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- Mike was working on a tool to view the signals from the fADC125 modules in a single crate using the built-in pulser. Mike is also working on the CDC efficiency, it's >90% if require the track to be at <1mm to the wire.  
 
- Mike was working on a tool to view the signals from the fADC125 modules in a single crate using the built-in pulser. Mike is also working on the CDC efficiency, it's >90% if require the track to be at <1mm to the wire.  
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== FDC update ==
 
== FDC update ==
  
- We had 6 hours of very productive running (runs 2241-2244 total of ~2.5M events or 1.5M good tracks) with no field and FCAL&TOF trigger. We used 2x10^-5 radiator with 100nA, above this the FDC would trip from time to time at 5uA threshold. The tracks projected on the TOF are shown above: few more active TOF paddles on the right are visible, also the inner +/-12cm FCAL blocks were excluded from the trigger.
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- Second plot above shows the drift time from the first and fourth packages. One can see a time difference of ~8.5ns, while one would expect ~5.3ns (156cm between packages) for relativistic particles. If true we are dealing with low energy stuff, i.e. 100-200MeV pions??? Another issue in the plot: 5ns structure in the timing??
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- Vlad showed plots from the latest runs indicating that we have much more hits per event with the new FCAL&TOF trigger compared with the previous runs with FCAL or BCAL trigger (first plot). Also he showed that for the gain calibration most likely one needs at least 60k hits per plane, the gain coefficient distributions are wider with lower statistics.
 
- Vlad showed plots from the latest runs indicating that we have much more hits per event with the new FCAL&TOF trigger compared with the previous runs with FCAL or BCAL trigger (first plot). Also he showed that for the gain calibration most likely one needs at least 60k hits per plane, the gain coefficient distributions are wider with lower statistics.
  
== High luminosity studies ==
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== Electronics ==
 
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- The contribution of the active target to the current in the CDC is more than a factor of five as compared at 1x10^-4 radiator and 100nA, 1200A. The pedestal sagging was correspondingly lower. At the maximum luminosity at 3x10^-4 and 150nA the sagging was an most 30 fADC units. At this luminosity, in the FDC currents didn't exceed 5uA per HV channel and we observed some minor pile-up of a few fADC units on the most inner long strips. All this means that when having vacuum in front of the magnet there will be no problems to operate the drift chambers at the GLueX nominal "low luminosity".
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== Other ==
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- The FDC chiller will be shipped for repair first week of January. We expect it back at the end of February. Curtis: according to Eugene the spring run for Hall D will start at the beginning of April.  
 
- The FDC chiller will be shipped for repair first week of January. We expect it back at the end of February. Curtis: according to Eugene the spring run for Hall D will start at the beginning of April.  
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- Naomi asked about the plans for reducing the noise from the CAEN HV modules: Chris and Nick are planing to work on re-routing the HV cables in the CDC, Fernando discussed with Eugene the option for installation of filters on the back of the modules.
 
- Naomi asked about the plans for reducing the noise from the CAEN HV modules: Chris and Nick are planing to work on re-routing the HV cables in the CDC, Fernando discussed with Eugene the option for installation of filters on the back of the modules.
  
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== Engineering ==
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- The FDC chiller is ready for shipping (or has been shipped), expect it back in 6-7 weeks.
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- We discussed options for turning off the power of the FDC chiller in case the temperature of the Fluorinert is out of the limits. On the next day Dave looked into this and decided the do something he's doing for HallB: external box that is plugged between the outlet and the chiller (note: 208V three phases 30A). It has a relay inside controlled by the PLC system that is taking the temperature from the epics readings of the chiller. 
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== Other ==
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- Eugene expects from the drift chamber groups results on: efficiency, alignment, resolution, by the end of the month.

Revision as of 18:53, 9 January 2015

December 18, 2014 FDC+CDC meeting

Connection

  1. Instructions for Bluejeans meeting connection
  2. FDC meeting ID: 290664653
  3. To join via a Web Browser, go to the page [1] https://bluejeans.com/290664653.

Agenda

  1. CDC update (Mike)
Energy vs Time Ring10
Energy vs Time Ring10 projection1
Energy vs Time Ring10 projection2
Energy vs Time Ring10 projection3
Energy vs Time Ring10 projection4
Energy vs Time Ring10 projection5


  1. FDC update gas difference, gain calibration(Lubomir, Vlad)
  2. Other:electronics, engineering