[Bteam] notes from today's meeting

Arne Freyberger freyberg at jlab.org
Wed Nov 3 16:35:59 EDT 2010


  B-team Meeting Notes


    1 2010-11-03 Wed 14:00 Agenda--Notes


      1.1 Optics-On-Call Summary Alex

Alex will summaries machine and beam optics issues over the past seven 
days.

    * Uneventful week
    * Instrumentation issues with HallB
    * HallC valve closed during beam delivery
          o Valve is now "unmaskable"

    * Discussion
          o pA runs in Hall-B
                + HallB has been unable to take low current calibration
                  runs due to unacceptable backgrounds and unstable
                  current at these low currents.
                + present slit is at 17.5
                + present attenuator is at 100'ish
                + Presently the attenuator is being used to lower the
                  current. Suggestion is to use the slit to lower the
                  current. So far OPS has been reluctant to use this
                  approach.
                + Adjust phase appropriately.
                + Do not expect current lock to work with attenuator
                  below 100.
          o M56 in the machine
                + Pathlength calibration revealed that there was a small
                  amount of M56 in the machine. Starts in Arc1.
                + Should we fix this? yes!
                + proposal is to tack this on to the end of the Wien
                  setup/150? A injector setup tomorrow.
                      # Spata will lead the effort.
                      # This activity will take place if the Vertical
                        Wien setup goes exceptionally well tomorrow.


      1.2 Beam Studies Report

    * Two wien calibration Poelker
      Calibration with 130keV incoming KE. Final setup tomorrow for QWeak.
          o when does QWeak really need polarized beam?
          o Two Wien flipper will not work at energies higher than 130keV.
          o would like a plan from QWeak on spin orientation
            configurations for the upcoming months.

    * QWeak Inj. studies Dalton
          o spent time searching for 60Hz noise in Injector. Data
            collected, analysis is on going.
          o Hope to provide some plots soon. Plots will be posted in the
            POLOG.
          o Need more in the injector for Cathode scans. Will request
            1/2 shift every other week.

    * BPM R&D Report Spata
      Summary of previous beam studies and 9am meeting on the proposed
      stripline BPM design. Meeting on the stripline design for ArcA and
      Hall-D.
          o estimates of the impact of synchrotron radiation appear to
            be negligible. 0.1% change in the signal pick up.
          o requested a large gap +/- 5mm
          o Still one more design/fab iteration is needed before
            submitted procurement packages.
          o tech-note preparation is in progress.
          o develop a plan to install one or two in Arc9 during the
            6-month down.


      1.3 AHLA FY11 Projects Arne

Summary of the AHLA projects for FY11. Below is the table of all the 
projects presently known, planned and unplanned. Some projects have "OPS 
Charters" written and having a charter accommodates the planning 
process. The OPS charter template is attached.

    * OPS Project Table
      Owner 	Project 		Years 	Resources
      AHLA 	Full_Inj _Energy _Upgrade
      <./leaders/data/charters/AHLA_Full_Energy_Injector_Upgrade_charter.docx>
      	AIP 	FY11/FY12/FY113 	AHLA/SRF/Controls/ENG
      AHLA 	6GeV_model <cid:part1.07050405.03060507 at jlab.org> 	
      FY11/FY12 	AHLA/CASA
      AHLA 	CDEV_Replacement <cid:part2.09050700.07020607 at jlab.org> 	
      FY11 	AHLA/Controls
      AHLA 	CED <./leaders/data/charters/AHLA_CED_charter.docx> 		FY11
      AHLA/Controls/ENG
      AHLA 	CED_Conversion <cid:part3.02000204.00080200 at jlab.org> 	
      FY11/FY12/FY13 	AHLA
      AHLA 	Optical Diffraction Monitor 		FY12/FY13 	AHLA/CASA/Eng/Controls
      	Krest 			
      	Lem Upgrade (heat management) 			
      AHLA/Cntrl/Eng 	Timing System 	AIP 	FY14/FY15/FY16 	
      Controls 	DisplayWallReplacement
      <./leaders/data/charters/Controls_DisplayWallReplacement_charter.doc>
      		FY11 	Controls
      Controls 	ImageManagement
      <./leaders/data/charters/Controls_ImageManagement_charter.doc>
      AIP 	FY11 	Controls/ENG?
      Controls 	InsertionDeviceManager
      <./leaders/data/charters/Controls_InsertionDeviceManager_charter.doc>
      		FY11/FY12 	Controls/ENG
      Controls 	NextGenerationIocHardware
      <./leaders/data/charters/Controls_NextGenerationIocHardware_charter.doc>
      		FY11 	Controls
      	Capfast Replacement 			
      	Low Level Controls CED integration 			
      	Low Level Software Management 			
      	C25/C50 RF micro-controller compilation/linking 			
      O'bility 	MCC conference room technology 			
      	Documentation Vision out to 2020 			
      	Sing the 8am electric 			
      Eng 	CAMAC ? VME (East Arc) 		FY10/FY11 	Controls
      	New Harp electronics design 		FY11 	Controls
      	BLM HV upgrade 		FY10/FY11 	Controls
      	TRIM-II 		FY10 	
      	Analog Blocks 		FY10 	
      	Replace existing low-level RF hardware 	AIP? 		Controls
      	PSS Upgrade 		FY11/FY12? 	
      	New Klystrons 		FY12/FY13 	
      OPS 	training system 			
      	Status Marquee 			
      AIP 	Beam Dump Diagnostics 	AIP 	FY14/FY15 	
      Source 	Positron 		FY11 	Eng/Controls/Physics
      HallA 	g2p 		FY11 	Eng/Controls

    * Discussion of elegant model
      A sequential approach, doing one arc or one pass at a time with
      one week of integration results in the elegant modeling effort
      finish just in time for the May 13 end of the run. See Gantt chart
      below:
    *

      Perhaps a more efficient use of beam time would be to use the
      first few days after the winter down to download and tune the
      entire machine. A plan based on this approach will be developed.
      The drawback of this approach is that lessons learned in Arc1
      cannot be fed into the Arc2 plan.

      A new plan will be developed with the goal of loading a complete
      set of optics based on elegant model after the winter down.


      1.4 CASA FY11 Projects CASA

Discussion of CASA FY11 Projects and needs.

    * BBU studies
    * Chebyshev multipole extraction

    * No time for discussion. Comments:
      Next week CASA should present a list of CEBAF related projects
      that they would like to see action on in FY11 (and FY12).

      Comment: A charter on the development of tools required to make MO
      frequency adjustment for pathlength controls should be written.


      1.5 6-month down restoration discussion and team formation CASA
      SOURCE ENG OPS

Discussion how to prepare for restoration after the 6-month down and 
successful positron experiment. This discussion did not take place. It 
will take place next week.

Date: 2010-11-03 16:31:49 EDT

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Arne Freyberger
Director of Accelerator Operations
Jefferson Lab           Office: (757) 269-6268
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