1. FPD STATUS Carlos Avila Uniandes/UTA 1. FPD overview 2. Roman pot and detector status 3. FPD readout integration status 4. Software status 5. Stand-alone DAQ

2. 18 Roman Pots with scintillating fiber detectors: 1 Dipole spectrometer 8 Quadrupole spectrometers. DØ Forward Proton Detector Carlos Avila, Uniandes/UTA FPD provides the capability of tracking the P or scattered in a diffractive collision.

3. VETO COUNTERS VETO COUNTERS  5.2<  <5.9 LM COUNTERS  2.5<  < 4.4 Used for triggering on rapidity gaps.

4. DIFFRACTION THESIS TOPICS

5. THE DETECTOR Six planes of fibers: (U,U’,V,V’)  20 channels; (X,X’)  16 channels (’) planes offset by 2/3 fiber Total channels per detector = 112; 4 fibers (800  m)/channel one LMB fiber (250  m) per channel 80  m theoretical resolution 7 MAPMT’s (H6568) to readout one detector

6. DETECTOR ASSEMBLY 1 MAPMT PER FIBER PLANE DETECTOR CARTRIDGES

7. ROMAN POTS AND DETECTOR STATUS 17 Roman pots are installed. A2U roman pot: removed to fix vacuum leak, will be re-installed in Jan. 2003 shutdown. 9 Scintillating Fiber detectors and 3 Pseudo detectors already installed. PHASE I = 10 sci. fi. Detectors. (essentially complete by end of October) PHASE II = Install remaining 8 sci. fi. Detectors  still need $80k for MAPMT’s

8. POT INSERTION AND MONITORING Pot motion commands Insertion steps Monitoring through Acnet 1. Pot motion system has been tested extensively and shown to be reliable. All pots with detectors are routinely inserted. 2. Working towards automatic pot insertion. STATUS

9. TRIGGER ELECTRONICS Trigger electronics requirements 3 AFE boards to read out vertical spectrometers and dipoles 2 AFE boards to read out horizontal spectrometers 1 Sequencer, 1 VRB, 3 DFE’s

10. Transition Patch Panel (TPP): Interface to AFE. - Decouples tunnel and Platform grounds. – Shapes FPD signals to operate within dynamic range of AFE. FPD SEQUENCER : FPD signals delayed by long TOF and cables. FPD sequencer delays AFE controls. Sequencer can handle only two delays. Third delay will be produced in AFE firmware. DetectorCable delay TOFTotal Delay A1,P1236 ns 77 ns 313 ns A2, P2471 ns 103 ns 574 ns D1,D2444 ns 190 ns634 ns

11. FPD INTEGRATION STATUS 1.Dipole detectors have been connected through AFE readout chain. Final issues with database are being addressed. Commissioning of our first AFE board will proceed during October 2002. 2. Unpacking of FPD signals through AFE has been implemented. Working on FPD examine. 3. 2 more AFE’s expected to be installed in November 2002 to complete FPD Phase I readout integration. 4. DFE firmware has been implemented and is being tested. DFE boards are being stuffed. 5.Trigger manager commissioning will proceed in parallel with DFE commissioning 6.LM TDC boards are needed to include our trigger scintillators in the trigger manager.  Important issue for FPD

12. SOFTWARE STATUS 1. MCPP diffractive event generator and FPD detector simulation complete. Trigger simulation starting. 2.Unpacking complete for one AFE board. Working on data base for geometry, calibration, trigger electronics. 3. Track reconstruction program for single track events complete and being tested with stand alone DAQ. 4. Need to include FPD information into DST and thumbnail. 5. FPD analyze is being implemented and tested with stand- alone DAQ. 6. Significant amount of FPD software included in P13.

13. Stand Alone DAQ This is a backup DAQ while integration to DØ is being completed. Capability for reading out only two fiber detectors. Elastic and Diffractive triggers implemented.

14. FIBER ADC DISTRIBUTIONS

15. ELASTIC TRIGGER DATA X,Y detector correlations X resolution  Distribution t Distribution

16. TRIGGER SCINTILLATORS TDCs From TDCS : 18ns = (396ns – L1/c) – L1/c 4ns = (396ns – L2/c) – L2/c  L1 = 56.7 m; L2 = 58.8 m Tevatron Lattice: L1 = 56.5m; L2 = 58.7m

17. FPD OPERATIONS 1. We have had CAL/FPD combined shifts during September for day and evening shifts. We are starting now 24 hours with Cal shifters. FPD expert on call. 2. We have had delays fixing problems in our hardware in the tunnel because tunnel accesses are not being granted very often (  t = 3 to 4 weeks). 3. We are planning to install an air compressor system to blow fresh air to our detectors in order to reduce High He levels. 4. Information of TLD badges installed at our detector locations indicates that radiation levels at our detectors are not an issue for a long operations period. 5. Some stores have high halo rates which limit pot insertion (Under study).

18. CONCLUSIONS 1.FPD phase I is nearly completed. Completion of Phase II depends on funding. 2. We have made a lot of progress towards integration into DØ. Commissioning of dipole detectors through AFE during October. Other 2 TPP and AFE boards to be installed during November. Expected completion of readout integration during the next two months. 3. We need TDC vertex boards soon to be able to incorporate LM and VC signals into FPD trigger manager. 4. Stand-alone DAQ has been very useful for understanding our detectors. We will keep taking data with it until we are fully integrated into DØ. We expect to have Elastic + diffractive dN/dt and  distributions by the end of 2002. 5. If you are interested in contributing to one of our physics topics, talk to the QCD conveners.