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H1 DetChar (DetChar)
keith.riles@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:31, Sunday 18 September 2016 - last comment - 10:33, Friday 23 September 2016(29783)
Looking at narrow lines in last night's H1 data
I took a quick look at six hours of 30-minute SFTs automatically
created by FScans this morning (thanks for setting the intent bit!),
to see if recent line mitigation attempts have reduced the amplitude
of the 1-Hz and other combs at low frequencies. Unfortunately, 
the low-frequency noise floor is too elevated to say much yet
about that mitigation success, but in the band 28-32 Hz, where
last night's noise is lower, there do seem to be fewer and lower-level
lines, including reduced amplitudes for the 1-Hz comb with a ~0.25-Hz offset.

Please note that the 56.84-Hz comb reported in the ER9 data
(present but weaker in O1 data)  remains quite strong.
There are other strong lines present, too, but I gather noise-hunting
is just getting started. The 56.84-Hz comb suggests a DAQ problem
somewhere, as noted before.

The attached plots show different bands of O1 data (narrow black curves)
superposed on last night's data (broad red swath). In each case, an 
inverse-noise weighting is used, to suppress periods of elevated noise.

Figure 1 - 10-2000 Hz
Figure 2 - 10-28 Hz
Figure 3 - 28-32 Hz
Figure 4 - 32-50 Hz
Figure 5 - 50-100 Hz
Figure 6 - 100-200 Hz
Figure 7 - 200-1000 Hz
Figure 8 - 1000-2000 Hz

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keith.riles@LIGO.ORG - 14:13, Wednesday 21 September 2016 (29881)
Ansel just brought to my attention this alog entry by Robert identifying a 56.8-Hz line
with the EX HWS. In that entry Robert suggests isolating the HWS power supply at EX 
as was done at EY (if I understand correctly) or shutting off the HWS during O2.
Is there any reason to leave either HWS on during O2? The 56.84-Hz comb was
visible at a low level in O1 data.
ansel.neunzert@LIGO.ORG - 10:33, Friday 23 September 2016 (29941)

Update after looking at this + subsequent lock stretches (through last night):

  • The 1-Hz comb with 0.5 Hz offset (targeted by LED reprogramming in the timing system) looks improved, but is not entirely gone.
  • The 1-Hz comb with 0 Hz offset seems to be slightly stronger.
  • Good news: the near-2Hz comb (targeted by re-powering & reprogramming the CPS timing fanout) is not visible.

These results are pretty consistent across the recent locks. Attached: a representative plot of these combs in the 30-50Hz region in 2 hours of the most recent lock stretch.

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