10.39

CARME XHV chamber pressure 6.0e-12mbar
Backing 2.1e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)

CARME temps - heaters OFF - chamber at ambient 
temperature

All SAES D2000-10 & UHV1400 NEG power OFF
All SAES D2000-10 ion pump ON

#  V/V       presssure/mbar
1  5012      < 8.9e-12
2  5012      < 8.9e-12
3  5012      < 8.9e-12
4  5012      < 8.9e-12

Gate valve open

attachment 1 - analog RGA scan (as found this am)

attachment 2 - scan mode 

c. 11.15

AH partially closes gate valve using c. 2 bar air pressure

VCARME XHV chamber pressure increases c. 7e-9mbar immediately

attachment 3 - RGA scan - no obvious change in RGA trends!

attachments 4 & 5 - VAT valve indicators - upper (partially open/closed) and lower (closed)

11.33 CARME XHV chamber pressure 6.6e-9mbar
Backing 2.2e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)

All SAES D2000-10 ion pump ON

#  V/V       presssure/mbar
1  5012      < 8.9e-12
2  5012      < 8.9e-12
3  5012      < 8.9e-12
4  5012      < 8.9e-12

All SAES D2000-10 ion pump OFF

11.40 CARME XHV chamber pressure 5.64e-9mbar

11.46 CARME XHV chamber pressure 5.01e-9mbar
No change in RGA trends!

12.01 CARME XHV chamber pressure 3.78e-9mbar
No change in RGA trends!

12.11 CARME XHV chamber pressure 3.10e-9mbar

12.42 CARME XHV chamber pressure 1.81e-9mbar
Backing 2.4e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
No change in RGA trends!

13.20 CARME XHV chamber pressure 1.06e-9mbar
Backing 2.4e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
No change in RGA trends!

13.36 CARME XHV chamber pressure 8.93e-10mbar
Backing 2.4e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
No change in RGA trends!

13.59 CARME XHV chamber pressure 7.07e-10mbar
Backing 2.5e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
No change in RGA trends!

14.00 Leybold turbo OFF - decelerating

14.30 Leybold turbo OFF - decelerating - 466Hz
CARME XHV chamber pressure 5.62e-10mbar
Backing 2.1e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
No change in RGA trends!

14.40 1x SAES D2000-10 ion pump switched on briefly - settles in c. 10s - pressure < 8.9e-
12mbar
All 4x D2000-10 ion pumps OFF

15.01 Leybold turbo OFF - decelerating - 125Hz
CARME XHV chamber pressure 4.78e-10mbar
Backing 1.4e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
No change in RGA trends!

15.10 Abrupt increase in RGA trends - see attachment 6
Leybold turbo OFF - decelerating - 60Hz
CARME XHV chamber pressure 4.53e-10mbar
Backing 2.6e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)

15.19 4x SAES D2000-10 ion pumps ON
RGA record 04.24.00 

15.24 see attachment 7 - RGA transient recovering - turbo stopped?

15.10 Leybold turbo OFF - stopped - 0Hz
CARME XHV chamber pressure 4.40e-10mbar
Backing 1.1e-08mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)

All SAES D2000-10 ion pump ON

#  V/V       presssure/mbar
1  5012      < 8.9e-12
2  5012      < 8.9e-12
3  5012      < 8.9e-12
4  5012      < 8.9e-12

16.10 VAT gate valve partially closed
Leybold turbo OFF - stopped - 0Hz
CARME XHV chamber pressure 3.88e-10mbar
Backing 9.8e-09mbar (Edwards vacuum cart w/RGA)
RGA traces recovered to pre-transient levels and stable

All SAES D2000-10 ion pump ON

#  V/V       presssure/mbar
1  5012      < 8.9e-12
2  5012      < 8.9e-12
3  5012      < 8.9e-12
4  5012      < 8.9e-12