Agenda of Detector Characterization Sessions
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                August 16-17, 2006 LSU

          (Abell Room - to left of Registration)

Wed 10:45-12:50 

  10'  Intro to Detector Characterization Sessions (Keith Riles - Michigan)
   5'  Discussion

  15'  Photon Calibrator I (Peter Kalmus - Columbia)
  15'  PHoton Calibrator II (Evan Goetz - Michigan)
  15'  Discussion

  20'  S5 Timing Stability Report (Szabi Marka - Columbia)
  10'  Discussion
  
  20'  S5 Spectral Line Studies (Keith Thorne - Penn State)
  10'  Discussion
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2:00

* LUNCH (12:50-2:00)

Wed 2:00-4:00 


  20'  S5 Data Quality Investigations (John Zweizig - LIGO-Caltech)
  10'  Discussion

  20'  S5 Environmental Disturbances (Robert Schofield - Oregon)
  10'  Discussion
  20'  S5 Upconversion Studies (Sam Waldman - LIGO-Caltech)
  10'  Discussion

  15'  Suspensions Noise Studies (Gregg Harry - LIGO-MIT, Steve Penn - Hobart)
  10'  Discussion
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1:55

* BREAK (4:00-4:15)

Wed 4:15-6:25

  20'  S5 KleineWelle Glitch Studies (Erik Katsavounidis - LIGO-MIT)
  10'  Discussion
  20'  Inspiral Trigger Data Quality Studies (Gaby Gonzalez - LSU)
  10'  Discussion
  10'  Automated Followup of Inspiral Triggers (Jeff Kissel - LSU)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  Block-Normal/Event Display based veto and glitch analysis 
       (Shantanu Desai - Penn State)
   5'  Discussion
  10'  S5 Cosmic Ray Studies (Ray Frey - Oregon)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  Calibration of the H1 High Frequency Channel 
       (Stefanos Giampanis - Rochester)
   5'  Discussion
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2:10

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Thur 8:50-11:00

  10'   SIRP Modeling of LIGO Noise Floor: Preliminary Results 
        (Innocenzo Pinto - Sannio)
   5'   Discussion
  15'   End-to-End Mode Cleaner Modeling (Sany Yoshida - S.E. Louisiana)
   5'   Discussion
  15'   S5 Hardware Injections (Vuk Mandic - LIGO-Caltech)
   5'   Discussion
  15'   Optimal Filter Validation of Hardware Injections (Myungkee Sung - LSU)
   5'   Discussion

  10'   S5 Data Set Reduction (Greg Mendell - LIGO-Hanford)
   5'   Discussion
  20'   DMT Infrastructure Status & Development (John Zweizig - LIGO-Caltech)
  10'   Discussion
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2:00
    
Thur 11:15-12:20

  15'   PlaneMon Status Report (Evan Goetz - Michigan)
   5'   Discussion
  15'   PulsarMon Status Report (Giovanni Santostasi - McNeese)
   5'   Discussion
  15'   StrainbandsMon and SixtyHertzMon (Keith Riles - Michigan)
   5'   Discussion
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1:00

* LUNCH (12:20-1:35)

Thur 1:35-2:30

  55'   Detector Characterization Committee - Organizational meeting