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

Elton Smith elton at jlab.org
Wed Apr 29 17:24:23 EDT 2020


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 2:49 PM, Richard Jones wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     (757)269-6331 fax
>
>
>
>     -------- 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
>     <mailto:pentchev at jlab.org>>
>     To:     Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>,
>     Sergey Furletov <furletov at jlab.org <mailto:furletov at jlab.org>>
>     CC:     Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org <mailto: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 <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:58 AM
>     *To:* Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org
>     <mailto:pentchev at jlab.org>>; Sergey Furletov
>     <furletov at jlab.org <mailto:furletov at jlab.org>>
>     *Cc:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>; Eugene
>     Chudakov <gen at jlab.org <mailto: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 <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>
>      >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2020 4:56 PM
>      >> *To:* Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org
>     <mailto:pentchev at jlab.org>>; Sergey Furletov
>      >> <furletov at jlab.org <mailto:furletov at jlab.org>>
>      >> *Cc:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>;
>     Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org <mailto: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://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flogbooks.jlab.org%2Fentry%2F3562987&data=02%7C01%7Crichard.t.jones%40uconn.edu%7C828d5659062f43e80a2108d7ec3ac13a%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637237609412548708&sdata=l8Vr9MaMP0h0X4YWE596nrC5u%2F%2BxC0wHHcdrlY%2Bl1qg%3D&reserved=0
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>      >> >>
>      >> >> 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 <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>
>      >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2020 3:22 PM
>      >> >> *To:* Lubomir Pentchev <pentchev at jlab.org
>     <mailto:pentchev at jlab.org>>; Sergey Furletov
>      >> >> <furletov at jlab.org <mailto:furletov at jlab.org>>
>      >> >> *Cc:* Elton Smith <elton at jlab.org <mailto:elton at jlab.org>>;
>     Eugene Chudakov <gen at jlab.org <mailto: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://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flogbooks.jlab.org%2Fentry%2F3563927&data=02%7C01%7Crichard.t.jones%40uconn.edu%7C828d5659062f43e80a2108d7ec3ac13a%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637237609412548708&sdata=aVfL1%2BSBfpQAg%2FJN68K1zWSiMYG3bzepEd1Gh8KB%2Bk8%3D&reserved=0
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>      >> >>
>      >> >> 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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