RC meeting and Run Plan, Tuesday Oct. 16

Status

Beam quality: [1] Bottom line:
- Beam looked great after beam tuning operations up to 55uA
- Ops still committed to get us the remaining 15uA to go to 70uA
- Beam was steady for luminosity scan
- Hopefully things will keep looking good after RF recovery
Progress
- Finished luminosity scan with flying colors!

Brad and Pavel:
- Installed NDX detector in SHMS hut (<1hour)
Steve Lassiter and Andy Kenyon:
- (Hopefully) fixed troublesome HMS dipole JT-4 valve (caked on grease).
- Did maintenance work on HMS and SHMS rotation system.
- Traced cause of screeching noise when opening HMS shutter to a bent rod.
- Not a pressing issue but should be fixed eventually before anything else gets damaged.
Lock Hall back up ASAP to show we are ready for beam.:
- Called MCC at noon

SHMS at small angle
- Almost done running at 6.49 degrees, didn't encounter issues with the diffusor ion chambers
- We understand rates enough to avoid DC trips
  - During Luminosity scan found that DC trips start happening around 800-900kHz singles rate
  - At this point, we are either just below, or just above Itrip values for the DC cathodes.
  - Took some data with slightly higher Itrip value (endorsed by Rolf and Mark) during luminosity scan to better understand SHMS performance near the high-rate limit.
    - Reached rates up to ~1MHz

Still bringing down HMS Dipole LN2 level to below yellow alarm level
- Maybe increase upper yellow and red alarm levels if we aren't worried about them?

Hall B asked if they could remove halfway plate until Monday
- We agreed.
Hall D needs opportunistic 1shift of HallC down for beam studies, not pressing right now (needs to be done before end-of-run)
- Might be possible when swapping out aerogel trays for the next experiment.
Greg Smith: Dave Meekins needs access to work on deuterium target for next experiment
- Called today after I locked Hall back up
- Told him there will be opportunity when swapping out aerogel on Monday

Run 2-3 more shifts with Q2=5.5. W=3.02 x=0.40 theta_Shms=6.49
- Currently collected 26% of statistics + Al data in 3.25 shifts
- Can run up to 45uA in this setting
Wednesday-Friday: Run 5 shifts with Q2=5.5. W=3.02 x=0.40 theta_Shms=9.56
- Collect at least 50% of statistics goal
Friday-Saturday: Run 4-5 shifts with Q2=5.5. W=3.02 x=0.40 theta_Shms=12.56
Match statistics for the theta_Shms=6.49 point
FINALLY: 4-6 shift buffer
- Is this enough buffer?
- Wishlist of settings to revisit?