Thermal Noise workshop

Name: Thermal Noise workshop
Start: 2012-02-23T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2012-02-24T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Virgo site

23 Feb 2012, 09:00 → 24 Feb 2012, 17:00 Europe/Rome

Auditorium (Virgo site)

Auditorium

Virgo site

Via E.Amaldi Cascina, Pisa

Gregory Harry (LIGO/MIT), Michele Punturo (PG), Piero Rapagnani (ROMA1), Sheila Rowan (University of Glasgow)

Description

Thermal Noise in advanced Gravitational Wave detectors. LIGO-Virgo workshop. The workshop venue is the Auditorium at Virgo/EGO Site. See here how to reach the site. Registration and accomodation info will be added soon.

Support

michele.punturo@pg.infn.it

Participants

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Thursday 23 February
- Thu 23 Feb
- Fri 24 Feb
- Past experiences 01
  
  In this session the experience acheived in the Virgo+ set-up and in the aLIGO prototypes are discussed
  - 1
    
    Welcome
    
    Speakers: Mr Federico Ferrini (European Gravitational Observatory), Michele Punturo (PG)
  - 2
    
    The mechanics of the Virgo Super-Attenuator
    
    Speaker: Franco Frasconi (PI)
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    The Virgo Super Attuenuator control and the low frequency performances in the past runs
    
    Speaker: Ettore Majorana (ROMA1)
- 11:00
  
  coffee break
- Past Experiences 02
  
  ... continuation
  - 4
    
    Quadruple Suspension Design for Advanced LIGO
    
    Speaker: Dr Norna Robertson (LIGO-Caltech)
    
    Slides
  - 5
    Monolithic suspension (fibers and clamping) in Virgo+
    
    Speakers: Dr Flavio Travasso (INFN Perugia), Francesco Piergiovanni (FI)
    
    Slides
    
    10-Travasso_-_Cascina_-_Thermal_Noise_Workshop_23_February_2012_-_Monolithic_suspension_(fibers_and_clamping)_in_Virgo_plus.ppt
    
    piergiovanni_TH_meeting_2012.pptx
    
    piergiovanni_TH_meeting_2012.pptx
  - 6
    
    The last stage mechanics in Virgo+
    
    Speaker: Paola Puppo (ROMA1)
    
    Slides
- 13:00
  
  Lunch
- Past Experiences 03
  
  ... continuation
  - 7
    
    Quadruple Suspension Design for Advanced LIGO: Discussion
  - 8
    
    Tests and understanding of the V+ monolithic suspensions: 01
    
    Speaker: Dr Marzia Colombini (ROMA1)
    
    Slides
  - 9
    
    Tests and understanding of the V+ monolithic suspensions: 02
    
    Speaker: Matteo Tacca (EGO)
    
    Paper
- 16:00
  
  Coffee break
- Modeling
  
  In this session the modeling of the suspension are presented and the expected performances are described.
  - 10
    
    Coating design for Advanced Detectors
    
    Speaker: Mr Nazario MORGADO (LMA-CNRS)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Modeling of the suspension thermal noise in Virgo
    
    Speaker: Paola Puppo (ROMA1)
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    The design motivation of the aLIGO final stage, our expectations of its performance etc
    
    Speaker: Dr Giles Hammond (University of Glasgow)
    
    Slides
Friday 24 February
- Thu 23 Feb
- Fri 24 Feb
- Modeling 02
  
  ... continue
  - 13
    
    Parametric Instabilities
    
    Speaker: Dr william kells (Caltech)
    
    Slides
  - 14
    
    Advanced Virgo suspension design
    
    Speaker: Ettore Majorana (ROMA1)
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Material loss angle from TNI
    
    Speaker: Innocenzo M. Pinto (SA)
    
    Slides
- 11:00
  
  Coffee break
- Procedures
  
  n this session the handling, repairing, ... procedures are described
  - 16
    
    Repair procedures
    
    Speaker: Dr Giles Hammond (University of Glasgow)
    
    Slides
  - 17
    
    Handling procedures (Discussion)
- 13:00
  
  break
- Discussion