Machine Studies
Schedule for Run26-3, 2026
September 2st 0800 – September 9th, 0800
Time |
Descriptions |
Studiers |
SR Status |
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Wednesday, September 2, 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 |
0800-1200 |
MPS validations |
Controls/Ops |
No Stored Beam |
1200-1600 |
Set up injector current monitors |
Rob Keane |
No Stored Beam |
1600-2000 |
General machine start-up |
Technical groups |
No Stored Beam |
2000-2400 |
Swap-out permissive validation |
Borland |
No Stored Beam |
2000-2400 |
Injector available |
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No Stored Beam |
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Thursday, September 3, 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 |
0900-0910 |
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 (and other) collimator positioning using postmortems 5 mA |
Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-2000 |
Determine whether BLS runs well for a range of voltages for > 20 mA |
Emery Fuerst |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-2400 |
RF conditioning with beam with 216 bunches. Challenge BLS with some voltage during this time |
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, September 4, 2026 |
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0000-0800 |
RF conditioning with beam with 216 bunches. 200 mA |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Start of machine studies proper |
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0800-1000 |
Linac rf timing switch and beam tuning |
Ran Hong, Y. Sun, Y. Yang |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1000-1200 |
Check out SR orbit. May need to re-measure bpm offsets |
Emery, Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1600 |
Orbit response and optics correction. (split time with above to allow calculations) |
Dick Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1400-1600 |
Punch down vertical fast correctors for 60 Hz noise measurement. (FOFB related) |
Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1800-2200 |
Hysteresis compensation for SR Q1/Q2 |
Chenran |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2200-2400 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Saturday, September 5, 2026 |
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0000-0400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0600 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1200 |
Maximize aperture in SR septum area. Collimators out. |
Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1600 |
BLS quench investigation of 130 mA decays in 48 bunches (a tougher test from previous day) |
Emery Fuerst |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1600-1800 |
Open |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1800-2000 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2000-2400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
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Sunday, September 6, 2026 |
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0000-0600 |
LFB characterization at 200 mA with grow/damp measurement |
Kallakuri |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1200 |
Booster direct rf feedback studies. Need high charge. |
Berenc Calvey Mohsen |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1800 |
Gas scattering lifetime at 150 mA and 100 mA |
Borland Emery |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1800-2400 |
RG1 study I |
Y. Sun, Chenran |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Monday, September 7, 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 |
0800-1200 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
1200-1800 |
Low-beta lattice commissioning |
Borland Emery Dick |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1800-2200 |
S09-FOFB (including S29 single-FOFB) |
Carwardine |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2200-0200 |
Phase measurements for off-momentum beam with TBT bpms |
Sajaev Dick Chenran |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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Tuesday, September 8, 2026 |
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0200-0400 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0400-0600 |
Open |
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0600-0800 |
Operator training (day shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
0800-1000 |
S02-IS XBPM commissioning |
W. Li |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1000-1300 |
Beam loss with AC excitation |
Cheng |
Stored Beam & Injection |
1300-2100 |
RG1 study I |
Y. Sun, Chenran |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2100-2300 |
Revert linac timing to operational one |
Ran Hong, Y. Sun |
Stored Beam & Injection |
2300-2400 |
Open |
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Stored Beam & Injection |
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026 |
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0000-0200 |
Operator training (night shift) |
Ops |
Stored Beam & Injection |
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 |