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User name jpchen
Log entry time 19:42:44 on July20,2001
Entry number 66921
keyword=Helicity false charge asymmetry
Short summary of what Ron Gilman did (with help from Wolfgang
and with JP watching) during access to study the helicity asymmery
problem(all on left arm):
Checked helicity asymmetry with a 1MHz pulser and regular DAQ scaler.
With Toggle mode, asymmetry (scaler count in H+ gate vs H- gate)
is small (at 100 ppm level). With random mode, it is at 1000 ppm
level (just as we observed with data taking).
Since people were suspecting the problem was from the DAQ scalers (
left arm use FIFO, which is different from the right arm), so checked
with a vision scaler. It also shows 1000 ppm asymmetry.
Checked time gate width: the trailing edge varies by about +- 15 micro-sec.
Checked the gate generator response to the glitch signal, it responded
the way as expected.
Will need to further check what caused the 1000 ppm asymmetry.