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  528   Tue Mar 4 03:05:42 2025 Xuesi MaUpdateELOGLOG1424564097.243212 2025/02/26 00:14:39 UTC Time
start
12V 2A right after start all 8 elements
  
  182   Mon Jul 31 12:39:01 2023 ShaneUpdateElectronicsLED cable assemblies installed Today I put together the two LED cable assemblies
for the CyMAC and mounted them in the anti-aliasing
and anti-imaging chassis.
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  134   Tue Jun 27 14:04:42 2023 Sophia A. UpdateMeasuring Noise in InterferometerInterferometer set up and connection to red pitayaToday we (Sophia and Tyler) constructed the
set-up for the electrical noise calculation
that I will be conducting this summer. I
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  81   Thu Apr 27 16:23:44 2023 Cao, Pamella and JulianPhysicsVACInstalling vacuum system (cont.)
 
[Pamella, Cao and Julian, Shane]



 Particles account 

10:37 am: Starting the particles account
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  87   Mon May 1 17:10:25 2023 Julian, CaoPhysicsVACInstalling Pirani gauge and RGA probe onto to vacuum chamber [Julian, Cao] 



 03:00 pm: Particle
count

:  Zone 3 

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  11   Mon Oct 3 17:21:39 2022 CaoUpdateTCSInspection of macor partsThe macor parts arrived and inspected today.
These include:


 Macor spacer
(drawing:  LIGO_Redesign_Macor_Spacer_Drawing_v4.pdf
 7x 
  582   Mon May 26 23:24:33 2025 MichaelUpdateInterferometer SimulationsInitial Monte Carlo Simulations for Toroidal Mirrors ProjectI've run an initial Monte Carlo simulation
for statistical comparison of toroidal mirrors
for the dual FROSTI TCS case. Below is the
  
  571   Tue May 6 13:07:34 2025 MichaelUpdateInterferometer SimulationsInitial Convergence Plots for Toroidal Mirrors Project   Convergence_Plots_5_6_25.pdfConvergence_Plots_5_6_25-1.pdfaperture_num_points_convergence.png 
  373   Mon Jun 3 14:14:39 2024 TylerUpdateFLIRInitial CIT FROSTI Analysis [Tyler]


Attached below are the initial
results of the CIT FROSTI testing analysis.
 CIT_FROSTI_Analysis_Group_Meeting-2.pdf 
  323   Tue Feb 13 11:54:45 2024 TylerConfigurationFLIRIn-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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  349   Tue Mar 19 10:55:30 2024 TylerUpdateFLIRIn-Air Optical TestBelow 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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  468   Tue Nov 5 11:08:40 2024 Luis MartinUpdateVACISO Test
    [Luis, Luke, Ma Michael]
    
        The isolation test
was conducted on the vacuum system. Every
  
  6   Tue Jun 21 18:31:49 2022 Cassidy and PhoebeUpdateCamerasIR Absorbing Screen and FLIR Camera SetupToday we set up the IR absorbing screen and
the camera on the optical table, as well
as tested that the camera was functioning
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  60   Mon Apr 3 17:04:05 2023 AidenSummaryGeneralIDP Scroll Pump AssemblyAiden installed the isolation valve and the
exhaust silencer kits on the IDP-3 Scroll
pump. The entire assembly still needs to
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  1   Sun Apr 10 15:39:49 2022 Rutuja GuravHowToComputer Scripts/ProgramsHowTo: Renew the Let's Encrypt SSL certificate using certbotPort 80 is kept closed by default. This
might be causing the certbot auto-renewal
cronjob to fail. Therefore we must renew
  
  98   Sun May 14 15:50:48 2023 CaoInfrastructureComputersHigh resolution display of logrus machine[Cao]

 
The display resolution of the
logrus has been 1064x768 and has been the
only option, which is not great. While remote
  
  543   Mon Mar 31 11:26:45 2025 Luke JohnsonUpdateScripts/ProgramsHeatmaps 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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  435   Fri Sep 6 14:34:52 2024 Luke UpdateVACHeating tape workOn the 5th I had tried to start baking
the vacuum chamber however certain parts
of the chamber were getting too hot and causing
  
  124   Wed Jun 14 15:35:36 2023 PamellaUpdateVACHeating system installation [Pamella and Cao]

    Heating system
installation - Second day.



   Today we kept installing the equipment
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  433   Tue Sep 3 15:52:56 2024 LukeUpdateVACHeater tape initilization [Luke, Tyler, Jon]
On the 3rd we set up the pid controllers
for the heater tapes and after putting on
  
  119   Mon Jun 12 18:52:00 2023 PamellaUpdateGeneralHeater system parts - Wiped and bagged[Pamella]
  Cleaning the heater system
parts.
 04:32 pm: Started wiping the
heater system parts.  
 06:38 pm:
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  128   Tue Jun 20 17:28:23 2023 PamellaUpdateElectronicsHeater system parts - Wiped [Pamella]

    
Heating system 


   Wiping the heater system parts.

    04:37 pm: Started wiping the electronic
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  122   Tue Jun 13 21:08:46 2023 PamellaInfrastructureVACHeater system - Installation[Pamella, Cao and Jon]


 Heating system
installation 

 Today we
started installing the equipments for the
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  503   Mon Jan 27 11:29:38 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate Heater Element Test[Ma, Cece, Luke, Mary, Shane]

On Friday (Jan 24), we installed
the heater elements on the stand. The heater
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  316   Mon Feb 5 14:17:52 2024 AidenUpdateVACHeater Element RGA ScanHere are the new RGA scans for the powered
Heater elements. The pressure at the time
of taking data was 2.88 e-8 torr. The HC
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  319   Thu Feb 8 17:37:48 2024 AidenUpdateVACHeater Element RGA ScanTook more RGA data now that the heaters are
powered by 18V. The pressure of the system
during the data taking was 3.8 e-8 torr.
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  320   Mon Feb 12 17:35:47 2024 AidenUpdateVACHeater Element RGA ScanTook more RGA data before and after increasing
the heater elements to 300 degC and before
heating them up.

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  328   Mon Feb 19 14:17:50 2024 AidenUpdateVACHeater Element RGA ScanThree 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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  506   Fri Jan 31 15:03:09 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate Heater Element Circuit Check
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  609   Mon Jul 14 20:45:20 2025 Luke SummaryCleanroomHEPA filter performance metrics [Luke, Luis]

We’ve been looking into methods
for evaluating the performance of the HEPA
  
  7   Mon Jul 11 14:29:45 2022 JonOmnistructureGeneralHEPA filter installedToday I unpacked and installed the new HEPA
filter for the lab. It is an Omni CleanAir
OCA1210 capable of 1200 CFM. This flow rate
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  515   Tue Feb 18 10:02:16 2025 Xuesi MaUpdate Group Meeting Slides 2/18/2025https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WiV2VqS0BzXNCK6VYYQ-Ty8xlHnzXatQaFbMf1-0rsY/edit?usp=sharing   
  451   Wed Oct 2 10:31:46 2024 Xuesi MaConfiguration Group Meeting Slides 10/2/2024
Group Meeting slides for Non-deterministic
Heater Response.
 Group_Meeting_10_2.pdf 
  82   Thu Apr 27 21:43:07 2023 JonPhysicsVACGrounding vacuum systemThis afternoon I made up a green 10 AWG
grounding cable and connected it to the vacuum
system.
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  84   Fri Apr 28 18:16:57 2023 CaoPhysicsVACGrounding vacuum system



  
  187   Tue Aug 1 16:22:35 2023 CelesteUpdateTCSGraphical Updates to HOM RH Modification, Tuesday 8/1Slides 20-33 are newly added (data/graphs
from parameter sweep feature-1/8th heater
unit length varied from 10% of original to
 HOM_RH_Simulation_Progress_80123.pdf 
  180   Fri Jul 28 17:45:45 2023 CelesteUpdateTCSGraphical Updates to HOM RH Modification, Friday 7/28Updated 1/8th Heater simulation modification
graphs. Slides 7, 10, 16-19 are new additions.
 HOM_RH_Simulation_Progress.pdf 
  173   Thu Jul 27 10:18:43 2023 CelesteUpdateTCSGraphical Updates to HOM RH ModificationAttached are updated graphs of the irradiance
distribution from the 1/8th ring heater units
(extruded and reduced in length). 
 HOM_RH_1_8_Unit_Modification_Graphs.pdf 
  158   Sun Jul 16 15:21:56 2023 PamellaUpdateGeneralGeneral update about some problems in the lab.[Pamella]

 General information about
the lab facility. 
 
 
Changed sticky floor mats, because close
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  331   Tue Feb 20 11:31:49 2024 TylerUpdateCleanroomGarment 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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  500   Tue Jan 21 10:12:02 2025 Luke SummaryGeneralFrosti toy model [Luke, Liu]
Over the winter break I have been
working on this
  
  389   Fri Jun 28 10:43:13 2024 XuejunUpdateCleanroomFrosti[Xuejun, Tyler]


We moved Frosti into
the cleanroom and debugged it to make sure
everything was working. One of the DB25 pins
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  393   Fri Jul 5 13:17:44 2024 LiuUpdateInterferometer SimulationsFour-quadrant FROSTI-like RH for astigmatic thermal actuation for CE opticsIn the CE corner layout design and down selection
study, interferometer layouts with large
incidence angles on some of the curved optics
 7x 
  556   Mon Apr 21 16:56:42 2025 MichaelUpdateInterferometer SimulationsFixed Observed Squeezing Curve for Toroidal Mirror CaseWe've resolved the issue with the observed
squeezing curve for the toroidal mirror case
showing worse performance at lower frequencies
 updated_observed_squeezing_plot.png 
  90   Tue May 2 17:03:14 2023 Jon, CaoPhysicsVACFirst pump-down test of vacuum chamber [Jon, Cao] 

  1. Re-routing of cables 
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  554   Tue Apr 15 11:37:17 2025 CynthiaUpdateInterferometer SimulationsFinishing up mirror coating map step   updates_4_15_2025.pdf 
  181   Fri Jul 28 18:03:07 2023 PamellaUpdateFLIRFinal plot - FLIR[Pamella]


 I was able to
plot the final result with the data to the
heater. I attached below the "3Combined_HighTemp_Gaussian_Plot."
 29Combined_HighTemp_Gaussian_Plot.jpg3Combined_HighTemp_Gaussian_Plot.jpgcalibration_plot(2).png 
  516   Tue Feb 18 10:12:39 2025 TylerUpdateTCSFinal RIN Plot Update
Below is a preview of the final RIN figure
that will be included in the FROSTI instrument
paper. A quick summary of what is shown below:
 Preliminary_RIN_plot.pdfFROSTI_ON.pdfDark_Noise.pdfADC_Noise.pdf 
  460   Wed Oct 16 14:13:31 2024 LiuUpdate FROSTI with non uniform absorption scattering sourcesSlides   
  347   Wed Mar 6 09:57:52 2024 TylerUpdateTCSFROSTI 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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