Difference between revisions of "PRad Experiment Shift Information"
Line 76: | Line 76: | ||
<!-- == Beam is off and seep starts at 6:45 am on Monday, May 12. == --> | <!-- == Beam is off and seep starts at 6:45 am on Monday, May 12. == --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | PRad Run Plan (May 13 to June 21, 2016) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 1) Photon Beam Tuning (~1 day): | ||
+ | |||
+ | • HyCal with GEM on Transporter and off the beam line; | ||
+ | • Target cell off the beam line; | ||
+ | • Tagger radiator off, collimator off; | ||
+ | • Tagger magnet on (for Ee = 2.2 GeV). | ||
+ | |||
+ | a) establish a good electron beam (Ee = 2.2 GeV, Ie = 5 nA) on the tagger dump; | ||
+ | b) take electron harp scans 2C21A and 2C24A, | ||
+ | check the position, widths and peak to tails ratio; | ||
+ | c) study beam halo by setting the harp wire in the tail region and ramping beam current up to 100 nA; | ||
+ | d) lower beam current to 0.1 nA | ||
+ | e) insert radiator 10-5 r. l.; | ||
+ | f) check tagger counter scalars; | ||
+ | g) setup MOR logic for calibration (gain equalizing) trigger T5 only; | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 2) HyCal Gain Equalizing, GEM efficiency measurements (~2.5 days): | ||
+ | |||
+ | a) establish HyCal temperature to T=16o and keep it stable; | ||
+ | b) collimator in, 6.4 mm; | ||
+ | c) target cell off the beam; | ||
+ | d) HyCal is in “Bottom Right” position; | ||
+ | e) 1”x1“l scintillator counters are installed in the beam line just after the Vacuum box and surveyed; | ||
+ | f) establish good timing for the beam scintillator counters (record TDCs and ADCs for them) | ||
+ | g) establish good timing for the HyCal readout; | ||
+ | h) establish good timing for the GEM readout; | ||
+ | i) adjust trigger delays, if necessary; | ||
+ | j) set the gain value: E=2 GeV to ADC=4000 channel; | ||
+ | k) start the gain equalizing process: scan to each module’s center, show the anode and dynode ADC distributions | ||
+ | on the computer screen, by changing the HV set anode ADC=4000 channel (with ~ 5% precision), | ||
+ | record the dynode signal value, save the HV, ADC and anode/dynode ratio, store the data from GEM, HyCal and | ||
+ | trigger scintillator detectors; | ||
+ | l) repeat part (k) for all HyCal modules (~15 hours). | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 3) HyCal Gain Calibration, GEM efficiency measurements | ||
+ | (~3.0 days): | ||
+ | a) run HyCal with HV unchanged for ~ 3 hours after the “Gain Equalizing” in the part #2; | ||
+ | b) the beam and the beam line are the same as in the part #2 “Gain Equalizing”; | ||
+ | c) tagger trigger: all T1-T19 tagger counters and several T-counters from the middle part, DAQ readout w | ||
+ | ithout the “sparsification” option; | ||
+ | d) start from the “Top Left” position and with a continuous motion (~0.3 min/module) “illuminate” all modules, | ||
+ | store the data (HyCal + GEM) with the HyCal’s X,Y positions from EPICS; | ||
+ | e) stop the HyCal motion by the end of each row, make new DAQ run with pedestals and LMS, store the files; | ||
+ | f) repeat item (e) for all rows of HyCal, and store the data; | ||
+ | g) run on-line calibration programs for the gain constants, store the data. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 4) Setup configuration, change from calibration to run: | ||
+ | |||
+ | > HyCal is off from the Transporter to the run cart, assembling the beam line, check the vacuum levels in | ||
+ | the beam line, engineering survey (~4 days). | ||
+ | > Request for the Beam Energy Change to Ee = 1.1 GeV (0.5 day, during the same time). | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 5) Electron Beam Tuning and Target Commissioning (~4 days) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a) target cell off the beam line, no gas flow in the cell and chamber; | ||
+ | b) collimator off; | ||
+ | c) set threshold energy for the HyCal trigger E ~ 0.5xEe ; | ||
+ | d) request electron beam (E = 1.1 GeV, I = 1 nA); | ||
+ | e) take harp scans 2C21A, 2C24A and 2H01, check position and widths, establish a good electron beam and fix | ||
+ | the beam line parameters; | ||
+ | f) record HyCal trigger rate with no cell and no gas flow, take one short DAQ run (GEM+HyCal); | ||
+ | g) electron beam off; insert the target cell in the beam line, still empty, ask for the beam back; | ||
+ | h) target cell is empty (no gas flow into the cell and chamber); | ||
+ | i) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short DAQ run; | ||
+ | j) gas flow in the cell (Pcell = 6 torr, Pcham = 5 mtorr); | ||
+ | k) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short DAQ run; | ||
+ | l) move the cell on X-axis by +/- 3 mm with 0.2 mm steps and record the HyCal rate; | ||
+ | m) move the cell on Y-axis by +/-3 mm with 0.2 mm steps and record the HyCal rate; | ||
+ | n) change the cell angles and record the HyCal rate, get optimal cell direction; | ||
+ | o) center the cell in the beam line based on those measurements; | ||
+ | p) no gas flow into the cell and chamber, record the HyCal rate; | ||
+ | q) gas flow into the cell (Pcell = 6 torr, Pcham = 5 mtorr); | ||
+ | r) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short DAQ run; | ||
+ | s) gas flow into the chamber only (Pcell = Pcham = 5 mtorr); | ||
+ | t) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short file with ADCs (in-beam residual gas effect); | ||
+ | u) If there is no sizable effect between cell in/out, skip following steps. | ||
+ | v) beam off, 12.7 mm collimator in, target cell in, ask for beam; | ||
+ | w) no gas flow in cell, record HyCal rate; | ||
+ | x) gas flow in the cell (Pcell = 6 torr, Pcham = 5 mtorr), record HyCal rate; | ||
+ | y) beam off, insert 6.4 (?) mm collimator in, take beam and repeat items (w) and (x); | ||
+ | z) make a decision about the size of the collimator. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 6) Data taking with Ee = 1.1 GeV (5 days) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a) beam intensity: Ie = 10 nA; | ||
+ | b) collimator in (with the diameter defined in 5 (z); | ||
+ | c) HyCal trigger is set, DAQ is ready, all slow control readout is ready; | ||
+ | d) target cell in with maximum density (2.x1017 H/cm3); | ||
+ | e) take data for 2 days, record all information on disk and on tape; | ||
+ | f) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run); | ||
+ | g) gas in the cell, run for 2 days (same as in (e)); | ||
+ | h) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run); | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | 7) REQUEST FOR Beam Energy CHANGE to Ee = 2.2 GeV (0.5 day) | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8) Data taking with Ee = 2.2 GeV (6 days) | ||
+ | a) intensity: : Ie = 10 nA; | ||
+ | b) collimator in (with the diameter defined in 5 (z); | ||
+ | c) HyCal trigger is set, DAQ is ready, all slow control readout is ready; | ||
+ | d) target cell in with maximum density (2.x1017 H/cm3); | ||
+ | e) take data for 2 days, record all information on disk and on tape; | ||
+ | f) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run); | ||
+ | g) gas in the cell, run for 2.0 day (same as in (e); | ||
+ | h) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run). | ||
== Start close-up of the Hall at ?? on ?? , May 1 (see "General instruction" on the right) == | == Start close-up of the Hall at ?? on ?? , May 1 (see "General instruction" on the right) == |
Revision as of 13:07, 26 April 2016
Shift Documentation
Experiment Safety Documentation (Required reading for all shift takers!)
Shift ScheduleChecklistHot CheckoutBeam Time AccountingRun Spreadsheet 2016 |
Procedures
|
Manuals |
JLab Logbooks
|
{{#switchtablink:Short Term Schedule}}
Short Term Schedule
Installation Schedule
RC: Ashot (Bluejeans info for Run Meetings on TBD )
- (999) 123-4567
- 9 123 4567 from Counting Room
PDL: Eugene Pasyuk
Run Plan for May 12 - June 20, 2016:PRad Run Plan (May 13 to June 21, 2016)
• HyCal with GEM on Transporter and off the beam line; • Target cell off the beam line; • Tagger radiator off, collimator off; • Tagger magnet on (for Ee = 2.2 GeV). a) establish a good electron beam (Ee = 2.2 GeV, Ie = 5 nA) on the tagger dump; b) take electron harp scans 2C21A and 2C24A, check the position, widths and peak to tails ratio; c) study beam halo by setting the harp wire in the tail region and ramping beam current up to 100 nA; d) lower beam current to 0.1 nA e) insert radiator 10-5 r. l.; f) check tagger counter scalars; g) setup MOR logic for calibration (gain equalizing) trigger T5 only;
2) HyCal Gain Equalizing, GEM efficiency measurements (~2.5 days): a) establish HyCal temperature to T=16o and keep it stable; b) collimator in, 6.4 mm; c) target cell off the beam; d) HyCal is in “Bottom Right” position; e) 1”x1“l scintillator counters are installed in the beam line just after the Vacuum box and surveyed; f) establish good timing for the beam scintillator counters (record TDCs and ADCs for them) g) establish good timing for the HyCal readout; h) establish good timing for the GEM readout; i) adjust trigger delays, if necessary; j) set the gain value: E=2 GeV to ADC=4000 channel; k) start the gain equalizing process: scan to each module’s center, show the anode and dynode ADC distributions on the computer screen, by changing the HV set anode ADC=4000 channel (with ~ 5% precision), record the dynode signal value, save the HV, ADC and anode/dynode ratio, store the data from GEM, HyCal and trigger scintillator detectors; l) repeat part (k) for all HyCal modules (~15 hours).
(~3.0 days): a) run HyCal with HV unchanged for ~ 3 hours after the “Gain Equalizing” in the part #2; b) the beam and the beam line are the same as in the part #2 “Gain Equalizing”; c) tagger trigger: all T1-T19 tagger counters and several T-counters from the middle part, DAQ readout w ithout the “sparsification” option; d) start from the “Top Left” position and with a continuous motion (~0.3 min/module) “illuminate” all modules, store the data (HyCal + GEM) with the HyCal’s X,Y positions from EPICS; e) stop the HyCal motion by the end of each row, make new DAQ run with pedestals and LMS, store the files; f) repeat item (e) for all rows of HyCal, and store the data; g) run on-line calibration programs for the gain constants, store the data.
> HyCal is off from the Transporter to the run cart, assembling the beam line, check the vacuum levels in the beam line, engineering survey (~4 days). > Request for the Beam Energy Change to Ee = 1.1 GeV (0.5 day, during the same time).
a) target cell off the beam line, no gas flow in the cell and chamber; b) collimator off; c) set threshold energy for the HyCal trigger E ~ 0.5xEe ; d) request electron beam (E = 1.1 GeV, I = 1 nA); e) take harp scans 2C21A, 2C24A and 2H01, check position and widths, establish a good electron beam and fix the beam line parameters; f) record HyCal trigger rate with no cell and no gas flow, take one short DAQ run (GEM+HyCal); g) electron beam off; insert the target cell in the beam line, still empty, ask for the beam back; h) target cell is empty (no gas flow into the cell and chamber); i) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short DAQ run; j) gas flow in the cell (Pcell = 6 torr, Pcham = 5 mtorr); k) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short DAQ run; l) move the cell on X-axis by +/- 3 mm with 0.2 mm steps and record the HyCal rate; m) move the cell on Y-axis by +/-3 mm with 0.2 mm steps and record the HyCal rate; n) change the cell angles and record the HyCal rate, get optimal cell direction; o) center the cell in the beam line based on those measurements; p) no gas flow into the cell and chamber, record the HyCal rate; q) gas flow into the cell (Pcell = 6 torr, Pcham = 5 mtorr); r) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short DAQ run; s) gas flow into the chamber only (Pcell = Pcham = 5 mtorr); t) record HyCal trigger rate, take one short file with ADCs (in-beam residual gas effect); u) If there is no sizable effect between cell in/out, skip following steps. v) beam off, 12.7 mm collimator in, target cell in, ask for beam; w) no gas flow in cell, record HyCal rate; x) gas flow in the cell (Pcell = 6 torr, Pcham = 5 mtorr), record HyCal rate; y) beam off, insert 6.4 (?) mm collimator in, take beam and repeat items (w) and (x); z) make a decision about the size of the collimator.
a) beam intensity: Ie = 10 nA; b) collimator in (with the diameter defined in 5 (z); c) HyCal trigger is set, DAQ is ready, all slow control readout is ready; d) target cell in with maximum density (2.x1017 H/cm3); e) take data for 2 days, record all information on disk and on tape; f) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run); g) gas in the cell, run for 2 days (same as in (e)); h) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run);
8) Data taking with Ee = 2.2 GeV (6 days) a) intensity: : Ie = 10 nA; b) collimator in (with the diameter defined in 5 (z); c) HyCal trigger is set, DAQ is ready, all slow control readout is ready; d) target cell in with maximum density (2.x1017 H/cm3); e) take data for 2 days, record all information on disk and on tape; f) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run); g) gas in the cell, run for 2.0 day (same as in (e); h) no gas in the cell, take data for 0.5 day (empty target run). Start close-up of the Hall at ?? on ?? , May 1 (see "General instruction" on the right)After hall is in "Beam Permit" turn on the chicane (see "Setting up Chicane for E=2.3 GeV" under "General instructions" on the right)Establish beam to the tagger dump (see "General instruction" on the right)Bring beam to FC:
Miscellaneous Notes:
|
General Instructions:Locking up the hall on Fridays
Acceptable Beam Conditions:
Recovering from beam trips when running SVT at 0.5 mm:
Every Shift:
Every Run:
CODA Instructions:
HyCal Instructions:
Online monitoring Instructions:
|
{{#switchtablink:Long Term Schedule|Click here to go to the next tab...}}
Long Term Schedule
|
|
|
.
{{#switchtablink:Monitoring |Click here to go to the next tab...}}
Monitoring
Webcams:
|
Accelerator: |
Slow Controls:
|
Online & Offline: |
{{#switchtablink:Phone Numbers|Click here to go to the next tab...}}
Phone Numbers
System/Person | Pager/Phone Number |
---|---|
Run Coordinator | (757) 575-7540 (cell) |
Physics Div. Liaison | (757) 876-1789 (cell) |
MCC-OPS | 7048 |
Crew Chief | 7045 |
Crew Chief | 9-879-3367 (cell) |
Program Deputy | 9-876-7997 (cell) |
Gate House Guard | 5822 |
DAQ/Online | (757) 869-2188 (cell) |
SVT | (757) 541-7539 (cell) |
ECAL | (757) 810-1489 (cell) |
Slow Controls | (757) 748-6922 (cell) |
Beamline | (757) 303-3996 (cell) |
Engineering | (757) 748-5048 |
Hall-B Floor | 5165 |
Hall-B Space Frame | 5170, 5171 |
Hall-B Forward Carriage | 5371 |
Hall-B Counting Room | 5126, 5244, 5246, 5247 |
Hall-B Gas Shed | 7115 |
<headertabs/>