Welcome to the wiki page of the NSCL S800 spectrograph. The page provides technical information about the S800, as well as instructions to operate the S800 prior to and during an experiment. If you have any comment/question, please contact Jorge Pereira (pereira@nscl.msu.edu, ext. 428) or Daniel Bazin (bazin@nscl.msu.edu, ext. 422).

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• Introduction
• Stations
• Magnets
• Modes of Operation
• Determination of Angles and Momentum
• Calculation of inverse map
• Detectors
• Electronics
• Data Acquisition (DAQ)
• S800 analysis software (SpecTcl)
• Coupled Devices
• Types of Experiments

• Troubleshooting
• Preparation for tuning the S800
• Tuning the S800 (XDT)
• During experiments
• Division of operation responsibilities
• Accessing and securing the S3 vault
• Venting/pumping vacuum sections in S800
• Opening/closing (venting/pumping) FP box
• Venting/pumping Intermediate Image box and filling PPACs with gas