Name: GWADW 2011 - Gravitational Waves Advanced Detectors Workshop - Progress Towards the Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors
Start: 2011-05-22T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2011-05-28T19:00:00+02:00
Location: La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy

Monday 16 May 2011
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Thursday 19 May 2011
Friday 20 May 2011
Saturday 21 May 2011
Sunday 22 May 2011

17:00 Registration
Registration
17:00 - 19:00
Room: Room Elba

19:00 Welcome Cocktail Party
Welcome Cocktail Party
19:00 - 20:00
Room: Hotel Hermitage Swimming Pool Area

Monday 23 May 2011
08:50
08:50 - 09:30
Contributions

08:50 Welcome - Francesco Fidecaro (PI)

09:00 Setting the Stage - Francesco Fidecaro (PI)
09:30
09:30 - 10:25
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

09:30 LIGO - Nicolas Smith-Lefebvre (LIGO MIT)

09:55 GEO - Stefan Hild (University of Glasgow)
10:30 coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Squeezing in GEO600 - Henning Vahlbruch (AEI Hannover)

11:30 Virgo - Romain Gouaty (CNRS/IN2P3/LAPP)

12:00 CLIO - Masaki Ando (Kyoto University)
12:30 lunch break
lunch break
12:30 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 17:45
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

16:30 Detector Configuration and Control Scheme for LCGT - Erina Nishida (Ochanomizu University) Kentaro Somiya (Caltech)

16:55 LCGT-SAS Design and R&D - Riccardo DeSalvo (University of Sannio)

17:20 Present Design of LCGT Cryogenic Payload - Nobuhiro KIMURA (Cryogenics Science Center/KEK) Yusuke Sakakibara (The University of Tokyo)
17:45 coffee break
coffee break
17:45 - 18:15
18:15
18:15 - 19:30
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

18:15 The High Power Light Source for LCGT - Noriaki Ohmae (University of Tokyo)

18:40 High Power Lasers for Third Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors - Peter Weßels (Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.)

19:05 Laser Sources for LTP and LISA - Michael Troebs (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover)
Tuesday 24 May 2011
09:00
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

09:00 General Status - Harald Lueck (AEI Hannover (MPI f. gravitational Physics / Inst. f. Grav.physics Leibniz Uni Hannover))

09:25 Optical Design in ET - Andreas Freise (University of Birmingham)

09:50 Suspensions and Cryogenics - Fulvio Ricci (ROMA1)

10:15 Underground Infrastructures - Jo van den Brand (Nikhef - VU)
10:45 coffee break
coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 13:20
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

11:15 LISA - O. Jennrich (ESA)

11:40 LISA Pathfinder. Commissioning a GW Detector 1 Million Km away - Martin Hewitson (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover)

12:05 Interferometry over 5 Million Km - Guido Mueller (University of Florida)

12:30 Force Isolation at 1 mHz - Rita Dolesi (TN)

12:55 DECIGO - Tomotada Akutsu (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
13:20 lunch break
lunch break
13:20 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 17:45
Contributions

16:30 Review of Folded Pendulum Seismometers, Accelerometers and Tiltmeters - Fausto Acernese (NA)

16:55 SOC Noise and Advanced Hinge Tiltmeters - Riccardo DeSalvo (University of Sannio)

17:20 Modeling and Measuring Puzzling Effects of GAS Blades - Eric Hennes (NIKHEF)
17:45 coffee break
coffee break
17:45 - 18:15
18:15
18:15 - 19:30
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

18:15 An Updated Crash Course in Newtonian Noise - Jan Harms (Caltech)

18:40 Newtonian Noise Predictions for Underground Environment - David Rabeling (NIKHEF)

19:05 Seismic Scattering and/or aLIGO Newtonian Noise - Jenne Driggers (Caltech)
Wednesday 25 May 2011
09:00
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

09:00 Opto-Mechnical Coupling for Quantum Experiments - Yanbei Chen (Caltech) haixing miao (california institute of technology)

09:30 Diffractive Optics Topologies - Michael Britzger (AEI Hannover)

09:50 Testing Optical Configurations with the Glasgow 10m Prototype - Bryan Barr (University of Glasgow)

10:10 Digitally Enhanced Interferometry - Daniel Shaddock (Australian National University)
10:45 coffee break
coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 12:50
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

11:15 Atom Interferometry for Gravitational Wave Detectors - Holger Mueller (UC Berkeley)

11:40 TOBA (Torsion-bar antenna) to Observe Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves - Masaki Ando (Kyoto University)

12:05 Selective Cooling in Advanced Detectors - Kentaro Somiya (Caltech)

12:30 The STAR Program: Science and Advanced Clock Technology on Small Satellites - Saps Buchman (Stanford University)
12:50 lunch break
lunch break
12:50 - 14:40

15:00 Afternoon Excursion
Afternoon Excursion
15:00 - 19:00

21:00

21:00 - 22:30
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Thursday 26 May 2011
08:20
08:20 - 10:40
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

08:20 Materials 1 - Emeline Saracco (Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés, CNRS) Iain Martin (University of Glasgow) Janyce Franc (Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés - CNRS/IN2P3)

08:55 Materials 2 - Garrett Cole (University of Vienna) Ronny Nawrodt (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena) Stefanie Kroker (FSU Jena, Institute of Applied Physics)

09:30 Optical Techniques for Reducing/Detection Thermal Noise - Fulda Paul (University of Birmingham)

09:40 Thermal Coating Noise Interferometer at UF - Giacomo Ciani (University of Florida)

09:50 Thermal Noise Related Plans for the AEI Prototype in Hannover - Tobias Westphal (Albert-Einstein-Institute, 30167 Hannover, Germany)

10:00 Other Ideas for Reducing Thermal Noise - Innocenzo M. Pinto (SA) Kentaro Somiya (Caltech) Rana Adhikari (Caltech) Riccardo DeSalvo (University of Sannio) Stefan Ballmer (Syracuse University)
10:45 coffee break
coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
11:15
11:15 - 13:00
Contributions

11:15 Squeezing Progress - Roman Schnabel (Albert-Einstein-Institut, Leibniz University Hannover)

11:40 ANU Squeezing Progress - Conor Mow-Lowry (Australian National University)

12:05 LIGO H1 Squeezing Progress - Lisa Barsotti (LIGO-MIT)

12:30 Ponderomotive Squeezing - Nicolas Smith-Lefebvre (LIGO MIT)
13:00 lunch break
lunch break
13:00 - 16:00
16:05
16:05 - 17:45
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

16:05 Cryogenic Mirrors: the State of the Art in Interferometric GW Detectors - KAZUHIRO YAMAMOTO (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The university of Tokyo)

16:30 Refrigerator and Cryogenic Suspension - Nobuhiro KIMURA (Cryogenics Science Center/KEK)

16:55 Payloads at Cryogenic Temperature for Third Generation GW Detectors: Issues and Open Problems - Paola Puppo (RM1)

17:20 Experimental Results on Cryogenic Strength of Silicon - Nicola Beveridge (University of Glasgow)
17:45 coffee break
coffee break
17:45 - 18:15
18:15
18:15 - 19:30
Contributions

18:15 Feed-Forward Noise Reduction - Jenne Driggers (Caltech)

18:40 Heterodyne Detection Method to Monitor Thermal Distortions in Mirrors - Mark Cordier (LIGO (San Jose State University))

19:05 Central Heating Radius of Curvature Compensation System Used in Virgo - Richard Day (European Gravitational Observatory)
20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 22:30
Room: Maitù Restaurant
Friday 27 May 2011
09:00
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

09:00 Real Controls with a Simulated Plant - Joseph Betzwieser (LIGO Caltech)

09:25 AdVirgo Design - Robert Ward (APC-CNRS)

09:50 Second Generation Interferometer Optics Requirements - Romain BONNAND (LMA - CNRS)

10:15 New Beam Shape with Low Thermal Noise - Miller John (ANU)
10:40 coffee break
coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
11:10
11:10 - 12:30
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

11:10 Modeling Thermal Effects in aLIGO Using SIS - Chris Mueller (University of Florida)

11:35 Sharing Simulation Tools - Andreas Freise (University of Birmingham)

12:00 Discussion to identify what are missing in the existing simulation tools, and to assign who will work on what - Matthew Evans (MIT)
12:30 lunch break
lunch break
12:30 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 17:20
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

16:30 Squeezing workshop: Issues and Directions
17:20 coffee break
coffee break
17:20 - 17:45
17:45
17:45 - 19:00
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

17:45 Open Discussion
19:00
19:00 - 19:30
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

19:00 Summary - Harald Lueck (AEI Hannover (MPI f. gravitational Physics / Inst. f. Grav.physics Leibniz Uni Hannover))
Saturday 28 May 2011