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ID Date Authorup Type Category Subject
  75   05 Nov 2019 06:36 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 885, baseline run with SiPMs at 65V

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock, 50Hz

Trace length: 500us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment: DAQ rate ~25Hz

  76   05 Nov 2019 06:42 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 886, baseline run with SiPMs at 50V

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock, 50Hz

Trace length: 500us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 50 V

Comment: data rate capped at 25Hz due to limited speed of writing on disk. 1ms traces are not possible yet.

  77   05 Nov 2019 06:55 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 888, laser run with SiPMs at 65V

Laser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock (laser NIM), 500Hz (laser set to 1kHz)

Trace length: 500us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  78   05 Nov 2019 06:56 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 889, laser run with SiPMs at 67V

Laser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock (laser NIM), 500Hz (laser set to 1kHz)

Trace length: 12us total, 5us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  79   05 Nov 2019 07:05 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 891, laser run with SiPMs at 67V

Laser intensity: MIN

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock (laser NIM), 500Hz (laser set to 1kHz)

Trace length: 12us total, 5us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 67 V

Comment:

  80   05 Nov 2019 07:23 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 893, laser run with SiPMs at 65V, 30us trace

Laser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock (laser NIM), 500Hz (laser set to 1kHz)

Trace length: 30us total, 5us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  81   05 Nov 2019 07:24 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 892, laser run with SiPMs at 65V

Laser intensity: MIN

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock (laser NIM), 500Hz (laser set to 1kHz)

Trace length: 12us total, 5us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  82   05 Nov 2019 07:26 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 894, laser run with SiPMs at 67V, 30us trace

Laser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar)

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm

Threshold: external clock (laser NIM), 500Hz (laser set to 1kHz)

Trace length: 30us total, 5us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >460 mbarg

SiPM HV: 67 V

Comment:

  60   01 Nov 2019 10:56 Alex / MarcoRoutineGeneralrun 829, with nominal fields

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: ON

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

Comment: Noise appeared on event 48500

  83   05 Nov 2019 08:14 Alex / SamRoutineGeneralRun 898, Edrift 200V/cm

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar) [Edgar\Yi: correction: OFF (during recirculation tpc pressure about 400 mbar)]

Fields: drift 200 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm (wire grid 3780 V, 1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180 V) 

Threshold: 400 ADC below baseline (baselines equalized to 15500)

Trace length: 200us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >200 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  84   05 Nov 2019 08:23 Alex / SamRoutineGeneralRun 899, Edrift 100V/cm

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar) [Edgar\Yi: correction: OFF (during recirculation tpc pressure about 400 mbar)]

Fields: drift 100 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm (wire grid 3780 V, 1st ring 3580 V, cathode 3780 V) [Yi: 1st ring setting is incorrect, inverted fied between wire grid and field cage ring]

Threshold: 400 ADC below baseline (baselines equalized to 15500)

Trace length: 200us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >200 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  85   05 Nov 2019 08:32 Alex / SamRoutineGeneralRun 900, Edrift 500V/cm

Gas pocket: ON (thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200 mbar) [Edgar\Yi: correction: OFF (during recirculation tpc pressure about 400 mbar)]

Fields: drift 500 V/cm, extraction 2.8 kV/cm (wire grid 3780 V, 1st ring 2780 V, cathode 7780 V) [Yi: 1st ring setting is incorrect, inverted fied between wire grid and field cage ring]

Threshold: 400 ADC below baseline (baselines equalized to 15500)

Trace length: 200us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: >200 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment:

  55   01 Nov 2019 06:50 Alex KishConfigurationHardwareTurn off the fields
Ramp down the fields, in 200V steps.
Nominal values:
1st ring: 4180 V
wire gate: 3780 V
cathode: 6180 V
  56   01 Nov 2019 09:06 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 826, zero-field with gas pocket

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: OFF

Threshold: 400 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

Comment: Noise appeared on event 4200

  58   01 Nov 2019 09:49 Alex KishConfigurationHardwareTurn off the fields
Ramp UP the fields, in 100V steps.

Nominal values:
1st ring: 4180 V
wire gate: 3780 V
cathode: 6180 V
  61   03 Nov 2019 07:46 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 833, with nominal fields

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: ON (wire gate 3780 V, 1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 242 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65V

Comment: noise conditions good, 1e5 evts

  62   03 Nov 2019 08:15 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 834, drift field ON, extraction OFF

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: drift field ON (1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180 V), extraction field OFF (wire gate 0 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 244 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment: noise conditions good, 1e5 evts

  63   03 Nov 2019 08:49 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 835, zero drift field

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: drift field OFF (1st ring 0 V, cathode 0 V), extraction field OFF (wire gate 0 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 244 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment: noise conditions good, 1e5 evts

  64   03 Nov 2019 09:17 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 836, zero drift field

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: drift field OFF (1st ring 0 V, cathode 0 V), extraction field OFF (wire gate 0 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 244 mbarg

SiPM HV: 50 V (noise run)

Comment: noise conditions good. Thresholds are too high, rate below 1 event/sec, only few events saved. Postpone to next day.

  65   04 Nov 2019 06:02 Alex KishConfigurationHardwareIncreased fields!
Increased drift and extraction fields.

Current settings: wire gate 5100 V, 1st ring: 6100 V, cathode: 11100 V

P.S. Increased by in the morning by Yi.
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