MDT Gas System Monitoring Emilio Nanni Stepan Kovar

MDT Gas System Monitoring Emilio Nanni Stepan Kovar July 5 th 2007 UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Overview Personal Background ¡ Intro to PVSS ¡ Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) Chambers ¡ First Project ¡ Conclusion ¡ UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Personal Background University of Missouri - Rolla ¡ Majoring in Physics and Electrical Engineering ¡ 3 Weeks touring Northern Italy – especially Bologna ¡ UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Personal Background UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Personal Background ¡ Important Lesson Learned UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

PVSS ¡ Main framework is PVSS (Process Visualization and Control System) UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Monitored Drift Tube Chambers Hollow tube filled with Argon gas and a wire at HV ¡ Muons ionize the Argon gas ¡ Current flow is detected ¡ UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Monitored Drift Tube Chambers ¡ Overall Control System UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

First Project Learn to use PVSS ¡ Store information concerning the arrangement of the gas system for the MDT Chambers in an Oracle Database ¡ Make this information available for update ¡ Verify a new user has up to date information ¡ UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

First Project UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

First Project UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

First Project UM/CERN REU Summer 2007

Conclusion Finish documentation of gas system information database ¡ What next? ¡ l l Warning system for gas malfunction Data acquisition for the gas system