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    User name R. Michaels

    Log entry time 11:16:05 on March 29, 2010

    Entry number 314480

    This entry is a followup to: 314429

    keyword=re: spot with T8 at low-I

    Just to clarify, the purposes of running spot are
    
    1) At 5 uA with T8 -- to look at the BPMs (T8 = unbiased sampling)
    2) At 10 nA with T5 -- to look at the raster-current (T5 = biased by target)
    
    The former gives the size of the spot (should be 4x4).
    The latter gives the info on whether you are hitting a frame.
    
    Note, the BPMs dont work below ~2 uA, so at 10 nA they should
    be ignored.
    
    The logic is that the raster needs to be on to avoid melting the 
    lead target, and hitting the copper frame would cause an unacceptable
    physics background.
    
    More info:
    
    hallaweb.jlab.org/prex/runinfo/How_to_recover_beam.html