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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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739
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Tue Jul 21 15:47:55 2026 |
Joshua | Update | General | HBT SURF Update #4 - Alignment & First Measurement |
HBT Alignment & First Measurement
HBT
setup was aligned for maximum power on the
transmissive arm, then the beamsplitter was |
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738
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Thu Jul 16 13:14:26 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | LIGO pre-figuring team meeting summary | Pre-figuring meeting 7/14:
- the
non-uniformity brought by annealing for ETM14
and 11 seems to be higher than expected, |
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737
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Thu Jul 16 10:52:02 2026 |
Joshua | Update | General | HBT SURF Update #3 - group meeting slides | |
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736
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Thu Jul 16 10:29:19 2026 |
Joshua | Update | General | HBT SURF Update #3 |
[Joshua, Mary, Ma, Abhi]
On Wednesday (7/15), the particle
count measurement was sufficient, so the |
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735
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Wed Jul 15 21:53:32 2026 |
Joshua | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Joshua, Mary, Ma]
On Wednesday (7/15), a particle
count measurement was performed in the clean |
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734
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Tue Jul 14 21:23:40 2026 |
Xuesi | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Joshua, Cece, Ma, Mary, Abhi, Jacob, Dhatri]
The clean room (1119) was re-cleaned
on Tuesday (7/14). A particle count measurement |
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733
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Thu Jul 9 13:35:08 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | |
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732
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Thu Jul 9 12:46:49 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Shane, Joshua, Cece, Ma, Mary, Abhi, Jacob]
The clean room (1119) was re-cleaned
on Tuesday (7/7). All surfaces were wiped |
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731
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Thu Jul 9 12:27:20 2026 |
Joshua Marmor | Update | General | Week 2 HBT Surf Project | Slides for group meeting, updates on HBT measurement |
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730
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Thu Jul 9 12:13:02 2026 |
Abhiram Sharma | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | Update on MCMC SURF project |
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729
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Tue Jul 7 13:54:37 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | | [Shane, Joshua, Cece, Ma, Mary, Abhi, Jacob]
The clean room (1119) was re-cleaned
on Thursday (7/2). All surfaces were wiped |
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728
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Mon Jul 6 18:25:26 2026 |
shane | Update | Inventory | Cleaning/PPE inventory |
The cleaning
supply/PPE inventory has now been fully updated
and the spreadsheet can be viewed here. |
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727
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Thu Jul 2 14:46:19 2026 |
Xuesi | Update | | FROSTI Reflector Design | Update on the FROSTI reflector design
slides |
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726
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Thu Jul 2 13:27:48 2026 |
Joshua Marmor | Update | General | HBT SURF Update #1 | Update on the progress for the HBT measurement. |
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725
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Thu Jul 2 13:26:16 2026 |
Abhiram Sharma | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | Update on MCMC SURF project |
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724
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Thu Jul 2 11:09:09 2026 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | Inventory | PPE/Cleaning Supplies Inventory | [Shane, Cece]
Shane has made a Google Form
to take inventory of PPE
and cleaning supplies.
Additionally, |
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723
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Thu Jun 25 13:45:11 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Poster Draft | https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tpYjs-gOfZgFFkffU0kv7rYKHu0xtfPyMZqF1qXHIOQ/edit?usp=sharing |
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722
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Thu Jun 25 13:21:31 2026 |
Cece | Update | Inventory | Optics Inventory Update | [Shane, Ma, Cece]
Updated optics inventory here.
Changes made: removed thrown out optics |
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721
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Thu Jun 25 12:48:29 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | | |
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720
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Thu Jun 25 11:42:29 2026 |
Mary | Update | TCS | Beam position optimization algorithm |
Weight Calibration:
this study looks at how the thermal-compensation |
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719
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Thu Jun 18 12:36:46 2026 |
Mary | Update | | Beam position optimization algorithm | Slides |
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718
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Thu Jun 18 08:40:07 2026 |
Mary | Infrastructure | General | Fume hood | [Ma, Mary]
The tape residue on the fume hood
was cleaned using acetone; however, the acetone |
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717
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Mon Jun 15 22:30:09 2026 |
Cece Ochoa | Infrastructure | Inventory | Optics Inventory | Spreadsheet of all tabletop optical parts
in 1129 (Cabinet 1)
linked here
Note that a couple |
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716
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Thu Jun 4 13:30:46 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass Presentation | |
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715
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Thu Jun 4 11:21:29 2026 |
Mary | Update | VAC | Vacuum design | https://autode.sk/43S0ZbK |
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714
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Thu May 28 12:54:38 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass | |
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713
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Thu May 14 13:42:57 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | less-roll-off coating | |
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712
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Thu May 14 12:37:17 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Measuring Noise in Interferometer | O5 Test mass design | |
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711
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Thu May 7 13:35:14 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass | |
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710
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Tue May 5 14:13:45 2026 |
Dhatri | Summary | Interferometer Simulations | Mode mismatch | [Pooyan, Tyler, Ceci, Dhatri]
Attached are the plots generated by
running the newer code here for input power |
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709
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Tue May 5 12:58:53 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI A# Profiles 05/07/2026 Group Meeting | Slides
detailing the incorporation of minimizing
curvature overlap between FROSTI and ring |
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708
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Sun May 3 21:13:14 2026 |
Pooyan | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Cleanroom HEPA fan install | [Ma, Cece, Pooyan, Tyler]
We installed the repaired HEPA fans
on top of the cleanroom, and cleaned the |
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707
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Thu Apr 30 13:23:55 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass | frequency locations of 5-8th order mode across
arm power of 0-800kW |
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706
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Thu Apr 30 12:52:26 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Full interferometer simulation | |
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705
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Thu Apr 30 12:08:02 2026 |
Mary | Update | VAC | New Vacuum design | https://autode.sk/3QFUGF8 |
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704
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Fri Apr 24 23:55:50 2026 |
Dhatri | Summary | Interferometer Simulations | | [Sidd, Pooyan, Dhatri] In the group meeting on 04/23/26, we |
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703
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Thu Apr 23 12:47:05 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass | |
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702
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Thu Apr 23 11:32:48 2026 |
Cece Ochoa | Update | Interferometer Simulations | CE Cavity Design Update | Update on CE Mirror RoC, simulation with FROSTI
and cavity locking
View Presentation |
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701
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Sun Apr 19 15:22:08 2026 |
Pooyan | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | HEPA fan air flow measurment | [Ma, Mary, Tyler, Pooyan]
HEPA fan air flow measurements are
done with the fans sitting on their side |
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700
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Thu Apr 16 14:04:46 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Beam position optimization algorithm | |
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699
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Thu Apr 16 13:14:42 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles Optimization 04/02/2026 |
Slides
discussing including overlapped irradiance
profiles at the center of an A# ITM.
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698
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Thu Apr 16 12:53:30 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass | |
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697
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Thu Apr 9 12:50:28 2026 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O5 Test mass | https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vJPZ9H_umgsZacCLgsqAUZWjn7-6l77np3E_YgaSy_M/edit?usp=sharing |
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696
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Thu Apr 9 12:40:24 2026 |
Xuesi Ma | Update | TCS | A# Ring Heater Design |
Slides
discussing for A# Ring Heater design.
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695
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Thu Apr 2 12:23:40 2026 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update Plots and Squeezing Behavior With Toroidal Mirrors | |
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694
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Wed Apr 1 15:02:30 2026 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | A# FROSTI Profiles Optimization 04/02/2026 |
Slides
discussing SURF, OPD, and SURF+OPD optimizations
for idealized FROSTI A# profiles.
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Draft
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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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