2000 ASPEN WINTER CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Gravitational Wave Advanced Detectors Workshop (GWADW)
February 20 - 26, 2000
The 2000 Aspen Winter Conference on Gravitational Waves and Their
Detection will function primarily as an interactive Gravitational Wave
Advanced Detectors Workshop (GWADW). This meeting is designed to drive
the development of new experimental techniques. With the advent of the
recent LIGO II proposal, the EURO (European Gravitational Wave
Observatory) proposal and LCGT (Large Cryogenic Gravitational Wave
Telescope) proposal, the time is ripe for this meeting in Aspen to
develop and exchange new ideas for these detectors and the next
generation after them.
Each day of the workshop will consist of about six hours of scheduled
talks and discussion as well as scheduled workshop interactions. The
nature of the housing, with all participants living and dining under the
same roof, at the Aspen Meadows, encourages extensive opportunities for
informal scientific exchange. In addition, as is the custom at the Aspen
Winter conferences, a public lecture will be given on Wednesday, February
23, 2000 at the Wheeler Opera House. The speaker, this year, is Robin T.
Stebbins (JILA).
To register, please fill out the enclosed simple form, and send it to me
as soon as possible.
More importantly, please call the Aspen Meadows immediately to make your
room reservations. The rates are $115/day , double occupancy and
$170/day, single occupancy. Both rates include breakfast and
dinner.
The Phone Numbers are: 800-452-4240 and 970-925-4240.
PROGRAM: The program is in its infancy, as you will see. Please send me
any suggestions that you have for speakers and topics.
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. See you in Aspen,
Syd
APPLICATION FORM
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Conference Fees:
Registration - $250.00
Housing Per Night (including breakfast and dinner)
- $170.00 single occupancy
- $115.00 per person shared occupancy
Please return or email completed application immediately to:
Sydney Meshkov
Caltech, LIGO 18-34
Pasadena, CA 91125
USA
Phone: (626) 395-3171
Fax: (626) 304-9834
syd@ligo.caltech.edu
PROGRAM
ASPEN WINTER CONFERENCE ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND THEIR DETECTION
Aspen Center for Physics
February 20 - 26, 2000
Monday AM: Status of Present Detectors - I
February 21 Chair: S. Meshkov
8:00 S. Meshkov (Caltech): Welcome
Jane Kelly (ACP)
8:10 TBA: ACIGA
8:30 Discussion
8:40 TBA: GEO 600
9:00 Discussion
9:10 Coffee Break
9:25 TBA: LIGO
9:45 Discussion
9:55 TBA: TAMA
10:15 Discussion
Monday PM: A. Vision for Future - Scientific Requirements for a Global
Detector Array
February 21 Chair: A. Ruediger
4:30 S. Finn (PSU): Interesting Sources
4:55 Discussion
5:05 D. McClelland (ANU): Experimentalist View of Requirements - I
5:30 Discussion
5:40 P. Saulson (Syracuse): Experimentalist View of Requirements -
II
6:05 Coffee Break
B. Status of Present Detectors - II
Chair: E. Coccia
6:20 G. Pizzella: AURIGA, NAUTILUS, EXPLORER
6:45 Discussion
6:55 W. Johnson: Allegro, Niobe
7:20 Discussion
7:30 Adjourn
Tuesday AM: R&D Summary (Current - 15 min., future - 10 min.) - I
February 22 Chair: A. Giazotto
8:00 TBA: VIRGO
8:25 Discussion
8:35 TBA: TAMA
9:00 Discussion
9:10 Coffee Break
9:25 TBA: LIGO
9:50 Discussion
10:00 TBA: GEO 600
10:25 Discussion
10:50 Adjourn
Tuesday PM: A. R&D Summary (Current - 15 min., future - 10 min.) - II
February 22 Chair:
4:30 TBA: ACIGA
4:55 Discussion
5:05 TBA: Auriga, Nautilus, Explorer
5:30 Discussion
5:40 TBA: Allegro, Niobe
6:05 Discussion
6:15 Coffee Break
6:30 TBA: LISA
6:55 Discussion
7:05 R. Drever: Drever
7:30 Discussion
7:40 Adjourn
Wednesday AM: A. R&D Topical Group Reports I.
February 23 Chair: D. Shoemaker
8:00 TBA: Lasers and Optics
8:20 Discussion
8:30 TBA: Suspensions and Thermal Noise
8:50 Discussion
9:00 TBA: Advanced Interferometer Configurations
9:20 Discussion
9:30 Coffee Break
B. Current Plans for Future Detectors
9:45 TBA: Euro
10:15 Discussion
10:20 TBA: LIGO II
10:40 Discussion
10:45 TBA: LCGT
11:05 Discussion
11:10 Adjourn
Wednesday PM: Meetings of Topical Groups
February 23
4:30 - 6:00 PM
Wednesday Evening: Public Lecture, Wheeler Opera House
Chair: S. Meshkov
8:00 R. Stebbins (JILA): TBD
Thursday AM: Advances by Lasers and Optics, Suspensions and Thermal
Noise, and A.I.C. Topical Groups - II. (More detailed Talks following I).
February 24
8:00 TBA: TBD
8:20 Discussion
8:30 TBA: TBD
8:50 Discussion
9:00 Coffee Break
9:15 TBA: TBD
9:35 Discussion
9:45 TBA: TBD
10:05 Discussion
10:15 TBA: TBD
10:35 Discussion
10:45 Adjourn
Thursday PM: Synergistic accomplishments by Group (What we have learned
from each other) - I
February 24 Chair:
4:30 TBA: LISA
4:50 Discussion
5:00 TBA: GEO 600
5:10 Discussion
5:20 R. Drever: Drever
5:40 Discussion
5:50 TBA: TAMA
6:10 Discussion
6:20 Coffee Break
6:35 TBA: ACIGA
6:55 Discussion
7:05 V. Fafone (INFN): EXPLORER, NAUTILUS, AURIGA
7:25 Discussion
7:35 Adjourn
Friday AM: Synergistic accomplishments by Group (What we have learned
from each other) - II
February 25 Chair:
8:00 TBA: Allegro, Niobe
8:20 Discussion
8:30 TBA: VIRGO
8:50 Discussion
9:00 Coffee Break
9:15 TBA: LIGO
9:35 Discussion
9:45 David Berley: View from NSF
10:10 Discussion
10:20 Adjourn
Friday PM: Synergistic accomplishments by each Working Group (What we
have learned from each other)
February 25 Chair:
4:30 TBA: Lasers and Optics
5:15 Discussion
5:30 TBA: Suspensions and thermal noise
6:15 Discussion
6:30 Coffee Break
6:45 TBA: Advanced interferometer configurations
7:30 Discussion
7:45 Adjourn
Saturday AM: Synergistic accomplishments in Plans for Future Detectors
February 26 Chair:
8:00 TBA: LCGT
8:30 Discussion
8:40 TBA: Euro
9:10 Discussion
9:20 Coffee Break
9:35 TBA: LIGO II
10:05 Discussion
10:15 Adjourn