TITLE: Dec 25 OWL Shift 08:00-16:00UTC (00:00-08:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
Outgoing Ops: TJ
Quick Summary: RF45 has been acting up. Daniel went in to wiggle some cables but it didn't help. Went back to Observing at 8:17 UTC.
8:41 UTC The RF45 situation seems to have gotten slightly better during the past 10 minutes. Maybe it'll go away Christmas will be saved?
RF45 created a second trigger of the night. Talked to Livingston and was informed that the candidate has already been vetoed so I didn't make a phone call.
TITLE: 12/24: 00:00-08:00UTC (16:00-00:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC"
STATE Of H1: Observing at 9Mpc (currently) for 9hrs
SUPPORT: Daniel
SHIFT SUMMARY: Good shift till about 6:25 UTC when the RF45 noise began to act up. It hasn't left us since.
INCOMING OPERATOR: Nutsinee
ACTIVITY LOG:
Briefly showed up around 06:25 UTC, and now we just got another ~15 second burst. Maybe it will go away...
nds1 died and needed a hard reset.
I noticed that some my nds jobs failed yesterday afternoon when using nds1, I just hoped it would make it through the holidays.
I have increased the heater control at HC1B from 9 to 11ma.
I updated the quad matlab model parameter file with SolidWorks estimates of the test mass and PUM rotational inertias. Previously these values were output from a fitting algorithm using the measured resonance frequencies, see log 10089.
The updated parameter files are quadopt_fiber.m (the generic quad file) and h1etmy.m. quadopt_fiber.m is the general quad file, h1etmy.m is specific to H1ETMY. They are currently identical since we have the most measurements from H1ETMY. Both live in this directory
.../SusSVN/sus/trunk/QUAD/Common/MatlabTools/QuadModel_Production
This update was done because there has been some discussion on the accuracy of the test mass inertias in the model. The solidworks mass values for the test mass and PUM agree with the measured weights to 0.2% and 0.07% respectively. This doesn't tell us the error for the inertias, but since they are small, it is a good sign. Previosuly, the inertias were chosen by the aforementioned fitting algorithm. These had differed from solidworks by 2% in roll (I3x) and yaw (I3z), and 7% in pitch (I3y). Further, Shivaraj pointed out that the pitch inertia from the fit was smaller than the yaw, which can't be true due to the flats on the optic. The assumption is that the solidworks estimates are more accurate.
With the updated inertias on the PUM and test mass, I made a new fit of the model, floating all the d's of each stage, the inertias of the top mass and UIM, the spring stiffnesses, and the vertical stiffness of the fibers. I wouldn’t put too much faith into the accuracy of these values. The best we can do is try to make a model that matches the information we have. If we ever get new or better information (such as good L-P coupling data) we can update the model with that then.
The plots in the first pdf show a comparison of the measured H1ETMY transfer functions to the previous model fit and the new one. They all match pretty well. The new fit appears to match the top mass L to P measurement better.
The plots in the second attached pdf show the ratios of the new fit to the old fit for the damped L to L TFs from all stages to the test mass. The damping loops were imported from those currently running at LHO. These ratios all appear to be within 10% of unity.
rev 7359: now reads foton files for main chain and reaction damping
rev 7436: Changed hard coded DAMP gains to get the correct values for LHO ETMX specifically.
rev 7508: Restored damping filter choice for P to level 2.1 filters as opposed to Keita's modification. Cleaned up error checking code on foton filter files, and allowed handling of filter archive files and files with the full path.
rev 7639: renaming lho etmy parameter file
rev 7642: Adding custom parameter file for each quad. Each one is a copy of h1etmy at this point, since that one has the most available data.
rev 7646: added ability to read live filters from sites, and ability to load custom parameter files for each suspension
rev 7652: updated to allow damping filters from sites from a specific gps time (in addition to the live reading option)
planned future revision - seismic noise will progate through the damping filters as in real life. i.e the OSEMs are relative sensors and measure the displacement between the cage and the suspension.
no recent (at least 4 years) functional changes have been made to this file.
- rev 2731: name of file changed to quadopt_fiber.m, removing the date to avoid confusion with Mark Barton's Mathametica files.
- rev 6374: updated based on H1ETM fit in 10089.
- rev 7392: updated pend.ln to provide as-built CM heights according to T1500046
- rev 7912: the update described in this log, where the solidworks values for the inertias of the test mass and pum were put into the model, and the model was then refit. Same as h1etmy.m.
- rev 7640: created the H1ETMY parameter file based on the fit discussed in 10089.
- rev 7911: the update described in this log, where the solidworks values for the inertias of the test mass and pum were put into the model, and the model was then refit. Same as quadopt_fiber.m.
I've now copied over the h1etmy.m updates to the other quad parameter files: h1etmx.m h1itmx.m h1itmy.m l1etmy.m l1etmx.m l1itmy.m l1itmx.m.
I also updated each parameter file with its repective measured test mass weight from https://galaxy.ligo.caltech.edu/optics/. Note, Kiwamu had already put in the h1etmx test mass weight on Aug 7, 2015.
With the exception of test mass weight, as before all quad parameter files are the same. The intention is to make each file more unique as we collect more information on each suspension (such as test mass weight).
Replotting TF_ratios_damped_M0L1L2L3_to_L3L_2015_12_24.pdf to zoom in on the y axis.
Observing at 78Mpc for 5 hours.
Wind minimal, useism 0.5um/s, CW inj running, LLO on their way up.
TITLE: 12/24 Eve Shift: 00:00-08:00UTC (16:00-00:00 PDT), all times posted in UTC"
STATE Of H1: Observing at 80Mpc for 1 hrs
OUTGOING OPERATOR: Travis
QUICK SUMMARY: Wind <8mph, useism 0.6um/s, CW inj running, PSL 21.9W, LLO is observing as well.
Title: 12/24 Day Shift 16:00-24:00 UTC (8:00-16:00 PST). All times in UTC.
State of H1: Observing
Shift Summary: After a slow start from being down overnight, and a short-lived lock stretch ended by EQs, we are back to Observing.
Incoming operator: TJ
Activity log:
16:04 Hugh to CER to recenter ground STS
16:20 Hugh done
22:40 Gerardo to CP3 for refill
23:00 Gerardo back
I added 125 mL of water to the PSL crystal chiller. The diode chiller level is good.
Manually filled CP3 at 22:42 utc, opened the fill valve by one full turn, time to see LN2 out of the exhaust 3:40 minutes.
Hopefully Santa has some GWs in his bag.
I've learned the process for remotely re centering the STS2 masses. I played with this on STS2-C. The attached plot shows my mucking about.
When I first did this you can see CH21 going from -3000 to -10000. Something less than 5000 counts is centered well enough. It took a few iterations to get CH21 signal back down and I did a few more so to get CH22 under 3000 counts. So this works but it can take several attempts. I'll still be pessimistic about STS2-B which has the mass that swings back and a forth +-14000 counts on each centering. This one may not center well until something else is done
I'm doing the usual tricks of freeing up some disk space on /ligo (compressing old autoburt snap files, removing core files). Don't be alarmed if the free space drops while I am doing this.
done for today. I tarr'ed and gzip'ed the hourly autoburt files for Nov 2014, Dec 2014 and Jan 2015. I also removed all the core files from within /ligo/svncommon (99 of them, 52GB in size). The free disk space went up from 166GB to 338GB, freeing 172GB.
Both L1 and H1 lost lock at times that coincide with the predicted arrival times for a 5.4 EQ on the Southern East Pacific Rise.
There was also a 4.8 near Lakeview, OR at almost the same time.
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the lab The wind it was howling and tilting the slab; Seismic was ringing and microseism was too high To lock the thing up was just not going to fly; The staff were all tucked safe in their beds While visions of more data danced in their heads; The wind it was blowing at just a mere gale When the side of the building sounded like it was pelted with hail; I sprang from my chair to see what was the matter Away to the door to discover what was the clatter; As I opened the door, it was ripped from my hand with such speed, There was just enough time to duck flying tumbleweed; So back to the control room I quickly retreated And sunk into the chair, forced to admit I was totally defeated; This Owl shift was done before it was over With little to do but hope tomorrow would find LHO again in Observing clover; The doors are all locked, and the Guardian’s state is in Down All that is left is to head back into town; But the operator was heard to exclaim as he drove out off the site HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!
Winds are gusting into the high 30 to low 40s. Seismic and microseism are still high and showing an upward trend. Per conservation with the run coordinator earlier this evening, I have decided to abandon the rest of this shift knowing tomorrow will be a better day. To all the LIGO staff and families - Happy Holidays and a very bright 2016. Apologies to Clement C. Moore for taking such liberties with his 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas".
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C. Cahillane I have updated the LHO uncertainty budget, fixed some bugs, and generated fewer, more relevant plots. All calibration versions are included in every budget. I will review the details each version below: C00: No kappas, no static systematics applied C01: No kappas, static systematics applied C02: kappa_tst and kappa_C applied, kappa_pu and cavity pole not applied, static systematics applied C03: "Perfect", so all kappas and cavity pole applied, static systematics applied Whenever I do ratio comparisons between model response functions, the "perfect" C03 model is in the denominator. ***** PDFs 1, 2, and 3 ***** These contain the C01, C02, and C03 uncertainty budgets at GPS Time = 1126259461. (Kappas provided by Darkhan in aLOG 11499. Thanks Darkhan!) Plot 1 is the calibration version response function over C03's response function. Plot 2 is four plots. The mag and phase squared uncertainty components plots and the total mag and phase strain uncertainty by itself. Plots 3-6 are just enlarged versions of Plot 2. ***** PDF 4 and 5 ***** PDF 4 is the Sensing fits and statistics PDF 5 are the Actuation stages fits and statistics ***** PDF 6 ***** This 4 way subplot of all the calibration versions together on one plot. I plot the mag and phase response functions and their ratios. For the C01 calibration version, we have under 7% and 4 degrees of uncertainty (See PDF 1, Plot 2) For the C02 calibration version, we have under 6% and 3.5 degrees of uncertainty (See PDF 2, Plot 2)
C. Cahillane To reproduce these plots, go to the Calibration SVN and go to .../aligocalibration/trunk/Runs/O1/Common/MatlabTools/strainUncertainty_Final_O1.m and open this file. At the top of the file (lines 11-15) you can change the IFO you want uncertainty for (L1 or H1) and the GPS time. Run this file after you change it. The code takes < 5 minutes to run. It should post resulting plots in .../aligocalibration/trunk/Runs/O1/[IFO]/Results/Uncertainty/ where IFO is replaced by H1 or L1.