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  401   Thu Jul 11 15:53:39 2024 LukeUpdateVACRGA line upgrade [ Luke, Jon ]
Started work at 11:00
As mentioned in my previous post
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  427   Fri Aug 23 16:08:32 2024 LukeUpdateVACRGA line leak testing[Luke, Luis, Jon, Tyler]
On the 22nd Dr. Richardson showed
Luis, Tyler and I how to preform a leak test
  
  429   Tue Aug 27 15:01:26 2024 LukeUpdateVACRGA line leak testing[Luke, Tyler]
On the 27th Tyler and I ran the RGA
leak test again with the electron multiplier
  
  400   Wed Jul 10 17:31:07 2024 LukeUpdateVACRGA line disassembly and upgrade [ Luke, Cynthia, Michael, Xuesi, Anthony
]
Started work around 12:45
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  261   Fri Nov 10 08:32:34 2023 JonUpdateVACRGA experimentsI ran a 3-minute
degas cycle of the RGA filament for the first
time yesterday (in this process, the filament
  
  266   Tue Nov 14 17:21:40 2023 JonUpdateVACRGA best practicesAs a follow up ELOG 261,
I have received advice from one of the vacuum
experts at LIGO Hanford on best practices
  
  487   Wed Dec 11 16:06:05 2024 LuisUpdateVACRGA Status[Luis]

 I rebooted Spica and I
was able to connect the RGA again. After
Connecting the RGA, I left the filament on.
  
  96   Wed May 10 10:49:34 2023 AidenUpdateGeneralRGA Software[Aiden, Cao]

Went over how to use the RGA
software, how to change the graph units,
scaling and mass detection. Also went over
  
  440   Mon Sep 16 13:51:23 2024 Luis MartinUpdateVACRGA Scans



   
    


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  448   Wed Sep 25 09:06:09 2024 Luis MartinUpdateVACRGA Scans



   
    
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  488   Thu Dec 12 13:06:39 2024 LuisUpdateVACRGA Scan and vacuum system updates    [Luis, Luke]
    
        RGA Volume:
T = 21°C, P = 1.74e-9 Torr
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  485   Thu Dec 5 10:31:13 2024 Luis UpdateVACRGA Scan and RGA updates



   
    


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  573   Thu May 8 17:41:56 2025 LuisUpdateVACRGA Scan Post Bake [Ma, Luis]
    After taking the RGA scans of
the new system, here are the results of the
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  459   Wed Oct 16 13:58:59 2024 Luis MartinUpdateVACRGA ScanThe 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   Wed Oct 23 12:08:36 2024 Luis MartinUpdateVACRGA 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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  519   Thu Feb 20 17:07:36 2025 LuisUpdateVACRGA Scan [Ma, Luis]
    February 20, 2025 - 3:30
PM
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  522   Mon Feb 24 17:50:13 2025 LuisUpdateVACRGA Scan [Ma, Luis]
    February 24, 2025 - 1:00PM

    Ma performed an RGA scan with
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  469   Wed Nov 6 13:48:55 2024 LiuUpdateInterferometer SimulationsQN modeling updateSlides   
  405   Mon Jul 15 13:30:49 2024 Luke UpdateVACProblem 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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  555   Thu Apr 17 12:12:29 2025 LiuHowToInterferometer SimulationsPreventing Thread Contention in Multiprocessing with Finesse and Cython
    Avoiding Thread
Contention When Using Multiprocessing
  
  535   Mon Mar 10 17:03:52 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSPressure Gauge successful connectVac system serial interfacing update: the
pressure gauge is now able to communicate
successfully through the code. It's been
  
  255   Mon Nov 6 11:29:24 2023 TylerUpdateElectronicsPreliminary 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   Tue Aug 1 12:48:41 2023 AidenUpdateCleanroomPre 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   Wed Jun 28 15:58:56 2023 Shane, CaoInfrastructureVACPower 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   Tue Feb 20 08:01:30 2024 JonInfrastructureGeneralPower 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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  587   Tue Jun 3 12:16:13 2025 Cynthia UpdateInterferometer SimulationsPoint absorber simulation on radially averaged profile    update_6_3.pdf 
  165   Tue Jul 18 16:35:06 2023 PamellaUpdateFLIRPlot-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   Thu Aug 29 16:39:34 2024 LukeUpdateVACPhotos of heater tape   6x 
  560   Tue Apr 22 13:00:04 2025 NathanUpdateVLC UpdatePhotodiode signal check and additional signal check due to 20Mhz signal and amplifierIn general, photodiode was able to achieve
signal. Below are the voltage signals and
frequency measurements of the photodiode
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  94   Tue May 9 15:49:20 2023 JonInfrastructureVACPermanent cable routingToday 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
  
  12   Mon Nov 28 18:10:23 2022 shaneUpdateELOGParticle counts in the clean roomParticle 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   Tue Apr 4 16:52:08 2023 JonUpdateCleanroomParticle counter docking stationDue 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   Wed Apr 12 16:17:50 2023 shaneUpdateGeneralParticle Counter movedWith 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   Mon Oct 9 11:29:37 2023 TylerUpdateElectronicsPSD/CSD Plot UpdatesContinuing from Sophia's SURF Project this
summer: Plotting the Power-Spectral Densities
(PSDs) and Cross-Spectral Densities of two
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  536   Mon Mar 10 21:13:12 2025 NathanUpdateVLC UpdatePDH Lock Progress and Next StepsProgress update: Photodiode is set up, need
to set up DC bias tee, EOM has 400-600nm
wavelength range with a resonance frequency
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  551   Tue Apr 8 20:04:35 2025 NathanUpdateVLC UpdatePDH Lock ProgressConnected the DC bias and mixer. Need to connect
signal generator now to RF Amp and mixer,
and also need to connect power supply. After
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  39   Wed Mar 1 21:27:20 2023 JonInfrastructureCleanroomOver-table shelf height raisedJon, Cao

Today we raised the height of the
shelf overhanging the cleanroom laser table
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  16   Mon Jan 23 17:26:15 2023 Peter CarneyUpdateGeneralOven cleaningAiden 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. 
  
  17   Thu Jan 26 18:58:25 2023 AidenUpdateGeneralOven HeatingAiden cleaned the oven with methanol again
and set the oven to 260 degC for 12 hours.
  
  338   Fri Feb 23 18:03:27 2024 TylerUpdateFLIROptical 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   Tue Jul 26 14:10:35 2022 CassidyUpdateCamerasOptical Post Replacement and RealignmentToday 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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  527   Thu Feb 27 18:22:21 2025 ShaneUpdateCDSOngoing work in server rack and desk area (1119)As part of the vacuum communications debugging
process, there is ongoing work in the server
rack and desk area in 1119. Please be careful
  
  424   Mon Aug 12 17:09:04 2024 Cynthia UpdateInterferometer SimulationsO4 vs O5 cavity scans with ITM plume guess or ETMSo 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   Mon Jul 1 15:19:42 2024 Cynthia UpdateInterferometer SimulationsO4 and O5 mirror cavity scans with thermal effect   cavityScan_07_01.pdf 
  578   Thu May 15 12:03:41 2025 Xuesi MaInfrastructureElectronicsNoticeAll Sorensen power supplies are turned
off. The Cymac system is down (All Chassis
are down)
  
  67   Tue Apr 11 13:15:40 2023 CaoInfrastructureClean & BakeNitrogen gas tank replacedThe 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
  
  26   Fri Feb 10 16:34:45 2023 Huy Tuong CaoInfrastructureClean & BakeNitrogen gas tank ready to useCao,


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   Fri Jul 26 17:25:42 2024 JonInfrastructureComputersNew workstation ws4 installed in 1129Today 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   Thu Jun 20 18:01:11 2024 JonInfrastructureComputersNew workstation ws3 in 1129I 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
  
  385   Wed Jun 26 15:33:41 2024 JonInfrastructureComputersNew 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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