All users (and staff) of the Linac
should review this list prior to a run to be sure
that all needed equipment and services are ready.
| Item | Responsible Staff |
| Is the experiment properly scheduled? | Kevin Carnes |
| Has an in-house collaboration been arranged? | Vincent Needham |
| Will the experiment require the rebuncher? If so, in energy or timing mode? | Linac operators |
| How much beam on target is required? Does the COLTRIMS collimator need adjustment? | Linac operators |
| Will prestripping (between 45º magnets) or poststripping (after the Linac 90º magnet) be needed? Is there a sufficient supply of foils? | Al Rankin |
| Are there enough vacuum pumps on the beamline for the experiment? Do all the pumps and gauges work? | Mike Wells |
| Are there sufficient beam diagnostics (Faraday cups, quartzes, scanners, etc) and are they in good working order? | Al Rankin |
| Are the beamline quads and steerers in place and working? | Al Rankin |
| Are cleanup magnets needed? Are they working? | Al Rankin |
| Have the Linac analyzing magnet and the appropriate switching magnet been switched into the power supplies? | Linac operators |
| Is the user familiar with the signal patch panel and the diagnostic cabling for the beamline? | Kevin Carnes |
| Are there special electrical power needs for the experiment? | Bob Krause |
| Are there enough 4-jaw slits on the beamline and do the users know their location and zeroes? | Mike Wells |
| Does the user know how to tune the beam once past the Linac 90º magnet? | In-house collaborators |
| Is the Linac ready to run? | Vince Needham |
| Is the Tandem ready to run (with good dewpoint and pressure for >6 MV operation)? | Bob Krause |
| Is the appropriate ion source ready? | Bob Krause |
| Are hookups to chilled water available and is the chiller functional? | Bob Krause |
| Do the users have sufficient electronics, detectors, power supplies and preamps? | In-house collaboration/ research group |
| Are the data acquisition computers ready? | Kevin Carnes |
| Are specialty gases required, and have the needed regulators and/or safety requirements been checked? | Charles Fehrenbach |
| Has this checklist been checked? | Vincent Needham |
