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After the beam schedule was updated before Thanksgiving, we made a request to modify the schedule so that the SBS-11 can run through December at 5 pass</div>
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and move the two Q2 =4.5 for nTPE and Q2 = 7.4 to run in January.</div>
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This has been accepted.</div>
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After this change was accepted, there was a suggestion was made to run</div>
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in January at a lower per pass energy. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With the lower per pass energy, then</span></div>
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the trip rate for the accelerator should be reduced. It would also enable</div>
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two halls to take the current 4pass energy ( which would be the new 5 pass energy).</div>
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Bogdan has developed a plan which would run the two nTPE points at Q2 = 3.4,</div>
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a Q2= 7.2 and take more data at Q2 = 10. Hall B has not responded to new lower per pass energy suggestion, so we will have to wait and see what exactly we will do in Jan/Feb.</div>
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CHeers,</div>
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