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513	Wed Feb 22 21:51:40 2017	Keerthi Jayamanna			SIS first beam is N1+1	Chris confirmed the first SIS beam would be Na+1. Next Rb+1 and then Li+1
512	Wed Feb 22 21:46:27 2017	Keerthi Jayamanna			Elog is working now	Elog is now functioning. We can start entering notes
511	Mon Sep 14 11:21:16 2015	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	20Ne+2 beam saved	20Ne+2 beam optics saved as 150914_1117_ios0iosfc6.snap
510	Thu May 21 09:15:48 2015	Brian Minato				Service of MCIS. Plasma chamber cleaned. Repaired shorted, Right steering plate. Added shields to help prevent coating of
509	Wed Apr 29 07:48:22 2015	Brian Minato	Other	Other	Repair- Water leak inside HV cage	A water leak was reported inside the HV cage (FR#8079). The cage was accessed to determine the source of the leak (WP#I2015-04-27-1).
508	Mon Apr 20 08:09:03 2015	Brian Minato	Routine	General	OLIS Shutdown Update	The OLIS 1 week shutdown has been completed (WP 2015-04-13-1). General-
507	Wed Dec 17 13:17:13 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	MCIS Update	The MCIS was vented with nitrogen yesterday. The Se oven was drawn back into the tuner. It was removed with the tuner and blanked.
506	Tue Nov 25 12:23:28 2014	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	76Se+13 tune saved	141125_1159_OLIS_76Se+13.snap is saved in reference directory. El=3480/4303V
505	Tue Nov 25 07:49:50 2014	Brian Minato	Other	General	MCIS and SIS Update	MCIS- the Se was loaded into the oven last friday (21st). During the weekend the
504	Wed Nov 19 11:34:55 2014	Raymond Dube	Routine	General	OLIS Electrical diagram with 3 I.S.	I updated the electrical Diagram for OLIS Faraday Cage with 3 Ion Source, ref: ISK4586D rev.
503	Tue Nov 18 08:56:23 2014	Brian Minato	Other	General	ALGA Update	There has been no noticeable loss of communication to the ALGA 50watt amplifier. As a test, the ethernet cable was removed for
502	Thu Nov 13 16:34:29 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	MCIS Update	The ethernet cable from the CPI TWT amplifier has been temporarily moved to the Alga 50W amplifier. The Alga had been experiencing
501	Thu Nov 13 16:31:54 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	SIS	A new SIS source has been installed. The oven has been loaded with Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate (Alfa Aesar 10863) and Rubidium
500	Wed Nov 12 13:32:47 2014	Raymond Dube	Routine	General	New in-line resistors for IOS:PE	Today we replace the in-line resistors for the Plasma Electrode (PE) it was a 25 ohm 200W (2 x 50 Ohm 100W) with a 50 Ohm
499	Thu Nov 6 08:37:52 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	OLIS Update	MCIS- the source is off. It is under vacuum and in the HV cage.
498	Sat Nov 1 13:31:17 2014	Keerthi Jayamanna			MCIS readyness for 76Se	Supernanogan is running with oven no heat, without 76selenium. MCIS:IG1=3e-7Torr. Tune saved as 141101_1318_76Se+11tune.snap
497	Fri Oct 31 20:39:56 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	OLIS Update	MCIS- the MWS Bias and PE have been moved on to the MCIS (the MCIS connections have
496	Thu Oct 30 23:44:57 2014	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	OLIS Supernanogan mass scan 6 to 7.5	A/q FC6 (only current over 100pA) 6.0
495	Thu Oct 30 23:37:58 2014	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	Mass scan 4 to 6	A/Q FC6 4
494	Thu Oct 30 22:44:45 2014	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	Mass scan 3 to 4	IOS mass scan if faulty. These is a manual scan from mass 3 to 4 Const22 = 0.04187 adjusted
493	Thu Oct 30 22:09:02 2014	Keerthi Jayamanna			Suoernanogan steering	IOS mass scan does not work. A/Q FC6
492	Thu Oct 30 13:14:51 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	OLIS Update	MCIS- a new oven assembly was installed on the MCIS yesterday. The cart has
491	Tue Oct 28 13:30:47 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	MCIS Update	MCIS- the cleaning has been completed. The oven assembly is removed and the gate
490	Mon Oct 27 15:13:18 2014	Brian Minato				MCIS- cleaning out source to remove potassium and calcium.
489	Fri Oct 24 10:50:20 2014	Brian Minato	Other	Other	OLIS Update	The nitrogen bottle needs to be replaced. MCIS-
488	Thu Oct 23 10:52:21 2014	Brian Minato	Routine	General	ALGA Amplifier	The ALGA amplifier and its signal generator have been turned off at the request of Controls. They have had communication issues and are
487	Wed Oct 22 07:58:32 2014	Brian Minato	Other	General	MCIS Work	The remaining connections were done on the MCIS. A piece of 1/8" teflon was installed
486	Tue Oct 21 07:14:26 2014	Brian Minato	Other	General	OLIS Work	MCIS- the cart was moved into the HV cage. The facilities will be connected and an oven
485	Tue Oct 14 08:31:53 2014	Brian Minato	Other	General	Water Flow Switch #3	This entry was incorrectly added to the OLIS logbook. it has been moved to the I3 logbook.
484	Fri Oct 10 14:02:56 2014	Raymond Dube	Routine	General	Test with new Alga, ALPA 50W RF AMP	We did a test yesterday with the new Alga Microwave RF AMP, model # ALPA 50 Watt, serial # 130684 to be used for the MCIS. We
483	Tue Sep 16 11:55:28 2014	Raymond Dub�	Routine	General	MCIS info	I found these files about the MCIS in Geoff folders in M:\ISIS\Geoff-110715\OLIS\SuperNanogan
482	Wed Aug 13 15:09:42 2014	Raymond Dub�	Routine	General	OLIS Attenuators #2 fixed, #1 gone!	Today Probe group (Scott K.) installed the OLIS Attenuator, they fixed the vacuum leak on
481	Wed Aug 13 15:04:05 2014	Raymond Dub�			OLIS Bender Magnet PS (0-500 amps)	Arthur and Derek had a look at the OLIS Bender Magnet P/S and found a problem with the Polarity
480	Wed Aug 13 15:00:27 2014	Raymond Dub�	Routine	General	OLIS Surface Source broken Ionizer Coil	We spent most of the day looking at OLIS to find out why the "Ionizer Coil" keeps breaking
479	Fri May 16 08:44:27 2014	Raymond Dub�	Routine	General	OLIS work next week	Attached is the scheduled work for OLIS next week.
478	Wed Jan 29 12:27:57 2014	Raymond Dub�			OLIS Skimmers BOP & Labels	I updated 2 drawings that show the OLIS skimmers. A.
477	Fri Jan 24 09:15:10 2014	Raymond Dub�			New ISK4586D for OLIS with 3 Ion Source	I created a new drawing: ISK4586D that shows the Optics for OLIS with 3 Ion Source.
476	Thu Jan 23 12:56:14 2014	Raymond Dub�			New & updated drawings for S.S.	I updated an old drawing ISK4478D (MS & MCIS Optics) and created 2 new ones: ISK4583D (Electrical
475	Wed Jan 22 10:34:58 2014	Raymond Dub�			IN-line 100K for IOS:YCB1A removed	Last January 17th 2014 we removed an in-line resistor (100K 10W) from IOS:YCB1A because we do not think that it is needed.
474	Mon Dec 17 14:10:22 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna			Gas flow controller fault	Controls group may need some assistance from OLIS group in order to trouble shoot the problem.
473	Mon Dec 17 14:08:52 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna			IRIS beam delivary is completed	IRIS beam delivery is completed with extra 3 days of beam providing to them. 18O2 and 40Ar+2 were delivered with
472	Fri Dec 14 17:30:47 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna			18OH2 and 40Ar+2 delivary	During the last week we delivered 18O+2 from microwave ion source to Ritu. Over the week end changed to 40Ar+2.
471	Sun Dec 2 23:36:13 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	16O+2 is ready for tuning.	MCIS finished xenon development. MCIS is off and isolation valve is shut. A new oxygen gas line is installed to microwave
470	Sun Dec 2 22:34:09 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna			Just finished 136Xe+25. ISAC reached 1GeV yesterday using OLIS Xe beam
469	Sun Dec 2 22:32:19 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	Still cannot write anything other than Subject
468	Wed May 23 17:11:57 2012	Keerthi Jayamanna			Changed beam to 12C++ beam	Removed titanium from the back plate and clean the source. But left the PE titanium insert since
467	Thu Nov 10 09:57:57 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	Supernanogan on overnight with 36Ar+7 on FC6. Nice. Today is the last day of scheduled
466	Wed Nov 9 11:40:35 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	Supernanogan 36Ar+7 source development in progress. RF frequency scans are the agenda for today.
465	Tue Nov 8 10:02:54 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	Supernanogan is online with 36Ar+7 on FC6 overnight. Looks good. Note: The source gas arrangement (enriched 36Ar) utilizes double
464	Mon Nov 7 09:58:17 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	IOS pumped well over the weekend. Present pressure is 1.5e-7. MCIS pumps off for setup.
463	Fri Nov 4 09:41:32 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	MCIS continues to pump well. IOS DB assembly planned for today. Later... DB assembly complete and
462	Thu Nov 3 09:50:05 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	MCIS pumped well overnight. Source development imminent. Later... possible IOS intervention.
461	Wed Nov 2 10:16:49 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	MCIS pumpdown continues well. IOS optics coming along. DB3 installed last night and IOS is under vacuum very early. DB1/2 optics
460	Tue Nov 1 10:18:02 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	MCIS pumped overnight. Still coming down.
459	Mon Oct 31 11:06:58 2011	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown	Two weeks of OLIS Shutdown have begun. The plan is to complete refurbishing this week and pump next week, with 36Ar+6 beam
458	Mon Oct 31 11:04:06 2011	Damien Gallop			33S+6 from MCIS to DRAGON EOB	Deliver concluded yesterday morning around 09:00. Pity to have to switch off the source. OLIS
457	Fri Oct 28 10:18:53 2011	Damien Gallop			33S+6 from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continued overnight.
456	Wed Oct 26 10:17:53 2011	Damien Gallop			33S+6 from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continued uneventfully overnight and is continuing. Later... source is just getting better
455	Tue Oct 25 09:41:32 2011	Damien Gallop			33S+6 from MCIS to DRAGON	Beam petered out earlier this morning after an attempt to tweak the RF frequency. Restored. Plasma was on throughout. ICR has lowered
454	Mon Oct 24 10:10:34 2011	Damien Gallop			33S+6 from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery since Friday Beam on but intensity is dropping, suggesting that enriched 33S
453	Wed Oct 19 09:53:27 2011	Damien Gallop			33S from MCIS to HE Development Setup	MCIS configured for 33S+6 yesterday afternoon. Beam grew nicely overnight. Beam development expected after source hand-off.
452	Tue Oct 18 10:27:44 2011	Damien Gallop			19F/38Ar from MCIS for Beam Development	Cocktail beams continue today.
451	Mon Oct 17 11:33:03 2011	Damien Gallop			19F/38Ar from MCIS for Beam Development	Source set up for a cocktail beam since yesterday, Sunday.
450	Thu Oct 13 11:11:14 2011	Damien Gallop			14N+2 from MWS to SEBT for Beam Development	Source setup took place earlier this morning.
449	Thu Oct 6 15:15:09 2011	Damien Gallop			19F/40Ar from MCIS for Beam Development	Slit calibration exercise was wound up this morning. MCIS source gases were reconfigured with 19F and 40Ar by request. A "cocktail"
448	Wed Oct 5 10:11:28 2011	Damien Gallop			33S from MCIS Source Development	The source stayed up overnight. A little RF tweak, but 33S+6 beam still on FC6. Later... IOS:MCOL3 slits calibration
447	Tue Oct 4 10:37:38 2011	Damien Gallop			33S from MCIS Source Development Setup	Beam development with 116Sn+18 finished last evening around 21:00. Source was off overnight. 33S material loaded into MCIS
446	Mon Oct 3 10:08:50 2011	Damien Gallop			116Sn+18 & 118Sn+19 from MCIS for Development	On Friday there was a request to repeat some of the findings with tin beams. An agreement was made to use OLIS for development in lieu
445	Thu Sep 29 10:50:30 2011	Damien Gallop			36/40Ar development with MCIS	Development with Supernanogan source continues. Present beam is 40Ar+7, about 70enA.
444	Wed Sep 28 11:56:15 2011	Damien Gallop			36/40Ar development with MCIS	40Ar source gas, ergo 40Ar+x beams. 40Ar+6 earlier, and 40Ar+7 presently.
443	Tue Sep 27 13:29:23 2011	Damien Gallop			36/40Ar development with MCIS	Beam development for forthcoming 36Ar run is in progress. Initial yield numbers have been determined. Source is running with Ar
442	Mon Sep 26 09:47:12 2011	Damien Gallop			13C+3 from MCIS to TACTIC	The 17O+3 (A/q=5.66) run to TACTIC finished yesterday morning. Then a source switchover was done to deliver 13C+3 (A/q=4.33) using
441	Fri Sep 23 14:59:14 2011	Damien Gallop			14N+3 & 17O+3 from MCIS to TACTIC at HEBT	Delivery continues. 14N+3 until mid-morning, then a switch to 17O+3 for tuning. The switchover from 116Sn to TIGRESS to 14N+3 to TACTIC
440	Mon Sep 19 10:27:36 2011	Damien Gallop			116Sn+18 & 118Sn+19 from MCIS to TIGRESS	Delivery continued over the weekend with some interruptions here and there. A source intervention was made late last night and
439	Fri Sep 16 10:02:33 2011	Damien Gallop			116Sn+18 & 118Sn+19 from MCIS to TIGRESS	Beam was changed to 14N+2 last evening for sake of tuning to front of RFQ. Source was tweaked earlier. Beam is presently set
438	Thu Sep 15 12:09:25 2011	Damien Gallop			116Sn+18 & 118Sn+19 from MCIS to TIGRESS Setup	Source switchover began last night after 22:00. There are some 200epA of A/q=6.46 (116Sn+18) on FC6 presently. Setup and tuning
437	Thu Sep 15 11:29:39 2011	Damien Gallop			12C+2 from MCIS to DRAGON EOB	Beam delivery was scheduled to end last evening at 20:30. It was extended to around 22:00, at which point source switchover began.
436	Wed Sep 14 10:00:05 2011	Damien Gallop			12C+2 from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continues. Nice consistency. See attached Stripchart. A source switchover is scheduled for today, tonight, as it turns
435	Tue Sep 13 10:00:56 2011	Damien Gallop			12C+2 from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continued through the night. User was taking the beam. Recovery from a DTL tank trip is happening at the moment. Otherwise,
434	Mon Sep 12 10:07:36 2011	Damien Gallop			12C+2 from MCIS to DRAGON Setup	Setup began around 09:00. 400enA of A/q=6 on FC6 presently. Later... By ~14:00 beam looks pretty
433	Mon Sep 12 10:04:42 2011	Damien Gallop			4He from MCIS to DRAGON EOB	Delivery continued through the weekend. Some 300nA on FC6. The run ended at around 09:00. Source switchover is in progress now.
432	Thu Sep 8 11:21:45 2011	Damien Gallop			4He from MCIS to DRAGON Setup	The 58Ni delivery from MWS to TITAN ended last evening. Beam was unused from about 18:30, and source switchover began at about
431	Wed Sep 7 09:50:20 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni1+ from MWS to TITAN	Delivery continues. Source change scheduled for 20:30 this evening.
430	Tue Sep 6 16:37:24 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni1+ from MWS to TITAN	Pilot beam delivery continues. Keerthi came in over the Labor Day weekend to help out on something.
429	Fri Sep 2 10:04:55 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni1+ from MWS to TITAN	Beam idled overnight. Average ~50pA at FC6. About half that on ILE2T:FC3 presently. Setup on TITAN side in progress.	9x
428	Thu Sep 1 10:01:25 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni1+ from MWS to TITAN	Beam was established yesterday. It has grown nicely overnight.
427	Wed Aug 31 12:12:39 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni1+ from MWS to TITAN Setup	Beam on FC6 drifted overnight. Touch up a few things, notably the EE. 25pA on FC6 presently. I also increased microwave power
426	Tue Aug 30 16:40:14 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni1+ from MWS to TITAN Setup	Source switchover from MCIS to MWS. Support gases and liners were pre-fitted. Source lit. Optics set for 20keV operation. ~50pA
425	Tue Aug 30 10:01:30 2011	Damien Gallop			17O3+ from MCIS Reserved	We are on orders to retain OLIS for accelerator development. The switchover to 58Ni, scheduled for this morning, is on hold.
424	Mon Aug 29 10:03:05 2011	Damien Gallop			17O3+ from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continues on autopilot. Looking good. ICR noted that a seemingly unusual number
423	Thu Aug 25 10:54:34 2011	Damien Gallop			17O3+ from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continues.
422	Wed Aug 24 10:49:41 2011	Damien Gallop			17O3+ from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continues. There were several "PV1" trips over the past several days. ICR now has a recipe for resetting
421	Mon Aug 22 09:49:34 2011	Damien Gallop			17O3+ from MCIS to DRAGON	Delivery continues. The attached vacuum trar suggests that this is about as good as it's going to get. On the other hand,
420	Fri Aug 19 10:01:52 2011	Damien Gallop			17O3+ from MCIS to DRAGON	Setup in progress. No foil at M:5. Source has been running since yesterday. Note that source was opened recently for MRO. Vacuum
419	Mon Aug 15 10:19:18 2011	Damien Gallop			84Kr from MWS to TITAN	The source was configured and switched over on Friday. Some teething pains over the weekend. Beam is on FC6 presently.
418	Mon Aug 8 17:08:28 2011	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan MRO	Cart removed for source servicing. Source opened and split at front seal. Ground and plasma electrodes removed. All internal areas
417	Wed Aug 3 00:15:39 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna	Other	General	22Ne+2	Source started at 800W of microwave power and 2cc/min neon gas easily. New magnetron produces more power than the old one.
416	Fri Jul 22 15:56:08 2011	Damien Gallop			27Al+1 from MWS for DRAGON status	There have been teething pains developing a good 27Al beam. The Supernanogan sputter source ate through aluminum rods like candy.
415	Wed Jul 20 01:37:46 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			Al beam development:	Supernanogan is tested for Al+6 beam production. A 8nA of mass
414	Tue Jul 19 17:02:44 2011	Damien Gallop			27Al+1 from MCIS Setup	The DRAGON run finished this morning. Switchover to 27Al+6 in progress now.
413	Mon Jul 18 10:02:42 2011	Damien Gallop			24Mg+6 from MWS for DRAGON	Keerthi came in early this morning to set up OLIS for 24Mg delivery. HEBT tuning is in progress.
412	Mon Jul 18 09:53:05 2011	Damien Gallop			4He from MCIS to HERACLES done Saturday and Sunday	Keerthi came in on Saturday morning and set up the Supernanogan source for 4He delivery. It looks like it went well. The original
411	Fri Jul 15 10:30:11 2011	Damien Gallop			24/25Mg+1 from MWS for HERACLES on SEBT1	25Mg beam mostly sitting on FC6 now, as HERACLES takes RIB. Source was opened on Monday night to replace microwave window.
410	Mon Jul 11 09:46:07 2011	Damien Gallop			24/25Mg+1 from MWS for HERACLES on SEBT1	Well, the plasma electrode shorted again, and Keerthi came in on Saturday to tear down the MWS and clean it. Beam is steady as she
409	Fri Jul 8 10:07:14 2011	Damien Gallop			24/25Mg+1 from MWS for HERACLES on SEBT1	Beam on FC6 overnight and very stable. It grew overnight and continues to grow,	8x
408	Thu Jul 7 10:40:27 2011	Damien Gallop			24/25Mg+1 from MWS Setup	Source conditioned nicely overnight at 55kV with a little RF power on. Source gases checked, final cage inspection. Ready to	6x
407	Wed Jul 6 13:20:15 2011	Damien Gallop			24/25Mg+1 from MWS Setup	Source opened, and aluminum components removed. Magnesium components from previous run cleaned and installed. Pumpdown in progress.
406	Wed Jul 6 09:56:45 2011	Damien Gallop			27Al+1 from MWS for DRAGON EOB	DRAGON has been taking beam since approximately noon on Monday, and finished a little while ago. Feedback I have received is that beam	13x
405	Sun Jul 3 09:56:47 2011	Damien Gallop			27Al+1 from MWS Setup	A lot has happened since the last entry. The source blinked out at some point. Cause cited was a PE short. Actions were taken,
404	Thu Jun 30 10:02:08 2011	Damien Gallop			27Al+1 from MWS Setup	Source pumped overnight to previous baseline (red trace on attached Stripchart). IOPS conditioned it up to 42kV without a hitch.
403	Wed Jun 29 15:49:16 2011	Damien Gallop			27Al+1 from MWS Setup	Switchover from 58Ni+1/MCIS to 27Al+1/MWS began just after noon. MWS cleaned and fitted with aluminum liners. Pumping in progress.
402	Wed Jun 29 09:45:50 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni from MCIS to TITAN	Last hours and minutes. Going well. Documentation appended. Users have requested beam until noon.	8x
401	Tue Jun 28 09:32:09 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni from MCIS to TITAN	Beam mostly idle overnight. Things are resuming now.
400	Mon Jun 27 10:20:41 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni from MCIS to TITAN	From MCIS. It looks like things went fairly well over the weekend for them. An interlock glitch on MCIS:IV1 this morning, source pressure
399	Fri Jun 24 15:11:20 2011	Damien Gallop			58Ni from MCIS to FC6 Setup	OLIS was switched from 22Ne2+ (MWS) to 58Ni+1 (MCIS). Works like magic. 100epA presently.
398	Fri Jun 10 11:35:24 2011	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ for TUDA-II Pilot Beam	MWS online. Beam sitting on FC6. Mel returned two flow controllers today, borrowed in March
397	Thu Jun 9 16:51:09 2011	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ for TUDA-II Pilot Beam	MWS online. Note: A/q display is white. Possible culprit: IOSIOC. ICR will reboot it at first convenient opportunity.
396	Mon May 30 14:44:01 2011	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ for ICR Training	MWS online. Separator magstab program offline. Check: Kepco is switched off and one lead is physically cut and taped over. That's
395	Mon May 2 10:50:28 2011	Damien Gallop			Alkalis for DRAGON EOB	DRAGON has been taking various species of Na and Rb using the MWS. Run ended this morning. Emittance scan of 23Na attached.	7x
394	Fri Apr 1 17:02:09 2011	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Startup	Supernanogan is online with a bit of 12C2+ beam on FC6. Mag stability program is running. Source development to follow.
393	Tue Mar 29 15:32:08 2011	Damien Gallop			Controls and Panel MRO	Controls is working on an interlock issue. Electrical panel MCC-X maintenance is planned for tomorrow afternoon.
392	Fri Mar 25 17:42:38 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			OLIS HV start up	High Voltage cage is on at ~17:43pm Interlock cleard and HV (10kV) is on at 17:53pm
391	Wed Mar 9 11:09:02 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			IOS:SSW failed	IOS:SSW failed unexpectedly. No reason found. Came back on easily.
390	Sat Feb 26 22:06:03 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			Ti+7 status	90pA of Ti+7 is running smoothly. 22:05 Feb26th
389	Fri Feb 25 17:27:11 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			Titaniums efficiency test	Small peice of titanium wire is installed and running aroung 100pA of Ti+7 at FC6. OSAC are OPs taking data.
388	Fri Feb 25 17:27:11 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			Titaniums efficiency test	Small piece of titanium foil 0.0005" thick is installed and running around 100pA of Ti+7 at FC6.
387	Wed Feb 23 22:29:48 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			OLIS mahnet	Klixon at the OLIS bemding magnet is not funtioning properly.
386	Tue Feb 22 18:54:43 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			EE and SSEE	Both EE and SSEE problems were solved. They are working OK now.
385	Tue Feb 22 18:52:53 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			Ti+7 efficiency studies	2mm diameter Ti was installed to set the optics. Later 0.0005 in thick foil will be installed for real efficiency studies.
384	Fri Feb 18 11:43:32 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			IOS: EE Status	IOS:EE found damaged. It has been replaced with IOS:SSEE-Michael B.
383	Fri Feb 18 11:05:50 2011	Keerthi Jayamanna			OLIS Problems	PE set point is ok but read back is half of the real value.
382	Fri Dec 24 13:06:07 2010	Damien Gallop			Merry Christmas and Happy New Year	Our very best to all of you.
381	Tue Dec 21 09:43:22 2010	Damien Gallop			In Memoriam... Mike McDonald	At 5:00 this morning, after a lengthy battle with cancer, Mike passed from this life to his eternal reward. He has left us a great
380	Mon Dec 20 09:50:07 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development & EOB	Development and the quest for gold continue. Later... Mass scans in region of 197Au33 A/q=5.97, with graph of all theoretically
379	Fri Dec 17 09:18:57 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	Development continues in the search for gold. A=197 Present A/q=5.94, which suggests 197Au+33. It could also be a tail of 12C+2.
378	Wed Dec 15 09:18:41 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	Source development in preparation for Au beam in progress.
377	Tue Dec 14 09:15:58 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	Beam development started yesterday. Looks like the HERACLES run, which started Thursday, ended yesterday morning.
376	Tue Dec 7 08:57:26 2010	Damien Gallop			80Kr14+/40Ar7+ for SEBT Development	Development should continue today. Looks like Supernanogan went through a plasma mode change overnight and settled into a new mode.
375	Mon Dec 6 09:08:52 2010	Damien Gallop			80Kr14+/40Ar7+ for SEBT Development	The previous 12C2+ development run from the Supernanogan ended Friday morning. Starting Friday afternoon, the Supernanogan was prepared
374	Fri Dec 3 09:37:14 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Commissioning	Last moments of beam development for SEBT commissioning. Attached is an FC6 plot and the present optics and 1mm slits. Decision	15x
373	Thu Dec 2 10:02:46 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Commissioning	Accelerator development continues. Save: 101201_2157.snaiosvault. Today's agenda: emittance scans. Attached: overnight beam	14x
372	Wed Dec 1 08:51:54 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Commissioning	Continuing from Supernanogan. Source touch-up last evening.
371	Tue Nov 30 08:47:47 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Commissioning	Commissioning and development continue.
370	Mon Nov 29 08:55:35 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Commissioning	Supernanogan is online. MCIS:TP3 is off. It should be on. It is required for best production of higher charge states.
369	Thu Nov 25 11:50:14 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for Commissioning	Some start-up teething pains last night. Decision: Go with the Supernanogan for now. ~20enA on FC6. Save: 101125_1148.snapiosdragon.
368	Wed Nov 24 17:08:41 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for SEBT Commissioning	Source switchover began at ~15:00.
367	Wed Nov 24 14:02:14 2010	Damien Gallop			85Rb for TITAN	Last day of 85Rb delivery. Save: 101124_1400_snapiostitan. Next up: 12C2+ for SEBT commissioning. We took a few minutes earlier
366	Tue Nov 23 10:31:27 2010	Damien Gallop			85Rb for TITAN	We are back to running a Rb beam using the MWS. The run started last Thursday, November 18th. The previous Rb run ended on Monday,
365	Wed Nov 10 09:18:31 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for DRAGON	12C2+ beam established yesterday from the Supernanogan. Tuning to DRAGON began last evening and is continuing presently.
364	Tue Nov 9 08:42:38 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for DRAGON	A good 12C2+ beam was established yesterday from the Supernanogan source, driven by background pressure only; no source gas actively injected.
363	Mon Nov 8 09:37:03 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for DRAGON	The 85/87Rb run from the MWS ended last evening as scheduled. The Supernanogan source was brought online (~21:30 Sunday?) and a
362	Fri Nov 5 09:23:53 2010	Damien Gallop			85Rb for Polarizer	Beam was used yesterday. Mostly idle overnight. Looks like a plasma mode change happened at around 19:00 yesterday. It happens. Or
361	Thu Nov 4 09:18:15 2010	Damien Gallop			85Rb for Polarizer	Source ran nicely overnight. ICR team set up a tune into the Polarizer line. Experiment setup is scheduled to start tomorrow morning.
360	Wed Nov 3 09:22:38 2010	Damien Gallop			85Rb for Polarizer	Yesterday we handed over a 85Rb beam to ICR. It will be used for a LEBT run using the Polarizer line. Beam stayed on FC6 overnight.
359	Tue Nov 2 09:25:30 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS Development	85Rb on FC6 overnight. After restarting the source yesterday following development, the beam intensity came back, but it's slightly
358	Mon Nov 1 09:30:15 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS Development	The source stayed up steadily over the weekend, with 85Rb on FC6. Not a lot of current, but pretty good for a first pass. More development
357	Fri Oct 29 09:41:20 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS Development	MWS source switchover yesterday was successful. Leakchecking went well. A small leak on the intermediate section sealed with a snug on	6x
356	Thu Oct 28 17:51:49 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS switchover for scheduled 85/87Rb beams	A controls issue with IOS:BIAS was found yesterday. Controls people resolved it today. MWS source was switched over and prepared
355	Thu Oct 28 17:51:49 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS switchover for scheduled 85/87Rb beams	A controls issue with IOS:BIAS was found yesterday. Controls people resolved it today. MWS source was switched over and prepared
354	Wed Oct 27 09:21:59 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS EOB	The experiment ran overnight, smoothly, by the looks of it. Beam is on FC6 now, so they're likely done. EOB studies on Mg beam	16x
353	Tue Oct 26 09:19:39 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS	The TIGRESS run was scheduled to end at 08:30, but has been extended for 24h. The ICR reports that they are getting "good
352	Mon Oct 25 09:05:15 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS	Smooth delivery (from OLIS point-of-view) to TIGRESS over the weekend. An SCB RF amplifier failed yesterday and was replaced. Tuning
351	Fri Oct 22 09:35:24 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS	A 26Mg beam was handed over to TIGRESS last evening. It is 26Mg6+ through ISAC-I and further stripped to 26Mg10+ by the time
350	Thu Oct 21 11:46:14 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS	The MWS was restarted yesterday, and a 26Mg beam re-established. ICR set up into ISAC-II overnight, and tuning to TIGRESS
349	Wed Oct 20 11:30:32 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	MWS ran fine overnight. It was shut off this morning to investigate bias sparking issue, noted on FR#4894. The two MCIS turbopump
348	Tue Oct 19 09:20:40 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	MWS operating nicely.
347	Mon Oct 18 09:22:35 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	MWS is producing 26Mg, presently parked. It was used over the weekend for TUDA tuning.
346	Fri Oct 15 09:23:03 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS switchover for scheduled 24/26Mg beams	Source is running nicely. Hand-off to ICR occurred ~Wednesday night. Setup done overnight.
345	Wed Oct 13 16:15:03 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS switchover for scheduled 24/26Mg beams	Source conditioning most of today, to 59kV. Striptool attached. Reset to 26Mg tune at ~16:00.
344	Tue Oct 12 13:25:21 2010	Damien Gallop			MWS switchover for scheduled 24/26Mg beams	Source switchover in progress on WP#2010-10-12-1. Magnesium material installed into MWS. Pumpdown
343	Fri Oct 8 09:35:03 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for TIGRESS	Beam from MWS quietly sitting on FC6 awaiting tune checks to TIGRESS. Next experiments up are 26Alg5+ to TUDA and 24Na5+ to TIGRESS.
342	Mon Oct 4 09:46:12 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for TIGRESS setup	A 20Ne1+ beam from the MWS was established on Friday. Line tuning began Friday evening. A tune to the front of the SC LINAC was in
341	Mon Oct 4 09:40:30 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance and Development completed	The September Mini-Shutdown is now a memory. The few days available to OLIS were used for MCIS Development on 197Au. Productive.
340	Fri Sep 24 13:22:00 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance and Development	Supernanogan on overnight, in the search for gold. A trace of 197Au34 observed this morning. Development continues.
339	Thu Sep 23 09:20:34 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for DRAGON	DRAGON continues to take MWS beam. Later... 14:00 EOB. Prepare for Mini-Shutdown.
338	Mon Sep 20 09:34:44 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for DRAGON	MCIS Development finished Friday evening. OLIS switched to MWS operation and setup began for 4He1+ delivery to DRAGON. Beam
337	Fri Sep 17 14:02:29 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	Today's agenda: RF frequency scans and generally getting a feel for the new sputter source.
336	Thu Sep 16 17:06:22 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	A new sputter source was installed onto the Supernanogan. A wire of Au is installed in the source. Mass scans this morning with
335	Tue Sep 14 09:18:28 2010	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	The 16O3+ DRAGON run just finished. MCIS Development begins this morning for a few days. The goal is to install and characterize	8x
334	Fri Sep 10 10:38:13 2010	Damien Gallop			16O3+ for DRAGON
333	Fri Aug 13 09:27:49 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for SCC Development	MWS is running nicely. SCC development continues. This is scheduled to end on this coming Tuesday morning. It will likely continue
332	Wed Aug 11 10:35:03 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for SCC Development	Beam used into last evening, then idle overnight. Nice and stable. Maintenance Day for the cyclotron and ISAC.
331	Tue Aug 10 09:30:36 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for SCC Development	Beam idle overnight, and grew nicely. Source tweaked up and throttled back a little while ago. SCC development expected to continue
330	Mon Aug 9 10:38:43 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ Setup for SCC Development	We have a request for changing over the source to 4He1+ operation from the MWS.
329	Mon Aug 9 09:09:36 2010	Damien Gallop			35Cl2+ for DRAGON	Beam ran quietly over the weekend, with the anticipated intensity drop-off. Source gas canister at ~15"Hg and IOS at 3.3e-7
328	Fri Aug 6 09:50:22 2010	Damien Gallop			35Cl2+ setup for DRAGON	First beam appearing on FC6 presently, after the source pumped overnight. Source gas valving set up earlier this morning.	6x
327	Thu Aug 5 18:56:48 2010	Damien Gallop			35Cl2+ setup for DRAGON	OLIS off Wednesday morning for source changeover from 16O3+ to 35Cl2+. We have elected to use the MWS for this run. Supernanogan is
326	Thu Aug 5 17:47:04 2010	Damien Gallop			16O3+ for TIGRESS EOB Tuesday a.m.	Delivery of 16O3+ for TIGRESS "buddy beam" purposes ended early Tuesday morning,
325	Tue Aug 3 09:31:30 2010	Damien Gallop			16O3+ for TIGRESS	Beam idle for most of the weekend. Some ion source ups and downs, in part due to a WFB setting on the edge. Tuning began last
324	Fri Jul 30 09:09:35 2010	Damien Gallop			16O3+ for TIGRESS	Supernanogan is online. Setup done last night. There is room for tweaking, but stable 3enA on FC6 of 16O3+ presently. We'll see
323	Thu Jul 29 18:12:38 2010	Damien Gallop			16O3+ Setup	So... the long-awaited word to switch OLIS beams and sources finally came through... at 17:45.	6x
322	Thu Jul 29 15:31:21 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for TIGRESS	Beam in use intermittently.
321	Wed Jul 28 09:23:57 2010	Damien Gallop			4He1+ for TIGRESS	Source switchover went quite well yesterday morning. About 6nA of beam on FC6. Beam idle overnight. Tuning has resumed now.
320	Tue Jul 27 08:55:49 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance	Today we switch from 74Ge1+ to 4He1+, about as wide a switch as we've done at OLIS. We will use the MWS for the 4He.
319	Mon Jul 26 09:41:46 2010	Damien Gallop			74Ge1+ to TITAN	Beam is sitting on FC6 presently. Good source operation over the weekend. Some pics to come. RIB delivery to TITAN ended at 08:30
318	Fri Jul 23 13:00:04 2010	Damien Gallop			74Ge1+ to TITAN	Beam remained on FC6 overnight. Beam was used for a tune check this morning. At noon today beam was switched to 4He.
317	Thu Jul 22 09:25:21 2010	Damien Gallop			74Ge1+ to TITAN	The Supernanogan is producing 74Ge using the heater source, a first for the Supernanogan. Development done over the last
316	Tue Jul 20 09:38:45 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance	Our work permit to leakcheck the Supernanogan and IOS was signed this morning. The source is off presently, and work is underway. The
315	Mon Jul 19 10:56:53 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for TIGRESS	Beam from the Supernanogan remains on standby for TIGRESS pilot beam. There were a couple of source trips over the weekend, at least
314	Fri Jul 16 10:22:35 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for TIGRESS	Tuning to TIGRESS is continuing. There is a full expectation that they will take RIB over the weekend.
313	Wed Jul 14 09:23:19 2010	Damien Gallop			12C2+ for TIGRESS	OLIS is set up for 12C2+ delivery, with about 13enA on FC6 from the Supernanogan source presently. Beam was reasonably stable
312	Tue Jul 13 18:33:04 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance and Development	A source switchover day was negotiated, with a goal to provide 12C2+ beam. As a practical matter, it's been an OLIS Maintenance Day,
311	Mon Jul 12 10:55:14 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam used sporadically over the weekend. Note temperature response in beam. A power bump occurred at about 10:00, knocking out
310	Fri Jul 9 10:00:03 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Source drifted overnight. Operators made a slight correction to silence an alarm. I have tweaked this up. Shown below are before	8x
309	Thu Jul 8 09:38:36 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam idle overnight. Source conditioned and changed a bit. Slight tweaking required to bring it back to stable.
308	Wed Jul 7 15:21:36 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ for SCC Commissioning	A 16O1+ beam from the MWS is being used for SCC development and commissioning by agreement. Some sideshows getting there.
307	Tue Jul 6 19:10:33 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance	Source pulled down for Mg removal and cleanup. Done. Supernanogan refurbishing of MCIS optics complete, plus a comple of other items. Opened
306	Tue Jul 6 08:57:33 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS EOB	Photo-finish for TIGRESS this morning, apart from a cavity trip at around 6:00 a.m.. The MWS is running very
305	Mon Jul 5 11:58:49 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TIGRESS	Beam was switched from 24Mg5+ to 26Mg6+ on Canada Day. Also, the source blinked out on
304	Wed Jun 30 09:11:25 2010	Damien Gallop			24Mg5+ to TIGRESS	Delivery / standby continues.
303	Tue Jun 29 09:16:33 2010	Damien Gallop			24Mg5+ to TIGRESS	Delivery to TIGRESS has begun. Beam from the source looks perfect. Looks like happy times for them. The plan is to eventually	6x
302	Mon Jun 28 09:19:16 2010	Damien Gallop			24Mg5+ to TIGRESS	Delivery looks like it was pretty smooth over the weekend. TIGRESS expects to receive 24Na from ITW via the CSB this week. Yield
301	Thu Jun 24 11:52:34 2010	Damien Gallop			24Mg5+ to TIGRESS setup	Tuning into ISAC-II was done yesterday, and continues today. The source was idle overnight. There were a couple of magnesium
300	Wed Jun 23 09:17:34 2010	Damien Gallop			24Mg5+ to TIGRESS setup	Mass change yesterday morning from 26Mg1+ to 24Mg1+ from the MWS. It was tough to get stable beam from the source, and there are
299	Tue Jun 22 08:42:33 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	Beam was redirected to TIGRESS yesterday. RIB delivery to TIDA-II was rendered impossible due to a failure in the target or module.
298	Mon Jun 21 09:20:30 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	Beam waiting quietly on FC6. There was a power bump on Friday just after noon that tripped
297	Thu Jun 17 09:21:56 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	TUDA-II began taking beam around midnight last night. Beam on FC6 for a good part of the night. Steady as she goes.
296	Wed Jun 16 10:12:58 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	Beam idle overnight. Beam is being used as a pilot beam for this run. Source was knocked off by a power
295	Mon Jun 14 09:44:06 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ for TUDA-II	On Saturday we opened the MWS and set it up for Mg operation. Everything went well. We are using the pair of half-moon Mg metal
294	Sat Jun 12 11:23:40 2010	Damien Gallop			26Mg6+ to TUDA-II source setup	After EOB activities from 15N4+ run that ended this morning, we have begun preparations to switch over the ion sources. Turbos off
293	Sat Jun 12 10:20:14 2010	Damien Gallop			15N4+ to TIGRESS done	Delivery to TIGRESS ended this morning as scheduled. ICR took nice emittance scans and is completing a target snapshot	13x
292	Fri Jun 11 09:21:24 2010	Damien Gallop			15N4+ to TIGRESS	Delivery of 15N4+ to TIGRESS continues. Source gas canister is still at ~-22"Hg, and MCIS pressure is 7.2e-8 Torr. ICR reported
291	Thu Jun 10 09:17:42 2010	Damien Gallop			15N4+ to TIGRESS	Delivery to TIGRESS began yesterday or so. ICR reported beam intensity drops overnight. I'll look at it presently. Meanwhile,
290	Wed Jun 9 10:07:33 2010	Damien Gallop			15N4+ to TIGRESS	Setup into ISAC-II began last night. Tuning is in progress now. Beam on FC6 overnight. Canister pressure is -22"Hg and MCIS
289	Tue Jun 8 09:27:54 2010	Damien Gallop			15N4+ to TIGRESS	User tuning began Sunday night. Beam physics expert chose to retire the IOS:Q1 defeat, as he did not know until yesterday that it
288	Mon Jun 7 10:36:14 2010	Damien Gallop			15N setup over the weekend	Keerthi set up the Supernanogan for 15N operation and destined for TIGRESS, using two source gas options: a miniature bottle
287	Fri Jun 4 09:30:48 2010	Damien Gallop			33S to DRAGON	Delivery of 33S6+ continues to DRAGON for the final day. Some online tuning of the line overnight. Source gas canister pressure
286	Thu Jun 3 09:29:11 2010	Damien Gallop			33S to DRAGON	33S6+ delivery to DRAGON continues until Saturday morning. All the signs are that beam is excellent. Source gas canister is
285	Wed Jun 2 09:19:04 2010	Damien Gallop			33S to DRAGON	33S6+ delivery to DRAGON continues. It is Maintenance Day for everybody else today. Source gas canister pressure = -20"Hg.
284	Tue Jun 1 09:12:39 2010	Damien Gallop			33S to DRAGON	33S6+ delivery to DRAGON continues. Looks like there was an RF tweak overnight. Source gas canister still at ~-20"Hg. MCIS
283	Mon May 31 09:18:39 2010	Damien Gallop			33S to DRAGON	Delivery of 33S6+ to DRAGON continues. A couple of RF tweaks done over the weekend. Source gas canister pressure at -20"Hg.
282	Fri May 28 11:02:59 2010	Damien Gallop			33S to DRAGON	Beam tuning in progress. Source gas canister at -20"Hg. MCIS pressure at 7.62e-8 Torr.
281	Thu May 27 09:11:10 2010	Damien Gallop			33S Development and Handover	33S on FC6 overnight. Preparing to send beam to DRAGON now, and confirm isotope.
280	Wed May 26 18:16:10 2010	Damien Gallop			33S Development	Some 3enA of beam on FC6 presently. Let it sit.
279	Tue May 25 22:02:41 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna			33S spectrum	33S spectrum is saved as 33S_spectrum.dat
278	Tue May 25 11:58:02 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna			33S dev	after 24 hours background spectrum saved as "BackgroungNo33S003.dat" RF Amplitude :7.767 , RFoutput power=
277	Tue May 25 11:28:00 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna			33D dev	after 24 hours background spectrum saved as "BackgroungNo33S002.dat" RF Amplitude :1.553 , RFoutput power=
276	Tue May 25 00:19:18 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna			33S	Finally got something going. YCB1 short to the ground.
275	Mon May 24 22:42:51 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna			33S development	Tried to see the background before 33S installation. Found few problems: MCIS:YCB1
274	Wed May 19 09:55:51 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for TIGRESS	ISAC-I tuning done yesterday. TBC today into ISAC-II. Beam very nice overnight.
273	Tue May 18 09:15:16 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for TIGRESS setup	Prepare to switch beam from 22Ne2+ to 20Ne1+. Skimmers from 22Ne2+ run shown below. Table of tune options below. We will be using the	8x
272	Tue May 18 09:03:32 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1 EOB	EOB for SEBT1 run at 08:30, taking 11Li from ITE and 22Ne2+ from OLIS when needed. Attempted emittance scans last evening, but
271	Mon May 17 09:09:50 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Last day of this pilot beam to TUDA-II. Expect a beam switch tomorrow for sake of TIGRESS.
270	Fri May 14 08:50:56 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	MWS continues to provide 22Ne2+ for pilot beam use. Beam quietly sitting on FC6. Stripchart attached. Also, Supernanogan plasma is on
269	Thu May 13 09:25:38 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Beam continues to be reserved for E1147 pilot beam use. Beam was nice and stable overnight, as expected. Beam (blue) followed
268	Wed May 12 13:40:01 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Back to pilot beam status as of around 18:00 last night. A couple of sideshows through the evening. ICR made an elog entry about
267	Tue May 11 08:55:41 2010	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan development	Leak checking on the Supernanogan continues today. We are preparing for an up-coming 33S run, for which we want "perfect"
266	Mon May 10 16:42:55 2010	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan development	By agreement, the source came down this morning for continuing Supernanogan development. Main event: leak detecting.
265	Mon May 10 09:39:34 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Supernanogan development, mainly for the sake of the upcoming 33S run, took place for a little while on Friday. It was expected
264	Fri May 7 19:10:05 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna	Routine	General	OLIS status	MW source is back and running. A new vacuum chamber is added to the Supernanogan RF block. SO2 is not filled in yet.
263	Fri May 7 12:29:41 2010	Keerthi Jayamanna			Supernanogan development	Supernanogan development for 33S started. All MW and MW and MCIS power sypplies are off.
262	Thu May 6 14:33:07 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Beam from MWS remains quietly sitting on FC6, on standby for pilot beam use to SEBT1. The cyclotron is still down with cryogenerator
261	Wed May 5 09:46:40 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Beam on standby for pilot beam. Cyclotron is still down with vacuum troubles since ~03:00, so no RIB to ISAC.
260	Tue May 4 14:19:18 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Beam from MWS continues for pilot beam use into SEBT1. There are cyclotron issues with cryogenics, so 11Li delivery from ITE
259	Mon May 3 18:12:12 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Beam was switched on Friday morning from 16O1+ to 22Ne2+. This time it's a pilot beam for a 11Li experiment.
258	Fri Apr 30 13:02:17 2010	Damien Gallop			22Ne2+ at 22.44keV for SEBT1	Mid-morning the source was switched over from 16O1+ to 22Ne2+ operation for a new experiment. OLIS will be used as the pilot
257	Fri Apr 30 12:58:21 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV to SEBT2	Delivery to S1151 went quietly overnight for their last few hours. The run ended at ~08:30 as scheduled. Marco and ICR did some
256	Thu Apr 29 09:11:27 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV to SEBT2	Another quiet night of beam to S1151.
255	Wed Apr 28 10:08:05 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV to SEBT2	Beam delivery continued nicely through the night. Yesterday Controls repaired and reinstalled
254	Tue Apr 27 09:04:13 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV to SEBT2	Nominal beam operation to SEBT2 overnight. A chart of beam over the last few days is attached. There is a step change in the separator
253	Mon Apr 26 10:58:46 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV to SEBT2	Our first experiment of the year started right around midnight last night, after extensive tuning. As I understand it, S1151
252	Fri Apr 23 10:18:32 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Marco and experimenters are busy at it, tuning the DTL. Regarding the source, he is "happy as always!" Well, that
251	Thu Apr 22 14:57:25 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Accelerator development continued this morning. Beam from source was reported to be "good". ICR showed me their
250	Wed Apr 21 15:30:09 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam up as of last evening. Controls performed some network upgrades today, which impacted beam operations. One glitch on our side:
249	Tue Apr 20 09:02:18 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance	Maintenance Day for OLIS started late yesterday afternoon. Source up at end of the day. See attached Stripchart and in particular how
248	Mon Apr 19 17:12:55 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Maintenance	Just in: an active work permit for OLIS maintenance. Underway through tomorrow (Tuesday) evening.
247	Mon Apr 19 10:11:17 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Development on Friday; idle over the weekend. Stripchart attached. Meanwhile, there was a power bump
246	Fri Apr 16 09:26:01 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam development through accelerators continues today. Beam was rock-stable overnight.
245	Thu Apr 15 09:39:11 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Yesterday's RF troubles in ISAC-I are reportedly solved. Beam development is expected to resume this morning.
244	Wed Apr 14 17:28:32 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam reserved for continuing accelerator development, but there are some ISAC-I RF phase troubles. However, maintenance was
243	Tue Apr 13 10:20:27 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Accelerator commissioning has resumed for the day. Beam was nice and stable overnight. See attached Stripchart.
242	Mon Apr 12 11:53:22 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam was used last week for DRAGON commissioning. Successful run, completed yesterday, as reported by Colin this morning.
241	Thu Apr 1 09:23:08 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam idle overnight. Another night of super-stable beam. If no users today, then we may take it for MRO.
240	Wed Mar 31 09:43:30 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam set up for accelerator commissioning. Sophia took beam yesterday. Beam idle overnight. Stripchart of overnight performance attached.
239	Tue Mar 30 10:27:09 2010	Damien Gallop			16O1+ at 32.64keV for accelerator commissioning	16O1+ beam requested yesterday. Source switched over and beam ready by evening. Nice overnight Stripchart, attached. Sophia
238	Mon Mar 29 12:15:00 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for accelerator commissioning	OLIS sprung a water leak last night. Problem was sparking through a coiled cooling line. I replaced the pair of cooling lines
237	Fri Mar 26 09:31:04 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam idling overnight. Yesterday ICR called me regarding an IOSIOC reboot and consequent fallout. In short, it turned off IOS:MB.
236	Thu Mar 25 12:43:16 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam stable as a rock overnight. Pity we have no-one using it at the moment! Stripchart attached.
235	Wed Mar 24 11:42:32 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for accelerator commissioning	Beam is on standby. Target snapshot in IOPS elog. Over the last little while...
234	Fri Mar 19 09:00:21 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for accelerator commissioning	MWS is running well. Tune save: 100319_0901.snapiosdragon with beam observed to Prague magnet. Stripchart of last 24h attached.
233	Wed Mar 17 09:25:27 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 40.8keV for accelerator commissioning	20Ne1+ set up from the MWS and handed over to Sophia & Marco for accelerator recommissioning. Strip to 5+ at M:5. First day of beam. Happy
232	Fri Mar 12 11:35:34 2010	Keerthi			Cusp water cooling	Cusp source water cooling (#4) interlick does not work.
231	Fri Mar 12 11:33:09 2010	Keerthi			IOS:IG!	IOS:IG1 is faulty. Need to replac it during next earliest window.
230	Thu Mar 11 23:02:18 2010	Keerthi			OLIS status after shutdown	Microwave source is up and running. Supernanogan: grounding rod is stuck, RF generator does not clear the interlocks
229	Fri Feb 19 17:54:40 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown in progress	Partial disassembly of DB1 optics today. Shielding of insulators is definitely working and indicated for unshielded insulators.
228	Wed Feb 17 18:28:33 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown in progress	More materials prepared for optics refit.
227	Tue Feb 16 16:04:18 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown in progress	Preparations for rewiring the DB1/3 optics have begun. Sgan gas manifold work is in progress. Note: IOS:MP1 is scheduled for
226	Fri Feb 12 14:42:06 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown in progress	Supernanogan cart removed from Faraday cage to dock today. Some beam safety tests on FC6 in progress presently. FC3 was already	8x
225	Wed Feb 10 17:18:24 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown in progress	OLIS Shutdown has been in progress for a week. IOS is vented, was swiped clean and opened. DB3 was craned out, a precision job.
224	Wed Feb 3 16:30:02 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS Shutdown began today	We prepared stuff last night. This morning we vented IOS to argon, then swiped. Clean. Lu and Ajit craned out DB3 for us. Nice job,
223	Tue Feb 2 10:06:41 2010	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan development wind-up	We ran 32S5+ overnight. Keerthi has been working with the new surface source oven for the last couple of weeks. His results	9x
222	Fri Jan 15 15:30:02 2010	keerthi			Supernanogan oven start up	Voltage Current MCIC:IG1
221	Thu Jan 14 09:57:05 2010	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ beam from MWS for 8pi diagnosis	Beam is on for 8pi diagnosis by special request. We set up beam in IOS yesterday.	9x
220	Wed Jan 13 18:16:22 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS development with MWS at 28keV	We will be delivering a 28keV beam to the tuning boys tomorrow for further diagnosis of the 8pi line. In anticipation, I restarted	6x
219	Mon Jan 11 17:46:31 2010	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for 4He2+ beam loose ends	OLIS was shut down over Christmas. We did a "soft start" of the MWS last Tuesday, after refurbishing and installation
218	Mon Jan 11 17:40:07 2010	Damien Gallop			Happy New Year!	Welcome to 2010. Shutdown is underway across the site, while beam development is going on at OLIS.
217	Thu Dec 24 10:13:00 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development 20Ne1+ from MWS	The MWS stayed up flawlessly overnight. Beam grew from about 2µA to over 5µA this morning. Was it the pre-conditioning
216	Wed Dec 23 11:09:37 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development	So... lots has happened. * Supernanogan * Heater components installed in plasma	7x
215	Mon Dec 21 10:22:33 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - installation cont'd	Keerthi and Marco achieved visible 4He2+ through the RFQ on Friday (or so). Mass spec attached. Development continues today.
214	Fri Dec 18 13:14:01 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Yesterday: Busy! Source filment changed last night. Source pumped overnight. First start this morning.	9x
213	Wed Dec 16 14:07:37 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Today we vary source gas pressure. Later... Several iterations of pressure, tuning and standing on our heads. Representative
212	Tue Dec 15 17:50:38 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Four larger apertures were installed yesterday. This morning we fired up the modified source. It lit immediately. Plenty of beam. Development
211	Mon Dec 14 10:01:52 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Development over the weekend. Results to come. Restart source now and let it warm up. 4He2+ on FC6. Plasma at zero, to duplicate
210	Fri Dec 11 18:03:30 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Today we swapped power supplies between the arc and plasma electrode. This gives us a higher voltage range on the arc, at
209	Thu Dec 10 08:59:05 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Source stayed up quietly overnight. Current dropped off gradually. I will tweak things shortly.
208	Wed Dec 9 10:24:45 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	CUSP source was off for the night, following Keerthi's development. He had increased the current on FC6 and the arc current substantially.
207	Tue Dec 8 12:40:17 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	Fuse for FUG power supply obtained and installed. Source is up and warming up. ~100enA on FC6.
206	Mon Dec 7 09:48:24 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source continued	The OLIS cage was open over the weekend. IOS pressure is in the 4e-7 range, with source gas manifold closed and external helium bottle
205	Fri Dec 4 18:15:19 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - gas lines & water	We received back the source this morning. First order of business was to take some EOB scans. See earlier entry. Then we shut
204	Fri Dec 4 09:58:08 2009	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 28keV for 8pi delivery complete	Mike declared successful EOB this morning. "Best beam I ever used" or something like that! EOB emittance and mass scans attached.
203	Thu Dec 3 14:12:56 2009	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 28keV for 8pi delivery continues	Beam was idle overnight. We took the beam for a while this morning, and ran a mass scan. We opted to not go into the cage to
202	Wed Dec 2 19:03:55 2009	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 28keV for 8pi delivery	The source ran well overnight and today. There is an issue with an ILE Faraday cup. Tuning is ended for today, and beam is on
201	Tue Dec 1 12:33:58 2009	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ at 28keV for 8pi	By agreement, we are providing OLIS beam to the Beam Delivery group for the purpose of checking out transmission in the 8pi line.	8x
200	Tue Dec 1 09:27:17 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - first overnight running	The CUSP source ran well overnight, notwithstanding local control of source power supplies. Filament supply had dropped to 115A this morning,
199	Mon Nov 30 16:53:31 2009	Damien Gallop			20Ne1+ to 8pi planned for tomorrow	OLIS beam to 8pi is planned for tomorrow. A 20Ne1+ beam of ~3nA at 28keV is the agreement. The 8pi line diagnosis is likely to take
198	Mon Nov 30 15:41:00 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - initial tests	We completed the services by end of last week. Of course they could always be better, but everything is fine for this iteration.
197	Mon Nov 30 15:41:00 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - initial tests	We completed the services by end of last week. Of course they could always be better, but everything is fine for this iteration.
196	Fri Nov 27 13:36:09 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - installation cont'd	Arc power supply replaced. Water leaks down to one or two pinholes on source body; manageable. Minor mechanical in progress.
195	Thu Nov 26 16:08:42 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - installation cont'd	Services completed today. There are still some teething pains, particularly the arc p/s as noted earlier. But we did have some
194	Thu Nov 26 06:22:58 2009	Keerthi Jayamanna			Cusp source	Arc power supply does not hold any voltage.
193	Thu Nov 26 06:20:21 2009	Keerthi Jayamanna			Supernanogan Development	Swiched off all the pumps and ion gauge for oven installation.
192	Tue Nov 24 13:55:55 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - installation cont'd	Keerthi found and fixed a couple more vacuum leaks last night. Present vacuum at IOS:IG1 = 4.4e-7 Torr. Electrical and water services
191	Mon Nov 23 10:32:34 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - installation cont'd	4He2+ "alpha" CUSP source under vacuum: IOS:IG1=7.3e-7 Torr. Electrical installations today.
190	Fri Nov 20 17:26:57 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source - installation	Today we installed the CUSP "alpha" source on the MWS port at OLIS. It is vacuum-tight. Looking good. Also we installed remaining
189	Thu Nov 19 11:14:19 2009	Damien Gallop			OLIS development for CUSP source	Pumps were switched off last night. IOS was vented to Ar and swiped clean this morning. MCIS ready for disembarking from F-cage.
188	Wed Nov 18 23:46:14 2009	Keerthi Jayamanna			OLIS development started	All turbos in the OLIS and MCIS are off. No controls for the MCIS. Pumps switched of by pulling the CG cable.
187	Tue Nov 17 09:18:37 2009	Damien Gallop			21Ne4+ to DRAGON for charge distribution studies	After their EOB with 17O3+ yesterday, DRAGON switched to 21Ne4+ running for charge distribution studies. Keerthi changed over the source
186	Mon Nov 16 10:00:41 2009	Damien Gallop			17O3+ beam to DRAGON end of run this morning	DRAGON declared EOB at around 08:00 today. Source and beam were switched to 21Ne4+ for calibration studies.
185	Fri Nov 13 10:26:07 2009	Damien Gallop			17O3+ beam to DRAGON continuing	Beam and energy changes continued over the weekend. The ICR reports that things are going swimmingly, and that the users
184	Tue Nov 10 09:36:39 2009	Damien Gallop			17O3+ beam to DRAGON continuing	Beam ran well overnight. Last evening Vacuum Group diagnosed and repaired a catastrophic leak in the ILT cross region. You can see
183	Mon Nov 9 09:30:10 2009	Damien Gallop			17O3+ beam to DRAGON	Beam delivery continued through the weekend. As noted on Saturday, current dropped precipitously due to source gas pressure. We have 2.3e-6eµA
182	Sat Nov 7 12:21:35 2009	Keerthi Jayamanna			17O hand valve status	17O+3 at FC6 became 550nA. 17O hand valve found to be closed. Probable cause may be the cold weather.
181	Fri Nov 6 11:17:54 2009	Damien Gallop			17O3+ setup to DRAGON	As noted, we handed over the beam to our users yesterday by noon. Setup to DRAGON is continuing. The report this morning that
180	Thu Nov 5 09:45:03 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS online with 17O3+ on FC6 overnight	Beam was quiet overnight. Keerthi touched up the tune this morning, and it is quieter yet and a little more of it too.
179	Wed Nov 4 09:46:07 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS online with 17O3+ on FC6 for development	Beam stayed up overnight nicely. Development today. RF scans in progress now. Later... scanning done for the moment.	9x
178	Tue Nov 3 09:25:31 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS online with 17O3+ on FC6 overnight	We completed 33S operation last night, and roughed in a setup for 17O. We had 17O3+ on FC6 overnight; chart attached. It grew
177	Mon Nov 2 17:42:54 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS online with 17O3+ on FC6	As noted earlier, we have opened the OLIS cage and set up the source gases for 17O operation. It will take a while for the SO2
176	Mon Nov 2 09:32:40 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 over the weekend	Beam came up nicely on Friday, and stayed up quuietly over the weekend. Note the absence of periodic spikes in the separator
175	Fri Oct 30 09:44:49 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight	Controls finished with IOSIOC work yesterday. ICR had restored most optics. I restarted the source last evening. As you can see below,
174	Thu Oct 29 09:42:23 2009	Damien Gallop			IOSIOC work in progress	Yesterday there was an IOSIOC reboot for a purpose. It was an opportunity to demonstrate to Controls that IOSIOC reboots materially
173	Wed Oct 28 09:55:28 2009	Damien Gallop			Planned IOSIOC reboot	Controls is rebooting IOSIOC. I have inserted MCIS:FC1 for the duration. Let's see what comes of it all.
172	Wed Oct 28 09:33:51 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight cont'd	Beam was quiet overnight. I noticed a slow drift that seemed to follow the source pressure. My best guess is that our source gas "regulator"
171	Tue Oct 27 09:22:14 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight	I had optimized the RF yesterday, but the source went into a dual-mode toggling regime. It is hairline to find a nice point. I also
170	Mon Oct 26 10:56:52 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 over the weekend	On Friday we left 33S5+ on FC6. The separator magnet power supply tripped at some point for unknown reason. The operators turned
169	Fri Oct 23 09:55:41 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight cont'd	Beam stayed on quietly overnight, as did the separator stability program. Periodic pulsing continues to occur. No explanation
168	Thu Oct 22 15:54:24 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight cont'd	The Supernanogan was on overnight quietly. FC6 went in this morning. (Didn't check if fingers were involved.) I now notice
167	Wed Oct 21 11:01:37 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight cont'd	I alsmost want to write, see yesterday's entry! Source ran quietly with no interruptions. FTR, the separator stability program is also
166	Tue Oct 20 09:25:29 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6 overnight	The source stayed up quietly overnight with about 4enA on FC6. Once in a while a little burp occurs, visible as small beam
165	Mon Oct 19 10:09:13 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS on with 33S5+ on FC6	Switch on source for stats. Source lit up perfectly. Slight adjustment on RF frequency.
164	Thu Oct 15 21:06:10 2009	Keerthi			OLIS status	33S development is completed. A 3nA of 33S+5 can be produced with 10W of RF power and 2.5mm aperture.
163	Thu Oct 15 09:43:00 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS development with 33S5+	Source started. 33S5+ beam on FC6 using gas flow determined yesterday. At first blush, it appears we need a slightly higher flow.
162	Wed Oct 14 12:06:46 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS development with 33S5+	MCIS was running with background only. Prepare to open SO2 source gas... MCIS:IG1 = 5.4e-8 Torr
161	Wed Oct 14 09:52:09 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS development with 33S5+ today	The source is on. There is background beam on FC6 presently, less than yesterday. That's probably a good thing. Let it cook for a
160	Tue Oct 13 14:14:17 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS setup for 33S5+	Keerthi has reinstalled the SO2 source gas bottle onto MCIS. Presently it is closed off to the source. We have restarted the
159	Sun Oct 11 17:11:31 2009	Keerthi			MCIS turbo pumps power levels	MCIS:TP1 = 12W MCIS:TP2 = 11W
158	Sun Oct 11 17:09:52 2009	Keerthi			Vacuum with IOS:IV7	IOS:IG4 reads 1.25 e-7 Torr and IOS:IG1 reads 9.8e-8 Torr with IOS:IV7 is open IOS:IG4 reads 8.35 e-8 Torr and IOS:IG1
157	Sun Oct 11 13:17:37 2009	Keerthi			Neon Leak closed	Neon leak close for upcoming 33S development.
156	Sun Oct 11 13:16:39 2009	Keerthi			MCIS:TP3 was off	MCIS TP3 foumd off by 1:00 pm. Restarted without a problem Before TP3 is on MCIS:IG1 is 5.47e-8
155	Fri Oct 9 16:33:45 2009	Keerthi			33S development	SO2 gas line is connected again. Leak hand valve is closed.
154	Thu Oct 8 09:39:52 2009	Damien Gallop			CSB Development with MCIS	Friedhelm and Marco have requested 20Ne2+ from the Supernanogan, and plan to bring up the same from the CSB today. I am beginning
153	Wed Oct 7 16:54:33 2009	Keerthi				Today Supernanogan vacuum found to be down in the morning. Restarted easily.
152	Tue Oct 6 15:28:31 2009	Keerthi			OLIS A/Q changed to 5 (20Ne+4)	Changed OLIS A/Q to 5 (20Ne+4) to satisfy the CSB and ISAC development changes. 8nA is sitting at the FC6
151	Tue Oct 6 15:22:43 2009	Damien Gallop			22Ne4+ & 20Ne4+ operation	Over the weekend, Keerthi had set up 22Ne4+ to FC6 for the purpose of developing a tune matched with a similar tune from the CSB.
150	Sun Oct 4 19:16:46 2009	Keerthi			OLIS status	Supernanogan is ready with 22Ne+4 for upcoming CSB run. EL, HV and RF are on. The anlyzing magnet and the other optics are set for A/Q=5.5.
149	Fri Oct 2 15:58:36 2009	Keerthi			17O and Ne gases are now connected	A 1e-5 atm.cc/sec of 17O leak and a 1e-6 atm.cc/sec of neon leak are connected to the source through center tube of the
148	Fri Oct 2 09:38:26 2009	Keerthi	Routine	General	33Sulfur development completed successfully.	Sulfur-33 development completed successfully.
147	Wed Sep 30 15:30:04 2009	Damien Gallop			33S6+ from MCIS for DRAGON setup	Beam is stable enough to let Marco set up something to DRAGON. We are a couple of days early.
146	Mon Sep 28 14:16:47 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS Cart down for TP1 Replacement	We are taking the opportunity to replace TP1 today. Edi Dalla Valle is on it. Also, Diagnostics has a WP in the queue for looking
145	Mon Sep 28 14:12:17 2009	Damien Gallop			33S5+ from MCIS on Friday 25-Sep-2009	A sustained 33S5+ beam was generated in the Supernanogan on Friday, September 25th. Attached is a trar plot.
144	Wed Sep 16 18:14:29 2009	Damien Gallop			Test scans for publication 2	090916_1206ILTEMIT.txt Graphics with "color" in the filename will look in print the same	19x
143	Wed Sep 16 12:48:13 2009	Keerthi			17O+5 double peaks	090916_1242ILTEMIT.txt 17O+5 has two peaks. 090916_1355ILTEMIT.txt Repeat
142	Wed Sep 16 12:26:51 2009	Keerthi	Routine	General	17O+3 emittance with changed steering	090916_1222ILTEMIT.txt Changed the MCIS steering to center the beam in the EL. 17O+3 ~5uA, 50x100
141	Wed Sep 16 12:20:10 2009	Keerthi			17O+3 emittance with increased EL	090916_1215ILTEMIT.txt EL increased, ~4.5uA, emittance increases, 50x100 17O+3
140	Wed Sep 16 12:12:04 2009	Keerthi	Routine	General	17O+3 emittance sacns	090916_1156ILTEMIT.txt 17O+3 good settings 50x100 , 333nA Scale, ~4uA
139	Tue Sep 15 20:02:46 2009	Keerthi			17O8+ on FC6 from MCIS	0.4nA of 17O+8 is sitting on FC6. Development will continue tomorrow.
138	Tue Sep 15 19:46:21 2009	Keerthi	Routine	General	Supernanogan emittance scans	090915_1915ILTEMIT.txt = 17O +3, 4.4uA new tune, scanner offset +10V, scanner scale 100nA , 100x50 matrix	9x
137	Tue Sep 15 16:56:03 2009	Damien Gallop			Test scans for publication	Here are pix of the same scan: original, then greyscale, then cropped, using The GIMP. Not bad.
136	Tue Sep 15 16:09:31 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development 17O emittance scans	We noticed a double peak effect in the 16O3+ scan. I will set up the line for 17O3+ and see.	13x
135	Tue Sep 15 10:32:39 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS Development	So. We are preparing for a few days of Supernanogan development. The present run plan is to obtain good emittance scans for	7x
134	Tue Sep 15 09:54:22 2009	Damien Gallop			16O3+ run to DRAGON ended on schedule at 08:00	The DRAGON run ended uneventfully. (That's a good thing.) I ran a few emittance scans on the beam as-is. It is clearly monoisotopic.	8x
133	Fri Sep 11 23:42:45 2009	Keerthi	Other	General	MCIS turbo pump	MCIS TP1 is not running well. Needs investigation as soon as S1219 is completed. Later... TP1 failed completely, and
132	Tue Sep 8 15:14:45 2009	Damien Gallop			Back from vacation	I'm back from vacation. Physically, anyway. Keerthi did comprehensive emittance scans during Supernanogan Development over the
131	Tue Aug 18 11:16:16 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS "PV" PLC trip overnight	Another in the on-going saga of MCIS:PV1 trips occurred again this morning. The operators recovered most of the vacuum devices except
130	Mon Aug 17 15:53:54 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS mass scans & initial emittance scans	High resolution zero to 25. Save file: masscorr_mcis_090817-highres.txt Ack! Elog server went down at ~17:00!!!	11x
129	Mon Aug 17 13:58:35 2009	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan Development begins today for one week	Supernanogan Development begins. It will be a marathon. Main goals are high-charge emittance scans and RF frequency scans. Tall
128	Fri Aug 14 13:53:34 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg end of run data	Marco gave us the all-clear this morning to shut down the MWS. We are preparing to remove the MWS head from the Y-box and blank	10x
127	Tue Aug 11 09:54:28 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg operation overnight & MCIS cart installation	As noted earlier, the MWS beam dropped out at some point after yesterday afternoon's playtime, due to insufficient PE. Plasma
126	Mon Aug 10 18:29:32 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS source trip & restart	Well, so it goes. As I was penning a note for OPS, the source tripped. It easily reignited with a little extra Ne. I left the flow slightly
125	Mon Aug 10 18:06:09 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg reduce intensity with PE	So... we have had this on-going problem with intense Mg beam coating our optics. Keerthi found a good recipe last week with
124	Mon Aug 10 17:42:18 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg emittance scan with original settings	Finally, here is the "original" beam. Can you tell the difference (side-by-side at bottom)? I can't.	6x
123	Mon Aug 10 17:20:55 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg emittance scan with zeroed vertical steerers	Here is a variation I thought might be appropriate. Data file: 090810_1724ILTEMIT.txt
122	Mon Aug 10 17:16:20 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg emittance scan with downstream quads off	Here is the emittance scan that Rick requested, beam with Q4/5/6 off. Note that present numbers for these quads do not match theoretical.
121	Mon Aug 10 16:43:59 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg emittance scan with slits open	Before proceeding, I nudged in each of the slits, watching for first clipping. With the current emittance (nice), the beam cleared
120	Mon Aug 10 16:36:33 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg emittance scans	A series of 25Mg emittance scans for Rick. Starting scan with everything as-is, i.e. slits closed.
119	Mon Aug 10 16:12:28 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg operation over the weekend	Summary: good. Details: A trip occurred at some point. I restarted the source over the weekende
118	Fri Aug 7 14:42:29 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg beam reduction	Around noon, Keerthi adjusted the PE down to reduce the intensity of the Mg beam, as we are running with attenuators in. He ended
117	Fri Aug 7 10:16:38 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg emittance scans	While there is an SC cavity issue, I have been repeating last evening's emittance scans. Here is the best one. About 70nA of 25Mg	6x
116	Thu Aug 6 17:02:00 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 25Mg tuning to TIGRESS in progress	Tuning has been on-going through the day. Here are a couple of emittance scans taken in-between heartbeats. The first is zoomed	7x
115	Wed Aug 5 11:29:51 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS operation overnight and 25Mg status	So... there evidently was a power bump overnight, because the stability power supply was "disconnected" from the system.
114	Tue Aug 4 11:13:04 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS source tuning for 25Mg operation	The source stayed up overnight just fine, with a little 25Mg beam on FC6. This morning I did a few mass scans to get a fix on Mg	6x
113	Mon Aug 3 08:39:31 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS 21Ne -> 25Mg switchover	Conveniently scheduled for BC Day, we are preparing to switch over the MWS to sputter operation with MG source material. Operations
112	Mon Jul 27 14:39:22 2009	Damien Gallop			21Ne5+ to TUDA-II	21Ne has been available from the MWS since mid-week. Here is roughly how last week unfolded to now:
111	Wed Jul 22 14:31:28 2009	Damien Gallop			21Ne setup to TUDA-II is underway	Last night Keerthi resolved the sparking issue in MWS and started the source while I was present. There was a frozen interlock
110	Wed Jul 22 01:33:29 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS initial startup summary	Vacuum came down to ~7e-7 Torr. On startup, bias sparked over somewhere. Vacuum leak was caused. Later we found that HV had sparked
109	Tue Jul 21 17:11:33 2009	Damien Gallop			MWS preparations for 21Ne operation	With the MCIS cart removed, Geoff hooked up the leak detector to the MWS source gas line. He did a couple of hours of leak checking
108	Mon Jul 20 17:28:01 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS cart removed from cage and parked	We discussed whether or not to leave the Supernanogan in the OLIS Faraday cage, and decided no, because the up-coming runs will
107	Mon Jul 20 09:25:35 2009	Damien Gallop			18O4+ run to TIGRESS complete	The 18O4+ run at about 5MeV/u ended this morning with reasonable success, I'm informed, despite MCIS vacuum trips, SC cryo trips
106	Fri Jul 17 11:10:21 2009	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan development done	Beam switched back to 18O4+ by 11:00 as agreed. Some glitches. Here are snapshots of how it looked at handover time.	6x
105	Fri Jul 17 10:46:06 2009	Damien Gallop			16O6+ recheck	A/q = 2.666 Field = 767.1G FC6 = 3enA
104	Fri Jul 17 10:32:42 2009	Damien Gallop			16O8+ recheck	A/q = 2 Field = 667.3 FC6 = ~10enA
103	Fri Jul 17 10:30:27 2009	Damien Gallop			16O7+ recheck	A/q = 2.2857 Field = 710.5G FC6 = 100pA
102	Fri Jul 17 10:28:09 2009	Damien Gallop			18O7+ recheck	A/q = 2.571 Field = 753.5 FC6 = 50epA
101	Fri Jul 17 10:03:07 2009	Damien Gallop			18O6+ recheck	A/q = 3 Field = 813.9G FC6 = 2.2enA I tweaked the adjustment of the displayed A/q calibration to fit this one.
100	Fri Jul 17 09:47:16 2009	Damien Gallop			18O8+ recheck	Go fishing in the range 2.24-2.26, but no fish in this pond this time. However, there is a relatively strong beam at 2.3.
99	Fri Jul 17 09:33:09 2009	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan epilogue	There are the last couple of hours of Supernanogan Development for this set. Our run plan included 17On+ studies. Time will not permit it this
98	Thu Jul 16 17:15:50 2009	Damien Gallop			16/18On+ survey summary	Here is a summary of emittances gleaned from the aforementioned elog entries.
97	Thu Jul 16 17:09:52 2009	Damien Gallop			18O1+ survey	A/q = 18 Field = 1987.1 FC6 = 161nA
96	Thu Jul 16 17:05:29 2009	Damien Gallop			16O1+ survey	A/q = 16 Field = 1873.4G FC6 = 204enA
95	Thu Jul 16 16:50:41 2009	Damien Gallop			18O2+ survey	A/q = 9 Field = 1405.0G FC6 = 55enA
94	Thu Jul 16 16:40:11 2009	Damien Gallop			16O2+ survey	A/q = 8 Field = 1324.8G FC6 = 172enA
93	Thu Jul 16 16:33:28 2009	Damien Gallop			18O3+ survey	A/q = 6 Field = 1147.2 FC6 = 39.3enA
92	Thu Jul 16 16:15:39 2009	Damien Gallop			16O3+ survey	A/q = 5.3333 Field = 1081.6G FC6 = 110nA
91	Thu Jul 16 15:58:53 2009	Damien Gallop			18O4+ survey	A/q = 4.5 Field = 993.5G FC6 = 20enA
90	Thu Jul 16 15:49:46 2009	Damien Gallop			16O4+ survey	A/q = 4 Field = 936.7 FC6 = 54.0enA
89	Thu Jul 16 15:41:35 2009	Damien Gallop			18O5+ survey	A/q = 3.6 Field = 888.6G FC6 = 6.2enA
88	Thu Jul 16 15:38:58 2009	Damien Gallop			16O5+ survey	A/q = 3.2 Field = 837.7G FC6 = 14.5enA
87	Thu Jul 16 15:22:51 2009	Damien Gallop			18O6+ survey	A/q = 3 Field = 811.2G FC6 = 1.6nA Not quite enough beam for an emittance scan.
86	Thu Jul 16 15:11:16 2009	Damien Gallop			16O6+ survey	A/q = 2.6667 Field = 764.7G FC6 = 3.0nA
85	Thu Jul 16 14:50:38 2009	Damien Gallop			18O7+ survey	A/q = 2.5714 Field = 751.1G FC6 = 40epA No emittance scan possible.
84	Thu Jul 16 14:46:52 2009	Damien Gallop			16O7+ survey	A/q = 2.2857 Field = 708.0G FC6 = 70epA (noisy) No emittance scan possible.
83	Thu Jul 16 14:44:06 2009	Damien Gallop			18O8+ survey	A/q = 2.25 Field = 702.5G FC6 = not visible It looks like last night's vacuum trip is biting us here.
82	Thu Jul 16 14:41:46 2009	Damien Gallop			16O8+ survey	A/q = 2 Field = 662.3G FC6 = 150epA (unstable) No emittance scan possible.
81	Thu Jul 16 14:25:27 2009	Damien Gallop			18O4+ survey	A/q = 4.5 Field = 993.5G FC6 = 24.0enA
80	Thu Jul 16 14:11:43 2009	Damien Gallop			MCOL3 slits calibrations	I ran through a calibration exercise for the IOS slits. Here is my data. I have moved each set to the midpoint of the largest (5mm)
79	Thu Jul 16 14:06:56 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS vacuum trip overnight	The MCIS vacuum system tripped last night again. Fortunately the operators noticed it and restarted stuff. Otherwise
78	Wed Jul 15 16:37:01 2009	Damien Gallop			Bias for IOS emittance rig	Graham looked up the list of IOS bias assignments. None was form the emittance rig. I quickly tested the list in ILT, but nothing jumped
77	Wed Jul 15 14:41:25 2009	Damien Gallop			18O5+ survey	A/q = 3.6 Field = 888.6G FC6 = 10nA Two emittance scans, one with the as-is emittance rig, one with a manually
76	Wed Jul 15 10:52:25 2009	Damien Gallop			18O6+ survey	A/q = 3 Field = 813.2 FC6 = 2.9nA Beam is too faint for a good emittance scan, but it's visible. Redo with reverse	7x
75	Wed Jul 15 10:51:25 2009	Damien Gallop			18O7+ survey	A/q = 2.571 Field = 752.9 FC6 = 88pA
74	Wed Jul 15 10:41:23 2009	Damien Gallop			18O8+ survey	A/q = 2.25 Field = 704.7G FC6 = <pA Well, it's there, but pretty faint. The attached stripchart shows no beam then
73	Wed Jul 15 10:27:18 2009	Damien Gallop			18O4+ overnight and emittance check	Repeat emittance scan of present 18O4+ beam. It compares okay (somewhat broader emittance numbers) with yesterday's
72	Wed Jul 15 09:20:26 2009	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan development in progress	Proposed run plan for this time: Document TIGRESS tune. 18O4+ emittance scan. Mass
71	Tue Jul 14 15:19:51 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS mass scan	I have begun a mass scan from 0 to 25. It will be a while. Data file: masscorr_mcis__0-25_090714.txt. 25nA of 18O4+ restored to FC6.
70	Tue Jul 14 09:47:14 2009	Damien Gallop			18O4+ tuning to TIGRESS this morning	We have a change of schedule. Due to circumstances, Sophia will continue tuning to TIGRESS this morning. Sgan Development will resume this	7x
69	Mon Jul 13 17:41:04 2009	Damien Gallop			Supernanogan development Monday morning	As noted, Keerthi was called to restart the source after a power bump. He continued Supernanogan development through the night
68	Mon Jul 13 17:19:29 2009	Damien Gallop			MCIS vacuum trip at ~15:30	An MCIS vacuum trip occurred somewhere around 15:30. Sophia observed a drop-off in beam. The cause looks like the PLC-related
67	Mon Jul 13 09:49:52 2009	Damien Gallop			18O4+ tuning to TIGRESS today	As per our agreed deal last week, today is reserved for Supernanogan tuning to TIGRESS. Development will resume tomorrow.
66	Fri Jul 10 11:47:07 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18On+ frequency scans & resonances	The Supernanogan was restarted this morning, after last night's power bump. 18O4+ on FC6, cooking for about an hour. Looks very good.
65	Fri Jul 10 11:46:55 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18On+ frequency scans & resonances	The Supernanogan was restarted this morning, after last night's power bump. 18O4+ on FC6, cooking for about an hour. Looks very good.
64	Fri Jul 10 09:55:25 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O8+ beam overnight	Here is a striptool of 18O8+ beam (magenta trace) last evening from about 18:00 to 22:30 when there was a large power bump coincident
63	Thu Jul 9 16:07:56 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O8+ frequency scans	Keerthi did some 18On+ frequency scans this morning. He observed 18O8+! I am attempting to repeat it myself now. Reverse bias on	6x
62	Wed Jul 8 19:51:33 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18On+ summary for the day	The 18O source gas bottle is online. The ion source was optimized for 18O4+ and kept the same throughout. Emittance scans of each
61	Wed Jul 8 19:13:15 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O8+ emittance scan	A/q = 2.25 FC6 at reverse bias MB = 736.9G @ 42.9A Not enough intensity for an emittance
60	Wed Jul 8 19:07:15 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O7+ emittance scan	A/q = 2.57 FC6 = 0.25nA MB = 790.0G @ 46.2A Not enough intensity for an emittance scan.
59	Wed Jul 8 18:57:09 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O6+ emittance scan	A/q = 3 FC6 = 5.5nA MB = 851.5G @ 50.1A
58	Wed Jul 8 18:47:43 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O5+ emittance scan	A/q = 3.6 FC6 = 12.5nA MB = 931.8G @ 55.3A
57	Wed Jul 8 18:38:21 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O4+ emittance scan	A/q = 4.5 FC6 = 29.5nA MB = 1041.8G @ 62.4A
56	Wed Jul 8 18:20:43 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O3+ emittance scan	A/q = 6 FC6 = 49.5nA MB = 1201.4G @ 73.1A
55	Wed Jul 8 18:12:25 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O2+ emittance scan	A/q = 9 FC6 = 50.0nA MB = 1470.8G @ 90.8A
54	Wed Jul 8 17:58:02 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O1+ emittance scan	Here we go. A/q = 18 FC6 = 141.0nA MB = 2078G @ 130.2A
53	Wed Jul 8 17:47:26 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O4+ emittance scans	First up is a check scan of 18O4+. There is a definite vertical offset compared to earlier today. Otherwise, it correlates well
52	Wed Jul 8 16:12:51 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Mass scan in progress	A mass scan from A/q of zero to 25 is in progress. Data file (large): masscorr_mcis_090708.txt. The source is optimized for 18O4+. Fishing
51	Wed Jul 8 11:52:54 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan development run plan for the remainder of this set	* 18On+ emittance scans at present ion source settings: complete today. * 18On+ frequency measurements: Thursday.
50	Wed Jul 8 10:57:46 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O4+ emittance scans	Tune saved as 090708_1200.snapmcisfc6. I settled on the 15.486GHz optimal frequency, and tweaked that for effect. Then I ran a	10x
49	Wed Jul 8 09:34:58 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O4+ frequency optimization	Starting frequency: 15.7864GHz => 870pA on FC6 Step size: 1MHz. Selected peaks shown. There were many smaller resonances
48	Wed Jul 8 09:22:07 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O4+ beam growth overnight	After accessing the OLIS cage and opening the 18O source gas valve, I restarted the Supernanogan source last evening around 18:00
47	Tue Jul 7 17:47:14 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18On+ beam & emittance	As noted earlier, we have 17O and 18O source gas attached to the Supernanogan source chamber. Both are valved off presently. The source
46	Tue Jul 7 15:43:19 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	ISIS emittance rig tests this morning	Keerthi and I were front and centre doing ISIS emittance rig testing this morning. He ran it, and I tried to find ways to run
45	Mon Jul 6 17:34:24 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O background studies	Well... my browser blew away just before I submitted version one of this entry. Let's try again.	6x
44	Mon Jul 6 10:57:08 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Beam stability versus temperature over weekend	We had 16O3+ on FC6 on Friday. An IOSIOC reboot occurred mid-afternoon Friday unfortunately. Operators restored beam at about 06:00 on
43	Fri Jul 3 10:29:15 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	RF frequency scans versus each charge state of 16O cont'd.	16O2+ beam on FC6 = 10nA as before. Move to 16O3+ A/q = 5.33... A frequency scan between 13 &
42	Fri Jul 3 10:03:11 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Overnight beam stability on FC3	Here are some pics and data from total MCIS beam on FC3 overnight. A bit inconclusive, but there may be a temperature correlation.
41	Thu Jul 2 16:55:04 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	RF frequency scans versus each charge state of 16O	Let's take a look at varying frequency versus beam current for 16O2+. Starting RF values shown below. FC6 = 1.09enA.	7x
40	Thu Jul 2 11:58:18 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan development in progress	Happy Canada Day! I noticed a long-term trend in beam intensity. I have every reason to believe
39	Tue Jun 30 17:39:13 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Compare 16O2+ beam from start of run to today	There seemed to be some small change to the beam over the week of TACTIC running. I would like to poke around a bit. The emittance	6x
38	Tue Jun 30 17:16:25 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O2+ emittance scans with slits open	First, with upstream slits opened, then with both open. Original slit setting was 1mm. Finally, restore slits to 1mm and see	6x
37	Tue Jun 30 10:56:26 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O2+ emittance scans	The first emittance scan sort of got interrupted; it auto-restarted just before the previous scan had finished. I thought the resulting	6x
36	Tue Jun 30 10:30:17 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Initial development setup	Setup teething pains... The Start button on the emittance panel worked this time. But ICR called, requesting a few minutes
35	Tue Jun 30 09:33:00 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan Development begins today for two weeks	Supernanogan development starts today. The TACTIC run, which ended around 08:30 today, appears to have been a success. TACTIC
34	Mon Jun 29 10:35:35 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O2+ pilot beam to TACTIC in progress	We handed over a 16O2+ beam on Wednesday morning to Sophia for TACTIC setup. On our side, everything went well. TACTIC switched
33	Wed Jun 24 10:27:23 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O2+ tune ready for Sophia and Marco	See ISAC elog entry today. Keerthi developed a dual-mode tune last night, so that we can run the MWS at will if so
32	Tue Jun 23 18:04:30 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	MCIS HV conditioning to 20KV	Supernanogan bias for this run is 16.32KV. After we were finished with source tuning, etc., we conditioned up to 20KV. Then beam
31	Tue Jun 23 16:48:00 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O2+ on FC6 after source tuning	After a first round of source and line tuning for good current with minimum RF power, we have about 8nA of 16O2+ on FC6. Here is
30	Tue Jun 23 15:02:38 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O2+ on FC6	We now have about 80nA of 16O2+, using the same source parameters as before. Keep a watch for a while, then tune the source
29	Tue Jun 23 10:33:43 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Effects of RF on charge state	Today is the last day of this set of Supernanogan Development. The source ran at 16KV overnight, in anticipation of 16O2+ delivery later today.
28	Mon Jun 22 20:28:37 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Preparations for 16O2+ delivery	In anticipation of 16O2+ delivery mid-week, we checked 16O2+ production from the Supernanogan source. No problem. We did have to use the	6x
27	Mon Jun 22 16:00:04 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Emittance thoughts and other matters	An emittance scan of the 16O7+ beam follows. Also, a stripchart of the same beam on FC6 overnight. Keerthi did some studies over	7x
26	Fri Jun 19 20:15:19 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Summary of 16On+ emittance scans	Here is a list of 16On+ emittance scans for today. Although IOSIOC got rebooted, restored tune was identical and trouble-free,
25	Fri Jun 19 11:59:49 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16On+ emittance scans continue	Keerthi developed a nice 16O7+ beam to FC6 last night. Beam current is about 3nA presently. Here is the first emittance scan	18x
24	Thu Jun 18 09:38:52 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Check Supernanogan beam after IOC reboot yesterday	As mentioned before, IOSIOC was rebooted yesterday afternoon to unfreeze the emittance rig panel. It cost us our tune, which unfortunately	15x
23	Wed Jun 17 17:01:07 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16On+ emittance scans	A series of 16On+ emittance scans. Benchmark scan of 16O5+ matched well with same scan done this morning. Subsequent scans beginning
22	Wed Jun 17 10:14:57 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	16O5+ on FC6 overnight	The 16O5+ beam stayed up OK overnight. ICR took some emittance scans this morning. They look interesting.	6x
21	Tue Jun 16 16:47:02 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Mass scan around 16O5+	Keerthi suggested using 16O5+ for optimizing the source. I did a tight mass scan in that area, and 16O5+ is clearly visible. I will
20	Tue Jun 16 12:10:17 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	84Kr charge states begun
19	Mon Jun 15 17:49:23 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	84Kr charge states begun	We began looking at 84Kr this weekend. Keerthi had 84Kr19+ on FC6 this morning, which I was able to tweak up from ~300epA
18	Fri Jun 12 14:24:49 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	17O3+ beam at optimized RF	A comment about RF power came up at the presentation this morning. Intense X-rays can be produced not only at the peak efficiency
17	Fri Jun 12 14:12:04 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	OLIS & Supernanogan Facilities presentation	Presentation this morning in Auditorium. Players: Keerthi: science
16	Thu Jun 11 12:10:22 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan status	Pumping went well overnight. TP3 turned on around noon. Issues with Kepco communications.
15	Wed Jun 10 18:48:53 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Krypton source gas fitted	Krypton source gas teed directly into ion source. A Nupro valve and tee also added for 17O line. At present, the 17O gas bottle
14	Wed Jun 10 17:49:40 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Beam to RFQ	We handed over the beam to Sophia for testing Rick's new tune. Although there are RF issues at the RFQ presently, her feedback to the
13	Wed Jun 10 11:22:59 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan development mass scans	Main event this morning so far: mass scans and post-scan analysis using Gabe's tools. We have a pretty good recipe now. Tight scan
12	Tue Jun 9 20:49:32 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan RF & IOS slits	I have been testing various RF power settings for cold starts and beam stability. No surprise, the best tuner setting is approximately midway
11	Tue Jun 9 16:53:55 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Supernanogan development in progress	Keerthi started the Supernanogan source today. His primary goal was to test out Rick's theoretical tune calculations. He was ecstatic
10	Mon Jun 8 09:31:39 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Emittance scan of 18O beam from MWS	The TIGRESS run ended this morning. Supernanogan Development begins now for two weeks. Begin an 18O1+ emittance scan and also take some
9	Thu Jun 4 10:46:37 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O source operation overnight	The MWS delivered 18O overnight, mostly onto FC6. Sophia complained about source stability this morning. It definitely could
8	Wed Jun 3 16:17:51 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	MWS started for 18O1+ production to TIGRESS	A couple of weeks of 17O3+ to DRAGON ended yesterday with a photo finish. Supernanogan went off at 10:00. Preparations for 18O began.
7	Fri May 22 15:03:55 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Temporary fix on IOS:TP7	Vacuum Group applied a temporary fix to the lower body seal on IOS:TP7, which we found last night to be leaking. Edi tells
6	Fri May 22 12:31:36 2009	Raymond Dub�			Test	Hello world
5	Fri May 22 10:50:06 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	MCIS online with 17O3+ on FC6	The previous 18O4+/8+ run to TUDA-II finished midday yesterday. OLIS was prepared for 17O delivery from the Supernanogan source. Leak
4	Thu May 21 16:23:37 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	18O4+/8+ to TUDA-II declared done around noon	End of run diagnostics done. See ISAC elog. Supernanogan cart is already installed and at high vacuum. Prepare to run 17O from Sgan
3	Fri May 15 14:12:45 2009	Geoff Wight			1st test	test
2	Thu May 14 12:02:09 2009	Damien Gallop	Routine	General	Testing 2	My first OLIS elog entry.
1	Thu May 14 11:07:33 2009	Hossein Rafighi			Test	Testing!

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