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Subject |
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621
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Tue Aug 5 11:25:17 2025 |
Mary | Update | | point absorber and coated aperture in A# | Simulating how point absorber defects on
Advanced LIGO mirrors affect cavity performance
by modeling a 4km LIGO-like arm cavity with |
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630
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Tue Aug 12 13:49:24 2025 |
Mary | Update | | point absorber and coated aperture in A# | |
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660
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Thu Nov 13 12:39:01 2025 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | |
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671
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Thu Jan 22 13:12:29 2026 |
Mary | Update | | | |
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681
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Thu Feb 5 13:59:42 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | |
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684
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Thu Feb 12 12:59:29 2026 |
Mary | Update | | | |
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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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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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706
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Thu Apr 30 12:52:26 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Full interferometer simulation | |
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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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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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719
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Thu Jun 18 12:36:46 2026 |
Mary | Update | | Beam position optimization algorithm | Slides |
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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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733
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Thu Jul 9 13:35:08 2026 |
Mary | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | |
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606
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Tue Jul 8 11:46:55 2025 |
Maple Matzner | Update | TCS | Update on SURF progress for Jul 8 | |
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617
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Tue Jul 29 11:45:19 2025 |
Maple | Update | TCS | Meeting update | |
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541
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Sun Mar 23 15:39:06 2025 |
Luke Johnson | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater Location optimization | Attached are some plots that show a new parameter
sweep with a finer mesh then before. I have
also been able to get a heatmap of power |
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543
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Mon Mar 31 11:26:45 2025 |
Luke Johnson | Update | Scripts/Programs | Heatmaps of power delivery performance | These plots show the required temperature
to release 100W of power and the efficiency
of a particular configuration with half-width |
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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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423
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Mon Aug 12 16:35:30 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Ringheater modeling Update | |
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435
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Fri Sep 6 14:34:52 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Heating tape work | On the 5th I had tried to start baking
the vacuum chamber however certain parts
of the chamber were getting too hot and causing |
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452
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Wed Oct 2 12:05:42 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Ringheater modeling Update | Power
point slides |
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Draft
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Wed Oct 23 12:33:54 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Zernike calculation update | PowerPoint
slides new
PowerPoint |
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471
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Wed Nov 13 14:06:00 2024 |
Luke | Update | General | | slides |
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472
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Thu Nov 14 10:46:20 2024 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning |
[Luke, Luis, Michael]
cleaning cleanroom and particle count |
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474
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Tue Nov 19 17:10:34 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Leak check | Chamber temperature: 23C
Chamber Initial Pressure: ~1.8e-8
main, ~3.5e-8 rga |
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478
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Wed Nov 27 12:27:45 2024 |
Luke | Summary | VAC | Summary of vacuum work | [Luke, Luis]
Update of current state of vacuum
chamber |
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480
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Wed Nov 27 16:23:58 2024 |
Luke | Update | VAC | Started bake | [Luke, Luis]
The
vacuum chamber is currently baking. |
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483
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Mon Dec 2 13:35:45 2024 |
Luke | Update | General | Clean and bake of Viton O-rings | [Luke, Luis]
We couldn't access the bake log on
the wiki. (see attached) So we looked in |
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497
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Wed Jan 8 17:35:57 2025 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Luke, Tyler, Cynthia, Shane, Michael]
Summary of Cleaning Activities:
We began cleaning Room 1119 at 2:00 |
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500
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Tue Jan 21 10:12:02 2025 |
Luke | Summary | General | Frosti toy model | [Luke, Liu]
Over the winter break I have been
working on this |
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502
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Sat Jan 25 18:19:39 2025 |
Luke | Update | General | Ringheater modeling Update | Here
is a quick update on some of the things I
have been working on regarding my project. |
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507
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Sat Feb 1 17:25:52 2025 |
Luke | Summary | General | Cleanroom cleaning | [Luke, Cece, Luis]
Particle Count Measurements:
Pre-cleaning (12:15 |
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509
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Fri Feb 7 12:25:56 2025 |
Luke | Summary | VAC | Started bake | [Luke, Luis]
The
vacuum chamber is currently baking. |
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513
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Sun Feb 16 16:45:18 2025 |
Luke | Update | General | Ringheater position optimization | Over the last couple weeks I have been
working on finding the optimal position of
the ringheater's thermal profile. |
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517
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Tue Feb 18 11:19:13 2025 |
Luke | Configuration | VAC | Repositioning of the lid's temperature probe | Before the recent bake I slightly repositioned
the temperature probe on the lid from beside
the heater tape to under the heater tape. |
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520
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Sun Feb 23 12:11:43 2025 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Luke, Mary, Luis]
Particle Count Measurements:
Pre-cleaning (8:40 |
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521
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Sun Feb 23 16:00:07 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater modeling Update | These are some plots:
The first shows the convergence of
the 02 mode reducing the size of the mesh. |
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550
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Tue Apr 8 12:15:59 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Updated optimization plot | |
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557
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Tue Apr 22 08:00:39 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Thermal optimization modeling 40kg | I have redone the width and location optimization
with a 40kg test mass. This was to see where
the nominal ring heater would fall in this |
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561
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Fri Apr 25 09:09:03 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Update to optimization plots | I have calculated the curvature of the surface
plots and created a heat map out of the data.
I have also created a contour plot of them |
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562
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Fri Apr 25 19:18:10 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | New optimization plots | I have created two more plots. One on the
transmitted power for a specific configuration.
This was done by taking the product of the |
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569
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Sun May 4 18:17:45 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater modeling Update | Slides
I have changed some properties
of the thermal model and am re-running the |
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574
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Fri May 9 20:06:27 2025 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Luke, Mohak, Luis]
We were also able to remove the residue
that has built up on the soft walls by donning |
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575
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Sun May 11 19:36:42 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | New optimization plots | Slides
I have re-run the optimization plots
with the changes mentioned last week. |
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584
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Mon Jun 2 09:45:06 2025 |
Luke | Update | Scripts/Programs | Ringheater modeling Update | Slides
I have added some slides to my meeting
updates. The updates include: my choice in |
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599
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Wed Jun 25 15:44:47 2025 |
Luke | Update | Cleanroom | Cleanroom cleaning | [Luke, Luis, Tyler, Ma, Christina, Maple]
We started by cleaning outside of
the cleanroom wiping down the cable channel |
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609
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Mon Jul 14 20:45:20 2025 |
Luke | Summary | Cleanroom | HEPA filter performance metrics | [Luke, Luis]
We’ve been looking into methods
for evaluating the performance of the HEPA |
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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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378
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Wed Jun 19 18:45:14 2024 |
Luke | Update | | Vacuum chamber reassembly | [Luke, Aiden, Mohak , Tyler]
On Tuesday
we had the silver screws for the spherical
cube shortened by a quarter of an inch so |
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