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11947
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Fri Jan 22 18:46:03 2016 |
rana | Update | Green Locking | AUX-X AM/PM investigations | The PDA photodetectors are DC coupled,
so you cannot use them to go directly into
the analyzer. Must use the DC block so that |
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11946
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Fri Jan 22 17:22:06 2016 |
gautam | Update | Green Locking | AUX-X AM/PM investigations | There were a number of directories in /users/OLD/mott/PZT/2NPRO,
I've used the data in Innolight_AM_New.
Also, I am unsure as to what their "calibration" |
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11945
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Fri Jan 22 13:33:37 2016 |
ericq | Update | Green Locking | AUX-X AM/PM investigations |
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11944
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Fri Jan 22 11:33:20 2016 |
gautam | Update | Green Locking | AUX-X AM/PM investigations | I was trying to characterize the AM/PM
response of the X end laser. I tried to measure
the AM response first, as follows: |
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11943
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Fri Jan 22 01:56:01 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | Audio ALSX | I hooked up the ALSX DFD output to the
fibox, and used the adjustable delay line
to set the phase properly. I recorded the |
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11942
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Thu Jan 21 18:34:04 2016 |
rana | Update | LSC | PSL and AUX-X temperatures changed | Is the black ref spectrum from this year
or from May of 2015 or ?
I wonder if the noise is a bunch |
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11941
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Thu Jan 21 00:02:11 2016 |
Koji | Update | LSC | Hopeful signs | That's a good news. Only quantitative
analysis will tell us if it is true or not.
Also we still want to analyze the |
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11940
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Wed Jan 20 23:26:10 2016 |
gautam, rana | Update | LSC | PSL and AUX-X temperatures changed | Earlier today,
we did a bunch of stuff to see if we could
improve the situation with the excess ALS-X |
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11939
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Wed Jan 20 09:36:11 2016 |
Steve | Update | SUS | ETMX damping restored | ETMX suspension damping restored.
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11938
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Wed Jan 20 02:53:18 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | Hopeful signs | [ericq, Gautam]
We gave DRFPMI locking a shot,
with the ALS out-of-loop noises as attached. |
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11937
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Tue Jan 19 17:54:39 2016 |
gautam | Update | LSC | ALSX Noise still anomalously high | While carrying out my end-table power investigations,
I decided to take a quick look at the out-of-loop
ALSX noise - see the attached plot. The feature |
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11936
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Tue Jan 19 17:27:58 2016 |
gautam | Update | Green Locking | AUX X power investigations | Last week, Eric and I noticed that the
green transmission levels at the PSL table
seem much lower now than they did a month |
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11935
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Tue Jan 19 10:25:53 2016 |
Steve | Update | SUS | EQ 3.6M Ludlow | Just an other local earthquake 3.6 Mag
Ludlow, Ca
No obvious sign of damage |
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11934
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Thu Jan 14 18:41:36 2016 |
rana | Update | WienerFiltering | Noise Subtraction Puzzler | Just not just pedagogical ! Freq
domain MISO coherence based subtraction estimation
is much faster than calculating MISO WF. |
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11933
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Thu Jan 14 15:08:37 2016 |
ericq | Update | WienerFiltering | Noise Subtraction Puzzler | The anticlimatic resolution to my subtraction
confusion: Spectral leakage around 1Hz. Increasing the
FFT length to 256 sec now shows that the |
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11932
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Thu Jan 14 13:44:05 2016 |
Steve | Update | SUS | earthquake 3.6M | No obvious sign of damage.
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11931
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Thu Jan 14 02:33:37 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | ALSX Noise still anomalously high | [ericq, Gautam]
We checked the UGF of the AUX X
PDH servo, found a ~6kHz UGF with ~45 degree |
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11930
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Wed Jan 13 18:36:00 2016 |
gautam | Update | LSC | restoration of green beat electronics | In preparation for tonight's work,
I did the following:
On the PSL table: |
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11929
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Tue Jan 12 19:38:31 2016 |
gautam | Update | LSC | Frequently making noise | EDITS
15Jan:
Schematic |
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11928
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Tue Jan 12 08:40:06 2016 |
Steve | Update | PEM | Air cond maintenance | Air condition maintenance is happening.
It should be done by 10am |
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11927
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Tue Jan 12 07:54:23 2016 |
Steve | Update | SUS | ETMX damping restored | PMC locked and ETMX suspension damping
restored. |
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11926
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Tue Jan 12 03:03:55 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | Frequently making noise | Gautam will soon follow up with detailed
analysis, but here is a brief summary of
some of our activities and findings. |
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11925
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Mon Jan 11 19:01:56 2016 |
gautam | Update | LSC | PLL Marconi Investigation | EDIT 01/12/2016 6PM:
I've updated the plots of the in-loop |
6x |
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11924
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Sat Jan 9 00:39:15 2016 |
gautam | Update | LSC | AUX Y Freq Noise re-measured |
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11923
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Fri Jan 8 22:37:17 2016 |
Koji | Update | General | New WiFi router | I configured a new wifi bridge for a GPIB
Instruments.
The some facts are described on |
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11922
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Fri Jan 8 20:02:49 2016 |
rana | Update | LSC | AUX Y Freq Noise measured | Unless this is the limit from the way you
guys set up the PLL, it seems like there's
no difference between the two lasers that's |
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11921
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Fri Jan 8 14:47:33 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | AUX Y Freq Noise measured | Here are some results from measuring the
PSL / AUX Y beat.
With the Y end laser, I was able |
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11920
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Thu Jan 7 19:04:25 2016 |
Koji | Update | LSC | AUX X Freq Noise measured | The next step is to compare this data with
the same measurement with the PSL and the
AUX laser on the PSL table (or the end Y |
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11919
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Thu Jan 7 16:52:32 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | AUX X Freq Noise measured | Here is some of the promised data. As mentioned,
changing diode current and crystal temperature
didn't have much effect on the frequency |
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11918
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Thu Jan 7 15:29:54 2016 |
ericq | Update | WienerFiltering | Noise Subtraction Puzzler | The puzzle continues...
I found some reference for computing
"multicoherence," which should |
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11917
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Thu Jan 7 04:28:39 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | AUX X Freq Noise measured | [ericq, Gautam]
Brief summary of tonights work:
Locked Marconi to AUX X |
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11916
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Wed Jan 6 16:40:49 2016 |
ericq | Update | General | New WiFi router | The new wifi router, a Netgear R6400,
has been installed, next to the old one which
is disconnected (but not yet removed). |
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11915
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Wed Jan 6 10:58:03 2016 |
Steve | Update | General | projector light bulb is out | Projector light bulb ordered
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11914
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Wed Jan 6 08:09:04 2016 |
Steve | Update | PEM | 4.5 Mag Banning EQ | IFO restored after 4.5 Mag Banning, Ca
earthquake. |
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11913
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Tue Jan 5 17:19:57 2016 |
rana | Update | safety | Rat trap locations | In the modern times, people use glue traps
to catch rats instead of springs. They are
less hazardous to people and don't spread |
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11912
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Tue Jan 5 16:33:45 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | AUX X Freq Noise attempt | Turning on the MCL path (in addition to
the MCL FF we always have on) let me lock
the PLL for multiple seconds, but low frequency |
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11911
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Tue Jan 5 15:48:16 2016 |
Steve | Update | safety | Rat trap locations | Please look around when working close to
these five locations. Use flashlights or
leave lights on. |
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11910
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Tue Jan 5 13:17:06 2016 |
rana | Update | LSC | AUX X Freq Noise attempt | The problem here is that the MC displacement
noise is leading to large frequency excursions
of the PSL beam. Options |
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11909
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Tue Jan 5 09:48:52 2016 |
Steve | Update | PEM | Rat trap moved | Our janitor confirmed that Q was not hallucinating
about this animal. The dropping size indicating
a good size one in the IFO room. |
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11908
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Tue Jan 5 02:54:38 2016 |
ericq | Update | LSC | AUX X Freq Noise attempt | [ericq, Gautam]
We set out to lock a marconi to
the IR fiber beat of PSL + AUX X to measure |
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11907
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Mon Jan 4 16:45:11 2016 |
gautam | Update | Green Locking | Y-end AUX PDH noise breakdown | Summary:
I've
re-measured the noise breakdown for the Y-end |
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11906
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Mon Jan 4 16:09:54 2016 |
gautam | Update | Green Locking | Y end laser (Lightwave) PZT calibration | Summary:
I
redid this measurement and have now determined |
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11905
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Mon Jan 4 14:45:41 2016 |
rana, eq, koji | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | nodus pwd change | We changed the password for controls on
nodus this afternoon. We also zeroed out
the authorized_keys file and then added back |
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11904
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Wed Dec 30 11:09:52 2015 |
Steve | Update | SUS | 4.4M EQ | Suspensions recovered after 4.4 Mag EQ
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11903
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Mon Dec 28 14:12:23 2015 |
Steve | Update | SUS | 4.2M EQ | Suspensions are recovered after 4.2 Mag
earth quake. No obvoius sign of damage.
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11902
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Sat Dec 26 10:34:43 2015 |
Steve | Update | General | today | PMC locked manually and PRM sus damping
restored. |
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11901
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Wed Dec 23 16:15:47 2015 |
rana | Omnistructure | ALARM | fire alarm | Fire alarm went off several minutes ago.
Talked to security and they said there was
no fire. It beeped twice again just now. |
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11900
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Wed Dec 23 15:43:02 2015 |
rana | Summary | PSL | PMC FSS IMC RF summing box | The EOM upstream of the PMC is used as
the phase corrector for the FSS/IMC servo.
It is also used to apply the 35.5 MHz PDH |
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11899
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Wed Dec 23 03:27:04 2015 |
rana | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | LHO EPICS slow down | https://alog.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=24321
This LHO log indicates that EPICS
slow down could be due to NFS activity. Could |
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11898
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Tue Dec 22 16:44:03 2015 |
gautam | Update | General | FS725 Rubidium reference - REPAIRED |
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