Moller Polarimeter/Qweak
General Information
This is the spot for all things moller polarimetry. Information on how to take moller measurements, spin dance and polarimetry results, and system specs will eventually be put here. This page is currently under construction, and will be updated frequently in the upcoming weeks.
Preliminary results
Measurments for 2011
Last updated Feb. 22, 2011
Measurments for 2010
Note: Measurement on "Day 39" low due to likely hardware issue.
Moller info for Qweak
- The Qweak Moller "how to" is officially up and ready for viewing. (version 1, updated jan. 26, 2011): Qweak Moller "How-To"
- The following is a plot showing good tune of the apparatus. It was taken from run 700, hallc:p ~ 1159 MeV, with a 1um target. (Jan. 30, 2011)
Table of good Moller runs
The following are runs made from straightforward moller test runs, not spin dances. Note, missing data can/will be added over time. The Nov. 14, 2010 commissioning run is NOT included. (we were messing with camac pre-scales, et cetera.)
Date Run Polarization (%) HW Plate Wien (deg.) HALLC:p(MeV) QE(%) Foil (um) Current (uA) Comments 1/21/11 686 -90.46 +/- 0.52 0 (IN) 1159.82 0.32 1 1 687 -91.36 +/- 0.69 0 (IN) 1159.82 0.32 1 1.5 688 -90.60 +/- 0.67 0 (IN) 1159.82 0.32 1 2.0 689 -91.64 +/- 0.99 0 (IN) 1159.82 0.32 1 1.5 691 -91.28 +/- 1.43 0 (IN) 1159.82 0.32 1 0.5 1/30/11 702 -90.07 +- 0.63 1159 1 0.8 New HV L 1510V, R 1535V 703 -88.75 +- 1.31 1159 1 0.8 New HV L 1510V, R 1535V 704 -90.48 +- 0.71 1159 1 0.8 New HV L 1510V, R 1535V 705 -89.84 +- 1.15 1159 1 0.8 Old HV L 1480V, R 1520V tripped at end 706 -89.31 +- 1.09 1159 1 0.8 Old HV L 1480V, R 1520V tripped at end 708 -89.37 +- 0.78 1159 1 0.8 Old HV L 1480V, R 1520V 709 -89.92 +- 1.50 1159 1 0.8 HV L 1530V, R 1555V 710 -88.15 +- 0.72 1159 1 0.8 HV L 1610V, R 1655V 711 -89.77 +- 0.72 1159 1 0.8 HV L 1610V, R 1655V 712 -88.08 +- 0.72 1159 1 0.8 HV L 1610V, R 1655V 2/4/11 721 -88.37 +- 0.70 0 (IN) 1159.76 0.637 1 0.96 722 -88.94 +- 0.73 0 (IN) 1159.76 0.637 1 0.96 723 -89.14 +- 0.73 0 (IN) 1159.76 0.637 1 0.96 724 89.20 +- 0.70 1 (OUT) 1159.76 0.637 1 0.96 725 89.06 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) 1159.76 0.637 1 0.96 726 88.97 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) 1159.76 0.637 1 0.96 2/7/11 737 89.09 +- 0.70 1 (OUT) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 738 88.28 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 739 88.81 +- 0.67 1 (OUT) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 740 -86.99 +- 0.68 0 (IN) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 741 -87.31 +- 0.7 0 (IN) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 742 -88.52 +- 0.73 0 (IN) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 beam tripped 743 -87.52 +- 0.73 0 (IN) 1159.6 0.04192 1 1 2/8/11 747 88.46 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) 1 charge asymmetry -128 ppm 748 89.49 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) 1 charge asymmetry -153 ppm 749 87.47 +- 0.74 1 (OUT) 1 charge asymmetry 94 ppm 750 88.39 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) 1 charge asymmetry -195 ppm 751 -87.63 +- 0.65 0 (IN) 1 charge asymmetry 1305 ppm 752 -87.99 +- 0.81 0 (IN) 1 charge asymmetry -1734 ppm 753 -88.57 +- 0.69 0 (IN) 1 charge asymmetry -300 ppm 754 -88.10 +- 0.72 0 (IN) 1 charge asymmetry -257 ppm 755 -87.63 +- 1.12 0 (IN) 1 charge asymmetry -234 ppm 2/14/11 803 -87/52 +- 0.69 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 804 -89.58 +- 0.72 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 805 -89.74 +- 0.77 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 beam trip 806 -89.15 +- 0.72 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 815 89.66 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 816 88.94 +- 0.67 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 817 89.00 +- 0.70 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.61 0.1968 1 2/19/11 826 -89.24 +- 0.72 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.62 1 tune funny prior to this run, recylced quads 827 -88.76 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.62 1 828 -88.78 +- 0.71 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.62 1 830 90.73 +- 1.40 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.62 1 large charge asymmetry 831 88.64 +- 0.99 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.62 1 832 89.87 +- 0.72 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.62 1 834 89.28 +- 0.72 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.62 1 835 91.91 +- 0.69 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.62 1 836 89.75 +- 1.35 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.62 1 2/22/11 842 -89.44 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.73 0.3480 1 Prescales at infinity and Q3=131A 843 -89.61 +- 0.71 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.73 0.3480 1 844 -89.24 +- 0.71 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.73 0.3480 1 845 -88.92 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.73 0.3480 1 847 89.93 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.73 0.3480 1 848 88.58 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.73 0.3480 1 Moller ended early due to 2K cold box trip 2/24/11 868 87.99 +- 0.72 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 869 87.94 +- 0.79 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 ~4e6e events 870 88.62 +- 0.72 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 871 -89.47 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 872 -88.27 +- 0.96 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 ~2.9e6 events 873 -90.62 +- 0.83 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 ~3.9e6 events 874 -89.42 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 0.2545 1 0.8 ~4.8e6 events 3/18/11 878 -89.42 +- 0.71 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 879 -90.00 +- 0.71 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 880 -89.40 +- 0.69 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 881 -90.94 +- 1.46 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 882 89.48 +- 0.66 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 A_Q ~ 600 ppm 883 89.46 +- 0.68 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 A_Q ~ 600 ppm 884 89.05 +- 0.71 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 A_Q ~ 600 ppm 886 90.52 +- 0.60 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 887 89.93 +- 0.67 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 888 89.76 +- 0.69 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.63 1 1.0 3/31/11 892 90.28 +- 0.61 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Beam on target off. Adjusted after run. Aq ~ 100ppm 893 88.87 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq ~ 100ppm 894 90.41 +- 0.71 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq ~ 100ppm 895 88.31 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq ~ 100ppm 896 89.01 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq ~ 100ppm 897 -88.94 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 No changes - PC or RHWP Aq ~ -800ppm 898 -88.55 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 No changes - PC or RHWP Aq ~ -800ppm 899 -89.37 +- 0.72 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 No changes - PC or RHWP Aq ~ -800ppm 901 -87.79 +- 0.70 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 No changes - PC or RHWP Aq ~ -800ppm 904 -88.44 +- 1.67 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq~1000ppm. PC [+] 42990, PC [-] 41210 905 -87.43 +- 1.07 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq~-700ppm. PC [+] 43388, PC [-] 40811 906 -89.86 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq~-300ppm. PC [+] 43588, PC [-] 40611 907 -89.79 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq~-300ppm 908 -88.39 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq~-300ppm 909 -89.76 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.57 1 1.0 Aq~-300ppm 4/4/11 Need to add data 4/6/11 934 89.87 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 1 0.8 935 90.76 +- 0.73 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 1 0.8 936 89.11 +- 0.74 0 (IN) -62.39 1159.6 1 0.8 937 -89.57 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.6 1 0.8 938 -89.50 +- 0.68 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.6 1 0.8 939 -88.33 +- 0.73 1 (OUT) -62.39 1159.6 1 0.8
List of leakage checks
Run Date Absolute rate (Hz) Active halls Comments 515 11/23/10 0 A we should double check this, if there is any nice retroactive way 518 11/23/10 0 A 744 2/7/11 2 774 2/8/11 1-2 B 819 2/14/11 1-2 8829 2/19/11 10 A+B 846 2/22/11 5 889 3/18/11 2.7 (avg for 4-5 min)A Hall A 5 uA 940 4/6/11 3 A Hall A ~4uA
List of good Moller spin dance runs (this can be combined with the above table, if desirable) The HWP column has a (L) for flipped left, and (R) for flipped right.
Date Run Polarization (%) HW Plate Vert. Wien (deg.) Horiz. Wien HALLC:p(MeV) QE(%) Comments 11/23/10 508 c +40.04 +/- 1.23 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 200 nA 509 c +40.05 +/- 1.88 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 1.05 uA 510 +40.40 +/- 1.03 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 1 uA 511 +40.13 +/- 0.68 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 512 +40.19 +/- 0.70 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 513 +40.13 +/- 0.70 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 514 +40.14 +/- 0.65 1 (OUT) -0.1 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.57 uA 517 -2.75 +/- 0.65 1 (OUT) +29.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 519 -3.70 +/- 0.69 1 (OUT) +29.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 520 -3.48 +/- 0.68 1 (OUT) +29.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 521 +75.85 +/- 0.88 1 (OUT) -31.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 522 +76.81 +/- 0.69 1 (OUT) -31.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 523 +75.61 +/- 0.69 1 (OUT) -31.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 524 +75.50 +/- 1.25 1 (OUT) -31.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 525 +74.54 +/- 0.96 1 (OUT) -31.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 526 +75.37 +/- 0.67 1 (OUT) -31.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 527 +87.89 +/- 0.70 1 (OUT) -75.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 528 +87.63 +/- 0.69 1 (OUT) -75.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 529 +86.69 +/- 0.69 1 (OUT) -75.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 530 +86.83 +/- 0.79 1 (OUT) -75.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 531 +88.64 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT) -63.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 532 +89.65 +/- 1.12 1 (OUT) -63.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 533 +90.32 +/- 0.69 1 (OUT) -63.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 534 +89.51 +/- 0.68 1 (OUT) -63.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 535 +89.73 +/- 1.90 1 (OUT) -63.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 536 +90.04 +/- 0.91 1 (OUT) -63.0 1159.66 0.35 1 um foil, 0.9 uA 2/10/11 771 -85.92 +/- 4.22 1 (OUT)L -63.22 87.10 772 -90.36 +/- 0.73 1 (OUT)L -63.22 87.10 773 -88.62 +/- 0.73 1 (OUT)L -63.22 87.10 776 -73.81 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good (energy not reading back) 777 -76.53 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good (energy not reading back) 778 -75.89 +/- 0.75 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good (energy not reading back) 779 -74.29 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good (energy not reading back) 780 -76.13 +/- 0.92 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good (energy not reading back) 781 -75.18 +/- 0.71 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good (energy reading back) 782 -74.71 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -30 87.10 good 783 -41.87 +/- 0.73 1 (OUT)L -1 87.10 good 785 -42.10 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -1 87.10 good, 3c12 unstable 786 -42.62 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -1 87.10 good, 3c12 unstable 787 -77.27 +/- 0.72 1 (OUT)L -90 87.10 good, 3c12 unstable 788 -76.99 +/- 0.73 1 (OUT)L -90 87.10 good, 3c12 unstable 790 -77.44 +/- 0.74 1 (OUT)L -90 87.10 good 791 -89.00 +/- 0.73 1 (OUT)L -62.4 87.10 good 792 -89.76 +/- 0.82 1 (OUT)L -62.4 87.10 3c12 drifting 793 -88.66 +/- 0.73 1 (OUT)L -62.4 87.10 3c12 drifting 794 +88.92 +/- 0.73 0 (IN)L -62.4 87.10 large charge asymmetry ~1166ppm 795 +90.77 +/- 2.74 0 (IN)L -62.4 87.10 charge asymmetry ~1052 ppm, Pockel's HV change 796 +88.82 +/- 0.73 0 (IN)L -62.4 87.10 charge asymmetry ~ 379, good 797 +87.87 +/- 0.73 0 (IN)L -62.4 87.10 good 798 +89.93 +/- 0.73 0 (IN)L -62.4 87.10 good
Moller test summaries
This will be a sort of "Cliff Notes"section, that will summarize each test and link to the hclog and elog entries.
Jan. 30, 2011
Jan. 21, 2011
Spin dances
The initial Qweak Moller spin dance occurred November 23, 2010. Originally scheduled to coincide with Hall A, beam tune issues (on their end only) prevented a joint study.
Test setup: IHWP=OUT, QE=0.35%, Hallc:p 1159.66 MeV +/- 0.03. Solenoid at 3.5T, with 1 um foil. The current was adjusted using the laser attenuator, slit was wide open. Quoted polarizations are from the Dave G. scaler-bank-3-only analysis.
Run Wein Polarization Comments 508 -0.1 40.04 +/- 1.23 200 nA 509 -0.1 40.05 +/- 1.88 1.05 uA 510 -0.1 40.40 +/- 1.03 1 uA 511 -0.1 40.13 +/- 0.68 0.9 uA 512 -0.1 40.19 +/- 0.70 0.9 uA 513 -0.1 40.13 +/- 0.70 0.9 uA 514 -0.1 40.14 +/- 0.65 0.57 uA 515 -0.1 N/A (junk) Hall C laser off - no Hall A bleedthrough 517 +29.0 -2.75 +/- 0.65 0.9 uA 518 +29.0 N/A Hall C laser off 519 +29.0 -3.70 +/- 0.69 0.9 uA 520 +29.0 -3.48 +/- 0.68 0.9 uA 521 -31.0 75.85 +/- 0.88 0.9 uA 522 -31.0 76.81 +/- 0.69 0.9 uA 523 -31.0 75.61 +/- 0.69 0.9 uA 524 -31.0 75.50 +/- 1.25 0.9 uA 525 -31.0 74.54 +/- 0.96 0.9 uA 526 -31.0 75.37 +/- 0.67 0.9 uA 527 -75.0 87.89 +/- 0.70 0.9 uA 528 -75.0 87.63 +/- 0.69 0.9 uA 529 -75.0 86.69 +/- 0.69 0.9 uA 530 -75.0 86.83 +/- 0.79 0.9 uA 531 -63.20 88.64 +/- 0.74 0.9 uA 532 -63.20 89.65 +/- 1.12 0.9 uA 533 -63.20 90.32 +/- 0.69 0.9 uA 534 -63.20 89.51 +/- 0.68 0.9 uA 535 -63.20 89.73 +/- 1.90 0.9 uA 536 -63.20 90.04 +/- 0.91 0.9 uA
The ideal horizontal wein angle was calculated to be -63.2 degrees. The measured polarization value at this wein was 89.62 +/- 0.35 (stat)%. Below the fit of polarization vs. Wein angle.
The original hclog result entries are #208285 and #208394.
Moller Commissioning - Nov. 14, 2010
Initial Moller commissioning was on on November 14th, 2010. Polarizations up to 89% occurred. It consisted mainly from runs 476-490. Several targets, currents, and pre-scales were used. Collimator 5 was also removed for several runs to determine if scraping occurred. The following is a run summary:
Run target current(uA) Camac prescale Polarization (%) Comments 477 1um 0.2 100 89.99+/-0.88 478 1um 0.2 100 88.17+/-0.89 479 1um 1.0 100 NA junk 480 1um 1.0 1000 87.20+/-0.69 481 1um 1.0 1000 88.91+/-0.71 482 4um 0.2 1000 89.05+/-0.77 collimator 5 out 483 4um 0.2 1000 89.61+/-0.80 collimator 5 out 484 no tgt 1.0 1000 NA collimator 5 out 485 no tgt 1.0 1000 NA collimator 5 in 486 1um 0.6 1000 88.68+/-0.80 collimator 5 in 487 1um 0.6 1000 87.95+/-0.82 solenoid at 3.5 T, collimator 5 in 488 1um 0.6 1000 89.12+/-0.90 solenoid at 3.5 T, collimator 5 in 489 1um 0.6 1000 89.69+/-0.80 solenoid at 3.5 T, collimator 5 in, fast raster 2x 490 1um 0.6 1000 89.39+/-0.81 solenoid at 3.5 T, collimator 5 in, fast raster 2x2 491 1um 0.2 1 NA solenoid at 3.5 T, collimator 5 in, fast raster 2x2
Also, here is a screen shot of the moller medm screen. Note the Q1 and Q2 currents, and the location of the collimators. This data may change, but should be accurate for the near term.