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*<span style="color:#0000FF">Get a TOF spectrum with the D2O target. Set detector thresholds.</span>
 
*<span style="color:#0000FF">Get a TOF spectrum with the D2O target. Set detector thresholds.</span>
  
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*<span style="color:#0000FF">Verify that most of the photons, as measured by the neutrons from D2O and the pair spectrometer, are coming through the photon collimators. Do this by looking at both count rates for radiator in and photon hole blocked and unblocked.</span> <span style="color:red">99.2% of the photons are coming through the collimator!</span>  
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*<span style="color:#0000FF">Verify that most of the photons, as measured by the neutrons from D2O and the pair spectrometer, are coming through the photon collimators. Do this by looking at both count rates for radiator in and photon hole blocked and unblocked.</span> <span style="color:red"> 99.2% of the photons, as measured by the pair spectrometer, are coming through the collimator holes.</span>  
  
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*<span style="color:#0000FF">Initiate studies of backgrounds, where “background” is defined as photons not coming from the radiator. Do radiator in/radiator out runs for beam on central position. Look at count rates for both neutrons from D2O and pair spectrometer.</span> </span> <span style="color:red">about 92% of the photons are coming from radiator!</span>  
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*<span style="color:#0000FF">Initiate studies of backgrounds, where “background” is defined as photons not coming from the radiator. Do radiator in/radiator out runs for beam on central position. Look at count rates for both neutrons from D2O and pair spectrometer.</span> <span style="color:red"> 93% of the photons, as measured by the pair spectrometer, are coming from the radiator.</span>
  
 
*Check for time stability of ratios of backgrounds to good stuff.
 
*Check for time stability of ratios of backgrounds to good stuff.
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* 135 cm is about 60 ns for 3 MeV neutron (7.9% of the speed of light)
 
* 135 cm is about 60 ns for 3 MeV neutron (7.9% of the speed of light)
 
* 135 cm is about 49 ns for 4 MeV neutron (9.2% of the speed of light)
 
* 135 cm is about 49 ns for 4 MeV neutron (9.2% of the speed of light)
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* 135 cm is about 44 ns for 5 MeV neutron (10.3% of the speed of light)
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* 135 cm is about 31 ns for 10 MeV neutron (14.6% of the speed of light)
  
 
== TDC Calibration ==
 
== TDC Calibration ==
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NIM to ECHO translator channel 0
 
NIM to ECHO translator channel 0
  
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  ('''0.056689342404 ns/channel''')
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  '''0.056689342404 ns per 1 channel'''
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'''5.67 ns per 100 channel'''
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'''56.7 ns per 1000 channel'''
  
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==Summary what was been done==
  
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: center; width: 1100px "
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! scope="col" width="8%" | Run #
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! scope="col" width="8%" | Beam
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! scope="col" width="8%" | Dump magnet
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! scope="col" width="8%" | Collimator
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! scope="col" width="8%" | Radiator
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! scope="col" width="8%" | Target
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! scope="col" width="60%" | Comments
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|-
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|2321||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No
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|align="left"|R(upstream) =  e+/pulse,<br>R(downstream) =  e+/pulse
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Pair-spectrometer rate measurements with collimator open
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|-
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|2322||On ||In ||Blocked ||In ||No
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|align="left"|Pair-spectrometer rate measurements w/ collimator blocked w/ lead, 6" upstream, 4" downstream.
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|-
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|2323||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No
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|align="left"|Repeat 321
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|-
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|2324||On ||In ||Open ||Out ||No
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|align="left"|Study of radiator in/out effect by comparing w/ previous run.
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|-
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|2325||On ||In ||Open ||In ||D20
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|align="left"|TDC1:223A16(el)(-30 mV), TDC2:upstr(-150 mV), TDC4:downstr(-150 mV)
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|-
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|2326||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No||align="left"|nothing
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|-
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|2327||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No||align="left"|nothing
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|-
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|2328||On ||In ||Open ||In||DU cylinder
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|align="left"|-150 mV on 223A16(el)
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|-
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|2329||On ||In ||Open ||In ||DU cylinder
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|align="left"|-60 mV on 223A16(el)
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|-
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|2330||On ||In ||Open ||In||DU cylinder
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|align="left"|same, but increased the current up to 240 mA. 0.1 Hz for neutrons
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|-
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|2331||On ||In ||Open ||In ||DU plate
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|align="left"|  Production run.<br> DU target rotated by 45 deg vertically.
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TDC1:A16, TDC2:upstrm, TDC3:A17, TDC4:dstr, TDC5:A18, TDC6:A19, TDC7:A20, TDC8:A21, TDC9:A22, TDC10:A23, TDC11:A24
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|-
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|2332||On ||In ||Open ||In ||DU plate
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|align="left"|TDC6 - nothing, TDC9 - need low threshold?, TDC10 - nothing
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|-
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|2333||On ||In ||Open ||In ||DU plate ||align="left"|nothing
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|-
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|2334||On ||In ||Open ||In ||DU plate
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|align="left"|confirmed that TDC6 and TDC10 are  bad. TDC6 -> TDC13, TDC10 -> TDC14
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|-
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|2335||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No
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|align="left"|pair spectrometer rate and peak investigation. Thinking that: 1st peak - γ's and e±; 2nd - target, 3d - smth.
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|-
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|2336||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No
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|align="left"|Capton e± converter in (0.864 mm)
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|-
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|2337||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No
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|align="left"|Al e± converter in (3.1-3.2 mm)
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|-
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|2338||On ||In ||Open ||In ||No
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|align="left"|same as before plus 31mm Al in front of e± detectors
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|-
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|}
  
  
  
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 16 September 2011

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Thursday Run Plan (blue is done)

  • Push dump magnet upstream as far as possible
  • Shield around it with lead as far downstream as possible. (Last time, this helped a lot.)
  • Calibrate TDC
  • Get a TOF spectrum with the D2O target. Set detector thresholds.
  • Verify that most of the photons, as measured by the neutrons from D2O and the pair spectrometer, are coming through the photon collimators. Do this by looking at both count rates for radiator in and photon hole blocked and unblocked. 99.2% of the photons, as measured by the pair spectrometer, are coming through the collimator holes.
  • Initiate studies of backgrounds, where “background” is defined as photons not coming from the radiator. Do radiator in/radiator out runs for beam on central position. Look at count rates for both neutrons from D2O and pair spectrometer. 93% of the photons, as measured by the pair spectrometer, are coming from the radiator.
  • Check for time stability of ratios of backgrounds to good stuff.
  • Do background studies (radiator in/out) for beam up and beam down.
  • Evaluate if hardener is useful. If so, optimize thickness.
  • Do D2O asymmetry measurements.

some notes

  • neutron rest mass is about 940 MeV
  • 1 ns speed of light is about 30 cm. So
  • 135 cm is about 4.5 ns for gamma

neutron TOF calculation in non-relativistic limits:

  • 135 cm is about 136 ns for 0.5 MeV neutron (3.3% of the speed of light)
  • 135 cm is about 98 ns for 1 MeV neutron (4.6% of the speed of light)
  • 135 cm is about 69 ns for 2 MeV neutron (6.5% of the speed of light)
  • 135 cm is about 60 ns for 3 MeV neutron (7.9% of the speed of light)
  • 135 cm is about 49 ns for 4 MeV neutron (9.2% of the speed of light)
  • 135 cm is about 44 ns for 5 MeV neutron (10.3% of the speed of light)
  • 135 cm is about 31 ns for 10 MeV neutron (14.6% of the speed of light)

TDC Calibration

TDC Calibration.jpg

NIM to ECHO translator channel 0 

0.056689342404 ns per 1 channel
5.67 ns per 100 channel
56.7 ns per 1000 channel

Summary what was been done

Run # Beam Dump magnet Collimator Radiator Target Comments
2321 On In Open In No R(upstream) = e+/pulse,
R(downstream) = e+/pulse

Pair-spectrometer rate measurements with collimator open

2322 On In Blocked In No Pair-spectrometer rate measurements w/ collimator blocked w/ lead, 6" upstream, 4" downstream.
2323 On In Open In No Repeat 321
2324 On In Open Out No Study of radiator in/out effect by comparing w/ previous run.
2325 On In Open In D20 TDC1:223A16(el)(-30 mV), TDC2:upstr(-150 mV), TDC4:downstr(-150 mV)
2326 On In Open In No nothing
2327 On In Open In No nothing
2328 On In Open In DU cylinder -150 mV on 223A16(el)
2329 On In Open In DU cylinder -60 mV on 223A16(el)
2330 On In Open In DU cylinder same, but increased the current up to 240 mA. 0.1 Hz for neutrons
2331 On In Open In DU plate Production run.
DU target rotated by 45 deg vertically.

TDC1:A16, TDC2:upstrm, TDC3:A17, TDC4:dstr, TDC5:A18, TDC6:A19, TDC7:A20, TDC8:A21, TDC9:A22, TDC10:A23, TDC11:A24

2332 On In Open In DU plate TDC6 - nothing, TDC9 - need low threshold?, TDC10 - nothing
2333 On In Open In DU plate nothing
2334 On In Open In DU plate confirmed that TDC6 and TDC10 are bad. TDC6 -> TDC13, TDC10 -> TDC14
2335 On In Open In No pair spectrometer rate and peak investigation. Thinking that: 1st peak - γ's and e±; 2nd - target, 3d - smth.
2336 On In Open In No Capton e± converter in (0.864 mm)
2337 On In Open In No Al e± converter in (3.1-3.2 mm)
2338 On In Open In No same as before plus 31mm Al in front of e± detectors


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