PAC

PAC08
1-2 May, 2000
LIGO Caltech

I. Agenda

Monday, May 1
08:30 Breakfast  
09:00-09:50 PAC Committee Members Executive Session [Closed]  
10:00-12:00 Director's Review of Single-Arm Testing
The topic of this (2nd Director's Review) meeting will be the investigations and results from the single arm testing recently completed at LHO
Presentations by
P. Fritschel
B. Kells
N. Mavalvala
D. Sigg		 S. Whitcomb
12:00-13:00 Working Lunch  
13:00-15:15 LIGO II and Advanced R&D G. Sanders
13:00-13:30 LIGO II and Advanced LIGO Overview G. Sanders
13:30-14:00 SWG Research, "Stiff" Isolation System and LASTI D. Shoemaker
14:00-14:20 TNI Research K. Libbrecht, E. Black
14:20-14:40 "Soft" System R. DeSalvo, V. Sannibale
14:40-15:00 Fibers, Attachments, Q's P. Willems
15:00-15:15 40M Upgrade A. Weinstein
15:15-15:30 Break  
15:30-17:00 LIGO II and Advanced LIGO R&D Cont'd
Presentations on Advanced R&D, 40M Upgrade, Plans for LIGO II		 G. Sanders
15:30-15:50 RSE Experiment J. Mason
15:50-16:20 Sapphire and High Power Laser J. Camp
16:20-16:40 Thermal Compensation and Photodetector Research M. Zucker via telecon
16:40-17:00 Discussion  
17:00-18:00 PAC Committee Members Executive Session [Closed]  
19:00 Dinner  
Tuesday, May 2
09:30-11:30 LDAS and Simulation Progress A. Lazzarini
09:30-09:50 Overview and Status, Procurement Plan A. Lazzarini
09:50-10:15 LDAS SW - Upcoming MDCs, Status K. Blackburn
10:15-10:40 LDAS Hardware Status - Data Archive Experience S. Anderson
10:40-10:50 LDAS DB Access Tool P. Shawhan
10:50-11:30 e2e Modeling Status H. Yamamoto
  LHO 2K Core Optics Characterization B. Kells
  LHO 2K Arm Cavity Tests Suspensions N. Mavalvala
  Characterization of Environmental and Input Beam Noise Inputs D. Sigg
12:00-13:00 Working Lunch  
13:00-15:00 PAC Committee Members Executive Session [Closed]  
15:00-15:30 Break  
15:30 Meeting Adjourn  



II. Attendees

PAC members

Avery, Paul [U of Florida]
Barish, Barry [Caltech]
Brillet, Alain [VIRGO / OCA]
Domingo, John [Jefferson Lab]
Frazer, William [LBNL]
Hamilton, William [LSU]
Meshkov, Sydney [Caltech]
Nash, Thomas [Fermilab]
Sandberg, Vernon [LANL]
Sanders, Gary [Caltech / LIGO]
Saulson, Peter [Syracuse U]
Seiden, Abraham [UC Santa Cruz]
Stebbins, Robin [U of Colorado / JILA]


Invited guests

Anderson, Stuart [Caltech]
Black, Eric [Caltech]
Blackburn, Kent [Caltech]
Camp, Jordan [Caltech]
Coles, Mark [LLO]
DeSalvo, Riccardo [Caltech]
Drever, Ronald [Caltech]
Fritschel, Peter [MIT]
Kells, William [Caltech]
Lazzarini, Albert [Caltech]
Libbrecht, Ken [Caltech]
Mavalvala, Nergis [Caltech]
Mason, James [Caltech]
Prince, Thomas [Caltech]
Raab, Frederick [LHO]
Sannibale, Virginio [Caltech]
Shawhan, Peter [Caltech]
Shoemaker, David [MIT]
Sigg, Daniel [LHO]
Weinstein, Alan [Caltech]
Weiss, Rainer [MIT]
Whitcomb, Stan [Caltech]
Willems, Phil [Caltech]
Yamamoto, Hiroaki [Caltech]
Zucker, Michael [MIT]


Dinner information

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Rosemead, CA 91170
626.573.1888


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