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Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T11:55:48Z

TonyPrice: /* Experiment List */

Beam tests of the single module with PRaVDA Silicon strip tracker with trigger pulse output at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 36 MeV beam.

== Equipment List ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Item
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Single Module Scintillator Block
| style="text-align: center;" | 3cm x 3cm x 5cm standard scintillator block. Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Photomultiplier Tube
| style="text-align: center;" | Hamamatsu R13089 2"
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Portable Enclosure
| style="text-align: center;" | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 
230 x 555 x 350mm 
Features mount for scintillator and PMT, opening for beam, and ports for SHV, BNC, and SMA cables. 
Mylar window with Al support mounted to internal face: approximately light-tight. 
BNC output from case connected to SMA splitter.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output, connected via SMA-BNC conversion.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen DT5751 Digitiser
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output, connected via SMA-MCX conversion. Used channel 3.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DAQ Laptop
| style="text-align: center;" | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen NDT1470 HV Supply
| style="text-align: center;" | Supplies HV to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Strip Tracker
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Unit A, 3x150um Si strip sensors with 90.4um strip pitch. Firmware version update to yield square pulse out when 2 or 3 layers have a strip over threshold per read out cycle
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Control Laptop x 3
| style="text-align: center;" | Two used for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop. Third used for taking down notes.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Switcher
| style="text-align: center;" | Set in experiment room and connected LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ laptop. Output sent to control room Network Hub.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Network Hub
| style="text-align: center;" | Set in control room to take output from ethernet switcher. Control laptops connected via ethernet or 5GHz WiFi.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable x 3
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect 1 control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect control Network Hub to Ethernet Switcher.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Male-to-Male SMA Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Signal from enclosure port to Splitter
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DC-4200 MHz Signal Splitter
| style="text-align: center;" | Splits SMA signal to two SMA signals – sent to Oscilloscope and Digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Male SMA to Male BNC cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Sends 1 output from splitter to Oscilloscope.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Male SMA to Male MCX cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Sends 1 output from splitter to Digitiser
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | USB Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Gloves
| style="text-align: center;" | For handling scintillator
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel
| style="text-align: center;" | For coupling scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Wipes
| style="text-align: center;" | For removing optical gel
|}

== Experiment List ==

28 MeV beam
Scattering Foil in
2mm diameter collimator
10kHz rate ~= 160pA onto Transmission Chamber before 2mm collimation

# Bragg Peak Measurements
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, 100mV trigger threshold
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, varying trigger threshold
# Degrade beam energy and measure response with 1-6mm PMMA before calorimeter
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator, trigger from scope
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator for trigger output

36 MeV beam
Scattering Foil in
2mm diameter collimator
10kHz rate ~= 160pA onto Transmission Chamber before 2mm collimation

# Bragg Peak Measurements
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, 100mV trigger threshold
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, varying trigger threshold
# Degrade beam energy and measure response with 1-6mm PMMA before calorimeter
# Offset 2mm collimator (by 6mm) for optimal trigger threshold
# Double 2mm collimator (12mm separated) for optimal trigger threshold
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator, trigger from scope
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator for trigger output
# Degrade beam with 1-6mm PMMA with tracker

== Beam Tests ==

Calorimeter files currently located at /unix/pbt/users/dwalker/data/birm_21.02.18 on UCL HEP plus1 server.

PMT Current at HV supply -900 V, beam off: 150 μA

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Run Number
! style="text-align: center;" | High Voltage (V)
! style="text-align: center;" | Scope Trigger (self trigger, negative edge, mV)
! style="text-align: center;" | Target Beam Current / Rate
! style="text-align: center;" | Collimator
! style="text-align: center;" | Calorimeter Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Tracker Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 00
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -100
| style="text-align: center;" | ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run00_2mmCol_160pA_trig100mV
| style="text-align: center;" | --
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|}

Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T11:55:07Z

TonyPrice: /* Experiment List */

Beam tests of the single module with PRaVDA Silicon strip tracker with trigger pulse output at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 36 MeV beam.

== Equipment List ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Item
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Single Module Scintillator Block
| style="text-align: center;" | 3cm x 3cm x 5cm standard scintillator block. Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Photomultiplier Tube
| style="text-align: center;" | Hamamatsu R13089 2"
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Portable Enclosure
| style="text-align: center;" | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 
230 x 555 x 350mm 
Features mount for scintillator and PMT, opening for beam, and ports for SHV, BNC, and SMA cables. 
Mylar window with Al support mounted to internal face: approximately light-tight. 
BNC output from case connected to SMA splitter.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output, connected via SMA-BNC conversion.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen DT5751 Digitiser
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output, connected via SMA-MCX conversion. Used channel 3.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DAQ Laptop
| style="text-align: center;" | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen NDT1470 HV Supply
| style="text-align: center;" | Supplies HV to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Strip Tracker
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Unit A, 3x150um Si strip sensors with 90.4um strip pitch. Firmware version update to yield square pulse out when 2 or 3 layers have a strip over threshold per read out cycle
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Control Laptop x 3
| style="text-align: center;" | Two used for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop. Third used for taking down notes.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Switcher
| style="text-align: center;" | Set in experiment room and connected LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ laptop. Output sent to control room Network Hub.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Network Hub
| style="text-align: center;" | Set in control room to take output from ethernet switcher. Control laptops connected via ethernet or 5GHz WiFi.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable x 3
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect 1 control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect control Network Hub to Ethernet Switcher.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Male-to-Male SMA Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Signal from enclosure port to Splitter
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DC-4200 MHz Signal Splitter
| style="text-align: center;" | Splits SMA signal to two SMA signals – sent to Oscilloscope and Digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Male SMA to Male BNC cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Sends 1 output from splitter to Oscilloscope.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Male SMA to Male MCX cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Sends 1 output from splitter to Digitiser
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | USB Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Gloves
| style="text-align: center;" | For handling scintillator
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel
| style="text-align: center;" | For coupling scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Wipes
| style="text-align: center;" | For removing optical gel
|}

== Experiment List ==

28 MeV beam
Scattering Foil in
2mm diameter collimator
10kHz rate ~= 160pA onto Transmission Chamber before 2mm collimation

# Bragg Peak Measurements
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, 100mV trigger threshold
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, varying trigger threshold
# Degrade beam energy and measure response with 1-6mm PMMA before calorimeter
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator, trigger from scope
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator for trigger output
# Degrade beam with 1-6mm PMMA with tracker

36 MeV beam
Scattering Foil in
2mm diameter collimator
10kHz rate ~= 160pA onto Transmission Chamber before 2mm collimation

# Bragg Peak Measurements
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, 100mV trigger threshold
# Combined scope / digitizer measurements with pristine bragg peak, varying trigger threshold
# Degrade beam energy and measure response with 1-6mm PMMA before calorimeter
# Offset 2mm collimator (by 6mm) for optimal trigger threshold
# Double 2mm collimator (12mm separated) for optimal trigger threshold
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator, trigger from scope
# PRaVDA box with 2mm collimator for trigger output
# Degrade beam with 1-6mm PMMA with tracker

== Beam Tests ==

Calorimeter files currently located at /unix/pbt/users/dwalker/data/birm_21.02.18 on UCL HEP plus1 server.

PMT Current at HV supply -900 V, beam off: 150 μA

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Run Number
! style="text-align: center;" | High Voltage (V)
! style="text-align: center;" | Scope Trigger (self trigger, negative edge, mV)
! style="text-align: center;" | Target Beam Current / Rate
! style="text-align: center;" | Collimator
! style="text-align: center;" | Calorimeter Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Tracker Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 00
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -100
| style="text-align: center;" | ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run00_2mmCol_160pA_trig100mV
| style="text-align: center;" | --
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|}

Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T11:26:57Z

TonyPrice:

Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T09:38:26Z

TonyPrice: /* Equipment List */

Beam tests of the single module with PRaVDA Silicon strip tracker with trigger pulse output at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 36 MeV beam.

== Equipment List ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Item
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Single Module Scintillator Block
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Photomultiplier Tube
| style="text-align: center;" | (Hamamatsu 2")
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Portable Enclosure
| style="text-align: center;" | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 
230 x 555 x 350mm 
Features mount for scintillator and PMT, opening for beam, and ports for SHV, BNC, and SMA cables. 
Mylar window with Al support mounted to internal face: approximately light-tight.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DAQ Laptop
| style="text-align: center;" | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen NDT1470 HV Supply
| style="text-align: center;" | Supplies HV to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Control Laptop x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One each for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Network Hub x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One for the experimental room for the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to connect to,
one for the control room for each of the Control Laptops to connect to.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable x 4
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect each control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect the two Network Hubs and complete the network for controlling DAQ equipment from the control room.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SMA (female) to BNC (male) Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Signal from enclosure port to LeCroy Oscilloscope
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SHV Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | HV supply from experimental room to enclosure port
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | USB Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Gloves
| style="text-align: center;" | For handling scintillator
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel
| style="text-align: center;" | For coupling scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Wipes
| style="text-align: center;" | For removing optical gel
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Strip Tracker
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Unit A, 3x150um Si strip sensors with 90.4um strip pitch. Firmware version update to yield square pulse out when 2 or 3 layers have a strip over threshold per read out cycle
|}

== Beam Tests ==

Calorimeter files currently located at /unix/pbt/users/dwalker/data/birm_21.02.18 on UCL HEP plus1 server.

PMT Current at HV supply -900 V, beam off: 150 μA

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Run Number
! style="text-align: center;" | High Voltage (V)
! style="text-align: center;" | Scope Trigger (self trigger, negative edge, mV)
! style="text-align: center;" | Target Beam Current / Rate
! style="text-align: center;" | Collimator
! style="text-align: center;" | Calorimeter Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Tracker Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 00
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -100
| style="text-align: center;" | ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run00_2mmCol_160pA_trig100mV
| style="text-align: center;" | --
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 01
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA / ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run01_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run1
| style="text-align: center;" | Actual beam current rose to 240 pA then 270 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 02
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -70
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run02_2mmCol_260pA_trig70mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run2
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 03
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -40
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run03_2mmCol_260pA_trig40mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run3
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~160 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 04
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 nA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run04_2mmCol_1nA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_1nA_30s_Run4
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~1.2 nA
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | Test: HV reduced to -800 V, lights on, no increase in PMT current. Lights off for further beam runs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 05
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 220 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run05_2mmCol_220pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_220pA_30s_Run5
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~260 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 06
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run06_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run6
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~230 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 07
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA / ~30 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run07_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run7
| style="text-align: center;" | No polyethylene
Beam current rose to ~30 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 08
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run08_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run8
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 07
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 09
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run09_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run9
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam spot moved - polyethylene cover slipped, 'cyclops' beam
Beam current ~8 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run10_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run10
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 09
Peak beam current 15 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run11_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE_HalfCover
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run11
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene half-cover on collimator
Beam current ~8 pA
|}

Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T09:37:45Z

TonyPrice: /* Equipment List */

Beam tests of the single module with PRaVDA Silicon strip tracker with trigger pulse output at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 36 MeV beam.

== Equipment List ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Item
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Single Module Scintillator Block
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Photomultiplier Tube
| style="text-align: center;" | (Hamamatsu 2")
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Portable Enclosure
| style="text-align: center;" | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 
230 x 555 x 350mm 
Features mount for scintillator and PMT, opening for beam, and ports for SHV, BNC, and SMA cables. 
Mylar window with Al support mounted to internal face: approximately light-tight.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DAQ Laptop
| style="text-align: center;" | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen NDT1470 HV Supply
| style="text-align: center;" | Supplies HV to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Control Laptop x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One each for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Network Hub x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One for the experimental room for the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to connect to,
one for the control room for each of the Control Laptops to connect to.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable x 4
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect each control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect the two Network Hubs and complete the network for controlling DAQ equipment from the control room.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SMA (female) to BNC (male) Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Signal from enclosure port to LeCroy Oscilloscope
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SHV Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | HV supply from experimental room to enclosure port
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | USB Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Gloves
| style="text-align: center;" | For handling scintillator
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel
| style="text-align: center;" | For coupling scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Wipes
| style="text-align: center;" | For removing optical gel
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Strip Tracker
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Unit A, 3x150um Si strip sensors with 90.4um strip pitch.
| style="text-align: center;" | Firmware version update to yield square pulse out when 2 or 3 layers have a strip over threshold per read out cycle
|}

== Beam Tests ==

Calorimeter files currently located at /unix/pbt/users/dwalker/data/birm_21.02.18 on UCL HEP plus1 server.

PMT Current at HV supply -900 V, beam off: 150 μA

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Run Number
! style="text-align: center;" | High Voltage (V)
! style="text-align: center;" | Scope Trigger (self trigger, negative edge, mV)
! style="text-align: center;" | Target Beam Current / Rate
! style="text-align: center;" | Collimator
! style="text-align: center;" | Calorimeter Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Tracker Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 00
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -100
| style="text-align: center;" | ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run00_2mmCol_160pA_trig100mV
| style="text-align: center;" | --
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 01
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA / ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run01_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run1
| style="text-align: center;" | Actual beam current rose to 240 pA then 270 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 02
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -70
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run02_2mmCol_260pA_trig70mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run2
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 03
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -40
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run03_2mmCol_260pA_trig40mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run3
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~160 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 04
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 nA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run04_2mmCol_1nA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_1nA_30s_Run4
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~1.2 nA
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | Test: HV reduced to -800 V, lights on, no increase in PMT current. Lights off for further beam runs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 05
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 220 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run05_2mmCol_220pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_220pA_30s_Run5
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~260 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 06
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run06_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run6
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~230 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 07
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA / ~30 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run07_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run7
| style="text-align: center;" | No polyethylene
Beam current rose to ~30 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 08
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run08_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run8
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 07
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 09
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run09_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run9
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam spot moved - polyethylene cover slipped, 'cyclops' beam
Beam current ~8 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run10_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run10
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 09
Peak beam current 15 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run11_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE_HalfCover
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run11
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene half-cover on collimator
Beam current ~8 pA
|}

Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T09:36:55Z

TonyPrice:

Beam tests of the single module with PRaVDA Silicon strip tracker with trigger pulse output at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 36 MeV beam.

== Equipment List ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Item
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Single Module Scintillator Block
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Photomultiplier Tube
| style="text-align: center;" | (Hamamatsu 2")
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Portable Enclosure
| style="text-align: center;" | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 
230 x 555 x 350mm 
Features mount for scintillator and PMT, opening for beam, and ports for SHV, BNC, and SMA cables. 
Mylar window with Al support mounted to internal face: approximately light-tight.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DAQ Laptop
| style="text-align: center;" | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen NDT1470 HV Supply
| style="text-align: center;" | Supplies HV to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Control Laptop x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One each for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Network Hub x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One for the experimental room for the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to connect to,
one for the control room for each of the Control Laptops to connect to.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable x 4
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect each control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect the two Network Hubs and complete the network for controlling DAQ equipment from the control room.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SMA (female) to BNC (male) Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Signal from enclosure port to LeCroy Oscilloscope
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SHV Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | HV supply from experimental room to enclosure port
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | USB Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Gloves
| style="text-align: center;" | For handling scintillator
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel
| style="text-align: center;" | For coupling scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Wipes
| style="text-align: center;" | For removing optical gel
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Strip Tracker
| style="text-align: center;" | PRaVDA Unit A, 3x150um Si strip sensors with 90.4um strip pitch. Firmware version update to yield square pulse out when 2 or 3 layers have a strip over threshold per read out cycle
|}

== Beam Tests ==

Calorimeter files currently located at /unix/pbt/users/dwalker/data/birm_21.02.18 on UCL HEP plus1 server.

PMT Current at HV supply -900 V, beam off: 150 μA

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Run Number
! style="text-align: center;" | High Voltage (V)
! style="text-align: center;" | Scope Trigger (self trigger, negative edge, mV)
! style="text-align: center;" | Target Beam Current / Rate
! style="text-align: center;" | Collimator
! style="text-align: center;" | Calorimeter Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Tracker Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 00
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -100
| style="text-align: center;" | ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run00_2mmCol_160pA_trig100mV
| style="text-align: center;" | --
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 01
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA / ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run01_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run1
| style="text-align: center;" | Actual beam current rose to 240 pA then 270 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 02
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -70
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run02_2mmCol_260pA_trig70mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run2
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 03
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -40
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run03_2mmCol_260pA_trig40mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run3
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~160 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 04
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 nA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run04_2mmCol_1nA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_1nA_30s_Run4
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~1.2 nA
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | Test: HV reduced to -800 V, lights on, no increase in PMT current. Lights off for further beam runs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 05
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 220 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run05_2mmCol_220pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_220pA_30s_Run5
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~260 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 06
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run06_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run6
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~230 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 07
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA / ~30 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run07_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run7
| style="text-align: center;" | No polyethylene
Beam current rose to ~30 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 08
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run08_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run8
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 07
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 09
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run09_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run9
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam spot moved - polyethylene cover slipped, 'cyclops' beam
Beam current ~8 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run10_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run10
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 09
Peak beam current 15 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run11_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE_HalfCover
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run11
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene half-cover on collimator
Beam current ~8 pA
|}

Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Oct25-6

2018-10-25T09:33:48Z

TonyPrice:

Beam tests of the single module with PRaVDA Silicon strip tracker with trigger pulse output at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 36 MeV beam.

== Equipment List ==

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Item
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Single Module Scintillator Block
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Photomultiplier Tube
| style="text-align: center;" | (Hamamatsu 2")
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Portable Enclosure
| style="text-align: center;" | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 
230 x 555 x 350mm 
Features mount for scintillator and PMT, opening for beam, and ports for SHV, BNC, and SMA cables. 
Mylar window with Al support mounted to internal face: approximately light-tight.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope
| style="text-align: center;" | Records PMT output
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | DAQ Laptop
| style="text-align: center;" | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen NDT1470 HV Supply
| style="text-align: center;" | Supplies HV to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Control Laptop x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One each for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Network Hub x 2
| style="text-align: center;" | One for the experimental room for the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to connect to,
one for the control room for each of the Control Laptops to connect to.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable x 4
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect each control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ethernet Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | To connect the two Network Hubs and complete the network for controlling DAQ equipment from the control room.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SMA (female) to BNC (male) Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Signal from enclosure port to LeCroy Oscilloscope
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | SHV Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | HV supply from experimental room to enclosure port
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | USB Cable
| style="text-align: center;" | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Gloves
| style="text-align: center;" | For handling scintillator
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Optical gel
| style="text-align: center;" | For coupling scintillator to PMT
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Wipes
| style="text-align: center;" | For removing optical gel
|}

== Beam Tests ==

Calorimeter files currently located at /unix/pbt/users/dwalker/data/birm_21.02.18 on UCL HEP plus1 server.

PMT Current at HV supply -900 V, beam off: 150 μA

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Run Number
! style="text-align: center;" | High Voltage (V)
! style="text-align: center;" | Scope Trigger (self trigger, negative edge, mV)
! style="text-align: center;" | Target Beam Current / Rate
! style="text-align: center;" | Collimator
! style="text-align: center;" | Calorimeter Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Tracker Files
! style="text-align: center;" | Notes
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 00
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -100
| style="text-align: center;" | ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run00_2mmCol_160pA_trig100mV
| style="text-align: center;" | --
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 01
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA / ~10 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run01_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run1
| style="text-align: center;" | Actual beam current rose to 240 pA then 270 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 02
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -70
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run02_2mmCol_260pA_trig70mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run2
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 03
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -40
| style="text-align: center;" | 260 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run03_2mmCol_260pA_trig40mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_260pA_30s_Run3
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~160 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 04
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 nA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run04_2mmCol_1nA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_1nA_30s_Run4
| style="text-align: center;" | Beam current ~1.2 nA
|-
| colspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | Test: HV reduced to -800 V, lights on, no increase in PMT current. Lights off for further beam runs.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 05
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 220 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run05_2mmCol_220pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_220pA_30s_Run5
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~260 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 06
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 160 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 2 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run06_2mmCol_160pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 2mmCol_160pA_30s_Run6
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam current rose to ~230 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 07
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA / ~30 kHz
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run07_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run7
| style="text-align: center;" | No polyethylene
Beam current rose to ~30 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 08
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run08_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run8
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 07
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 09
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run09_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run9
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene cover on collimator
Beam spot moved - polyethylene cover slipped, 'cyclops' beam
Beam current ~8 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run10_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run10
| style="text-align: center;" | Repeat run for run 09
Peak beam current 15 pA
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | -900
| style="text-align: center;" | -140
| style="text-align: center;" | 10 pA
| style="text-align: center;" | 5 mm
| style="text-align: center;" | run11_5mmCol_10pA_trig140mV_1mmPE_HalfCover
| style="text-align: center;" | 5mmCol_10pA_30s_Run11
| style="text-align: center;" | 1 mm polyethylene half-cover on collimator
Beam current ~8 pA
|}