Today around 13h50 UTC, I have restarted Hrec after changing its configuration to:
- use the new actuators models that were set on the basis of PCal recent updates and calibration measurements done since August 2023
(those new actuators models were used since April 4 in the test process HrecN)
- use an updated delay of 67 us (instead of 58 us) in the B1 sensing model
- use the bias file /virgoData/Hrec/Hrec_bias_202404.txt that contains the bias and uncertainty on h(t) estimated using the MirNE checkhrec injections done between April 7 and April 10.
This bias is used to unbias online the h(t), these uncertainties are conservative uncertainties provided with online h(t) as Hrec*U00* channels.
Plot1 shows in black the bias and in pink the uncertainties versus frequency provided in this file.
On the basis of what HrecN showed during the last days, the use of these updated actuators models should decrease the BNS range by about 1 Mpc (before unbiasing)
and introduce more bias (plot2).
While, the estimation of DCP frequency and optical gain is a bit more accurate (plot3).