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Fri Jun 14 13:45:21 2024 |
JM, JS, CB, TD, EH | Run 70 - beam on target |
14:45
New run 70 - beam on target with definite target overlap
Cooler voltage setpoint 247.3 V.
FC20 read value 246.75 V.
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
FakeMotion script running
horizontal beam position 1.0 mm (new beam target overlap)
vertical beam position -5mm
Beam intensity 7.0e+7 particles.
Target density ~6.3e11 at/cm2
Target temperature is 36.6 K. Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.6A, 1.4e-1 mbar
All system checks OK, data rate is ~ 260 kB/s. Statistics attached.
xy and energy histograms following ~20 mins attached.
15:45
I realised we have been running in bunched mode not coasting as we have been previously.
See attached screenshots (4-7) of last 1 hour of running. We will move to coasting. |
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Thu Jun 12 06:20:50 2025 |
JM | Run 68,69 - background |
07:20
Started a background run while the cave is open.
All ASIC settings remain unchanged, we just have no beam.
We see obvious difference in the rate plots for DSSD2 from the monitoring code. Attachment 1 - beam on, Attachment 2- beam off.
Data rate ~1.6 MB.sec
Checks OK.
10:30
Lost DSSD4 again. Writing a lot of junk to disk.
Switched to MEC channels. Still writing lots of data. Stopped the run.
Required ASIC check load on aida13,14,15,16 in order to bring rates back down.
Slowly re-biasing detector. At 35V
Moved detectors fully out for safety. Left potentiometer = 18.86 mm and right potentiometer = 19.8 mm. No effect on leakage currents.
Past 40V we large increases in leakage current. Only went up to 10uA and didn't trip. Set to 40V, current back down to normal levels.
Note we have turned the target compressor off to heat up before cooling later to try and get higher densities. This follows a drop in E1 yesterday reducing the target density.
10:45
Started new background run - Run 69.
DSSD4 set to MEC.
Thresholds still as in previous runs (120, 80, 80 keV). |
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Fri Jun 14 10:21:24 2024 |
JS, TD | Run 68 |
Frank has been tuning the beam since 08:00
detectors moved fully out
11:20
New run (R68) started at 11:20. Put into no storage mode as rates are high during beam tuning. Cut off the end of last nights run when analysing
System checks OK
13.20 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2
ADC data item stats - attachment 3
per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - attachments 4-5
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 6
aida16 producing HEC data - Chck ASIC load to fix
TapeServer - no storage mode
13.35 aida01-aida04 c. 250k ADC data items/s - will await completion of current beam/target scan to fix by cycing Left DSSSD motion
14.00 CB cycles Left DSSSD motion to fix aida01-aida04 rate issue
CRYRING vacuum & hall temprature - attachments 7-8
14.28 New run data file G22-201/R69
Beam/target overlap optimised - details to follow |
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Thu Jun 13 21:07:30 2024 |
LCS, US | Run 67- beam on target |
22:05
The energy is changed to 247.4 V.
Read back value is 246.849 V.
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
horizontal beam position 8.75 mm
vertical beam position -5mm
Beam intensity 4.0e+7 particles.
Run is R67. Target temperature is 36..6 K.
Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.4A, 8.69e-2 mbar, 2.55e+11/cm2. The pressure is slowly increasing since this afternoon. The recent value is E1 is 820 Hz, 2.4A, 9.0e-2 mbar, 3.28e+11/cm2
Systen checks all OK
Attachments
13.39 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK
FEE64 temps OK
ADC data item stats OK
per FEE64 Rate spectra
Merger, TapeServer et
data file R65_11
DSSSD bias & leakge current log
CARME DSSSD motion control
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Thu Jun 13 23:01:07 2024 |
RSS, JS, EH | Run 67 - Night shift |
Run 67
00:01
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 3
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 4
Beam intensity 5.7E7 particles
Target density - 4.98E11 atoms/cm2
02:01
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 5
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 6
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 7
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 8
Beam intensity 5.8E7 particles
Target density - 4.39E11 atoms/cm2
04:00
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 9
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 10
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 11
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 12
Beam intensity 4.1E7 particles
Target density - 3.57E11 atoms/cm2
06:00
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 13
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 14
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 15
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 16
Beam intensity 3.7E7 particles
Target density - 3.89E11 atoms/cm2
08:00
The orbit adjustments started. The detectors moved out. One of these showed rates of about 20kHz. but after moving it in and out again it returned to normal.
11:00
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 17
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 18
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 19
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 20
Beam intensity 4.9E7 particles
Target density - 5.27E11 atoms/cm2 |
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Wed Jun 11 10:13:42 2025 |
EW, CB, PJW, AR, JM | Run 67 |
As run 66, optimisation of beam completed
DSSD4 now working and thresholds to 0x30 (480keV), switched to LEC
Tape service at 1.7MB/s
Did NOT reset the root histograms!!
11:30 All checks OK
13:48 All checks OK
15:15, fULL CHECK, STATUS - Okay. Target density ~2E12
16:15 All Checks OK. Target 2.9e12
17:30, Full check! status - okay. target 2.3e12
18:30 All Checks Ok
19:30 All Checks OK
21:30: All System Checks OK but targte density started dropping around 8:20. Tried to move the nozel but any x direction made it drop alot and y did nothing. Values hovering steadily between 1.1e12 to 1.4e12. Will try and move nozel again in 1 hour.
22:40: Full check, Status -okay! thickness 1.4E12. For more details look at the attchments
00:55: Full check. All looks okay!
03:55: Full check. All looks good!
06:28 Checks OK. Target density has dropped and is ~9e11 at/cm2. It will require some attention this afternoon
07:00 Run stopped. Final histogram attached. Number of counts somewhat obscured by background level. |
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Wed Jun 11 08:37:48 2025 |
CB, PJW | Run 66 |
09:38
As Run 65, no changes, CRYRING operators attempting to improve beam intensity.
We should be able to keep running while they do, but there is a chance of some missed injections or other oddities.
Checks OK
Root histograms NOT zeroed.
10:20
Checks OK |
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Thu Jun 13 09:48:25 2024 |
TD, LCS | Run 65 - beam on target |
10:47
The energy is changed to 247.4 V.
Read back value is 246.849 V.
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS working - hopefully
horizontal beam position 8.75 mm
vertical beam position -5mm
Beam intensity 3.0e+7 particles.
e-cooler export controls before/after energy change - attachments 1 & 2
New run is R65. Target temperature is 37.6 K.
Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.12A, 6.01e-2 mbar, 2.8e+11/cm2
12:34
Systen checks all OK
Target density stable at ~1.5e11 at/cm2
E1 = 6e-2 mbar, turbo is fine
13,38 CB reboots RHS CRYRING control computer (atppc017) - appears to be a now unavoidable system update/reboot
13.39 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 3
FEE64 temps OK - attachment 4
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 5
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 6
Merger, TapeServer etc - attachments 7-8
data file R65_11
DSSSD bias & leakge current log - attachment 12
CARME DSSSD motion control - attachment 13
13.42 E1 turbo 820Hz 2.2A 5.2e-2mbar
Target 3.45e+11/cm2 T1 36.6K
Beam c. 3e+7
15:20
Stats OK. Temps OK.
Merger OK. Write to disk OK.
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Tue Jun 10 22:38:59 2025 |
JM, CB, PJW | Run 65 |
23:40
Offline anlaysis shows two clear peaks for DSSD1 and 2 at very low energies close to the threshold. One must be elastics and the other a noise peak.
For DSSD3 the noise level is so exceptionally high due to the low threshold that nothing can be discerned from background.
Therefore I decided to stop the previous run and increase the slow comparator threshold for DSSD3 from 50 keV to 80 keV (same as DSSD2).
Run 65 started.
150 keV/u beam on target, Target overlap confirmed with lifetime measurement using bunched beam.
Detectors in with servos only. Both arms are IN and stationary.
Left potentiometer = 36.54 mm
Right potentiometer = 37.96 mm
Data rate has dropped to 1.5 MB/sec and merger is between 600k and 900k.
Stats attached at new thresholds.
Stats zero'd to see number of pause and resume overnight.
02:30
Some reaction counts visible on monitoring histograms (rate v low)
Checks OK, same fee (aida16 fails clock and adc as before)
pause info items after a few hours attached
05:00
We see the peaks much more clearly now. Rate is low but they are there. Target density looks like it has been fluctuating in the low 10^12 region.
Note for this energy with 1e8 pps, 1e12 target density I estimate ~2 counts/h per detector for the 3He peak.from our spreadsheet calculator. After 6 hours of this run I saw about 10-15 counts in the peak of DSSD2, perhaps the same in DSSD3. DSSD1 has missing strips so is harder to see. This rate is about 48 hours for 5% (if we had 4 dssds).
Checks OK
Leakage current of dssd4 has been stable at 40V for a while now. Pushed voltage up to 75V with leakage current stable. At 80V it started to go over current
Turned bias to 60V and have left on at this level. It looks stable. Perhaps in the morning it can be pushed to close to 100V.
07:15
Temps OK
System wide checks: 16 fails ADC calibration, 14 fails WR decoder
Rates OK, some Pause/resume statementes overnight. See attached x2
Merger OK. 1.5 Mb/s
Peaks clearly visible in two detectors.
08:25 All checks OK. DSSD 4 to 75V - OK.
09:10 All checks OK. DSSD 4 to 80V. Trying to improve target (2-4E12). |
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Thu Jun 13 06:21:53 2024 |
TD, LCS | Run 64 - contd |
07.22 E1 pump 799Hz, 2.8A, 2.6e-1 mbar, 4.8e+11/cm2
07.24 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 3
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 4
per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 5-6
per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - 20us FSR - attachments 7-8
Merger, TapeServer etc - attachments 9-10
data file G22-201/R64_11
DSSSD bias & leakage current log - attachment 11
CRYRING hall temperature log - attachment 12
CARME DSSSD position controller - attachment 13
07.57 all histograms zero'd
07.58 E1 pump 794Hz, 2.8A, 2.6e-1 mbar, 3.1e+11/cm2
08.55 E1 pump 785Hz, 2.8A, 2.74e-1 mbar, 4.8e+11/cm2. Therefore, the temperature is changed from 38.8 K to 38.4 K. Values of E1 is changed to E1 pump 782Hz, 2.7A, 2.95e-1 mbar, 6e+11/cm2
09.15 The temperature is further changed from 38.4 K to 38.0 K.
09.25 Values of E1 is changed to E1 pump 780 Hz, 2.79 A, 3.0 e-1 mbar, 5.87 e+11/cm2
09.35 Values of E1 is changed to E1 pump 779 Hz, 2.79 A, 3.1 e-1 mbar, 2.07 e+11/cm2
09.45 Values of E1 is changed to E1 pump 778 Hz, 2.75 A, 3.0 e-1 mbar, 4.6 e+11/cm2
10.00 Values of E1 is changed to E1 pump 776 Hz, 2.78 A, 3.05 e-1 mbar, 5 e+11/cm2
Intervention by Uli. Reduced H2 regulator to c. 12 bar. Briefly opened exhaust to hasten recovery.
10.13 E1 820Hz 2.3A 7.7e-2mbar c. 2e+11/cm2
10.34 E1 820Hz 2.1A 6.2e-2mbar c. 1.2e+11/cm2 38K
Beam c. 4e+7. Cooler set 247.3V, read 246.751V. |
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Thu Jun 13 00:50:33 2024 |
JM, JS | Run 64 - beam on target |
01:50
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS working - hopefully
Target ~3E11
Injection ca. 3E7
horizontal beam position 8.75 mm
vertical beam position -5mm
Changed electron cooler set point to 247.3 V
Read value 246.75 V
Collector current 4.3A
Histograms and statistics zero'd. Code reset
Rates OK. Temps OK.
NOTE. Between 23:45 and 12:45 the electron cooler was off? We called HKR and they turned it back on. Are we using the same cooler settings? Is the cooler still definitely working properly? Ask Claude in the morning
02:30
The target density started to oscillate between 2e+10 and 3.5e+10. However, the pump speed seems to be stable.
03:50
The oscillations seems to deepend between 1e+10 and 6e+10. Additionally the E1 pump slowed down to 815. As Nikos suggested during the tuning, I tried to lower the temperature from 41K to 40.8K.
04:00 - 04:30
No major change was observed, thus I increased the temperature to 42.2K in order to try to get the pump to the nominal rotation. After 10 minutes, the pump slowed down to 810 and the pressure in E1 reached 2.2e-1. Since increasing the temperature seemed to have a negative effect, I slowly decresed the temperature with steps of 0.2 K, until reaching 40K. At this point, the E1 pump returned to 819/820, the pressure of E1 lowered to 1.6e-1 and the target density seems to be more stable with a value of 2.8e+11.
05:00
The target density started decreasing to 1.5e+10 and the pump speed slowed to 815. I've tried to lower the temperature to 39.8K, but the target density started to decrease. Thus I've set the temperature to 40.2K. The pump speed raised to 818 but the target density remaind at 1e+11 level with oscillations between 8.5e+10 and 1.5e+11. After some minutes, it started slowly increasing towards the 2e+11 region. The E1 pumping speed is stable at 818 and the pressure of E1 is 2.02e-1.
05:10
Electron cooler off, restarted 10 minutes after by calling HKK.
05:30
Target density at 1.5e+11, however, the E1 raised to 2.3e-1 and the pump speed decreased to 810. Since going down seemed to solve it, I decreased the temperature to 39.6K. After 5 minutes the E1 lowered to 1.9e-1 and the pump speed is going up (currently at 814). The target density is at the same level of 1.5e+11.
06:00
Again the target density started to go down, as well the speed of the E1 pump and the E1 pressure reached 2.3e-1. I lowered the temperature to 39.2K: the target density raised to approximately 3.8e+11 (and keeps going up), the E1 pressure lowered to 1.9e-1 and the E1 pump speed started increasing from 810 to 815.
06:30
The target density starting going down again, the E1 started increasing to 2.3e-1 and the E1 pump speed decreased to 810. I lowered the temperature to 38.8K, the density raised to 3.5e+11, the E1 pressure lowered to 1.9e-1 and the pumping speed starting increasing. |
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TD | Run 63 continued |
Run 63 continued
22.06 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2
ADC data item stats - attachment 3
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachments 4-5
aida16 producing HEC data, ASIC check load to clear
23.56 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 6
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 7
ADC data item stats - attachment 8
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachments 9
aida01-aida04 high ADC data item rates - left DSSSD motion cycle required to reset
03.28 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 10
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 11
ADC data item stats - attachment 12
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachments 13
aida01-aida04 high ADC data item rates - left DSSSD motion cycle required to reset
07.50 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 14
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 15
ADC data item stats - attachment 16
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachments 17
aida01-aida04 high ADC data item rates (see above) appears to have resolved itself or has been resolved (but not logged) |
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Tue Jun 11 20:10:25 2024 |
JM | Run 63 - Beam only background |
21:00
Claude has achieved optimal cooling parameters for the beam
No target and internal work inside the cave tomorrow is required
Run 63 going - beam only background
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS fakemotion script running
High rates on top left dssd again. Cycle left servo motor two times resolved issue
Rates OK. Temps OK. |
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Tue Jun 11 12:26:07 2024 |
RSS, JS, JM, CB | Run 62 - Beam optimization + Target change |
Beam optimization and target change |
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Tue Jun 10 09:57:50 2025 |
CB, JM, PJW, YuL, JG | Run 62 |
10:58
As Run 61, no target for background.
200 keV/A
Saved the ASIC settings for currently running. I made a mistake and overwrote the 2025APR08 settings.
Current settings have aida13-16 set to MEC channel and slow comparator set to 0x64.
All ither channels set to 0xc slow comparator.
Energy changed to 150 keV/A a few minutes before the end of this run. No storage. Waiting for the new beam. |
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Tue Jun 11 08:34:50 2024 |
JM, RSS, JS | Run 61 - beam on target |
New run 61
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS working - hopefully
Target 4E11
Injection ca. 3E7
horizontal beam position 8.75 mm
vertical beam position -5mm
Changed electron cooler set point to 244.95 V
Read value 244.4 V
Collector current 4.31A
Histograms and statistics zero'd. Code reset
Rates OK. Temps OK.
10:24
We lost the beam for 5 minutes. No counting spike observed when we got it back.
1L10
We lost the beam again for 5 minutes, but no counting spike obsevered when we got it back.
11:50
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2
ADC data item stats - attachment 3
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 4
Beam intensity - ~ 3.3E7 pps
Target density - 5.14E11 atoms/cm2
12:00 - 12:40
Large fluctuations in the target pressure, going down to 1e-9. We increased the temperature a little but it did not solve the problem.
Increased pressure 0.5 K more. Seems more stable
13:09
FEEs on det 2 stopped working. Checkloaded. Fixed.
No beam. |
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Tue Jun 11 04:36:17 2024 |
CB, RSS, JS | Run 60 - as 59, left servo in |
05:36
Run started.
Conditions as before, except left servo now really in.
06:24
Run continues OK, file R60_9
Temps OK. Stats OK. Merger OK. Write to disk OK.
System wide checks as usual.
07:30
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 4
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 5
ADC data item stats - attachment 6
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 7
Beam intensity - ~ 4.8E7 pps
Target density - 7.25E11 atoms/cm2
9:20
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 8
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 9
ADC data item stats - attachment 10
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 11
Beam intensity - ~ 4E7 pps
Target density - 7E11 atoms/cm2
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Mon Jun 10 20:31:12 2024 |
JM, AK, EH, CB | Run 59 Beam on target |
21:32
New run 59
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS working - hopefully
Target 4.7E11
Injection ca. 4E7
horizontal beam position 8.75 mm
vertical beam position -5mm
Changed electron cooler set point to 244.85 V
Read value 244.3 V
Collector current 4.31A
Histograms and statistics zero'd. Code reset
Rates OK. Temps OK.
22:44
Screenshots of the above
23:00
Detector 0 shows usual strong noise. Shook twice. Fixed it. Beam loss in correspondence with this event.
Beam mostly recovered a few minutes later.
23:28
Detector 0 shows noise. Shook twice with servo. No result. Shook with pneumatic. Fixed. Some beam instabilities again.
01:00
Temps OK. Rates OK.
Merger OK. Write to disk OK (file 59_13)
01:36
Detector 0 shows usual strong noise. Shook it. Fixed it.
01:46
Detector 0 shows noise. Shook twice with servo. No result. Shook with pneumatic. Fixed.
The noise increase is definitely correlated with spikes in YRT1DT1MK current reading. Unclear what the reading is.
02:36
Target density has been consistentyl above 1E12 recently, very unstable and trending forward. Increased Lakeshore setpoint by 0.5 K.
Density decreases to high 1E11, and appear significantly more stable. E1 pressure reading also decreasing to 1E-1 mbar.
Temps OK. Stats OK. Merger OK. Write to disk OK.
03:58
Temps OK. Stats OK. Merger OK. Write to disk OK.
Target still unstable and now a bit too low density. Trying to slowly lower the temperature in 0.1 K steps.
04:55
Temps OK. Stats OK. Merger OK. Write to disk OK.
Target around 6E11 atoms/cm2, with Lakeshore temperature at 30.8 K. Waiting for it to stabilise.
05:34
Detector 0 noisy. Shook. Fixed it.
Realised I had not moved the detector back at 01:46 after shaking it. Most of this run has been taken with detector 0 fully out, i.e. 18.86 mm.
Moving in and moving to a new run. |
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Sun Jun 8 11:55:00 2025 |
EM, PC, JM, CB, EW, AY, CB, PJW, YuL | Run 58,59,60, 61 |
12:52
Started Run 58 - Beam energy 200 keV/u.
Slow comparator threshold set to 0xc (130 keV) for all channels. Fast discriminators turned OFF for all channels by setting enable mask in discrinator control to 0xfffff. See attachments.
D+ beam deuterium target. D+ beam energy is now 0.2 MeV/u. (beam calc calculation is 0.2037 MeV/u).
All four detectors positioned fully out and stationary.
Ring cycle time is 5 seconds.
Cooler read value = 117.58 V, 0.00178 mA
Target around 8.9E12 atoms/cm2
All checks ok!
Beam on ionisation profile monitor is lost quite rapidly and looks to increase in size quite a lot due to target interactions. We may have to look at lowering target density
Attachment 25 shows IPM with no target and attachment 26 shows IPM with the target 8e12 at/cm2. Compare also to attachment 12 (IPM with target at 2.6e12).
14:20
Checks are ok!
15:25
Fees 13-16 switched to MEC and bias on DSSD4 switched off
All other checks ok
17:00
Target dropped to 1-2E12 atoms/cm2
All checks okay- 17:25
17:45
Moved nozzle from x=-1500 to x=-2000, density went from 1E12 to 3E12
Moved nozzle again at 18:00 from x=-2000 to x=-3000 in steps of 500, density at 4E12
18:45
Turned bias ON for dssd4 stable at V=10 but unstable at V=20 so bias turned back OFF
19:30
All checks ok!
IPM attached, target density 2.6 atoms/cm2 (attachment 12)
20:00
Tried moving the nozzle more as target density dropped to 2-3E12 again
Moved in 500 steps either side of x=-2500 but didn't improve, then moved in 100 steps from y=1600 to y=2300 and target density now 6E12 at x=-2500 and y=2300
Tried dssd4 again but only stable to V=20 so bias OFF
21:50- All checks good, target density stable at 8E12
22:50- All checks fine (see attachments), target density at 6E12
00:10
Checks OK. Have zero'd statistics to see pause and resume statements over an hour.
Rates looks OK. ~140 c/h 3He, and ~80 c/h for 3H and 1H each.
Target has been stable at 7e12 at/cm2 for the last hour.
02:10
Checks OK. See pause statements after 2 hours - attachment 27, very few overall.
03:07
Checks OK. Target (9-11)E12
04:06
Checks OK. Target (9-11)E12
07:00
Checks OK. Target 9.8E12
page AIDA/Check/Check.tml. failed
ptoblem fixed
09:00
Checks OK. Target 8.9E12
10:32
No target data displayed for 10 minutes, but jet density unchanged. Restored display from remote access by M.L.
11:22
Storage data stopped and Faraday cup inserted to check the leakage current of Detector #4. Not good, current increases above 10 uA already at 40 V.
11:29
HV Detector #4 swithced off, Faraday cup removed, data stored again.
11:35
Check OK. Target 8.6E12
13:06
Check OK. Target 7.5E12
15:00
Temperature check - aida03 returns "No response". No response for rates either. Merger looks fine for 3? Likely just happened.
Attempted to STOP the DAQ. All FEEs still going (refused to stop) and 3 in error. Decided to just turn all FEEs off.
Restored DAQ with no issues. 3 is working. Temperatures fine. Rates fine. Unclear what had happened.
Run59 is EMPTY. New run = run 60.
16:00, Full check, everything working after the restart
17:35 Full check, everything is working smoothly!
18:35: Full check, status -Okay. thickness 5.7E12,
19:35: full ckeck! Status - OKAY, target theckness ~5E12
20:50 : Full check! status - okay
22:00 : Full check, status -okay. Target thickness 6.4E12
22:55 : Full check, status -okay! ------ target thickness 5.8E12
01:00 : Full check, all okay!
04:00 : Full check, all okay!
07:00 : Full check, all okay!
10:00
Attempted to change cooling to improve the beam. Changed cooling by 0.5V. Significant improvement in the IPM, but Rutherford goes down. Target missed?
Changed orbit bumps. Increased Rutherford. IPM is back to how it was. Rates are possibly slightly higher? Will attempt more systematically in the afternoon, when we change beam energy again.
Attempted to delay target on by 1 second. No significant changes in beam lifetime or rates. Can try systematically again in the afternoon.
Restored settings to how they were. Started new run 61.
Temps OK
Rates OK
Merger OK
Online histos look OK (did not reset)
Checks
Clock status
FEE64 module aida16 global clocks failed, 6
Clock status test result: Passed 15, Failed 1
ADC calibration
FEE64 module aida16 failed
Calibration test result: Passed 15, Failed 1
White Rabbit decoder
Base Current Difference
aida14 fault 0xbf08 : 0xbf08 : 0
aida14 : WR status 0x10
White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 15, Failed 1
Understand the status reports as follows:-
Status bit 3 : White Rabbit decoder detected an error in the received data
Status bit 2 : Firmware registered WR error, no reload of Timestamp
Status bit 0 : White Rabbit decoder reports uncertain of Timestamp information from WR
FPGA Timestamp error counter test result: Passed 16, Failed 0
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EH, AK | Run 58 |
15:30
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
20:20
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics OK
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