Here is the list of commissioning task for the next 7-14 days:
Locking team:
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L2P decoupling of L1/ESD in ETMX.
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Common hand-off to transmitted power.
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Lock interferometer.
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Improve automatic search for red resonance.
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Check RF power on 2f detectors.
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Keep investigating lock losses.
Alignment team:
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Make EY green WFS work again.
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Install EX green WFS auto-centering hardware.
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Commission an arm alignment controls topology which can be used for initial alignment.
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Integrate green WFS into initial alignment.
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Revise initial alignment scheme.
Miscellaneous:
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Optimize Michelson contrast defect using ITMY TCS/CO2 laser.
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Investigate long-term alignment stability of mode cleaner ISS.
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Add an "ISS engaged" state to the IMC guardian.
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Document the tidal compensation/length relief strategy.
RF:
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Make an assessment of RF cross talk into the IMC AOM.
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Investigate EMI radiation by the VCOs and the fixed frequency OCXO.