Laura, Jordan

People have been decreasing the RF45 modulation index as a fix for extreme glitchiness associated with RF45 AM noise (described here among other places). I did a quick check to see if this has any noticeable effect on the rate of background triggers.  I made plots of omicron glitchgrams and trigger rates for times where the modulation index was decreased and for nearby times with modulation index at its nominal level and no other obvious issues (many plots ).  Attached are rate plots from some recent times.

For reference, the nominal plot is from lock # 31 and the decreased plot is from # 39 according to https://ldas-jobs.ligo.caltech.edu/~detchar/summary/O1