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Accelerator Update for March 5, 2007 - March 7, 2007 |
Monday March 5 The day shift began with Operations monitoring the Recycler stash (300.0E10), with the Antiproton Source (Pbar) not stacking (8.0E10) due to a target problem, with the Booster, Linac, Main Injector (MI), and Recycler operating normally, with MiniBooNE off, with NuMI taking beam, and with D-Zero (D0) and the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) waiting for the colliding beams. Operations prepared the CDF and D0 collision halls for access at 8:20 AM. At 8:33 AM, a Linac RF station (LRF2) tripped off. Experts investigated and reset the station. Operations prepared Pbar for access at 9:35 AM to repair the target rotation problem. Pbar experts reported at 10:17 AM that they found a LCW leak. LCW technicians were notified and they repaired the leak. Pbar experts reported at 10:54 AM that they had completed their work on the target. D0 came out of access at 10:57 AM. Operations halted the NuMI beam briefly at 11:04 AM, so the experiment could prepare for their 11 batch slipstacking studies. The studies began about 30 minutes later. Experts worked on a Tevatron (TeV) quadrupole power supply (T:QDD1) and discovered a loose connection on a transformer for the power supply’s phase circuitry. The experts reported at 11:19 AM that the loose connection was the cause of the phase loss trip on Saturday. Operations established beam to the Meson MTest area for studies at 11:25 AM. The Neutron Therapy Facility (NTF) reported at 12:09 PM that they treated their last patient for the day. CDF came out of access at 12:14 PM. The NuMI studies ended at 12:34 PM. NuMI resumed normal operations. Operations put the TeV through a dry squeeze at 12:54 PM. Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 1:30 PM. At 2:57 PM, a Booster RF station (BRF6) tripped off. It reset. At 3:19 PM, the NuMI beam permit tripped off due to a power supply’s current (QD108) drifting low. It reset. Operations established store 5264 at 3:38 PM with an initial luminosity of 241.67E30. Operations reported at 3:59 PM that the Recycler had stashed antiprotons once during the day shift. Operations reported at 5:08 PM that MI experts were conducting barrier bucket studies and that Recycler experts were conducting Electron Coolingg studies. At 5:29 PM, a Linac Klystron RF station (KRF1) tripped off on a LCW flow fault. While investigating, operators discovered that KRF5 had tripped off on reflective power. Both stations were brought back on line. At 6:16 PM, Operations reported that the Pbar dry engine had tripped off. Operations contacted cryo system techs at CHL who called in an expert to repair the engine. At 6:36 PM, NuMI tripped off due to a bad beam position on their target. It reset. MI studies ended at 6:58 PM. Cryo system techs reported at 7:57 PM that they had reset the Pbar dry engine drive controller and that the engine was running. At 9:04 PM, KRF6 tripped off. It reset. At 9:40 PM, LRF4 tripped off. An expert reset the station and ran it slowly up to its normal gradient. At 11:39 PM, LRF4 tripped off. It reset. At 11:40 PM, KRF5 tripped off. It reset. Operations reported at midnight that the Recycler had stashed twice during the evening shift. Tuesday March 6 The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 5264 (89.83E30) the stash (119.5E10), with Pbar stacking (30.8E10), and with NuMI taking beam. At 12:41 AM, BRF6 tripped off. It reset. At 2:39 AM, BRF7 tripped off. It reset. At 3:47 AM, BRF10 tripped off on a supply ground fault. It reset. At 6:47 AM, there was a series of trips starting with LRF4 that including KRF1, 3, and 4 that lasted for about 30 minutes. Everything eventually reset. Switchyard (SY) experts began taking study beam at 7:21 AM. Operations reported at 7:56 AM that the Recycler had stashed three times during the midnight shift. At 8:32 AM, LRF1 tripped off. It reset. At 9:39 AM, MIRF14 tripped off. It reset. At 10:03 AM, a TeV sector F17 dipole power supply (I:F17B3) tripped off. This problem halted beam to Pbar. (Beam transfers between Pbar and MI go through F sector.) Operations switched to a NuMI only timeline. An expert investigated and found a faulty pressure relief valve alarm; he bypassed the alarm. Beam to Pbar resumed at 10:24 AM. At 12:26 PM, a Pbar Debuncher RF station (DRF1-7) tripped off and wouldn’t reset. An expert investigated, replaced a power supply, and had the station back up by 12:59 PM. At 1:30 PM, the TeV leak alarm sounded. The sector A3 LCW supply pressure also alarmed. Operators and water techs searched the service buildings, but found no leaks. Operations reported at 1:50 PM that by using humidity readings they found the LCW leak; it was in Pbar’s PreVault area. Operators halted stacking and then prepared the area for an access. Operations reported at 2:35 PM that the Pbar LCW leak was on water line that fed D:H926. The LCW system lost about 970 gallons. LCW techs reported at 3:16 PM that they had repaired the PreVault leak. Pbar resumed stacking at 3:26 PM. At 3:45 PM, LRF3 tripped off. An expert reset the station. Operations reported at 4:07 PM that the Recycler had stashed twice during the day shift. Meson experts completed their MTest beam studies at 5:12 PM. Operations terminated store 5264 at 6:02 PM. Operations put the TeV into shot setup at 6:16 PM. At 7:26 PM, Operations reported problems with TeV proton coalescing. Operations contacted experts who reported that the problem was with cavity #3. They replaced a bad amplifier. Normal coalescing resumed at 9:05 PM. At 9:14 PM, KRF3 tripped off. It reset. Operations established store 5265 at 10:31 PM with an initial luminosity of 249.84E30. At 11:57 PM, KRF5 tripped off. It reset. Operations reported at midnight that the Recycler had stashed twice during the evening shift. Wednesday March 7 The midnight shift began with Operations monitoring store 5265 (181.06E30) and the stash (81.8E10), with Pbar stacking (32.7E10), and with NuMI taking beam. At 12:13 AM, KRF3 tripped off. It reset. At 1:57 AM, the MI beam permit tripped off for the first of five times in six hours due to the MI-8 collimators. The permit reset each time. At 3:31 AM, NuMI tripped off due to bad beam positions. It reset. At 4 AM, KRF5 tripped off. It reset. At 4:49 AM, BRF7 & 8 tripped off due to a vacuum pump trip. Everything reset. Operations reported at 7:55 AM that the Recycler had stashed three times during the midnight shift. The Plans for Wednesday The plans for today are to repair a power supply LCW leak (V901) that just occurred and is holding off a stash. After the repair and stash, Pbar experts will conduct a four-hour reverse proton study. The next store will go in late this evening or early on the midnight shift. TeV experts will conduct an end-of-store study. 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