Dr. Barry C. Barish Talks, Papers and Presentations - 2004
		Last Updated: July 13, 2005 Links are in PDF format and require Acrobat Reader .

OSTP Briefings - December 1, 2004
Advanced LIGO  powerpoint version (6,155 KB)
Advanced LIGO  pdf version (2,956 KB)
OSTP Briefings - ITRP  powerpoint version (2,614 KB)
OSTP Briefings - ITRP  pdf version (603 KB)
OSTP Briefings for Jack Marburger on December 1, 2004

NRC EPP2010 Committee - November 30, 2004
NRC EPP2010 powerpoint version (2,457 KB)
NRC EPP2010 pdf version (784 KB)
"Personal Perspectives, Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century" presented to the NRC EPP2010 Committee, Washington DC, November 30, 2004

Los Angeles Astronomical Society - November 8, 2004
Los Angeles Astronomical powerpoint version (13,802 KB)
Los Angeles Astronomical pdf version (8,973 KB)
Talk given to the Los Angeles Astronomical Society at the Griffith Park Observatory, entitled "Probing the Universe for Gravitational Waves," November 8, 2004

HEP Informal Seminar - November 4, 2004
HEP Informal Seminar powerpoint version (4,384KB)
HEP Informal Seminar pdf version (1.404 KB)
Talk at Caltech Experimental HEP Informal Seminar entitled “The Art and Science of Making a Major Technical Decision: Choosing the Technology for the International Linear Collider” November 2, 2004

Penn State Talk - October 28, 2004
GW Roadmap Penn State powerpoint version (7,570KB)
GW Roadmap Penn State pdf version (3,086 KB)
Talk entitled “What infrastructure will contribute to facilitating broad participation, community growth, and the best possible science?” at the conference on “Imagining the Future: Gravitational Wave Astronomy” at Penn State October 28, 2004

Research Progress Meeting - October 7, 2004
RPM powerpoint version (8,741 KB)
RPM pdf version (2,189 KB)
Research Progress Meeting (RPM) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) entitled:
"The Art and Science of Making a Major Technical Decision: Choosing the Technology for the International Linear Collider" October 7, 2004

ITRP Report Final - September 20, 2004
ITRP FINAL Word version (155 KB)
ITRP FINAL pdf version (104 KB)
Final Report of the International Technology Recommendation Panel (ITRP) to the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) by the ITRP panel (B. Barish, chair) September 20, 2004.

Status of LIGO - June 3, 2004
PAC Status Report powerpoint version (7,000 KB)
PAC Status Report pdf version (1,218 KB)
Talk to the LIGO Program Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting at Caltech entitled, “Status of LIGO” June 3, 2004 ppt and pdf

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Sounds from the Distant Universe - May 20, 2004
IHMC Public Lecture powerpoint version (17,068,032 KB)
IHMC Public Lecture pdf version (35,005,147 KB)
Public lecture given at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Pensacola, Florida.
Additional files needed to access the audio and video portions of this talk: binary 0.5, curvature, DivX502Bundle , neutron star inspiral, PSR 0833+45, pulsar 0329+54, ripple genetic, wave.

SNOLAB: Experimental Advisory Committee - May 12 - 14, 2004
SNOLAB powerpoint version (6,609 KB)
SNOLAB pdf version (1,433 KB)
Talk given at SNOLAB Workshop in Sudbury, Canada.

Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: Sounds from the Distant Universe - April 23, 2004
Fermilab_Public Lecture powerpoint version (15,891 KB)
Fermilab Public Lecture pdf version (10,255 KB)
Talk given at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), Batavia, Illinois, USA.
Additional files needed to access the audio and video portions of this talk: binary 0.5, curvature, DivX502Bundle , neutron star inspiral, PSR 0833+45, pulsar 0329+54, ripple genetic, wave.

International Technology Recommendation Panel (ITRP) - April 20, 2004
Paris ITRP powerpoint version (178 KB)
Paris ITRP pdf version (264 KB)
Talk presented to ILCWS at the International Linear Collider Workshop in Paris, France.

Committee of Visitors - Report to the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel - April 18, 2004
COV HEPAP powerpoint version (328 KB)
COV HEPAP pdf version (328 KB)
Report presented by the Committee of Visitors to the Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, Department of Energy, Washington DC, USA.

LIGO: Status and Prospects - How does LIGO work and how well does LIGO work? - April 13, 2004
LIGO-G040225-00-M
SLAC Seminar powerpoint version (19,519 KB)
SLAC Seminar pdf version (8,894 KB)
Seminar presented at SLAC, Stanford,California, USA.

Probing the Universe for Gravitational Waves - April 12, 2004
LIGO-G040224-00-M
UC Davis powerpoint version (13,053 KB)
UC Davis pdf version (9,093 KB)
Colloquium given at UC Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Committee of Visitors - Written Report to the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel - April 7, 2004
OHEP COV Report pdf version (2,677 KB)
Written report submitted to the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel. Submitted by the Committee of Visitors to the Office of High Energy Physics, Office of Science, Department of Energy, Washington DC, USA.

Gravitational Waves: A New Window on the Universe - March 5, 2004
LIGO-G030535-00-M
Alberta Public Lecture powerpoint version (10,763 KB)
Alberta Public Lecture pdf version (10,763 KB)
Hiroomi Umezawa Lecture at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Additional files needed to access the audio and video portions of this talk: binary 0.5, curvature, DivX502Bundle , neutron star inspiral, PSR 0833+45, pulsar 0329+54, ripple genetic, wave.

LIGO: Status and Prospects - How does LIGO work and how well does LIGO work? - March 4, 2004
LIGO-G-040225-00-M
Alberta Seminar powerpoint version (19,357 KB)
Alberta Seminar pdf version (8,900 KB)
Seminar given at the University of Alberta, Canada.

LIGO - Studying the Fabric of the Universe - February 4, 2004
LIGO-G -00-M
NSB Talk powerpoint version (1,512,448 KB)
NSB Talk pdf version (1,454,039 KB)
Talk given during the National Science Board (NSB) visit to the LIGO Livingston Observatory (LLO), Livingston, Louisiana, USA.

Long-Term Strategy on Gravitational Wave Detection from European Groups - January 29, 2004
APPEC Talk powerpoint version (19,315,200 KB)
APPEC Talk pdf version (4,008,615 KB)
Talk at the Astroparticle Physics European Community (APPEC) Meeting, London, England.

Probing the Universe for Gravitational Waves - January 16, 2004
LIGO-G030523-00-M
Argonne Colloquium powerpoint version (12,286,536 KB)
Argonne Colloquium pdf version (8,828,068 KB)
Colloquium at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA.

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