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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Collaborators,</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There will be a delay in the start of the Fall program. Accelerator staff is currently battling a leak in </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the
north linac, which is consequently still warm and at atmospheric pressure. If this goes well and no other problems arise, beam </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tuning
should start on Nov. 25th. At best, it will take several days to tune the machine up to 5.5 passes. For now, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">shifts
are cancelled until Nov 25th (included) and we will see</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wednesday </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">if
more shifts need to be cancelled/ put on standby.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The
Hall will remain open until at least the 25th, apart for possible brief periods when it needs to close. e.g. for PSS checks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is also still not known whether we will run at the nominal 11.6 GeV energy or lower. The decision may be taken Wednesday.</span></div>
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