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# CDC analysis update (Beni, Simon)
 
# CDC analysis update (Beni, Simon)
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## Alignment:  Fall'14:  [https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/File:Cdc_alignment_fall2014.pdf]  Spring'15:[https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/File:Cdc_alignment_spring15.png]
 
# FDC analysis update (Lubomir)  
 
# FDC analysis update (Lubomir)  
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#* Up/Down strip asymmetry [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC1Cell1_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC1Cell3_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC1Cell5_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC2Cell2_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC2Cell3_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC2Cell4_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC2Cell5_udratio.pdf], [http://www.jlab.org/Hall-D/detector/fdc/spring2015run/FDC2Cell6_udratio.pdf]
 
# Electronics
 
# Electronics
 
# Engineering
 
# Engineering
 
#* Power outage preparations
 
#* Power outage preparations
 
# Other
 
# Other
 
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= Minutes =
 
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Participants: Curtis, Naomi (CMU), Sean (NU), Luke, Fernando, Mike, Dave, Chris, Nick, Simon, and Lubomir (JLab).
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Participants: Curtis (CMU), Sean (NU), Eugene, Luke, Dave, Chris, Nick, Simon, Beni, Fernando, and Lubomir (JLab).
  
== Gas puzzle ==
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== CDC analysis update ==
  
- Last CO2 results linked above. CDC percentage was stable during the run at ~52-53% level. After the end of the run the sensor was moved to the tagger hall and connected to the spare package with 40% CO2, but it was showing 37-38%.  
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- Simon showed new alignment results and compared them to the results for the fall 2014 run. For the new alignment he used external (BCAL) tracking, for the old - tracking from the CDC itself. One can see that in the new results the offsets are smaller - few hundreds microns, while in the old results there are groups of straws with offsets of ~600 microns.
  
== CDC update ==
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- Curtis has seen recent results from Mike using Millepede package: the offsets are randomly distributed, not in groups as it is in the Simon's results. Will discuss this when Mike is back.
  
- Mike showed results from the spring run for the CDC efficiencies (linked above) as function of distance to the wire and path length. Compared to the fall run and taken into account that the lower gain (due to the gas having more CO2) there's effectively increase in the efficiency thanks to the HV filter boxes. Two HV card showed some problems at the end of the run; Mike will look at this.
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== FDC update ==
  
== FDC update ==
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- Lubomir looked at the ratio of the charge on the upper and down cathodes from the last run data. Plots above show the ratio for the first and second package - certainly there are systematic variations as a function of the wire position. Similar variations were observed for the residuals of the cathode reconstructed wire positions, but for the up/down ratio the variations are different in magnitude for the different packages. We discussed whether it may come from the wires having variation in their up/down positioning (defined by the inner side of the PC boards where the wires are glued), or these are some effects of the cathodes.
  
- Lubomir compared the efficiencies from the fall and spring run, the latter with two HV settings 2200 and 2250, there's no visible change in the efficiency meaning no need to work at 2250V. Some of the bad channels in the third package started working by unknown reasons (last figure).  
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- It has been decided to continue the studies of the TR with the spare FDC package, this time it will be installed in the Hall on the platform at the pair spectrometer left arm (looking downstream). The shielding behind the PS counters will be modified to have an opening for the spare package placed behind it and additional shielding will be placed right behind the package. Fernando asked about extra electronics/cables needed for this; most of the stuff exists in the present set-up in the tagger.
  
 
== Electronics ==
 
== Electronics ==
  
- Fernando proposed to start discussing if we can turn off some of the equipment during till the next run. CDC will take cosmics, then we will decide.
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- Nick: in the past weeks a CDC HV module was replaced, due to one channel not seeing the right hardware limit. However, the new HV module showed a weired behavior - voltage not stable on all the channels - so the module was replaced, as well.
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== Engineering ==
  
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- In preparations for the power outage Beni reduced the gas flow of the CDC by 50% and of the FDC by 40%. Luke verified that the chambers are still bubbling. According to the tests last week done by Mark Stevens and Dave, this will be enough for the gas system with the new UPS to survive the 4h power outage. For the long power outage generators will be used. All the HV and LV are off and also Beni turned off all the VXS and HV crates.

Latest revision as of 12:33, 15 June 2015

June 11, 2015 Drift Chamber meeting

Connection

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

Agenda

  1. CDC analysis update (Beni, Simon)
    1. Alignment: Fall'14: [2] Spring'15:[3]
  2. FDC analysis update (Lubomir)
  3. Electronics
  4. Engineering
    • Power outage preparations
  5. Other

Minutes

Participants: Curtis (CMU), Sean (NU), Eugene, Luke, Dave, Chris, Nick, Simon, Beni, Fernando, and Lubomir (JLab).

CDC analysis update

- Simon showed new alignment results and compared them to the results for the fall 2014 run. For the new alignment he used external (BCAL) tracking, for the old - tracking from the CDC itself. One can see that in the new results the offsets are smaller - few hundreds microns, while in the old results there are groups of straws with offsets of ~600 microns.

- Curtis has seen recent results from Mike using Millepede package: the offsets are randomly distributed, not in groups as it is in the Simon's results. Will discuss this when Mike is back.

FDC update

- Lubomir looked at the ratio of the charge on the upper and down cathodes from the last run data. Plots above show the ratio for the first and second package - certainly there are systematic variations as a function of the wire position. Similar variations were observed for the residuals of the cathode reconstructed wire positions, but for the up/down ratio the variations are different in magnitude for the different packages. We discussed whether it may come from the wires having variation in their up/down positioning (defined by the inner side of the PC boards where the wires are glued), or these are some effects of the cathodes.

- It has been decided to continue the studies of the TR with the spare FDC package, this time it will be installed in the Hall on the platform at the pair spectrometer left arm (looking downstream). The shielding behind the PS counters will be modified to have an opening for the spare package placed behind it and additional shielding will be placed right behind the package. Fernando asked about extra electronics/cables needed for this; most of the stuff exists in the present set-up in the tagger.

Electronics

- Nick: in the past weeks a CDC HV module was replaced, due to one channel not seeing the right hardware limit. However, the new HV module showed a weired behavior - voltage not stable on all the channels - so the module was replaced, as well.

Engineering

- In preparations for the power outage Beni reduced the gas flow of the CDC by 50% and of the FDC by 40%. Luke verified that the chambers are still bubbling. According to the tests last week done by Mark Stevens and Dave, this will be enough for the gas system with the new UPS to survive the 4h power outage. For the long power outage generators will be used. All the HV and LV are off and also Beni turned off all the VXS and HV crates.