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:PMT Coinc both PMTs=105/10min = 10/min
 
:PMT Coinc both PMTs=105/10min = 10/min
 
:PMT Coinc Both PMTs & DC =4/10min = 0.5/min
 
:PMT Coinc Both PMTs & DC =4/10min = 0.5/min
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We see a lot of events in the Scintillator and very few in the Chamber.  There is no clear electron signal so lets debug the beamline.
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We move the Aluminum brick in front of the first scintillator.  Our tests on Friday showed inserting an Aluminum brick in front of the collimator decrease the scintillator count rate by approximately 60 %.  A 15 MeV electron should stop in 2cm of Aluminum so we believe our 2" (5 cm) thick Aluminum bricks are stopping electrons but not photons.  We do not observed the same change in rate when we insert the Aluminum brick in front of the rear scintillator.  We believe our collimation system is blocking most of the electrons.
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Revision as of 20:44, 7 January 2008

Accelerator: 100 ns, 60 Hz, 15 MeV

Configuration: Collimated rear scint + 2" Aluminum brick

Rates:

Coinc both PMTs =484/4min = 121/min
PMT Coinc Both PMTs & DC =25/4min = 6/min


Configuration: Collimated rear scint

Rates:

PMT Coinc both PMTs = 308/2min = 154/min
PMT Coinc Both PMTs & DC =17/2min = 8/min

The ratio of double/triple =36/1054 = 3.1%

Configuration: Collimated rear scint+ 2" Aluminum brick + 2" lead brick

Rates:

PMT Coinc both PMTs=105/10min = 10/min
PMT Coinc Both PMTs & DC =4/10min = 0.5/min


We see a lot of events in the Scintillator and very few in the Chamber. There is no clear electron signal so lets debug the beamline.

We move the Aluminum brick in front of the first scintillator. Our tests on Friday showed inserting an Aluminum brick in front of the collimator decrease the scintillator count rate by approximately 60 %. A 15 MeV electron should stop in 2cm of Aluminum so we believe our 2" (5 cm) thick Aluminum bricks are stopping electrons but not photons. We do not observed the same change in rate when we insert the Aluminum brick in front of the rear scintillator. We believe our collimation system is blocking most of the electrons.



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