Attached are two RGA scans:
Later in the week we will collect more scans to see how the water is falling.
Total pressure at EX before valving in CP was 5e-7 Torr and is now 5e-8 Torr, as expected, as a result of a full order of magnitude decrease in water partial pressure.
Note that the short CPs allow 30% of water molecules to escape past the trap and into BT; long CPs in corner allow only 3% transmission.
EX is currently isolated from BT with a soft closure of GV19. We typically don't operate in this state (BT valve soft closed with a VEA turbo valved in) in case the turbo pump fails and back streams into main volume, possibly seeping past GV o-ring.
Tuesday 2pm RGA scan 26 hours after valving CP into EX volume.
RGA scan after 67 hours with CP8 valved in (plus 2000 l/s turbo).
EX RGA scan after 99 hours with CP8 valved in. This scan was taken one day after we temporarily (8-hr day shift) opened to x-arm.
Correction on short CP H2O transmission. Value is 17.2% (not 30%), per C960963. Long pumps (in corner station) are 2.6% each.