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  74   Tue Apr 16 12:24:01 2024 EmmanuelMWD amplitude (dE and E)
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  82   Tue Mar 18 13:28:30 2025 EmmanuelB10 and LiF data with Fast Fourier Transform

Attached is the B10 and LiF data with Fast Fourier Transform and varying time constants.

Attachment 1: B10.pdf
B10.pdf
Attachment 2: Li.pdf
Li.pdf
  73   Mon Mar 25 12:57:30 2024 ClwAdapters for ntof setup

10 new Adapters for lemo to bnc on my desk

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  5   Tue Oct 13 21:04:49 2015 Claudia LedererPhotos of Test Setup 5-10 October 2015

some photos in high resolution of the test setup 5-10 October 2015

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  24   Tue Aug 23 15:34:38 2016 ClaudiaLeakage currents 23.08.16

 E = 0.03uA
dE = 0.04uA
PHDI = 0.09uA

- Monitor PHDI - increasing slowly...

  29   Thu Oct 6 09:28:33 2022 ClaudiaItems to be replaced for next run

Missing/broken items identified

- long rails for fixing chamber on support

- vacuum valve (ours is broken)

- at least 2 lemo - BNC converters

- short M3 screws (photo)

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  30   Thu Oct 6 09:34:30 2022 ClaudiaTest setup Photos and cabling

Setup 5.10.22

dE 20 um (ID 2837-33) and 494 um double sided (ID 1194-9)

46 channels (2 connectors missing)

LiF4 in beam 

dE: Big flat cables from preamp 22 and 23 into 1A and 1B

E: from preamp 24+25 go into 2A, 2B and 3A 3B

LEMO converter box: Cable 1: dE

                                   Cable 3: E n+n

                                  unlabeled cable: E p+n

E detector voltage: -133 V, leakage current -0.53 micro-Amp

dE detector voltage -22 V, leakage current -0.03 micro-Amp

For the E detector one of the edge p+n strip bond-wires is suspected broken.

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  42   Thu Jul 27 11:25:35 2023 ClaudiaAl-26 planning meeting summary
  • Start 9th August, access to EAR-2 11 am earliest but can start in rack area before
  • Setup to be used: 1 dE (16 strips, 20 um thickness) + 1 E (16x16 strips, 150 um thickness. We have a spare for each thickness
  • Sample and detectors to be mounted on the same flange

Things to check:

  • alignment with beam centre (lasers and/or gafchromics foils)
  • is the setup stable to knockes, can all detector / sample positions be well reproduced when making changes

Once setup us completed:

  • checks with pulser
  • mounf LiF sample number 3 and run with neutron beam
  • check that all strips have signals
  • confirm shape of gamma flash and that short times can be anaysed in both detectors (~1.8 us after flash)

If everything working:

  • measure LiF-3 and the switch to Al-26
  • towards end of the run we can also measure B-3 and the empty brass frame (Frame without mylar)
  • proton statistics: 1E17 LiF-3, 1F17 B-3, ~3E17 Empty, 5.5 E18 Al-26

Travel times

Nick: 8-16, Annie 8-12, Tom, 7 -?, Claudia, 8-10, Emmanuel asap until end of run

Measurement runs until Octover 2nd. Disassembly by Nick and Emmanuel.

additional trips during the measurement as required (if something breaks/fails etc. )

 

Attached: photos of previous setup

 

TO Do: MCA availability at nTOF for quick noise checks (Nick)

            how many  channels in 14 bit, how many 12 bit (Nick)

          depletion voltages   for detectors (Tom)

          Register the eqipment at CERN as Edinburgh property (Claudia)

 

 

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  45   Thu Aug 10 09:10:02 2023 CLWDetector Setup Al26 Run 2023

dE Detector: W1-20 3186-9 20 um

E Detector: W1-150 3458-4 144 um

Voltages and Leakage Currents:

dE: 6 V, 0.02 muA

E: 50 V, 0.05 muA

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  46   Thu Aug 10 09:20:37 2023 CLWDetector Signal Cabling Al26 Aug 2023
delta E detector Cabling
Lemo Box Output Number Signal Cable Bunker Patch Panel Number Signal Cable Rack Area FADC Number DAQ Channel
0 72 2204803 9 02911 DEED-1
1 73 2204804 10 02911 DEED-2
2 74 2204805 11 02911 DEED-3
3 75 2204806 12 02911 DEED-4
4 76 2204807 13 02914 DEED-5
5 77 2204808 14 02914 DEED-6
6 80 2204809 15 02914 DEED-7
7 81 2204810 16 02914 DEED-8
8 82 2204811 17 02917 DEED-9
9 85 2204812 18 02917 DEED-10
10 86 2204813 19 02917 DEED-11
11 87 2204814 20 02917 DEED-12
12 88 2204815 21 02916 DEED-13
13 90 2204816 22 02916 DEED-14
14 95 2204817 23 02916 DEED-15
15 96 2204818 24 02916 DEED-16
E p side cabling
Lemo Box Output Number Signal Cable Bunker Patch Panel Number Signal Cable Rack Area FADC Number DAQ Channel
0 97 2204819 25 4683 EDET-1
1 101 2204820 26 4683 EDET-2
2 103 2204821 27 4683 EDET-3
3 104 2204822 28 4683 EDET-4
4 105 2204823 29 4684 EDET-5
5 106 2204824 30 4684 EDET-6
6 107 2204825 31 4684 EDET-7
7 108 2204826 32 4684 EDET-8
8 109 2204827 33 4682 EDET-9
9 110 2204828 34 4677 EDET-10
10 111 2204829 35 4682 EDET-11
11 112 2204830 36 4682 EDET-12
12 113 2204831 37 4697 EDET-13
13 114 2204832 38 4697 EDET-14
14 116 2204833 39 4697 EDET-15
15 117 2204834 40 4697 EDET-16
E n side cabling
Lemo Box Output Number Signal Cable Bunker Patch Panel Number Signal Cable Rack Area FADC Number DAQ Channel
0 118 2204835 41 5348? EDET-17
1 119 2204836 42 5348? EDET-18
2 120 2204837 43 5348? EDET-19
3 121 2204838 44 5348? EDET-20
4 123 2204839 45 4677 EDET-21
5 124 2204840 46 4677 EDET-22
6 125 2204841 47 4677 EDET-23
7 126 2204842 48 2872 EDET-24
8 127 2204843 49 4636 EDET-25
9 128 2204844 50 4636 EDET-26
10 129 2204845 51 4636 EDET-27
11 130 2204846 52 4636 EDET-28
12 131 2204847 53 4674 EDET-29
13 132 2204848 54 4674 EDET-30
14 133 2204849 55 4674 EDET-31
15 134 2204850 56 4674 EDET-32

 

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  47   Thu Aug 10 09:55:50 2023 CLWPhotos of Chamber, Al26 Run Aug23
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  48   Thu Aug 10 10:04:13 2023 CLWPhotos inside chamber Al26 run Aug2023
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  49   Thu Aug 10 10:05:48 2023 CLWGafchromics Foil

Gafchromics foil was mounted on empty brass frame back to back with Li sample

Neutron beam goes well through the sample. Centered ~1 cm from sample center. Conclusion: no changes needed (too risky to make it worse and it is ok now)

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  81   Wed Feb 12 13:51:02 2025 CLWexpected counts B and Li

The rootfiles countsB.root and countsLi.root contain histograms of count spectra that would be expected at n_TOF for a 10B and a 6Li target, respectively. The units in y are arbitrary. This can be used to check, if we can reproduce the expected trend with our Li and B measurements. So the histograms called "counts" can be directly compared to the histograms called "energy" in Sili_deed.c (they should have the same binning). You need to scale the histogram to get a decent overlap. You can use this also to estimate the neutron energy calibration - the thermal bump at low energy will give you a good idea of the flight path length. Structure at high energy will give you a better idea on the offset.

The files 6Li_endf.root and 10B_endf.root are the original cross section files, and countrate_calc.C is the file used to produce the count spectra.

 

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Attachment 3: countsB.root
Attachment 4: evaluated_flux_EAR2_DEC2022.root
Attachment 5: countrate_calc.C
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <sstream>
#include <cmath>
#include "TRandom.h"
#include <math.h>
#include <TPolyLine.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "TTree.h"
#include <TROOT.h>
#include <TApplication.h>
#include <TRint.h>
#include <TSystem.h>
#include <TH1.h>
#include <TH2.h>
#include <TAxis.h>
#include <TGaxis.h>
#include <TCanvas.h>
#include <TGraph.h>
#include <TGraphErrors.h>
#include <TGraphAsymmErrors.h>
#include <TMultiGraph.h>
#include <TStyle.h>
#include <TKey.h>
#include <TLegend.h>
#include <TColor.h>
#include <TPad.h>
#include <TText.h>
#include <TPaveText.h>
#include <TBox.h>
#include <TLine.h>
#include <TMarker.h>
#include <TLatex.h>
#include <TMath.h>
#include <TF1.h>
#include <TFile.h>
#include <TClass.h>

#include "Math/Minimizer.h"
#include "Math/Factory.h"
#include "Math/Functor.h"

#include <TVirtualFitter.h>

using namespace std;

void RebinProperly(TH1F* hin, TH1F* hout);


Char_t *inputfile="6Li_endf.root";
Char_t *histo="xshighbin";
Char_t *outputfile="countsLi.root";
Char_t *output="counts";
int k=1;
 
void run()
{


  // Read the flux

    TFile *fflux = new TFile("evaluated_flux_EAR2_DEC2022.root", "read");
    TH1F *eval = (TH1F*)fflux->Get("h_flux_ear2");
    
    
//Read the cross section

    TFile *fcross=new TFile("10B_endf.root", "read");;
TH1F *hcross =(TH1F*)fcross->Get("xshighbin");
    
    
    // create counr histogram with logarithmic binning for x axis, commonly used for neutron energy histograms
    
          float Ene[20001];
          for(Int_t u=0;u<=20000;u++)
          {
              Ene[u]=pow(10,(float(u)-6000)/2000);
          }
          
          TH1F *hcounts =new TH1F("","histo",20000,Ene);
          hcounts->GetXaxis()->Set(20000,Ene);

// function to rebin the cross section histogram to the same binning as the counts histogram
    
    RebinProperly(hcross,hcounts);
    
    

    
    
  Int_t auxbin1;
  Float_t scaler1;
    
    // multiply by the n_TOF neutron flux (binning is in units of ExdPhi/dE, so independent of binning)

  for(Int_t i=1; i<=hcounts->GetNbinsX(); i++)
    {
      auxbin1 = eval->FindBin(hcounts->GetBinCenter(i));
      scaler1 = TMath::Log(hcounts->GetBinLowEdge(i+1)/hcounts->GetBinLowEdge(i));
      if(hcounts->GetBinContent(i)>0 && eval->GetBinContent(auxbin1)>0)hcounts->SetBinContent(i, hcounts->GetBinContent(i)*eval->GetBinContent(auxbin1)*scaler1);

    }
    
    
    
    
    for(int i=1;i<=hcounts->GetNbinsX();i++){
        if(hcounts->GetBinContent(i)==0)hcounts->SetBinContent(i,1);
        hcounts->SetBinError(i,0);
    }
 
    hcounts->Scale(1/7000.);
    
    

    
    hcounts->SetTitle("");
    hcounts->GetXaxis()->SetTitle("Neutron Energy (eV)");
    hcounts->GetYaxis()->SetTitle("Counts (arbitrary)");
    
TFile *fnew=new TFile(outputfile,"recreate");
    
    hcounts->Write(output);
    fnew->Close();
    
    
    
    fflux->Close();
    fcross->Close();

}







void RebinProperly(TH1F* hin, TH1F* hout){
    
    for(int i=1;i<=hout->GetNbinsX();i++)
    {
        float content=0;
        float error=0;
        float errorsquare=0;
        int zahler=0;
        float specedgelow=hout->GetBinLowEdge(i);
        float specedgehigh=hout->GetBinLowEdge(i+1);
        
        int binlow=hin->FindBin(specedgelow);
        int binup=hin->FindBin(specedgehigh);
        
        if(binlow==binup){content=hin->GetBinContent(binup);error=hin->GetBinError(binup);} // (stat) error probably under-estimated in this case
        if(binlow!=binup){
            
            content=content+hin->GetBinContent(binlow)*(hin->GetBinLowEdge(binlow+1)-specedgelow); //add first bin
            content=content+hin->GetBinContent(binup)*(-hin->GetBinLowEdge(binup)+specedgehigh); //add last bin
            //cout<<hin->GetBinLowEdge(binlow+1)-specedgelow<<" "<<-hin->GetBinLowEdge(binup)+specedgehigh<<endl;
            for(int q=binlow+1;q<binup;q++){content=content+hin->GetBinContent(q)*hin->GetBinWidth(q);} //add intermediate bins
            content=content/(specedgehigh-specedgelow);
            
            
            // error calculation
            errorsquare=errorsquare+hin->GetBinError(binlow)*(hin->GetBinLowEdge(binlow+1)-specedgelow)*hin->GetBinError(binlow)*(hin->GetBinLowEdge(binlow+1)-specedgelow);
            errorsquare=errorsquare+hin->GetBinError(binup)*(-hin->GetBinLowEdge(binup)+specedgehigh)*hin->GetBinError(binup)*(-hin->GetBinLowEdge(binup)+specedgehigh); //add last bin
            for(int q=binlow+1;q<binup;q++){errorsquare=errorsquare+hin->GetBinError(q)*hin->GetBinWidth(q)*hin->GetBinError(q)*hin->GetBinWidth(q);} //add intermediate bins
            error=sqrt(errorsquare)/(specedgehigh-specedgelow);
            
        }
        hout->SetBinContent(i,content);
        hout->SetBinError(i,error);
    }
    
    
}
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  53   Fri Aug 11 08:41:31 2023 AnnieAl target & chamber set up

Phtotos of the front & back of the Al target and what it looked like once mounted and in the chamber.

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  54   Fri Aug 11 09:11:04 2023 AnniePulse Settings
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  55   Fri Aug 11 09:17:28 2023 AnnieLi target scans

Processed scans of both sides of the Li target showing the beam spot, and an image showing what it looks like to the eye.

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  57   Fri Aug 11 10:12:02 2023 AnniePressure, voltage and current check
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  58   Fri Aug 11 13:06:54 2023 AnnieSignal Spreadsheet info

Spreadhseet made for shifters to manually enter that they have checked each signal and that they can see gamma-flashes. It is saved as "26Al_EAR2_Signal_Checks.ods", it is located on the second monitor on the right of the control room, next to the monitor used to see the beam intensity (same monitor used to see signals).

It will stay open throughout the campeign. Shifters have been told to check signals more than just the once to record that they're okay, and there is a comments box for shifters to add any comments/issues that arises after they have recorde that they have checked the signals at least once.

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