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Mon Jun 3 14:14:39 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | Initial CIT FROSTI Analysis | [Tyler]
Attached below are the initial
results of the CIT FROSTI testing analysis.
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372
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Mon Jun 3 09:24:48 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Rendering | Here is a new render of the vacuum chamber
that includes the 2.75 tee to place the Argon
leak right next to the RGA. The conical reducer |
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371
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Fri May 31 19:37:47 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Vacuum chamber Disassembly | [Luke, Aiden, Jon, Michel, Tyler]
Work
done:
On Tuesday (5/28) we removed the RGA
line with minimal difficulty. On Wednesday |
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369
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Thu May 16 15:23:14 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Luis, Michael,
Luke, Shane]
cleaning cleanroom
and particle count |
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368
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Mon May 13 14:53:29 2024 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC | VLC Update WEEK 7 attached below |
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367
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Mon May 13 14:48:27 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | New Vacuum Chamber Design | I created a new model for the vacuum chamber
based on the ideas from last week's meeting.
It
should be noted that we can not have the |
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366
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Mon May 13 13:03:41 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | Readout Code Updates | [Tyler]
Some changes have been made
to the FLIR readout code to help improve
its functionality:
More accurate |
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365
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Tue May 7 20:34:31 2024 |
shane | Update | CDS | frosti MEDM screen update | [Luis, Shane]
Here is the updated MEDM screen,
with new orientation and updated labeling
to reflect the actual positions of the heater |
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364
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Thu May 2 22:43:36 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | RTD Readout Chassis Redesign | [Tyler, Jon]
Today the FROSTI RTD
readout chassis underwent a redesign:
Instead of the original ratiometric |
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363
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Mon Apr 22 15:06:33 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | cavity scan update | [Cynthia,Pooyan]
Completed some simulations
injecting 0-10th order modes. Some graphs
will be used for the poster after some further |
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362
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Wed Apr 17 15:07:04 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Mohak, Luke,
Luis, Shane, Cynthia, Michael, Xuesi]
cleaning
cleanroom and particle count |
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361
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Mon Apr 15 15:25:10 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | progress on simulation so far | |
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360
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Mon Apr 15 11:51:03 2024 |
Peter | Update | VLC Update | VLC | An update on the VLC project is attached below: |
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359
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Mon Apr 8 14:57:41 2024 |
Cynthia, Pooyan | Update | Interferometer Simulations | performed cavity scans for O4 O5, and coupled cavity | |
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358
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Mon Apr 8 14:43:29 2024 |
Pooyan | Update | Interferometer Simulations | SIS update single and coupled cavities | [Pooyan, Cynthia]
Attached is a brief
recap PDF file. A video file showing separate
HOMs plots for the cavity scan with ETM08 |
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357
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Sun Apr 7 13:42:51 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on status of gtrace project | [Pooyan, Michael]
After meeting and
discussing the current state of our work
with Prof. Fulda a few weeks ago, we have |
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356
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Wed Mar 27 00:03:57 2024 |
Pooyan | Update | Computers | Chimay relocation to Physics 1129 | [Jon, Pooyan]
Moved Chimay from
the server rack in Physics 1119 to a new
rack in Physics 1129. It is connected to |
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355
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Tue Mar 26 13:51:56 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | Another re-fit, but this time the quadratic
coefficient (beta) is set to 1.003e-6:
R_0 (ohm) Alpha |
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354
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Mon Mar 25 10:55:33 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | Refitted RTD calibration, neglecting quadratic
term:
R_0
(ohm) Alpha (1/C) |
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353
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Sun Mar 24 11:50:37 2024 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | Cal Tech FROSTI Parts | Bagged the FROSTI legs and feet after the
conclusion of the clean and bake. They are
double bagged and sitting in the flow bench. |
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352
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Sun Mar 24 11:49:27 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | FROSTI RGA Scan | Took RGA data 1 day after the conclusion of
Bake 13. Bake 13 ended on Saturday March
23, the RGA data shown was taken on Sunday |
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351
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Thu Mar 21 16:56:42 2024 |
Tyler | Update | DAQ | RTD Parameter Calibration | [Jon,Tyler]
We noticed that the RTD
temperature readings given on the Cymac were
off, and traced the issue to miscalibration |
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350
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Tue Mar 19 15:22:27 2024 |
Aiden | Update | Clean & Bake | FROSTI Legs Clean and Bake | [Aiden, Luke]
Cleaned and baked the
Cal Tech FROSTI legs and showed Luke the
procedure on how to clean parts. |
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349
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Tue Mar 19 10:55:30 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | In-Air Optical Test | Below is an image I took using the FLIR just
before leaving for the LVK meeting. The profile
is roughly what we would expect (annular). |
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348
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Fri Mar 15 16:58:55 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Vacuum Chamber Frosti Testing | [Luke, Luis, Aiden]
On Thursday, March
14 - Took preliminary RGA scans of the empty
chamber to compare later on. Vented the chamber |
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347
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Wed Mar 6 09:57:52 2024 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI Wiring | Upon finishing the FROSTI assembly last
week, we ran into some electrical issues.
An electrical short was found between two |
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346
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Thu Feb 29 17:16:48 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | MEDM screen for FROSTI T/P readouts | Here's the latest draft of the MEDM screen
for the FROSTI temp and power readouts, now
with a button linking to the c1msc file display. |
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345
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Wed Feb 28 17:49:18 2024 |
Tyler | Update | TCS | FROSTI Assembly - Days 2-3 | [Aiden, Jon, Luis, Luke, Michael, Tyler]
FROSTI
assembly was completed today. The RTD and
power wires were terminated at the DB-25 |
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Wed Feb 28 12:02:08 2024 |
Tyler | Update | General | Resistors for Heater Elements Update | Power Res (Ohm) RTD Res (Ohm)
Heater
1= 72.8; 80.6
Heater 2= 69.5; 80.8
Heater
3= 70; 83.2
Heater 4= 70.6; 78.7
Heater |
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Tue Feb 27 09:06:29 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | cavity scan with higher order input laser | I performed a few cavity scan with the inputing
laser with a different mode (not pure 00).
For each laser I included a graph for just |
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342
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Tue Feb 27 03:26:28 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Reverse aLIGO Layout Created in Gtrace | I've created the simulation for reverse aLIGO
layout in gtrace. Attached are the desmos
model and the output dxf file. From here |
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341
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Mon Feb 26 21:23:27 2024 |
Jon | Update | TCS | FROSTI Assembly - Day 1 | [Jon, Tyler, Luis, Luke, Mohak, Cynthia, Michael,
Aiden]
FROSTI assembly began today. After
a final set of RGA scans were taken, the |
7x |
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340
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Mon Feb 26 15:15:39 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | Vacuum Chamber Baking Update | Started Bake 12 on Wednesday Feb. 21 and turned
the bake off on Saturday Feb. 24. This was
a normal low temp bake with the PID controllers |
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339
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Sat Feb 24 08:53:38 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | Matlab upgraded to 2023b on Chimay | I upgraded Matlab on chimay to the latest
stable release, 2023b. From some quick tests,
it appears to be in working order. Let me |
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338
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Fri Feb 23 18:03:27 2024 |
Tyler | Update | FLIR | Optical Test Setup in Cleanroom | [Tyler, Xuesi]
The FLIR and test mass
stand-in have been transferred into the cleanroom.
A software test will be run as soon as we |
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337
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Fri Feb 23 15:01:48 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | Latest draft of MEDM screen for FROSTI readouts | Here's the latest draft of the MEDM screen
for the FrOSTI temp and power readouts. Also,
debugged the text readout boxes so they're |
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335
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Thu Feb 22 21:48:16 2024 |
Jon | Update | VAC | Vacuum vent for RGA testing of reflector | [Jon, Tyler, Luke, Aiden]
Summary
Following
Wednesday's cleanroom cleaning [333],
we proceeded to vent the vacuum chamber, |
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334
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Wed Feb 21 23:15:07 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Long Shoelaces 1 Layout Created in Gtrace and Fixed Ghosting in Beamsplitter | I have created the long shoelaces 1 layout
for cosmic explorer using gtrace, a slight
modification from the shoelaces 1 layout |
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333
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Wed Feb 21 11:58:30 2024 |
Shane | Update | Cleanroom | cleanroom cleaning and particle count |
[Luke, Shane,
Tyler]
cleaning cleanroom and
particle count |
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332
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Tue Feb 20 18:08:24 2024 |
Aiden | Update | General | Degassing the RGA | I took an RGA measurement before and after
degassing the RGA. Both data was taken with
the Argon open. The pressure before taking |
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331
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Tue Feb 20 11:31:49 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Cleanroom | Garment Cabinet Door Replacement | [Luis, Luke, Pooyan, Tyler]
The replacement
door for the HEPA garment cabinet arrived
last week, and was installed on Thursday. |
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330
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Tue Feb 20 08:01:30 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | Power and network equipment installed in 1129 rack | [Jon, Tyler, Pooyan, Luis, Luke, Peter]
On
Thursday we installed the power conditioning/distribution
equipment and networking equipment in the |
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329
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Mon Feb 19 14:40:21 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | MEDM screen for FROSTI temp readouts | Here's the latest draft of the MEDM screen
for the FROSTI heating elements' temperature
readouts. Note that the MEDM screen isn't |
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Mon Feb 19 14:17:50 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | Heater Element RGA Scan | Three days after the completion of Bake 11,
the Heater elements RGA scan looks much cleaner.
The HC level is back down to 33 e-10 torrl/s |
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Fri Feb 16 18:37:28 2024 |
Jon | Update | VAC | Bake ended 6:23 pm | I ended the bake of the UHV system (that
began on Monday) at 6:23 pm today by switching
OFF both PID controllers. The heaters elements |
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Tue Feb 13 13:02:41 2024 |
Pooyan | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Cacity sacn of Fabry-Perot | Created a simple model of Fabry-Perot cavity
in SIS, and did a cavity scan. Total power
in the cavity, 00 mode, and HOMs is measured. |
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325
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Tue Feb 13 12:34:04 2024 |
Aiden | Update | VAC | VAC Heating System Update | Here is an overlay with for all the heating
steps done with the heater elements. |
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Tue Feb 13 12:26:23 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Interferometer Simulations | BS Code Update | I reproduced Cao's CE beamsplitter code
(see below for example plots). I received
the current info on the beamsplitter parameters |
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Tue Feb 13 11:54:45 2024 |
Tyler | Configuration | FLIR | In-Air Optical Test Configuration |
Below is the proposed schematic for FROSTI
optical testing, chosen so enough space is
allotted for prototype assembly.
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Tue Feb 13 04:05:32 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Shoelaces 1 Layout Simulated in GTrace | I've worked on and have completed a first
simulation of Cosmic Explorer's Shoelaces
1 layout. This is based off of Pooyan's original |
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