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Wed Nov 20 12:59:37 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | RIN Update | I went ahead and compared the noise spectrum
of the ADC to those of the photodetectors
with the FROSTI on and off. As discussed |
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422
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Mon Aug 12 16:24:34 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Cleanroom | RIN Measurement Update 1 | [Tyler]
For some preliminary tests,
I moved the IR photodetectors outside of
the cleanroom and onto the other optical |
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417
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Mon Jul 29 14:30:16 2024 |
Tyler | Update | Cleanroom | RIN Measurement Set-up | [Tyler]
I have begun moving parts
into the cleanroom for the upcoming FROSTI
RIN tests that will be conducted within the |
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401
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Thu Jul 11 15:53:39 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | RGA line upgrade | [ Luke, Jon ]
Started work at 11:00
As mentioned in my previous post |
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427
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Fri Aug 23 16:08:32 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | RGA line leak testing | [Luke, Luis, Jon, Tyler]
On the 22nd Dr. Richardson showed
Luis, Tyler and I how to preform a leak test |
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429
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Tue Aug 27 15:01:26 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | RGA line leak testing | [Luke, Tyler]
On the 27th Tyler and I ran the RGA
leak test again with the electron multiplier |
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400
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Wed Jul 10 17:31:07 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | RGA line disassembly and upgrade | [ Luke, Cynthia, Michael, Xuesi, Anthony
]
Started work around 12:45 |
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261
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Fri Nov 10 08:32:34 2023 |
Jon | Update | VAC | RGA experiments | I ran a 3-minute
degas cycle of the RGA filament for the first
time yesterday (in this process, the filament |
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266
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Tue Nov 14 17:21:40 2023 |
Jon | Update | VAC | RGA best practices | As a follow up ELOG 261,
I have received advice from one of the vacuum
experts at LIGO Hanford on best practices |
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96
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Wed May 10 10:49:34 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | RGA Software | [Aiden, Cao]
Went over how to use the RGA
software, how to change the graph units,
scaling and mass detection. Also went over |
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440
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Mon Sep 16 13:51:23 2024 |
Luis Martin | Update | VAC | RGA Scans |
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448
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Wed Sep 25 09:06:09 2024 |
Luis Martin | Update | VAC | RGA Scans |
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459
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Wed Oct 16 13:58:59 2024 |
Luis Martin | Update | VAC | RGA Scan | The following figure displays data acquired
on 10/09, and it shows that we are no longer
below the cleanliness standard. Also, the |
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463
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Wed Oct 23 12:08:36 2024 |
Luis Martin | Update | VAC | RGA Scan | [Luke, Luis, Mary, Ma]
On 10/22/24 Luke, Ma, Mary and myself
ran a RGA scan, the results are displayed |
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469
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Wed Nov 6 13:48:55 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | QN modeling update | Slides |
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405
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Mon Jul 15 13:30:49 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Problem with 2.75" to 1.33" zero length reducer | Last Friday while checking the depth of the
ZLR I got one of the screws stuck. Today
I tried a couple things to get it out. First |
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255
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Mon Nov 6 11:29:24 2023 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | Preliminary RTD Calculations, RP Software Update |
Preliminary RTD calculations are shown
below, given an input of 10 V and desiring
a few mA of current. It looks like R_ref |
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185
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Tue Aug 1 12:48:41 2023 |
Aiden | Update | Cleanroom | Pre Filter Change |
Changed the pre filter inside of the
3 stage HEPA system next to the soldering
station. It was rather dirty and I have attached |
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137
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Wed Jun 28 15:58:56 2023 |
Shane, Cao | Infrastructure | VAC | Power trip problem remains, source of smoke is insulation | [Shane, Cao]
With the new change
in wiring configuration described in elog
136, |
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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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165
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Tue Jul 18 16:35:06 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | Plot-Data with the new configuration without the mask and reflector. | [Pamella]
I was able to plot the
first graph for a result between the six
different positions on the screen, for now |
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431
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Thu Aug 29 16:39:34 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Photos of heater tape | |
6x |
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94
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Tue May 9 15:49:20 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | VAC | Permanent cable routing | Today I brought in a fresh supply of zip
ties (we now have 1500 in the tool chest)
and used them to permanentize the cable routing |
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12
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Mon Nov 28 18:10:23 2022 |
shane | Update | ELOG | Particle counts in the clean room | Particle count stats for the clean room Nov
28, 2022:
Took 10 sample runs in each of
5 regions in the clean room (5 runs per region |
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64
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Tue Apr 4 16:52:08 2023 |
Jon | Update | Cleanroom | Particle counter docking station | Due to the problems we have encountered trying
to serially communicate directly with the
Met One DR-528 particle counter, I went ahead |
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71
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Wed Apr 12 16:17:50 2023 |
shane | Update | General | Particle Counter moved | With the added height of the new docking station,
the particle counter no longer fits under
the Windows monitor in the electronics rack |
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235
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Mon Oct 9 11:29:37 2023 |
Tyler | Update | Electronics | PSD/CSD Plot Updates | Continuing from Sophia's SURF Project this
summer: Plotting the Power-Spectral Densities
(PSDs) and Cross-Spectral Densities of two |
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39
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Wed Mar 1 21:27:20 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Cleanroom | Over-table shelf height raised | Jon, Cao
Today we raised the height of the
shelf overhanging the cleanroom laser table |
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16
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Mon Jan 23 17:26:15 2023 |
Peter Carney | Update | General | Oven cleaning | Aiden and Cao
Turned on the oven to 120
deg C for 12 hours. After 12 hours, put it
at 200 deg C for 48 hours. |
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17
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Thu Jan 26 18:58:25 2023 |
Aiden | Update | General | Oven Heating | Aiden cleaned the oven with methanol again
and set the oven to 260 degC for 12 hours. |
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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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9
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Tue Jul 26 14:10:35 2022 |
Cassidy | Update | Cameras | Optical Post Replacement and Realignment | Today I replaced the 3" optical post that
the camera rests on with a 2" optical post
in order for the screen to correctly fill |
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424
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Mon Aug 12 17:09:04 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O4 vs O5 cavity scans with ITM plume guess or ETM | So far the proposed solution for what to use
for O5 ITM mirror for SIS simulations is
either the plume guess file or using the |
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392
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Mon Jul 1 15:19:42 2024 |
Cynthia | Update | Interferometer Simulations | O4 and O5 mirror cavity scans with thermal effect | |
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67
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Tue Apr 11 13:15:40 2023 |
Cao | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Nitrogen gas tank replaced | The nitrogen gas tank has been replaced with
a new unit. The new tank is ultra pure nitrogen
(>99.9% nitrogen).
The new tank has been |
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26
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Fri Feb 10 16:34:45 2023 |
Huy Tuong Cao | Infrastructure | Clean & Bake | Nitrogen gas tank ready to use | Cao,
Today I fixed the final bit related
to the nitrogen gas tank, which is to apply
sealing tape to M-NPT connector of the hose |
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412
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Fri Jul 26 17:25:42 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | New workstation ws4 installed in 1129 | Today I installed the second desktop workstation
in 1129. The new machine is an Intel NUC13ANHi5,
with a 12-Core Intel i5-1340P CPU, 32GB DDR4 |
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379
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Thu Jun 20 18:01:11 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | New workstation ws3 in 1129 | I have repurposed a spare Intel NUC to serve
as the first of two planned workstations
in 1129. Today I set it up with a fresh installation |
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385
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Wed Jun 26 15:33:41 2024 |
Jon | Infrastructure | Computers | New workstation ws3 in 1129 |
Set-up of the first CDS workstation for
1129, ws3, is complete and the machine is
ready for use. The login credentials are |
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198
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Wed Aug 9 11:32:56 2023 |
Jon | Infrastructure | General | New power cables | I delivered new NEMA 5-15 (120V / 15 A)
power cables to the lab for the following
items: |
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135
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Tue Jun 27 15:18:26 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | New data collection |
[Pamella]
Yesterday,
I did a new data collection. I could get
a better data in this time and I realized |
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123
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Tue Jun 13 21:33:46 2023 |
Pamella | Update | General | New cabinet for PPI | [Pamella and Dr.Richardson]
Dr. Richardson
installed the new cabinet outside the room
for the PPI equipments, and then I wiped |
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157
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Fri Jul 14 16:49:42 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | New bridge and calibration data | [Pamella]
Aiden 3D printed a new
bridge for the heater and I installed the
new bridge yesterday.
I started |
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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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398
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Mon Jul 8 17:01:45 2024 |
Shane | Update | CDS | New CyMAC internal layout | [Jon, Shane]
Internal layout of CyMAC has
been updated (labeled image attached) to
accommodate the replacement of the two ribbon |
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108
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Tue May 30 14:51:27 2023 |
Pamella | Update | FLIR | New 3D mask - Bigger triangles shapes. | [Pamella]
Change the 3D mask
Started removing the old mask in the reflector.
Started cutting the new aluminum lid for |
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172
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Tue Jul 25 15:35:14 2023 |
Shane | Update | Electronics | More chassis moved | Finished basic assembly of binary input and
output chassis today, and moved one to top
shelf of work bench. The other is in corner |
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91
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Wed May 3 19:03:47 2023 |
Julian,Pamella and Cao | Physics | VAC | Modify vacuum asssembly and install RGA | [Pamella, Julian, Cao]
Today we
started re-configuring the vacuum chamber
components.
Particle count |
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Wed May 31 16:18:41 2023 |
Aiden | Summary | General | Mock FROSTI | Finished assembly on the Mock FROSTI so it
is ready for the fit test at LIGO lab. |
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397
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Mon Jul 8 12:26:10 2024 |
Michael | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Minimizing Astigmatic Effects in the SRC of LIGO | This is the first look and analysis of the
effects of astigmatism in the aLIGO optical
layout which can lead to mode mismatch and |
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