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printable version| Monday AM | |
| Pushing the Quantum Limits Chair N. Mavalvala | |
| 08:00 | Welcome S. Meshkov [Caltech], J. Kelly [ACP] |
| 08:10 | Quantum Noise, Quantum Correlations and the Standard Quantum Limit in GW N. Mavalvala [MIT] |
| 08:35 | Discussion |
| 08:45 | Various Ways of Beating the Standard Quantum Limit Y. Chen [Caltech] |
| 09:10 | Discussion |
| 09:20 | Break |
| 09:50 | A Quantum Noise Simulation Network T. Corbitt [MIT] |
| 10:15 | Discussion |
| 10:25 | TBD TBA |
| 10:50 | Discussion |
| 11:00 | Adjourn |
| Monday PM | |
| A. Relevant Astrophysical Sources Chair F. Vetrano | |
| 16:30 | Constrained Evolution: Concepts and New Results R. Matzner [UT Austin] |
| 16:55 | Discussion |
| B. Techniques Addressing Quantum Noise I | |
| 17:05 | Losses in LHO HR Surfaces W. Kells [Caltech] |
| 17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:40 | Break |
| 18:10 | Mining for Gravitational Waves R. DeSalvo [Caltech] |
| 18:35 | Discussion |
| 18:45 | RF Readout Scheme to Overcome the SQL K. Somiya [ICRR/U. of Tokyo] |
| 19:10 | Discussion |
| 19:20 | Adjourn |
| Tuesday AM | |
| Techniques Addressing Quantum Noise II Chair N. Robertson | |
| 08:00 | Demonstration of Squeezed Light at Sideband Frequencies Below 100 kHz R. Schnabel [AEI] |
| 08:25 | Discussion |
| 08:35 | A Ponderomotive Squeezed Vacuum Source T. Corbitt [MIT] |
| 09:00 | Discussion |
| 09:10 | Break |
| B. Status of Existing Detectors I | |
| 09:40 | Wideband Operation of Upgraded Auriga M. Cerdonio [Padua U.] |
| 10:05 | Discussion |
| 10:15 | Status of LIGO A. Gretarsson [LLO] |
| 10:40 | Discussion |
| 10:50 | Adjourn |
| Tuesday PM | |
| Status of Existing Detectors Chair K. Kuroda | |
| 16:30 | Status of GEO600 B. Willke [AEI] |
| 16:55 | Discussion |
| 17:05 | Status of TAMA and Data Taking Run S. Sato [NAOJ] |
| 17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:40 | Break |
| 18:10 | Status of Virgo E. Tournefier [LAPP/Annecy] |
| 18:35 | Discussion |
| Status of Next Generation Detectors II | |
| 18:45 | Advanced LIGO D. Ottaway [MIT] |
| 19:10 | Discussion |
| 19:20 | Adjourn |
| Wednesday AM | |
| Status of Next-Generation Detectors II Chair R. DeSalvo | |
| 08:00 | Current Status of LCGT and CLIO K. Kuroda [ICRR/U. of Tokyo] |
| 08:25 | Discussion |
| 08:35 | Lasers for Advanced Interferometers B. Willke [AEI] |
| 09:00 | Discussion |
| 09:10 | Break |
| 09:40 | Dual: Progress on the Feasibility M. Cerdonio [Padua U.] |
| 10:05 | Discussion |
| 10:15 | What Should Drive the Rest of Workshop S. Whitcomb [Caltech] |
| 11:00 | Adjourn |
| Wednesday PM | |
| A. Status of Advanced Detectors III Chair W. Johnson | |
| 16:30 | Suspension Design for Advanced LIGO N. Robertson [Stanford] |
| 16:55 | Discussion |
| B. Thermal Noise I | |
| 17:05 | Coating Thermal Noise E. Black [Caltech] |
| 17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:40 | Adjourn |
| Wednesday Evening | |
| 20:00 | The Universe...Live and in Concert M. Coles |
| Public Lecture, Wheeler Opera House Chair S. Meshkov | |
| Thursday AM | |
| LISA Chair A. Ruediger | |
| 08:00 | Optimal Filtering of LISA Data M. Tinto [JPL] |
| 08:25 | Discussion |
| 08:35 | ST7 Interferometer Development R. Spero [JPL] |
| 09:00 | Discussion |
| 09:10 | Break |
| 09:40 | LISA Test Package (LTP) Optical Bench System M. te Plate [ESA] |
| 10:05 | Discussion |
| 10:15 | LTP Inertial Sensor System M. Sallusti [ESA] |
| 10:40 | Discussion |
| 10:50 | Adjourn |
| Thursday PM | |
| Results from Science Runs Chair M. Cerdonio | |
| 16:30 | Results from LIGO Science Runs S. Whitcomb [Caltech] |
| 16:55 | Discussion |
| 17:05 | Suspended Mirror Control: Learning Through Virgo Experience E. Majorana [INFN] |
| 17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:40 | Break |
| B. Thermal Noise II | |
| 18:10 | TBD TBA |
| 18:35 | Discussion |
| 18:45 | TBD TBA |
| 19:10 | Discussion |
| 19:20 | Adjourn |
| Friday AM | |
| Lowering the Sensitiviy Floor Chair S. Kawamura | |
| 08:00 | Implementation of RSE via Polarization Control P. Beyersdorf [NAOJ] |
| 08:25 | Discussion |
| 08:35 | Suspension Point Interferometer Y. Aso [U. of Tokyo] |
| 09:00 | Discussion |
| 09:10 | Break |
| 09:40 | The LLO Seismic Upgrade R. Mittleman [MIT] |
| 10:05 | Discussion |
| 10:15 | Measurement of Dynamic Responses of LIGO 4km Fabry-Perot Arm Cavities M. Rakhmanov [UFL] |
| 10:40 | Discussion |
| 10:50 | Adjourn |
| Friday PM | |
| Advances in Critical Areas Chair S. Whitcomb | |
| 16:30 | Current Status of the 40m Detuned RSE Prototype S. Kawamura [Caltech] |
| 16:55 | Discussion |
| 17:05 | AEI Measurements in One-Arm Locking A. Ruediger [AEI] |
| 17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:40 | Break |
| 18:10 | AEI Measurements in One-Arm Locking Round table |
| 19:20 | Adjourn |
| Saturday AM | |
| Summary Session Chair B. Willke | |
| 08:00 | TBD TBA |
| 08:25 | Discussion |
| 08:35 | TBD TBA |
| 09:00 | Discussion |
| 09:10 | Break |
| 09:40 | Conference Summary TBA |
| 10:10 | Conference Adjourns |
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