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Accelerator Update

Friday September 10

Tevatron

    A0 Vacuum Upgrade - 60%

    D17 Separator Installation - 33%

    E4 Vacuum Work - 40%

    Level Run - 80% complete (During a level run an alignment crew checks all the magnets positions relative to survey monuments.)

    Shimming Dipoles - 35% complete

    Kaiser Coil Measurements - 90% complete (A Kaiser coil measurement checks to see if the cryo magnet's coil has twisted or shifted in any way.)

    Mark Survey Monuments - 40%

    Magnet Stand Replacement - 40%

    BPM Upgrade - Tunnel work is 100% complete (A BPM is a Beam Position Monitor.)

Linac

    Low Energy LCW System Upgrade - 95% complete

    Low Energy LCW Instrumentation Upgrade - 80% complete

    Power Amplifier Filament Power Supply LCW Hose Replacement - 60% complete

    High Energy RF Maintenance - 100% complete

    Mod VME Fans - 100% complete

    Drift Tube Tank #5 Replacement - 5% complete

    Drift Tube Tank #1 Vacuum Repairs - 100% complete

Booster

    Vacuum Work - 67% complete

    RF19 - 28% complete

    Long 13 Work - 54% complete (Long 13 is a sector of the Booster ring.)

    Vertical Collimator - 82% complete

Antiproton Source
    Debuncher Injection Area Beampipe and Quadrupole (Quad) replacement - the rebuild of this area has begun

      Install Injection Septum - The septum has been installed and pulse tested

      Debuncher Motorized Quads Alignment - this work was completed

      Debuncher Motorized Quads Installation - ~20% complete

    Accumulator Flying Wires - Investigations discovered two wires destroyed - the cause was understood.

    ARF1-1 Installation - ~75 complete

    AP30 SO Cord Remediation - ~85% complete (Maybe one more week to finish)

    Other Work - Target Station, Alignment, Stochastic Cooling, Cryo, LCW, LLRF - all work on track

Main Injector
    MI-30
      Q307-309 - Not started Q303-305 - ~90% complete Correction Magnet Replacement - 40% complete

    MI-10

      Cooling Tank Repairs - 38% complete

    MI-62

      Correction Magnet Replacement - 40% complete Vacuum Modification - 100% complete

    B619-621

      Flying Wire Installation - ~77% complete

    Shielding Installation - Not started

Accelerator Update Archive

More Information
For Tevatron luminosity charts and the current status of Fermilab's accelerators and detectors (live!), please go to Fermilab Now

Comments and Suggestions
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