[Halld-tagger] [EXTERNAL] Re: Re: GlueX NIM paper: W foil

Richard Jones richard.t.jones at uconn.edu
Wed Apr 29 14:49:39 EDT 2020


Hello Elton,

Please find attached a new macro for generating the harp profile fits
according to the revised measurement errors that we agreed on at
yesterday's beamline meeting. Example plots from this macro are attached
below.

-Richard Jones

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 8:42 AM Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org> wrote:

> *Message sent from a system outside of UConn.*
>
>
> Hi Hovanes and Richard,
>
> Attached is a new section of the GlueX NIM paper describing the W foil.
> Lubomir suggested either of you might want to comment regarding improved
> performance of the  active collimator or profiler. Take a look at the
> draft section and let me know if you have any suggestions or additions.
>
> Thanks, Elton
>
> Elton Smith
> Jefferson Lab MS 12H3
> 12000 Jefferson Ave STE 4
> Newport News, VA 23606
> (757)269-7625
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>
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Re: GlueX NIM paper: W foil
> Date:   Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:36:07 -0400
> From:   Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org>
> To:     Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>, Sergey Furletov <furletov at jlab.org>
> CC:     Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org>
>
>
>
> Elton,
>
> In the last sentence "Note that in the FDC the wires ..." add a word:
> "Note that in the FDC the sense wires ..".
>
> Also, I recall now at that time there were discussions that the W foil
> improved the operation of the active collimator and the profiler, but
> I'm not sure about that. Maybe Hovanes or Richard can comment on that
> and add a sentence if that is the case.
>
> Lubomir
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:58 AM
> *To:* Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org>; Sergey Furletov
> <furletov at jlab.org>
> *Cc:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>; Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org>
> *Subject:* Re: GlueX NIM paper: W foil
> Hi Lubomir,
>
> Find attached a screen shot of the updated section with your figure.
> Take a look at it and let me know if you have any comments. The new
> addition is available on Overleaf.
>
> Also, please send me the source file (.C) for your figure. I will likely
> need to make (small) changes to the font size and titles.
>
> Thanks, Elton.
>
> Elton Smith
> Jefferson Lab MS 12H3
> 12000 Jefferson Ave STE 4
> Newport News, VA 23606
> (757)269-7625
> (757)269-6331 fax
>
> On 4/29/20 7:33 AM, Elton Smith wrote:
>  > HI Lubomir,
>  >
>  > Thanks for the quick turn around. I will update the document and let
>  > you take a look at it. We should add that the foil was inserted just
>  > upstream of the active collimator.
>  >
>  > Thanks, Elton.
>  >
>  > Elton Smith
>  > Jefferson Lab MS 12H3
>  > 12000 Jefferson Ave STE 4
>  > Newport News, VA 23606
>  > (757)269-7625
>  > (757)269-6331 fax
>  >
>  > On 4/28/20 11:25 PM, Lubomir Pentchev wrote:
>  >> ... and here's the plot.
>  >>
>  >> Cheers,
>  >>  Lubomir
>  >>
>  >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  >> *From:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>
>  >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2020 4:56 PM
>  >> *To:* Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org>; Sergey Furletov
>  >> <furletov at jlab.org>
>  >> *Cc:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>; Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org>
>  >> *Subject:* Re: GlueX NIM paper: W foil
>  >> Hi Lubomir,
>  >>
>  >> I should have added in my previous mail that adding a figure (or table)
>  >> is very reasonable as it is something fairly unique. A modified version
>  >> of the plot in your log entry might be very interesting.
>  >>
>  >> Thanks again, Elton.
>  >>
>  >> On 4/28/20 4:51 PM, Elton Smith wrote:
>  >> > Hi Lubomir,
>  >> >
>  >> > I will wait to see your suggested contribution.
>  >> >
>  >> > Thanks, Elton
>  >> >
>  >> > Elton Smith
>  >> > Jefferson Lab MS 12H3
>  >> > 12000 Jefferson Ave STE 4
>  >> > Newport News, VA 23606
>  >> > (757)269-7625
>  >> > (757)269-6331 fax
>  >> >
>  >> > On 4/28/20 4:43 PM, Lubomir Pentchev wrote:
>  >> >> Hi Elton,
>  >> >>
>  >> >> You are right that this is important as the current in the DCs is
> one
>  >> >> of the limiting factors for high intensity running and a reduction
> by
>  >> >> a factor of 2 in the CDC was achieved in such a simple way, just
>  >> >> inserting 3%W. For the FDC the optimal was 1.5%W but still we got
> 25%
>  >> >> current reduction there. This is summarized in this log:
>  >> >>
>  >> >>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Flogbooks.jlab.org-252Fentry-252F3562987-26amp-3Bdata-3D02-257C01-257Crichard.t.jones-2540uconn.edu-257C828d5659062f43e80a2108d7ec3ac13a-257C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080-257C0-257C0-257C637237609412548708-26amp-3Bsdata-3Dl8Vr9MaMP0h0X4YWE596nrC5u-252F-252BxC0wHHcdrlY-252Bl1qg-253D-26amp-3Breserved-3D0&d=DwIFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=-MwMW0sKroUIjy-Lh9rb3KzmWIgdcbbr9_jez8RLmto&m=vXojBtVJLQicedLDzDUqX5I0pOw968itJ8ngFSgmc3g&s=kD4oNSh8uOEGz7JS6Qd4v88hAaX_yTepwWUVdHjRPUw&e= 
>  >> >>
>  >> >> I don't know what details need to be included. Sergey did a very
>  >> >> interesting characterization of the hits in the CDC based on the
>  >> >> pulse shape. Is it worth including some of the plots in the above
>  >> >> log, or we should keep it short?
>  >> >>
>  >> >> In any case I'll write paragraph and will circulated it.
>  >> >>
>  >> >> Cheers,
>  >> >>  Lubomir
>  >> >>
>  >> >>
>  >>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  >> >> *From:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>
>  >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2020 3:22 PM
>  >> >> *To:* Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org>; Sergey Furletov
>  >> >> <furletov at jlab.org>
>  >> >> *Cc:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org>; Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org>
>  >> >> *Subject:* GlueX NIM paper: W foil
>  >> >> Hi Lubomir and Serguei,
>  >> >>
>  >> >> One of the comments to the GlueX NIM paper concerned the W foil
>  >> that was
>  >> >> inserted into the beamline in 2018. At the moment it is not
>  >> mentioned in
>  >> >> the paper at all. However, it was important in reducing our
>  >> backgrounds,
>  >> >> especially in the drift chambers. In addition, this is an instance
>  >> where
>  >> >> somebody building a similar beamline could learn from our
>  >> experience. I
>  >> >> brought this up at the Beamline meeting this afternoon and everyone
>  >> >> agreed that it would be useful to include some information about
>  >> it. I
>  >> >> believe you two are the most knowledgeable about this. Let me ask
>  >> you to
>  >> >> write a small subsection (new Subsection 2.5) that could be added
>  >> to the
>  >> >> beamline section immediately before Subsection 2.5 'Active
>  >> Collimator,'
>  >> >> as the sections follow the physical layout of the experiment. How
>  >> much
>  >> >> detail should be included is partially up to you. I suppose that the
>  >> >> information could be summarized in a paragraph or two, and possibly
> a
>  >> >> table showing the effect of different conditions. Naomi kindly
>  >> provided
>  >> >> a link to an important log entry at the time at
>  >> >>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Flogbooks.jlab.org-252Fentry-252F3563927-26amp-3Bdata-3D02-257C01-257Crichard.t.jones-2540uconn.edu-257C828d5659062f43e80a2108d7ec3ac13a-257C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080-257C0-257C0-257C637237609412548708-26amp-3Bsdata-3DaVfL1-252BSBfpQAg-252FJN68K1zWSiMYG3bzepEd1Gh8KB-252Bk8-253D-26amp-3Breserved-3D0&d=DwIFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=-MwMW0sKroUIjy-Lh9rb3KzmWIgdcbbr9_jez8RLmto&m=vXojBtVJLQicedLDzDUqX5I0pOw968itJ8ngFSgmc3g&s=2-rrTpXhPLFWzo36La7K8NFdckupxsapfz0qT5Ohqp8&e= 
> .
>  >> >>
>  >> >> I assume this would not be a large effort, mostly collecting
>  >> information
>  >> >> that is already available. Let me know if you are willing to do
>  >> this and
>  >> >> what time scale would be needed. I would be happy to help out with
>  >> >> editing any text that you provide.
>  >> >>
>  >> >> Thanks, Elton.
>  >> >>
>  >> >> --
>  >> >> Elton Smith
>  >> >> Jefferson Lab MS 12H3
>  >> >> 12000 Jefferson Ave STE 4
>  >> >> Newport News, VA 23606
>  >> >> (757)269-7625
>  >> >> (757)269-6331 fax
>  >> >>
>  >> >
>  >>
>  >
>
>
>
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