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2008 Accelerator Update Archive
December 22, 2008 - December 29, 2008
- Eight stores provided ~108 hours of luminosity
- Experts changed power amplifiers for Linac RF stations # 3 & 5
- Store 6683 set New Record with a luminosity of 360.95E30
- Pelletron VME problems
- Stores 6684 and 6688 lost due to quenches
- Stuck Kautzky valve reseated twice
- TeV sector A3 harmonic filter and VCB work
The Integrated Luminosity for 12/22/08 to 12/29/08 was 59.42 Pb-1.
December 19, 2008 - December 22, 2008
- Four stores provided ~48 hours of luminosity
- Pbar set New stacking record with a rate of 28.32 mA/hr
- Recycler cooling problems fixed
- Service building problems due to low temperatures
- MiniBooNE, NuMI, and Recycler suffer from kicker problems
The Integrated Luminosity for 12/15/08 to 12/22/08 was 47.59 Pb-1.
December 15, 2008 - December 17, 2008
- Three stores provided ~31.75 hours of luminosity
- Booster kicker work continues
- T988 ends their run
- Store 6647 lost - B1 quench
December 12, 2008 - December 15, 2008
- Four stores provided ~58.5 hours of luminosity
- NuMI resumes taking beam
- Booster kicker problems resolved
- CAMAC crate restart resolves ECOOL problem
- The Integrated Luminosity for 12/8/08 to 12/15/08 was 73.73 Pb-1. This set a new record for weekly integrated luminosity
December 10, 2008 - December 12, 2008
- three stores provide ~39 hours of luminosity.
- Pbar sets new stacking record.
- Booster quad problem.
December 8, 2008 - December 10, 2008
- Four stores provided ~41.25 hours of luminosity
- Linac resolves I- Source sparking and quadrupole problems
- Experts repair seized F27 water skid pump
December 5, 2008 - December 8, 2008
- Last week's integrated luminosity was 55.29 Pb-1
- Four stores provided ~46.5 hours of luminosity
- Store 6619 aborted, there was no quench
- Store 6625 set New Record Luminosity: 355.07E30
- TeV sector A3 wet engine repaired
December 3, 2008 - December 5, 2008
- Three stores provided ~20.75 hours of luminosity
- Operations aborted store 6609 just before a TeV quench
- Pbar kicker problems fixed
December 1, 2008 - December 3, 2008
- Three stores provided ~34 hours of luminosity
- Cryo system Cold box problem fixed
- Store 6605 - second best luminosity: 339.19E30
- Store 6606 - third best luminosity: 335.6E30
November 24, 2008 - December 1, 2008
- Nine stores provided ~143 hours of luminosity
- Store 6593 sets New Record* with a luminosity of 344.8E30
- I- Source brought online
- Network storm requires many system reboots
- Booster vacuum problems fixed
- Booster GMPS problems
- CHL cold box lost
*Integrated Luminosity for 11/24/08 to 12/1/08 = 63.65 Pb-1 (This set a New Record; previous best was 57.54 Pb-1)
November 21, 2008 - November 24, 2008
- Five stores provided ~59.25 hours of luminosity
- Booster backup LCW return pump brought online
- MTA takes commissioning beam
- MI LCW 3-way valve problems
- Store 6589 set 2nd highest luminosity
November 19, 2008 - November 21, 2008
- Three stores provided ~22.55 hours of luminosity
- A LCW leak in the Linac gallery was found and repaired
- TeV quench lost store 6578
- Stuck Kautzky valve repaired
November 17, 2008 - November 19, 2008
- Three stores provided ~35.25 hours of luminosity
- Store 6566 lost due to quench
- The #2 NuMI horn might need replacing
November 14, 2008 - November 17, 2008
- Four stores provided 53.55 hours of luminosity
- Booster Chopper repaired
- NuMI horn off
- LRF5 problems
November 12, 2008 - November 14, 2008
- Two stores provided ~34.7 hours of luminosity
- Operations and Controls expert resolve database errors
- Linac experts discover phase errors causing trips
- TeV quench near end of store setup
- Cryo experts fix stuck Kautzky valve
November 10, 2008 - November 12, 2008
- TeV turn on completed
- Two stores provided ~13 hours of luminosity
- Pelletron brought back online
November 7, 2008 - November 10, 2008
- TeV continues to recover
- D2 wet engine gets overhaul
- Pelletron power supply replaced
- Next store might come Tuesday midnight shift
November 5, 2008 - November 7, 2008
- One store provided ~6.5 hours of luminosity
- Fermi suffers from unexpected 345 kV power outage
- Recovery in progress
- Next store? Maybe on Monday, 11/10/08
November 3, 2008 - November 5, 2008
- Troubled D0 cryo system temporarily hooked to TeV
- Store 6541 sets New Record with a luminosity of 332.12E30
- Linac has RF station problems
October 31, 2008 - November 3, 2008
- Antiproton target replaced
- Store 6535 set New Record a with luminosity of 318.98E30
- Linac experts resolve KRF3 troubles
October 29, 2008 - October 31, 2008
- Four stores provided ~42.5 hours of luminosity
- Electron Cooling restored
- Store 6529 aborted
- CUB Column 1 brought online
- Accumulator has stacking problem
October 27, 2008 - October 29, 2008
- Two stores provided ~23 hours of luminosity
- Linac experts repair KRF7
- TeV suffers two quenches
- Pelletron off due to GVN problems
October 24, 2008 - October 27, 2008
- four stores provide ~ 57.25 hours of luminosity
- Main Injector power supply problems
- Kicker causes a quench in the Tevatron
- Klystron problems in the Linac
October 22, 2008 - October 24, 2008
- Four stores provided ~26.5 hours of luminosity
- Cryo experts repair stuck Kautzky valve
- LRF3 power amplifier replaced
- Store 6507 aborted: CAMAC power supply failed
October 20, 2008 - October 22, 2008
- Three stores provided ~42.25 hours of luminosity
- Klystron Vernier flow turbine replaced
- MI-50 Upper power supply brought back online
- Pbar dry engine flywheel replaced
October 17, 2008 - October 20, 2008
- four stores provided ~ 61 hours and 15 minutes of luminosity
- Tevatron abort
- Main Injector power supply problems
- Linac gradient problems
October 15, 2008 - October 17, 2008
- Three stores provided ~31.5 hours of luminosity
- New MTest experiment T977 (MINERvA) begins
- Recycler stash (~200E10) lost during card change
- TeV conducts beam-beam compensation study
October 13, 2008 - October 15, 2008
- Four stores provided ~36 hours of luminosity
- Accumulator and NuMI kickers fixed
- Pelletron resumes providing cooling
October 10, 2008 - October 13, 2008
- Two stores provided 12.5 hours of luminosity
- Shutdown ends and startup begins
- Pelletron problems continue
- Lithium Lens trip
October 8, 2008 - October 10, 2008
- The shutdown ends and startup begins
- Linac will begin sending beam Friday afternoon
- The TeV cryo systems should be cold by late Friday night
October 6, 2008 - October 8, 2008
- The accelerator complex is shutdown for a week of maintenance and repair
- The shutdown work is on schedule
- Startup is scheduled to begin on Friday
October 3, 2008 - October 6, 2008
- Fours stores provided ~21.5 hours of luminosity
- TeV conducts crystal collimator studies
- TeV quench caused by cold compressor trip
- LCW leaks in Booster, MI, and TeV enclosures found
- One week shutdown begins
October 1, 2008 - October 3, 2008
- Three stores provided ~38.75 hours of luminosity
- Electron Cooling GVM fails
- Booster LCW pumps put in manual control
- Recycler takes bigger, but fewer stashes
September 29, 2008 - October 1, 2008
- Five stores provided ~26.5 hours of luminosity
- MI LCW column at CUB regenerated
- TeV quench during scrape
- Unplanned sector B4 power outage
September 26, 2008 - September 29, 2008
- Five stores provided ~48.5 hours of luminosity
- MI-30 power supply transformer problems
- TeV experts investigate low beta quenches
- Pelletron suffers from node problems
September 24, 2008 - September 26, 2008
- Three stores provided ~32.5 hours of luminosity
- TeV quench during shot setup
- TeV sector A3 flywheel changed
- TeV thermal scans reveals hot switch
September 22, 2008 - September 24, 2008
- Two stores provided ~27 hours and 19 minutes of luminosity
- TeV quenched during shot setup
- MIRF watchdog trips
September 19, 2008 - September 22, 2008
- Four stores provided ~54 hours and 26 minutes of luminosity
- TeV sector F0 vacuum burst cascades to A1 transfer line
- TeV quenched due to bad IO crate power supply
September 17, 2008 - September 19, 2008
- Three stores provided ~39 hours and 19 minutes of luminosity
- MTA survey work
- LRF5's PA replaced
- Velocity meter problems resolved
September 15, 2008 - September 17, 2008
- Two stores provided ~32 hours and 10 minutes of luminosity
- LCW leak discovered on Pbar magnet
- Power supply fault causes loss of stack
- Inspection of TeV power supply knife-switches begins
- TeV quench diagnosed: Collimator at fault
September 12, 2008 - September 15, 2008
- Three stores provided ~49 hours and 55 minutes of luminosity
- Pbar's lithium lens replaced
- Rain, rain, rain: heroic efforts from many people kept lab operating
- Linac water skid #3 conductivity probe fails
September 10, 2008 - September 12, 2008
- Three stores provided 43 hours and 24 minutes of luminosity
- Kautz Road substation repaired
- Linac Klystron RF station 7 repaired
September 8, 2008 - September 10, 2008
- Four stores provided ~34 hours and 22 minutes of luminosity
- Computer room power glitch causes quench
- Raccoon shorts out Kautz Road substation
September 5, 2008 - September 8, 2008
- Fours stores provided 66 hours and 26 minutes of luminosity
- Lithium Lens repaired
- MIRF has modulator problems
September 3, 2008 - September 5, 2008
- four stores provided ~ 35 hours and 30 minutes of luminosity
- Problems with the Pbar lithium lens
- Booster RF problems
September 1, 2008 - September 3, 2008
- Three stores provided ~37 hours and 23 minutes of luminosity
- H- chopper problem fixed
- Two TeV quenches - store 6393 lost
August 29, 2008 - September 1, 2008
- Fours stores provided 65 hours and 45 minutes of luminosity
- Pbar's pulse magnet replaced
- LRF3's LCW leak repaired
- H- Source's output adjusted
- MIRF5 causes problems for NuMI
August 27, 2008 - August 29, 2008
- Three stores provided ~21 hours and 23 minutes
- Recycler installs amplifier on for 2-4 stochastic cooling
- TeV shutdown on Thursday for CDF maintenance work
- TeV quench during wet squeeze - B0Q6 power supply
- Pbar Pulsed magnet bad, needed replacement.
August 25, 2008 - August 27, 2008
- Four stores provided ~40 hours and 38 minutes of luminosity
- Controls still searching for the cause of QF12 problems
- MTest T984 completes their experimental run
- CDF offline due to solenoid problems
- Run Coordinator schedules 10-hour access for CDF on Thursday
August 22, 2008 - August 25, 2008
- Four stores provided 54 hours and 1 minute of luminosity
- LRF4 repaired
- F4 wet engine overhauled
- B3 bypass switch replaced
- Controls experts working on QF12 problems
August 20, 2008 - August 22, 2008
- Two stores provided 34 hours and 54 minutes of luminosity
- Lithium Lens gradient voltage raised to 2600 volts
- C4 cold compressor replaced
- Timing jitter found on QF107 and QF12
August 18, 2008 - August 20, 2008
- Three stores delivered ~40 hours and 2 minutes
- Booster experts resolved their kicker (MP02) problems
- The TeV quenched with no beam
- Pbar experts make adjustments to stochastic cooling
- MTest experiment T979 completes its run
August 15, 2008 - August 18, 2008
- Four stores provided ~61 hours and 10 minutes of luminosity
- Bad MTest magnet replaced
- Pbar has beam valve and beam permit problems
- Booster MP02 kicker magnet problems
- SciBooNE completes their data taking
August 13, 2008 - August 15, 2008
- three stores provided ~ 43 hours and 45 minutes of luminosity
- Transformer failure on the Pbar lens
- Ground fault on MT5E magnet string
August 8, 2008 - August 13, 2008
- Six stores provided ~101 hours of luminosity
- Controls and kicker problems in Pbar
- ECool front end problems
- Network problems cause Operators to take the master switch
- Linac I- source problems
August 6, 2008 - August 8, 2008
- Three stores provided ~32 hours and 37 minutes of luminosity
- Booster kicker transformer replaced
- MI Center Anode power supply repaired
- TeV aborted - no cause found
- A0 CAMAC crate replaced - bad power supply
- Pbar Debuncher BPM system upgraded
August 4, 2008 - August 6, 2008
- Twos stores provided ~16 hours and 44 minutes of luminosity
- TeV recovered from Lightning strike on C3 service building
- TeV sector F2 power supply still a problem
- Power glitch trips off equipment, but stack, stash, and store remains intact
August 1, 2008 - August 4, 2008
- Two stores provided ~17 hours and 21 minutes of luminosity
- TeV D0Q6 power supply repaired
- Store quenched during ramp
- TeV sector D1 cold compressor replaced
- Store 6334 lost due to lightning strike to C3 service building
July 30, 2008 - August 1, 2008
- Three stores provided ~43 hours 15 minutes of luminosity
- Pbar magnet H717 repaired in place
- FESS installs pond water spray heads at MI-20
July 28, 2008 - July 30, 2008
- Three stores provided ~36 hours and 17 minutes of luminosity
- TeV sector D1 wet engine bearings replaced
- TeV tilt meters registers earthquakes
- Pbar magnet D:H717 develops leak and arcing
- Experts attempt to repair Pbar magnet in place
July 25, 2008 - July 28, 2008
- Four stores provided ~64 hours and 30 minutes of luminosity
- D0 experiences network problems due to a small power outage
- E-Cool frontend problems
July 23, 2008 - July 25, 2008
- Two stores provided ~25 hours and 45 minutes of luminosity
- Recycler stash lost due to failed relay
- MI finds cause of ground faults
July 21, 2008 - July 23, 2008
- One store provided ~27 hours and 2 minutes
- TeV experts hunt for illusive ground fault
- Stack lost due to broken A:LQ 480-volt breaker
July 18, 2008 - July 21, 2008
- Four stores provided ~47 hours and 57 minutes of luminosity
- Booster WAPS resistor replaced
- MI PSLOOP trips due to ground faults
- Accumulator power supply trip; stack lost
- 7/21/08 access to find TeV ground fault and for Pbar repairs
July 16, 2008 - July 18, 2008
- Two stores provided 28 hours and 52 minutes of luminosity
- Store 6300 terminated to prevent possible quench
- NuMI repairs closed loop cooling problem
- Shutdown for MI heat exchanger work
July 14, 2008 - July 16, 2008
- Three stores provided ~31 hours and 40 minutes of luminosity
- NuMI finds air leak on horn closed loop
- 480-volt breaker replaced for Bartleson low beta power supply
- TeV sector A4 wet engine fly wheel replaced
- Shutdown at 6 AM, Thursday 7/16/08
July 11, 2008 - July 14, 2008
- Three store provided ~15 hours and 50 minutes of luminosity
- Two stores lost due to quench and abort
- MI MECAR problems
- MTest SEM failed
- NuMI resumes taking beam
- Experts search for TeV ground fault
July 09, 2008 - July 11, 2008
- Two store provided ~22 hours and 30 minutes of luminosity
- Losses in Tevatron delay shot set-up
- NuMI close to taking data once again
July 07, 2008 - July 09, 2008
- One store provided ~24 hours and 40 minutes of luminosity
- Kautz Rd substation trips due to harmonic filter failure
- Pbar raises LCW temperature regulation
- Pbar beam stop motor replaced
- FESS repairs Booster East Gallery cooling
- Recycler stash lost - bulk power supply trip
July 02, 2008 - July 07, 2008
- Eight stores provided ~80 hours and 18 minutes of luminosity
- TeV sector C4 LCW temperature high alarm due to valve problem
- TeV heat exchanger work completed
- NuMI takes beam for target scans
- LRF3 modulator LCW leak repaired
- Store 6266 sets New Record Luminosity with 318.49E30
June 30, 2008 - July 02, 2008
- Fours stores provided ~42 hours and 6 minutes of luminosity
- TeV abort problem fixed by TEVCAL reboot
- Booster Watchdog trips fixed - switched to backup WavTek generator
June 27, 2008 - June 30, 2008
- Four stores provided ~ 63 hours and 3 minutes of luminosity
- Water group prepares TeV for next round of heat exchanger cleaning
- Experts put TeV sector C3 cryo system into JT mode to adjust wet engine
June 25, 2008 - June 27, 2008
- Three stores provided ~37 hours of luminosity
- Problems with Booster Watchdog trips resolved
- TeV/MI experts conduct injection studies
June 23, 2008 - June 25, 2008
- Three stores provided ~34 hours and 25 minutes of luminosity
- Store 6241 lost due to quench
- FESS replaces B0 pump
- FESS drops Pbar 95 LCW temperature by 5° per request
June 20, 2008 - June 23, 2008
- Four stores provided ~62 hours and 38 minutes of luminosity
- TeV heat exchanger at B1 required cleaning
- MTest experiment T971 has reclaimed MT6
- Pbar suffers vacuum leak at AP-2
June 18, 2008 - June 20, 2008
- Three stores provided ~29 hours and 48 minutes of luminosity
- TeV quench during end-of-store study
- Experts test the MI LCW system
June 16, 2008 - June 18, 2008
- Three stores provided ~32 hours and 42 minutes of luminosity
- Booster GMPS taken offline for repairs
- The MTest T979 experiment completes its run
- Stash lost due to MI interlock trip
June 13, 2008 - June 16, 2008
- Four stores provided ~46 hours and 34 minutes of luminosity
- High temperatures cause problems
- Nitrogen Dewar at A0 develops leak
- Sunday morning lightning strikes cause store 6221 to quench
- Lightning strikes trip off many devices
June 11, 2008 - June 13, 2008
- Three stores provided ~43 hours and 47 minutes of luminosity
- New old style target installed in Pbar
- D0 interaction point changed
- New Meson MTest experiment (T979) begins
- Rising temperatures begin causing problems
June 9, 2008 - June 11, 2008
- Three stores provided ~35 hours and 23 minutes of luminosity
- FESS cleans MI pond water strainers
- Pbar Debuncher kicker problems
- Pbar Target stops rotating: 8-10 hours access begins Thursday morning
June 6, 2008 - June 9, 2008
- Five stores provided ~47 hours and 58 minutes of luminosity
- The New MTest experiment (T971) began taking beam
- Store 6203: fourth highest luminosity store - 288.8E30
- Sore 6207 aborted due to lightning strike
June 4, 2008 - June 6, 2008
- Three stores provided 21 hours and 43 minutes of luminosity
- Linac experts repair KRF6
- TeV vacuum and Cryo problems fixed
- D0 problem requires 8-hour access
- Store 6200 initial luminosity 298.41E30
June 2, 2008 - June 4, 2008
- Four stores provided 33 hours and 17 minutes of luminosity
- NuMI Horn cooling system fails; Horn replacement begins
- Pbar sets New Stacking Record: 27.01 mA/hr
- I- Source water resistor flushed
May 30, 2008 - June 2, 2008
- Five stores provided 61 hours and 33 minutes of luminosity
- NuMI horn had LCW flow problem
- Main Injector timing problem
- New Stacking Record: 26.91mA per hour
May 28, 2008 - May 30, 2008
- Three stores provided 37 hours and 16 minutes of luminosity
- All Booster RF stations are up and running
- Cross Gallery Computer Room suffers from chilled water leak
May 26, 2008 - May 28, 2008
- Two stores provided 29 hours and 50 minutes of luminosity
- F23 Yard Breaker problems
- NuMI horn LCW problem temporarily resolved
- TeV quench during shot setup
- MTest T978 experiment done - back in July
May 23, 2008 - May 26, 2008
- Four stores provided 44 hours and 1 minute of luminosity
- Pbar sets new stacking record with a rate of ~26.6 per hour
- TeV quench during shot setup
- NuMI horn #1 LCW problem halts experiment
May 21, 2008 - May 23, 2008
- Two stores provided 38 hours and 43 minutes of luminosity
- The Run Coordinator reported that nearly all the necessary jobs were completed during this shutdown
- NuMI LCW leak found and fixed
- Antiproton target replaced in record time
- Store 6154 aborted
May 19, 2008 - May 21, 2008
- Three stores provided 39 hours and 1 minute of luminosity
- Store 6150 aborted due to a power supply problem
- Thursday, 5/22/08, Everything except the TeV and Pbar Rings will be shutdown for maintenance
May 16, 2008 - May 19, 2008
- Five stores provided 65 hours and 51 minutes of luminosity
- Short TeV shutdown on Friday for necessary repairs
- TeV quench at F4 with no beam
- Linac experts resolve quadrupole problems
- Pbar LCW leak found and repaired
- Last week's integrated luminosity was 55.03 inverse picobarns
May 12, 2008 - May 14, 2008
- Three stores provided 32 hours and 58 minutes of luminosity
- Linac Klystron RF station 7 repaired
May 9, 2008 - May 12, 2008
- Five stores provided 62 hours and 34 minutes of luminosity
- Linac experts investigate Klystron trips
- Controls experts replace MI-31 network switch
- MI and Booster experts work on NuMI intensity
- 30mA stack lost
- Record integrated luminosity of 56.085 inverse picobarns last week
May 7, 2008 - May 9, 2008
- Three stores provided 29 hours and 5 minutes of luminosity
- Several quenches and aborts troubled the TeV
- Booster repairs two RF stations during access
May 5, 2008 - May 7, 2008
- Two stores provided 44 hours and 6 minutes of luminosity
- Quick action resolves C0 pond water pump failure
- Pbar implements a faster mode for stashing
- TeV experts conduct end-of-store studies
May 2, 2008 - May 5, 2008
- five stores provided 49 hours and 30 minutes of luminosity
- Two power glitches
- Bad cooling pump at C0
April 30, 2008 - May 2, 2008
- Two stores provided 14 hours and 39 minutes of luminosity
- 4/30/08 Accelerator accesses for maintenance
- TeV antiproton kicker power supply trip
- 50E10 of Recycler stash lost
- Potential store lost
April 25, 2008 - April 30, 2008
- Two stores provided 35 hours and 40 minutes of luminosity
- The new Meson MTest T978 experiment begins taking beam
- Booster and MI RF fixed
- CDF and D0 access 4/30/08 for detector repairs
April 25, 2008 - April 28, 2008
- Three stores provided 46 hours and 32 minutes of luminosity
- Store quenched just before being established
- TeV experts worked on orbits
- Vacuum experts replace two TeV turbo stations
April 23, 2008 - April 25, 2008
- Two stores provided 14 hours and 7 minutes of luminosity
- Recycler stash lost
- Two TeV quenches
- MI heat exchangers successfully flushed
- Stashing efficiency low
April 21, 2008 - April 23, 2008
- Three stores provided 34 hours and 42 minute of luminosity
- A fourth store was established, but quenched immediately
- Pbar switches to rapid transfers
April 11, 2008 - April 21, 2008
- Six stores provided luminosity during this last week
- TeV experts found CDF aperture restriction that caused several quenches
- Booster ground faults caused by cables
- P2 vacuum burst delays D0 and CDF data taking
- Fermi monitors West Salem, IL earthquakes
- Power glitch trips off devices in Linac, Booster, and Accumulator
April 9, 2008 - April 11, 2008
- There were no stores established
- Preparation to replace Booster kicker MP02
- TeV suffered a multi house quench during shot setup
- Pelletron down for repairs
- The Accelerator Updates will stop for a week due to furlough
April 7, 2008 - April 9, 2008
- Two stores provided 34 hours and 31 minutes of luminosity
- Energy conservation mode used several times
- Booster kicker magnet (MP02) fails
- 10E10 of antiprotons lost
- NuMI and BNB beam halted to prepare fir Booster access
- Lightning strikes causes store to abort and TeV to quench
- On 4/8/08, Pbar set a new stacking record: 25.9mA/hr
April 4, 2008 - April 7, 2008
- Three stores provided 49 hours and 46 minutes of luminosity
- TeV A0 kicker repaired
- Recycler vector signal analyzer problems
- TeV turbo pump swapped
- Pelletron chiller problems
- Booster chopper cable repaired
April 2, 2008 - April 4, 2008
- One store provided 36 hours and 21 minutes of luminosity
- Support groups replace NuMI magnet
- Pbar installs rebuilt lithium lens
- D0 has front end problems
- Booster MP02 septa ground fault trips
March 31, 2008 - April 2, 2008
- Two stores provided 22 hours and 9 minutes of luminosity
- ComEd power glitch trips off Booster and Pbar equipment
- NuMI quadrupole magnet failed
- Pbar beam valves closings investigated
- Wednesday morning access to replace NuMI quadrupole magnet
March 28, 2008 - March 31, 2008
- Three stores provided 32 hours and 2 minutes of luminosity
- Pbar suffered from beam valve closures
- MI has vacuum failure in RF section
- Recycler stash aborted to access MI
- NuMI quadrupole magnet has internal LCW leak
March 26, 2008 - March 28, 2008
- Two stores provided 44 hours and 57 minutes of luminosity
- MI safety system testing completed
- Pbar lithium lens turbine replaced
- MINOS far detector power outage completed
March 24, 2008 - March 26, 2008
- Three stores provided 43 hours and 14 minutes of luminosity
- Modified Linac Spectrometer power supply gets remote controls
- Scheduled power outage for Sudan Mine on 3/27/08
March 21, 2008 - March 24, 2008
- Two stores provided 36 hours of luminosity
- Safety system testing done except for MI
- TeV quenched between stores
- Cryo experts repair B2 wet engine
- Linac and Booster experts repair Spectrometer
March 19, 2008 - March 21, 2008
- Two stores provided 38 hours and 30 minutes of luminosity
- MI cooling problems
March 17, 2008 - March 19, 2008
- Two stores provided 45 hours and 59 minutes of luminosity
- MI LCW put in recirculating mode
- MI-8 BPM problems fixed
March 14, 2008 - March 17, 2008
- Four stores provided 54 hours and 59 minutes of luminosity
- CUB column #1 need regeneration
- Store 5986 had a luminosity of 285.05E30, it was lost due to a quench after 21 hours
- Store 5989 set a NEW RECORD luminosity of 315.55E30
- Last weeks integrated luminosity a NEW RECORD with ~42.471 inverse picobarns
March 12, 2008 - March 14, 2008
- Four stores provided 27 hours and 10 minutes of luminosity
- Store 5977 quenched due to compressor trip
- TeV auto orbit smooth program working
- MI collimator studies improve stashing and TeV transfers
March 10, 2008 - March 12, 2008
- Three stores provided 33 hours and 28 minutes of luminosity
- Preaccelerator switched to I- Source
- Experts investigating AP1 transfer line trips
- NuMI resumed taking beam
March 7, 2008 - March 10, 2008
- Four stores provided 42 hours and 18 minutes of luminosity
- NuMI resumes using beam
March 5, 2008 - March 7, 2008
- One store provided 17 hours and 11 minutes of luminosity
- Pbar resumes stacking
- Safety system tests beginning
- NuMI will resume taking beam on Saturday, 3/8/08
March 3, 2008 - March 5, 2008
- No stores were established during this time period
- Pbar experts continue work on lithium lens
- MI replaces Q603 magnet
- TeV conditions antiproton kickers
February 29, 2008 - March 3, 2008
- Three stores provided 64 hours and 28 minutes of luminosity
- Experts work on lithium lens replacement
- Booster vacuum leak repaired
- Recycler kicker coolant vapor leak repaired
- Linac experts study momentum absorber vacuum problems
February 27, 2008 - February 29, 2008
- Two stores provided 16 hours and 30 minutes of luminosity
- Two Tev quenches
- Linac RF problems
February 25, 2008 - February 27, 2008
- Two stores provided 36 hours and 17 minutes of luminosity
- TeV experts conduct many studies
- Store 5934 hits third highest with luminosity of 286.4E30
February 15, 2008 - February 25, 2008
- Seven stores provided luminosity to the experiments during this period
- Experts repaired leak in Recycler kicker
- MTest experiment T953 completed their run
- Pbar sets record stack with 310mA of antiprotons
February 13, 2008 - February 15, 2008
- Three stores provided 31 hours and 39 minutes of luminosity
- Cryo system experts conduct wet engine maintenance
- MI collimators in use for TeV shots
- MTest taking beam
- Due to furlough, Accelerator Update on hiatus for one week
February 11, 2008 - February 13, 2008
- Three stores provided 34 hours and 42 minutes of luminosity
- Antiproton target moved to new position
- Pbar conducts Debuncher gain ramp studies
- MI to use collimators for next TeV shot
- New MTest user (T953) starts taking beam
February 8, 2008 - February 11, 2008
- Four stores provided 48 hours and 5 minutes of luminosity
- One store quenched before being established
- Booster found some melted wiring insulation
- TeV F13 vacuum pump repaired
- Pbar reported that they broke a record by stacking 2863mA of antiprotons last week
February 6, 2008 - February 8, 2008
- Three stores provided 39 hours and 15 minutes of luminosity
- Severe winds whip 345kV power lines around
- TeV suffers from vacuum problems
February 4, 2008 - February 6, 2008
- Two stores provided 37 hours and 33 minutes of luminosity
- TeV expert closes F4 valve, after pump failure, to preserve cryo system
- Switchyard experts prepare MTest beamline for next user
- MI repairs vacuum leak
- NuMI resets humidifier heaters
February 1, 2008 - February 4, 2008
- Three stores provided 43 hours and 21 minutes of luminosity
- TeV experts investigate two unusual quenches
January 30, 2008 - February 1, 2008
- Two stores provided 44 hours 51 minutes of luminosity
- MI successfully replaces bad quadrupole magnet (Q631)
- Cause of LRF3 trips found
- Jan. 2nd best month for luminosity with a total of 164.9 pb-1
January 28, 2008 - January 30, 2008
- Two stores provided 25 hours and 42 minutes of luminosity
- Pbar breaks goal of producing 25.19mA of antiprotons in one hour and sets new record
- SY experts tune beam to MTest
- Store 5872 lost due to quench at D0
January 25, 2008 - January 28, 2008
- Three stores provided 42 hours and 11 minutes of luminosity
- TeV corrector (T:HA24) power supply repaired
- Stash lost to either a MI quadrupole ground fault or a safety system fault
- Pelletron LCW cooling problem fixed
- 10 - 12 hour MI access scheduled for 6 AM on 1/30/08
January 23, 2008 - January 25, 2008
- Two stores provided 35 hours and 40 minutes of luminosity
- Pelletron experts trying to improve Electron Cooling
- Experts repaired Linac 800 MHz clock power supply
- Store 5861: initial luminosity of 270.05E30
January 21, 2008 - January 23, 2008
- Three stores provided 42 hours and 2 minutes of luminosity
- Pelletron experts continue to work on cooling
- Store 5860 - Luminosity of 243.85E30
January 18, 2008 - January 21, 2008
- Tevatron shrugs off problems to establish three new stores over chilly weekend.
January 16, 2008 - January 18, 2008
- Two stores provided 41 hours and 50 minutes of luminosity
- Store 5852 made it to the 10th spot for highest luminosity with a luminosity of 275.4E30
January 14, 2008 - January 16, 2008
- Three stores provided 19 hours and 9 minutes of luminosity
- The Recycler stashed antiprotons 22 times during this period
January 11, 2008 - January 14, 2008
- Three stores provided 57 hours 9 minutes of luminosity
- CDF solenoid had cryo system problem
January 9, 2008 - January 11, 2008
- Three stores provided 38 hours and 48 minutes of luminosity
- MI vacuum leak found and temporarily repaired
- MI implements 11-batch slipstack running mode
January 7, 2008 - January 9, 2008
- Three stores provided 28 hours and 37 minutes of luminosity
- Operators abort store 5832 to prevent quench
- New stacking record set with rate of 24.67E10/hr
January 1, 2008 - January 7, 2008
- Five stores were established
- Store 5830 has highest initial luminosity since the fall shutdown with 232.88E30
- TeV recovers quickly after magnet replacement
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