• KAGRA
• Observation
• O4c
• manuals

• Shift Manual

  • In the control room, you can find an A4 printed sheet that contains access information on Miyoki, Uchiyama, Miyakawa, Ushiba, Kimura and R.takahashi.
    • Kamioka Control Room: on the distribution board in the control room.
    • NaoJ Control Room: ?? (Takahashi-san will put)

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• Daily check items

  • Check Items

  • Copy "原紙" at bottom left Tab and paste&rename it with your shift day.

  • At 10:00 and 16:00, check the vacuum, low temperature, water of compressors, and room temperature → enter into Check Items
  • If there is an abnormality, please contact the experts according to the information in column I.
  • Regular checks should also be performed on maintenance days.

• If the interferometer is unstable, follow the Shift Manual.

• If an emergency occurs, such as an alarm sounding, please follow the instructions below.

  • Emargency manual.

• Operators Work Tips (NEED UPDATE)

• If an Expert (+ KAGRA Site staff at the entrance if necessary) needs to enter the KAGRA site.
  • Please contact Miyoki/Uchiyama via mobile phone. If no response, please notice to Miyoki/Uchiyama by SLACK.
  • Please also contact PM(Miyoki),RC(T. Sawada), and CL(Ushiba) by slack to turn off OBS INTENT flag.

• Submit observaton summary to k-log. Reference

• Notification of Event Detection
  • When the L, H, and V detectors identify significant gravitational-wave detection candidates and corresponding significant alerts are issued, automated phone calls with synthesized voices are made to the control room (#2624). This allows shifters and operators to become aware of the candidate events in near real-time. However, no specific action is required in response to these notifications.

• TeamSpeak Communication with LLO, LHO, and Virgo Control Rooms and Colleagues

  • TeamSpeak, the software used to communicate between the KAGRA control room and the control rooms at LLO, LHO, Virgo, or other LVK colleagues, is installed on the control room PC. This TeamSpeak is configured so that when they speak to the KAGRA control room, their voices are played through the speakers. Press the unmute button on the software and respond.