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490
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Mon Dec 16 21:32:21 2024 |
Luis | Update | VAC | MR Testing | [Luis, Luke]
The MR material was
placed in the vacuum chamber following standard
procedures to ensure the vacuum remained |
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491
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Tue Dec 17 13:53:53 2024 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum system status | [Luis]
The vacuum system is being
baked. I disconnected the digital gages and
the magnets, opened the Ar leak and started |
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494
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Sun Dec 22 20:43:35 2024 |
Luis | Update | VAC | MR Testing | [Luis, Luke]
RGA Volume:
T = 23°C, P = 3.0e-9 Torr
Main Volume: |
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496
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Thu Jan 2 17:52:58 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | MR Testing Continuation | [Luis, Luke]
RGA Volume:
T = 22°C, P = 2.10e-9 Torr
Main Volume: |
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510
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Tue Feb 11 08:07:02 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Bake stopped | [Luis, Ma]
Feb/10/25 4:00pm
Bake was stopped. |
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511
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Fri Feb 14 11:57:50 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum Update | [Luis]
Feb/11/25 9:30am
Pressure gages were connected. |
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512
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Fri Feb 14 12:15:23 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum sytem staus |
[Luis, Luke, Ma]
February 12, 2025 - 4:00
PM |
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519
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Thu Feb 20 17:07:36 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | RGA Scan | [Ma, Luis]
February 20, 2025 - 3:30
PM |
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522
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Mon Feb 24 17:50:13 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | RGA Scan | [Ma, Luis]
February 24, 2025 - 1:00PM
Ma performed an RGA scan with |
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563
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Mon Apr 28 22:08:28 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum Leak Test result | [Ma, Luke, Luis]
April 24, 2025
3:00 PM |
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566
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Wed Apr 30 15:43:56 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | Vacuum Update | [Ma, Luke, Luis]
April 29, 2025
3:30 PM |
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573
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Thu May 8 17:41:56 2025 |
Luis | Update | VAC | RGA Scan Post Bake | [Ma, Luis]
After taking the RGA scans of
the new system, here are the results of the |
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376
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Fri Jun 14 13:32:13 2024 |
Liu | Update | Scripts/Programs | COMSOL simulation on rectangular heater elements design | I have been looking at the feasibility
of an alternative heater element design for
FROSTI that replaces the original ring-like |
6x |
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377
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Mon Jun 17 11:47:46 2024 |
Liu | Infrastructure | General | Temporary cooling units for the labs | Below are the temporary cooling units installed
last week in labs 1119 and 1129. They are
the temp. replacement for the building AC |
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380
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Fri Jun 21 11:47:30 2024 |
Liu | Update | Scripts/Programs | COMSOL simulation on alternative straightened heater elements design | In the previous post, we saw
that for the heater element design with straight |
6x |
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387
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Thu Jun 27 11:09:14 2024 |
Liu | Update | Scripts/Programs | Straight edge STEP files and ray loss analysis | Drawings and CAD models of the straight-edge
designs are exported, and are visualized
in SOLIDWORKS. Two are attached. One is a |
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393
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Fri Jul 5 13:17:44 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Four-quadrant FROSTI-like RH for astigmatic thermal actuation for CE optics | In the CE corner layout design and down selection
study, interferometer layouts with large
incidence angles on some of the curved optics |
7x |
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394
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Fri Jul 5 14:12:32 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | CE BS Mechanical Resonances | The butterfly and drumhead mechanical modes
for the aLIGO BS were calculated in COMSOL.
The resonant frequencies for the two acoustic |
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395
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Fri Jul 5 14:23:13 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Engineering drawings for straight edge heater element designs for FROSTI | Step files and engineering drawings for the
straight edge heater element designs have
been created in COMSOL and SolidWorks. They |
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404
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Mon Jul 15 09:36:44 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | ETM Profile Optimization for FROSTI | This is to optimize the FROSTI heating
profile for ETM, by minimizing the residual
RMSE of the HR surface deformation after |
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413
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Mon Jul 29 12:18:52 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on FROSTI O5 ETM profile optimization | Update on FROSTI O5 ETM profile optimization
is attached. |
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414
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Mon Jul 29 12:20:56 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on wavefront actuation with astigmatically driven RH for CE | Update on wavefront actuation with astigmatically
driven RH for CE is attached. |
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415
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Mon Jul 29 12:23:10 2024 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Update on mechanical resonances of CE BS with stiffener ring | Update on mechanical resonances of CE BS with
stiffener ring is attached. |
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455
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Wed Oct 2 14:49:59 2024 |
Liu | Update | | FROSTI ETM actuation | Proposed FROSTI ETM actuation on the HOM7
resonance.
Animation |
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460
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Wed Oct 16 14:13:31 2024 |
Liu | Update | | FROSTI with non uniform absorption scattering sources | Slides |
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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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545
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Tue Apr 1 11:47:08 2025 |
Liu | Update | | | |
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549
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Tue Apr 8 10:47:10 2025 |
Liu | Update | General | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder Update | |
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552
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Tue Apr 15 11:09:37 2025 |
Liu | Update | FLIR | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder Update with robustness study | |
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555
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Thu Apr 17 12:12:29 2025 |
Liu | HowTo | Interferometer Simulations | Preventing Thread Contention in Multiprocessing with Finesse and Cython |
Avoiding Thread
Contention When Using Multiprocessing |
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558
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Tue Apr 22 11:04:31 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder Update with Interferometer Operation | |
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564
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Tue Apr 29 10:59:25 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Test Mass Thermal State Decoder with Updated Comparison Cases | |
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598
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Tue Jun 24 13:47:58 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Alternative FROSTI A# optimization approach | Alternative FROSTI A# optimization approach |
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616
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Tue Jul 29 11:27:57 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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622
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Tue Aug 5 12:21:04 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | FROSTI A# optimization | A# multi-ring FROSTI optimization |
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625
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Tue Aug 12 12:16:21 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# with
static polishing |
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628
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Tue Aug 12 13:32:43 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | | Differences in Fused Silica parameters. |
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633
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Tue Aug 26 12:14:24 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI design for A# with ring heater optimization | Multi-ring FROSTI design for A# with ring
heater optimization |
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639
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Tue Sep 2 12:41:33 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI design for A# with ring heater optimization | [Tyler, Liu]
Ring heater optimization,
continued |
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640
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Tue Sep 2 18:33:38 2025 |
Liu | Infrastructure | General | New lab room 1125 layout and measurement | Action items for facilities
Ceiling lights replacement
Fume |
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643
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Tue Sep 9 12:13:38 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# with grid search | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization based on IFO
metrics for A# with grid search |
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645
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Tue Sep 16 12:18:09 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Grid search optimization for single-ring FROSTI | Grid search optimization for single-ring FROSTI |
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647
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Tue Sep 23 12:39:29 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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649
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Tue Sep 30 12:26:15 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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652
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Thu Oct 9 12:18:14 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | |
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654
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Thu Oct 16 10:31:20 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | Two-ring FROSTI grid search with 4D parameter
space search and visualization |
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655
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Thu Oct 23 10:07:51 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | 4D parameter space visualization and dimensionality
reduction for better optimization |
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658
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Thu Oct 30 11:45:44 2025 |
Liu | Update | Interferometer Simulations | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A# | Multi-ring FROSTI optimization for A#: dimensionality
reduction with PCA vs. t-SNE |
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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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18
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Fri Jan 27 18:44:31 2023 |
Julian | Update | General | Vacuum Chanmber Cleaning | I used the IPA wipes to wipe down the inside
of the chamber the best I could. I cleaned
the main chamber but not any of the connecting |
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