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Week 34: Machine coordinators: B. Holzer, J. Wenningerr

Plan for the week: Luminosity production

Date

Summary

Link to report from morning meeting

Mon 27 Aug
  •  00:50 Stable beams fill 3007,  initial Luminosity ~6.8E33 cm-2s-1
  • 03:40 Beam dumped by OP due to cryo problem in Pt4, integrated L ~ 56 pb-1.
  • Cryo compressor off in Pt4.
8:30 meeting
Sun 26 Aug
  • 00:00 Refill, MKIs ok.
  • 01:50 Stable beams fill 3003,  initial Luminosity ~7.3E33 cm-2s-1
  • 02:30 Beam dumped, vacuum valves B1 in IR7. Vacuum spike > 2E-6. Integrated L 16 pb-1.
  • 04:30 Re-injecting.
  • 06:30 Beam dump in squeeze, trip of ROF.A56.B2 (PIC).
  • 07:30 Re-injecting.
  • 09:20 Stable beams fill 3005,  initial Luminosity ~7E33 cm-2s-1
  • 18:00 Beam dumped, strange (fake?) BLM signal in 23.. Integrated L 132 pb-1.
  • MKIs a bit hot, some delay.
  • 19:45 MKI T limits adjusted.
  • 20:00 Injection.
  • 22:08 Stable beams fill 3006,  initial Luminosity ~6.8E33 cm-2s-1
  • 22:30 Beam dump, again vacuum B1 IR7, integrated L ~ 8 pb-1.
9:00 meeting
Sat 25 Aug
  • 02:00 Beam dump: error in power supply for BLM/BPM Pt 4, Integrated L 52 pb-1.
  • 07:00 Injection
  • 09:30 Stable beams fill 3002,  initial Luminosity ~7.2E33 cm-2s-1
  • 22:12 Beam dump, trip of Q4.L1, integrated L 178 pb-1.
9:00 meeting
Fri  24 Aug
  • 04:00 Beam dump, QPS on Q4.L1.integrated L 100 pb-1.
  • Heaters fired, lost cryo.
  • 05:00 TDI stuck due to interlock.
  • 07:00 Refill.
  • 08:30 Stable beams fill 2998,  initial Luminosity ~7.5E33 cm-2s-1
  • 16:00 Beam dump by FMCM RD1.LR1, integrated L 135 pb-1.
  • Access for QPS, MKI2, CMS, ATLAS.
  • 18:00 restart, MKI2-C temperature limit increased to 44 degrees
  • 23:30 Stable beams fill 3000, L=7.7E33, L(ALICE) = 2.0
8:30 meeting
Thu 23 Aug
  • 01:18 injection for standard physics
  • 02:35 Stable beams fill 2995,  initial Luminosity ~7.2E33 cm-2s-1 (in ATLAS)
  • 03:00 beam dump: orbit feedback server stuck -> SIS alarm, integrated 10 pb-1.
  • 04:37 OFB problem solved, waiting for beam from pre-accelerators:
  • fault on extraction kicker SPS .
  • 13:00 Cycling.
  • 15:00 Injection.
  • 16:30 Stable beams fill 2996, initial Luminosity ~7E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 20:10 Beam dump, electrical glitch (FMCM), integrated L 71 pb-1.
  • 21:00 Injecting again.
  • 22:45 Stable beams fill 2997, initial Luminosity ~7.2E33 cm-2s-1.
8:30 meeting
Wed 22 Aug
  • 04:28 injection, ramp, squeeze
  • 05:03 Stable beams fill 2993, initial Luminosity ~7.2E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 17:50 Beam dump, trip of matching section L1, integrated L ~180 pb-1.
  • 21:30 injection for h9 test, ramp, squeeze & short luminosity fill
  • 23:00 CMS solenoid ok
8:30 meeting
Tue 21 Aug
  • 08:20 Dump fill 2991, integrated L ~170 pb-1.
  • Access for LHCb water leak.
  • 13:00 Problems with SIS - communication with FGCs due to a 'bad' client.
  • CMS magnet ramping down (UPS problem affecting CMS magnet cryo system).
  • 14:30 Refilling.
  • 16:00 Stable beams fill 2992, initial Luminosity ~6.1E33 cm-2s-1.
  • 22:52 Beam dump: thunderstorm, lost several sectors, integrated L ~105 pb-1.
8:30 meeting
Mon 20 Aug
  • 1:00 in addition: PS problem POPS earth fault.
  • 7:30 injector problems solved.
  • 10:00 Beam dumped just after start of ramp due to OFSU crash.
  • Refill.
  • 13:12 Beam dumped in the squeeze by SIS due to CMW/data timeout (> 90 s).
  • Refill. Problem to prepare the ramp. Cannot make BPs resident, DB issue.
  • 16:00 Beams dumped at injection due to blowup while waiting for CO problem fix.
  • 18:40 Stable beams fill 2991, initial Luminosity ~6.7E33 cm-2s-1.
8:30 meeting