BTS counters and Gasausbrüche


e+ beam steering excercise on Tue 3.8.2004:

Lumi run: 16 mA e+, 99 mA p.

CJC1 and 2 at full HV.

H1 lumi photon spot at y = +1.7 cm.
Lower with vertical asymmetric lumi bump 56-27-27-56:

Watch BTS6.2 rate:

H1 'Backward Tagging System' = pairs of scintillation counters
North Right 6.0, 8.3, 11, and 19 m = -z in H1 coordinates.
BTS6 and 8 are on the ring inside.
BTS6.2 is on the IP side of ABS2.
BTS6.1 is a few cm closer to the IP, just next to the GI1 magnet.
BTS6.2 reaches 2 cm below beam height.
BTS6.1 was raised by 7 cm on mon 2.8.2004.
No Pb shielding around BTS6.

The CJC currents did not change during this excercise!


TDC spectra: 96 ns window, 1 ns binning.
Triggered by H1 ep data, look for random coincidence in BTS:

At base rate, from p and e background:

Clean spectra, showing p and e peaks 40 ns apart, as expected at 6 m.


At 300 kHz in BTS6.2:

The BTS6.2 counter develops a tail behind the e peak.



The late peak is 4-5 ns after the e peak.
If it is due to backscattered synchrotron radiation, the scatter
happens about 70 cm right of BTS6.2, which is inside the GI2 magnet.


At 2 MHz in BTS6.2:


Repeat the same with the shorter asymmetric vertical bump 27-2-2-27:


The TDC spectrum at 2 MHz shows the same 3rd peak:


Study horizontal effect:
1. photon spot lowered to 0.4 cm => 350 kHz.
2. move photon spot horizontally inwards to +0.6cm => 1.3 MHz!
3. move photon spot horizontally outwards to -1cm => 120 kHz.


Last modified: Fri Sep 3 18:33:08 MEST 2004 by Daniel Pitzl