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2015/11/09 (Monday)

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Current setup: iZIP mode, DIB1/2/3 → cables → 3.2 MHz filters → DCRC55/33/50.
Overnight: Tower temperature stable. Apparently MIDAS was flashing every 45 minutes, last flash at 4:50.
0805 Tower/MC(H35)/MC sensor/Cold Plate = 31.0/25.4/41.3/159 mK, Still = 1.36 K / 0.11 mbar, G1/G2 = 125/120 mbar, 1K Pot = 1.69 K / 15 mbar, Main bath = 25.8%
0810 Fill LN cold trap Dewar
0811 Start LHe transfer at 24.1%
0905 Finish LHe transfer at 91.1%
0926 Start a MIDAS run of bg data 30 s flash/30 m cooldown/ 30 m data taking finished around 14:00 15:00
0941 Detector inadvertently left baking by MIDAS until 10:42, tower temp reached 0.28 K. Cools normally after turning off LEDs.
1530 Place Soudan Cf source on fridge in shield near detector level, in preparation for MIDAS data
1720 Fill LN2 cold trap full.
1940 Possibly more MIDAS data is being taken, and possibly the source has been changed. But who can say? MIDAS development is done under the strictest secrecy, kinda like Skywalker Ranch.
1945 According to the source log, the Soudan Cf source was removed from the fridge and the Y-88 source was placed on the fridge.

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