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

GWADW 2011 - Gravitational Waves Advanced Detectors Workshop - Progress Towards the Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors

from Sunday, May 22, 2011 (5:00 PM) to Saturday, May 28, 2011 (7:00 PM)

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

5:00 PM Registration
Registration
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Room Elba

7:00 PM Welcome Cocktail Party
Welcome Cocktail Party
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Hotel Hermitage Swimming Pool Area

Monday, May 23, 2011
8:50 AM
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
Contributions

8:50 AM Welcome - Francesco Fidecaro (PI)

9:00 AM Setting the Stage - Francesco Fidecaro (PI)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

9:30 AM LIGO - Nicolas Smith-Lefebvre (LIGO MIT)

9:55 AM GEO - Stefan Hild (University of Glasgow)
10:30 AM coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

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

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

12:00 PM CLIO - Masaki Ando (Kyoto University)
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

4:30 PM Detector Configuration and Control Scheme for LCGT - Erina Nishida (Ochanomizu University) Kentaro Somiya (Caltech)

4:55 PM LCGT-SAS Design and R&D - Riccardo DeSalvo (University of Sannio)

5:20 PM Present Design of LCGT Cryogenic Payload - Nobuhiro KIMURA (Cryogenics Science Center/KEK) Yusuke Sakakibara (The University of Tokyo)
5:45 PM coffee break
coffee break
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM
6:15 PM
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

6:15 PM The High Power Light Source for LCGT - Noriaki Ohmae (University of Tokyo)

6:40 PM High Power Lasers for Third Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors - Peter Weßels (Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.)

7:05 PM Laser Sources for LTP and LISA - Michael Troebs (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover)
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

9:00 AM General Status - Harald Lueck (AEI Hannover (MPI f. gravitational Physics / Inst. f. Grav.physics Leibniz Uni Hannover))

9:25 AM Optical Design in ET - Andreas Freise (University of Birmingham)

9:50 AM Suspensions and Cryogenics - Fulvio Ricci (ROMA1)

10:15 AM Underground Infrastructures - Jo van den Brand (Nikhef - VU)
10:45 AM coffee break
coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 1:20 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

11:15 AM LISA - O. Jennrich (ESA)

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

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

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

12:55 PM DECIGO - Tomotada Akutsu (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
1:20 PM lunch break
lunch break
1:20 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Contributions

4:30 PM Review of Folded Pendulum Seismometers, Accelerometers and Tiltmeters - Fausto Acernese (NA)

4:55 PM SOC Noise and Advanced Hinge Tiltmeters - Riccardo DeSalvo (University of Sannio)

5:20 PM Modeling and Measuring Puzzling Effects of GAS Blades - Eric Hennes (NIKHEF)
5:45 PM coffee break
coffee break
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM
6:15 PM
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

6:15 PM An Updated Crash Course in Newtonian Noise - Jan Harms (Caltech)

6:40 PM Newtonian Noise Predictions for Underground Environment - David Rabeling (NIKHEF)

7:05 PM Seismic Scattering and/or aLIGO Newtonian Noise - Jenne Driggers (Caltech)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

9:00 AM Opto-Mechnical Coupling for Quantum Experiments - Yanbei Chen (Caltech) haixing miao (california institute of technology)

9:30 AM Diffractive Optics Topologies - Michael Britzger (AEI Hannover)

9:50 AM Testing Optical Configurations with the Glasgow 10m Prototype - Bryan Barr (University of Glasgow)

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

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

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

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

12:30 PM The STAR Program: Science and Advanced Clock Technology on Small Satellites - Saps Buchman (Stanford University)
12:50 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:40 PM

3:00 PM Afternoon Excursion
Afternoon Excursion
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

9:00 PM

9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Thursday, May 26, 2011
8:20 AM
8:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

8:20 AM Materials 1 - Emeline Saracco (Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés, CNRS) Iain Martin (University of Glasgow) Janyce Franc (Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés - CNRS/IN2P3)

8:55 AM Materials 2 - Garrett Cole (University of Vienna) Ronny Nawrodt (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena) Stefanie Kroker (FSU Jena, Institute of Applied Physics)

9:30 AM Optical Techniques for Reducing/Detection Thermal Noise - Fulda Paul (University of Birmingham)

9:40 AM Thermal Coating Noise Interferometer at UF - Giacomo Ciani (University of Florida)

9:50 AM Thermal Noise Related Plans for the AEI Prototype in Hannover - Tobias Westphal (Albert-Einstein-Institute, 30167 Hannover, Germany)

10:00 AM 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 AM coffee break
coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

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

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

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

12:30 PM Ponderomotive Squeezing - Nicolas Smith-Lefebvre (LIGO MIT)
1:00 PM lunch break
lunch break
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:05 PM
4:05 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

4:05 PM Cryogenic Mirrors: the State of the Art in Interferometric GW Detectors - KAZUHIRO YAMAMOTO (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The university of Tokyo)

4:30 PM Refrigerator and Cryogenic Suspension - Nobuhiro KIMURA (Cryogenics Science Center/KEK)

4:55 PM Payloads at Cryogenic Temperature for Third Generation GW Detectors: Issues and Open Problems - Paola Puppo (RM1)

5:20 PM Experimental Results on Cryogenic Strength of Silicon - Nicola Beveridge (University of Glasgow)
5:45 PM coffee break
coffee break
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM
6:15 PM
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Contributions

6:15 PM Feed-Forward Noise Reduction - Jenne Driggers (Caltech)

6:40 PM Heterodyne Detection Method to Monitor Thermal Distortions in Mirrors - Mark Cordier (LIGO (San Jose State University))

7:05 PM Central Heating Radius of Curvature Compensation System Used in Virgo - Richard Day (European Gravitational Observatory)
8:00 PM Social Dinner
Social Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Room: Maitù Restaurant
Friday, May 27, 2011
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

9:00 AM Real Controls with a Simulated Plant - Joseph Betzwieser (LIGO Caltech)

9:25 AM AdVirgo Design - Robert Ward (APC-CNRS)

9:50 AM Second Generation Interferometer Optics Requirements - Romain BONNAND (LMA - CNRS)

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

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

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

12:00 PM Discussion to identify what are missing in the existing simulation tools, and to assign who will work on what - Matthew Evans (MIT)
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

4:30 PM Squeezing workshop: Issues and Directions
5:20 PM coffee break
coffee break
5:20 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

5:45 PM Open Discussion
7:00 PM
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Maria Luisa Hall
Contributions

7:00 PM Summary - Harald Lueck (AEI Hannover (MPI f. gravitational Physics / Inst. f. Grav.physics Leibniz Uni Hannover))
Saturday, May 28, 2011

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