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2018/06/14 (Thursday)

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Setup: DIB1/3/4 → 3.2 MHz filters 2/3/1 → cable 3/1/2 → gender changer 3/?/2 → HVConn 1/3/2 → HV 1/2 → DCRC55(1)/DCRC50(3)
0927 G1/G2 = 76/72 mbar, P1 = 1.6 mbar, V6=13.4%, Tower = 900 mK, 1K pot = 1.47 K / 4.5 mbar. MB = 72.4%. 1K pot has been stable like this for the past 10 hours
0935 Fill LN2 cold trap full.
0936 Open V6 → 13.6%. Condenser pressure decreasing slightly to 72 mbar, probably due to the cooling LN2 trap.
0945 Open V6 → 13.8%. Condenser pressure starts to rise slowly.
1004 Condenser pressure is flat at 81 mbar. P1 has fallen to 0.7 mbar
1005 Open V6 → 14.0%. Condenser pressure starts to rise slowly and P1 starts to decrease.
1020 Condenser pressure has flattened out at 86 mbar. P1 = 0.40 mbar, Tower = 850 mK, 1K pot = 1.47 K / 4.5 mbar
1022 Open V6 → 14.2%. Condenser pressure starts to rise slowly
1050 Condenser pressure = 92 mbar increasing very slowly. P1 = 0.28 mbar, Tower = 825 mK, 1K pot = 1.44 K / 4.0 mbar
1055 Open V6 → 14.4%. Condenser pressure starts to rise slowly.
1200 Condenser pressure flattens out at 97 mbar. Tower = 611 mK
1201 Open V6 → 14.6%
1206 1K pot has been falling slowly for the last hour from 4.5 mbar to 3.5 mbar. Open 1K pot needle valve +10 degrees. P2 peaks at 650 mbar, then starts to oscillate around 20 mbar
1210 Condenser pressure = 101 mbar, Tower = 538 mK
1220 Open V6 → 14.8%.
1227 Condenser pressure stays flat at 102 mbar. P1 = 0.18 mbar. Tower = 500 mK. 1K pot = 1.58 K / 13 mbar and falling slowly.
1230 Open V6 → 15.0%.
1240 Condenser pressure stays flat at 102 mbar, P1 = 0.15 mbar, Tower = 430 mK, 1K pot = 1.56 K / 11 mbar and falling slowly.
1241 Open V6 → 15.2%.
1257 Condenser pressure stays flat at 103 mbar, P1 = 0.13 mbar, Tower = 365 mK, 1K pot = 1.55 K / 9.5 mbar and falling slowly.
1258 Open V6 → 15.4%.
1315 Condenser pressure stays flat at 101 mbar, P1 = 0.11 mbar, Tower = 310 mK, 1K pot = 1.54 K / 8.5 mbar and falling slowly.
1316 Open V6 → 15.6%.
1324 Condenser pressure stays flat at 101 mbar, P1 = 0.11 mbar, Tower = 291 mK, 1K pot = 1.56 K / 8.5 mbar and falling slowly.
1325 Open V6 → 100%.
1411 Condenser pressure flat at 104 mbar, P1 = 0.036 mbar, Tower = 172 mK, 1K pot = 1.53 K / 7.0 mbar and falling slowly.
1412 Open V14 to let remaining mix into circulation. Condenser pressure starts rising.
1433 Condenser peaked at 220 mbar, now at 207 mbar. P1 = 0.9 mbar. 1K pot = 1.5 K / 6 mbar. Tower = 127 mK
1435 Open 1K pot needle valve +10 degrees
1556 Condenser = 120 mbar and falling slowly, P1 = 0.11 mbar, Tower = 58.6 mK and falling, 1K pot = 1.54 K / 8 mbar
1607 Close V14. P1 drops from 0.11 mbar to 0.036 mbar. Maybe there was still some mix coming out of the dump? Looking at P1's pressure history, it does seem that it hadn't quite settled yet. Re-open V14. P1 returns to 0.10 mbar.
1623 1K pot = 1.54 K / 7.0 mbar. Open 1K pot needle valve +10 degrees. P2 spikes to 110 mbar before oscillating about 25 mbar
1625 Condenser = 113 mbar, P1 = 0.075 mbar, Tower = 54.1 mbar
1640 Fill LN2 cold trap full.
2005 G1 = 118 mbar, P1 = 0.04 mbar, Tower bottomed out at 36 mK, now risen to 51.6 mK, 1K pot = 1.51 K / 6.0 mbar
2220 G1 = 191 mbar, P1 = 0.045 mbar, Tower has again decreased to 38.4 mK, 1K pot = 1.44 K / 4.0 mbar

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