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Commissioning Strategy Meeting (2023/3/3)

• 2 months + 3 week to O4a start (24 May)
  • Golden Week holidays(3-7 May)
  • GWADW2023 (21-27 May)

• We need a noise budget curve for discussion about the strategy. Please announce that without observation range, we can upload a sensitivity curve in the Klog.->Comissioning leader (Miyakawa-kun)

• Daily commissioning strategy is necessary!
  • More precise time sharing and assignments are necessary.

  • Can we work in KAGRA from am 5:00 ?? -> Consult with Ohashi-san

  • How much late is allowed in the night?? -> Consult with Ohashi-san

  • Discussed with Ohashi-san. Safety management is the issue.
• Topics on the sensitivity enhancement
  • Seismic noise isolation of OMC?? (~ 6 months??)
    • where is the noise due to the "normally expected" seismic noise?
    • Some selection

      • no opening vacuum tanks <- low seismic noise environment to realize 1-3Mpc

      • opening vacuum tanks <- if scattered light ? new injection path is also possible.

    • TMPs were off on OMC/SRM at present.-> Done

    • Seismic noise is still larger than O3GK now.

    • Can we reach the O3GK sensitivity level if we can realize the low seismic noise level? -> Washimi-kun -> We can reduce or not

    • According to Washimi-san's evaluation, even though we achieve low seismic noise like O3GK, 1Mpc observation range is difficult. We need more.

      • Results of evaluations

      • Action list to realize low seismic noise.

    • We shall do the tasks in the list to obtain better sensitivity. Then we will do injection test and hummring test. Finally, we will decide whether we open OMC to install the beam dump or not.
    • If we open OMC, what should we check?
      • scattered light on the cable? that was identified by Akutsu-kun.

      • Design of beam dump

      • Bleade spring resonance? No data.
      • Up conversion noise implies scattered light noise?

        • OSTM swing to check the scattered lights? -> Ushiba->Swing test has been done. No excess noise found.

        • Slow actuation of suspension -> PEM team -> Nochance this week.

        • Hummering/acoustic test? ->After sensitivty improvement.

• There are stble noises in the current sensitivity such as ADC noise and so on. We need a noise budget curve for discusion about it.
  • 3 mirrors(IX, IY, EY) cooling(~2 months(assuming "1 month for one mirror" and "one cooling in one arm at the same time".)
    • How much commissioning time will be used for
      • suspension height adjustment
      • drifting
      • PY/L coupling adjustment

      • resonance mitigation control in -> minor adjustment is enough, mainly in gain.

    • What is the milestone -> Please decide who set the milestone. Miyoki-san.
    • Cryocooler effects is serious or not? According to Yamada-kun's thesis, no effect for the designed sensitivity.
      • We can check by just operating motors.
      • We get peak noises nad enhanced noises for the frequency range of 10~100Hz.
      • Seismic noise comparison?
      • We will measure sensitivity curve with stoping 4 cryocoolers for the duct cooling of IXC and IYC next week for the short time as like 5 min.

    • Can we cool during O?-> No discussion.

  • Control of PRFPMI+DC

    • ADS/ASC/WFS for arms to mitigate the contrast fluctuation -> Ushiba->Next week with Aso-san.

      • mysterious off set problems
      • under investigation.
      • Check the TMSX to kill scattered light.

      • ETMY covering -> check effect

      • ADS in FPMI
    • Enhance OMC lock-acquire stability?

      • more guardian improvement(Ushiba, Aso)->Improve has been done.No further problem at present.

    • More dynamic range of PNC-X? -> we have enough stuffs to make more mirror mounts with PZT.

      • Realignment of GR-XY after changing the temp in tne corner station. -> Ushiba, Miyoki.

  • Laser -> Since Miyakawa-kun is absent, no discussion.

    • HPL usage for IFO (120W to Toyama U, Characterized New 60W to KAGRA)
      • After noise-hunting

    • HPL in Toyama U (new 60W characterization -> KAGRA, Repair of 120W from KAGRA)

      • Laser power increase strategy -> Arm cavity instability mainly of Pitch.

        • Many measures were prepared. So this pitch can be suppressed. Not so serious.
    • What is the milestone to change HPL
      • 1Mpc ?
      • noise budgeting?
      • PLL adjustment is bothering us!!
    • ISS
      • below 3Mpc line. However, bad alignment will produce a line noise.

  • Noise hunting, reduction, budgeting -> We need a noise budget curve.

    • MICH

      • noise budgeting is important. -> We will update MICH noise budegt curve after feed forward. --> <<Priority 1!!>>

      • Sweptsine measurement is better.
      • Gain tuning? Not so much, Almost Constant.
    • PRCL

      • noise budgeting is important.-> We will update PRCL noise budegt curve after feed forward.

    • Suspension control around <100Hz for some suspensions

      • local control optimization(filter correction) to reduce the contrast fluctuation? -> Ushiba + alpha

      • no problem in IMC controls

      • we need a summary!!(http://172.16.34.76/past_data_viewer/fig_nb/2023/0215/noise_budget_2023-02-15_12:05:26.png)

        • upload this link in JGWdoc/Dac wiki? -> Yuzurihara-kun

    • Suspension control around the micro-seismic area
      • try the bottom filter dumper sensor correction in L
      • Terrence method trial in future
    • PEM/DetChar activities

      • IMC injection test <<Priority !!>>

      • https://klog.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/osl/?r=24247 <<Priority !!>> -> Some strategies.

    • Whitening filter apply
      • Main channel application seemed to be OK.
      • For IMC(Oplev, QPD, ...) it will be applied.
        • Frequency band? What is the strategy?

        • Any evidence ADC noise is dominating the present QPD. -> Calculation is necessary -> Evidence is obtained? Dark noise?

    • REFL power up

      • 10 times larger than before now, still smaller than O3GK case. <- Contrast fluctuation problem affects.

        • Power-up timing is important.
        • CARM control noise is where.

          • Even the boost was applied, the expected reduction cannot be obtained in DARM. -> Ushoiba-kuns klog.

  • MISC

    • Remove unnecessary stuff from the isolated area, especially around OMC. -> Miyoki -> Hayakawa-san is working.

    • OMC: some cabling should be reset. -> Miyoki -> Please check by Aso-san next week.

    • Environment cleaning. -> Miyoki

• Vacuum related

  • SRM vacuum sensor problem. -> A spare is ready. Replacement will take long time. One day is necessary.

• Topics on maintenance for the long operation
  • Vacuum stuff

    • Ion pump operation estimation -> Who (Kimura, next week) -> Next week schedule.

    • -> do as soon as possible.

    • TakahashiR-san maybe. + Takahashi-san, Yasui-san
    • Operated Ion pumps: MCE-MCF, IFI-IMMT, PR2-PR3, BS-GVbsy, BS-GVbsx, SR3-SRM, OMMT-OMC. Total 7.
    • Stopped TMPs: MCF-MCE, PR3-PRM, PR2-PR3, BS-PR2, BS-GVbsy, BS-GVbsx,BS-SR2, SR3-SRM, OMMT-OMC. Total 9.

    • changes of sensitivity

    • changes of oplevs

  • Cryo-coolers
    • We need maintenance after O4.
    • High purity helium gas is neccessary for the maintenance. preparation has already started.
  • Air conditioning Coolers/heaters -. Miyoki

  • SR-C was stooped

  • Seasonal water drainage
    • Yarm pumping mid March - mid May

    • amount of water in Yarm is increasing

  • Electric ground