GWADW 2014 in Takayama
25-30 May, 2014



Posters/Program


Related Sessions 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30
morning 1
8:30-10:30
Fundamental
Physics with GW
Cryogenics Simulation Light source &
Interferometer
Future detectors
morning 2
11:00-12:30
Advanced detectors Cryogenics Simulation Light source &
Interferometer
Future detectors
& Space
Lunch KAGRA tour
starts (gr. A)
Poster (A&B)
(14:00-15:30)
KAGRA tour
starts (gr. B)
GWADW 2015
& Summary
afternoon
15:30-17:30
Atom IFO &
Thermal noise I
KAGRA tour (A)
& Poster (B)
Thermal noise II KAGRA tour (B)
& Poster (A)
Adjourn
(~13:15)
evening
18:00-19:30
Thermal noise I Pulsar Timing Thermal noise II Oddball &
Funding view


Poster list is here.


Challenges in Commissioning of Advanced Detectors (Convenors: Michele Punturo and Daniel Sigg)

· Martina Neri (Genova) "Magnetic coupling on AdV payloads: simulations and experimental results" [Tue]
· Antonino Chiummo (EGO) "Tools and ideas for the commissioning of AdV Stray Light Control sub-system" [Thu]
· Holger Wittel (AEI) "TCS matrix projection for GEO600" [Thu]
· Slawek Gras (AEI) "Acoustic Mode Damper for Parametric Instability Control in aLIGO Detectors" [Tue]

Thermal Noise and Materials (Convenors: Sheila Rowan and Geppo Cagnoli)

· Zach Korth (Caltech) "Cryogenic silicon ribbon cavities for thermal noise investigation" [Thu]
· Nic Smith-Lefebvre (Caltech) "A Technique for Continuous Measurement of Quality Factor" [Thu]
· Becky Douglas and Marielle van Veggel (Glasgow) "Hydroxide catalysis bonding of sapphire" [Thu]
· Sheena Barclay and Giles Hammond (Glasgow) "Breaking stress measurements of sapphire springs" [Thu]
· David Vine and Giles Hammond (Glasgow) "Measuring Johnson resistor thermal noise in non-equilibrium conditions" [Thu]
·Dmitry Koptsov (Glasgow) "Relaxation effects in the fused silica test mass interacting with the ESD" [Thu]


Cryogenics (Convenors: Kentaro Somiya and Ronny Nawrodt)

· Dan Chen (ICRR) "The KAGRA cryogenic payload - Sapphire monolithic suspension" [Thu]
· Julius Komma and Daniel Heinert (Jena) "Optical properties of silicon" [Thu]
· Rene Glaser and Daniel Heinert (Jena) "Investigations of the mechanical loss in thermal non-equilibrium" [Tue]
· Eric Hennes (NIKHEF) "Low-frequency suspension with compressed sapphire beams" [Tue]
· Eric Hennes (NIKHEF) "Annealing and strength testing of Mono-crystalline sapphire cantilevers" [Tue]
* Eric's posters are shown with Joris's.

Simulations (Convenors: Hiroaki Yamamoto and Jerome Degallaix)

· Kiwamu Izumi (LIGO) "Simulation study for aLIGO lock acquisition" [Tue]
· Hiro Yamamoto (Caltech) "A modular FFT-based interferometer simulation package" [Thu]

Light sources and Interferometer Topologies (Convenor: Roman Schnabel)

· Eric Oelker (MIT) "A squeezed light source for future gravitational wave detectors" [Tue]
· Kazushiro Yano / Jumpei Kato (Tokyo Tech) "Parametric signal amplification for a stiff optical spring" [Tue/Thu]
· Kazuhiro Agatsuma (NIKHEF) "Phase camera experiment" [Thu]
· Masayuki Nakano (ICRR) "The KAGRA input optics" [Tue]
· Shiori Konisho (ICRR) "Observation and reduction of radiation pressure noise" [Tue]
· Chunnong Zhao (UWA) "Optomechanical filters and their applications in GW detectors" [Tue]
· Tomoki Isogai (MIT) "Loss in long-storage-time optical cavities" [Tue]
· Jonathan Cripe (LSU) "Noise Measurement for an Opto-mechanical Cavity with Micro-Mirror" [Tue]
· Sina Koehlenbeck (LSU) "Noise performance of the Suspension Platform Interferometer for the AEI 10 m Prototype Interferometer" [Tue]

Future Interferometric Detectors (Convenors: Rana Adhikari and Harald Lueck)

· Joris van Heijningen (NIKHEF) "Low noise accelerometers" [Tue]
· Richard Middlemiss (Glasgow) "MEMS seismometers" [Thu]
· Vivien Raymond (Caltech) "Control tuning using Parameter Estimation tools" [Thu]

Space Antennae (Convenor: Masaki Ando)

· Aru Suemasa (UEC) "Developments of the frequency-stabilized laser for DPF/DECIGO" [Wed only]
· Kentaro Komori (U Tokyo) "Development of a NEW actuator for advanced gravitational wave detectors" [Thu]
· Yuya Kuwahara (U Tokyo) "Development of compact interferometer using an optical fiber" [Thu]





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