5693.43      85.2271      89.184   0.015   13.688     45.408    6.312

 Maximum lab scattering angle (  14.49 deg ) exceeded

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      aida01 4*L spectra - attachments 19-23
       channels 0-8 - high stats structure(s) at low energy
       channels 9-16 - high energy peak cf. aida04 asic #4 spectra

      Merger, Merger stats, TapeServer - attachments 16-18

Started Run 11 with beam ON. 

We observe the same pattern of counts in DSSD0 (Top left detector) but not in DSSD1,2,3 (attachment 25). Moving in the left arm with the pneumatic we see a large drop in 
the rate on DSSD0 to essentially zero. The beam on the CRYRING monitor appears to disappear. 
When we move the right pneumatic IN, we observe an increase in the number of counts in the bottom-left part of the detector. The position is likely to be a mistake in the 
strip assignment.  
No increase observed in the leakage current. Will try systematically tomorrow.

Beam position monitoring from the CRYRING are shown in attachments 25-27

8:58

System wide checks okay, except

   
             Base         Current         Difference
aida08 fault      0x0 :      0xc :      12  
aida09 fault      0x0 :      0xb :      11  
FPGA Timestamp error counter test result: Passed 14, Failed 2
If any of these counts are reported as in error
The ASIC readout system has detected a timeslip.
That is the timestamp read from the time FIFO is not younger than the last

Temperatures okay

Attatchment 1: Layout 7 Waveforms

Attatchment 2: Temperatures

Attatchment 3: Layout 8 Waveforms

Attatchment 4: Layout 2 counter okay

Attatchment 5: Layout 4 spectrum okay

Attatchment 6: Leakage current okay

Switched to run 10 (run 9 is overnight background)

10:00 Target pressure on. Attachment 7

Beam on target

Observe low counts. Only aida4 showing anything (attachment 8)

See a peak around 19 MeV in LowEnergyExratedssd0 (can only see in the dssd0) that is assumed to be Rutherford scattering - Attachment 12

Temperatures ok

Wavefroms on attatchment 9 show only signals from aida04 - attachment 9

/////// UPDATE ////////

Peak observed is not from Rutherford, we think it is beam (or part of it) hitting the detector

Attachment 10 shows waveforms after the beam was turned off -> counts in aida 4 are gone.

Beam off = no peak at 19 MeV for LowEnergyExdssd0.

Leakage current ok (attachment 11)

//// BEAM ON AGAIN UPDATE ////

Still see peak at 20 MeV, see attachment 13

Peak is not in dssds 1,2,3 only in dssd 0 (Top left detector) (attatchments 14,15,16 respectively)

Leakage currents OK (attatchment 17)

Attachment 18: LowEnergyXYtotalDSSD0 plot showing all hits in one spot (this is with BEAM AND TARGET on)

TEST: Turning off target while beam is running, can still see hotspot in DSSD0 but no others, so definitely beam related. (attatchment 18)

Tom's estimate: 10^6 particles in 10 minutes - not as many as can be handled

/////// UPDATE ////////

No beam, no target (target off)

All checks ok (see attachment 20 and 21 for rates and temperatures)

Attachment 22: Layout 7 waveforms

Attatchment 23: Layout 8 waveforms

Attachment 24: Layout 2 waveforms 

Attachment 25: Layout 1 waveforms (rate)

Atatchment 26: Leakage current

Attachment 27: LowEnergyExRatedssd 0,1,2,3 respectively

Note: Data similar to that seen in DSSD0 (19 MeV peak) is not observed in MIDAS for the other DSSDs -> Issue is not related to the monitoring code 

Current pulser widths excel spreadsheet attached

09.58 DSSSD bias OK - attachment 1 

Ambient temperature +16.1 deg C FEE64 temps OK - attachment 2 

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 3 
 aida15 asic #2 high rate - asic u/s

system wide tests OK *except* aida09 - attachments 4-5 
 aida09 WR status 0x20 aida09 WR timestamp incorrect cf. all other FEE64s

per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 6

per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 7-8 
 aida14 pulse peak witdh 58 ch FWHM
 aida11 pulse peak witdh 48 ch FWHM

per FEE64 1.8.W spetra - 20us FSR - attachments 9-10
 

12.00 

aida09 WR timestamp issue resolved by FEE64 reboot 


14.10 

Safety pins removed from detector motion system. CB performs one, complete DSSSD movement cycle. Zero all histogram and stats per FEE64 Stat spectra ( log scale ) and 
ADC 
data item stats for the complete DSSSD movement cycle - attachments 11-12 
No change observed in DSSSD leakage currents during DSSSD movement cycle. 

15.35 

Resolved issue from previous elog. Begin background run writing data to disk.
ASIC check load 
Start DAQ G22-88/R1 background alpha 
EG&G Ortec 448 Pulser OFF 
ASIC settings 2024Jan20-12.02.08 
slow comparator 0x64 ( all FEE64s *except aida15 asic #2 0xff ) 
All histograms set to zero

DSSSD bias OK - attachment 13 
FEE64 temps OK - attachment 14 

WR timestamps OK - attachment 15 

ADC data item stats - attachment 16 
aida15 asic #2 u/s - rate c. 250k 

ADC data items/s Merger, Tape Server & Merger stats - attachments 17-19 
 data rate to disk c. 2Mb/s dominated by aida15 asic 2

01.07 DAQ continues file G22-88/R1_46
      background alpha

      DSSSD bias OK - attachment 1
      FEE64 temps OK - attachment 2
      ADC data item stats - attachment 3
       aida15 asic #2 u/s - rate c. 266k 

      aida11 1*L spectra - attachment 4

      ADC data items/s Merger, Tape Server & Merger stats - attachments 5-7
       data rate to disk c. 2Mb/s dominated by aida15 asic 2


10.05 DAQ continues file G22-88/R1_79
      background alpha

      DSSSD bias OK - attachment 8
       ambient temperature 16.8 deg C
      FEE64 temps OK - attachment 9
      ADC data item stats - attachment 10
       aida15 asic #2 u/s - rate c. 266k 

      aida11 1*L spectra - attachment 11

      ADC data items/s Merger, Tape Server & Merger stats - attachments 12-14
       data rate to disk c. 2Mb/s dominated by aida15 asic 2

10.12 per FEE64 Stat spectra - attachment 15
      missing channels aida03, aida04, aida05 & aida15
      Check ASIC load aida03, aida04, aida05 & aida15

13:25 Overnight leakage current plot - att 16


13.38 DAQ continues file G22-88/R1_92
      background alpha

      DSSSD bias OK - attachment 17
       ambient temperature 16.8 deg C
      FEE64 temps OK - attachment 18
      ADC data item stats - attachment 19
       aida15 asic #2 u/s - rate c. 266k 

      aida11 1*L spectra - attachment 20
       ASIC check load at 10.12 should result in 1-2 hits per channel in the Stat spectra aida03, aida04, aida05 and aida15
       Channels which continue to show zero counts likely indicate a FEE64-adaptor PCB connection issue
       Channels which now show 1, or more, counts cf. attachment 15 likely correspond to channels now working following the check ASIC load

      ADC data items/s Merger, Tape Server & Merger stats - attachments 21-23
       data rate to disk c. 2Mb/s dominated by aida15 asic 2

13.48 Stopped DAQ file G22-88/R1_93

      DSSSD bias OFF
      FEE64 power OFF


16.00 Installed FEE64 power cable to aida16
      Replaced aida15 with new FEE64 MAC 41:f6:5a

      Update dhcpd.conf
      Update MIDAS config to include aida16

      FEE64 power ON
      
      All system wide checks OK

      DSSSD bias OK - attachment 24

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 25

      ADC data item stats - attachment 26
       aida15 rate changes from c. 260k to c. 25k ( 2x 'hot' channels, 1x channel missing, all other channels OK )

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 27

      per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 28-29
       pulser peak width aida11 44 ch FWHM, aida14 57 ch FWHM

      per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - 20us FSR - attachments 30-31

      
     Update NewMerger startup script and Options for 16x FEE64s - see attachments 32-33


16.20 file G22-88/R2
      Pulser 50Hz

16.28 DAQ stop

      Pulser OFF

      All histograms zero'd

16.33 DAQ starts file G22-88/R3
      alpha background

      ADC data item stats OK - attachment 34

      NewMerger, TapeServer and Merger stats - attachments 35-38

16.50 Pulser peak width spreadsheet for file R2 - attachment 39

20.32 DAQ continues file G22-88/R3_9

      DSSSD bias OK - attachment 40

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 41

      ADC data item stats - attachment 42
       aida15 rate c. 25k ( 2x 'hot' channels, 1x channel missing, all other channels OK )

      per FEE64 Stat spectra - attachment 43

      Merger, Merger stats and TapServer - attachments 44-46

      Disc data items - attachment 47
       aida15 disc rate c. 8k
      Disable aida15 disc ( fast comparator ) outputs for asic#3 - attachment 48 
      Disc data items- attachment 49
       all FEE64s rate << 1Hz
    
     Update NewMerger startup script and Options for 16x FEE64s - see attachments 32-33

10:21 June 17

New energy: 1.125 MeV/u

Target in. Run 98 started.

Run 99 overlap check.

Run 100 back to acquisition as run 98.

Run 96 - as run 89, while we wait for beam energy change at higher energies

Run stopped around 08:56 June 17

Run 97 - target out, beam optimisation for higher energies.

00.31 DAQ continues data file G22-205/R96_27
      
      DSSSD bias & leakage currents - attachments 7-8
      FEE64 temps OK - attachment 6
      ADC data item stats - attachment 5
      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 4
      Merger & TapeServer - attachments 2-3

      Online analysis - attachment 1

      Analysis data file R96_29 - attachment 9
       no timewarps, all FEE64 deadtimes <<1%

04.04 FEE64 temps OK - attachment 10
      ADC data item stats - attachment 11
      DSSSD bias & leakage currents - attachments 12 & 15
      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 13
      TapeServer - attachment 14

08.26 DAQ continues data file G22-205/R96_64

      DSSSD bias & leakage currents - attachments 16-17
      FEE64 temps OK - attachment 18
      ADC data item stats - attachment 19
      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 20
      TapeServer - attachment 21

11:03 All checks OK
EyTotal histogram attached.

12:25 Temps OK. Rates OK.

15:03 run stopped - beam time over
all checks ok
EyTotal hist attached

20:00 - Go to YR cave to see what is going on

20:20 - Beam back

20:28 - Set Tape to Storage, rate ca 2500 kB/s
Temperature and rate OK, System wide checks OK

Target density low (4e12/cm2)

21:00 - target density still 4e12, Ey rate histograms attached (attach 4)

21:20 - Target density increased to 6e12, we see more indication of reactions

22:30 - All checks OK, tape rate still 2500 kB/s
Target density ~7e12/cm2, beam intensity ~1e9pps

23:00 - Target density 7.5e12/cm2, beam intensity: 1e9 pps. Particle detector rate: 8 kHz at injection
 Gas bottle pressure still above first tick 
 Target position X=-1000, Y=1400
 All running smoothly. CARME DAQ running OK. (Figs 5-7)

Run 94

Background with beam at 150 keV and no target.

Note energy is 0.15% off vs. beam and target to have a more realistic orbit.

As prior run but thresholds changed to

DSSD1 - 0xc

DSSD2 - 0x8

DSSD3 - 0x8

DSSD4 - MEC

Run 95

DSSD 4 worked briefly. Tripped again a few minutes into this run. Ignore

Run 96 - as run 94

run stopped at 14:00

Zoran reset to with-target settings for later

The plotted readout for the G35 voltage divider over several injections for this run is attached. This kind of data can be obtained from Konstantin also after the experiment.

The average is something like 88.4808 V.

04:00 17 June

Moved the detectors back to the usual configuration (as per run 89).

Moved target away - background run.

Some issues with run numbers - see attached run name R93, but run 94 is written. See attached. 93 and 95 contain data. 94 does *not* exist.

No obvious differences wrt. target run, except Rutherford.

Run 93- New run at 150keV, background with beam

13:15 All checks ok

Run 92- started at 09:00, background with beam

Same settings as run 91

See attachments for rates etc

All checks okay

09:58 Run stopped as now tuning 150keV beam

10:00 All checks ok

10:25 D2 bottle pack pressure 30 bar approximately

12:18 All checks ok

~ 2:00 17 June

Run 91

Attempted to move the detectors closer to the beam, and move them in sync with the injection.

Found best position was

Right arm: s by 5 mm, r p in (not moving). No benefits from moving. 10 mm + r p in on sync results in beam clipping during injection. 69.55 mm not moving.

Left arm: s by 5 mm, l p in (in sync with motion). Due to the short beam preparation time, only the trigger out was used as per screenshots below. 23.58 -- 67.90 moving.

Saw spike on leakage current for both detectors on the right arm. Unsure if this because they are being moved, or because they were hit with beam. Leakage current recovered.

Run 92 - acquired data as above.

Rutherford locus more clear on left arm detectors. No clear sign of nuclear reactions signals.

00:10

As run 89, detectors moved fully out.

01:20

TL detector noisy. Shook it. Fixed it.

Temps OK. Noise spike reported in Run 89 still there.

Target 6E11. Beam stable.

02:00

TL detector noisy. Shook it. Fixed it.

ELOG STOPPED WORKING

17:20

(Run 87 Junk and Run 88 does not exist)

Beam charge state set to 5+. Energy is ~1.06 MeV/u

Cooler voltage setpoint 590.3 V.

FC20 read value 589.07 V.

Right arm at 64.60 mm

Left arm IN at 36.54 mm

FakeMotion script running

horizontal beam position 3.5 mm (new overlap position with new beam)

vertical beam position  0.0 mm

Beam intensity 7.0e+6 particles.

Target density ~5e11 at/cm2

Beam is stored in the ring for ~20 seconds. From beam overlap tests ~ 75% of the beam is destroyed in this time.

Beam halo appears slightly reduced. This may be due to reduced intensity and reduced injection rate (20 s vs 5s previously)

18:00

FEE64 temperatures OK

ADC data item stats OK

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK

Beam intensity 1.17e+7 particles

Target density ~5.25E11 atoms/cm2

20:28

FEE64 temperatures OK

ADC data item stats OK

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK

Beam intensity 1.08e+7 particles

Target density ~3.84E11 atoms/cm2

23:58

Temps OK. Stats OK. Merger OK. Write to disk OK.

Waveforms attached.

Beam keeps going away due to "solenoid" issues.

On-line analysis screenshots attached.

Without beam, we see a clear noise spike in all detectors every 50-200 seconds randomly. This is *not* correlated with beam injection or dump.

Checkloaded - no effect. Beam back - no changes.

06:50

No sign of the resonance during night shift. New run started but when operators are avaiable we will likely move to higher energies to try and observe the (p,a) reaction.

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.8 V.

FC20 read value 247.25 V.

Right arm at 64.60 mm

Left arm IN at 36.54 mm

FakeMotion script running

horizontal beam position 1.0 mm

vertical beam position  -5mm

Beam intensity 7.0e+7 particles.

Target density ~5e11 at/cm2

05:00

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.45 V.

FC20 read value 246.9 V.

Right arm at 64.60 mm

Left arm IN at 36.54 mm

FakeMotion script running

horizontal beam position 1.0 mm

vertical beam position  -5mm

Beam intensity 7.0e+7 particles.

Target density ~5e11 at/cm2

Target temperature is 38.6 K. Values of E1 is 819 Hz, 2.7A, 1.85e-1 mbar

All checks OK

03:00

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.7 V.

FC20 read value 247.15 V.

Right arm at 64.60 mm

Left arm IN at 36.54 mm

FakeMotion script running

horizontal beam position 1.0 mm

vertical beam position  -5mm

Beam intensity 7.0e+7 particles.

Target density ~5e11 at/cm2

Target temperature is 38.6 K. Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.7A, 1.8e-1 mbar

All checks OK

03:34

Noise increase in top left dssd. Servo motor moved to resolve issue.