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Sun Jun 9 13:45:24 2024 |
CB PMH AG | Run 55 - Data taking |
14:45
New run 55 with:
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS working - hopefully
Target 7E11
Injection ca. 5E7
horizontal beam position 8.75 mm
vertical beam position -5mm
Changed electron cooler set point to 244.2 V
Read value 243.66 V
Collector current 4.31A
Rates OK. Temps OK.
15:00
Detector 0 was noisy. Shook arm. Fixed it.
16:15
Detector 0 was noisy. Shook arm. Fixed it.
There is no beam in CRYRING since 16:05.
16:25
The beam is back but it is still a bit unstable and the operators are still trying optimize it.
17:20
We just did standard detector/electronics checks. Everthing looks OK.
17:50
Take screenshots.
20:50
Detector 0 was noisy. Shook arm. Fixed it.
But now detector 2 seems to have lost the Rutherford peak.
Screenshots taken and attached.
21:05
We did "Check ASIC Control" following Carlo's advise. This fixed the detector 2, but the detector 0 got noisy again. Another movement of the detector fixed the noise again.
22:15
Detector 0 was noisy. Shook arm. Fixed it.
23:05
This run has finished. The cooler voltage will be increased by 0.1V for the next run.
The latest spectra and detector/DAQ status are in the attachment. |
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Sun Jun 9 09:45:27 2024 |
JM, CB | Beam-Target Overlap |
Target density this morning had stabalised at 7e11 at/cm2
This is sufficient to test the beam/target overlap using the lifetime of the beam in the ring.
Previous attempt at this method was done at 1.5e11 at/cm2 where lifetime from residual gas and target are essentially the same.
Beam set to bunched. Beam position varied by 1mm and the number of particles in the ring taken from Grafana plots. Particles at injection compared with at dump.
Significantly more beam loss at > 8 mm beam position with highest value at 8.75 mm. This is the maximum we can move the beam.
Test repeated with no target. Same beam loss rate for all positions. We see a clear difference with the target only at positions > 8mm.
Test repeated with original electron cooler voltage Gleb tuned with last night. Same outcome -> cooler voltage has no significant impact on overlap (for 0.1V at least)
Overlap using count rate over 7.5 minutes also tested. DSSD 1 (top right) used as gauge as no beam stripe is seen in this detector.
At horizontal position 4 mm (previous estimation of overlap) we saw a small increase in counts around 4.7 MeV with the target off compared to target on (76 vs 57)
At horizontal position 8.75 mm we saw a large decrease in counts around 4.7 MeV with target off compared to target on (95 vs 290)
It appears clear the overlap is at 8.75 mm. Future runs will use this as horizontal beam position. |
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Sun Jun 9 08:30:49 2024 |
JM, CB | Run 54 - beam on target |
09:30
New run 54 with:
Electron cooler setpoint 244.1 V
Electron cooler read 243.55 V
Collector current 4.3 uA
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
MBS working - hopefully
Target 7E11
Injection ca. 5E7
horizontal beam position changed to 8.75 mm
vertical beam position still -5mm
10:30
No beam
ADC stats increased to 250k again same time as beam lost
Detector shake resolved problem
System checks OK
10:35
Beam back
12:17
All system checks OK
12:29
DSSD top left noisy again. Detector shake resolves issuie
14:02
Running smoothly. Temps OK. Stats OK, but write to disk rate x10 usual for unclear reasons.
Target mostly stable. Beam OK, missing some injections occasionally.
14:25
Detector 0 noisy. Shook. Fixed it.
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Sat Jun 8 20:32:17 2024 |
LB, JM | Run 52 - beam on target |
New run 52 with:
Electron cooler setpoint 244.2 V
Electron cooler read 243.66 V
Collector current 4.3 uA
Right arm at 64.60 mm
Left arm IN at 36.54 mm
Target 2E11 fluctuating
Injection ca. 5E7
22;00
Detectors moved out while HKR plays with the beam injection to improve its stability
22;56
All system checks good. Detectors still out. Stats in attachment 1
23:08
HKR still has to call, but I have put detectors back in since they are only operating on injection.
Noticed that from time to time the target density still sparks to E12, and this corresponds to when the temperature drops.
23:42
HKR called back, they found the problem and fixed it. Beam seems more stable, with injections at ca. 5E7
23:50
DSSD0 high stats, cycled the motors to clear them.
00:18
All system checks are fine. Attachment 2-3 with stats and a spectrum
00:38
Spikes in the target got more frequent. Increased temperature to 30.5K and monitor if it helps stabilizing it.
01:52
All checks OK. Target behaving, density 5-8E11.
Attachments 4-5
03:10
System checks OK.
Target consistent
Some beam outages which were quickly fixed by HKR
05:03
System checks OK.
Target consistent
07:00
Lost beam. Detectors moved out
Will likely end run once beam is back and change energy. Do not use data past 7 am
All system checks OK |
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Sat Jun 8 17:46:12 2024 |
TD | [How To] Cycle Left DSSSDs |
Interactive Motion Program [workspace 6, display 2]
c stop current command(s)
l s by -20 mm confirm y at prompt
l s by 20 mm confirm y at prompt
read FakeMotion.dat confirm y at prompt |
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Sat Jun 8 14:49:14 2024 |
TD | R51 - contd |
15.40 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 1-2
log shows variations due to ambient temperature changes in CRYRING hall
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 3
WR timestamps OK - attachment 4
System wide checks Ok *except* global clock (aida16) - attachments 5-6
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 7
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 8
per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 9-10
have not been cleared in some time probably - will zero histograms & stats for later review
per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - 20us FSR - attachments 11-12
Merger, TapeServer etc - attachments 13-14
data file G22-222/R51_15
Motion control - attachment 15
16.01 all histograms & stats zero'd
16.43 online per DSSSD energy spectra - attachment 16
photographs of CRYRING beam & target diagnostics - attachments 17-22
18.45 Left DSSSDs cycled to clear high rates (c. 250k/FEE64) aida01-aida04 per https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/CARME/603
18.49 DAQ continues data file G22-201/R51_27
DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachment 23
FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 24
ADC data item stats OK - attachment 25
per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 26
online per DSSSD energy spectra - attachment 27
19.00 Beam less stable but most cycles 5e+7 or higher
Target peaking c. 1e12 dropping to c. 6e11
19.09 CRYRING hall temperature increasing, DSSSD leakage current increasing - attachments 28-29
20.06 Beam less stable most cycles 1-2e+7 or higher
Target c. 1-2e12
20.15 JM/CB advise changing Lakeshore 336 Temp Controller set point from 29k to 29.5K - done
Average pressure decreases but rapid variations still observed - see attachment 30
21.00 contacted HKR to improve beam stability - they were alreday working on it but did not know what was causing the problem - will contact on-call CRYRING expert
cycled L DSSSD to reset rates
21,10 beam 0ff - DSSDs OUT
Increased target temperature to 30K to solve instability that developed again up to E12 density range.
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Sat Jun 8 10:13:52 2024 |
CB, JM, TD | Run 50/51 - data taking |
11:13
ML enabled ring signals remotely.
Used FakeMotion.dat (read FakeMotion.dat from InteractiveMotion.x).
Started run 50.
Cooler voltage moved up by 0.1 V. Did not refocus.
Setpoint = 244.4 V
Read = 243.85 V
Collector current = 4.3 mA
Target thickness 3.4E11 atoms/cm2 now stable
Injection 1-4E7 ions
Realised motors were not in.
Moved detectors in (36.54 / 64.60 mm)
Started run 51. Ignore run 50.
11:46
Realised the left half of DSSD BL was not counting. Checkloaded. Fixed it.
12:00
Fire alarm? Stopped later. EM thinks it is a test.
13:00
Run continues.
Rates OK. Merger OK. Writing to disk back to 200 kB/s. Nothing changed, reasons unclear.
FakeMotion.dat continues
System wide checks as before
Temperatures OK
13:36
Beam lost. Called HKR. Detectors out. Run continues. FakeMotion stopped
14:09
Beam is back. Detectors back in. FakeMotion.dat restarted.
15.10 High rates observed aida01-auida04 ( c. 250k/FEE64)
Cycled Left Servo
Rates normal
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Sat Jun 8 06:13:21 2024 |
CB | Run 47/48/49 - target issues & tests |
07:00
After putting the target back, we observe strong periodic (5 s) fluctuations going from 3E11 to 5E12. The reason is unclear. One may warm up the target to solve this, but will ask Nikos later instead.
The target may be a bit too thick for our purposes, and the luminosity will vary greatly depending on injection vs. target fluctuations timing.
Rates OK. Temperatures OK. Merger OK.
System wide checks as before.
07:30
Moved detectors fully out to check elastic and signal rate in this configuration.
Half of DSSD BR was missing. Checkloaded. Solved.
Moved to run 48. Target still unstable.
08:23
Beam issues. Called HKR. Target out.
09:00
Still no beam. Increased target temperature to 29K from 28.5K. It seems the fluctuations disappeared.
Rates as before.
10:22
Beam might be back but people are checking the steerer. Target in. Started run 49. Detectors still out.
10:13
Some beam. HKR is still working on it.
Data rate up to 2 MB/s. Merger events merged matches. However Stats do not seem to have increased. This is the second time I observe this. |
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Sat Jun 8 00:14:39 2024 |
LB | Run 46 - background with beam |
RUN 46- started at 00:50
Horizontal beam position = 4.0 mm, vertical beam position = -5.0 mm.
Detectors are Left arm OUT = 36.64, right arm IN = 64.60 mm
Injection at ca. 6E7
Target density 6-7E9
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00:51
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 1-2
01:19
Attachments 3-4 waveforms. DSSD0 stats fine
01:33
DSSD0 stats fine
Attachments 5-6 spectra and xy, but I am not sure at which time these are cause I am stupid and apparently the AIDAsort code was not running....
01:56
Restarted the AIDAsort code and noted that stats in DSSD0 were bad again. Another shake. This time no change to the beam on my side.
2:43
All checks fine. Attachments 7-10 (also spectra)
4:01
Notice stats on DSSD0 went bad again. Attachment 11. Gave detector a shake.
Now all system checks OK (Attachements 12-14)
4:19
Just noticed target is oscillating a bit, hitting 1E10. I moved it further in X and Y. Seems to not go below 6E9 in any case.
NOTE: target was on at x=-19899 y=500.
5:17
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 15-18 (also waves)
5:53
Notice stats on DSSD0 went bad again. Gave detector a shake.
6:10
Stats ok in attachment 19, but
Noticed DSSD3 has started to get only a fate of 140 nstead of previous 5500is (similar to what DSSD2 has done earlier- see previous elog). Attachment 20 for the rates.
I have therefore made the Check ASIC control test from the ASIC control tab- attachment 21 with results.
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Fri Jun 7 22:33:13 2024 |
LB | Run 45 - tests on beam-target overlap |
Tried to double check beam-target overlap by changing beam horizontal coordinate.
In the tablethe counts in the 4000-5200 keV region in each of the detectors are recorded. Counts were taken for a total time of 5 minutes per beam position. Attached are the xy plots.
I think the tests are inconclusive given that the beam in the first three points were not ideal, with many low intensity injections. Moreover, changing the beam often ends up causing the stats in DSSD0 to rise significantly (consequentely needing to shake the detector to go back to normal operation).
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DSSD3 |
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4.5 mm |
2966 |
60 |
3826 |
1880 |
stats went up at the end of the run (attachment 1 is the xy plot, attachment 1 is the multiplicity showing the noise). |
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3826 |
68 |
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stats ok. Attachment 3 |
5.5 mm |
2443 |
64 |
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stats ok. beam bad, called 2222, fixed it. Attachment 4 |
5.5 mm good beam |
3587 |
57 |
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2057 |
repeated measurment with good beam. Suspected something wrong with DSSD2 |
4.5 mm good beam |
5132 |
64 |
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stats bad at the end, confirmed something wrong DSSD2, Jordan did some ASIC check load and made it go back to normal operation. Attachment 5. |
After fixing DSSD2, statsin DSSD0 went up again. Stopped the test after shaking again the detector.
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I have put back the beam at 4mm horizontal. I switched off the target by moving it to x=-10000--->x=-5000 (previosuly X=-19800). Denisity went down to 5E9. However, I decided under Jordan's suggestion to make another test and I put the target back to x=-19800: interestingly the density went up to 5E12 and start oscillating for a while between 5E12 and 5E11.
I did a 10 minute check of counts in the 4000-5200 keV region with this configuration, then switched off the target and did another 10 minutes test. Results:
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DSSD0 |
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DSSD2 |
DSSD3 |
target on |
9719 |
163 |
7892 |
5210 |
targte off |
6579 |
108 |
6092 |
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Fri Jun 7 15:53:35 2024 |
TD | DSSD leakage current increase - temperature increase in CRYRING hall |
Re-increase in DSSSD leakage current c. 14-15.00 6.6.24
There was a significant temperature spike in the CRYRING hall on the afternoon of 6.6.24 which has, partly, recovered - see attachment 1
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Started run 39.
We have the 15N+ beam with 426 keV/nucleon. We see a peak in detector top left (mostly) and bottom right, at 4600 keV. We think it is the beam (nominally 6400 keV) after going through silicon dead layer, which however seems to be thicker than expected (expected 0.7 um, but given 1.4 MeV/um energy loss it seems to be > 1 um).
To understand what was going on we first played with detector and beam position.
At 17:28 detectors are fully out, while we are playing with the electron cooler to try to remove this beam halo hitting the detector.
Detector DSSD0 top left periodically seems to get noisier (statistics up to >2E5) and we need to move the detector in and out to go back to normal operations.
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The beam halo in top left detector, as the detector gets moved in, gets elongated in the y direction instead of the x direction, as expected and previosuly observed.
Run 40 started.
18:36
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 1-4
19:43
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 5-8
21:15
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 9-11
00;25
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
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Movements and observation in xy plot:
- Move right servo in by 20 mm and we see the halo in the top right moving accordingly (attachment 12)
-Move right pneumatic in, saw big increase on bottom right (attachment 13)
-moved beam position down vertical -6 mm and we see reduced beam spot on top left and more on bottom left
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Beam - target overlap:
We have yet to obtain an overlap
We cannot do this using the beam lifetime as from beam calc the lifetime from the ring is comparable to the lifetime with a target of 1e11 at/cm2
We have tried using Rutherford. However, we will have to move the detectors IN further as the Rutherford peaks at ~3.8 deg.
Possibly we may require other overlap detections from the ring?
I also think the beam requires some optimisation, electron cooler voltage seems to be fluctuating a lot and we see some features on the detectors when moving the beam / detectors as mentioned above.
02:25
The beam intensity has decreased signficantly (by about a factor of five) since about an hour. Operators tried different things, also consulted with Frank Herfurth, but they could not solve the problem.
There is no device which indicates malfunction.
So, during the rest of the night shift we will continue searching for the overlap (of the beam with the target) with the available beam intensity.
03:30
The beam intensity has improved without any aparent intervention.
We have started a new search for the overlap with 20 minute runs per horiznotal beam position.
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
03:40
After changing the horizontal beam position from 0 mm to 1 mm, the bottom right detector lost the Rutherford peak and its position spectrum looks to be half empty.
Moving it OUT and IN again did not change the situation.
There is no reason to think that this behavior has been caused by moving the beam by just 1 mm.
04:10
The beam intensity has dropped again without any apparent reason. So, at the moment we can not continue search for the overlap.
The bottom right detector seems to be counting normally again (also without any apparent reason).
06:45
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
07:18
Lost beam again. Gleb is looking for it. Moved right detector out temporarily.
System wide checks as before.
Merger OK, Tape Server OK.
Temperatures OK.
Rates currently OK.
Leakage current decreasing.
10:10
Beam is back. Target is unusually thick at 3-5E11
Checking beam overlap.
Merger & tape server OK.
Temps OK.
Rates OK, a bit higher in 01 and 04.
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Fri Jun 7 14:09:04 2024 |
JM, CB, DR, CN, LB | Run 44 - 15N Data Taking |
15:35
Electron cooler voltage set point = 244.3 V
Electron cooler voltage readout = 243.75 V
Collector current = 4.29 mA
All system checks OK
Cycle time = 6 s
Detector positions: left = 36.54 mm, right = 64.60 mm
Target density = 2.5e11
Injection = 3 - 4 e7 pps
15:50
Injection intensity dropped to 1e7 pps
15:54
Injection intensity back to ~4e7 pps
17:30
All system checks OK
Target at 3.7e11
Beam dropped to 1e7 pps
17:34
Beam back to 3-4 e7 pps
19:10
Beam started varying between 1e7 and 4e7. The operators briefly closed the Faraday cup (~30 seconds), the beam is now back to ~5e7
19:25
All system checks OK
Target at 2.6e11
Beam at 5e7
21:25
All system checks OK
Target at 2.7e11
Beam at 4-5 e7
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CB | Run 41/42/43 - 15N data taking start |
11:05
Confirmed overlap is at 4 mm under new settings.
For unclear reasons, the bottom-left detector is not seeing the halo anymore since around 10:00. Rutherford still visible and if the left arm is moved in the counts at 5 MeV become apparent.
l s by 20 mm, r p in -> 36.5 mm / 64.6 mm
Target thickness 3E11 atoms/cm2. Beam intensity few E7 at injection. Coasting beam mode.
Data rate x10 compared with earlier. Stats as before - the reason is unclear.
Temps & Merger OK. We should be able to tolerate these rates.
Moved detectors in/out to make sure we were not clipping the beam. A few seconds of data may be present in R41_9
11:30
Checkloaded. Detector 2 is now counting more.
Moved to run 42. No other changes.
13:00
Realised cooler voltage was being read via fault g35 divider. Beam stopped
15:00
Switched to F20. Beam back on. Moved to run 43
Electron cooler voltage = 243.155 V
Collector current = 4.29 mA
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Thu Jun 6 16:23:10 2024 |
LB CB JM | Run 39 - Run 40 15N |
Started run 39.
We have the 15N+ beam with 426 keV/nucleon. We see a peak in detector top left (mostly) and bottom right, at 4600 keV. We think it is the beam (nominally 6400 keV) after going through silicon dead layer, which however seems to be thicker than expected (expected 0.7 um, but given 1.4 MeV/um energy loss it seems to be > 1 um).
To understand what was going on we first played with detector and beam position.
At 17:28 detectors are fully out, while we are playing with the electron cooler to try to remove this beam halo hitting the detector.
Detector DSSD0 top left periodically seems to get noisier (statistics up to >2E5) and we need to move the detector in and out to go back to normal operations.
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The beam halo in top left detector, as the detector gets moved in, gets elongated in the y direction instead of the x direction, as expected and previosuly observed.
Run 40 started.
18:36
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 1-4
19:43
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 5-8
21:15
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 9-11
00;25
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
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Movements and observation in xy plot:
- Move right servo in by 20 mm and we see the halo in the top right moving accordingly (attachment 12)
-Move right pneumatic in, saw big increase on bottom right (attachment 13)
-moved beam position down vertical -6 mm and we see reduced beam spot on top left and more on bottom left
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Beam - target overlap:
We have yet to obtain an overlap
We cannot do this using the beam lifetime as from beam calc the lifetime from the ring is comparable to the lifetime with a target of 1e11 at/cm2
We have tried using Rutherford. However, we will have to move the detectors IN further as the Rutherford peaks at ~3.8 deg.
Possibly we may require other overlap detections from the ring?
I also think the beam requires some optimisation, electron cooler voltage seems to be fluctuating a lot and we see some features on the detectors when moving the beam / detectors as mentioned above.
02:25
The beam intensity has decreased signficantly (by about a factor of five) since about an hour. Operators tried different things, also consulted with Frank Herfurth, but they could not solve the problem.
There is no device which indicates malfunction.
So, during the rest of the night shift we will continue searching for the overlap (of the beam with the target) with the available beam intensity.
03:30
The beam intensity has improved without any aparent intervention.
We have started a new search for the overlap with 20 minute runs per horiznotal beam position.
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
03:40
After changing the horizontal beam position from 0 mm to 1 mm, the bottom right detector lost the Rutherford peak and its position spectrum looks to be half empty.
Moving it OUT and IN again did not change the situation.
There is no reason to think that this behavior has been caused by moving the beam by just 1 mm.
04:10
The beam intensity has dropped again without any apparent reason. So, at the moment we can not continue search for the overlap.
The bottom right detector seems to be counting normally again (also without any apparent reason).
06:45
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
07:18
Lost beam again. Gleb is looking for it. Moved right detector out temporarily.
System wide checks as before.
Merger OK, Tape Server OK.
Temperatures OK.
Rates currently OK.
Leakage current decreasing.
10:10
Beam is back. Target is unusually thick at 3-5E11
Checking beam overlap.
Merger & tape server OK.
Temps OK.
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Thu Jun 6 05:44:45 2024 |
DR YL DB LB CB JM | Run 38 - 15N Tests |
06:45
All system checks OK
Target density 3.4e11
11:50
System checks OK.
No beam in the ring yet. Althoug some injection may be taking place at low intensities
Target density appears much more stable than before.
Density currently just above 1e11 at/cm2
Note maintanace is required to appc025 so anydesk is currently down.
13:13
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics looks as before. OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 1-5 (also waveforms)
15:00
Merger OK, Tape server OK
ADC data item statistics DO NOT looks as before. NOT OK
FEE temperatures look OK
System checks OK
Leakage current stable
Attachments 6-8
15:16
Notice the statistics for aida01-aida04 (DDSD 0, top left) were counting extremely high in the previous check (attachment 6). Previous rate was 0-1 counts.
We tried ASIC check load three times but not effect on the rate.
We then tried 'shaking the detectors' by moving the left pneumatic in and out again.
Rates go back to normal levels (0-1 counts)
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Wed Jun 5 13:34:02 2024 |
JM | Run 37 - Change in thresholds |
14:20
Target nozzle currently being replaced. No beam
We have decided to switch to 15N beam from now on.
Beam energy for 15N is significantly higher than deuteron beam so we have increased the thresholds (slow comparator) slightly for all detectors to 500 keV (0x32).
ADC data item rates - attachment 1
Run 37 started. Alpha background
Data rate ~ 200 kb/sec
17:44
All system checks OK
20:00
All system checks OK
23:30
All system checks OK
01:25
All system checks OK
03:25
All system checks OK.
Target is stable at 3.5e11, with T1=29 K
05:30
All system checks OK
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Wed Jun 5 13:21:45 2024 |
JM, CB | Run 36 - pulser walkthrough |
14:00
Access to the cave as Nikos and Andreas have begun work on the target.
Run 36 started - pulser walkthrough.
Pulser amplitudes of 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Attachment 1 - pn channels
Attachment 2 - nn channels
Attachment 3 - pn channels (zoom)
Attachment 4 - nn channels (zoom)
Best pn channel looks like AIDA09 - pulser width 63
Worst pn channel looks like AIDA14 - pulser width 148
Best nn channel looks like AIDA12 - pulser width 58
Worst nn channel looks like AIDA16 - pulser width 246
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Wed Jun 5 08:34:04 2024 |
JM. DB, PC | Target nozzle change |
09:30
Target density has not improved despite efforts last night. Mid 10 - low 11 density range. We will try to change the nozzle.
Target nozzle moved to the out position.
HKR allowed access to the cave to turn the compressor off. Target nozzle now warming up.
Internal cave work on changing nozzle expected to start at ~11. In the meantime we will let Wolfgang experiment with the beam settings to try to improve injection intensity.
Detectors have been moved out to fully out position
Run 35 started. |
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TD | [How To] Recover DAQ when one FEE64 stops sending data |
1) STOP DAQ [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
all FEE64s should change status from 'going' to 'stopped' *except* whichever FEE64(s) have a problem - typically their status is 'going' or 'error'
2) Restart Merger by selecting the Merger icon [workspace 3, display 2]
terminal window showing the startup will popup
3) Setup Merger by selecting 'SETUP' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'NewMerger Control']
4) Start Merger by selecting 'GO' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'NewMerger Control']
all data links will be inactive (red)
5) Disable data transfer by selecting 'Data transfer Disable #1 all' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
6) Start DAQ
Start DAQ by selecting 'GO' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
check that DAQ is *actually* going - if not repeat 'GO'
7) Check WR timestamps by selecting 'Collect all timestamps' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'GSI White Rabbit Control']
readout times will be displayed for each FEE64
check that the readout times are monotonically increasing as you read down the list of readout times - if not, contact expert support
8) Stop DAQ
Start DAQ by selecting 'STOP' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
check that DAQ has *actually* stopped - if not repeat 'STOP
9) Enable data transfer to Merger and TapeServer and start DAQ
Enable data transfer by selecting 'Enable data transfer Enable #1 All' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
Start DAQ by selecting 'GO' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
check that DAQ is *actually* going - if not repeat 'GO'
10) Check data is being transferred to Merger and TapeServer
Select 'Reload' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'NewMerger Control']
you should see a non-zero 'current merged data rate' and all links should show as green at least some of the time (requires observation over several reloads)
Select 'Reload' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'TapeServer']
you should see 'Blocks written' and 'kb written' counters increase
11) Check AIDA data is being forwarded from the TapeServer to MBS [workspace 3, display 2, command terminal]
12) Restart should now have been successfully completed. Please inform the 'on shift' crew' that AIDA is forwarding data.
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Boudefla Dounia - CB - LB - SD | Run 34 |
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
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