Thursday, November 04, 2021, 11:54: Venting

water loop removed

Thursday, November 04, 2021, 13:39: Roughing

A web-app for systematic FEBIAD parametrizations has been develop and  now includes the ISAC Test Stand (ITS) :

https://beta.hla.triumf.ca/degaussing/FEBIAD-scan/

Upon landing in the web-app the ITS will be selected by default as well as the TMS:FC6:SCALECUR faraday cup, which corresponds the last cup of the ITS beamline.

To run a similar scan but on the total source current (FC0) the field has to change from TMS:FC6:SCALECUR to TMS:FC0:SCALECUR.

Each measurement will create a unique id (measurement_id), and the data can be retrieved from

https://beta.hla.triumf.ca/jaya/data/get/measure_id

Plot and analysis routines for the data generated by the FEBIAD-scan can be found in 

https://jupyter.triumf.ca/hub/login

for which you need a TRCOMP account. The routines are located in the group folder 

/group/ionsrc/fernando

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 16:07  - Pumping down test stand overnight for testing tomorrow. vacuum good, turbos starting now. Four thermocouples attached inside. tc1: high on (+) TGHT leg, pins 1+2. tc2: at target terminal (+), pins 4+5. tc3: at target terminal (-), pins 6+7. tc4: low on (+) TGHT leg, pins 8+9.

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 09:32 : Vacuum at 8.2e-7 T.  Electrical team is finishing connecting the cables. Claim it will be complete at 11am.

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11:41Started both tc loggers at 11:40 - important for offset time. Beginning ramp as well on ATTS TGHT. set vacuum values high at 1e3 1e4 to bypass ATTS interlock, which does not apply here. ramping to 600A with step increment 10A and wait interval 10s.

    ATTS TGHT claims ramping in progress, but increased voltage is reported only on the autoramp window, which reports increasing the target amperage by 10A each 10s. However, no increased voltage reading is reported there, nor is there any increased current. ATTS:TGHT:RDCUR and ATTS:TGHT:RDVOL are ~0 as well. No increased temperature on any of 6 tc channels.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 11:57 ATTS TGHT power supplies appear to be under local control. It also appears (low current right now) that the value reported in EPICS is 1/3 of the value reported on the master power supply. It may be that the epics value is per output of the individual 3 supplies, while the total output is reported on the PS display. Planning to now increase to 300A and reach steady state.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:13 : 1/3 ratio idea confirmed at 33A EPICS reading / 100A master reading and again at 100A EPICS reading / 300A master reading. 300A now reached. Waiting for 20min. Temps inside ~ 21°C. Temps on feed through terminals ~22°C

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:26:  200epics 600A master. tc out: 23.0, 22.6. tc in: 21.4 21.7 22.0 20.8.  waiting

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:36  No temp change over 10 min. increasing to 900A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12:47: 900A. outside tc 24.5 23.7°C. inside tc 21.7 23 23.6 21.0 °C.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:04: increasing to 1200A

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:11  1200A. outside tc 27.1 25.4. inside tc 22.6 24.8 25.9 21.7 °C. Will wait to observe stability

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:20 after ~10min. outsideTC: 27.6 25.9. insideTC: 22.5 25.2 26.1 21.8 °C.  Temperatures appear stable. increasing to 1300A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:25   at 1300A. outsideTC: 28.3 26.5, insideTC: 22.8 25.7 26.8 21.8.   waiting for stability

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:38 after ~10min, outsideTC 29.1 27.1, insideTC 23.2, 26.2, 27.4, 21.9.  stable. Increasing to 1400A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:41:   1400A. outsideTC 29.8, 27.6. insideTC 23.4 26.7 28.2 21.4

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:50     temps look stable 30.1 27.9,     23.3 27.7 28.4 21.4 .    going to increase to 1500A   ---- turning off turbo pumps in case of failure at high current

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 13:57    at 1500A. temps:   30.9 28.3.  23.6 27.2 28.9 21.8 .

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:07  temps look stable:   31.5 28.8...   23.6 28.0 29.4 22.0     going to increase to 1600A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:10    at 1600A     temps:  32.0 29.1..... 23.8 28.2 30.0 22.2

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:20   temps stable: 32.8 29.7,    23.9 28.9 30.6 22.2,.  increasing to 1700A

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:24 at 1700A    temps:  33.5 30.2       24.3 29.3 31.5 22.4

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:35  temps stable :   34.2 31.0       24.3 30.0 32.0 22.6 increasing to 1800A

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:38  at 1800A. temps:    35.0 31.3      24.6 30.3 32.7 22.8

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:47  temps:   35.8 32.0      24.7 31.2 33.3 22.8

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 14:58   temps stable. 36.0 32.2    24.7 31.2 33.3 23.1       turning down power supply

 Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 15:23 power supply off. strip tool data dumped to test1.txt --- copy this elsewhere. TCs left to continue monitoring for any additional cooldown.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 16:13    tc recording stopped.

repeat test

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:18    tcs start time

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:20  increasing TGHT from ATTS directly to 1500A and waiting for steady state temperature. Aiming for similar ramp rate to previous ~1A/s, 60A/min.   tcs at cold read 21.9 21.9... 21.1 20.9 20.9 20.7

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:39  at 1500A

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:50   after~10min, temps at 31.3 28.4... 23.6 27.6 29.1 22.3

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 15:59 after ~20min, temps at 31.5 28.6.... 23.5 27.5 28.8 22.5.    stable.  increasing to 1800A

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:03  at 1800A 

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:14   after 10min - 35.8 31.8      24.7 30.8 32.6 23.1

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:25  after 20min - 36.3 32.2     24.7 30.9 32.6 23.4    stable.   decreasing current.

Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:42    0A... cooling for a while

 Thursday, December 14, 2023, 16:56  22.8 22.8    21.1 21.0 21.2 20.8

 Thursday, March 14, 2024, 15:39: Roughing

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:20:TP1B on

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:40: TP1A on

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:51: IG1 on

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 17:28: Waterline FS#5 open

 Friday, March 15, 2024, 13:19:  Gradually increased BIAS to 25kV, then up to 50kV more slowly. Accompanied by increase in EZL voltage.

Friday, March 15, 2024, 13:50: Periodically increased BIAS voltage in 100V increments watching for sparks. Decrease BIAS whenever sparks. settled at 51.5 kV (cannot increase further without sparking), left at high voltage.

Friday, March 15, 2024, 15:48: Decreasing BIAS to 10kV 

Friday, March 15, 2024, 16:28: ran coil at 80A until vacuum recovered. 

Friday, March 15, 2024, 19:29: decrease coil to 0A, decrease BIAS to 0V

Monday, March 18, 2024, 10:08 increasing TGHT/TBHT to 440A/290A at 1A/30s

Monday, March 18, 2024, 16:00  increasing COIL to 40A, waiting for vacuum to return to normal 

Monday, March 18, 2024, 21:05:  decreasing COIL to 0A

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 09:35: increased COIL to 40A.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:17: increased TDH:ANODE (cathode mode) to (-)200V

 Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:20: increasing BIAS to 30kV

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 13:12:  turned on gas. vacuum jumped up and tripped everything off.  gas was immediately turned back off. TGHT and TBHT were off for approximately 1 minute before being turned back on.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 13:46:   cooling. need to investigate possible leaks. 

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 15:58: TGHT and TBHT at 0A. Turbo pumps turned off. waiting to slow before venting.

 Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 16:20 venting

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 14:47: Target assembly was removed today and the tube from the inlet to the calibrated leak was replaced. Now reinstalled, roughing. Gas was turned on at ~0.2 bar during roughing. No effect on vacuum.

           water cooling also turned on.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 14:53 Turbo pumps turned on.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 20:24: begin ramping TGHT TBHT to 440/290A at 1A/30s

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 09:54:    Target heated, vacuum good.   Tested gas to ensure there is no noticeable effect on vacuum. Lines subsequently vented through the line roughing pump.

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 09:55    Optics switched on. increasing cathode to 200V and coil to 40A. Watching vacuum, checking beam tune 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10:20   ramping BIAS to 30kV 

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:14 : scanned, data recorded

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:14  cathode reduced to 100V. scanned 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:32:  coil reduced to 20A. scanned. 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 11:50  cathode increased to 200V. scanned 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:07 coil increased to 40A.  Argon gas on (-0.8bar at regulator). scanned 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:31  reducing bias to 0kV 

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:02 argon regulator pressure increased to -.64bar

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:05 increasing bias to 30kV

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:15:  vented lines, scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 13:35 gas on. scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 15:05 cathode at 100V, scanning

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 15:20 coil at 20A, scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 15:55 coil off. scanning

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 16:10 cathode off, scanning

 Thursday, March 21, 2024, 17:23  - bias down. changing gas pressure

Friday, March 22, 2024, 09:08   increasing bias, checking tune,  increasing cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 09:48  gas vented, scanned, gas on, scanned.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 09:48  decreasing bias to 0V, changing gas pressure.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:12 pressure at 1bar.abs.  increased bias to 30kV, checked beam tune, cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:13   gas on. scanning 

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:33   decrease bias, changing pressure. 

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:57 gas line pressure at 1.5bar.a.   increasing bias to 30kV, checking beam tune, cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 11:42 decreased bias, changing pressure.

Friday, March 22, 2024, 11:52 gas line pressure at ~2bar.a  increasing bias to 30kV, checking beam tune, cathode to 200V, coil to 40A, EZL to 13kV

Friday, March 22, 2024, 15:40  bias down to 0V. reducing TGHT TBHT to 0/0

 Monday, March 25, 2024, 09:30 Turbo pumps turned off

 Monday, March 25, 2024, 10:00 venting chamber, purged water lines.

 Monday, March 25, 2024,11:00 removed target assembly

 Monday, March 25, 2024,13:00 replaced target assembly, began roughing

 Monday, March 25, 2024,13:50: turned on water cooling. Vacuum stable. Turned on turbo pumps.

 Monday, March 25, 2024, 15:16   turned on optics elements, cathode to 200V, coil to 80A, EZL to 13kV. monitoring vacuum. Gas leak test shows no effect on vacuum (5e-6T).

Monday, March 25, 2024, 15:22: Ramping TGHT TBHT to 440/290A at 1A/30s

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 10:32 Ran mass scans with gas off and on. 

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 10:32 scanning parameter space for optimal beam output - cathode voltage and coil current.

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 15:29 ramping TBHT to 300A, scanning

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 16:10 ramping TBHT to 310A, scanning

 Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 16:40 ramping TBHT to 320A, scanning

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 09:25 - ramping bias to 30kV

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 09:40 scanning cathode / coil parameter space to optimize output --- highest output at 200V 60A - 200V 62A - magnet drifted and is not right at Ar peak. corrected. scan repeated

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 10:31 scanning cathode / coil parameter space to optimize output 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:02   mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:17 - lines evacuated. mass scan.

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:40 bias to 0V.  change gas pressure

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:50 bias to 30kV.  mass scan

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:10 bias to 0V.  change gas pressure

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:21 bias to 30kV.  mass scan

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:31 bias to 0V.  change gas pressure

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 12:43 Ramping bias to 30kV. 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:00 bias to 0V. changing pressure to .5 bar.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:13 bias at 30kV.  

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:13 increasing TGHT to 468A (~2250W) - mass scan - monitoring vacuum. stable at 6e-7T

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 15:39 increasing TGHT to 490A (~2500W) - mass scan - monitoring vacuum. stable at 6e-7T

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:23 reduced cathode voltage to 50V to record the electron current (17.09mA). mass scan taken with coil at 35A

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:35 ramping down BIAS to 0V.

 Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 16:38  decreasing TGHT TBHT to 0A 0A at 1A/30s in preparation to switch to anode mode in the morning.

 Thursday, March 28, 2024, 13:59 - Switched to anode mode

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 13:59 - ramping TGHT and TBHT to 100A at 1A/30s

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 14:37 increasing BIAS to 30kV 

 Thursday, March 28, 2024, 14:47 - ramping TGHT/TBHT to 440A/290A at 1A/7s

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 15:56    mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas on at 0.5 bar. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 15:56    mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas vented. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:29     ramping TGHT/TBHT to 490A/320A at 1.4A/10s

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:36     mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas on at 0.5 bar. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 16:56     mass scan with 200V 62A cathode coil. gas vented. (bias at 29.8kV)

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 17:13      dropping bias to 0

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 17:14      cooling tght and tbht at 1A/30s

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 09:49: Target inserted yesterday, April 3. mass marker tube connections carefully confirmed. Vacuum roughed, turbo pumps switched on at end of day. Water cooling turned on this morning. 

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 09:52 : Vacuum at 6.4e-6.  Not low enough to bypass lockout for TGHT TBHT ramp.

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 11:31 increasing the coil current to 30A, causing the vacuum to increase, waiting for vacuum to recover.

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 12:41 vacuum recovered but is at 6e-6 Torr. Changed Good Vacuum parameter in the target heater autoramp to 6.5e-6 and am increasing TGHT TBHT to 100A 100A at 1A/30s. Bad vacuum parameter left set at 7e-6 T

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 12:51 Vacuum continuing to drop. 5.7e-6T

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 14:26 ramping TGHT TBHT to 230A/230A at 1.4A/10s.  vacuum stable at 5.6e-6T

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 14:48 increasing bias to 30kV

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 15:00 performing mass scan, range up to ~150. Coil at 0A. TGHT TBHT at 230/230  -- 2024-04-04-15-30 mm LPSIS 1.txt

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 15:31 increasing COIL current to 20A. repeating mass scan. 2024-04-04-15-56 mm LPSIS 2.txt

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 15:57   vacuum has increased over the course of the mass scan to 7e-6T.  decreasing coil to 0A, and decreasing TGHT to 180A at 1.4A/10s

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 16:11 performing mass scan. coil at 0A, TGHT TBHT at 180/230 -- 2024-04-04-16-38 mm LPSIS 3.txt

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 16:39  increasing coil to 20A. repeating mass scan.   --  2024-04-04-17-05 mm LPSIS 4.txt

Thursday, April 04, 2024, 17:07  increasing TGHT to 230A at 1.4A/10s - - waiting for vacuum to settle and will compare results to salt output tomorrow

 Thursday, April 04, 2024, 17:51 decreasing bias to 0

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 09:27 increasing bias to 30kV -- epics crashed

Friday, April 05, 2024, 10:44 epics back, resuming bias increase to 30kV 

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 10:59 running mass scan for 'after overnight hot' data point ---2024-04-05-11-26 mm LPSIS 5.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 11:26 increased coil current to 20A, conducting mass scan. ---   2024-04-05-11-56 mm LPSIS 6.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 11:57 decreased coil current to 10A, conducting mass scan ---- 2024-04-05-12-25 mm LPSIS 7.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 12:26 increasing TGHT to 260A

Friday, April 05, 2024, 12:36   conducting mass scan with coil current at 0A   ----    2024-04-05-13-02 mm LPSIS 8.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 13:03 conducting mass scan with coil current at 20A ----     2024-04-05-13-31 mm LPSIS 9.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 13:31 conducting mass scan with coil current at 10A ----      2024-04-05-13-59 mm LPSIS 10.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 14:00 ramping TGHT to 290A

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 14:06  conducting mass scan with coil current at 0A   ----    2024-04-05-14-32 mm LPSIS 11.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 14:33  conducting mass scan with coil current at 10A   ----    2024-04-05-15-00 mm LPSIS 12.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 15:01    conducting mass scan with coil current at 20A  ---   2024-04-05-15-27 mm LPSIS 13.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 15:33      conducting mass scan with coil current at 30A  ---  2024-04-05-16-01 mm LPSIS 14.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 16:02      conducting mass scan with coil current at 40A   ----    2024-04-05-16-31 mm LPSIS 15.txt

 Friday, April 05, 2024, 16:32 conducting mass scan with coil current at 50A --- 2024-04-05-17-00 mm LPSIS 16.txt

Friday, April 05, 2024, 17:01 coil reduced to 0A.  decreasing TGHT TBHT to 0 0 at 1A/30s, decreasing bias to 0

 Friday, April 19, 2024, 11:32:   assembly installed in test stand.  VV1 closed, pumping down

Friday, April 19, 2024, 11:56:   TP1A and TP1B on. 

Friday, April 19, 2024, 12:34:   water cooling on. no effect on vacuum.

Friday, April 19, 2024, 12:34:  Argon gas set to 0.5 bar. No effect on vacuum.

Monday, April 22, 2024, 09:24  beginning TGHT TBHT ramp to 440A/290A at 1A/30s.    COIL increased to 80A for conditioning. vacuum monitored.

Monday, April 22, 2024, 09:47:   vacuum peaks at ~8e-7 T.

Monday, April 22, 2024, 10:49  vacuum recovered and stable at  4.2e-7 T. 

Monday, April 22, 2024, 10:49  TGHT TBHT ramp rate toward 440/290 increased to 1.4A/10s.  COIL increased to 90A for conditioning. vacuum continues to be closely monitored.

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 11:39  TGHT TBHT have reached 440/290.  Waiting for vacuum to drop to stable value. Currently at 1.12e-6 T.

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 13:10:    vacuum stable at 9.9e-7 T

Monday, April 22, 2024, 13:11   increasing bias to 30kV 

Monday, April 22, 2024, 14:30   Unintentionally, TBHT had been increased to 230 instead of 290. Increasing to 290. 

Monday, April 22, 2024, 14:40.  BIAS sparking. Decreasing bias and increasing COIL back to 90A to condition. (spark frequency approximately 1/min)

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 15:12   increasing TGHT TBHT to 490/320 for conditioning   -  monitoring vacuum and bias closely

Monday, April 22, 2024, 15:23   prior to vacuum recovering, bias sparked again. decreasing to 25kV while vacuum recovers. 

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 15:37 vacuum plateaued at 2.5e-6T

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 16:50 Vacuum significantly decreased to ~1.5e-6.  increased bias to 30kV to observe argon beam activity. looks normal. data to be collected tomorrow after vacuum down further. Sparks were still observed at 30kV although significantly less frequently. (1/5min)

 Monday, April 22, 2024, 16:52    decreasing bias to 0 V

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:24  Vacuum at 9.6e7 T.  decreasing COIL to 0, increasing bias to 30 kV

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:51   BIAS at 30kV, no sparks seen. 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 09:58.  Argon gas on. COIL at 40A, ANODE at 200V. Using short mass scan to find Ar-40 peak. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:33:   ran degaussing script in anode mode - measure_id=6018

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:36  COIL set to 80A, ANODE at 340V, BIAS at 29 660 V.  

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:37 mass scan 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:57 closed sv4, open sv1. to pump down argon gas lines. then closed sv5 and sv1. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:57   mass scan

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:19   TGHT TBHT decreased to 440 290

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:35  mass scan

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:49    turned argon gas back on

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 11:50    mass scan 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12:13     decreasing bias to 0 V

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 12:33   decreasing TGHT TBHT to 100A at 1.4A/10s 

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 13:29   decreasing TGHT TBHT to 0A at 1A/30s

 Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 14:13   increasing bias to test HV

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:00   when bias was at ~50kV, epics shut down at the test stand computer. Internet disconnected. there were two sparks over ~10min at 50kV, but there was no spark at the same time as the epics shut down

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:05  It appears that this also actuated BV1B and BV6, then turning off TP1B and TP6 turbo pumps.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:16:  continuing to increase HV remotely, while monitoring closely for any sparks. the HV appears to be stable. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 15:20  at 54.6 kV, the bias current rapidly increased from 0.02mA to 0.135mA. There was no decrease in voltage and no accompanying spark. HV was decreased until current dropped, before increasing HV again.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 16:01  decreased bias to 0V. 

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 16:01   Turbo pumps restarted. 

 Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 09:25    TP1B and TP1A off. winding down to begin venting

 Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:47    VV1 open. venting.

 Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 16:20:     Target assembly installed.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 16:20:  VV1 closed. Pumping down to rough vacuum 

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 16:21:   Water cooling on. Seal on lines confirmed.

 Thursday, April 25, 2024, 09:14    TP1A and TP1B on

 Thursday, April 25, 2024, 15:45:   Vacuum seems to be stalled at 1e-5 T. Resetting turbo pumps has no noticeable effect. TP1B is emitting a soft high pitched tone / ringing. Now venting chamber to reset target assembly and water cooling seals.

 Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 12:44:  pumped down to rough vacuum, TP1B now on.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 12:49:  TP1A on.

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 9:10:  water cooling on. no effect on vacuum

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 10:02:  TGHT and TBHT heating to 100A/100A at 1A/30s

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 11:02:  TGHT and TBHT heating to 230A/230A at 1.4A/10s

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 13:53:  increasing BIAS to 30kV, EE to 2500V, EZL to 13kV

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:11:  increasing  TGHT  to 280A.

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:18  seeing a few sparks decreasing BIAS temporarily

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:25 sparks continued. decreased TGHT to 260A and saw them subside. increasing bias again.

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 14:42 conducting mass scan - 2024-05-02-15-05 mm LPSIS a.txt

 Thursday, May 02, 2024, 15:09   increased COIL to 20A. mass scan repeated.  2024-05-02-15-37 mm LPSIS b.txt

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 15:38 decreasing TGHT to 230A, COIL at 0A

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 15:43:   repeating mass scan. 2024-05-02-16-09 mm LPSIS c.txt   * no signal. very unexpected.

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 16:10:  increased COIL to 20A, repeating mass scan.  2024-05-02-16-35 mm LPSIS d.txt

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 16:35   decreasing BIAS, EE, EZL to 0V

Thursday, May 02, 2024, 16:50 increasing TGHT to 290A at 1A/30s, to be left hot overnight.

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 10:26 increasing BIAS to 30kV, EE to 2500V, EZL to 13kV

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 11:47 increasing COIL to  40A. repeating mass scan     -   2024-05-03-12-21 mm LPSIS g.txt

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 12:22  decreasing TGHT to 260A.    

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 12:32 mass scan:   - 2024-05-03-12-59 mm LPSIS g.txt     <- accidentally labeled g. cannot change

Friday, May 03, 2024, 13:01   decreased COIL to 20A.   mass scan:  2024-05-03-13-30 mm LPSIS i.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 13:31  decreased COIL to 0A. mass scan:   2024-05-03-13-59 mm LPSIS j.txt

 Friday, May 03, 2024, 14:01  reducing TGHT to 230A.  mass scan:  2024-05-03-14-37 mm LPSIS k.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 14:38   increasing coil to 20A.    mass scan:   2024-05-03-15-14 mm LPSIS l.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 15:15   increasing coil to 40A. mass scan:     2024-05-03-15-42 mm LPSIS m.txt

Friday, May 03, 2024, 15:43  COIL -> 0A. decreasing EE EZL BIAS to 0V.

Friday, May 03, 2024, 15:59   decreasing TGHT and TBHT to 0A at 1A/30s

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 11:41  - target installed

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 13:31 - pumping down

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 14:21 - turbo pumps on

Wednesday, July 22, 2024, 16:35 - water cooling on - no pressure increase

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 09:42  - TGHT/TBHT ramping up to 580/230A at 1A/15s. 

 Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 09:55  increasing ramp rate to 1.4A/10s

 Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:17  increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:44    sparks more frequent than expected.   FC0 current at 1.17e-8A

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:48    decreasing bias to 29.5k until spark frequency reduces

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:23   once back up to 30kV, mass scan was run

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:23 bias ee ezl were dropped to zero. reservoir heater was switched to 5A. the vacuum jumped up and shut down TGHT TBHT. heater turned off. TGHT TBHT restarted and reheated.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:24 reservoir heater turned to 2A while monitoring the vacuum. then to 3A as it appeared to be stable. at 4A the vacuum began slowly increasing.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 13:30   4A vacuum plateaus and recovering

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 14:30 once reservoir heater is at 5A with a stable vacuum, increasing BIAS / EE / EZL to 30 / -1.5 / 13 kV

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 14:50 running mass scan

Tuesday, July 23, 2024,  15:20 dropping BIAS / EE /  EZL to zero

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 15:40   turning off reservoir heater

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 15:51  increasing BIAS EE EZL to 30 -1.5 13 kV.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 16:05  running mass scan

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 17:00   cooling target. TGHT TBHT to 0 at -1A/30s

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 09:24 purged water lines and turned off TP1A and TP1B, TP6 and TP2 --- waiting for TP to slow down.  (will be venting beam line to change window)

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 14:07   Changed beamline window to DUV window (window at magnet for target source viewing)

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 14:25  - competing electrical checks prior to test stand installation

 Thursday, July 25, 2024, 17:07 - after target installation test stand roughed down, turbo pumps then turned on. vacuuming overnight

 Friday, July 26, 2024, 09:01  -  water cooling turned on, while monitoring vacuum level (~1.5e-6T).  No affect on vacuum.

Friday, July 26, 2024, 09:32  -  began increasing TGHT TBHT.   increased to 230A/230A at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 10:22 - closed cage and increased BIAS to 30kV to ensure a lack of sparks - additional risk of sparking due to the multipin wires connected to TGHT and TBHT at the target terminals.

Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:04   -  decreased BIAS to 0V.  Then opening cage to allow access to reading voltage across TG and TB at target

Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:29  -  reached 230/230 A.  TG TB measurements taken at this point.

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:05  -  increasing TGHT at 1A/30s to 250A

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:13  -  TGHT at 250A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:29  -  increasing TGHT to 300A at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 12:55 - TGHT at 300A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 13:08 - TGHT increasing at 1A/30s to 350A

Friday, July 26, 2024, 13:36  TGHT at 350 A for measurement 

Friday, July 26, 2024, 13:43 TGHT increasing at 1A/30s to 400A 

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:10   TGHT at 400A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:17 TGHT increasing at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:43   TGHT at 450A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 14:53  TGHT increasing at 1A/30s

Friday, July 26, 2024, 15:20   TGHT at 500A for measurement

Friday, July 26, 2024, 15:28  TGHT increasing at 1A/30s  

Friday, July 26, 2024, 19:14 FBP: we couldn't get a great mass scan with the provided tune from Dave, we might be doing something wrong. Mass scan saved and plotted here. 

Friday, July 26, 2024, 19:16 FBP: Target will be cooled down today before the weekend. 

Monday, July 29, 2024, 09:50 TGHT/TBHT ramping up to 580/230 A 1A/30s 

Monday, July 29, 2024, 15:30:  ramping up, relatively frequent sparking beginning at 24kV. Ramped down.  (also noticed that internal test wires were shaking due to high voltage bias)

Monday, July 29, 2024, 15:49 HV at 20kV waiting for stabilization

Monday, July 29, 2024, 15:58  after a five minute period of stability, beginning to increase bias in 100V increments. 

Monday, July 29, 2024, 17:35   sparking is too frequent (decided at 24kV) to warrant attempting to condition HV up to 30kV. must determine the cause of this sparking. thus cooling target overnight.  will remove internal wires and reheat.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 08:32 after cooling, test stand was vented, wires removed, and subsequently pumped down. 

now beginning TGHT TBHT ramp to 580 230 at 1A/30s

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 10:02  during TGHT TBHT ramp, HV was slowly increased to 35kV to assess high voltage stability. Throughout, and at 35kV, there were no sparks seen at all.

 Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 13:50   target at 580 230. increasing bias. 

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 14:45   at ~24kV, the bias is sparking approximately every 4 minutes. 

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 17:28  When sparks slowed, bias was increased, but ultimately the sparking behaviour persisted. The bias was then dropped down to 0 and TGHT TBHT cooled at -1A/30s to 0A for target removal tomorrow.

Monday, August 12, 2024, 17:00   EOD. target installed, roughed, turbos on. No effect on vacuum from turning on water cooling lines. TGHT TBHT slowly brought to 230A/230A overnight. 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 09:28.  Vacuum at 9.9e-7T.  TGHT TBHT at 210/210. accelerating heating to 230/230. bringing up HV EZL EE to 30 / 2.5 / 13   kV

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 09:51.  with EZL 13kV, EE 2.5kV. When increasing BIAS from 17.0 to 17.5kV.  Signal becomes detectable on FC0, at 7.75e-10A

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:13  at BIAS 30kV. FC0 and wire scanners appear to be working correctly. FC0 reading 2.66e-8A 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:13  turning on all beam optics for FC6 mass scan.

 Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:31   mass scan procedure is doing a very poor job of recording the background noise. filename  2024-08-13_10-44 Ksalt mm 230-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:46   increasing tght to 330

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:59    FC0 at 2.1e-8A

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:12  running mass scan at TGHT TBHT = 330/230 A.   filename 2024-08-13_11-21 Ksalt mm 330-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:23 increasing TGHT to 430

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:29  three sparks within 2 min at TGHT 378A.  (no sparks at all previous to this). TGHT ramp aborted. 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:36  resuming TGHT increase after 6 minutes of no sparks.  

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:51  FC0 reading 1.6e-8.  FC0 signal fluctuating throughout test. rises during ramp and drops during static TGHT TBHT level.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 11:53  running mass scan at TGHT TBHT 430/230 A .  filename 2024-08-13_12-16 Ksalt mm 430-230 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 12:17  increasing TGHT to 530A.  

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 12:31  FC0 at 3.03e-8 A

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 12:31  beginning mass scan   -  filename   2024-08-13_13-02 Ksalt mm 530-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:02 increasing TGHT to 580A 

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:13   FC0 at 3.58e-8A.  beginning mass scan - filename  2024-08-13_13-35 Ksalt mm 580-230

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:37    increasing bias to test sparking

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:58   at 37kV, a number of optics elements prior to FC0 went down. no voltage or current spikes

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 13:59  at 42.4kV, a couple sparks, seem to involve TGHT and BIAS. these dropped a few optics elements. when I brought them back up, they went down again, at a time with no voltage or current spikes.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 14:30 at 43.6kV, the sparking frequency became regular, with HV bias sparks occurring approximately every 5 minutes

Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 17:00 considerable time was spent until end of day manipulating the bias and the TGHT current level in an effort to discover the location of the regular sparking

increases in HV were found to increase the frequency of sparking, and eventually the HV increase was found to hit a threshold where the current would increase noticeably, with a stable voltage. this was accompanied by a buzzing coming from the feedthroughs on top of the cage. seemed to be coming from the TGHT(+) feedthrough. At no time did there appear to be sparking within the chamber of the test stand. In one instance, with HV just below the threshold of buzzing, increasing TGHT seemed to induce the buzzing state.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 11:16  ramping up bias to HV. intending to push HV today to find the source of these sparks and buzzing. initially, will be observing this with TGHT TBHT at 180/180 A

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 11:47 at BIAS = 32.6kV (with EE 2.5 kV and EZL 13 kV), HV appears to be stable. Yesterday, we observed a fluctuating BIAS current which seemed to culminate in regular sparking activity (although this was at voltages of >40kV)

 Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:26 at bias = 38.8kV, there was a significant accompanying increase in BIAS current, but no evidence of sparking or buzzing

 Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:46  at BIAS = 49.2kV, the buzzing begins.  On the strip tool this is also seen as a large jump in current, with stable voltage

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 12:49  dropping the bias by ~1kV stopped the buzzing. ramping up quickly again caused a spark and more buzzing.  increasing the voltage to attempt to locate the source.

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 13:18   at bias of 49.2kV, buzzing began. dropping the bias stopped it. to attempt to locate the source, we increased the bias significantly. At 53kV, the bias power supply began to current limit. when this was increased, a spark caused the putty connection at the test stand to disconnect and two turbo pumps to trip off. once restored, another increase of the bias eventually caused a large spark when trying to locate the buzzing sound. Again, it seems to be at the feedthroughs of TGHT TBHT. My guess is TGHT+, but there is nothing visual to confirm it is coming from there. This buzzing state is also accompanied by a drop in EZL current to 0 and a large increase in EZL voltage readback.

 Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 15:05 dropped the HV and removed the cage to investigate any issues. we propose that this likely involves jumping to the einzel lens and are curious if raising the EZL voltage significantly would prevent this state from recurring. cage back on, raising HV

Resuming testing after TGHT TBHT power supply updates:

Friday, September 06, 2024, 12:09:   Ramped up TGHT and TBHT to ~170A at 1A/30s.  Increasing ramp rate to 1.7A/10s up to 580A/230A

 Friday, September 06, 2024, 14:11  slowly increasing BIAS, EE and EZL to 30kV, 2.5kV, 13kV

Friday, September 06, 2024, 15:53  appears that FC0 and wire scanners are working normally. However, there is a threshold reading problem with FC6. seems that a negative readout is present on FC6 if there is no substantial signal, and then nothing is recorded to the mass scans.

Friday, September 06, 2024, 15:54  increasing voltage to test high voltage sparking (BIAS AND EZL)

Friday, September 06, 2024, 16:23  after resetting the FC6 polarity and the FC6 bias, the background signal began showing up.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 12:19  Test stand vented, target removed.

Friday, September 06, 2024:  New TSH:TGHT power supply has been installed and is now functional. Magna-Power TSD-900/208. The TSH:TBHT power supply has also been cleaned, and the COIL power supply replaced with a duplicate that should function identically.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 16:21:   Target installed in test stand by Brady

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 16:21: roughed down and turbo pumps now on.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 20:27   Pressure at 4.9e-6, increasing TGHT TBHT to 580A/230A at 1A/30s

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 10:00 The TGHT TBHT parameters were mistakenly reversed during heating. TBHT was dropped to 230A and TGHT increased to 580A at 1A/30s.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 13:50 TGHT TBHT at 580 230.  Increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 14:36 At high voltage, on FC0 there is an output beam current of 1.85e-7 A.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 14:49 Mass scan recorded.   2024-09-11 HPTiC-24D - scan 1.txt ... FC6 problem with recording background level data persists

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 15:53  increasing BIAS and EZL to condition high voltage 

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 16:32 at 37kV (EZL 22kV), TGHT timed out and cut the current to the target. I elected to leave it cold rather than suddenly reheating it, and am cooling down TBHT at -1A/30s, while continuing to increase BIAS for conditioning.

there have been no sparks at all and I'm unsure of what precipitated this event. None of the 'trip indicators' on the TGHT panel lit up during this event. I will bring this up with Keiko/Roberto tomorrow Sept 12.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 17:06  one spark occurred at 49kV

 Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 17:15  now at 50kV, EZL at 33kV.  Over 30 minutes there was just one spark at the HV bias.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 17:50  decreasing high voltage elements to 0 0 0. 

Wednesday, October 09, 2024, 11:28   Target loaded, remote power supply added for mass marker, negative channel on pin 5, positive channel on pin 7.

Wednesday, October 09, 2024, 11:50   roughing

 Wednesday, October 09, 2024, 12:51   Turbo pumps TP1A TP1B on

 Thursday, October 10, 2024, 09:27:   Water cooling turned on. no effect on vacuum (2.6e-6T)

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 09:45:   Increasing TGHT TBHT to 150/150A at 1A/30s

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 11:07    TGHT TBHT at 120/120A  .   increasing TGHT TBHT to 580/230 at 1A/10s 

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 12:29   during the current increase, when TBHT was at 230 and TGHT reached ~460, the TBHT current began decreasing. Upon inspection, the TBHT voltage is higher than normal and hitting its limit. It may be that there is another current path. that is, it may be shorted. 

as TGHT increases, TBHT voltage continues to increase.   TGHT voltage is similarly higher than usual, at 6V to deliver 500A.

on another note, the vacuum value has been increasing slowly throughout heating, possibly due to the presence of indium within the mass marker reservoir, or simply because this target has not been hot for some time. Leaving TGHT at 502A for the time being.

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 13:34    Increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV. 

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 14:27  beginning mass scan - reservoir at 0 A. (reservoir contains solid Indium)    - mass scan res In 0A

 Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:19   increased current through reservoir with magnet sitting at mass 115 - noticeable increase in Indium presence in beam beginning at ~2.5A. Brought res current to 3.0A, waited for FC6 current to plateau.- at 5e-10A

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:27   mass scan run again

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:57   res current decreased to 0A

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 15:57  dropping voltages to 0V 

Thursday, October 10, 2024, 16:12  voltages at 0, decreasing TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s 

Tuesday, December 03, 2024, 14:55  ANODE/CATHODE power supply switched to cathode mode, NEGATIVE

Tuesday, December 02, 2024, 15:35    - Target loaded into the test stand

Thursday, December 03, 2024, 14:33 - as per elog entry 1033, test stand has been changed to CATHODE mode, and wiring within the Faraday cage has been altered appropriately. Additionally, a GeMov resistor has been added to potentially reduce the sparking problems that have previously tripped the TGHT power supply

Thursday, December 04, 2024, 10:00    - Roughing pump having trouble reaching suitable vacuum - possible replacement required.

Thursday, December 05, 2024, 13:37  - Turbo pumps on

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 15:02   dropped bias/ee/ezl to 0

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 15:02    Must cool target to investigate Cathode short. Prior to installation, target isolation was confirmed. If the cathode dropped to contact the copper plate shielding the coil, this would be evidence to support keeping the retainer.

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 09:24   after cooling, cathode power supply was checked to see if shorted and it is indeed still shorted out.

 Thursday, December 12, 2024, 09:25   turning off turbo pumps to spin down 

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 11:30:     venting chamber  

 Friday December 13:   after venting the chamber and removing the target. The target appears to be unshorted and intact. However, upon inspection of the test stand, there appears to be a ~100Ω load between the cathode and ground. This load is able to sustain voltage from the cathode power supply, but draws a significant amount of current. It is too much for operation, and might be further aggravated by the presence of the target. Further, when the TGHT and TBHT terminals are shorted together, the resistance from cathode to ground drops to ~1Ω. Perhaps this could be associated with the installation of the TGHT power supply, as FEBIAD has not been run on this machine since it was installed.   Wiring at the feedthroughs as been quadruple checked, I don't believe that the problem lies there.

With no target in place, the cathode was able to hold a voltage, despite drawing 100+mA current. However, I was unable to repeat further tests, as the power supply stopped responding. Despite ramping up to ~10V in epics, the readback is 0V/0A, unlike before.

Monday, December 16, 2024, 3:34   Target loaded in test stand. Confirmed correct connection to mass marker power supply through multipin. Bottom left pin (5 PS - ) connected to grounded side of the filament, top right pin (2, PS +) connected to top end of filament.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 09:30 Turbo pumps on

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 16:21  water cooling on. No effect on vacuum. Vacuum stable at 1.18e-6T

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 16:41   ramping TGHT TBHT at 1A/30s

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 10:00  slowly increasing BIAS/EE/EZL to 30/2.5/13 kV

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:40   BIAS EE EZL at 30 2.5 13 kV. 1 spark at 28kV, and there was a downward spike in the TGHT current when bias was at 28.5 kV  

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:41   FC0 reading 1.6E-10 A. quite low for total beam, but this is likely due to this target being hot so many times.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:51 wire scans taken (RPM0)

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 11:54 FC) extracted for mass scan - mass scan beginning now . Background record appears to be functioning well, although it is high. comparatively to old tests. It could be that those old tests were recording irregularly low background, given the temporary solution that was implemented.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 12:13   it seems that a spark took down many optics elements. Going to allow conditioning at 30kV for a while before restarting .     - optics elements down due to pressure sensor TMS:IG6 timing out. Vacuum group notified. Will likely bypass the interlock temporarily if it cannot be fixed fast. This should get a more permanent solution as it has failed a number of times before.

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 13:06    sparks are occurring on average approximately once every 10 minutes. they don't seem to be tripping of any supplies or optics (after IG6). but this spark frequency is significantly higher than observed on other targets lately.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 13:24   restarting Mass scan with IG6 interlock forced by.   scan name - 2024-12-18_13-47 SISP2N mmOFF.txt

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 13:51   put FC0 back in, preparing to heat up mass marker.  will plan to ramp to 3A to match previous MM tests.     also, no sparks in the past 40 minutes, it appears they have subsided.    additionally, IG6 has been fixed by vacuum group

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:15   mass marker power supply is not connecting. When attempting to write to its IP address it times out. Had to drop the HV in order to investigate. Have enlisted controls group to aid as it appears to be connected and should be functional.  

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:30   had to reset the computer connection to the network 192.168.5. by unplugging and plugging in the usb ethernet connection at computer. situation resolved.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:40   HV back up and now increasing the mass marker current from 0A to 3A, at 0A, FC0 current is 1.4e-10, very close to previously recorded FC0 mm0A value.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:56 with mm current at 3.0A, requiring 6V, FC0 current is 2.1e-10 A.   

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 14:58  withdrawing FC0 to take mass scan

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:25   mass scan complete:  filename 2024-12-18 15-23 SISP2N mmON.txt

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:27   further increasing mm current to 4.0A.  FC0 current increasing noticeably. waiting for plateau. FC0 at 6.6e-10A.   wire scans taken

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:39  new mass scan:  2024-12-18 15-53 SISP2N mmON 4A.txt

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:52  mm power supply turned off. 0A.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 15:53  rescan of high mass region. still a residual indium mass peak present. will scan again after cooling more.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 16:10   mass scan captured that shows the indium peak almost masked in background 

Given that the indium peak for 3A was significantly lower than with a regular SIS source cup, i recommend that this target is heated up with the regular source cup again to compare.

 Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 16:11 dropping HV EE EZL to 0V

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 16:13 cooling target to 0/0A at 1A/30s

 Note, ground and HVC (high voltage common) are used interchangeably here.

Monday, December 16, 2024,   in the previous test, elog 1038, it was found that the cathode was unable to hold any voltage and was shorted to HVC. The cathode was shorted directly to ground, with the cathode supply current limiting upon being powered, unable to reach even 1V.

After testing, the ANODE power supply stopped functioning and was unable to provide and voltage or current.

When the target was removed, it was found that the TBHT terminal was just ~100Ω from HVC. When I shorted the TGHT to TBHT terminal, as they are when the target is installed, the resistance from TBHT to HVC dropped to just 1Ω. Prior to the anode power supply stopping, it was found that when it was powered on with no target present, it was able to hold voltage, but still drew significant current: up to 400mA when provided less that 20V. This should be completely open, losing no current at all.

Keiko and the controls team have been looped in to address the issue with the ANODE power supply as it may be a controls issue. They believe there are a few possibilities for its error that must be investigated prior to deferring to the power supplies group. This will continue to be investigated

    ********** UPDATE: ISSUE RESOLVED ********* There is simply a physically triggered interlock that requires the faraday cage door to be closed to operate the ANODE power supply

When investigating the resistive short from the TBHT, I first noted the resistances between each of the channels: TGHT(-) to TGHT(+) 30↨Ω; TBHT(-) to TBHT(+) 20Ω; TBHT(-) to TGHT(-) 100Ω; TBHT(+) to TGHT(+) 140Ω. I also reconfirmed and noted relevant connections at the feedthroughs: There are NO visible shorts to HVC from the TGHT or TBHT feedthroughs. From TGHT(-), there is one 50kΩ resistor with varistor, between TGHT(-) and TGHT(+) there is a100Ω with varistor. I then removed the back of the faraday cage to investigate possible paths to ground from the TGHT and/or TBHT. This showed that TGHT- was grounded through a varistor (checked, functioning correctly, OL at low voltage), TGHT- to + has varistor||100Ω, TBHT- to + has varistor||100Ω, and TBHT- to TGHT- has varistor||100Ω. These fit in accordance with the observed resistances between the terminals.  

I also disconnected the ANODE power supply from its output wire to further investigate without possible issues from the power supply. At this point, (after I had remade the varistor connections) I began to observe that the TGHT and TBHT terminals were all detached from ground by 50kΩ (expected amount, given that there is a 100k||100k resistor from TBHT- feedthrough to ground). When I reattached the anode power supply, that value dropped to 35kΩ, I assume due to internal resistance of the power supply. I placed everything back in position and (repeatedly) ensured that the 35kΩ separation persisted. It seems that this shorting issue has resolved itself. It may be that the was an accidental connection made from an unshielded wire inside the faraday cage.

Friday, December 20, 2024, 09:37    turned off all 4 turbopumps. winding down prior to evacuating.

Friday, December 20, 2024, 11:43 Purged and closed all water cooling lines.

Friday, December 20, 2024, 15:54   removed target and installed Uline.

 roughing down test stand 

Friday, December 20, 2024, 16:17    valves closed and roughing pump off. 

Friday, December 20, 2024, 16:17   shut down test stand computer for holiday break