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2014/05/23

0850 Filled LN2 cold trap full. Data acquisition began before the cold trap was full.
1530 Tower temperature is a little high at 76.4 mK. Hopefully, Cf-252 data acquired overnight looks fine. Vent main bath for 5 minutes to see if this improves matters.
1645 Tower temperature has lowered to 75.3 mK and appears to be stable. Appears as though venting did improve situation.
Commence data acquisition with Ba-133 source: 30-second flash followed by 45-minute cooldown. Four data series each of length 15 minutes taken at -/+3.5 V bias, followed by 4 data series each of length 10 minutes taken at +/-3.5 V bias. Each data series separated by 6-second flash and 20-minute cooldown periods. OR trigger on phonon channels.
1735 DAQ rate struggling a little. Move Ba-133 source a little further away to top of nu-metal shield. Seems to have helped.
2350 Commence data acquisition with Cf-252 source: 30-second flash followed by 45-minute cooldown. Twenty-four data series each of length 10 minutes, taken at +/-3.5 V bias, interspersed by 6-second flash and 20-minute cooldown periods. OR trigger on phonon channels.