~ 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.

07:00

We are changing to 5+ beam so that we can access higher energies and possibly observe a higher lying, wider resonance.

Beam energy change to 1.06 MeV/u.

Detectors out

Target nozzle out

Pressure in E1 had reached 2e-1 mbar and turbo was spinning down to 810 Hz. Pressure reduced and E1 has reduced to 8.2e-2 mbar. We may require a pressure increase when we want the target back?

Run changed and out into no storage mode so we do not write rubbish to disk.

11:34

Beam tuning in the ring in progress

Merger OK. Not writing to disk.

Temps OK. Rates OK.

Leakage current OK.

Motors out. Target out.

13:31

Checks OK. Beam tuning near completion.

Some data acquired during beam tuning attached.

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.

01:00

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.6 V.

FC20 read value 247.05 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, 1.7e-1 mbar

All checks OK

02:50

Noise increase on dssd top left. Moved servo  motor to resolve issue.

23:38

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.5 V.

FC20 read value 246.95 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, 1.7e-1 mbar

All checks OK

23:10

Beam set to bunched mode to observe beam lifetime. 

Electron cooler voltage setpoint kept at 246.8 V. Note this is 0.5 V lower than the previous test where the setpoint was 247.3 V

This corresponds to ~13.5 keV in the beam energy.

Attachment 1 shows target scan. Maximum still observed at a horizontal beam position of 1.0 mm.

Moving 0.5 V up or down does not impact the orbit enough to shift the beam position off the target.

Beam lifetime off target seems larger than previous, perhaps better vacuum conditions?

Back to coasting beam

20:00

Ecooler setpoint 246.8

Readout 246.25

Collector current 4.3

Target density ~5.3E11

Beam intensity 7E7 ions

14:51

Ecooler setpoint 246.9

Readout 246.35

Collector current 4.3

Target density 4.6E11

Beam intensity 8E7 ions

Shook left arm to fix it.

15:32

Right half on BL detector was not counting. Checkloaded. Fixed.

17:20

Moved left arm out/in to fix it.

Reduced temperature to 38.5 K in steps as the target density was declining.

E1: pressure: 1.57E-1 mbar, turbo frequency: 819  Hz

Target density: 1.5E11 atoms/cm2; Ion beam intensity: 6E7 particles (went down slightly, have not been able to get everything back)

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK 
FEE64 temperatures OK 
ADC data item stats OK 
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK 

19:50

E1: pressure: 1.61E-1 mbar, turbo frequency: 819  Hz

Target density: 1.5E11 atoms/cm2; Ion beam intensity: 7E7 particles (recovered slightly)

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK 
FEE64 temperatures OK 
ADC data item stats OK 
per FEE64 Rate spectra OK 

Target clogged?

Run 77 started at 06:48

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.0 V.

07:05

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 1 & 2

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 3

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 4

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 5

Beam intensity 8.45e+7 particles

Target density ~5.34E11 atoms/cm2

09:02

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 6 & 7

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 8

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 9

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 10

Beam intensity 7.85e+7 particles

Target density ~5.29E11 atoms/cm2

11:00

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 11 & 12

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 13

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 14

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 15

Beam intensity 8.5e+7 particles

Target density ~6.1E11 atoms/cm2

13:00

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 16 & 17

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 18

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 19

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 20

Beam intensity 8.2e+7 particles

Target density ~6.1E11 atoms/cm2

22:15

New run 76 - beam on target with definite target overlap [coasting]

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.1 V.

FC20 read value 246.55 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 7.5e+7 particles.

Target density ~6.2e11 at/cm2

Target temperature is 38.5 K. Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.6A, 1.85e-1 mbar

00:15

System and detector check is OK. E1 pressure is increasing slowly. target 4e+11/cm2

02:15

System and detector check is OK. E1 pressure is increasing slowly. P=2,2e-1 mbar Pump frequency is 807 Hz, 2.7A. Target 5e+11/cm2

03:15

System and detector check is OK. E1 pressure reaches 2,3e-1 mbar, thus flow is decrease a bit. Pump frequency is 800 Hz, 2.8A. Target 6e+11/cm2

04:15

System and detector check is OK. E1 pressure is stabilized. New values: 2.07e-1 mbar, 810 Hz, 2.8 A. Target 5e+11/cm2. Resonance peak not so visible- see attachment 1.

05:43

System and detector check is OK. E1 pressure is slowly increasing. New values: 2.13e-1 mbar, 807 Hz, 2.8 A. Target 5e+11/cm2. Beam intensity stable at 7e+7 particles.

14:30

New run 75 - beam on target with definite target overlap [coasting]

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.2 V.

FC20 read value 246.65 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 8.5e+7 particles.

Target density ~6e11 at/cm2

Target temperature is 36.6 K. Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.6A, 1.4e-1 mbar

16:00

Beam intensity 8.5e+7 particles.

Target density ~4e11 at/cm2

Target temperature is 36.6 K. Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.6A, 1.68e-1 mbar

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 3

16:58

Pressure on E1 has risen to 1.74e-1 mbar. Target density ~4.5e11 at/cm2.

Turbo is decreased to 818-819 Hz. We will increase temperature sligtly to see if this helps.

17:11

Increase in noise on top left DSSD. Correlates with spike in the source seen on lassie. Moved servo motor out then in. Problem resolved. 

System checks OK

18:35

Tempature has been increase in small steps to 38.4 K. E1 appears to have stabalised at 1.71e-1 mbar. Turbo speed 818-819 Hz. 

Target density ~5.5e11 at/cm2. We will wait to see how it evolves over time.

18:47

Increase in noise on top left DSSD. Correlates with spike in the source seen on lassie. Moved servo motor out then in. Problem resolved. 

20:55

All checks OK

Tempature has been increase in small steps to 38.4 K. E1  1.81e-1 mbar. Turbo speed 818-819 Hz. 

21:48

System checks OK

22:14

Run stopped

7:00

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.4 V.

7:44

E1 Turbo at 808 Hz, 2.75 A

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK 

FEE64 temperatures OK 

ADC data item stats OK 

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK 

Beam intensity 7.5e+7 particles

Target density ~3E10 atoms/cm2

8:30

E1 pressure was too high (2.13E-1 mbar) and turbo frequency too low (807 Hz).

We increased T1 in steps of 0.2 K to 39.6 K, which improved in E1 (2E-1 mbar) and turbo freq. (813 Hz).

T1 was decreased again to 39.4 K.

After speaking to Nikos we slightly decreased the gas flow (~15 bar) as desribed in elog entry 631.

Values now: turbo (817 Hz), E1 pressure (1.78E-1 mbar) -> both improved

10:06

The gas flow was decreased in three steps, there is now change visible on the gauge (still ~15 bar).

The turbo frequency ist stable at 819 Hz and pressure at E1 is 1.45E-1 mbar.

The temperature is currently at 39.0 K and we will start decreasing it to try and bring the target density up.

DSSSD bias & leakage current

OK FEE64 temperatures OK

ADC data item stats OK

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK

Beam intensity 7.5e+7 particles

Target density ~2E10 atoms/cm2

11:50

All system checks OK

Target density is ~3e11 at/cm2.

Temoerature of the nozzle is curretnly 37.5K with E1=1.6e-1 mbar. Turbo running at 820 Hz

14:29

Run stopped

CRYRING hall temperature transient - evening of Friday 14 June

Cooling of recirculating water failed on a number of circuits within the GSI experimental hall including S4 and CRYRING
Subsequently repaired bu on-call maintenance engineer

Beam is back.New run started.

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.3 V.

23:18

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK 

FEE64 temperatures OK 

ADC data item stats OK 

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK 

Beam intensity 6e+7 particles

Target density ~4E10 atoms/cm2

01:01

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 1 & 5

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 3

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 4

Beam intensity 7e+7 particles

Target density ~5E11 atoms/cm2

03:03

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 6 & 7

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 8

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 9

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 10

Beam intensity 7e+7 particles

Target density ~4E11 atoms/cm2

05:00

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 11 & 15

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 12

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 13

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 14

Beam intensity 7.4e+7 particles

Target density ~5E11 atoms/cm2

05:15

Turbo frequency went below 810 Hz. Set temperature increased from 38.8 K to 39.0 K.

06:50

DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 16 & 17

FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 18

ADC data item stats OK - attachment 19

per FEE64 Rate spectra OK - attachment 20

Beam intensity 7.5e+7 particles

Target density ~2.3E11 atoms/cm2

21:00

Target is lost. Background run is being collected.

New run 72 - beam on target with definite target overlap [coasting]

Cooler voltage setpoint 247.3 V.

FC20 read value 246.75 V.

Right arm at 64.60 mm

Left arm IN at 36.54 mm18:00

FakeMotion script running

horizontal beam position 1.0 mm (new beam target overlap)

vertical beam position  -5mm

Beam intensity 6e+7 particles.

Target density ~3e9 at/cm2

Target temperature is 90 K. Values of E1 is 820 Hz, 2.6A, 4.2e-2 mbar

Aida03 detector T is stable.SCreenshot is attached.

22:27

Cooling fixed. Temps OK.