Detector Characterization Presentations

(Wednesday March 19, 2008 - Caltech)


Notes:

Wiki link for parallel session speakers to upload talks:

http://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/ligovirgo/meetings/LSCVirgo0803/DetCharParal

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The latest version of this agenda can be found at

  http://gallatin2.physics.lsa.umich.edu/~keithr/lscdc/agenda_mar08.html 


Wednesday 8:00-11:00 in 201 East Bridge  - Parallel session

 Algorithm & Software Development:

  10'  Web Interface for DQ Flagging (Nicholas Valles - Andrews)
   5'  Discussion
  10'  The ligoDV Tool (Josh Smith - Syracuse)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  Hilbert-Huang Transform Studies (Jordan Camp - Goddard)
   5'  Discussion
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0:50

 S5 Investigations:

  15'  Status of Data Quality in Virgo (Didier Verkindt - Annecy)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  Environmental Coupling during S5 (Robert Schofield - Oregon)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  S5 Coherence Studies (Nelson Christensen - Carleton)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  Virgo Control Noise Reduction (Gabriele Vajente - INFN Pisa)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  S5 Veto Studies Summary (Josh Smith - Syracuse) 
   5'  Discussion
  10'  S5 results from the Multidimensional Classification Pipeline (Soma Mukherjee - Brownsville)
   5'  Discussion
  10'  Seismic glitches in LIGO S5 data - Results from the Offline Analysis of
       NoiseFloorMon (Robert Stone - Brownsville)
   5'  Discussion
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2:10

* BREAK (11:00-11:30)

Wednesday 11:30-12:30 in Beckman Auditorium - Plenary

 S5 Calibration Studies:

  15'  Status of S5 Calibration (Brian O'Reilly - LIGO Livingston)
  10'  Report from Calibration Review Committee (Keita Kawabe - LIGO Hanford)
   5'  Discussion
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0:30

 S5 Investigations:

  12'  S5 Glitch Studies Update (Laura Cadonati or Shourov Chatterji - Amherst or Caltech+INFN)
  12'  S5 Data Quality Update (John Zweizig - LIGO Caltech)
   6'  Discussion
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0:30

* LUNCH (12:30-14:00)

* STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS PLENARY (14:00-16:00)

* BREAK (16:00-16:30)

Wednesday 16:30-18:30 in 201 East Bridge  - Parallel Session
 
  15'  Online Adaptive Noise Cancellation (Rana Adhikari and Matt Evans - LIGO Caltech and LIGO MIT)
   5'  Discussion

 S5 Data Quality Studies:

  10'  Coil Upconversion DQ Flagging (Masahiro Ito - Oregon)
   5'  Discussion
  10'  Low-frequency DARM_ERR Power DQ Flagging (Justin Garofoli - LIGO Hanford)
   5'  Discussion
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0:50

 Calibration Studies:

  20'  Photon and VCO Calibrations (Rick Savage and Evan Goetz - LIGO Hanford and Michigan)
  10'  Discussion
  15'  h(t) Validation (Xavi Siemens - Milwaukee)
   5'  Discussion
  15'  Status of Virgo Calibration (Loic Rolland - Annecy)
   5'  Discussion
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1:10

* BREAK (18:30-19:30)

* LSC COUNCIL MEETING (19:30-\infty)