The 2nd TAMA Workshop
on Gravitational Wave Detection
Program

Tuesday, Oct 19.
Wednesday, Oct 20.
Thursday, Oct 21.
Friday, Oct 22.
(back to the 2nd circular)

Topics that will be presented and discussed are as follows: project status, laser and optics, interferometer, isolation and thermal noise, sources, theory and data analysis, others. Ten invited talks and contributed talks are planned. The TAMA Session is planned for the second day of the workshop; the session will be held at the campus of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) in Mitaka where the TAMA 300 detector is being developed and the TAMA Site Tour is also scheduled.

The following is the program. Time does not include discussion.  Click the title for the abstract of the presentation.

Oct. 19 (Tue)
 

8:30-9:20 Registration

Opening Talk
 
 9:20-9:30  Y. Kozai

Project Status (I) Chair A. Ruediger
 
 9:30-9:50  A. Lazzarini Overview of the LIGO project status (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 9:55-10:15  E. Majorana Overview of the VIRGO project status
 10:20-10:40  B. Willke The GEO600 Gravitational Wave Detector (Abstract)
 10:45-10:49  A. Ruediger EURO: a project

10:49-11:05 ---Coffee Break---

Project Status (II) Chair M. Fujimoto
 
 11:10-11:30  D. McClelland  Status of ACIGA (Abstract)
 11:35-11:55   M. Cerdonio Bar detectors: present and future (Abstract)

12:00-1:30 ---Lunch---

Project Status (III) Chair K. Tsubono
 
 1:35-1:55  P. L. Bender LISA: A Proposed Joint ESA-NASA Gravitational Wave Mission (Abstract)
 2:00-2:10  M.-K. Fujimoto Overview of TAMA300 (Abstract)
 2:15-2:25  K. Kuroda LCGT project and R&D (Abstract)

2:30-3:10 ---Coffee Break---

Interferometer (I) Chair M. Ando
 
 3:15-3:30  S. Yoshida Recent developments in the LIGO Input Optics (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 3:35-3:50  R. Flaminio Interferometer signal detection system for the VIRGO experiment (Abstract)
 3:55-4:10  W.-T. Ni Some Applications Using the Technological Achievements being Developed by the Gravitational-Wave Detection Community (Abstract)
 4:15-4:30  R. P. Drever Progress in development of some techniques relating to test-mass suspension and to the extension of operation of interferometers to low frequencies (Abstract)
 4:35-4:45  G. Heinzel Electronic noise in interferometers (Abstract)

Tuesday, Oct 19.
Wednesday, Oct 20.
Thursday, Oct 21.
Friday, Oct 22.
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Oct. 20 (Wed) TAMA Session
The TAMA session will take place on the NAOJ campus in Mitaka.
A bus will be provided for free transportation between NYC and NAOJ on 20th.

TAMA Session (I) Chair S. Meshkov

 
 10:00-10:05  S. Kawamura Overview of the Detector and Data Taking
 10:10-10:30  S. Nagano Stabilized laser for TAMA300 (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 10:35-10:55  M. Ando Current status of the TAMA300 interferometer (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 11:00-11:20  D. Tatsumi Data Acquisition System for TAMA300 (Abstract) (Viewgraph)

11:25-12:40 --- TAMA Tour ---

12:50-1:45 --- Lunch (in the NAO cafeteria) ---

TAMA Session (II) Chair I. M. Pinto
 
 2:00-2:20  T. Nakamura Sources of Gravitational Waves for TAMA300 (Abstract)
 2:25-2:30  N. Kanda Overview of the Data Analysis
 2:35-2:55  S. Telada Calibration and its error estimation method (Abstract)
 3:00-3:20  N. Kanda Binary Search and Parameter Precision in TAMA (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 3:25-3:45  H. Tagoshi Hierarchical search of gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries using TAMA300 data (Abstract)
 3:50-3:55  N. Kanda Remark

4:00-4:20 ---Coffee Break---

TAMA Session (II) Chair J. Camp
 
 4:25-4:30  R. Takahashi Overview of the TAMA Individual Research (Viewgraph)
 4:35-4:45  R. Takahashi Improvement of Vibration Isolation System for TAMA300 (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 4:50-5:00  K. Arai New signal extraction scheme with harmonic demodulation for power-recycled Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometers (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 5:05-5:15  A. Araya Geophysical observations using long-baseline interferometers (Abstract)
 5:20-5:30  T. Tomaru Analysis of TAMA mirrors using FFT simulation (Abstract)

A bus will be provided for free transportation between NYC and NAOJ on 20th.
Tuesday, Oct 19.
Wednesday, Oct 20.
Thursday, Oct 21.
Friday, Oct 22.
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Oct. 21 (Thu)
 

Thermal Noise (I) Chair N. Mio
 
 8:35-8:55  A. Heidmann Observation and control of internal thermal noise of mirrors (Abstract)
 9:00-9:15  W. Johnson Major Issues with a Cryogenic Suspension (Abstract)
 9:20-9:35  N. Ohishi Estimation of the thermal noise by direct measurement of the mechanical conductance at an anti-resonant frequency (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 9:40-9:50  K. Numata Measurement of intrinsic quality factors of low loss materials (Abstract) (Viewgraph)

9:55-10:15 ---Coffee Break---

Thermal Noise (II) Chair J. Hough
 
 10:20-10:40  S. Rowan Fused silica suspensions for advanced gravitational wave detectors (Abstract)
 10:45-11:05  P. Fritschel The LIGO Interferometer Control System (Viewgraph)
 11:10-11:25  T. Uchiyama Development of a Cryogenic Mirror Suspension for Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (Abstract)
 11:30-11:40   K. Yamamoto Thermal noise of the inhomogeneous loss (Abstract) (Viewgraph)

11:45-1:10 ---Lunch---

Data Analysis/Theory (I) Chair T. Nakamura
 
 1:15-1:35  S. M. Scott Caltech 40m Interferometer Detector Characterisation: Spectral Properties of the Data (Viewgraph)
 1:40-1:55  B. Allen Observational limit on gravitational waves from binary neutron stars in the Galaxy (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 2:00-2:15  I. M. Pinto A Minimum-Redundant Interpolated Template Family for Matched Filter Binary Chirp Detection (Abstract)

2:20-3:00 ---Coffee Break---

Data Analysis/Theory (II) Chair B. Schutz
 
 3:05-3:25  B. S. Sathyaprakash Searching for gravitational waves in interferometers (Abstract)
 3:30-3:45  M.A. Papa Pulsar surveys (Abstract)
 3:50-4:05  A. Vecchio Search for continuous gravitational wave signals from sources in binary systems (Abstract)
 4:10-4:25  A. M. Sintes Removing line interference from Gravitational Wave interferometer data (Abstract)

6:00-8:00 ---Banquet---

Tuesday, Oct 19.
Wednesday, Oct 20.
Thursday, Oct 21.
Friday, Oct 22.
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Oct. 22 (Fri)
 

Laser and Optics Chair B. Willke
 
 8:35-8:55  J. Camp Requirements, Fabrication and Testing of LIGO Core Optics (Abstract)
 9:00-9:15  S. Miyoki Cryogenic contamination of an ultralow loss mirror for cryogenic laser interferometric gravitational wave detector (Abstract)
 9:20-9:35  O. S. Brozek The GEO600 laser source (Abstract)

9:40-10:00 ---Coffee Break---

Suspension & Isolation Chair K. Arai
 
 10:05-10:25  J. Winterflood Ultralow Residual Motion Suspension System (Abstract)
 10:30-10:45  J. Hough Aspects of the Suspension Systems in GEO600 (Abstract)
 10:50-11:05  A. Takamori Development of the Seismic Attenuation System (SAS) for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors (Abstract)
 11:10-11:25  E. Majorana Acoustic Emittion in Gravitational Wave Detecter Suspension (Abstract)

11:30-1:00  ---Lunch---

Interferometer (II) Chair G. Heinzel
 
 1:05-1:20  H. Yamamoto End to End simulation program for Gravitational Wave Detector (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 1:25-1:40  R. Savage LIGO detector modeling using the LIGO End-to-End Simulation Package (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 1:45-2:00  V. Rudenko Earth gravity field variations measured by the free mass interferometer (Abstract)
 2:05-2:20  D. McClelland LIGOII: RSE vs Power Recycled FP Michelson with injected squeezed vacuum (Abstract)
 2:25-2:35  O. Miyakawa Development of Narrow-band Laser Interferometer using Resonant Sideband Extraction (Abstract) (Viewgraph)
 2:40-2:45  M.Ohashi 20m interferometer in Kamioka Mine

Closing Talk
 
 2:50-3:00  K. Tsubono

Tuesday, Oct 19.
Wednesday, Oct 20.
Thursday, Oct 21.
Friday, Oct 22.
(back to the 2nd circular)