| 0030 | Took some time to figure out why trigger rate was so poor. It appears that placing the Cf-252 source too close to the detector seems to saturate the DAQ and kill the event rate. A compromise was reached, where the event rate does appear to suffer a little, but isn't too poor at around 10 Hz. Occasionally it does dip down to 6 Hz, and reaches 12 Hz at some moments. However, this should suffice. |
| | Commence data acquisition with Cf-252 source: 4-hour flash followed by 2-hour cooldown. Sixteen data series each of length 15 minutes, taken at -/+3.5 V bias, interspersed by 6-second flash and 20-minute cooldown periods. OR trigger on phonon channels. |
| 1040 | Fill N2 cold trap full. |
| 1820 | Remove Cf-252 source. Commence data acquisition: 30-second flash followed by 30-minute cooldown. Two data series of length 5 minutes at -/+3.5 V bias, interspersed by 6-second flash and 20-minute cooldown periods. OR trigger on phonon channels. First data series: C2 unlocked. Second data series: all DIB 2 SQUIDs unlocked. |
| 2340 | Commence data acquisition with Cf-252 source: 4-hour flash followed by 2-hour cooldown. Sixteen data series each of length 15 minutes, taken at -/+3.5 V bias, interspersed by 6-second flash and 20-minute cooldown periods. OR trigger on phonon channels. |
| 2345 | Fill N2 cold trap full. |