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Week 35: Machine coordinators: Gianluigi Arduini, Mike Lamont

Main aims of the week:

Statistics (from Thu 2/9/2010 18:00 to Mon 6/9/2010 07:00):

 

Bunch train commissioning plan (version 05/09/2010)

Day

Summary

Link to report from morning meeting

Monday 6th September

  • 02:00-04:00 Splash events for CMS: B1 - probe beam

  • 04:00-12:00 - Ramp 10 A/s (chromaticity, crossing angle non-closure, beta-beating)

  • 12:00-20:00 - Injection/Injection protection

Slides from 08h30 meeting

Sunday 5th September

  • 03:00-09:00     Ramp (10 A/s) with crossing angle ON - 1010 p/beam - Squeeze (no crossing angle) - Beta beating measurement and correction at beta*=3.5 m - k-modulation

  • 09:00-10:00 Precycle

  • 10:00-15:00 Damper setting-up: noise reduction

  • 15:00-17:00 Crossing angle and closure correction at 450 GeV

  • 17:00-23:00 Injection/Injection protection setting-up

  • 23:00 - 02:00 XPOC problem

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Slides from 09h00 meeting

Saturday 4th September

  • 02:30-06:30 Ramp (10 A/s) - squeeze

  • 05:30 Cryo problem in Sector 34

  • 19:00 Cryo OK - Pre-cycle

  • 21:30 Injection

  • 22:00-23:30 PS cooling problem and RF module trip

  • 23:30-02:00 Setting-up of the orbit with crossing angles at 450 GeV

Slides from 09h00 meeting

Friday 3rd September

  • 04:00 Injection of B2

  • 06:30 - 09:00 Access required for interlock problem on TI2 collimators and pre-cycle

  •  09:00-10:30 No beam from SPS

  • 10:30 Injection: important corrections required because of the ALICE solenoid/spectrometer polarity change

  • 11:30 Lost cryo conditions in Sector 67 during orbit investigations ==> Bad manipulation on temperature sensor

  • 11:30 – 13:00 Pre-cycle

  • 15:30-17:30: Ramp (2A/s) / Squeeze - Beam dump validation

  • Switch to 10 A/s ramp cycle

  • 20:00: Injection and setting-up of capture with all cavities ON and counter-phasing

  • 21:00 - 02:00 Damper setting-up: noise reduction. Interrupted by dump and problems to injec

Slides from 08h30 meeting

Thursday 2nd September

  • Technical stop.

  • Re-commissioning of circuits affected during tech stop

  • Accesses for QPS

  • Splice mapping for RB circuits in sector 23

 

Wednesday 1st September

  • Technical stop.

Slides from 08h30 meeting

Tuesday 31st August

  • Technical stop.

Slides from 08h30 meeting

Monday 30th August

  • Stop of beam at 5h30 for technical stop.

Slides from 08h30 meeting