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Thu Mar 12 13:18:49 2026 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | Interferometer Simulations | CE Cavity Design Update | Animation showing how modes shift in the CE
arm cavity for radius 27581m and mirror radius
of40cm as the laser powers up the 1.5 MW. |
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692
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Thu Mar 12 12:48:58 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | New Result of point absorber+miscentering | |
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691
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Wed Mar 11 19:38:21 2026 |
Pooyan | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Parts and things to get after the cleanroom move |
concrete Caulk to fill the drill
holes in 1119
Example [Pooyan:
I have a caulk gun and silicon caulk at home, |
8x |
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690
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Thu Mar 5 13:01:14 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles Optimization |
Slides
discussing updates on FROSTI A# profile optimizations.
In particular, a new RMS function is defined |
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689
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Thu Mar 5 12:08:47 2026 |
Pooyan | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Cleanroom HEPA fan defect | [Pooyan, Ma, Mary, Tyler]
While re-installing the clean-room
HEPA fan filters, we realized that one of |
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688
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Thu Feb 26 20:25:10 2026 |
Cynthia Liang | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Point Absorber+Miscentering Simulation | |
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687
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Thu Feb 19 12:59:47 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles 01/15/26 |
Slides
covering a new approach to optimizing for
A# FROSTI profiles. In particular, we start |
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686
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Thu Feb 19 12:34:18 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Point absorber simulation | |
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685
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Thu Feb 12 13:50:38 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | VAC | Vacuum status warning system | Vacuum Pressure Warning Script
Script
Location: controls@chimay
Script Path: /vac/python/serial/temp_vacuum_warning.py |
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684
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Thu Feb 12 12:59:29 2026 |
Mary | Update | | | |
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683
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Thu Feb 12 12:53:51 2026 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | ELOG | CE Cavity Design Update | Update on HOM placement w/ cavity locking.
Still verifying mode placement
RoC: 28340m
and 26874m |
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682
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Thu Feb 12 12:25:38 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | General | Lab floor plans | [Cece, Ma, Mary, Pooyan, Tyler, Paul]
We have continued the reorganization |
8x |
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681
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Thu Feb 5 13:59:42 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | |
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680
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Thu Feb 5 13:49:31 2026 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Updating Squeezing Mode Matching Logic | After some tests, I have determined that the
squeezer in the aLIGO katscript is currently
being matched to the SRC. This logic will |
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679
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Thu Feb 5 13:34:13 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Point absorber + miscentering simulation | |
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678
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Thu Feb 5 13:12:28 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles 01/15/26 | Slides
updating progress on FROSTI A# irradiance
profiles and reflector design. Edge roll-off |
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676
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Thu Feb 5 11:42:47 2026 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | Lab floor plans | [Audrey, Cece, Jon, Ma, Mary, Michael,
Pooyan, Tyler, Shane]
We have completed the preliminary |
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675
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Thu Jan 29 12:46:22 2026 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | | CE Cavity Design Update (4) | Update for CE Cavity Arms + Modes
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-dXYylkAbNpHR4WVCx9Q8ryL_xGlH-JSSLXEUQg6b7Q/edit?usp=sharing
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674
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Wed Jan 28 11:29:30 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles 01/15/26 |
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673
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Thu Jan 22 14:06:00 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Reflector Update | Slides |
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672
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Thu Jan 22 13:18:12 2026 |
Pooyan | Infrastructure | General | Lab floor plans | The working document of tasks regarding
moving the clean room is attached. Needs
LIGO account to access and edit.
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671
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Thu Jan 22 13:12:29 2026 |
Mary | Update | | | |
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670
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Thu Jan 22 10:10:31 2026 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | Lab floor plans | Attached are the starting and final floor
plans for the February 2026 expansion into
the Physics 1125 lab. |
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669
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Thu Jan 15 13:52:55 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Reflector Update | Slides |
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668
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Thu Jan 15 12:52:58 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles 01/15/26 | Slides |
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667
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Thu Jan 8 12:51:03 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Update 01/08/2026 | Slides |
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666
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Thu Dec 18 12:51:13 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Profiles Update | Slides |
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665
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Thu Dec 4 12:10:19 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Profiles and Element Width Optimization | Slides |
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664
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Thu Nov 20 13:54:34 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Optimization and Mesh Convergence Analysis | Attached below are slides discussing FROSTI
A# Irradiance optimization and mesh convergence
analysis for penetration depth. |
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663
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Thu Nov 20 13:03:58 2025 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | ELOG | CE Cavity Design Update | Update on grouping 0+8th Order Modes |
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662
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Thu Nov 20 12:40:47 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | General | Room 1125 Optical Table | Cleaned off the tapes on the optical table
with acetone. |
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660
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Thu Nov 13 12:39:01 2025 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | |
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659
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Thu Nov 6 12:39:43 2025 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | ELOG | CE Cavity Design Update | Updated mode placements and ROC. No thermal
effects added yet. |
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658
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Thu Oct 30 11:45:44 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A#: dimensionality
reduction with PCA vs. t-SNE |
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Draft
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Thu Oct 23 11:34:05 2025 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Updated Exploration into Different SRC Mirror Configurations for Improved Squeezing | |
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656
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Thu Oct 23 11:09:16 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | Measuring Noise in Interferometer | Scatter Noise Model | DetChar meeting presentation |
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655
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Thu Oct 23 10:07:51 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | 4D parameter space visualization and dimensionality
reduction for better optimization |
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654
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Thu Oct 16 10:31:20 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | Two-ring FROSTI grid search with 4D parameter
space search and visualization |
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653
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Fri Oct 10 14:40:23 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | VAC | Pressure gauge Swap | [Tyler, Ma]
We suspect a pressure gauge problem.
The electronic unit of the main chamber pressure |
6x |
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652
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Thu Oct 9 12:18:14 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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651
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Wed Oct 8 14:45:12 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | VAC | RGA Chamber Pressure | RGA Chamber pressure is currently at 3.68e-4
torr. |
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650
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Tue Sep 30 12:51:23 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | O6 RH Update 09/30/2025 | Slides |
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649
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Tue Sep 30 12:26:15 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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648
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Tue Sep 23 13:10:07 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | RH O6 Update 09/23/25 | Slides |
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647
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Tue Sep 23 12:39:29 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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646
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Tue Sep 16 12:47:29 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Frosti actuation impact analysis | Slides |
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645
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Tue Sep 16 12:18:09 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Grid search optimization for single-ring FROSTI | Grid search optimization for single-ring FROSTI |
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644
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Tue Sep 9 13:08:44 2025 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | | | Slides |
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643
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Tue Sep 9 12:13:38 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# with grid search | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization based on IFO
metrics for A# with grid search |
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642
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Tue Sep 9 12:06:38 2025 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | RH O6 Update | Slides |
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