Minutes of K2K Steering Meeting (Oct.07)

From: Takanobu Ishii (ishii@neutrino.kek.jp)
Date: Fri Oct 08 2004 - 04:34:36 JST

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    Subject: Minutes of K2K Steering Meeting (Oct.07)
    Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:34:36 +0900
    From: Takanobu Ishii <ishii@neutrino.kek.jp>
    
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    *General Remark*
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    Nu-hall shift, please do not stop the run unless he is asked to 
    do so by the north-counter-hall shift or the detector experts. 
    
    North-counter-hall shift, please tell the nu-hall shift clearly 
    if he has to stop or start the run.  In a case of a short beam stop 
    such as a linac down for about 10 minutes, do not ask the nu-hall 
    shift to stop the run. 
    
    
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    *Schedule*
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    ===Beam===
    Oct.08(Fri)15:00-18:00 No neutrino beam 
                       (Accelerator computer replacement, and beam tuning)
                  15:00            ; Dump-mode-change by HAYATO
                 ~18:00            ; Dump-mode-change by ISHII
    
    Since Oct.11(Mon) is a national holiday, the regular machine maintenance 
    moves to Tuesday. 
    
    Oct.12(Tue) 9:00       Neutrino beam stops
                   9:00            ; Dump-mode-change by ISHII
                9:00-      Machine maintenance, horn maintenance
               18:00-      Machine study (8GeV)
    Oct.13(Wed) 7:00-10:00 MR tuning
               10:00       After beam channel tuning, neutrino beam starts
                 ~10:00            ; Dump-mode-change by HAYATO
    
    
    ===Detector===
    Oct.08(Fri)15:00-18:00 SCIFI cosmic-ray run
    
    Oct.12(Tue) 9:00-      VETO temporary-PMT replacement, 
     -Oct.13(Wed) ~9:00    SCIFI work on the LED monitor and test run
    
    
    ===Shift===
    Nu-H shifts of Oct.12-A,B,C should do a hardware check once 
    and he is free.  
    NH-CR shifts of Oct.12-A,B,C are canceled. 
    
    Shift time at KEK (SK shift is a little different)
      A-shift : 9:00-17:15
      B-shift : 17:00-25:15
      C-shift : 25:00-9:15(next day)
    
    
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    *Reports from each subcomponent*
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    ===BEAM MONITOR=== (Sato)
    On Oct 1(Fri), beam tuning in 
    the neutrino beam line has been done by
    the beam channel group.
    After various timing and other checks,
    we have started data taking from 1AM, Saturday.
    Beam has stopped at 1AM on Sunday.
    Beam has resumed on Monday.
    After timing check and muon IC calibration,
    started data taking again.
    Beam has stopped due to earthquake on Wednesday
    night, but resumed soon. 
    >From 9AM today, operation in the dump mode
    because of accelerator tuning.
    Beam is back in the afternoon.
    
    Several bad NIM bin crates and other electronics
    have been replaced.
    
    Beam summary plots are in
    
    http://neutrino.kek.jp/~satohiro/k2k/mu_mon/summary/
    There are some spills with shifted muon center positions
    especially for the vertical direction.
    Reason will be investigated.
    
    
    ===MRD=== (Ishii)
    The MRD has been working well since the beginning of the beam. 
    The semi-online analysis shows that various distributions are OK. 
    
    
    ===1KT=== (Miura)
     On Oct. 2 22:00, a problem happened in 1kt DAQ.
    It was caused that signal from a Octal FANOUT 
    did not come. When we just plugged out and in the module,
    it was recovered. It seems that some connection was bad.
    >From that, we didnot see same trouble. For safety, we
     have already prepared spare module.
    
     I could not find any other problem.
    
    
    ===SCIFI,VETO=== (Iwashita)
    SciFi
    
    SciFi had no big trouble in this week.
    EL position calibration was successfully done.
    CR run analysis shows that all of IITs are working.
    
    VETO
    
    Just before the beam, one broken PMT was replaced with a temporary one. 
    It seems working. 
    The T0 distribution looks OK. 
    
    
    ===SCIBAR=== (S.Yamamoto)
    Just one day before beam resumption, we found one PMT was dead and replaced it with new one.
    After beam resumption, the detector and monitors are working well.
    So far we confirmed light yield is stable and same as that of previous runs.
    After the earthquake at last night, we checked the detector visually.
    We found no light leak and no dead channel, and the detector looks fine.
    
     
    ===SK=== (Obayashi)
    * Status of last one week: No big problem
    
    Oct.3  8:49 -  9:10 Test run for OD work to fix HV trip 
    
    * SK event candidates
     
    1 FC neutrino candidate is found in last 1 week.
    
    SKrun#   subrun#   event#  theta  Tdiff(us) Date      Time    
    24542        214   24172550 34.25     0.67 2004-10-04 20:10:33
    
    * Schedule for next week
    
    Nothing is requested so far.
    
    
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     SUMMARY of NORTH COUNTER HALL SHIFT  (Ishida)
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    Oct 02 2004 C shift T.Hasegawa
        01:06 Run Beam Tuning/Timing Tuning finished
              q68/TGTSPIC2 seems have huge noize. need investigation
              RUN 9078 started
        01:37 Start confirmation of timing at target station
              RUN 9079 started
        01:56 Finish timing check
              Start Normal run
              RUN 9080 started
        02:15 Injector to MR has trouble
              Beam Stop
        02:19 Beam resumed
              RUN 9081 started
        05:40 kicker problem
              Beam stop
        05:41 Beam resumed
              RUN 9082 started
        06:48 LINAC down
              Beam stop
        07:10 Beam resumed
              RUN 9083 started
    
    Oct 02 2004 A shift T.Ishii
        09:18 Run 9084 started
        09:21 Beam down due to an ion source failure
        09:24 RUN 9085 started
        09:30 Beam back
        09:53 Beam stopped for an accelerator study
        09:56 Run 9086 started
        16:55 Accelerator study finished
    
    Oct 02 2004 B shift Y.Oyama
       ~18:21 Various tuning and study
        18:21 Run 9098 started Normal run
        18:40 Beam stop due to linac down
        19:13 Beam recovered, Run 9099 started
        01:00 beam stop
    
    Oct 04 2004 B shift K. Nakamura
       ~21:39 Various tuning and study
        21:39 Run 9126 (normal) started
        23:21 EP1 first kicker down, beam stopped
    
    Oct 05 2004 C shift S.Yamamoto
        01:20 Beam recovered
              After beam recovered, timing signal from acc. was not delivered.
              (called acc. control)
              Run 9128-9132 are junk due to no trigger.
              No timing change (NH CT) was observed.
        01:50 Run 9133 started
        05:50 Linac down, beam stopped
              Run 9134 started.
        05:58 Beam was back.
    
    Oct 05 2004 A shift Y.Hayato
        09:03 Run 9135 start (shift change)
        11:50 Stop beam (To change broken NIM bin in the north counter hall)
        12:15 Run 9136 start
              Timing check at North counter hall, awabako, target station
              and muon pit.
              Timing at Target station was shifted ~15ns.
        13:09 Run 9137 start (Normal Run)
       ~15:40 Intensity was decreased
        16:10 Announce from Accelerator group
                 "MR tuning is now ongoing to increase the intensity"
        16:11 Run 9138 start
       ~16:30 no beam is coming....... (still tuning)
    
    Oct 05 2004 B shift K. Nakamura
        17:38 First dump mode
        18:45 Main ring tuning finished
       ~19:03 timing check, etc.
        19:03 Run 9139 started
    
    Oct 05 2004 C shift K.hiraide
        1:07 Run 9140 started
        5:15 Proton intensity is slightly low. I asked to accelerater
             people. They said "ion source is out of condition."
        6:00 bad timing event (1 spill)
    
    Oct 06 2004 A shift Y.Hayato
        9:05 1st dump mode (for MR tuning)
        9:05 Run 9141 started
      ~10:30 MR tuning finished
                1) Injection timing was tuned
                2) At the beginning of the acceleration,
                   RF seems to be unstable.
       10:30 MR injection kicker replacement work
       11:10 Run 9142 start (1st dump mode)
                Check timing -> ok
       11:35 Arc mode
       11:35 Run 9144 start
       11:45 Beam stopped due to the interlock (YEL804)
                NEW LINAC was performing aging....
       12:08 Run 9145 start (1st dump)
                Profile at the K6 target was shifted.
                BS3 was off.
                Beam channel group reset BS3 Power Supply.
       12:51 Run 9146 started
                Beam profile is ok.
       12:55 Arc mode
       12:55 Run 9147 start
       13:15 Linac down
       13:20 Beam start
       16:40 Intensity dropped due to ion source trouble.
       16:48 Run 9148 start
      ~16:50 Intensity recovered.
    
    Oct 06 2004 B shift K. Nakamura
       17:02 Run 9149 started (shift change)
       17:44 Run 9150 started (Changing run # reqested in order
             to check CT at the Awabako Hall.)
       18:00 Run 9151 started (CT check fibished.)
       18:24 Run 9152 started (Changing run # requested in order
             to check CT again at the Awabako Hall.)
       18:51 Run 9153 started (CT check finished)
       21:49 Booster H- dump down. Beam stopped.
       21:50 Run 9154 started, beam came back.no
       21:55 Ion source down, beam stopped.
             Run 9155 started
       21:57 Beam came back
       21:18 Beam intensity decreased due to ion source trouble
       21:22 Beam intensity recovered
       23:41 Earthquake!! Beam stopped.
             Run 9156 started
        0:03 Accelerator gets ready, but they don't have the safety
             signal from the beam channel. This is because EP1 BS6
             is off and IT STATUS is OFF.
             Called tonight's counter hall shift (T. Sato).
        0:35 EP1 BS6 on by T. Sato. Beam on
               After a few minutes, beam was turned off and the
               neutrino beam line was changed to the 1st dump mode.
               Found that q72 of the neutrino beam line is off.
    
    Oct 06 2004 C shift K. Hiraide
        1:22 liniac down
        Run 9157 started (arc mode)
        1:29 beam recovered
        1:43 Run 9158 started (normal mode)
        5:45 beam down
    	 injector is out of condition
    	 Run 9159 started (test mode)
        6:30 EP1 beam extraction for accelerator test
    	 MR is still under tuning
        6:47 Booster mode
        6:58 EP1 beam came back (still under tuning)
        8:07 horn is down
    	 I asked accelerator control to change to booster mode
        8:55 B31-47 power is down (call from Hayato@TS)
             Automatically changed to the 1st dump mode. This is the
             reason why the horn was down.
    
    Oct 07 2004 A shift T.Ishida
       09:45 Operation in 1st dump mode
             Accelerator tuning starts (no beam)
             Run 9160 started (shift change, no beam)
       10:55 Ion source tuning -> beam back in 10:57
       12:05 CT check at awabako
             Run 9161 starts (no beam)
       12:10 Acc. tuning finished without improvements.
             Meintenance will take place tomorrow, 15:00-17:00.
       12:18 CT check status
             Timing is fine (awabako ch0 312 nsec) but ADC/NIM-bin is
             being replaced.
       12:55 Linac down -> beam back in 13:00
    
    
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     SUMMARY OF NEUTRINO HALL SHIFT  (Juneho Choi)
    ==============================================================================
    Here is the runsummary of this week.
    
    run #   6000 (      2004/10/1 19:16 -      2004/10/1 20:33 )
         Horn: H1 =   1.70 H2 =   1.00 , Main Ring:   0.00 , Target   0.00
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                                 Test run
         comment(stop) :                                 Bad beam
    run #   6002 (      2004/10/1 20:35 -      2004/10/2 00:05 )
         Horn: H1 =   0.00 H2 =   0.00 , Main Ring:   5.00 , Target   0.00
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                       Test run (FGD DAQ)
         comment(stop) :                           Changed timing
    run #   6003 (     2004/10/02 00:07 -     2004/10/02 00:22 )
         Horn: H1 = 250.00 H2 = 250.00 , Main Ring:   3.80 , Target   3.50
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                                 Test run
         comment(stop) :                              end of test
    run #   6004 (     2004/10/02 00:22 -     2004/10/02 01:03 )
         Horn: H1 = 250.00 H2 = 250.00 , Main Ring:   3.00 , Target   2.50
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                                 Test run
         comment(stop) :                              end of test
    run #   6005 (      2004/10/02/1:05 -                    ? )
         Horn: H1 = 250.00 H2 = 253.00 , Main Ring:   3.20 , Target   0.00
         Shift         :                               C (Gomez)
    
         comment(start):                              physics run
         comment(stop) :                                        ?
    run #   6012 (     2004/10/02 23:00 -     2004/10/03 01:00 )
         Horn: H1 = 245.00 H2 = 250.00 , Main Ring:   4.35 , Target   4.26
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                               Normal run
         comment(stop) :                Main Ring Study till 9:00
    run #   6013 (          2004/10/04  -                      )
         Horn: H1 = 248.80 H2 = 248.90 , Main Ring:   4.54 , Target   4.40
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                               Normal run
         comment(stop) :                                         
    run #   6013 (     2004/10/04 19:50 -     2004/10/04 23:35 )
         Horn: H1 = 248.80 H2 = 248.90 , Main Ring:   4.54 , Target   4.40
         Shift         :                           M.Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                       Normal physics run
         comment(stop) :                                 Beam off
    run #   6014 (           2004/10/05 -     2004/10/05 11:49 )
         Horn: H1 = 248.69 H2 = 248.58 , Main Ring:   4.49 , Target   4.42
         Shift         :                                 Novella
    
         comment(start):                                         
         comment(stop) :    North Counter Hall called to stop run
    run #   6015 (     2004/10/05 12:47 -     2004/10/05 16:31 )
         Horn: H1 = 248.10 H2 = 247.90 , Main Ring:   5.00 , Target   1.60
         Shift         :                               R. Helmer
    
         comment(start):                  DAQ problems to begin. 
         comment(stop) : Beam down, should be back up within an hour
    run #   6016 (     2004/10/05 19:05 -     2004/10/06 07:05 )
         Horn: H1 = 248.30 H2 = 247.80 , Main Ring:   4.25 , Target   4.10
         Shift         :                          M. Khabibullin
    
         comment(start):                               Normal run
         comment(stop) :                                         
    run #   6017 (     2004/10/06 07:07 -     2004/10/06/09/05 )
         Horn: H1 = 248.08 H2 = 247.92 , Main Ring:   3.94 , Target   3.84
         Shift         :                                 Novella
    
         comment(start):                                         
         comment(stop) :            request by north conter shift
    run #   6018 (     2004/10/06/11:40 -     2004/10/06/11:50 )
         Horn: H1 = 249.00 H2 = 248.00 , Main Ring:   4.80 , Target   4.20
         Shift         :                                J.H.Choi
    
         comment(start):                                   Normal
         comment(stop) :                             Beam trouble
    run #   6019 (     2004/10/06 13:08 -     2004/10/06 23:45 )
         Horn: H1 = 250.00 H2 = 249.00 , Main Ring:   4.90 , Target   4.50
         Shift         :                                J.H.Choi
    
         comment(start):                               Normal run
         comment(stop) :            Beam off due to an earthquake
    run #   6020 (     2004/10/07 01:48 -     2004/10/07 05:48 )
         Horn: H1 = 248.30 H2 = 248.10 , Main Ring:   5.11 , Target   4.90
         Shift         :                                 Novella
    
         comment(start):                                         
         comment(stop) :                                 Beam off
    
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