• Meeting Agenda
• Charge to the Review Panel
• Roster of the Review Panel

Background Materials

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LIGO Overview

• LIGO Overview
• Oversight Committee Charter
• LIGO Laboratory Charter
• LAAC Charter
• FY2006 Annual Report
• FY2005 Annual Report

Astrophysics

I. Inspiral Analysis

• Analysis of LIGO Data for Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Stars
• Joint LIGO and TAMA300 Search for GW from Inspiralling Neutron Star Binaries
• Search for GW from Galactic and Extragalactic Binary Neutron Stars
• Search for GW from Binary Black Hole Inspirals in LIGO Data
• Search for GW from Primordial Black Hole Binary Coalescences in the Galactic Halo
• A First Comparison Between LIGO and VIRGO Inspiral Search Pipelines

II. Burst Analysis

• Upper Limits from the LIGO and TAMA Detectors on the Rate of GW Bursts
• Upper Limits on GW Bursts in LIGO Second Science Run

III. Periodic Source Analysis

• Write-up of Einstein@HOme results using S3 data
• Coherent Searches for Periodic GW from Unknown Isolated Sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the Second LIGO Science Run
• First All-sky Upper Limits from LIGO on the Strength of Periodic GW Using the Hough Transform
• Limits of GW Emission from Selected Pulsars Using LIGO Data
• Setting Upper Limits of the Strength of Periodic GW Using the First Science Data from the GEO600 and LIGO Detectors

IV. Stochastic Background Analysis

• Method paper
• Isotropic Upper Limit, S4
• Directional Search
• H1-H2 Low-Frequency Search

Enhanced LIGO

Advanced LIGO

I. General

• AdvLIGO Reference Design

II. Lasers

• Nd:YAG Ring Laser with 213 W Linearly Polarised Fundamental Mode Output Power
• Laser Power Stabilisation for Second Generation GW Detectors

III. Optics

• Optimized Multilayer Dielectric Mirror Coatings for GW Interferometers
• Flat Top Beam Profile Cavity Prototype
• Measurement of Optical Response of a Detuned Resonant Sideband Extraction Interferometer
• Suppression of Self-Induced Depolarization of High-Power Laser Radiation in Glass-Based Faraday Isolators
• Compensation of Thermally Induced Modal Distortions in Faraday Isolators
• Adaptive Beam Shaping by Controlled Thermal Lensing in Optical Elements
• Silica Suspension and Coating Developments for Advanced LIGO
• Analysis of Parametric Oscillatory Instability in Signal Recycled LIGO Interferometer
• Experimental Measurements of Mechanical Dissipation Associated with Dielectric Coatings Formed Using SiO2 Ta2O5 and Al2O3
• Measurement of Low-Absorption Sample of OH-Reduced Fused Silica

IV. Suspensions and Seismic Isolation

• Characterisation of Mechanical Loss in Synthetic Fused Silica Ribbons
• The Investigation of Thermal and Non-thermal Noises in Advanced LIGO Suspension Prototype
• A Position-Sensitive Detector for the Advanced LIGO Suspensions
• Quiet Hydraulic Actuators for LIGO

V. Interferometry and Systems Design

• Control Sideband Generation for Dual-Recycled Laser Interferometric GW Detectors
• Simluation Tools for Future Interferometers

LIGO Computing

• LIGO Laboratory Cybersecurity Policy
• LIGO Laboratory Computer Use Policy ("AUP")
• LIGO Laboratory Incident Response Protocol
• Results of Vulnerability Scans of LIGO Laboratory IT Systems (Executive Summary)
• The LIGO Scientific Collaboration Computing Plan

LIGO Scientific Collaboration

• Summary of Data Analysis Methods
• Observational Results

Education /Outreach

• Combined Report
• LHO Outreach Event Highlights
• LLO Outreach