**T-963 Preliminary Run Plan**

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|        | Wed\   | Thu\   | Fri\   | Sat\   | Sun\   | Mon          |
|        | May 2  | May 3  | May 4  | May 5  | May 6  |              |
|        |        |        |        |        |        | May 7        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------------+
| Beam   | \~32   | \~32   | \~32   | \~32   | \~32   | 32 GeV       |
| Energy | GeV    | GeV    | GeV    | GeV    | GeV    |              |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------------+
| Beam   | MT5Q1  |        |        | MT5Q1  |        | Cerenkov\    |
| P      | and Q2 |        |        | and Q2 |        | **C1 = 0.4,  |
| rofile | = ½    |        |        | = ½    |        | C2=0.2**     |
|        |        |        |        |        |        |              |
|        | C      |        |        | One    |        | **5/0.4**    |
|        | 1=0.1, |        |        | hour   |        |              |
|        | C2=0.4 |        |        | with   |        |              |
|        |        |        |        | normal |        |              |
|        |        |        |        | s      |        |              |
|        |        |        |        | etting |        |              |
|        |        |        |        | for    |        |              |
|        |        |        |        | ali    |        |              |
|        |        |        |        | gnment |        |              |
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| Co     | I      |        |        | T      |        | Beam energy  |
| mments | nitial |        |        | ilting |        | scan,        |
|        | Setup, |        |        | Study  |        | details in   |
|        | V      |        |        | of     |        | next table   |
|        | oltage |        |        | GEM,   |        |              |
|        | Scans  |        |        | re     |        |              |
|        | of MTD |        |        | quires |        |              |
|        | and    |        |        | fr     |        |              |
|        | GEM,   |        |        | equent |        |              |
|        | po     |        |        | a      |        |              |
|        | sition |        |        | ccess\ |        |              |
|        | scan   |        |        | po     |        |              |
|        | of     |        |        | sition |        |              |
|        | MTD,   |        |        | scan   |        |              |
|        | wide   |        |        | of MTD |        |              |
|        | beam   |        |        |        |        |              |
|        | spot,  |        |        |        |        |              |
|        | low    |        |        |        |        |              |
|        | int    |        |        |        |        |              |
|        | ensity |        |        |        |        |              |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------------+

+--------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+
|        | Tue\  | Wed\  | Thu\   | Fri\  | Sat\   | Sun    | Mon\   |
|        | May 8 | May 9 | May 10 | May   | May 12 |        | May 14 |
|        |       |       |        | 11    |        | May 13 |        |
+--------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+
| Beam   | 16    | 8 GeV |        | 8/4   | 32 GeV | 32 GeV | 120    |
| Energy | GeV   |       |        | GeV   |        |        | GeV    |
+--------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+
| C1 and | *     | **    | **NO   | *     | **0.4  | **0.4  | *      |
| C2     | *1.5/ | 7/2** | BEAM** | *max/ | /0.2** | /0.2** | *0.03/ |
|        | 0.1** |       |        | 1.0** |        |        | 0.01** |
| (in    |       | **ma  |        |       |        |        |        |
| psia)  | *     | x/6** |        |       |        |        | **1.4/ |
|        | *max/ |       |        |       |        |        | 0.03** |
|        | 1.7** |       |        |       |        |        |        |
+--------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+
| Beam   | MT5Q1 |       |        |       | MT5Q1  |        |        |
| P      | and   |       |        |       | and    |        |        |
| rofile | MT5Q2 |       |        |       | Q2=1/2 |        |        |
|        | n     |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | ormal |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | se    |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | tting |       |        |       |        |        |        |
+--------+-------+-------+--------+-------+--------+--------+--------+
| Co     | E     |       |        |       | poten  |        |        |
| mments | nergy |       |        |       | tially |        |        |
|        | scan, |       |        |       | GEM    |        |        |
|        | 4     |       |        |       | with   |        |        |
|        | hours |       |        |       | steer  |        |        |
|        | in    |       |        |       | beam   |        |        |
|        | the   |       |        |       | at     |        |        |
|        | mo    |       |        |       | dif    |        |        |
|        | rning |       |        |       | ferent |        |        |
|        | wi    |       |        |       | posi   |        |        |
|        | thout |       |        |       | tions, |        |        |
|        | abso  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | rber, |       |        |       | (S     |        |        |
|        | low   |       |        |       | unday) |        |        |
|        | inte  |       |        |       | MTD    |        |        |
|        | nsity |       |        |       | with   |        |        |
|        | \<20  |       |        |       | 3%/7%  |        |        |
|        | 0Hz/c |       |        |       | SF6,   |        |        |
|        | m\^2, |       |        |       | v      |        |        |
|        |       |       |        |       | oltage |        |        |
|        | the   |       |        |       | scans, |        |        |
|        | rest  |       |        |       | angle  |        |        |
|        | hours |       |        |       | at 30, |        |        |
|        | with  |       |        |       | 15     |        |        |
|        | **1.5 |       |        |       | d      |        |        |
|        | m     |       |        |       | egrees |        |        |
|        | a     |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | bsorb |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | er**, |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | high  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | inte  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | nsity |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | **as  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | high  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | as    |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | p     |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | ossib |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | le,** |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        |       |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | **½   |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | da    |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | taset |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | for   |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | muon  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | and ½ |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | for   |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | pion  |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | C1/C2 |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | s     |       |        |       |        |        |        |
|        | ets** |       |        |       |        |        |        |
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Cerenkov C1 and C2 pressure settings

a\) select muon: C2 (downstream): e/muon; C1 (upstream): pion/muon
separation

b\) Select pion: C2 (downstream): muon/pion; C1 (upstream): pion/proton
separation

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|          | Tue\        |                                            |
|          | May 15      |                                            |
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| Beam     | 120 GeV     |                                            |
| Energy   |             |                                            |
+----------+-------------+--------------------------------------------+
| Beam     | MT5Q1 and   |                                            |
| Profile  | Q2 at       |                                            |
|          | normal      |                                            |
|          | setting     |                                            |
|          |             |                                            |
|          | C1=0.03,    |                                            |
|          | C2=0.01     |                                            |
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| Comments | Run with 3m |                                            |
|          | absorber    |                                            |
|          | for half    |                                            |
|          | day,        |                                            |
|          |             |                                            |
|          | 5           |                                            |
|          | intensities |                                            |
|          | with        |                                            |
|          | absorber    |                                            |
|          | out,        |                                            |
|          |             |                                            |
|          | final high  |                                            |
|          | intensity   |                                            |
|          | run for GEM |                                            |
|          | at the end  |                                            |
|          | of beam     |                                            |
|          | test        |                                            |
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