Update
Just an outline of things going
on.
In the past month, a number of things have gone
on. I got final L1B0a thresholds and updated LET matrices for FM1 and FM2, and
I've been trying to keep them in people's minds for the next firmware
update.
I went to the ACE SWT meeting
at APL earlier in April, after the previous blog
update.
Branislav (mostly) and Mark
pushed the project to allow L3 detectors to be replaced in FM1 and FM2, which is
a huge risk to the schedule. However, they managed to convince many people to
do it, including those who opposed the effort, saying we could get enough
science out of the crippled instruments. Recently, Branislav and Sandy have
been working to remove screws holding the instruments together, and breaking a
few screws in the process.
I did a
cursory examination of some Canberra 2022 shaping amplifiers to use with Macsys.
We need more. I don't know when or if we'll ever bring the ultra-thin silicon
detector work to an
accelerator.
Yesterday, I finally
managed to get started (or restarted) on the charge states paper. I want it off
my desk ASAP.
Posted: Thu - May 4, 2006 at 12:00 PM