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Vacuum System




HAM from the inside HAM from the outside Effluent analyzer setup



Beam tube sensor Turbo pump assembly Turbo closeup



Viewport installation Viewport installation HAM relocation



HAM relocation Septum installation Septum installation



Spool piece removal aLIGO tube alignment iLIGO tube removal


New IO tube at LLO New IO tube at LLO New IO tube at LHO




LHO X Arm BSC move LHO X Arm BSC move LHO X Arm BSC move



HAM's exposed by removal of an output tube Removing an output tube Moving the LHO Y arm BSC, 6/2011


Views of the Livingston vertex area




Large gate valves are visible above the beam pipes to either side of the chambers
Ion pumps mounted on the beam tube
Inner test mass vacuum chamber with adjacent gate valve


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