Monday, February 3
AM: Why and How to Go Beyond 2KHz and Below 10Hz I
Convenors: E. Coccia, S. Finn |
| 08:00 |
S. Meshkov (CIT)
J. Kelly (ACP) |
Welcome |
| 08:10 |
S. Finn (Penn State) |
Between and Beyond: Sources and Science |
| 08:35 |
Discussion |
| 08:40 |
V. Kalogera (NWU) |
NS-WD Event Rates Relevant to GW Frequencies Below 10 Hz |
| 09:05 |
Discussion |
| 09:10 |
Break |
| 09:40 |
F. Rasio (NWU) |
NS-WD Mergers In-between Interferometer and LISA Bands; NS-NS Mergers with f~2 kHz |
| 10:05 |
Discussion |
| 10:10 |
C. Miller (U of MD) |
Intermediate-Mass BH and Gravitational Radiation |
| 10:35 |
Discussion |
| 10:40 |
D. Shoemaker (MIT) |
Status of Advanced LIGO |
| 10:55 |
Discussion |
| 11:00 |
Adjourn |
Monday
PM: Why and How to Go Beyond 2KHz and Below 10Hz II
Convenors: E. Coccia, S. Finn |
| 04:30 |
E. Coccia (U of Rome) |
Introduction |
| 04:40 |
Discussion |
| 04:45 |
M. Cerdonio (Padova U) |
Dual Detector |
| 05:10 |
Discussion |
| 05:20 |
A. de Waard (Leiden U) |
MiniGRAIL |
| 05:45 |
Discussion |
| 05:55 |
Break |
| 06:20 |
A. Rüduger (Garching) |
ASTROD |
| 06:45 |
Discussion |
| 06:55 |
N. Seto (Osaka U) |
DECIGO |
| 07:20 |
Discussion |
| 07:30 |
Adjourn |
Tuesday, February 4
AM: Strategies for Extensions to Low Frequencies I
Convenors: R. DeSalvo, N. Robertson |
| 08:00 |
G. Cella (U of Pisa) |
Going Underground to Reduce Newtonian Noise |
| 08:25 |
Discussion |
| 08:30 |
S. Sato (NAOJ) |
Noise Experience of the 20m Run 1 km Underground in the Kamioka Mine |
| 08:55 |
Discussion |
| 09:00 |
Break |
| 09:30 |
S. Rowan (Stanford/Glasgow U) |
Improving Future Interferometer Sensitivities at Low Frequencies Using Cooled Silicon |
| 09:55 |
Discussion |
| 10:00 |
T. Uchiyama (ICRR) |
Present Status of LCGT |
| 10:25 |
Discussion |
| 10:30 |
A. Giazotto (INFN) |
Some Ideas on a 4K Cryogenic Detector |
| 10:55 |
Discussion |
| 11:00 |
C. Hardham (Stanford) |
The Hydraulic External PreIsolator (HEPI) |
| 11:25 |
Discussion |
| 11:30 |
Adjourn |
Tuesday
PM: Strategies for Extensions to Low Frequencies II
Convenors: R. DeSalvo, N. Robertson |
| 04:30 |
D. Ottaway (MIT) |
QND |
| 04:55 |
Discussion |
| 05:00 |
A. Bertolini (U of Pisa) |
Accelerometers for Gravity Gradient Subtraction |
| 05:25 |
Discussion |
| 05:30 |
Break |
| 06:00 |
R. DeSalvo (CIT)
K. Numata (Tokyo U)
S. Penn (Syracuse U) |
Fused Silica Mirror Possibilities |
| 06:25 |
Discussion |
| 06:30 |
R. DeSalvo (CIT) |
Glassy Metal Mirror Suspensions |
| 06:55 |
Discussion |
| 07:00 |
W. Hua (Stanford) |
3 Axis Active Suppression of Microseismic Peak |
| 07:25 |
Discussion |
| 07:30 |
Adjourn |
Wednesday, February 5
AM: Strategies for Extensions to High Frequencies I
Convenor: F. Fidecaro |
| 08:00 |
F. Fidecaro (U of Pisa) |
Overview |
| 08:25 |
Discussion |
| 08:30 |
M. Fejer (Stanford) |
Diffractive Optics |
| 08:55 |
Discussion |
| 09:00 |
Break |
| 09:20 |
R. Schnabel (U of Hanover) |
Squeezed Light, Entanglement, and Teleportation |
| 09:45 |
Discussion |
| 09:50 |
W. Kells (CIT) |
Thermal Lensing in LIGO |
| 10:15 |
Discussion |
| 10:20 |
A. Melissinos (Rochester U) |
Search for High Frequency Signals at the Hanford 4K IFO |
| 10:35 |
Discussion |
| 10:40 |
G. Sanders (CIT) |
What Should Drive the Rest of Workshop |
| 11:05 |
Discussion |
| 11:15 |
Adjourn |
Wednesday
PM: Strategies for Extensions to High Frequencies II
Convenor: F. Fidecaro |
| 04:30 |
B. Schutz (U of Potsdam) |
TBA |
| 04:55 |
Discussion |
| 05:05 |
B. Berger (NSF) |
The View from NSF |
| 05:30 |
Discussion |
| 05:40 |
F. Menzinger (EGO) |
The View from EGO |
| 05:50 |
Discussion |
| 06:00 |
Adjourn |
Public lecture, Wheeler Opera House
Chair: S. Meshkov |
| 08:00 |
S. Finn |
Gravitational Waves: From Black Holes to Light Waves to a New Astronomy |
Thursday, February 6
AM: Lowering the Sensitivity Floor I
Convenor: TBD |
| 08:00 |
T. Tomaru (KEK) |
Cooling System in a Cryogenic Interferometer |
| 08:25 |
Discussion |
| 08:30 |
J.-M. Courty (Lab Kastler Brossel) |
Improvement of Interferometer Sensitivity by Quantum Locking of Mirrors |
| 08:55 |
Discussion |
| 09:00 |
Break |
| 09:30 |
S. Wise (U of FL) |
Inclusion of a Line-Broadening Element in Fabry-Perot Cavities |
| 09:55 |
Discussion |
| 10:00 |
G. Billingsley (CIT) |
TBD |
| 10:25 |
Discussion |
| 10:30 |
R. Schnabel (U of Hanover) |
Squeezed Light Enhanced Michelson Interferometers |
| 10:55 |
Discussion |
| 11:00 |
Adjourn |
Thursday
PM: Advances in Critical Areas I
Convenor: A. Rüdiger |
| 04:30 |
M. Tinto (JPL) |
Optimal Time-Delay Interferometry for LISA |
| 04:55 |
Discussion |
| 05:00 |
A. Krolak (JPL) |
On LISA Signal Resolution |
| 05:25 |
Discussion |
| 05:30 |
Break |
| 06:00 |
J. Camp (GSFC) |
LISA R&D |
| 06:25 |
Discussion |
| 06:30 |
M. te Plate (ERA/ESTEC) |
LISA Technology Package |
| 06:55 |
Discussion |
| 07:00 |
A. Kuhnert (JPL) |
Progress on the ST7 Interferometer |
| 07:25 |
Discussion |
| 07:30 |
Adjourn |
Friday, February 7
AM: Lowering then Sensitivity Floor II
Convenor: J. Hough |
| 08:00 |
S. Penn (Syracuse U) |
Achieving Low Thermal Noise in Fused Silica: New advances and New Challenges |
| 08:25 |
Discussion |
| 08:30 |
P. Sneddon (Glasgow U) |
Mechanical Loss Measurements Relevant to Present and Future Detectors |
| 08:55 |
Discussion |
| 09:00 |
Break |
| 09:25 |
K. Yamamoto (Tokyo U) |
Coating Q Factors vs Temperature |
| 09:50 |
Discussion |
| 09:55 |
K. Numata (Tokyo U) |
Observation of the Thermal and Thermoelastic Noise Floor in BK7 and Fluorite Mirrors |
| 10:20 |
Discussion |
| 10:25 |
A. Gretarsson (LLO) |
Monitoring Excess Noise in Suspension Fibres |
| 10:50 |
Discussion |
| 10:55 |
K. Numata (Tokyo U) |
Frequency Behaviour of Mechanical Q Factor of GWI Mirrors |
| 11:20 |
Discussion |
| 11:25 |
Adjourn |
Friday
PM: Advances in Critical Areas II
Convenor: TBD |
| 04:30 |
A. Takamori (Tokyo U) |
Seismic Attenuation/Suspension Experiment |
| 04:55 |
Discussion |
| 05:00 |
G. Gemme (U of Genoa) |
Parametric Frequency Converter for GW Detection |
| 05:25 |
Discussion |
| 05:30 |
Break |
| 06:00 |
M. Benacquista (MT St U) |
Sources in the Medium Frequency Band |
| 06:25 |
Discussion |
| 06:30 |
R. Matzner (U of TX) |
TBA |
| 06:55 |
Discussion |
| 07:00 |
H. Cuesta (Brazilian Centre for Physics) |
Bursts of GW from Neutrino Oscillations |
| 07:25 |
Discussion |
| 07:30 |
Adjourn |
Saturday, February 8
AM: Summary
Convenor: TBD |
| 08:00 |
R. DeSalvo (CIT) |
Round Table: Mirrors and Mirror Suspensions |
| 08:25 |
Discussion |
| 08:35 |
TBD |
TBA |
| 09:00 |
Discussion |
| 09:10 |
Break |
| 09:40 |
J. Hough (Glasgow U) |
Conference Summary |
| 10:10 |
Conference Adjourns |
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