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The Day of Inconclusive Data: Lab Book 2015_01_15

In all likelihood, we’ll go with a resistive measurement, (to detect the superconducting state or lack thereof), using a small lead wire.  The following setup is from an Alfred Leitner video.   We’ll use something even simpler, probably just a lead wire with a four point probe attached.  By the way, if you're new to the game, scroll to the bottom for background information. We could sputter a line of lead onto a glass slide, but I don’t see the benefit yet. Working on finding out what it is. Check this out later in the day per shaping samples: https://plus.google.com/116395125136223897621/posts/9c7dFfZ7ijT I’m performing the check on the resistance of the primary coil as its cooled by liquid nitrogen.  The idea is that yesterday’s increase in output ignal with the superconductor ooled may have noly been do to the primary pulling more current as its resistance ramped down.  Here are a few pictures of the assembly being taken apart for the present...

Calibrating Channels on the NaI Detector: Lab Book 2014_08_14

Lab Book 2014_08_14     Hamilton Carter Summary:   Took several more spectra trying to characterize the behavior of the detector. New to the experiment?  Scroll to the bottom for background. Low Gain linearity run Bias 1100 V Gate Wind0ow 0.5 uS Threshold 1.5mV Attenuation 6 dB Data set HBC_0005 Source Cs 137 taped to window Start Time 8:58 AM Stop Time 11:02 AM Date 2014_08_14 x-y scope V/div 1, 0.5 Shielded? Yes Tube Harshaw B- The source is taped directcly to the window of the detector.  This will give the maximum number of particles from the source impacting the detector.  The counts from these runs will be used to determine the number of counts per second from the source. Picture of the...