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| Monday AM: Feb 5 |
Astrophysical Motivations - I Chair: S. Meshkov |
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| 8:00 | Welcome | S. Meshkov (Caltech), J. Kelly (ACP) | |
| 8:10 | Astrophysical Motivations for Advanced Detectors | S. Finn (Penn State) | |
| 8:45 | Predictions for GW detection of compact object inspiral events | V. Kalogera (Harvard) | |
| 9:35 | Binary NS inspiral and instabilities in pre-supernova stellar cores - physical scenarios and detectability | G. Harry (MIT) | |
| 10:20 | Prospects for detection of ~kHz merger signals by LIGO II | F. Rasio (MIT) | |
| 10:55 | Extra gravitational waves from extra dimensions | H. Davouiasl (SLAC) | |
| 11:30 | Dynamical evolution of star clusters | S. Zwart (MIT) | |
| Monday PM: Feb 5 |
Astrophysical Motivations - II Chair: V. Kalogera |
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| 4:30 | Prospects for detecting and localizing globular cluster binaries with LISA | M. Benacquista (Montana State) | |
| 5:05 | Testing alternative theories of gravity with advanced detectors | L. Grishchuk (Cardiff U.) | |
| 5:40 | Testing relativity with black hole spectroscopy | S. Finn (Penn State) | |
| 6:30 | An optimistic scenario for black hole mergers as LIGO sources | S. Sigurdsson (Penn State) | |
| 7:05 | Gamma-ray bursts as LIGO/VIRGO sources of gravitational radiation | M. Van Putten (MIT) | |
| Tuesday AM: Feb 6 |
Astrophysical Motivations - III Chair: S. Finn |
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| 8:00 | Report on Astrophysics Week | S. Sigurdsson (Penn State) | |
| 8:30 | Computing the merger of black holes: Cracks in a hard problem | R. Matzner (U. of Texas - Austin) | |
| 9:00 | NASA's Cosmic Journeys program | N. White (NASA) | |
| 9:45 | The Lazarus Project: Plunge waveforms from inspiralling black holes | M. Campanelli (MPI, Potsdam) | |
| 10:15 | Towards the solution of the relativistic gravitational radiation reaction problem for binary black holes | C. Lousto (MPI, Potsdam) | |
| 10:45 | Signal processing schemes for LISA | M. Tinto (JPL) | |
| 11:15 | Hogan's suggestion on using the JPL noise calibration approach to look for extragalactic backgrounds with LISA | P. Bender (JILA) | |
| Tuesday PM: Feb 6 |
Status of Present Detectors Chair: A. Rüdiger |
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| 4:30 | A tribute to Joseph Weber | A. Rüdiger (MPI, Garching) | |
| 4:40 | Status of GEO600 detector | B. Willke (MPI) | |
| 5:15 | Status of LIGO | M. Barton (Caltech) | |
| 6:05 | TAMA 300 | K. Kuroda (U. of Tokyo) | |
| 6:35 | VIRGO | G. Cella (U. of Pisa) | |
| 7:00 | Bar Detectors: Overview | E. Coccia (U. of Rome) | |
| Wednesday AM: Feb 7 |
Cryogenic Detectors - I Chair: K. Kuroda |
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| 8:00 | Cryogenic research in Japan | S. Miyoki (U. of Tokyo) | |
| 8:35 | An outline for a conceptual design of a cryogenic interferometer | W. Johnson (LSU) | |
| 9:25 | Thermoelastic effects at low temperatures | M. Pinard (Jussieu) | |
| 10:00 | Cryogenic interferometer ideas | R. DeSalvo (Caltech) | |
| 10:35 | Test facility (AURIGA Collaboration) | A. Marin (INFN) | |
| Wednesday PM: Feb 7 |
Open Discussion Emphasizing Coatings Chair: D. Shoemaker |
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| 4:30 | Coating loss measurements at Stanford and Glasgow | S. Rowan (Stanford) | |
| 5:05 | Computation of the coating losses | D. Crooks, G. Harry (MIT) | |
| 5:20 | Syracuse coating results | A. Gretarsson (Syracuse U.) | |
| Wednesday evening | Public Lecture Chair: S. Meshkov |
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| 8:00 | Supermassive black holes in galaxies: Chicken or the Egg? | T. Prince (Caltech) | |
| Thursday AM: Feb 8 |
Current Plans for Future Detectors Chair: M. Cerdonio |
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| 8:00 | LIGO II | D. Shoemaker (MIT) | |
| 8:35 | LCGT | T. Suzuki (KEK) | |
| 9:25 | LISA: Status and recent work | R. Stebbins (JILA) | |
| 10:00 | Resonant detectors | E. Coccia (U. of Rome) | |
| 10:35 | EURO | A. Rüdiger (MPI, Garching) | |
| Thursday PM: Feb 8 |
Advances in Critical Areas - I Chair: E. Coccia |
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| 4:30 | Quantum nondemolition theory with LIGO II | A. Buonanno (Caltech) | |
| 5:05 | LIGO's thermal noise interferometer: Progress and status | E. Black (Caltech) | |
| 5:40 | Dual sphere broadband GW detector | M. Cerdonio (U. of Padova) | |
| 6:30 | Sapphire | J. Camp (Caltech) | |
| 7:05 | LISA technical developments | N. Robertson (Glasgow U.) | |
| Friday AM: Feb 9 |
Cryogenic Detectors - II Chair: R. DeSalvo |
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| 8:00 | Possible interferometer configurations for low-frequency GW search | F. Fidecaro (U. of Pisa) | |
| 8:35 | Suspension and actuation in cryogenic interferometric detectors | C. Taylor (U. of Tokyo) | |
| Advances in Critical Areas - II Chair: S. Rowan |
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| 9:25 | Laser beam pointing in LIGO II | G. Müller (U. of Florida) | |
| 10:00 | Developments in interferometers with low-frequency capability | R. Drever (Caltech) | |
| 10:25 | CaF2: Another candidate for cryogenic mirror substrate | T. Uchiyama (INFN) | |
| Friday PM: Feb 9 |
Advances in Critical Areas - III Chair: G. Sanders |
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| 4:30 | LISA fringe timing system | S. Pollack (JILA) | |
| 5:00 | MicroNewton Thrust - stand for testing drag-free control requirements for LISA | S. Merkowitz (NASA) | |
| 5:30 | SEI pre-prototype and technology development | G. Hammond (JILA) | |
| 6:15 | Stanford prototyping progress and plans | B. Lantz (Stanford) | |
| 6:45 | Hydraulics for LIGO II | C. Hardham (Stanford) | |
| Saturday AM: Feb 10 |
Program Evolving from Preceding Sessions Chair: J. Hough |
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| 8:00 | Mirror cooling | W. Johnson (LSU) | |
| 8:30 | Coating mechanical losses - impact and plans to address | G. Harry, D. Shoemaker (MIT) | |
| 9:30 | Material aspects | M. Fejer (Stanford), D. Shoemaker (MIT) | |
| 10:00 | Conclusion | R. Stebbins (JILA) | |
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