We've been seeing the OMC trans camera spot shaking with some lower frequency motion (<100Hz) since the vent. It doesn't seem to be in any IFO signals that we've found so far though, but there's only been a few eyes on this issue (see Jenne's alog79748 for one quick investigation). Looking at the lock from overnight, it seems that the camera was much more stable than previous locks. Yesterday seemed to be some of the worst motion so far (5 day trend and 1 day trend). Trending the OMC QPDs and the OMC ASC I see no difference between the good and the shakey times. (attachment 3). I also would say that it doesn't seem to be affecting our range (attachment 4 and attachment 5). Also nothing seen in other ASC, LSC, or HAM6 CPSs, PEM acc. at HAM6 signals (the other attachments). Next steps would be to take a spectra and start trying to match the frequencies.
Find below range comparison screenshots between a low-range lock from 08/29/2024 after our emergency vent and a high-range lock from 06/17/2024.
Files live in:
/ligo/gitcommon/NoiseBudget/aligoNB/out/H1/darm_intergal_compare/compare_darm_spectra_OM2_hot_vs_cold_no_sqz.svg
/ligo/gitcommon/NoiseBudget/aligoNB/out/H1/darm_intergal_compare/compare_darm_range_integrand_OM2_hot_vs_cold_no_sqz.svg
/ligo/gitcommon/NoiseBudget/aligoNB/out/H1/darm_intergal_compare/compare_cumulative_range_OM2_hot_vs_cold_no_sqz.svg
/ligo/gitcommon/NoiseBudget/aligoNB/out/H1/darm_intergal_compare/cumulative_range_big_OM2_hot_vs_cold_no_sqz.svg
Plots were done using instructions from alog 76935 (+ help from TJ)
Here are some notes about what is limiting at low frequency:
I ran some coherences of the ASC yesterday during the lock. Top left plot shows DHARD to DARM coherences. There is a broadband DHARD Y coherence up to 60 Hz, which I think means we should retune the Y2L gains. See this comment: 79776
Top right and bottom left show CHARD and INP1 coherences to DARM. This is occurring strongly between 10-30 Hz, which I think is a sign the HAM1 FF is no longer performing well. I am working on tuning a new feedforward that we can test.
Finally, the bottom right shows CHARD/PRCL. I included this because it is on my to-do list to tune a PRCL feedforward. Up to 60% of the PRCL noise is coming from CHARD Y. I note this because usually HAM1 FF doesn't do so well for the yaw DOFs, but maybe the PRCL FF will help the CHARD Y/DARM coherence.
Closes FAMIS26324#, last checked 79642
Corner Station Fans (attachment1)
- All fans are looking normal and within range.
Outbuilding Fans (attachment2)
- All fans are looking normal and within range.
Start: 1408981310
End: 1408982722
/ligo/groups/cal/H1/measurements/PCALY2DARM_SS/PCALY2DARM_SS_20240829T154133Z.hdf5
/ligo/groups/cal/H1/measurements/DARMOLG_SS/DARMOLG_SS_20240829T154133Z.hdf5
/ligo/groups/cal/H1/measurements/SUSETMX_L1_SS/SUSETMX_L1_SS_20240829T154133Z.hdf5
/ligo/groups/cal/H1/measurements/SUSETMX_L2_SS/SUSETMX_L2_SS_20240829T154133Z.hdf5
/ligo/groups/cal/H1/measurements/SUSETMX_L3_SS/SUSETMX_L3_SS_20240829T154133Z.hdf5
/ligo/groups/cal/H1/measurements/PCALY2DARM_BB/PCALY2DARM_BB_20240829T153209Z.xml
Thu Aug 29 08:10:55 2024 INFO: Fill completed in 10min 51secs
TITLE: 08/29 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 144Mpc
OUTGOING OPERATOR: Corey
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
SEI_ENV state: CALM
Wind: 2mph Gusts, 1mph 5min avg
Primary useism: 0.01 μm/s
Secondary useism: 0.10 μm/s
QUICK SUMMARY:
IFO is OBSERVING since 23:56 UTC Aug 28 (14 hr lock!)
TITLE: 08/29 Eve Shift: 2300-0800 UTC (1600-0100 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 140Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: TJ
SHIFT SUMMARY: Stayed locked the entire shift, just over 5 hours as of 05:00UTC, calm wind.
LOG:
Start Time | System | Name | Location | Lazer_Haz | Task | Time End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23:58 | SAF | H1 | LHO | YES | LVEA is laser HAZARD | 18:24 |
23:28 | PEM | Robert | EY | n | Grab seismometer | 23:48 |
I've added a change into the H1_MANAGER Guardian that starts a one hour timer when we reach OMC_WHITENING to allow for violin modes to damp down if needed before moving to NLN. While waiting in OMC_WHITENING, the already existing two hour timer to reach NLN once the locking process starts is ignored as violin modes should be damping without the need for intervention. However, once the one hour timer expires, if ISC_LOCK has still not moved to NLN, H1_MANAGER will move to ASSISTANCE_REQ and initiate a call.
I've also removed some lines in the IFO_NOTIFY Guardian which I had added last year (alog72160) that allowed for an additional time after reaching NLN for ADS to converge and switch to camera servos before calling for help. Since the switch from ADS to cameras now happens before reaching NLN, this code is irrelevant.
All of these changes have been saved and loaded.
The 50mhz boost that I added to the SRM M1-M3 offloading back in the beginning of July was added to PRM today during the commissioning window. I haven't looked at data yet, but we were able to lock with it engaged. FM5 has been added to the safe and observe snaps and to the ISC_DRMI guardian.
TITLE: 08/28 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Earthquake
INCOMING OPERATOR: Ryan C
SHIFT SUMMARY: A few lock losses during commissioning time and from an earthquake. We are recovering now and through DRMI.
LOG:
Start Time | System | Name | Location | Lazer_Haz | Task | Time End |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23:58 | SAF | H1 | LHO | YES | LVEA is laser HAZARD | 18:24 |
22:50 | VAC | Travis | LVEA | Yes | Parts recon | 23:01 |
23:22 | VAC | Travis | FCES | n | Parts recon | 23:28 |
23:28 | PEM | Robert | EY | n | Grab seismometer | 23:58 |
TITLE: 08/28 Eve Shift: 2300-0800 UTC (1600-0100 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Lock Acquisition
OUTGOING OPERATOR: TJ
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
SEI_ENV state: CALM
Wind: 11mph Gusts, 9mph 5min avg
Primary useism: 0.08 μm/s
Secondary useism: 0.14 μm/s
QUICK SUMMARY:
Closes FAMIS 28368
The processing and plotting code were both giving me some trouble, from not creating the coefficient files in /opt/rtcds/userapps/release/sus/common/scripts/quad/InLockChargeMeasurements/rec_LHO_charge_coeff/, and a bad ITMX measurement from July making shapes not match.
ITMXs measurement is also possibly not good, as it was complaining about its data structure and I was not able to process it.
raise ValueError("no Fr{{Adc,Proc,Sim}}Data structures with the "
ValueError: no Fr{Adc,Proc,Sim}Data structures with the name H1:SUS-ITMX_L3_ESDAMON_DC_OUT_DQ
The charges seem stagnant
Just lost lock from a 6.0 in El Salvador. We will begin relocking as soon as it settles down a bit.
Back to observing at 23:56 UTC
Closes FAMIS 26005 , last checked in alog79586
HAMs:
Things look much calmer now, except for HAMs 7 & 8 still look as they did previously.
BSCs:
Things again are much calmer.
We have a preliminary report for the calibration status of LHO after the vent recovery, based on the measurement taken in LHO:79691. The report can be found here. Taking a look at the PCALY to (GDS-CALIB_STRAIN_CLEAN) DARM broadband injection, there is an elevated amount of error between 30 and 60Hz. It would be worth considering to update the calibration at the next available opportunity, but it isn't pushing us beyond 10% mag/10deg phase yet. This is also corroborated by the monitoring page here. N.B. I used pcal to GDS instead of to DELTAL_EXTERNAL because the GDS channel is already calibrated to meters for us.
I was able to new SRCL and MICH feedforward using the iterative method. Measurements were taken in alog 79693.
The current MICH FF is performing well except for below 30 Hz, so that's where I targeted in my fit. SRCL needed some improvement everywhere.
The new MICH filter is saved and loaded in FM8 and the new SRCL filter is saved and loaded in FM5. They are both labeled with the date '8-27-24'.
To compare how these filters are performing, I would use the templates Oli saved in the above alog, but first save the live trace as a reference to compare against.
I have not yet done the PRCL fit because I want to see how SRCL performs, and maybe redo the PRCL injections before trying the fit.
Here is some more information about the fits.
First, my MICH fit caused a lockloss this morning because I forgot to the check the phase on the filter. Sometimes, the phase gets flipped during the fitting. Usually, I compare the sign of the phase with the previous filter in foton and adjust accordingly, but I forgot to do it this time (rookie mistake). I have double checked the new SRCL filter phase and fixed the MICH phase.
Attached are two screenshots of the fittings. First, the MICH fitting compares the current filter, labeled as "reference 1" with the red trace which represents the new fit. The bottom right plot compares the fit residuals. You can see from this plot that the most improvement occurs at low frequency, with some small improvement at mid frequency. The SRCL fitting has many more traces, but compare the orange "current fit" trace with the trace labeled "best with less HF gain". This has more improvement almost everywhere. There is an increase in gain at high frequency, but it is less than an order of magnitude, so I think it's ok. The new fit also has reduced the high Q feature around 300 Hz that was potentially injecting noise. There is a factor 5-10 improvement between 10-50 Hz that will help the most.
These have now been tested, SRCL passes, MICH fails.
The SRCL screenshot compares Oli's SRCL measurement from four days ago with the "current" filter, and the new "trial" filter that I applied today. There is clear improvement everywhere (except for a small worsening between 100-200 Hz), so I think we should use this filter.
The MICH screenshot compares Oli's MICH measurement from four days ago with the "current" filter, along with "no FF" and "trial". The trial did what I promised, and reduced the coupling between 10-20 Hz, but clearly at the sacrifice of the noise everywhere else. I think we should stay with "current".
I am changing the guardian to select this new SRCL filter (FM5) in "lownoise length control" and the gain back to 1. There will be an SDF observing diff for SRCLFF1 that can be accepted by the operator.
Some thoughts about MICH FF:
In my opinion the hardest region to fit is between 10-20 Hz because of the presence of some high Q features, such as around 17 Hz. It would be worth considering what is causing those features- perhaps some bounce/roll notches. Do we still need those notches, or could they be briefly turned off during a feedforward injection? That might make the low frequency portion easier to fit and therefore easier to achieve good subtraction 10-30 Hz.
Looks like these are maybe BS M2 LOCK L FM10. We can try turning them off I suspect. Foton says they have a 2 second ramp, so should be okay to turn off just before the measurement (I'm not sure if we need them all the time, but maybe we do).
Today Sheila took another injection of PRCL for me so I could fit a new feedforward. The fit looked promising, however once it engaged it apparently caused oscillations everywhere, and I turned it off fast enough to avoid lockloss (thanks Corey and Ibrahim!). I checked the phase and gains beforehand, no high Q features, etc so I don't know what could be the issue.
I ran A2L while we were still thermalizing, might run again later. No change for ETMY but the ITMs had large changes. I've accepted these in SDF, I reverted the tramps that the picture shows I accepted. I didn't notice much of a change in DARM or on the DARM blrms.
ETMX P
Initial: 3.12
Final: 3.13
Diff: 0.01
ETMX Y
Initial: 4.79
Final: 4.87
Diff: 0.08
ETMY P
Initial: 4.48
Final: 4.48
Diff: 0.0
ETMY Y
Initial: 1.13
Final: 1.13
Diff: 0.0
ITMX P
Initial: -1.07
Final: -0.98
Diff: 0.09
ITMX Y
Initial: 2.72
Final: 2.87
Diff: 0.15
ITMY P
Initial: -0.47
Final: -0.37
Diff: 0.1
ITMY Y
Initial: -2.3
Final: -2.48
Diff: -0.18
I am not sure how the A2L is run these days, but there is some DARM coherence with DHARD Y that makes me think we should recheck the Y2L gains. See attached screenshot from today's lock.
As a reminder, the work that Gabriele and I did last April found that the DHARD Y coupling had two distinct frequency regimes: a steep low frequency coupling that depended heavily on the AS A WFS yaw offset, and a much flatter coupling about ~30 Hz that depended much more strongly on the Y2L gain of ITMY (this was I think before we started adjusting all the A2L gains on the test masses). Relevant alogs: 76407 and 76363
Based on this coherence, the Y2L gains at least deserve another look. Is it possible to track a DHARD Y injection during the test?
Since I converted this script to run on all TMs and dofs simultaneously, its performance hasn't been stellar. We've only run it a handful of times, but we definitely need to change something. One difference between the old version and the new is the frequencies the injected lines are at. As of right now, they range from 23-31.5Hz, but perhaps these needs to be moved. In June, Sheila and I ran it, then swapped the highest frequency and the lowest frequency to see if it made a difference (alog78495) and in that one test it didn't seem to matter.
Sheila and I are talking about the AS WFS offset and DHARD injection testing to try to understand this coupling a bit better. Planning in progess.