• Roman Pot data run follows RHICf
  

(Eve)

• Physics stores
  

(Day)

• Physics stores
  

• Physics stores
  

(Eve)

• Physics stores
  

(Day)

• Rotator ramp for radial polarization
• Rotator adjustmensts
  
• Access for detector installation
• Outstanding items?
  

• Test ramp for experiment detector
• Physics stores
  

(Eve)

• Store setup
• Access for experiment setup?
  

(Day)

• Ramp Development
• Ramp collimation
• Increase bunch number
• Injection damper setup
  
• Store setup
• Polarization measurements
• Rotator ramp adjustments for polarization
  
• Outstanding items?
  

(Eve-Owl)

• Secure ring for beam
  
• Load RHICf ramp
• Hysteresis
  
• Injection, capture
• Ramp with feedbacks
• Rotator ramp setup
  

(Day)

• Access for pp switchover, 0800-1600
  
• 9 MHz RF work
• gamma transition quad polarity change
• Load pp settings via mode switch tape
  

Gold: 27.2 GeV

(Owl)

• Continue Physics running
• Physics ends 0745

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• IR2 Access ~0900-1100 between stores
  
• Continue tuning ramp transmission
• H-jet single beam tests, 10 min at end of store.

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• MD 1000-1600
• Landau tuning tests
  
• Continue tuning ramp transmission
• H-jet single beam tests, 10 min at end of store.
  

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Maintenance 0800-1600
  
• Continue tuning ramp transmission
• No morning meeting. Next meeting Fri 0900, LCR.
  

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission
• IPM calibration at injection between stores, 1 hr (Chuyu)

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission
• Outstanding items?
• Transition crossing
• Blue Landau cavity
• IPM calibration at injection between stores, 1 hr (Chuyu)
  

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission

(Owl-Day-Eve)

• Continue Physics running
• Continue tuning ramp transmission
• Outstanding items?
  

(Eve)

• Physics
  

(Day)

• Physics
• Machine Development 1000-1400
• RF Blue Landau ramps
  
• Outstanding items
• Ramp transmission efficiency
  

• Physics
  

(Eve)

• Physics
  

(Day)

• APEX until 1500
• Access 1500-1700
• CeC cathode change
• STAR access
• RF 56 MHz access
  
• Outstanding items
  

• Physics
  

(Eve)

• Physics
  

(Day)

• Physics
• Work towards 2.0e9/bunch
  
• Outstanding items
• Blue transition efficiency, Landau cavity
• Yellow transition timing?
  

• Physics

(Eve)

• Physics
  

(Day)

• Physics
• Outstanding items
  
• Ramp efficiency
• Blue transition losses
  
• Downtime for cfe-4b-rtdl troubleshooting? TBD
  
• for yellow dipole feedback at transition
• DX heaters fire, requires quench link down
  

• Physics

(Eve)

• Physics
  

(Day)

• Physics
  

• Physics
  

(Eve)

• Physics

(Day)

• Continue 111x111 bunch stores
• Tune store lifetime
• Optimize storage cavity voltage
  
• Experiment setup/Physics
  

• Experiment Setup/Physics
  

(Eve)

• Experiment setup/Physics
• Step up bunch intensity
  

(Day)

• Access for LEReC, TBD
• RF Cavity conditioning in IR4
  
• Complete ramp setup outstanding items (MCR)
• Dipole feedback RTDL issue
• Injection Damper
• RF Cavity conditioning
• Artus TBT Ramp optics
• Store BTFs
• Missing/mistimed shots in ATR?
• Investigate beam separation at IR2 with yellow at 0mm
• Store setup, 56 bunches
  
• Store setup, 111 bunches
  
• Experiment setup
  

• Store setup (MCR)
• 56x56, 111x111 @ 1.8e9/bunch
  
• Experiment Setup
  

(Eve)

• Ramp tuning (MCR)
  
• Experiment setup
  

(Day)

• Rebucketing setup (HLRF, LLRF)
• Collimation setup
• 10 Hz feedback
  
• Store setup (MCR)
  
• 56x56, 111x111
• Experiment setup
• Work on outstanding issues
• dipole feedback RTDL issue
• 10 Hz trips
• other?
  

• Complete ramp setup outstanding items (MCR)
  
• Store setup (MCR)
• Experiment Setup
  

(Eve)

• Store setup
• Collision tuning
  

(Day)

• Ramp setup (MCR, Marusic, AP)
• 6x6 ramp
  
• Au17-27GeV-e0
• Ramp collimation setup (Drees)
• 12x12 ramp
• Rebucketing setup (HLRF, LLRF)
• Storage ramp setup (MCR)
  
• Au17-27GeV-s0
• 56x56, 111x111
• Check injection kicker timing with 111 bunch pattern
  

• Restore Booster operation
• Blue beam setup (MCR)
  
• RF capture
• instrumentation setup
• 10 Hz feedback setup
• Landau cavity setup
• Test ramp 6x6 for RF setup
  

(Eve)

• Begin beam setup (MCR, AP)
  
• Restore yellow beam at injection (MCR)
  
• 
  

(Day)

• Access for switchover to Au operations (MCR, Sampson)
  
• Gamma quad polarity switch (Bruno)
  
• AGS station KL modification (HLRF)
  
• RHIC RF cavity conditioning (HLRF)
  
• limited access to IR4 RF area
• Mode switch injectors to Au (MCR)
  
• Set up 12 Booster beam cycles (Zeno)
  
• Set up AGS bunch merges (Zeno, LLRF)
• Initial goal: 2e9/bunch at AGS extraction
  
• RHIC mode switch (MCR)
• use tape sequence for yellow
• complete switch by manually loading blue

• 255 GeV PP run ends 5/30/17, 0745
  

(Eve)

• Physics

(Day)

• Run Physics

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• deliver overnight store

(Day)

• Commission 2nd Beta Squeeze : ETA 12 hours starting ~ 9-10 am
• 
  

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• deliver overnight store

(Day)

• 1 hour access 10 am ?
• continue push of bunch intensity

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• Possibly Commission new protection system for Blue
• deliver overnight store

(Day)

• Access 7 am to 5pm

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• Deliver overnight Store
• If store is stable will work on tuning snakes

(Day)

• 10 am access 1 hour
• Investigate issues related to ramp problems from yesterday evening
• Chroms, tunes, feedback going into store
• early losses on ramp

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• put Store in for STAR

(Day)

• access 10 am for 1 hour
• hold intensity in Blue to 1.8
• RF one hour dedicated beam work after access <\li>
• work on loss of feedback lock during > 200 on ramp

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• Deliver overnight Store

(Day)

• Tune intensity for STAR zdc rate window and beam lifetime
• Decide if we need 2nd Squeeze

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• Declare Physics?
• put Store in for STAR

(Day)

• access 11 am for 2 hours
• continue ramp up push bunch intensity

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  

(Eve)

• Continue pushing bunch intensity
• put Store in for STAR

(Day)

• access 10 am for 1 hour
• continue ramp up push bunch intensity
• Tune intensity for STAR zdc rate window and beam lifetime

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  
• increase bunch number

(Eve)

• Continue pushing bunch intensity
• Get baseline Chrom measurement on ramp
• Tune snake at FT? using CNI and Spin Tune meter if ready

(Day)

• access 10 am for 1 hour
• BB damper work (if not already done)

• Goal to deliver Store to STAR for owl
  
• increase bunch number
Tues Feb 21


(Eve)


• possible bb damper work
  
• Move to higher bunch number
• take Optics measurement on the Ramp
  
• Get Store ready for owl shift

(Day)


• 1 hour Access starting at about 9:30 am for Vaccum and other work
• Goal to deliver 56x56 Store for STAR 4 hours
(Owl)

• Goal to deliver Store 56x56 or higher for STAR by 5 am
  
• increase bunch number
• Store setup (MCR, Drees)
Mon Feb 20


(Eve)


• Continue Ramp development
  
• Store setup
  
• CNI polarimeter setup continues
  

(Day)


• Hold 28x28 Store for STAR until 2pm
• RF and Ramp work to improve Ramp
• RF work will focus on optimizing the rebucket setup with the goal of allowing for higher intensity and more bunches
• Settle on the ramp voltage for 9MHz, preserve exising timing since STAR is timing in currently
(Owl)

• Ramp to store, Blue and Yellow (MCR, AP)
  
• increase bunch number
• Store setup (MCR, Drees)
Sun Feb 19


(Eve)


• Continue outstanding setup items from Owl and Day shifts
  
• Ramps to store
• Collisions
  
• Store setup
  
• Instrumentation setup continues
• CNI polarimeter setup continues
  

(Day)


• Blue snakes off
• Remove snake bumps
• Adjust ramp file for Blue injection at different rigidity
• Repeat blue injection setup.
  
• Continue energy and storage ramp setup (MCR, AP)
• 9 MHz setup?
  
• Rebucket setup
  
• CNI polarimeter setup
• STAR magnet on
  
(Owl)

• Ramp to store, Blue and Yellow (MCR, AP)
  
• increase bunch number
• Store setup (MCR, Drees)
• Injection drift measure and correct
Sat Feb 18


(Eve)


• Continue outstanding setup items from Owl and Day shifts
  
• Ramps to store
• Work on stability while increasing bunch number and intensity
  
• Injection drift measure and correct between ramps
• Collisions
  
• Store setup
  
• Instrumentation setup continues
• Artus
  
• CNI polarimeter setup continues
  

(Day)


• Continue energy and storage ramp setup (MCR, AP)
• Rebucketing setup (HLRF, LLRF)
  
• needed to proceed with either 9Mhz setup
  
• 9MHz cavity setup (HLRF, LLRF)
  
• BBB damper setup, if available (Mernick)
• Delayed mode abort testing (Drees, Mi)
• First test is at injection
  
• Instrumentation Setup
• Artus issues?
  
• CNI polarimeter setup
(Owl)

• Ramp to store, Blue and Yellow (MCR, AP)
  
• increase bunch number
• Ramp collimation setup (Drees)
  
• Chromaticity measurement at injection (Marusic, MCR)
  
• Store setup (MCR, Drees)
• Injection drift measure and correct
Fri Feb 17


(Eve)


• Rebucketing setup
  
• Continue outstanding setup items from Owl and Day shifts
  
• Ramps to store
• Storage ramp setup
• Collision steering
• Store collimation
• Delayed mode in tape?
  
• Instrumentation setup continues
• CNI polarimeter setup continues

(Day)


• Access at 1000, approx 5 hours.
• test blue main
  
• OPPIS repairs
• Access Control issues
  
• Outstanding items from previous shifts
• Chrom at store, on ramp
• qtrim ramp rate?
• Blue main down ramp
  
• Continue energy and storage ramp setup (MCR, AP)
• Rebucketing setup
• 28 MHz phasing at store
• Storage ramp setup
  
• 9MHz cavity setup (HLRF, LLRF)
• BBB damper setup, if available (Mernick)
• Delayed mode abort testing (Drees, Mi)
• Instrumentation Setup
• IPM
• Artus?
• Other?
  
• 10 Hz GOFB setup
  
• Polarimeter setup
• CNI
• H-jet?
  
(Owl)

• Ramp to store, Blue and Yellow (MCR, AP)
  
• BPM timing at store (Michnoff)
  
• increase bunch number
• Ramp collimation setup (Drees)
  
• Chromaticity measurement at injection (Marusic, MCR)
  
• Storage ramp setup (Marusic, MCR)
Thu Feb 16


(Eve)


• Establish ramp to store, pp17-e0
• Rebucketing setup
  
• Continue outstanding setup items from Owl and Day shifts
  
• Ramps to store
• BPM timing at store (Michnoff)
  
• Storage ramp setup?
  
• Instrumentation setup continues
  

(Day)


• Access at 1000, TBD.
• Outstanding items from previous shifts
• Field and phase correction issues in RhicInjection?
• Faster down ramps/ Blue main dipole issues
• 2x quench on ramp -- check BLM thresholds
  
• Establish ramp to store, pp17-copye0
• switch to pp17-e0 at injection
  
• Ramp collimation setup
• after pp17-e0 established
• Prepare for rebucketing (HLRF, LLRF)
• 28MHz setup at store
• Continue instrumentation setup
• IPM
• Artus
• Other?
  
• Chromaticity measurement at injection (MCR)
• CNI polarimeter setup
  
• Delayed mode abort testing, if time allows (Drees, Mi)
• Storage ramp setup
  
(Owl)

• Blue & Yellow ramp tuning overnight, pending PS work. (MCR, AP)
• Ramp to store, Blue and Yellow
• BPM timing at store
  
• increase bunch number
  
• Chromaticity measurement at injection (Marusic, MCR)
  
• Storage ramp setup
  
Wed Feb 15


(Eve)


• DX training, as needed (Bruno)
• Continue outstanding setup items from Owl and Day shifts
  
• Continue beam operations
• Ramps to store
• Instrumentation setup continues
• continue items from day shift
  

(Day)


• Finish DX training, if needed. (Bruno)
• Outstanding items:
• Blue main trips on down ramp
• yellow vertical damper
• ramp plots to elog?
  
• Access at 1000, TBD.
• If necessary, probably should be preceded by a DX training quench
  
• Other setup at injection:
• Instrumentation
  
• Artus (Drees)
  
• IPM
• CNI polarimeter (Huang)
  
• BTF
• 10Hz feedback (Liu)
• Begin set up new 9MHz cavities with beam (HLRF, LLRF)
• Ramp collimation setup
• Continue ramp development
  
• Prepare for rebucketing (HLRF, LLRF)
• 28MHz setup at store
  
• Delayed mode abort testing, if time allows (Drees, Mi)
  
(Owl)

• Blue & Yellow injection tuning overnight, pending PS work. (MCR, AP)
• Prepare RF for Ramping (LLRF)
• Landau cavities
• BBB damper
• 28 MHz phasing
• test injection of full pattern
  
• Injection damper setup (MCR, Drees, Michnoff)
  
• Prepare instrumentation for ramping (Marusic, Minty)
  
• BPM
• WCM
• BBQ
• Feedback setup (Marusic)
• Tune/coupling
• orbit
• Chromaticity measurement at injection (Marusic, MCR)
  
• Dump kicker timing check (Shrey, Drees)
• Normal mode only
• Verify typical operation at injection
  
• Energy ramp to store OR continue instrumentation setup at injection (MCR, Marusic)
  
• Pending availability of PS for ramping
• DX training at end of Owl/beginning of Day shift, if needed. (Marusic, Bruno)
  
Tue Feb 14


(Eve)


• DX training, as needed (Bruno)
• Complete outstanding PS tests.

(Day)


• Access 0800 to no later than 1800.
• Secure ring as soon as IR2 work is done; PS group needs ring secure for ramp tests ASAP.
  
• Complete outstanding PS repairs.
• Blue main dipole down ramp.
• Continue AGS extraction/ATR tuning
  
• Other outstanding items
• b6-lm11-atr noisy?
• Set up cavities for Landau damping (HLRF)
  
(Owl)

• Blue & Yellow injection tuning overnight, pending PS work. (MCR, AP)
  
• Injection, first turn (MCR)
  
• Circulating beam, snakes on? (MCR, Al)
  
• Capture (MCR, AP, RF)
  
• Dump kicker timing check (Shrey, Drees)
• Initial instrumentation checks (systems for ramping)
  
• BPM
• WCM
• BBQ
Mon Feb 13


(Day-Eve)


• Ring access 0700-1900.
• Repair transformer for H10 house (Feng)
  
• ATR extraction tuning (MCR)
  
• Blue & Yellow PS checkout continues. (Bruno)
  
• Ramps to high current
• DX training
• Slow factor 1 ramps
  
• Leave Blue and Yellow on hysteresis at injection.
  
(Owl)

• Blue injection tuning overnight, pending PS work. (MCR, AP)
  
• Injection, first turn (MCR)
  
• Circulating beam, snakes on? (MCR,
  
• Capture (MCR, AP, RF)
  
• Dump kicker timing check (Shrey, Drees)
• Initial instrumentation checks
• BPM
• WCM
• BBQ
  
Sun Feb 12


(Eve)

• PS ramp tests, 1900-? (Bruno)
  
• Blue Ramp to high current
• DX training
• High current shutoff test
• Yellow ramp tests?

(Day)


• Blue cryostable.
• Yellow approaches cryostability.
• Cryo lead flow work
  
• Blue PS checkout continues. (Bruno)
  
• Yellow PS checkout. (Bruno)
  
• Yellow main to injection?
• Injection shutoff test
  
• ATR extraction tuning (MCR, Schoefer, Marr)
  
• AGS, upstream U losses
• Check injection kicker modules on scope
  
• Ring access available Sun 0700-1900 IR2, IR6
(Owl)

• Blue injection tuning overnight, pending PS work.
• Injection, first turn
• Circulating beam, snakes off
• Capture
  
• Dump kicker timing check
• snakes on

Sat Feb 11


(Eve)


• Secure Ring before 1900.
• Yellow approaches cryostability.
  
• Blue PS checkout continues.
• Current limit key tests?
  
• Ramp to high current, DX training?
  
• Yellow PS checkout.
• PS ramp tests.
  
• Blue injection tuning overnight, pending PS work.
• Open ring for Access 0700.
  
(Day)

• Complete AGS cold snake repairs
• Yellow & Blue PS checkout continues.
• Yellow main hi-pot
• Fix various corrector PS, lead flow problems
• Blue ring to injection current
  
• ATR extraction tuning
  
• Ring access available Sat & Sun 0700-1900 IR2, IR6

Fri Feb 10


(Eve-Owl)


• Secure ring for ramp tests by 20:00, if required.
• Blue PS checkout continues.
• Troubleshoot Blue main dipole
• Blue main shutoff at injection
• Blue snake testing
• Blue ramp to high current?
• ATR extraction tuning
• Blue injection tuning, pending RSC checklist and PS testing.
  

(Day)

• Blue cryostable.
• Yellow cooldown continues.
• Yellow PS checkout.
• Blue PS checkout continues.
• Troubleshoot Blue main dipole
• Blue main shutoff at injection
• Blue snake testing
• IR2 access available 07:00-20:00
• Schedule other accesses with Maintenance Coordinator.
• AGS setup continues
• ATR extraction to W-dump
  
• Complete RSC checklist for RHIC.
  
Thu Feb 9


(Day-Eve-Owl)


• Blue cryostable.
• Yellow cooldown begins.
  
• Blue PS checkout continues.
• AGS setup continues.
• Ring access available pending PS ramp tests.
Wed Feb 8


(Day-Eve-Owl)


• Blue cooldown continues.
• Blue low current PS checkout continues.
• AGS setup continues.
• ATR extraction, Blue injection TBD.
  
Tue Feb 7


(Day-Eve-Owl)


• Blue cooldown continues.
• Blue low current PS checkout commencing.
• AGS setup/ATR extraction and transport to W-dump.
Mon Feb 6


(Day-Eve-Owl)


• Start of RHIC 4K wave.
• ATR extraction setup.