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Reports until 14:14, Wednesday 14 June 2017
H1 PSL
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:14, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36893)
Weekly PSL Chiller Reservoir Top-Off (FAMIS #6527)
   Checked Diode and Crystal chillers. Both are OK. Water levels are good and the filters show no signs of either debris or discoloration. Closing FAMIS task. 
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:02, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36888)
Ops Mid-Shift Summary
   Dropped out of Observing for commissioning/calibration work. Took advantage of the commission break to run the A2L repair script. Both Pitch and Yaw are below the reference. 

   Back into Observing after commissioning work finished. 

   The wind has come up to the mid-teens gusting to over 20mph, with a corresponding rise in microseism. No other apparent problems noted at this time.   
H1 General
betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:55, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36887)
HVAC Fan turned on in OSB Optics Lab from 11:10-11:20am PT this morning - turns out it's totally broken

Due to 3 inconsistent signs in the OSB optics lab which stated that the HVAC fan should be on all of the time, Rick and turned it on.  We were anticipating using the small air bake oven on the counter which referenced the fan being on, and then ran into the signs.  We then attempted to follow the signs and turn the fan on, but found that the wall dial would not turn the flow down to the spec on the sign, nor did there appear to be any updraft in the airbake oven.  So, we think the whole airbake exhaust system in the OSB is broke.  We're relocating our bakeout operation to another oven in another building.

H1 CAL
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:34, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36886)
2017-06-14 Calibration Reference Measurements Complete
J. Kissel

I've completed an entire suite of calibration measurements this morning, which contains the first actuator assessment after the May 2017 vent. Preliminary screen shots attached, and svn file locations listed below.

Actuation Function Characterization
    /ligo/svncommon/CalSVN/aligocalibration/trunk/Runs/O2/H1/Measurements/FullIFOActuatorTFs/2017-06-14/
        2017-06-14_H1SUSETMY_L1_iEXC2DARM_25min.xml  == A_{UIM} * C / (1 + G)
        2017-06-14_H1SUSETMY_L1_PCAL2DARM_8min.xml   ==           C / (1 + G)

        2017-06-14_H1SUSETMY_L2_iEXC2DARM_17min.xml  == A_{PUM} * C / (1 + G)
        2017-06-14_H1SUSETMY_L2_PCAL2DARM_8min.xml   ==           C / (1 + G)

        2017-06-14_H1SUSETMY_L3_iEXC2DARM_8min.xml   == A_{TST} * C / (1 + G)
        2017-06-14_H1SUSETMY_L3_PCAL2DARM_8min.xml   ==           C / (1 + G)

Sensing Function Characterization
    /ligo/svncommon/CalSVN/aligocalibration/trunk/Runs/O2/H1/Measurements/SensingFunctionTFs/
        2017-06-14_H1DARM_OLGTF_4to1200Hz_25min.xml  == 1 / (1 + G)
        2017-06-14_H1_PCAL2DARMTF_4to1200Hz_8min.xml == C / (1 + G)
        2017-06-14_H1_OMCDCPDSUM_to_DARMIN1.xml      == C, covering conversion from mA of DCPD sum to DARM_IN1 [ct].
        2017-06-14_H1_PCAL2DARMTF_BB_5to1000Hz_0p25BW_250avgs_5min.xml == broad band excitation to compare PCAL against calibrated Detector Output


Analysis to come. Note that we should likely use (export) H1 PCALY's TX PD (as opposed to RX PD) as our displacement reference such that we're not confused by the RX PD's recently identified temperature sensitivity (see LHO aLOG 36884).
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H1 SEI (SEI)
travis.sadecki@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:22, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36885)
H1 ISI CPS Noise Spectra Check - Weekly

I don't see anything egregious in these plots.  Correct me if I'm wrong.  This closes FAMIS task 6902.

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H1 CAL (CAL, DetChar, FMP)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:28, Wednesday 14 June 2017 - last comment - 13:30, Wednesday 14 June 2017(36884)
H1 PCAL Y RX PD Shows ~1% Deviation in Displacement Due to Residual YVEA Temperature Fluctuations
J. Kissel

Having been bitten by "clipping" in PCALY beforehand, I've gotten into the habit of trending the PCAL's reported test mass displacement before / during calibration measurements. Further, I've been worried that the residual temperature fluctuations after end-station's HVAC upgrade will impact the accuracy of the PCALY's RX PD's reported reported displacement.

Sure enough, the attached trend shows that the residual 0.2 [deg C] diurnal temperature swing is causing a 1.0 to 1.5% deviation in reported displacement. I'm not sure whether to request that the PCAL system be less sensitive to temperature, or if the HVAC system to control the temperature better, but we can't use the RXPD as a fundamental reference, with claimed accuaracy / precision of 0.75% if its impacted by temperature at twice that level.

For record, we're in no way sure that this isn't caused by test mass pitch (also from temperature fluctuations) steering the beam into a spot that has more clipping, if the PCAL periscope's position is oscillating with temperature, it's something inside the receiver box, or something we otherwise haven't considered. That the TXPD's reported displacement remains rock-solid implies that the fluctuations are not on the input side.

For now, I'll record the TXPD as reference during transfer functions.
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jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 13:03, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36889)
J. Kissel

The situation is similar, if not worse on H1 PCAL X -- worse, because the TX PD is also showing a ~1-2% displacement distortion following the diurnal temperature cycle. See attached trend of equivalent channels.
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jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 13:30, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36891)
Opened FRS Ticket 8328, and assigned to Rick Savage.
H1 PSL
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:58, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36882)
PSL Weekly Report - 10 Day Trends FAMIS #6152

The presence of the new diode box is quite evident. Everything else looks normal.

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H1 CAL (DetChar, OpsInfo)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:57, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36883)
Taking IFO for Calibration Measurements
J. Kissel

After discussing with Robert and Keita, I'm taking over the IFO to run post-vent calibration checks for about 1-1.5 hours (assuming we stay at nominal sensitivity). Will post when finished.
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:38, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36881)
Ops Day Shift Transition
Ops Shift Transition: 06/14/2017, Day Shift 15:00 – 23:00 (08:00 - 16:00) - UTC (PT)
State of H1: IFO locked at NLN with 29.7W and 63.3Mpc of range   
Intent Bit: Observing
Weather: Wind is Calm; Skies are clear; Temps in the mid-70s  
Primary 0.03 – 0.1Hz: At 0.009um/s 
Secondary 0.1 – 0.3Hz: At 0.05um/s   
Quick Summary: IFO after recovering from two large EQ in Central America the IFO has been in observing for the past 2.5 hours. The Yaw A2L is a bit elevated. Pitch is OK. Will run the repair script if the opportunity arises. All else appears OK.  
Outgoing Operator: Patrick
LHO General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:00, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36880)
Ops Owl Shift Summary
TITLE: 06/14 Owl Shift: 07:00-15:00 UTC (00:00-08:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 62Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: Jeff
SHIFT SUMMARY: Lost lock at the beginning of the shift from large earthquakes in Mexico and Guatemala. No clear reason for second lock loss. Current lock seems more stable.
LOG:

10:06 UTC Untripped watchdogs
10:09 UTC Attempting to relock
10:19 UTC Starting initial alignment
TMSX had to be moved to get green locked high enough on the X arm, likely because it tripped from the earthquake
10:54 UTC Initial alignment done
11:32 UTC Observing
11:40 UTC GRB
12:07 UTC GRB
12:13 UTC Lock loss
12:56 UTC Observing
13:58 UTC Karen to optics lab
14:15 UTC King soft water through gate. Here to pull water samples.
14:20 UTC Dust alarms in vacuum prep lab
14:23 UTC Ken to warehouse with pickup truck
14:40 UTC Karen out of optics lab
H1 General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 05:52, Wednesday 14 June 2017 - last comment - 05:56, Wednesday 14 June 2017(36877)
NLN
NLN at 12:45 UTC. Current SDF differences attached. Need to determine what to do about H1:ALS-Y_LOCK_STATEREQUEST and H1:ALS-C_LOCK_REQUESTY.
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patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - 05:55, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36878)
Changing H1:ALS-C_LOCK_REQUESTY to Red Locked seemed to fix both. Accepted the offsets.
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - 05:56, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36879)
Back to observing at 12:56 UTC.
H1 General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 05:26, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36876)
Lock loss
Lock loss at 12:13 UTC. I was working on damping PI mode 27 but I don't think it was anywhere near high enough to cause a lock loss. Range had been degrading prior.
H1 General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 04:33, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36875)
Observing
Back to observing at 11:32 UTC. Accepted attached SDF differences.
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LHO General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 04:02, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36874)
Ops Owl Mid Shift Summary
Earthquake has substantially subsided. Finished initial alignment. Attempting to relock.
H1 General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:27, Wednesday 14 June 2017 - last comment - 03:04, Wednesday 14 June 2017(36866)
Earthquake & Lock Loss
Lock loss at 7:06 UTC.

tconvert on GPS time for Seismon gives Jun 14 2017 06:38:54 UTC for time of earthquake and Jun 14 2017 07:15:03 UTC for arrival of R-20 Wave.

Seismon and USGS/Terramon do not exactly agree.
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patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - 00:43, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36868)
Verbal alarms just announced an incoming earthquake at 07:32 UTC. Seismon has updated to the attached screenshot.

07:38 UTC USGS has reported it
07:39 UTC Spike seen on BLRMS
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patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - 00:47, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36869)
07:45 UTC Watchdogs starting to trip
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - 03:04, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36873)

The following watchdogs tripped:

ISI ETMX stage 2

ISI ITMY stage 2

ISI ITMY stage 1

ISI ETMX stage 1

SUS TMSX

ISI ETMY stage 1

ISI ETMY stage 2

 

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LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:46, Tuesday 13 June 2017 - last comment - 14:07, Wednesday 14 June 2017(36857)
Pumping vacuum jacket of CP3's LN2 storage tank at Y-mid
WP #7037

10:30 am, local time -> As found, CP3's dewar vacuum jacket measured 230 microns -> Began pumping using two-stage scroll pump with energize-to-open isolation valve 

Noon, local time -> 140 microns
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gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - 14:07, Wednesday 14 June 2017 (36892)VE

Checked pressure this morning (16:24 UTC/9:24 PDT), and is now sitting at 46 microns.

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