MOM Report

Paul Hodgson

Paul Soler

Victoria Blackmore

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MOM Schedule

MICE Operations Manager Starting Date Ending Date

Alain Blondel and Victoria Blackmore Mo 17 Jan Tu 15 Feb

Ray Gamet Mo 14 Feb Tu 1st Mar

Paul Hodgson Mo 28 Feb Tu 29 Mar

Paul Soler Mo 28 Mar Tu 12 Apr

Victoria Blackmore Mo 11 Apr Tu 26 Apr

Linda Coney Mo 25 Apr Tu 24 May

Yağmur Torun Mo 23 May Tu 7 June

Victoria Blackmore Mo 6 June Tu 5 July

Yağmur Torun Mo 4 July Tu 19 July

Pierrick Hanlet Mo 18 Jul Tu 16 Aug

Roumen Tsenov Mo 15 Aug Tu 13 Sep

Linda Coney Mo 12 Sep Tu 27 Sep

Giorgio Cecchet Mo 26 Sep Tu 25 Oct

Linda Coney Mo 24 Oct Tu 22 Nov

Yordan Karadzhov Mo 21 Nov 23 Dec (End of RUN + 1 day)VC-139: 14/04/11 2/8

MICE Shift (24/03/11) Shift went well, most systems tested.. Dry run for PPS in Hall:

Full walkthrough Hall under MICE control Need intercom and documentation Licensing 1st June

Full beamline/DAQ test BPM not able to be tested. HV misconfigured after EPICS tests.

Two CAEN SY127 crates and CAEN SY527 were meant to be daisychained together.

CAEN SY527 still out for repair CAEN SY127 crates now connected together (as instructed

by Pierrick)

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Rack Room Henry removed MICE DAQ PCs from their rack (grid

data mover PC, micestore, miceacq* servers and DAQ KVM system).

Currently in R76. Old rack has been moved, new one installed. PCs will be moved back v. soon (today/tomorrow). Consequences:

No data taking until they’ve been reinstalled. KVM box has been removed, so machines connecting

through it need a local keyboard and monitor (miceraid1&2, micecss1, micepps2, targetctl1)

No backups of eLog, MICEmine (micestore removed) Cannot test BPM again until systems reinstalled.

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Target in R78 (T2.6)

Ran successfully for 1.14M actuations Started getting stuck (theory: thermal

expansion of bearings) Target dismantled on 05/04/11 for inspection

(note: no dust seen) Target now back in R78 with (ever so) slightly

looser bearings as of 13/04/11 Target stopped daily between 11am to 12pm for a

more realistic test of its performance

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Magnets & Hydrogen System

Beam magnets Water tank on roof had a leak in the trench (next to air

receiver) -- fixed by John Govans Q6 water still off until repaired (next week!)

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Hydrogen system Matt Hills is commissioning

the hydrogen system with the test cryostat.

Hydrogen line developed a leak, now located (theory: ice in the system?)

Fixing this is in hand (Mike Courthold/Matt Hills)

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Future Work

Lots happening in the Hall Hydrogen system testing, new floor installation… Preparation for ISIS shutdown next week and

access to the DSA. Substation upgrade soon!

Hall will be without power for a few weeks in May

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Run Plan ISIS schedule:

1 March – 14 April 2011: ISIS run 15 April – 17 April 2011: machine physics 18 April – 1 May 2011: Easter shutdown 2 May – 8 May: run up and machine physics 9 May 2011: machine permits

10 May – 9 June 2011: ISIS run 10 June – 12 June 2011: machine physics 13 June – 26 June 2011: shutdown 27 June – 3 July: run up and machine physics 4 July 2011: machine permits

5 July – 4 August 2011: ISIS run 5 August – 7 August 2011: machine physics 8 August – 4 September 2011: shutdown? (subject to change)

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