Run plan/To do list - Sunday, December 17 2017 - swing shift

By the grace of the Universe you already are at 30 deg and 1.3 GeV/c with HMS

1. Restore beam:

  a. With raster off insert YAG and check the beam spot. Should be nice and round - not at all like a comet! 

  b. With the beam at the optimal positions found before (check the white board) take a C-hole run with 3 x 3 raster to check the beam centering on the target. If it looks good move on. If not, center the beam.

2. Request Ion Chamber Calibrations for Optics targets 1 and 2

3. Take large Ytar and Xptar/Yptar HMS optics data

  a. Raster should be off and you should switch to sieve collimator for HMS

  b. Insert target Optics 1 and take 30 minutes runs at 10 muA with HMS Hodoscopes discriminator thresholds at: 30 mV, 20 mV, 40 mV and 50 mV. (Expert: Simona M.)

  c. Insert target 0.5% Carbon and take 15 minutes runs at 10 muA with various thresholds for the CER and PRESHOWER/SHOWER PID legs of the trigger (Expert: Eric P.)

     HMS Threshold Scan
     Run 1) CER 40, PRSH-LO 40, PRSH-HI 60, SH-LO 40 ---> These are the initial settings
     Run 2) CER 30, PRSH-LO 30, PRSH-HI 50, SH-LO 30
     Run 3) CER 25, PRSH-LO 25, PRSH-HI 40, SH-LO 25
     Run 4) CER 20, PRSH-LO 20, PRSH-HI 30, SH-LO 20
     Run 5) CER 15, PRSH-LO 15, PRSH-HI 20, SH-LO 15
     Run 6) CER 10, PRSH-LO 10, PRSH-HI 10, SH-LO 10

     SHMS Threshold Scan
     Run 1) HGCER 40, PRSH-LO 40, PRSH-HI 60
     Run 2) HGCER 30, PRSH-LO 30, PRSH-HI 50
     Run 3) HGCER 25, PRSH-LO 25, PRSH-HI 40
     Run 4) HGCER 20, PRSH-LO 20, PRSH-HI 30
     Run 5) HGCER 15, PRSH-LO 15, PRSH-HI 20
     Run 6) HGCER 10, PRSH-LO 10, PRSH-HI 10

 d.  If possible a mode 10 run and a few runs with the EDTM turned on would be favorable