Machine Studies
Schedule for Run26-2, 2026
May 21st 0800 – May 27th, 0800
Time |
Descriptions |
Studiers |
SR Status |
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Thursday, May 21, 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 ID gaps open MPS validation with all SR RF systems |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0900-0900 |
Check MOFB 5 mA ID gaps open |
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 ID gaps closed from here on |
Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1400-1600 |
S38 collimator positioning using postmortems 5 mA |
Borland, Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600 |
Setup BLS tuning for 200 mA before filling > 20 mA |
Emery Fuerst |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-2400 |
RF conditioning with beam with 216 bunches. S36 cavities phases roughly optimized. Need to maintain BLS 1.0 MV. |
Emery Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
LFB setup for 216 bunches at moderate current (could start later than expected) |
Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Friday, May 22, 2026 |
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0000-0700 |
RF conditioning with beam with 216 bunches. 200 mA |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0700 |
Parasitic bunch length measurement with S37 fast scope (could start earlier) |
Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0700-0800 |
Setup BEFI |
Bruno |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Start of machine studies proper |
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0800-0945 |
M1/M2 interlock test with beam |
Borland Smith |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0945-1000 |
BEFI final check with shutters open |
Bruno, floor coordinators |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1000-1200 |
Checkout simultaneous steerings for IDs, Also add FOFB setpoint PVs to knobs |
Emery Shang |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1400 |
Empirical coefficients of CU steering |
Emery Shang |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1400-1600 |
Test different swap-out intervals and injector enable times. |
Berkland Fystro |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1900 |
BTS quad scan measurement + camera setup |
Chenran |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-2200 |
Orbit response and optics correction. (split time with above to allow calculations) |
Emery, Xu, Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2200-0200 |
Long term stability with MOFB off |
Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Saturday, May 23, 2026 |
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0200-0400 |
BPM offset measurement. S23BP0 and S30AP5 |
Emery Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0600 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1200 |
Testing S09 FOFB setup for user operations. Check with ID steering. |
Carwardine Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1600 |
BLS quench investigation of 130 mA decays in 48 bunches |
Emery Fuerst |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1900 |
ID perturbation measurement that includes ID01, during linac study |
Emery |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
1600-1900 |
linac beam emittance |
Chenran |
Stored Beam & No Injection |
1900-2100 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2100-2400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
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Sunday, May 24, 2026 |
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0000-0400 |
SR magnet family conditioning out of order with orbit response measurement |
Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0200-0600 |
Open |
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0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1000 |
MPS ready fault while injecting the 1st bunch |
Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1000-1200 |
BPM sum versus bunch length. Need to very RF voltages. |
Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-2400 |
Low-beta lattice commissioning |
Borland Emery Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Monday, May 25, 2026 |
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0000-0200 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0200-0600 |
Open |
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0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1100 |
HOM search in sector 40 |
Kallakuri, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1100-1300 |
Optimize S36 phases more precisely with f_s measurements |
Kallakuri, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1300-1600 |
Grow-damp measurements of LFB |
Kallakuri, Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1800 |
Open |
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1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026 |
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0000-0500 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0500-0600 |
FOFB operator training |
Berkland |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1100 |
Reduce SR IK settings while maintaining good efficiency. |
Emery Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1100-1300 |
IEX speed up tests |
Emery Smith |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1300-1500 |
Stored beam monitor tests with decay (cancelled last run) |
Berkland Fystro |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1500-1600 |
FOFB operator training |
Berkland |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1800 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-0200 |
24 sextupole families optimization |
Kuklev Borland Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026 |
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0200-0400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0600 |
Final check of lattice |
Emery Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0600-0800 |
Prepare for User Beam Operations 200 mA – 216 bunches |
OPS |
Stored Beam & Injection |