Beam on FC6 overnight and very stable. It grew overnight and continues to grow, but hasn't hit 1pnA yet. Marco is tuning with what he has. Let's see how it goes.

Meanwhile, the last Mg/MWS run occurred on October 27, 2010.

Source settings: https://elog.triumf.ca/OLIS/General/101027_104242/grab.aO2483.png

Support gas settings: https://elog.triumf.ca/OLIS/General/101027_104322/grab.Yu2502.png

Trar chart of 26Mg on FC6 appended below. The natural abundances of 25Mg and 26Mg are similar.

Later... Marco reports no 25Mg at MEBT. See ISAC elog. Meanwhile, IOS mass scan of 24-26 appended.

Later... Play with source gases a little. Unexpected glitch: IOS vacuum is tanking... Settled at 1.2e-5 Torr. Checking... Looks like front collimator is plugged. Pretty good chance we were generating Mg beams. Meeting of minds... Consensus: Open and clean.

Later... Source opened and cleaned. Backplate and front collimator removed and serviced in the process. Pumping at ~16:15. Leak-up curve looks good.

Later... Source at high vac. Power on. Plasma lit like soft butter. Premature mass scan in progress. Done. MCOL3 restored to 5mm slit settings. Tiny beam on FC6. It can sit and grow overnight.

Hand it over to ICR at ~17:45.