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Week 36: Machine coordinators: Bernhard Holzer and Jorg Wenninger

Commissioning of 1 m b*, intensity ramp and physics.

 

Day

Summary

Link to report from morning meeting

Mon 12th September
  • 04:00 Cryo S12 recovered.
  • Precyle, prepare for injection.
8:30 meeting
Sun 11th September
  • 00:00 Injection - steering the lines.
  • 03:00 Beam dumped in the ramp due to losses at TCTV.4R8. Vacuum spike.
  • 04:30 Injection.
  • 05:00 Beam dumped in the ramp due to losses at TCTV.4R8. Vacuum spike.
  • 06:00 Trip S12.
  • 08:00 injection
  • 10:40 Electrical network glitch on 400 kV line. Lost cryo S12.
  • Cryo recovery.
8:30 meeting
Sat 10th September
  • 03:15 Dump of fill #2092, QPS trigger RQF.12. 52 pb-1.
  • Access for QPS, restore electrical circuit breaker.
  • Injection delayed by some BLM data missing in XPOC.
  • 10:45 Stable beams fill #2093, 1380b, 2.95E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 11:30  Dump of fill #2093, fault on RB.81,7 pb-1.
  • Checking out RB.81.
  • 17:00 Stable beams fill #2094, 1380b, 2.98E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 17:40  Dump of fill #2094, QPS on RQX.R1, 5 pb-1. Lost cryo condition of IT R1 because QPS triggered quench heaters.
  • 19:50 Cryo IT R1 back.
  • Access for RO in S12.
8:30 meeting
Fri 9th September
  • 02:00 Steering TLs.
  • Still rather high vacuum in Pt2 with 1380 b.
  • 05:40 Stable beams fill #2090, 1380b, 2.7E33 cm-2s-1. New luminosity record.
  • 07:00 Dump of fill #2090, S45 trip (QPS Q8.L5). 10 pb-1.
  • 10:30 Refill.
  • 12:00 Stable beams fill #2091, 1380b, 2.65E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 14:30 Dump of fill #2091, cavity 1 B1 trip, 20 pb-1.
  • 16:30 Access for RF in Pt4.
  • 19::30 Refill for physics.
  • 21:00 Stable beams fill #2092, 1380b, 2.98E33 cm-2s-1. New luminosity record.
8:30 meeting
Thu 8th September
  • 06:00 Dump fill #2085, 15 pb-1.
  • Refill for 912 bunches.
  • 09:00 Stable beams fill #2086, 912b, 1.97E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 19:15 Dump fill #2086, 49 pb-1.
  • 20:30 Filling 1380 bunches.
  • High steady losses in IR2, probably vacuum (but no access to PLC).
  • 22:00 Beam lost in the squeeze due to TCT position interlocks (1.5 m -> 1 m). beta* limit interpolation issue in FESA.
  • Access in Pt2 for vacuum PLC.
8:30 meeting
Wed 7th September
  • 00:40 Loss maps and asynch dump tests with ALFA (7 mm) and TOTEM RPs (14 sigma V, 18 sigma H).
  • 04:30 Data-taking for ALFA - ATLAS.
  • 05:30 Offmomentum loss map dp/p +.(-500 Hz).
  • 07:30 Asynch dump test on flat top. This is the last validation test for beta* 1m and ALICE polarity reversal.
  • 09:00 Injection checkout - issue with TCLI R2,
  • 14:30 Stable beams fill #2083, 264b, 5.7E32 cm-2s-1. First stable beams with beta* 1m.
  • 20:30 Dump fill #2083, 10 pb-1.
  • Recover and access for A:LICE. Preparing for fill with 480 bunches.
  • 00:00 Stable beams fill #2085, 480b, 9.4E32 cm-2s-1.
8:30 meeting
Tue 6th September
  • 02:00 Loss maps at flat top.
  • 05:30 Loss maps at end of squeeze separated.
  • 07:30 Complete loss maps at injection.
  • 10:30 Long range BB test with 84b.
  • Issues with injection, QFB etc delaying the test
  • 20:00 Beams with 84b in collision - no problems. Luminosity consistent with beta* of 1 m.
  • 20:30 Dump, prepare for loss maps with RPs.

8:30 meeting

Mon 5th September

  • 00:25 Ramp to check TCT IR2 alignment over ramp
  • 00:45 Collimation alignment TCT IR2 at 3.5 TeV
  • 04:00 Loss maps in collision
  • 04:30 Beam dump after off-momentum loss map
  • 05:50 Ramp for aperture measurements
  • 06:20 Beam lost during squeeze due to trip of RQT - no tune signal
  • 08:50 Ramp for loss maps with TCTs at 14 sigma and nominal bunch
  • 10:30 Beam lost, dumped by PIC. Network comm. cut by accident.
  • 14:30 Loss map with 1 nom/beam, TCT at nominal settings + 2sigma.
  • 17:00 Checking out injection with 50 ns. 12b OK.
  • 18:15 Lost cryo msl2 and itl2. Precycle.
  • 21:15 Injection of 36b.
  • 00:00 Loss maps at injection.

8:30 meeting

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