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2025/08/01 (Friday)

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  • Lab in-personnel: Himangshu, Yan, Shubham
Status Fridge closed up. ready for LN2 transfer
0950 Cold trap warmed up overnight. Saw ~1 mbar inpurity. Pump out the cold trap.
1000 Flush main bath with Helium.
1020 refill cold trap.
1050 Flush bath and pot with Helium.
1100 Overpressurize bath and pot to 2 psi + atm (I think this is the highest we can do)
1130 introduce two tube lengths of exchange gas. MXP gauge is reading 2 torr.
1200 start LN transfer.
1220 the valve on the tank has a loose cap. LN is popping out. stopped transfer.
1250 Fixed the loose cap . restarted LN transfer.
1300 MC(Cernox) = 285.4K, still = 289.7 K
1300 throughput test: about 10 mBar/min
1340 MC(Cernox) = 187.6K, still = 166.8K
1346 MC(Cernox) = 176.6K, still = 141K
1346 throughput test: about 25 mBar/min
1440 MC(Cernox) = 113.4 K, still = 77.6 K
1446 throughput test: about 55 mBar/min
1454 Put Ping-pong cap on MB exhaust port. should take about 3 hours to reach 77 K. Mix is still circulating.
1600 MC(Cernox) = 86.6 K, still = 70.7 K
1600 throughput test: about 60 mBar/min
1605 Collect mix back to dump by closing V8 and then slowly opening V5. VT is open (slightly), V2 is open.
1830 MC(Cernox) = 77.6 K, still = 69.1 K
1830 Finished collecting mix back to dump. Close all valve (including VT).
1830 Starting electric check.
Detector: S104 Stripline 48
SC: none 77.6 K
Face: 3 Date 08/01/2025
SQUET: ZC-39 Cable 1
Signal Pos. lead Gnd lead Nominal Actual Chassis
(Gnd lead)
Nominal:
< 0.1 nS
SQUID bias A/Ret 4 20 3 - 5 k 1.628 k OK
SQUID bias B/Ret 19 34 1.551 k OK
SQUID bias C/Ret 8 24 — k OK
SQUID bias D/Ret 23 39 — k OK
Feedback A/Ret 37 21 15 - 25 k 8.83 k OK
Feedback B/Ret 2 18 8.28 k OK
Feedback C/Ret 41 25 900 k ?????? OK
Feedback D/Ret 22 6 6.40 k OK
QET A/Ret 3 1, 13, 14, 17, 32 60 - 80 183, 101.3, 96.0, 96.3, 111.5 OK
QET B/Ret 35 29, 33, 47, 48 50.9, 50.9, 78.3, 50.8 OK
QET C/Ret 7 5, 9, 10, 28 52.6, 35.3, 25.8, 40.7 OK
QET D/Ret 38 36, 40, 43, 44 39.3, 39.7, 38.6, 39.0 OK
QET A/QET B 3 35 1000-3000 open
QET A/QET C 3 7 open
QET A/QET D 3 38 open
QET B/QET C 35 7 open
QET B/QET D 35 38 open
QET C/QET D 7 38 6.1k
1940 Electrical check of ZC-70+interposer
Cooldown checkout sheet (rev C SQUET)
Detector: S104 Stripline 41
SC: none 77.3 K
Face: 5 Date 07/28/2025
SQUET: ZC-70 Cable 2
Signal Pos. lead Gnd lead Nominal Actual Chassis
(Gnd lead)
Nominal:
< 0.1 nS
SQUID bias A/Ret 4 20 3 - 5 k open OK
SQUID bias B/Ret 19 34 1.652 k OK
SQUID bias C/Ret 8 24 1.759 k OK
SQUID bias D/Ret 23 39 2.021 k OK
Feedback A/Ret 37 21 15 - 25 k 14.57 K OK
Feedback B/Ret 2 18 9.17 k OK
Feedback C/Ret 41 25 13.81 k OK
Feedback D/Ret 22 6 16.89 k OK
QET A/Ret 3 1, 13, 14, 17, 32 60 - 80 OL, 59.4 0.7 Mohm, OL, OL, OL OK
QET B/Ret 35 29, 33, 47, 48 80.0, 66.4, OL, OL OK
QET C/Ret 7 5, 9, 10, 28 61.8, 47.0, OL, OL OK
QET D/Ret 38 36, 40, 43, 44 50.0, 50.7, OL, OL Ok
QET A/QET B 3 35 1000-3000 22.52 kohm ???
QET A/QET C 3 7 16.74 kOhm
QET A/QET D 3 38 OL
QET B/QET C 35 7 6 kOhm ???
QET B/QET D 35 38 OL ???
QET C/QET D 7 38 OL
LED 1 chassis 42 1.0 - 1.1 V 1.384 1.105
LED 2 chassis 26 1.375 1.69
Motor Coil Y1 pBr3 pBr4 99.4
Motor Coil Y2 pCr3 pCr4 84.6
Motor Coil X1 pAr3 pAr4 79.8
Motor Coil X2 pAr5 pDr3 69.0
Xendstop pAr1 chassis open
Yendstop pDr4 chassis 16 kohm
1931 3rd Electrical check of ZC-13 after connecting to Stripline 43 on Tower Face 2
Cooldown checkout sheet (rev C SQUET)
Detector: S104 Stripline 43
SC: none 82 K
Face: 2 Date 08/01/2025
SQUET: ZC-13 Cable 3
Signal Pos. lead Gnd lead Nominal Actual Chassis
(Gnd lead)
Nominal:
< 0.1 nS
SQUID bias A/Ret 4 20 3 - 5 k 1.776 k OK
SQUID bias B/Ret 19 34 1.870 k OK
SQUID bias C/Ret 8 24 — k OK
SQUID bias D/Ret 23 39 1.941 k OK
Feedback A/Ret 37 21 15 - 25 k 7.64 k OK
Feedback B/Ret 2 18 8.18 k OK
Feedback C/Ret 41 25 — k OK
Feedback D/Ret 22 6 8.59 k OK
QET A/Ret 3 1, 13, 14, 17, 32 60 - 80 99.3, 43.7, 39.3, 39.6, 42.9 OK
QET B/Ret 35 29, 33, 47, 48 42.6, 42.9, 86.9, 42.7 OK
QET C/Ret 7 5, 9, 10, 28 48.8, 39.6, 28.6, 37.0 OK
QET D/Ret 38 36, 40, 43, 44 58.6, 48.2, 47.2, 47.5 OK
QET A/QET B 3 35 1000-3000 open
QET A/QET C 3 7 open
QET A/QET D 3 38 open 86 kOhm?????
QET B/QET C 35 7 open
QET B/QET D 35 38 open
QET C/QET D 7 38 open
1950 Use scroll and then turbo to pump out IVC overnight.
2050 MC(Cernox) = 77.3 K; still = 70.1 K.

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