Moeller Polarimeter Raw Results Archives 2014

TILTED (low field) Moller Target

  • 2-3 April 2014 18:00 - 4:00 O.Glamazdin, R.Pomatsalyuk, V. Vereshchaka

    The beam energy is ~6054MeV(accel), 1000.0MeV(linac), 112.85MeV(injector).
    Injector angle is 0.0o (0.0o, 0.0o flipper).
    IHWP wave plate was OUT. Passive HWP was OUT. Raster was OFF.
    Q1=-136.56A(-23763), Q2=0A(246), Q3=82.48A(13355), Q4=136.73A(22318), Dipole=337.33A(1674620).
    Helicity frequency=30Hz, delay=8windows, pattern=Quartet.
    21:23-22:08 (Runs 15570-15575) - detector HV tuning.
    Runs 15576-15605 - Beam polarization measurement different targets.
    Runs 15599-15600 - Al target (non polarized).
    Run 15601 - No target (beam in between tergets 2 and 3).
    Runs 15607-15610 - Target 3, 1kHz helicity frequency.
    Runs 15611-15613 - Target 5, 1kHz helicity frequency.
    Runs 15614-15615 - Target 5, 30Hz helicity frequency.
    4:00 Moller target is parked, Moller target movement is unmasked. Moller dipole is OFF, quads settings are restored.

    The theta acceptance is about +/-8o and the mean analyzing power is 0.7567.
    The target angle is 19.95o. The error is statistical only. BPM01Y position is included
    Runs Target B.cur, uA Motor steps BOP Polarization % Chi2 Comments
    15574-15584 5 0.48 4.049/0.248 8.0 -55.96+/-0.26 0.8 -
    15585-15590 4 0.48 10.10/0.248 8.0 -55.08+/-0.21 1.9 -
    15591-15594 3 0.33 16.13/0.248 8.0 -53.73+/-0.24 2.5 -
    15595-15598 2 0.24 22.13/0.248 8.0 -55.29+/-0.19 4.5 -
    15599-15600 1 0.24 - 8.0 0.0004+/-0.0007 Asymmetry Al target
    15601 0 0.24 - 8.0 0 - No target
    15602-15605 3 0.24 16.18/0.248 8.0 -54.29+/-0.31 0.8 -
    15607-15610 3 0.24 16.18/0.248 8.0 -51.77+/-0.41 11.2 1kHz
    15611-15613 5 0.24 3.95/0248 8.0 -55.47+/-0.50 6.0 1kHz
    15614-15615 5 0.24 3.95/0.248 8.0 -56.71+/-0.39 14.3 30Hz
    Average 2-5 - - 8.0 -55.03+/-0.11 14.7 -

    The Moller Log Book scan is given here .
    The table with detailed information is given here and here .
    Plots with beam position and beam energy instability are: BPMs and Energy .
    Dipole correction result with new corrector is on the plot .
    For additional information see halog entry 388633 .
    The final results:
    Pz=(-55.03 +/- 0.11(stat)) % Average
    The plot is given here .

  • 8 December, 2014 14:00 - 20:00 O.Glamazdin, R.Pomatsalyuk

    The beam energy is ~7375MeV(accel), 909.09MeV(linac), 102.27MeV(injector).
    Injector angle is +21.6o (0.0o, 0.0o flipper).
    IHWP wave plate was OUT. HWP#2 was IN. Rotatable HWP was OUT. Raster was OFF.
    Q1=-196.9A(-33997), Q2=-92.6A(-16101), Q3=+97.9A(+15770), Q4=208.2A(33454), Dipole=399.A(1781806).
    Helicity frequency=30Hz, delay=0windows, pattern=Quartet.
    Moller settings tuning took ~1 hour (14:00 - 15:00)
    15:00-15:45 (Runs 15645-15652) - detector HV and threshold tuning.
    Runs 15653-15665 - Beam polarization measurement with targets #5, 4 and 3.
    Beam energy and position were unstable.
    16:42-17:40 and 18:15-20:00 - long periods with no beam.
    20:00 Moller target is parked, Moller target movement is unmasked. Moller dipole is OFF, quads settings are restored.

    The theta acceptance is about +/-11.5o and the mean analyzing power is 0.7598.
    The target angle is 19.95o. The error is statistical only. BPM01Y position is included
    Runs Target B.cur, uA Encoders BOP Polarization % Chi2 Corrected Comments
    15653-15658 5 0.50 1.039/1.374 8.0 +87.29+/-0.44 1.84 +85.59 -
    15659-15664 4 0.43 1.675/1.377 8.0 +84.09+/-0.41 4.73 +82.46 -
    15665 3 0.43 2.294/1.374 8.0 +87.45+/-0.43 - +85.94 -
    Average 3-5 - - 8.0 +86.19+/-0.25 20.5 +84.58 -

    The Moller Log Book scan is given here .
    The table with detailed information is given here and here .
    Stripcharts with beam position and beam energy instability are: BPMs and Energy .
    For additional information see halog entry 3311958 .
    The final results:
    Pz=(+84.58 +/- 0.25(stat)+/-2.2(syst)) % Average
    The plot is given here .