Reports until 16:03, Wednesday 31 May 2023
H1 General
ryan.crouch@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:03, Wednesday 31 May 2023 (70039)
OPS Wednesday day shift summary

TITLE: 05/31 Day Shift: 15:00-23:00 UTC (08:00-16:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Commissioning
SHIFT SUMMARY:

Lock #1:

Picket Fence seismometer data is back

Quick lockloss @ 18:03UTC, possibly a fast LSC ringup at 10Hz. The lockloss tool still seems to be having trouble, this lockloss isn't showing up on it.

Lock#2:

No luck on DRMI or PRMI, AS_AIR looked like something was badly aligned and I couldn't get any flashes on the fast buildups so I went into an initial alignment

I had to intervene at green arms, where I had to tap ETMY in yaw less than a microradian and it caught after increase flashes finished and it was struggling in ENGAGE_WFS. After SRC alignment AS_AIR was still very yawed and ASC_AS_A on IR_INIT_ALIGN ndscope (bottom right plot) was only around 3 instead of 4/5, so I adjusted SRM in yaw (~110 microradians) to maximize peak to trough for the ASC_AS_A signal and to get a more symmetrical AS_AIR spot

DRMI locked itself almost immediately after the IA finished.

PI31 successfully damped during INJECT_SQUEEZING

NLN @ 19:48UTC, In Observing @ 19:56UTC

For IY5/6 first off I'm trying a sign flip, a gain of -0.01. Looks promising based on the drive converging, the narrow, and the broad monitors, based on DARM spectra (0.01 BW) this setting brings down IY5/6 by ~10% per hour based on a hour of damping. I also stepped up the gain on IY4 from 0.08 to 0.4 in a few steps and it damps much faster, I also tried stepping up IY8s gain but didn't see any appreciable difference.

Out of Observing at 21:01UTC for planned commissioning work: SQZ (angle tuning, NoSQZ reference, tuning for SRCL offset), SRCL offsets, PRCL OLG...

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Start Time System Name Location Lazer_Haz Task Time End
15:13 FAC Kim Optics lab LOCAL Technical cleaning 15:35
15:33 FAC Tyler Mids N work on strainers for HVAC 18:09
15:39 CDS Johnathan MSR N DMT work, replacing h1dmtlogin 16:48
16:21 VAC Janos MidX N Check on pump 16:55
17:53 FAC Kim MidX N Technical cleaning 18:46
20:26 FAC Bubba MidX/Y N Equipment search 21:26
21:00 LSC, SQZ,... Jenne, Elenna, Sheila CR N Commissioning work Ongoing
21:40 FAC Christina Receiving N Roll up doors 22:00
21:28 FAC Richard Carpenters shop N   21:40
21:54 VAC Janos, Jordan MidX N Hepta pump check, Mech room 22:14
22:19 FAC Richard FCES N Search for equipment 22:30