1. Characterization Update
Slade Jokela, Igor Veryovkin, Alex Zinovev

2. Vacuum Chamber Maintenance
Tracked down and repaired large electrical current leak between high voltage and ground 1kV)
Replaced all insulated wires with Kapton wires. This should eliminate fluorine from our chamber. It may take time and further effort to eliminate contamination caused by the old wires.
Still working on pulsing the electron beam. Will resume this work after the conference.

3. Preparations for CAARI 2010
Less than 2 weeks to go
Will finish MgO thickness series this week
Presentation and manuscript will cover the larger efforts of the group as well as differences between XPS, UPS, and SEE measurements obtained over the last 9 months.

4. MgO Thickness Series SEE
2nm and 4nm film thickness (more available)

5. MgO Thickness Series UPS
2nm and 4nm film thickness (more available)

6. MgO Thickness Series XPS
2nm and 4nm film thickness (more available)