[JIRA] (ATO-352) HV scan and busy time scan of the space

charge distortion
[JIRA] (ATO-347) Electron transparency measurement using
black laser data
[JIRA] (ATO-353) Instability of TPC correlation with beam
background

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 Material

Electron transparency gating grid scan using black laser data

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Can we see “hotspots” in IROC regions with high distortions?
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electron transparency maps
Distortion scans:
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Is space charge originating in the proportional part ?
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Trigger rate scan
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HV scan
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GG voltage scan
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Cover voltage scan
Distortion maps before/after gas accident, before fter gas exchange
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Did space charge effect change after gas accident, or is the
higher distortion related to Ne-Ar?
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Are the Ne and Ar distortion compatible ?
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Precise measurements needed O(0.1 cm). DCA maps not
enoght.3D-maps creation - request pending

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 Electron transparency scan

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 Electron transparency scan. IROC

Relative electron relative transparency defined as a ratio of signals from laser

central electrode
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T(VGG)=QCE(VGG)/QCE(VGG=0)
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Notice: CE signal obtained in standalone Runs at IR =0
Goals:
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verify homogeneity
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provide maps for distortion simulation
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check for hot-spots at region with big distortion
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 Electron transparency scan. IROC

Electron relative transparency estimated as a ratio of signals from laser central

electrode
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<T(VGG)>pad-row= <QCE(VGG)/QCE(VGG=0)>pad-row
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Not hot-spots (region with almost full transparency)
At 70 V electron transparency ~ 1. % rel. fluctuation ~ 100%
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fluctuation bigger than statistical error estimated as <RMS pad/Qpad>~ 10%
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RMSpad after Fourier filtering ~ 0.03 ADC

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 Electron transparency scan. IROC

Electron relative transparency estimated as a ratio of Laser central electron

signal
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T(VGG=70V)=QCE(VGG=70V)/QCE(VGG=0V)
At 70 V electron transparency ~ 1. %
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rel. fluctuation ~ 100%

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 Electron transparency scan. OROC

Electron relative transparency estimated as a ratio of Laser central electron

signal
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T(VGG=70V)=QCE(VGG=70V)/QCE(VGG=0V)
At 70 V electron transparency ~ 1. %
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rel. fluctuation ~ 100%

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 Distortion scans. Space charge scaling
investigation

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 Scan analysis

Fitting of the scaling function - correlation of corrected dist. maps

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maps vs corresponding reference maps - linear fit
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e.g rcorr(Run=253462,x,y,)vs rcorr(Run=253461,x,y,)
Comparison of distortion maps differences
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e.g. rcorr(Run=253462,r,)-rcorr(Run=253461,r,):r:

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 Data rate scan. Distortion maps scaling
Is space charge originating in the proportional part ?

Distortion maps at readout rate 200 Hz vs 200 Hz (IR ~500 kHz)

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A side - slope ~ 1
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C side - slope ~ 1
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3 bands visible
Distortion independent of the trigger rate except of small region at C side

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 Data rate scan. Distortion maps difference
Is space charge originating in the proportional part ?

r at rate 400 Hz - rrate at 200 Hz (IR ~500 kHz)

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A side - slope ~0
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C side - slope ~0
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but 3 bands visible
Distortion independent of the readout rate except of small region at C
side

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 HV scan scan. Distortion maps scaling
Is space charge originating in the proportional part ?

Distortion maps for the HV scan (-19 and -37V) at IR ~500 kHz
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A side - slope ~ 1
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C side - slope ~ 1
Slope very close to 1. Space charge independent of the high voltage (or
voltage not applied)
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some region with small deviation from ideal 1 slope
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details in the 2D maps

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 Rate scan. Distortion maps scaling
Is space charge originating in the proportional part ?

Distortion maps at readout rate 200 Hz vs 200 Hz (IR ~500 kHz)

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A side - slope ~ 1
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C side - slope ~ 1
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3 bands visible
Distortion independent of the trigger rate except of small region at C side

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 HV scan. Distortion maps scaling
Is space charge originating in the proportional part ?

Distortion maps at readout rate 200 Hz vs 200 Hz (IR ~500 kHz)

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A side - slope ~ 1
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C side - slope ~ 1
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3 bands visible
Distortion independent of the trigger rate except of small region at C side

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 [JIRA] (ATO-353) Instability of TPC correlation
with beam background

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 TPC HV instabilities - trending

Hypothesis: Higher tripping rate in RUN1 was caused by higher beam

background and not by the differnce in gass mixture. Is Ne comparably
stable to Ar?

Quantitatively description of dependence of the TPC instabilities as

function of the beam background
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attempt to compare different gas mixture

HV instability estimators
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faction of time |VROC(t)-<VROC>|>V
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Current instabilities (current sensor in OCDB only until 2012)

Beam background instability estimators

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LHCdata background estimators
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TPC data volume corrected for IR
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TPC sector occupancy corrected for IR

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 Conclusion

Distortion dependence on the readout rate and on the HV is very week

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Most probably space charge does not originate in the proportional
region
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To confirm 2 additional scanning points will be requested

In case distortion does not depends on the GG and rate, expected

improvement changing back to Ne is significant
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Ratio ~ wdr(Ar)/wdr(Ne) dNdx(Ne)/dNdx(Ar) ~ 4 (???exact
number to be quoted)
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==>
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4(???) times smaller fluctuation of the space charge
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4 (???) times reduced “dead zone” area

Ar and Ne mixture - attempt for quantitative comparison of HV

instabilities

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