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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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222
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Thu Jan 3 09:55:11 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | etmy sus damping restored | ETMY watch dog was lost at midnight |
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225
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Fri Jan 4 08:42:03 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | etmy trips again | ETMY sus damping tripped at 6am this morning
It was reset. We should put an accelerometer
to the south end to see
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226
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Mon Jan 7 09:01:39 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | BS sus damping restored | The BS sus damping was lost at 8am Sunday
morning. |
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232
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Thu Jan 10 10:38:02 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | etmy damping restored | The IST building onstruction has really started
yesterday and continuing today with big heavy
ground breaking
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233
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Thu Jan 10 12:08:23 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | why did the BS move? | |
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235
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Thu Jan 10 15:04:04 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | illuminator light effect on BS position | The bs chamber illuminator light was turned
on this morning and left on.
Earlier on Rana noticed that the bs moved.
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237
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Mon Jan 14 14:41:09 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | etmy sus damping restored & mz relocked | Tree days trend of MZ HV drift is typical
these days.
So as the etmy sus inability to hold damping |
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254
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Wed Jan 23 09:27:55 2008 |
steve | Update | | etmy sus damping restored | Seismis event trips etmy |
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255
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Wed Jan 23 11:41:06 2008 |
steve | Update | PEM | sulfur smell in 40m | Led - acid car batteries were overcharged
in the machine shop next door
and sulfuric acid smell is coming over to |
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258
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Thu Jan 24 11:52:56 2008 |
steve | Update | PEM | the mud is cleaned up & MOPA shutter is opened | Safety glasses are required again!
I have just opened the mopa shutter.
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264
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Fri Jan 25 09:22:21 2008 |
steve | Update | PEM | burned toast award goes to | DYM for collaborating with the enemy.
In order to minimize the number of ants visiting |
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299
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Wed Feb 6 09:17:31 2008 |
steve | Update | PEM | IST building construction continoues | The bulldosers at work |
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308
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Mon Feb 11 14:24:19 2008 |
steve | Update | PEM | more earthquakes | ITMX and ITMY sus damping restored after Baja
earthquake 5.1 mag at 10:29 this morning.
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322
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Tue Feb 19 10:14:13 2008 |
steve | Update | VAC | rga logging needs help | The rga head and controller are running fine,
but the data logging is not. |
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325
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Wed Feb 20 11:34:17 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | laser head temp is up | MOPA head temp is running at 20.3C now
Nomally it is at 18.5C |
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326
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Wed Feb 20 16:24:37 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | the laser is recovering slowly | Head temp is still 20.5C and decreasing slowly.
Power output 2.9W
NPRO power 22 mW is increasing as head is |
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327
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Thu Feb 21 09:56:26 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | the laser is back | The laser and the psl recovered.
The water chiller temp is 19.98C and head
temp 18.4C
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335
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Fri Feb 22 14:45:06 2008 |
steve | Update | MOPA | laser power levels |
At the beginning of this 1000 days plot shows
the laser that was running at 22C head temp
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351
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Mon Mar 3 09:25:33 2008 |
steve | Update | VAC | rga scan logging is working now | [quote][quote]The rga head and controller
are running fine, but the data logging is
not.[/quote]
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352
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Mon Mar 3 13:58:10 2008 |
steve | Update | Computers | RFM Network are down | The CODAQ_RFNETWORK are down, except C1SUSVME
& AWG |
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365
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Fri Mar 7 19:04:39 2008 |
steve | Omnistructure | PSL | laser pointer | Green laser pointer was found in my desk.
I blamed Rana for not returning it to me
after a conference talk.
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385
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Thu Mar 20 15:28:20 2008 |
steve | Update | VAC | tp2 's drypump replaced | The fore pump of tp2 was replaced at fore
line pressure 998m Torr |
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388
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Fri Mar 21 09:02:03 2008 |
steve | Update | VAC | tp 2 failed | Small turbo #2 is the forepump of the maglev.
It failed last night, shut down the maglev
and interlock closed V1
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409
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Wed Apr 2 15:03:51 2008 |
steve | Update | General | reflectivity of black glass | The reflectivity of black glass, shade 12
was supplied by Donald O'Shea
of Emerald Glass Inc., Westlake, OH 44145
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417
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Mon Apr 7 18:58:49 2008 |
steve | Update | General | reflectivity of SS304 | The reflectivity of stainless steel 304 super
polished # 8 was measured the same way as
elog entry 409
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418
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Tue Apr 8 09:08:54 2008 |
steve | Configuration | PEM | weather station disconnected | We can not leave cables in the walkways and
go on vacation.
I disconnected the weather station from the |
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423
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Thu Apr 17 15:00:59 2008 |
steve | Update | VAC | vac controller computer to be replaced | Now that Rosalba is up and running someone
should step forward to volunteer for this
job.
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443
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Thu Apr 24 15:57:53 2008 |
steve | Configuration | SAFETY | Safety at AP-ISCT | I measured the output power of the psl after
the mechanical shutter.
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450
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Fri Apr 25 15:44:21 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | scattering measurments | In pursuit of a low back scattering, high
power beam dump we looked at materials such:
polished copper, polished aluminum, diamond |
6x |
462
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Thu May 1 08:31:51 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | earthquake trips etmy & mc1 | Earthquake at Lake Isabel magnitude 4.4 at
1am today shakes the 40m
ETMY and MC1 watchdogs tripped.
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465
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Mon May 5 15:53:14 2008 |
steve | Update | VAC | drypump replaced & readbacks are out | The small turbo pump of the annulus system
is tp3
It's drypump was replaced at 1.4 Torr after |
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472
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Fri May 9 08:40:24 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | ETMY sus damping restored | ETMY lost damping at 19:10 last night.
There was no seismic event than.
Sus damping was restored this morning. |
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474
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Tue May 13 10:15:52 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | restored damping of BS & PRM | I think our janitor was cleaning too heavy
handedly.
The BS and PRM sus damping were lost.
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475
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Tue May 13 10:38:28 2008 |
steve | Update | Computers | rfm network is down | The RFM network went down yesterday around
5pm
Only c1susvme1 is alive but it's timing is |
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478
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Thu May 15 10:40:21 2008 |
steve | HowTo | General | Lisa Goggin, PhD | Lisa Goggin successfully defended her thesis
on May, 13 2008
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487
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Mon May 19 11:49:57 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | etmy oplev laser replaced | The 9 years old Uniphase HeNe was replaced
by a new JDSU 1103P
Power output ~3.5 mW, reflected light back |
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488
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Tue May 20 09:28:42 2008 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | safety traning for 40m | Tara Chalernsongsak, new gradstudent for K.
Libbrecht was introduced to the basics of
the 40m operations. |
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491
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Thu May 22 11:21:45 2008 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | early surf sudent | Caltech under grad Eric Mintun received the
40m safety training.
Now he has to read and sign SOP of laser |
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502
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Wed May 28 14:19:47 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | kaleidoscope of psl | atm 1: scattering psl table optics from the
top of the output periscope f4, 60s @MOPA
3 W
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504
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Thu May 29 16:32:09 2008 |
steve | Update | SUS | etmy oplev is back | I relayed the optics for ETMY-oplev as shown
in pictures below.
The reflected beam goes directly to the qpd |
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505
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Thu May 29 16:49:49 2008 |
steve | Bureaucracy | Photos | Yoichi has arrived | Yoichi had his first 40m meeting. We welcomed
him and Tobin, who is visiting, by sugar
napoleons that
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516
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Wed Jun 4 10:18:52 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | wedged SS beam trap | I moved the SS trap over to the psl table.
Texas super # 8 was used from the large shipment.
TXs#8 scattering measured as before, meaning |
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523
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Fri Jun 6 15:56:00 2008 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | Yoichi received safety training | Yoichi Aso received 40m specific safety training. |
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524
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Fri Jun 6 16:10:51 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | HEPA filters are running at 100% | The psl HEPA filters were turned up to run
at 100% to accommodate beam trap work on
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 |
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528
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Tue Jun 10 08:37:18 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | beam trap is being tested | High power beam trap is being tested just
west of FSS area on psl enclosure.
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529
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Wed Jun 11 11:45:25 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | ss trap works | The trap works well at 3 W level. No back
reflected beam coming out of the trap on
low power
|
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550
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Fri Jun 20 17:42:48 2008 |
steve | Update | PSL | SS trap scattering compared to black glass trap | Circular SS304 trap was compared to wedged
black glass trap.
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581
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Fri Jun 27 09:20:15 2008 |
steve | Frogs | PEM | dust particle count is up & alarm handler is on | This 3 years plot show the trend of seasons.
When outside air quality goes bad ( 0.5 micron
> 1 million ) the lab follows.
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600
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Mon Jun 30 08:59:23 2008 |
steve | Update | IOO | IOO-MC_DEMOD_LO is low | The alarm handler is beeping relentlessly:
asking for help in high partical count and
low demod signal |
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608
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Tue Jul 1 09:26:33 2008 |
steve | Update | Computers | RFM network is down | |
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