Automated Timing Calibrations

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Automated Timing Calibrations

The following timing calibrations were performed using the HLDetectorTiming plugin. The table below lists the run used for calibrations, along with the runs that set of calibrations have been applied to. The following constants are affected by these calibrations:

CDC/FDC Base time offset

TAGM/TAGH Base time offset, per-channel ADC/TDC times

BCAL Base time offset, per-channel TDC time

FCAL Base time offset

SC Base time offset, per-channel ADC/TDC times

TOF Base time offset, per-channel ADC time

Some timing calibrations are in place for runs 1500-1800, but since the tagger times were not in the readout window for many of these runs, they are excluded from the most recent calibration. Some of these runs may still be useful for some detector studies, but otherwise will not be updated in the future.

A few talks on the procedure and some results can be found here:

First talk on HLDetectorTiming plugin

May 2015 Collaboration meeting talk

Fall 2014 Calibration runs

During the fall run period, no RF signal was available. the SC is used as a reference for the overall experiment timing.

Calibration Run Applied to Runs… Notes
1803 1803-1805
1806 1806
1807 1807-1809
1810 1810-1837,1846-1854 A few were successful in this range, see the next few
1811 1811
1824 1824
1846 1846
1847 1847
1852 1852
1859 1855-1859
1860 1860
1861 1861
1871 1862-1871
1872 1872
1898 1898
1899 1899
1900 1900-1903 Bad TAGM behavior
2052 2052-2086
2087 2087-2089 This is about when things start to look reasonable
2090 2090-2094
2095 2095 But then they get bad again
2096 2096
2101 2097-2119
2120 2120-2121 Looking good again
2122 2122-2125
2126 2126-2128
2129 2129
2130 2130-2131
2132 2132-2136
2137 2137
2138 2138-2140
2141 2141
2142 2142-2144
2145 2145-2148
2149 2149
2152 2152
2153 2153
2154 2154-2155
2156 2156
2157 2157-2158
2159 2159-2160
2161 2161
2162 2162
2163 2163-2166
2167 2167-2169
2170 2170-2173
2174 2174
2175 2175-2176
2177 2177-2178
2179 2179
2180 2180-2181
2182 2182
2183 2183
2184 2184-2185
2186 2186-2193
2194 2194-2197
2198 2198-2203
2204 2204
2205 2205
2206 2206
2207 2207-2208
2209 2209-2210
2232 2220-2240
2241 2241
2242 2242
2243 2243
2244 2244-2396 Most of the runs in this range are junk
2397 2397-2399 Begin the Fall production runs
2400 2400
2401 2401
2402 2402-2406
2407 2407
2408 2408
2409 2409-2410
2411 2411-2412
2413 2413
2414 2414-2415
2416 2416
2417 2417
2418 2418
2419 2419
2420 2420

Spring 2015 Calibration runs

RF is available, SC and Tagger are properly aligned to the RF signal. Reasonable PID should be possible.

Calibration Run Applied to Runs… Notes
2931 2918-2961, 3037-3040
3070 3056-3072
3079 3073-3079
3080 3080-3081
3082 3082-3083
3084 3084-3123
3164 3124-3164
3168 3165-3178
3179 3179
3180 3180-3184
3185 3185
3186 3186-3302