General Topics: -------------------------- o "Halo" - How to monitor, measure, or even detect a problem? Qweak detector is gone... Lumi's in Hall A? * Problem is specifically a helicity-asymmetric halo... lots of ways to make halo, but maybe not all care about helicity * Do we need a thick target + tight aperture (like qweak?) or can simpler tools be used? - Develop a model (or, many alternative models) for the source * Limited to no information on characteristics (tail, uniform halo, longitudinal vs. transverse). * limited information to source of asymmetry * one option: beam gas? If in injector, what asymmetry due to Mott? - Develop tool to monitor/measure halo/tail magnitude and asymmetry * Hard, since we don't have a good idea yet what we are looking for - Possible questions * Longitudinal structure? (Aq vs time in beam bunch using chopper?) * laser beam diffraction - halo vs. strength of Airy function maximum? How does it map to electron beam? How asymmetric? - Mostly MOLLER question - Possible effect on PREX, similar to "charge non-linearity" effect * charge monitor sees all electrons but detector sees some more than others. o Injector spin manipulation - faster manipulation during MOLLER (~day). Improved calibrations of injector optics needed? - helpful for PREX also (Flips are absolutely needed, and the more and the easier, the merrier) - Order ~day tweaks to polarization angles to zero transverse monitoring. o Fast Helicity Flipping - RTP studies at UVA - implement technologies for PREX if ready o Spot Size Monitor - Want 1e-5 RMS width asymmetry for MOLLER, 1e-4 for PREX. - PREX used linear array for laser measurement - needs refinement? - helicity-correlated spot-size monitor concept for electron beam? o Laser Source configuration improvements - 2 PC system? - Laser Spot size asymmetry reduction techniques? - Laser spot size characterization - Fringing characterization / control - remote monitoring? (flip in/pick off) - Insertable vs. re-orientating upstream halfwave plate - Stewart platform o Helicity-correlated air-core magnets (injector): - didn't span space well during Qweak (this may be fundamental?) - resolution may be too coarse for MOLLER o Beam current monitoring - resolution - aperature