Updated anydesk to 6.3.2 CentOS7 release.

Works now.

08:07 CEST

Temperatures ok - attached

DSSDs on. Leakage currents still high. - attached

If ML & co cannot find the reason, will turn off FEEs later today

FEEs turned off, leakage current still high (DSSD off now). 

Motors out. 

19:08

Beam energy = 3 MeV.

Horizontal beam position = 4.0 mm, vertical beam position = 0.0 mm.

Target density ~ fluctuating

Beam intensity at inj ~ 1.7e7

Detectors are positioned IN. Left arm = 36.54, right arm =  64.60 mm

MBS signals saved from motors code

Histograms and stats zero'd, monitoring code restarted.

Beam in the ring ~ 6 minutes.

Pressure in YR09 E target ~ 4.36e-11 mbar.

Merger error recovered

White rabbit time stamps

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

21:27

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

23:00

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

Statistics attachment 5

Merger attachment 6

00:42

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

Density is oscillating between E10 and low E11.

attachment 7 is statistics, attachment 8 is temperature, attachment 9 is merger, attachment 10 is spectrum browser.

02:20

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

Density is oscillating between E10 and low E11. ( last 15 minutes below 2E10)

attachment 11 -13

From 2:00 target density falls below 2E10 and started decreasing to the E9 range. At 2:40 we started playing with x-y to get to higher density. At 3:30 we are at 5/6E10 and waiting to see if it stabilizesto that or if it needs more playing.

04:06

Target density being 1-2E11 since 5 minutes

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

Attachment 14 statistics, attachment 15 merger

05;53

Target density 1E10, sometimes e11, before going down to low E10 and we need to play a bit with x-y to recover it

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

Attachment 16-18

07:35

Target density 2.5E11, after changiny y position to 1000

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

09:00

Target density has not improved despite efforts last night. Mid 10 - low 11 density range. We have asked HKR to remove beam from the ring and allow access so Nikos can change the nozzle.

Beam off now, access granted. Will begin warming nozzle. Internal cave work on changing nozzle expected to start at 11

Run stopped.

Final monitoring code histogram attached

16:26

Merger OK, Tape server OK

ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK

FEE temperatures look OK

System checks OK

Leakage current stable

Nicos came in to optimize target density.

18:39

aida02 in the MERGER aka aida03 elsewhere has a red background, but still appears to be transferring data. Rates are fine. Temps are fine. System wide checks unchanged.

See attachments. Checkloaded x2 - no difference. Unclear what the issue is.

Run 53 started at 18:25 (started already earlier but since then data is taken). Everything is running again. We started at 3E12 at/cm2.
Side comment: Gleb told us 1h ago that he will switch to coasted mode and call us back as soon as he is done. So far he didn't call back and he is not in the office... So we decided to start data taking already. But: the software says that coasting mode is already on, but the graph looks like bunched mode... So we started data taking and will update this situation as soon as Gleb called us. -> Update: Okay, we were the entire time in coasting mode

D+ beam deuterium target. D+ beam energy is now 0.25 MeV/u. (beam calc calculation is 0.2570 MeV/u).

All four detectors positioned fully out and stationary.

Left potentiometer = -2.76mm (corresponds to x = -2500, which is the more trustworthy value)

Right potentiometer = 1.77 mm (corresponds to y = 2500, which is the more trustworthy value)

Ring cycle time is 5 seconds.

Cooler set value = 146.25 V, 2 mA. Read value = 146.2 V, 0.00179 mA

All leakage currents look good.

Beam position. Vertical =0.0mm , Horizontal=-2.0 mm

Data rate ~ 812kB/s

After starting the run we struggled because we did not know whether we can trust the beam overlap test after going from bunched mode to coasting mode. We therefore stopped data taking for approx. 1h to to this test once again in coasting mode, but did it via the Rutherford measurement. The result showed that the optimum is exactly the same: x=-2mm (see attachment 1).

However, we are strugglign with the areal density... It quickly dropped to 2E10 and slowly recovered in a more or less oscillating way (see attachment 2; the first four columns are the integrals of the four detectors, the next column is the sum of them. Afterwards its the average areal density and the last column is the total integral divided by the average areal density).
 

19:29: Storage turned back on
Left potentiometer now = -2.79mm (corresponds to x = -5000, which is the more trustworthy value)

19:53: Areal density dropped to 2E11, so we moved the left potentiometer once from x=-5000 to x=-4500. Sudden increase in pressure, but slow decrease again.
19:59: Left potentiometer once from x=-4500 to x=-4000. Seems to be the right direction... But we do it slowly...

20:19: Full check. Everything is okay, but areal density is still... aweful... Most of the time its between 1E11 and 1E12 at/cm2
20:20: Left potentiometer once from x=-4000 to x=-3500. Seems again to be the right direction... Sudden increase from 7E11 to 2E12
20:40: Everything stabilized at a higher average areal density. We are now fluctuating between 1E12 to 5E12.

20:55: Left potentiometer once from x=-3500 to x=-3000. Seems again to be the right direction... Sudden increase from 9E11 to 3E12

21:56: Full check. Everything is okay and areal density finally stabilized. Its now since 1h between 3E12 and 5E12.
22:47: Full check. Everything is meraviglioso!

23:20 

Checks OK

Target density remains stable around 5e12 at/cm2. Count rate has improved to around 200 c/h for 3He, 150 c/h for 3H and 80 c/h for 1H.

02:20

All checks OK

Count rates look pretty good, target density has maintained mid-high e12 lavel over last 3 hours.

peaks in spectra very clear

05:00

Checks OK

Now have several thousand counts total. Target level in high e12 level.

07.06.2025

07:00

Full checks! Target level 1-6E12 [1/cm2]

10:00

The x server on the CARME-gsi computer appears to be struggling and is not able to be checked. Needs a reboot. 

We still have ssh access and are able to access the DAQ on another CRYRING machine machine via 192.168.207.143:8015. DAQ is still running. We will try to reboot the x server without disturbing the DAQ. 

oopsie whole carme-gsi rebooted not just the x server. Restarting DAQ

Run 42 - 15:00

Detectors IN (left arm pot =36.54 mm, right arm pot = 70.49 mm). Stationary. Same as run 40

Electron cooler voltage 751.89 V this corresponds to 1.3444 MeV/u. This should be on the right of the peak of the resonance.

Target density is 5.03e11 at/cm2, ring pressure looks OK YR09 2.36e-10 mbar.

Horizontal beam position is -7.5 mm, vertical beam position is 0.0 mm. Same as run 40.

Beam is in the ring for 4 seconds and total cycle time between injections is 8 seconds. Notice this is the samet as run 40, different to run 35.

Statistics, merger statistics, histograms all zero'd

System wide checks ok. Temperatures ok. Leakage current ok. Merger ok.

Attatchment 1: Stats

Attatchment 2: Temperatures

Attatchments 3-6: Waveforms

Attatchment 7:Leakage current

Attatchment 8: Monitoring code rates

15.35 DSSSD #0 leakage current trending somewhat upwards cf. somewhat downwards for DSSSD #1-3

          ML CRYRING hall ambient temprature c. 17.7. deg C and on downward trend.

         Probably indicates radiation damage/surface charging of DSSSD #0 - leave DSSSD #0 biased for 24-48h following run and monitor leakage current

15:46

Seeing some beam intensity drops occasionally. Small drop that instantamnously went back up around 15:20 and then stbale beam unitl around 15:44 and then two small-time beam drops within 2 minutes. See attatchment 9. Continuing to monitor. Target density remains stable at 5e11.

16:45

Beam dropping again and continuing to drop  (began at 16:35). Target density 4.7e11. Called HKR and they will try to increase the intensity. See attatchment 10.

17:00

System checks ok. Temperatures ok. Leakage current plot okay. Merger ok. Beam intensity still reduced to same amount as in attatchment 10). Target density approx 5e11.

Attatchment 1:1 Stats

Attatchment 12: Temperatures

Attatchments 13-16: Waveforms

Attatchment 17:Leakage current

Attatchment 18: Monitoring code rates

17:10

HKR cryring asked for target to be removed to check intensity. Target was removed.

17:17

Target back in, intensity back to around 2.5e7. Stable. Target desity 5e11.

18:42

All system checks and tempeatures ok. Beam stable. Target 2.3e11.

Leakage current: red line still trending upwards but slowly. See image 24.

10:30

Beam went down about 21:45. Called HKR and they were able to almost immediately restore the beam. Beam intensity ~2.5e7.

Target density 5.6e11 at/cm2, pressure in YR09 ~2.5e-10 mbar.

FEE temps and system check OK

Merger and tape server OK

Merger stats (attachment 25)

All rates in spectrum browser look OK

Monitoring code rates indicate beam on target.

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 

9:40

DSSD bias and leakage current values:

-99.99 V

-13.0960 uA

Pulsar peak widths (ch FWHM)

aida01 ~ 97

aida02 ~ 103

aida03 ~ 134

aida04 ~ 131

aida05 ~ 22

Pretty similar to what was found yesterday

15.30

Per Elog 375

Measured FEE64 voltages are as follows

@ISOL 4 AIDA PSU   @FEE64 aida05      nominal

(top-botttom)               (right-left)

+6.05V                        +5.26V                     +5V

+6.05V                        +5.26V                     +5V

+6.05V                        +5.26V                     +5V

-6.49V                         -6.26V                      -6V

+7.78V                        +7.46V                     +7V

Adjusted PowerStax PSU voltage pots of AIDA PSU ISOL 4

@ISOL 4 AIDA PSU   @FEE64 aida05      nominal

(top-botttom)               (right-left)

+5.79V                        +4.99V                     +5V

+5.79V                        +4.99V                     +5V

+5.79V                        +4.99V                     +5V

-6.23V                         -6.00V                      -6V

+7.32V                        +7.00V                     +7V

Attatchment 1-12 = BEFORE change

Attatchment 13+ = AFTER change

Pulsar peak widths (ch FWHM) AFTER CHANGE

aida01 ~ 100

aida02 ~ 96

aida03 ~ 130

aida04 ~ 130

aida05 ~ 22

Photos of noise observed at each of the AIDA PSU outputs by digital oscillscope.

DAQ GOing with waveforms enabled.

Connection from AIDA PSU to scope by DMM test probes, twisted cabling, 3mm jack plug/BNC adaptor.

Attachment 1,2,3 =  +5V

Attatchment 4 = -6V

Attatchment 5 = +7V

Attatchment 6 shows test setup

Repeat above test with *all* cables from AIDA PSU to FEE64s disconnected, i.e. no AIDA PSU load.

Attachment 7,8,9 =  +5V

Attatchment 10 = -6V

Attatchment 11 = +7V

System checks: all ok

Attatchment 1: Rates ok

Attatchment 2: Temperatures ok

Attatchment 3: Waveform layout 7

Attatchment 4: Waveform layout 8

Attatchment 5: Waveform layout 1

Attatchment 6: Waveform layout 2

Attatchment 7: Leakage current ok

Moved pneumatic / servo for right / left arms in /out

Attachment 8: left servo fully in

9: left pneumatic in (beam is clipped)

10: left pneumatic & servo in (beam is clipped)

11: right servo in

12: right pneumatic in

13: right pneumatic & serve in

Some clear issues with strip mapping persist.

Strip map

#map strip: 01:00 left/top side, 02:00 right/bottom side (from beam view)            
stripMap    1    2                                            
stripMap    2    1                                            
stripMap    3    2                                            
stripMap    4    1                                            
stripMap    5    2
stripMap    6    1
stripMap    7    2
stripMap    8    1
stripMap    9    1
stripMap    10    2
stripMap    11    1
stripMap    12    2
stripMap    13    1
stripMap    14    2
stripMap    15    1
stripMap    16    2  

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

System checks: all ok - except waveform for AIDA 15 in layout 2, it has a low rate compared to others

Attatchment 14: Rates ok

Attatchment 15: Temperatures ok

Attatchment 16: Waveform layout 7

Attatchment 17: Waveform layout 8

Attatchment 18: Waveform layout 2

Attatchment 19: Waveform layout 1

Attatchment 20: Leakage current ok

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

After beam stiring - layout of xy histograms are updated

DSSD0 and DSSD3 have the correct orientation,

DSSD1 needs to be flipped mirrored on the yaxis (i.e. right needs to be left, and left needs to be right but up and down are correct)

DSSD2 needs to be flipped on the xaxis (i.e. up needs to be down and down needs to be up but left and right are correct)

Horizontal offset in YR3 target = 9mm

Horizontal offset in YR7 target = 9mm

Horizontan offset in YR9 target = -9mm

Vertial offset in YR9 target = -8mm

Attatchment 21: Beam profile before stiring

Attatchment 22: Beam profile after stiritng - much better, hitting detectors less.

/// UPDATE ///

Mapping for the sort code has been fixed so that detectors are orientated correctly as if looking at the detectors downstream.We was missing dssdPNisX command which lets the sort code know if the PN FEEs correspond to X or Y. Correct mapping is now;

       
stripMap    1    1                                            
stripMap    2    2                                            
stripMap    3    1                                            
stripMap    4    2                                            
stripMap    5    1
stripMap    6    2
stripMap    7    2
stripMap    8    1
stripMap    9    2
stripMap    10    1
stripMap    11    1
stripMap    12    2
stripMap    13    1
stripMap    14    2
stripMap    15    1
stripMap    16    2   

Schematic layout of heaters and channel assignment attached. Table kindly provided by AK. I hope the conversion from excel to pdf didn't swallow any important information.

With the assistance of Oemer and Davide all of the M22 bolts removed from the downstream section of the CARME chamber. To separate the downstream section from the 
upstream sections it was necessary to use a lever between M10 bolts screwed into the lift points of adjacent sections of the CARME. The upstream sections were then 
lifted from the support frame and placed on the shipment crate base. The open ports of the CARME chamber sections were covered by Al foil.

Attachments 1-3 show downstream section following removal of upstream sections of CARME chamber. Note staining/residue top and bottom right - attachments 2 & 3.

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

Summary: Target not running. Background runs written to disk, some with beam some without.

19:27 Data file R17  running

      DSSSD positions out. Nikos will work on the target.
      Started a new run just after changing the DSSSD position
      No storage enabled
      All the checks are ok!

At 20:30 after 2h there was possible to open the cave again and Nikos started to cool down the target. However, is not clear if they can close the ring again...

22:12  The beam is back again. Cave closed and we are cooling downg the target!

Data file R18 started now.

DSSSD positions out. 

No storage disabled.

All checks ok. See attached files Work on the target.

Sunday 25 May 2025

09:45 Data file R18 running

DSSSD positions out. 

All checks ok!

12:05 Data file R18 running

DSSSD positions out. 

All checks ok!

13:55 Data file R18 running

DSSSD positions out. 

All checks ok!

15:50 Data file R19 running

DSSSD positions out. 

Beam is off.

All checks ok!

21:50

All checks OK.

Monday 26.05.25 09:15

All checks OK.

16:20

DSSD bias and leakage current values:

-99.99 V

-13.2535 uA

Pulsar peak widths (ch FWHM)

aida01 ~ 100

aida02 ~ 103

aida03 ~ 128

aida04 ~ 133

aida05 ~ 22

Pretty similar to what was found in august https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/CARME/377