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Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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3585
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Fri Sep 17 17:35:35 2010 |
steve | Update | PEM | cleaned up at 1Y1 PSL rack | Cleaned up cables on the top and bottom.
Vacuumed both areas. We still have some remaining
shading from the MOPA umbilical and more |
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3591
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Mon Sep 20 17:10:10 2010 |
steve | Configuration | PSL | enclosure beam guides to IFO are installed | The PSL out 2" OD beam guide
tube was cut 1.5" shorter to 13.5"
The 10" OD 0.25" |
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3592
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Tue Sep 21 15:33:02 2010 |
steve | Metaphysics | Treasure | Wagonga alart | John Miller has arrived from Australia
with 3 bags of Wagonga Coffee. Trade
bargaining has started on |
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3605
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Fri Sep 24 16:31:35 2010 |
steve | Configuration | General | open frame- rack is moved | The squeezing open frame rack was moved
from the south side of the PSL enclosure
to the north side of the SP table. |
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3611
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Mon Sep 27 08:59:50 2010 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | slow vent has started | Blocked PSL output beam into IFO
Checked: HV at IOO & OMC are
off, jam nuts in position, |
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3616
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Tue Sep 28 14:12:14 2010 |
steve | Update | General | vertex crane drive is out of order | The vertex crane drive is overheating,
it stopped functioning. Service man will
be here tomorrow morning. |
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3624
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Thu Sep 30 09:34:58 2010 |
steve | Update | General | vertex crane trolly drive fixed |
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3626
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Thu Sep 30 13:43:29 2010 |
steve | Update | SAFETY | propane gas smell in control room | The control room's north west corner smelled
like propane gas yesterday around 16:30
We all agreed that the smell was |
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3637
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Fri Oct 1 16:46:20 2010 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | Yuta received 40m-101-safety training | Our visiting graduate student Yuta Michimura
received 40m specific basic safety training
today. |
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3646
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Tue Oct 5 09:26:04 2010 |
steve | Configuration | PEM | moved accelerometers | Accelerometers xyz were moved from IOO-south/west
corner to under PSL table. They were turned
off for ~20 minutes. |
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3654
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Tue Oct 5 17:39:21 2010 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | west access connector removed | Kiwamu, Koji, Yutah, Rana, Jan and Steve
We removed the west access connector
this afternoon. |
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3664
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Thu Oct 7 08:39:39 2010 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | Joonho receives safety training | Our new undergrad Joonho Lee received 40m
specific basic safety training yesterday.
Yuta and Joonho are scheduled to |
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3670
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Thu Oct 7 15:21:51 2010 |
steve | Update | PSL | RF filter for PMC | We got two small RF filter for the PMC
from Valera They are made by http://www.larkengineering.com/
"MC35.5-3-AB" sma, 29300-01 |
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3676
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Fri Oct 8 07:41:42 2010 |
steve | Configuration | SAFETY | 2W laser shutter is closed | The 2 W Innolight shutter is closed and
enclosure door removed. Beam path blocked.
Do not change this condition. |
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3677
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Fri Oct 8 10:38:03 2010 |
steve | Configuration | SAFETY | 2W laser shutter is closed |
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3682
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Fri Oct 8 17:36:16 2010 |
steve | Frogs | Photos | visiting undergrads | Prof Alan Weistein guided the 24 student
through the 40m. His performance was rated
as an enthusiastic 9.5 |
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3688
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Mon Oct 11 10:51:36 2010 |
steve | Update | SUS | OSEMs, OSEMs, OSEMs...those lovely little OSEMs | |
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3698
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Tue Oct 12 16:35:17 2010 |
steve | Configuration | PSL | PSL output monitor in place | Innolight
PSL laser is set to @2.1A , ~1.6W output |
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3733
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Mon Oct 18 09:01:48 2010 |
steve | HowTo | General | How not to | This BNC cable is crying for help. Please
do not do this to me. It should be
reported to the abused center.Throw |
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3745
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Wed Oct 20 16:41:41 2010 |
steve | Omnistructure | General | laser chiller leaving for MIT | |
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3751
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Thu Oct 21 10:44:56 2010 |
steve | Metaphysics | Treasure | 1987 supernova tapes plus....? | I'm cleaning out to make room for our new
optical cabinet. Are we keeping these? There
are ~20 pieces of 10" od |
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3792
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Wed Oct 27 09:02:29 2010 |
steve | Update | Electronics | HP4195A is NOT fixed | www.avalontest.com has fixed the 25MHz
oscillation. Contact: Jim Burnham 760-536-0191
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3808
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Thu Oct 28 09:16:17 2010 |
steve | Update | PEM | welding in the vertex area | Fire-smoke sensors in the vertex area #2-31,
2-30 east, 2-32 south/MC2 and 2-37 old control
room area are turned off to accommodate the |
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3810
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Thu Oct 28 13:01:34 2010 |
steve | Update | PEM | crane repair guys left for the day |
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3832
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Mon Nov 1 10:17:55 2010 |
steve | Update | General | breakers relabelled | Pedro of the electrical shop helped to
retrace wires from the racks to the breakers.
Many wrong labels were replaced. These labels |
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3833
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Mon Nov 1 10:28:41 2010 |
steve | Bureaucracy | SAFETY | Suresh received 40m safety training | Our new postdoc Suresh Doravari received
40m specific safety training last week. |
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3854
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Wed Nov 3 16:49:31 2010 |
steve | Update | General | storage cabinet is in place | The south end of IFO room 104 was reshuffled.
The flow bench was moved all the way to the
south end to create more room for the crane |
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3862
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Thu Nov 4 17:24:49 2010 |
steve | Update | General | conflat flanges for MIT | 8 pieces of 10" CF blanks were shipped
to MIT |
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3864
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Thu Nov 4 17:57:27 2010 |
steve | Update | General | BeamScanner is working again | Koji, Suresh and Steve,
The beam scanner is back from repair.
Koji and Suresh helped to move the I/O address |
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3867
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Fri Nov 5 09:08:14 2010 |
steve | Update | SUS | epoxy | Physical Electronics: Vac-Seal #288-6000
arriving Monday. Our last bag used last week
had a p/n 1002003 with expiration date |
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3894
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Thu Nov 11 11:08:26 2010 |
steve | Bureaucracy | PEM | AP table found open | Please remember to cover the optical tables
! |
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4059
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Wed Dec 15 16:04:49 2010 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | vacuum valves found in default condition | This condition is created when we run out
of nitrogen that holds the valves in set
positions. The Maglev and other turbos are |
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4077
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Mon Dec 20 16:57:58 2010 |
steve | Update | IOO | checking out & closing the vacuum chambers |
Check EQ-stops
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4083
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Tue Dec 21 16:20:09 2010 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | pumpdown has started | Slow pumpdown of |
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4089
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Wed Dec 22 17:24:50 2010 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | slow pumpdown at 12 hours | We have reached 200 Torr at 12 hours of
slow pumping speed. Kiwamu stopped the pumping
for 11 hrs last night .and I restarted it |
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4094
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Thu Dec 23 13:30:09 2010 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | slow pumpdown complete | The pump down continued this morning by
the removal of the butterfly valve. Two roughing
pumps were used to reach 500 mTorr |
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4125
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Fri Jan 7 15:17:37 2011 |
steve | Update | Cameras | ITMX video monitor has tower wide view | The Watec 902, 1/2" CCD camera got
new Tamron lens: 1/2" 10-40mm F/1.4
manual iris. IR corrective lens. It is designed |
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4133
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Tue Jan 11 11:39:45 2011 |
steve | Update | VAC | RGA is turned on | Joe updated the rga procedure in the wiki
and we turned on the filament. It will take
a few days to reach thermal equilibrium. |
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4165
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Tue Jan 18 10:25:23 2011 |
steve | Update | PEM | vertex crane work this week | The crane people are here. The Vertex chambers
are covered with plastic. The PSL HEPAs will
be running on high during the day. |
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4233
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Mon Jan 31 16:12:11 2011 |
steve | Update | VAC | Vertex crane upgrade shorth coming |
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4264
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Wed Feb 9 10:25:46 2011 |
steve | Update | SAFETY | AP table | I blocked the AP table's south west
10" ID port since it is obsolete with
the new layout. |
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4269
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Thu Feb 10 11:16:31 2011 |
steve | Update | PEM | south arm AC turned on | The air condition was off for the south
arm. I turned it on. |
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4273
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Fri Feb 11 09:27:03 2011 |
steve | Configuration | VAC | RGA scan | The RGA scan is normal at day 52 of this
pump down.
Light power BS 1064nm ~25mW, ETMX |
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4274
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Fri Feb 11 16:43:09 2011 |
steve | Update | VIDEO | MC1 & 3 video monitor | I set up video monitoring of MC1 and MC3 |
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4286
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Mon Feb 14 11:23:24 2011 |
steve | Update | SAFETY | enclosure door upgrade | The #3 enclosure door was removed for the
carpenter shop this morning. They will make
5 full size doors with window on each. |
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4290
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Mon Feb 14 17:16:47 2011 |
steve | Update | General | racks, breakers labeled | The south arm labels were changed from
y to x to reflect reality.
So racks, manual disconnects and |
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4337
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Tue Feb 22 11:53:38 2011 |
steve | Update | Electronics | RF Distribution box: assembly completed |
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4338
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Tue Feb 22 14:37:24 2011 |
steve | Update | SAFETY | Larisa received 40m safety training | Larisa Thorne received 40m lab specific,
basic safety training. She will attend P.
King's Basic Laser Safety Training Session |
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4349
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Thu Feb 24 11:18:08 2011 |
steve | Update | SUS | SRM sus-cables | Cheater cables for SRM sus
tied up. They were dangling aimlessly on
the floor. |
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4350
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Thu Feb 24 16:47:26 2011 |
steve | Configuration | PSL | shutter is back on the PSL output | Uniblitz mechanical shutter was placed
into the beam path of the PSL output with
razor beam trap. The output power was 1.39W |
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