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2015/07/22 (Wednesday)

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Current configuration: DIB1/2/3 → none/none/100MHz → DCRC55/33/50. Overnight bake, no source.
0850 Fill LN2 cold trap Dewar
1010 Insert 1Ci PuBe neutron source into shield at detector level.
1050 Remove source. 40 minute activation with strong neutron source
1055 Stop flashing detector
1128 Find optimal thresholds:
Phonon thresholds
A B C D
DIB1 15 20 20 15
DIB2 20 15 20 15
DIB3 15 15 25 25
Low-frequency noise
DIB1→DCRC55 DIB2→DCRC33 DIB3→100MHz-filter→DCRC50
1133 Tower = 32 mK
1146 Set -4/+4 V, Start data, but DIB1pB and DIB2pA need to be relocked. Stop data.
1149 Start background data run
1206 Stop data, set 0/0 V, flash 30 seconds
1232 Set -4/+4 V, Start background data run
1249 Stop data, set 0/0 V, flash 30 seconds
1314 Set -4/+4 V, Start background data run
1332 All but 1 channel railed at some point. Stop data, set 0/0 V, relock phonon channels, flash 30 seconds
1421 Temperature unstable, suspect that it's something wrong with reading the thermometer. Hitting cable from fridge thermometry caused a 2 mK spike. Remove ungrounding adapter from power strip, returning to previous configuration (so that now the PoEs are again connected to wall ground).
1458 Unplug DCRCs and allow fridge to cool, see if thermometry is stable
1533 Major temperature excursions continue, 37-94 mK for Tower, also seen in MC, 27-45 mK. These seem real, I doubt it's a problem with thermometry.
1541 On the other hand, Cold Plate is stable at 138 mK, which is its usual base temperature. This thermometer is on the other cable, sensor 1. Is there a problem with the sensor 2 cable, which connects to the MC and Tower thermometers? No, this doesn't seem to be the issue: because the MC sensor thermometer (RuOx), which is on sensor 1, seems to be also seeing temperature fluctuations. All the MC-level thermometers are showing fluctuations.
1600 Commence LHe transfer (10.7%).
1608 When the transfer began, it seems that the base temperature began to behave itself. Tower and MC began to cool at a normal rate.
1610 MC/Tower = 27/32 mK and cooling
1640 MC/Tower = 23.9/30.5 mK (best yet I think)
1642 Cease LHe transfer (93.6%).
Fill LN2 cold trap full.
1713 Repower DCRCs. Zap SQUIDs.
1745 Bake overnight.

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