[Bteam] Notes from yesterday's B-team meeting

Michele Joyce erb at jlab.org
Thu Jul 30 10:30:35 EDT 2009


Don't know if this matters in regards to Reza's "bumps", but the SOFs 
for IPM0L06-IPM0L10 do not match the current values in STANDARD.sof.snap.
MJ
Arne Freyberger wrote:
>
>
>   B-team Meeting Agenda (2:00pm Wednesday MCC conf. room)
>
>
>     1 2009-07-29 Wed Agenda--Notes
>
>     * Close out of the Summer Sad
>           o Gun status    SOURCE
>                 + Inverted gun is producing electrons!!!
>                 + Conditioned to 110kV without any problems
>                 + Presently operating at 100kV
>                 + Preliminary lifetime of 70C!!!!
>                 + Preliminary injector setup by Reza -- found bumps in
>                   0L04 and 0R03? regions. These are not new, but what
>                   is the cause? Some of these bumps are 4mm!
>           o HKS status    Spata
>             Mike is at the beach for the remainder of the week. HKS
>             installation is nearing the end. Lots of work on the
>             diagnostics, final hookups and checkout. Should be able to
>             complete the work as per the schedule.
>           o Hardware Status    Lauze
>             Ron is also on vacation.
>     * Startup Plans
>           o Quick review of the schedule    Arne
>           o Gun/Injector plans    SOURCE
>                 + 2009-07-30 Thu More lifetime studies, beam on 8am to
>                   11pm
>                 + 2009-07-31 Fri Laser table orientation for Parity
>                   personnel. Inj open.
>                 + 2009-08-03 Mon-- 2009-08-05 Wed Parity alignment on
>                   the laser table.
>                 + 2009-08-05 Wed Parity Beam characterization up to
>                   500kV. Yves might be involved with this.
>                 + 2009-08-05 Wed PSS certification of Injector
>                 + 2009-08-06 Thu Reza start full injector setup and
>                   finalization
>                 + 2009-08-07 Fri Reza complete Injector setup
>                 + 2009-08-08 Sat-- 2009-08-09 Sun More injector work?
>                   or start machine setup.
>           o Machine Restoration    All
>                 + Other items
>                       # Before beam is restored, but after EES has RF
>                         up, Tief needs an eight period to perform some
>                         studies on how far the Master Oscillator can
>                         be changed and keep the cavities under control.
>                 + 7.5% unbalanced
>                   A discussion as to the best approach to get to the
>                   desired setup of 5.76 GeV with a 7.5% unbalanced
>                   configuration.
>                       # Plan A
>                             * JB has created a high energy MST file
>                               from the 6.07 GeV test in June.
>                             * Use this file to scale to 5.76 GeV,
>                               balanced.
>                             * Spin up 5.76 balanced and check out systems
>                             * Go unbalanced from here
>                       # Plan B
>                             * Restore 5.97 GeV configuration from June09
>                             * Check out the hardware
>                             * Scale down to the 5.76 GeV 7.5%
>                               unbalance configuration
>                       # Decision
>                         Plan B
>                 + Strawman, all dates tentative
>                       # 2009-08-10 Mon RECO starts (the SAD calendar
>                         has Aug-12, but it should start earlier so
>                         that it is completed by Friday.
>                       # 2009-08-10 Mon OPS 24-7
>                       # 2009-08-10 Mon Injector setup completed?
>                       # 2009-08-10 Mon Yves parity measurements in
>                         Injector
>                       # 2009-08-10 Mon-- 2009-08-14 Fri EES RECO process
>                       # 2009-08-14 Fri Yves more parity measurements
>                         if needed.
>                       # 2009-08-14 Fri Tief Rf test
>                       # 2009-08-15 Sat-- 2009-08-16 Sun 5.97 GeV
>                         spinup from all save
>                       # 2009-08-17 Mon Fix things during day shift
>                       # 2009-08-17 Mon Start 7.5% unbalanced 5.76 GeV
>                         setup
>                       # 2009-08-18 Tue Finish unbalanced setup.
>                       # 2009-08-18 Tue-- 2009-08-19 Wed BSY ? and
>                         TWISS measurements and matching.
>                       # 2009-08-19 Wed-- 2009-08-20 Thu Beam to halls
>                         for Collaborative checks
>                             * Energy spread
>                             * Parity quality
>                       # 2009-08-21 Fri Resumption of physics
>                 + Other items
>                       # Start up plan
>                         Yan with assistance from Jay and everyone else
>                         will construct the startup plan (plan B).
>                       # Q measurements
>                         Some zones were cycled during the down. These
>                         zones should have Q measurements performed
>                         during the week 2009-08-10 Mon-- 2009-08-14 Fri
>                       # C50-9 commissioning
>                         Time for C50-9 to start commissioning should
>                         be carved out if restoration goes smoothly and
>                         the halls are late.
>                       # Optics on Call
>                         JB will has populated the schedule. Please
>                         confirm that you are available during the week
>                         assigned.
>                       # No meeting next week.
>
>
>     2 2009-07-22 Wed Agenda
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>     * Beam Modulation for parity experiments    Jay
>     * Balanced vs Unbalanced options in Aug    Reza
>     * Injector straw-man startup    SOURCE
>     * Injector Transport    Yves
>
> Date: 2009-07-30 10:23:58 EDT
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