Machine Studies
Schedule for Run25-1, 2026
January 20th 0800 – January 27th, 0800
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Descriptions |
Studiers |
SR Status |
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026 |
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0000-0400 |
General machine start-up |
Technical groups |
No Stored Beam |
0400-0800 |
General machine start-up |
Technical groups |
No Stored Beam |
0800-0900 |
0.5 mA MPS validation with all SR RF systems |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0900-0900 |
Check MOFB 5 mA |
Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0900-1200 |
BM BPLD validations 5 mA |
Bui, Shang, Smith |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1400 |
Dimtel LFB/TFB timing checks 1 mA |
Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1400-1600 |
S38 S40 collimator positioning using postmortems 5 mA |
Borland |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600 |
Setup BLS tuning for 200 mA before filling > 20 mA |
Fuerst |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-2400 |
RF conditioning with beam with 216 bunches. All cavities running of course |
Emery Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
LFB setup for 216 bunches |
Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026 |
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0000-0800 |
RF conditioning with beam with 216 bunches. 200 mA |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0800 |
Parasitic bunch length measurement with S37 fast scope |
Cheng, Sun |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Start of machine studies |
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0800-1200 |
Booster chromaticity/dispersion |
Calvey, Fors, Shang |
No stored beam |
0800-1200 |
M1/M2 MPS interface test. Need to condition S:M (whole ring) afterward |
Paskvan, Kreps |
No stored beam |
1200-1400 |
HOM investigations for S36 temperatures around 84.5 deg F at 200 mA (previously done only at 130 mA last run) |
Kallakuri, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1400-1600 |
LB+ spike removal testing |
Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
Orbit response and optics correction |
Emery, Xu, Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Thursday, January 29, 2026 |
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0000-0400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0800 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1200 |
PTB trajectory at high charge |
Calvey, Cheng, Puttkammer, Mohsen |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
1200-2400 |
BLS quench investigations when beam is available |
Fuerst, Kelly, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Friday, January 30, 2026 |
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0000-0200 |
Evaluate several sextupole configurations |
Borland, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0200-0600 |
Open |
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0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1000 |
Stored beam monitor tests with decay |
Berkland Fystro |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1000-1400 |
PAR diagnostics checkouts. (Tune measurement, BDM, SLM) |
Mohsen, Dooling |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
1400-1800 |
RG1 study |
Yine |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
FOFB: Orbit stability data with anti-aliasing filter |
Carwardine |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Saturday, January 31, 2026 |
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0000-0200 |
Evaluate several sextupole configurations |
Borland, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0200-0600 |
Open |
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0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1400 |
HOM search in sectors other than sector 36 <120 mA |
Kallakuri, Emery |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
1400-1800 |
Measure the PAR bunch duration at high charge using the streak camera. |
Dooling, Wootton, Lumpkin |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
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1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
Test minor loops for sextupoles using chromaticity measurements, for various loop sizes and speeds |
Borland |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
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0000-0200 |
Evaluate several sextupole configurations |
Borland, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0200-0600 |
Open |
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0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1400 |
RG2 beam to booster by-pass |
Yine |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
1400-1800 |
FOFB study in S03 |
Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
Optimization of lifetime and injection efficiency using MOBO (using sextupole minor loop results) |
Kuklev, Emery, Borland |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Monday, February 2, 2026 |
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0000-0400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0600 |
Final check of lattice |
Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0600-0800 |
Prepare for User Beam Operations 200 mA – 216 bunches |
OPS |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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