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    User name Yi Qiang

    Log entry time 11:59:35 on May 09, 2009

    Entry number 272098

    This entry is a followup to: 272079

    keyword=MCC Raster Screw Up

    At around 11:59, after we asked MCC to increase the beam current to 5.5 uA and change the raster size to 4x4 so that we can continue the productions, I first observed the black block on the middle room oscilloscope showing the raster current very stretched vertically dramatically!
    Next thing Alex noticed was that the laser absorption spectrum decreased
    to only about 1/3 of where it was.
    Then the Neutron arm HV tripped and the target system gave an alarm
    saying "the target temperature is too high!"
    All of these indicate that due to incorrect large raster size the beam is
    hitting the cell's wall. So we immediately requested MCC to shut down the
    beam and investigate what caused this. Here is the
    MCC
    Elog entry
    Fortunately, the cell is still there and all RTDs are still working properly.
    After we checked raster size at empty target position and made sure
    everything is back to normal, we continue the production from run 2039/20949.
    


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