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2011/05/13

1130 Filled LN2 cold trap.
1400 Start LHe transfer. Helium liquid level 6.0%.
1435 Stop LHe transfer. Helium liquid level 73.4%. Looks like we are shy by 10 l. Nothing unusual occured during this run that could warrant such a large boil-off. The only conclusion is that Prax-Air supplied us with 50 l rather than 60 l. This will cause us problems.
2046 Stop flashing detector.
2230 Tower temperature falling very slowly. Turn on still heater, power 2.0 mW, to improve circulation.
2330 Still heater did the trick. Tower temperature 55 mK.
Start taking data overnight with autorun: take data for 60 minutes; flash for 6 s; cool down for 15 minutes.