[Brahms-l] Fw: SPY news update: Time meeting Tuesday ... data taking starts ... AGS access on Thur. ... Interesting voting scheme ... Party

Dear Collaborator,
I hope this clarifies what I tried to write earlier in regard to the
running. It is still fuzzy planning since there may be
machine development  decide every day at 8:30. Note that the 'labelling' on
the screen display may not say physics
running. The stores are usually quite useful, when collisions are establishe
following a ramp, so my avise to the shifters is to start the ata collection
as soon this is done. Watch out for the 'displayscaler' program

flemming

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Flemming Videbaek
Physics Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory

e-mail: videbaek@bnl.gov
phone: 631-344-4106
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kin Yip" <kinyip@bnl.gov>
To: <kinyip@fnal.gov>
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 5:51 PM
Subject: SPY news update: Time meeting Tuesday ... data taking starts ...
AGS access on Thur. ... Interesting voting scheme ... Party


>
> ====== Scheduling Physicist -YIP (ie. SPY) news channel ========
>
> (0) There will be a Time meeting this Tuesday (Apr. 27) at 13:30 in the
> Synder Room (911A).
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> (1) The 1 week data taking for the Jet Target and other experiments have
> started
> from today onwards.  It's expected to end on Monday though this depends
> mainly
> on whether the Jet Target expt. can finish what they want to do.
>
> There will be machine development from time to time and this will be
> discussed
> and decided at 08:30 every morning in LCR (911B).
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> (2) Change Again (!) : AGS access on Thursday (Apr. 29)
>
> So, the AGS access behind a RHIC store is postponed to Thursday (Apr.
> 29, 2004),
> from 07:00 to 15:00.  But at 06:00, the Main Control Room will start the
> LOTO
> procedure in AGS.
>
> At 13:00, we'll dump the store for STAR and BRAHMS to have their
maintenance
> work done in RHIC.  This will finish at 15:00 --- the same time when the
> AGS
> access finishes.
>
> The change of plan is due to the fact that the same person needs to work
> on the
> Jet Target expt. on Tue./Wed.  The data taking (for the Jet target) was
> originally
> planned to happen a few days earlier and that guy thought that he'd be
> free to
> do the polarimeter work this Tue.   But things don't always happen as
we've
> planned.
>
> I hope other relevant parties can understand :-)  I apologize again :-(
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> (3) New/Interesting voting scheme
>
> I have "invented" the following voting scheme to dump a store and all
> parties have
> accepted it.  Maybe, they don't want to waste energy to debate on it :-)
>
> In this new voting scheme,
>                                  the Jet Target expt.
> has  3 votes,
>                                  STAR and PHENIX         each has  2
votes,
>                                  BRAHMS and PHOBOS each has  1 vote,
>
> and we dump a store when we get 5 votes out of a total of 9.   This way,
we
> give more weight to the Jet Target expt. (as this period is mainly for
> them) and
> we don't ignore anybody.
>
> The "Jet" needs the support from 1 big expt. or 2 small expts. in order to
> prevail.  PHENIX and STAR together can no longer dictate and they need an
> additional expt. to support.....   Though people probably just agree most
> of the time,  I enjoy thinking about the potential dynamics and politics
> allowed
> in this voting scheme :-)  :-)  :-)
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> (4) Status:
>
> We have included the rotators and the PHOBOS magnet in the beam
> configuration.
> Though the 1 week data taking has already started, all parties agree
> that the machine
> people should make use of the time to improve the polarization at high
> luminosity,
> whenever they have new ideas and things are ready.
>
> K0PI0 beam test will start on May 7, 2004 at 08:00.     Considering
> various factors,
> they may finish as early as May 12 at 04:00 (morning)  or as late as May
> 13 at 16:00.
> The Atlas Liquid Argon radiation test will start immediately
> afterwards.  I was told
> that they hope to finish it in ~3 hours.
>
> **************************************************************************
>
> (5) End of run party
>
> Though I am not a big fan of party, there will be an "end of run party"
> on May 7, 2004
> at 16:00.   I am told that this has to happen :-)  And so we're
> collecting funding from
> the experiments and Ray Zaharatos will make it happen.
>
> **************************************************************************
>
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