Machine Studies

Schedule for Run03-1, 2008

September 24th 0800 – October 1st 0800



Time

Descriptions

Studiers

SR Status


Tuesday, 9/23/08 (pre-studies)



1000-1400

Initial Setup of 35-BM Pinhole camera image

Yang

Stored Beam & Top-up


Wednesday, 9/24/08



0600-0800

BM Xbpm checkout

Hahne

Stored Beam

0800-1200

BPLD validations

Bui

Stored Beam & Inj.

1200-1400

Booster training

Karl

Occ. Inj.

1200-1500

X-ray BPM checkout

Hahne

Stored Beam & Occ. Inj.

1500-1900

RF BPM checkout

Decker/Sun

Stored Beam & Inj.

1900-2300

CPU multipole alignment measurement (324 singlets)

Emery

Stored Beam & Occ. Inj.

2300-2400

CPU dipole correction (324 singlets)

Emery

Stored Beam & Inj.


Thursday, 9/25/08



0000-0300

CPU dipole correction (324 singlets)

Emery

Stored beam & inj.

0300-0500

Booster training

Fystro

Occ. Inj.

0500-0700

OPEN



0700-0800

Shut down equipment in preparation for Booster Studies

OPS

No beam

0800-1400

Booster Dipole study

Yao, Guang

No beam

0800-1000

Update SCRs for different LINAC modes

Pasky

No beam

0900-1300

Verify changes on setting ID gaps to minimum scripts

Shang, Schroeder

No beam

1400-2000

Unexpected repairs to Booster kicker and S24A:H3

PS Group

No beam

2000-2200

Determine RF power needed for closing gaps to minimum values

Schroeder, RF Group

Stored beam & top-up

2200-2400

Orbit Recovery

Decker/Sun

Stored beam & Inj.


Friday, 9/26/08



1600-2200

Orbit Recovery

Decker/Sun

Stored beam & injection

0200-0400

Booster training

Fystro

Occ. Inj.

0200-0900

Beta function correction and model measurement (stored beam only for 1st two hours)

Sajaev

Stored beam & injection

0900-1300

Test P0 feedback electronics and FPGA firmware (single bunch)

Yao, DiMonte

Stored beam & Inj.

1300-1500

Booster training

Karl

Occ. Injection

1300-1500

Shielding verification 16-ID-E (requires shutters open) Max 50mA

Ramanathan/ UES

Stored Beam

1300-1700

Calibrate and align new setup for 30-ID beamline optimization (shutters open), Max 50mA

Ramanathan

Stored Beam

1700-2000

Initial calibration of Cerenkov detectors

Yang

Stored Beam & Injection

2000-2400

CPU testing + initial test of corrector punch down software

Emery

Stored Beam & injection


Saturday, 9/27/08



0000-0300

Test S24A:H3 in operations mode

P.S. Group

No beam

0300-0600

OPEN



0600-1000

LCLS-BLM prototype studies

Yang, Dooling

Stored beam & injection

1000-1200

Set-up bunch purity

Yang

Stored beam & injection

1200-1800

X-bpm database work

Decker

Stored beam & injection

1800-2400

Instability study with all RHB lattice (24 singlets)

Harkay

Stored beam & inj.


Sunday, 9/28/08



0000-0900

OPEN



0900-1700

PC Gun Studies

Sereno, Lumpkin

No injection

1700-2100

300MeV top up test

Sereno, Emery

Stored beam & inj.

2100-2400

Cerenkov Detector Studies

Yang, Emery

Stored beam & inj.


Monday 9/29/08



0000-0400

OPEN



0400-0800

Beam loss for unstable beams (24 singlets and maybe 324 singlets)

Harkay, Dooling

Occ. Injection

0800-0900

Trace fiber signal in Linac timing

Pietryla

No Injection

0800-0830

Prepare for Access

Ops

No Access

0800-1200

PSS shutter checkouts

SI Group

No Beam

0900-1100

Booster training (booster beam needed)

Fystro

No Beam

0830-1130

Install radiation shielding on S9&12 IDs

Merritt/ Grimmer

Zone B Access

1000-1200

Restore booster tune measurement after equipment change (booster beam needed)

Yao

No beam

1000-1200

Test ID optimization intensity script

Shang, Schroeder

No beam

1200-1500

Possible Zone A Access to move S4 CPU

Merritt/ Grimmer

No beam

1500-2300

Final Orbit recovery

Decker

Stored Beam, Top-Up

2300-2400

Top-up verification (gaps closed to user values)

OPS

Stored Beam, Top-Up


Tuesday 9/30/08



2400-0600

Top-up verification (gaps closed to user values)

OPS

Stored beam, Top-up

0600-1000

Test P0 feedback electronics and FPGA firmware (single bunch)

Yao, DiMonte

Stored beam & Inj.

1000-1300

Test new version of corrector punchdown with datapool only

Yao, Shang

Stored beam & Injection

1300-1500

Steering optimation with 30-ID, max. 50mA (shutters open required)

Ramanathan, Ops

Stored beam

1500-1900

Final set-up of pinhole camera

Yang

Stored beam & injection

1900-2300

Optimize injection

Emery

Stored beam & injection

2300-2400

OPEN




Wednesday 10/01/08



0000-0600

OPEN



0600-0800

Prepare for User Operations (24 singlets – Top-up)

Ops

Stored Beam & Injection