Reports until 22:00, Friday 06 September 2024
LHO General
ibrahim.abouelfettouh@LIGO.ORG - posted 22:00, Friday 06 September 2024 (79960)
OPS Eve Shift Summary

TITLE: 09/07 Eve Shift: 2330-0500 UTC (1630-2200 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Lock Acquisition
INCOMING OPERATOR: Ryan S
SHIFT SUMMARY:

IFO is ALIGNING (Initial Alignment)

We have been experiencing weirdly short locks <2hrs for the last 5 locks. While locking itself is easy and automatic, it seems that as we approach the 1.5 hr mark, the HAM6 ISI gets saturated (at least in my 3 locks in last day or so). Additionally, PI 24 has been ringing up but damping slower than in the last few shifts. Moreso, we're getting ALS locklosses with no immediately apparent reason (No EQs and no Microseism). I've had to do an intiial alignment for both my lock acquistions. The last one happened 30 minutes before shift-end but I plan to investigate it in tomorrow's shift.

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