Monday, January 21, 2019, 10:50: RGA on.

Monday, January 21, 2019, 10:54: Waterlines opened. No response on RGA. Vacuum ok @ 8.4e-07. IG6 not responding. Ok for this test.

Monday, January 21, 2019, 11:00: Power / Sources on.

Monday, January 21, 2019, 11:03: Anode to 300 V - 0.000 mA.

Monday, January 21, 2019, 11:05: Auto-ramping TGHT to 300 A @ 2 A per min.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 08:10: Auto-ramping TGHT to 580 A @ 2 A per min.

FM

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 09:43 : Lowering the voltage to turn off Anode PS in order to replace the multimeter battery.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 09:51: Multimeter battery replaced. Turning on Anode PS and increasing the voltage to 300 V.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 10:46 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 200 A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.29e-6 T

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 13:08 :  Auto-ramping TBHT to 270 A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.56e-6 T

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 15:18 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 290 A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.67e-6 T

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 16:00: Manually-ramping  TBHT to 295 A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.76e-6 T

FM

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 09:35 : Manually-ramping  TBHT to 300 A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.21e-6 T

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 10:49 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 310A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.12e-6 T

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:07 : Manually-cooling TBHT to 270A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.12e-6 T

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 14:25:   Auto-ramping TBHT to 330A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.03e-6 T

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 16:23: Anode drain current was in runaway situation. When decreasing the TBHT current, the increment was set to 10 instead of 1 so there was a 10 A decrease from 330 to 320 A. This large decrease was unintended

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 16:25:  Manually-cooling TBHT to 300A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.12e-6 T

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 17:18 : Manually-cooling TBHT to 290A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @1.12e-6 T

 FM

Thursday, January 24, 2019, 13:18:  Manually-cooling TBHT to 270A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @9.02e-7 T

Thursday, January 24, 2019, 15:28 :  Manually-cooling TBHT to 250A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @8.67e-7 T

FM

Friday, January 25, 2019, 14:59 : Manually-cooling TBHT to 240A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @7.04e-7 T

Friday, January 25, 2019, 16:26 : Manually-cooling TBHT to 230A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @5.18e-7 T

FM

Monday, January 28, 2019, 10:27:  Auto-ramping TBHT to 290A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @4.91e-7 T

Monday, January 28, 2019, 11:32:   Manually-cooling TGHT to 570A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @5.10e-7 T

Monday, January 28, 2019, 14:43:  Auto-ramping TBHT to 300A @ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @5.46e-7 T

Monday, January 28, 2019, 15:57 : Manually-cooling TBHT to 290A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @5.54e-7 T

FM

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 15:42 : Manually-cooling TGHT to 560A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @5.54e-7 T

FM

Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 17:23:  Manually-cooling TGHT to 550A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @4.65e-7 T

FM

Friday, February 01, 2019, 14:45:   Manually-cooling TGHT to 540A@ 2 A per min. Vaccum ok @4.74e-7 T

Friday, February 01, 2019, 16:49: Auto cooling TGHT to 0A@2 A per min. 

Friday, February 01, 2019, 22:22:  Auto cooling TBHT to 0A@2 A per min. 

FM

Saturday, February 02, 2019, 10:07:   Auto-ramping TBHT to10A  and TGHT to 10A@ 2 A per min. Vacuum ok @3.13e-7 T

AS

Monday, February 04, 2019, 09:20: Restarted RGA. TGHT, TBHT, Anode, off. Prep to open gas lines.

Monday, February 04, 2019, 09:24: Open / Close SV4 only. Vacuum spike t0 5.5e-05T. Alternate between SV4 & SV5 to fully open Argon.

Monday, February 04, 2019, 09:48: Vacuum Stable @ 5.3e-07T

Monday, February 04, 2019, 09:49: Anode to 200 V. TBHT & TGHT on.

Monday, February 04, 2019, 09:51: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2A per min.

FM

Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 12:01 :  Power / Sources on.

Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 12:02 : BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13.5 / 1.5 kV.

Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 12:10 : Cancelled! I need to remove first the multimeter in order to have high voltage.

Tuesday, February 05, 2019, 12:10 : Auto-cooling.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 07:55: Reset IV4. -AS

FERNANDO! CALL ME OR CHECK YOUR EMAIL BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 09:35: Cage off. Multimeter removed. Cage replaced.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 09:48: Power on. Gas lines (Ar) open

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 10:00: Sources on.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 10:10: Anode 200 V. BIAS / EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / -1.5 kV.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 10:11: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 290 A @ 2A per min.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 10:12: IV4 open. Optics on.

Wednesday, February 06, 2019, 10:16: Optics set.

FM

Thursday, February 07, 2019, 09:59 : Mass scan attempted  and nothing shows. The current needs to be inverted. This was noted also by checking previous runs and the magnetic field on the epics optics window shows a negative magnetic field, while  now is showing a positive value.

Thursday, February 07, 2019, 12:55: MB1 set from Reverse to Normal manually. Auto range 'On'  FC6. Use 'Prepare down" & 'Down' to scan. - AS

Thursday, February 07, 2019, 16:55 : Auto-ramping TBHT to 310 A @ 2A per min.

FM

Friday, February 08, 2019, 09:04: FC0 current stable. Starting measurements of ion curres as a function of coil current, anode voltage, and possibly tbht. I'll be looking argon and CO.

FM

Friday, February 15, 2019, 15:38 Auto cooling TGHT/TBHT to 0A @ 2A/min

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 08:34: BIAS / EZL/ EE @ 0 kV. Power to HV also turned off. - AS

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 14:36 : Starting vacuum peak tests: For this I will close the valve and wait untill the vacuum has stabilized, then I will open the valve to see the maximum vacuum peak obtained.

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 11:58: Restart RGA - AS

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 14:05: SV5 closed, then SV3 & SV4

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 14:15: Mini pump started. Vacuum ok

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 14:20: Valve from mini pump opened. Vacuum jumped to 8.30e-07T after 2 minutes.

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 14:25: SV4 & SV3 opened. Vacuum @ 9.0e-07T with mini pump running.

Thursday, February 21, 2019, 14:30: Mini pump valve closed. Mini pump off. SV5 opened.  Vacuum to 3.1e-06T