cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:36, Tuesday 05 January 2016 (24697)
alignment of IM2 and PR2 and a failed attempt to save the lock, but left breadcrums to stabilize POP_A_LF
H1 out of Observe at 01:16:37UTC:
H1:LSC-POP_A_LF_OUT dropped and attempts to save the lock with alignment of IM2 and PR2 in yaw were unsuccessful
My theory is that the cumulate drifts in IM1-3 yaw have moved the beam on PR2 and the +51urad change in PR2's yaw alignment are in part due this beam shift.
IM2 yaw alignment offset was changed from 3428 to 3437, a total of 9urad, however I realize now that that added to IM2's overall O1 change.
PR2 yaw alignment offset was changed from 4313 to 4316, a total of +3 urad.
Lockloss at 01:35:56UTC:
There was 4 minutes before lockloss where POP_A_LF was increasing, so I kept the alignment changes and relocked
a couple time H1 reached Low Noise and lost lock due to the earthquake
when H1 returned to Low Noise a third time, POP_A_LF stabilized at 16100 and has stayed there for the entire lock of 3.5 hours.
this lock is better, so moving PR2 "higher" in yaw values (slider and M3 OSEM readings) improved POP_A_LF
should this hold, in future alignments it would be beneficial to move PR2 higher in yaw if possible, and certainly avoid moving it to "lower" yaw values
Summary:
PR2 + direction in yaw is good for POP_A_LF stability, at least tonight