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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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1795
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Mon Jul 27 09:34:07 2009 |
steve | Summary | IOO | Aligning the mode cleaner |
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1802
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Wed Jul 29 11:15:06 2009 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | Kevin receives safety training | Kevin Vigue, our high school summer student
went through the 40m specific safety traning
yesterday. |
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1831
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Wed Aug 5 07:33:04 2009 |
steve | DAQ | Computers | fb40m is down | |
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1838
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Wed Aug 5 16:33:50 2009 |
steve | Configuration | PSL | new PSL output iris | I installed an improvised version of PSL
output beam iris at the output periscope
last week. |
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1840
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Thu Aug 6 09:05:29 2009 |
steve | Update | VAC | large O-rings of vacuum envelope | The 40m-IFO vacuum envelope doors are sealed
with dual viton O-rings and they are pumped
through the annulos lines. |
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1852
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Fri Aug 7 09:50:57 2009 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | IFO pressure rose to 2.3 mTorr | IFO pressure was 2.3 mTorr this morning,
The Maglev's foreline valve
V4 was closed so P2 rose to 4 Torr. The Maglev |
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1864
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Fri Aug 7 19:34:40 2009 |
steve | Summary | VAC | UPS failed | The Maglev is running on single phase 220V
and that voltage was not interrupted.
TP1 was running undisturbed with V1 and V4 |
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1865
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Fri Aug 7 19:55:08 2009 |
steve | Summary | VAC | opening V1 when PTP1 is broken | The swapped in 307 convectron gauge controller
is very likely to have the RS232 connection
wired differently from the old one. |
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1931
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Thu Aug 20 09:16:32 2009 |
steve | HowTo | Photos | Control Room Workstation desks lowered to human height |
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1937
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Mon Aug 24 16:48:57 2009 |
steve | HowTo | VAC | new UPS installed |
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1943
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Tue Aug 25 18:42:42 2009 |
steve | Update | PSL | reference cavity temp box temporarly out of order |
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1948
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Wed Aug 26 14:45:14 2009 |
steve | Update | PSL | PSL-FSS_RCTEMP of 4 years | The reference cavity vacuum chamber temp
is plotted starting Feb 22 of 2005
This plot suggest that the MINCO |
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1952
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Wed Aug 26 16:31:34 2009 |
steve | Update | PSL | reference cavity temp box temporarly out of order |
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1958
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Thu Aug 27 16:14:28 2009 |
steve | Summary | OMC | burned photodiode | Old -pre 6/2009 LLO DCPD 3 mm od
GTRAN photodiode |
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1961
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Fri Aug 28 15:30:15 2009 |
steve | Configuration | General | POX rfpd removed | I removed POX rfpd to see how it is mounted
on its base. It is here on the work bench
just in case someone wants to use it the |
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1962
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Tue Sep 1 11:23:36 2009 |
steve | Update | General | electrical ground | I was told yesterday, that on Friday the
construction people accidentally ripped out
one of the 40m soil ground.....AND HOW MANY |
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1963
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Tue Sep 1 13:52:06 2009 |
steve | Configuration | General | POX rfpd is back & needs alignment |
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1965
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Thu Sep 3 11:20:26 2009 |
steve | Update | General | electrical ground in place |
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1974
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Tue Sep 8 16:01:52 2009 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | RGA was separeted from IFO | The RGA isolation valve VM1 was closed
since Aug 24, 2009 I installed the
new UPS that time. |
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1980
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Wed Sep 9 10:13:31 2009 |
steve | Bureaucracy | General | the use of FAX machine, scanner & toaster |
You said that the use of FAXST
was forbidden for phds and graduate students. |
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1987
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Tue Sep 15 15:46:05 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | PEM and VAC | FSS_RMTEMP is moving up and daily
fluctuations are less . 120 and
16 days plots are below. |
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1993
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Fri Sep 18 16:26:02 2009 |
steve | Summary | PSL | Neslab chiller is OK | Rob found puddles of water very close to
the chiller during lunch time. We raised
the unit and took the side cover off. All |
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2031
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Thu Oct 1 08:37:43 2009 |
steve | Update | SUS | suspention damping restored and MZ HV stuck | Earthquake
of magnitude 5.0 shakes ETMY loose.
MC2 lost it's damping later. |
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2033
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Thu Oct 1 10:23:00 2009 |
steve | Update | PSL | MC2 damping restored again | The EQ did not change the input beam
pointing. All back to normal, except MC2
wachdogs tripped again. |
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2097
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Thu Oct 15 09:23:07 2009 |
steve | Summary | Locking | never had it so good | Awesome 5 hrs of locking Rob! |
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2102
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Fri Oct 16 10:15:02 2009 |
steve | Update | IOO | IP ang & pos recentered | Pointing stability of 4 days. Initial pointing
does not go through suspended optics. It
is launched right after the Piezo Jena |
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2115
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Mon Oct 19 11:00:52 2009 |
steve | HowTo | SAFETY | 40m safety training | Kiwamu, Alex and Zach are practicing mandatory
IR-safety scan at the 40m-PSL
40m specific safety indoctrination |
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2124
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Tue Oct 20 10:46:18 2009 |
steve | Update | IOO | clipping IP-ANG beam at ETMX chamber | Initial pointing beam is clearly clipping
on 2" pick off mirror in ETMX
vacuum chamber. |
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2132
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Thu Oct 22 08:45:58 2009 |
steve | Update | IOO | IP ang & pos recentered |
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2137
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Fri Oct 23 09:13:45 2009 |
steve | Summary | VAC | RGA scan | Pump down #66 is 435 days old. RGA scan
is normal. New maglev is fine. New UPS is
in place but not hooked up to communicate. |
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2142
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Mon Oct 26 15:40:01 2009 |
steve | Update | PSL | laser power is down | The laser power is down 5-6% |
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2155
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Wed Oct 28 09:12:18 2009 |
steve | Update | PSL | PMC power on the rise? | The PMC power is seems to be on the rise,
( MOPA_AMPMON is dropping ?) but I do not
think it is real. We have Santa Anna wind |
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2156
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Wed Oct 28 14:39:10 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | after the tour of the 40m | Illuminators and PSL lights turned off.
HEPA filter speed increased from 20 to 100% |
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2164
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Fri Oct 30 09:24:45 2009 |
steve | HowTo | MOPA | how to squeeze more out of little |
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2190
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Fri Nov 6 07:55:59 2009 |
steve | Update | Computers | RFMnetwork is down | The RFMnetwork is down. MC2 sus damping
restored. |
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2191
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Fri Nov 6 09:17:53 2009 |
steve | Omnistructure | PEM | PSL HEPAs turned on | The PSL enclosure HEPAs turned on at 30% |
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2207
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Mon Nov 9 08:43:16 2009 |
steve | Update | SUS | MC2 damping restored | MC2 damping restored, MZ locked and
the arms are flashing now. |
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2234
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Wed Nov 11 09:48:04 2009 |
steve | Update | IOO | where is IOO-RFAMPD_DCMON ? | RFAMPD_DCMON disappered on Nov 5, 2009 |
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2248
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Thu Nov 12 09:43:29 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | construction has started at CES | The concrete floor cutting has begun
next door at CES |
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2272
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Mon Nov 16 09:37:41 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | construction is getting noisier |
ATM1: Seismometers are saturating,
suspensions are OK |
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2297
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Thu Nov 19 09:25:19 2009 |
steve | Update | MOPA | water was added to the laser chiller | I added ~500 cc of distilled water to the
laser chiller yesterday. |
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2298
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Thu Nov 19 09:48:54 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | construction effect | 8 days plot: Thurdsay, Friday, Sat and
Sun without construction |
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2312
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Mon Nov 23 10:11:03 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | long term temp fluctuation of the 40m lab |
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2313
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Mon Nov 23 11:03:00 2009 |
steve | Update | SUS | jackhammer special well under control |
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2314
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Mon Nov 23 16:28:12 2009 |
steve | Summary | Cameras | Video swicher options |
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2370
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Wed Dec 9 09:07:32 2009 |
steve | Update | PEM | high seismic activity | The construction activity is shaking the
tables in the control room. The compactor-
large remote controlled jackhammer is in |
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2377
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Thu Dec 10 08:43:25 2009 |
steve | Frogs | Environment | diesel fumes are less |
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2388
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Thu Dec 10 16:51:35 2009 |
steve | Update | VAC | pumpdown will start tomorrow morning | The vacuum system is at 760 torr
All chambers with doors on and their annuloses
are pumped down. |
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2394
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Fri Dec 11 08:35:04 2009 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | pumpdown has started | Oplev positions before and after drag wiped
arm TMs as of yesterday. Slow-mode pumpdown
has started with 3/4 turn opened RV1 |
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2400
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Fri Dec 11 15:21:40 2009 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | pumpdown#67 is completed |
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