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Purpose | preferred schedule | Ion | Energy | Rate on CU | Beam focus | Trigger | notes | reference |
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Test multiple trigger engines prior to beam | nov 16-17 | NA | NA | NA | NA | all BTs | change CNO thresholds, periodic frequency | luca |
Test multiple trigger engines w beam | nov 18 | C | 1.5Gev/n | 100Hz | any | all BTs | change CNO thresholds, periodic frequency | luca |
Monitor beam rate and conditions | nov 18 | C | 1.5Gev/n | 10-1000Hz | play with focus to change beam intensityon CU | BT52, BT53 | to be repeated shortly per configuration change | luca |
Rate scan | after multiple engine work | C | 1.5Gev/n | 10-1000Hz | play with focus to change beam intensity on CU | BT50, BT51, BT54 | vary periodic trigger frequency to induce pedestal drift | luca, eric g |
Tracking performance | nov 18 any time | C,Xe | 1.5Gev/n | 10-1000Hz | far and near focus | BT50, BT51, BT52 | investigate tracking at different rates and angles (0,30,45,60 TBD), scan tower3 w/o ACD tile with ext trigger | leon, INFN |
Tracking saturation | nov 18 any time | C,Xe | 1.5Gev/n | 10-1000Hz | far focus | BT50, BT51 | scan different angles (0,30,45,60 TBD), scan tower3 w/o ACD tile with ext trigger | leon, INFN |
CAL calibration | nov 18 | C,Xe | 600MeV/n, 1GeV/n, 1.5GeV/n | 100Hz | far and near focus | BT50 | verify quenching factors, CAL calibrations, ACD partial calibration | CAL team |
CAL calibration comparison with previous results | nov 18 | C,Xe | 1.5GeV/n | 100Hz | far and near focus | BT50, BT51 | beam on tower1 to avoid TKR in the line | CAL team |
Energy scan | nov 19 | C,Xe | 600MeV/n - 1.5GeV/n in steps | 10-1000Hz | far and near focus | BT51 | attempt to simulate different ions by varying ionization energy | nicola |
Secondary ions with target | nov 19 | Xe | 1.5GeV/n | 10-1000Hz | far and near focus | BT50 | attempt to get different ions by shooting beam through a target - need verification with GSI people | benoit |
Charge injection in CAL with beam | nov 19 | C | 1.5GeV/n | 10-1000Hz | far and near focus | BT50 | check pedestal restoration with beam ON, explore different beam rates; can use existing CalibGenCAL script | sasha |
Charge injection in TKR with beam | nov 19 | C | 1.5GeV/n | 10-1000Hz | far and near focus | BT50 | check rate effect in TKR signal; must identify CI script and plots to monitor | leon, TKR team |
scintillation measurement in CDE | nov 19 | C, Xe? | 1.5GeV/n | 100Hz |
| NA | place another detector upstream and monitor signal pulse | benoit |