NEWS:
A record instantaneous luminosity of 8.2x10**31 was recorded during the week.
However the lifetime and loss of the beam were not as good. The COT aging
study with the increased flow rate was not conclusive.
SYSTEM:
We need to purchase all the pc's for the upgrade during the shutdown.
We have money for these. Steve said installation of interface cards etc.
would cost more time than installing the Windows 2000 and iFix software.
ICICLE:
Recently there have been some problems with the Icicle system. For example,
CLC and MUON informations were lost. Shift crews noticed that there were
communication failures between MUON and SOLENOID nodes. Jane Nachtman is
working on debugging codes for the Smart Socket.
MOUN:
Yeongdae said he can be reached via his long distance pager during the one week
(7/22 - 7/31). He will be attending a QCD conference in Wisconsin.
PISABOX:
Irina left Fermilab on the last Thursday. Irina worries that some of the
Aces were trying too hard. Some tried to reset the central HV system even
for heartbeat problems.
VOLTMAN:
Dan said some are complaining about the test crates being masked off. They
argue that masking off is somewhat confusing. He also said we are still
suffering from bad readings from the first floor power supplies.