Preliminary Agenda of LSC Detector Characterization Conference Call

(October 5, 2001 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, 8:00 a.m. PDT)

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• Upcoming engineering runs - S. Whitcomb

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• E5 investigation reports:

 
• Calibration studies - M. Landry

 
• Inter-channel correlations - N. Christensen

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• DMT monitor documentation - K. Riles

 
• Better documentation needed - Link to present documentation repository
• Definitive document (function & algorithm description) should be in a DCC pdf document linked to online web page (see LockLoss & ServoMon pages for one approach)

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• Status reports on DMT infrastructure:

 
• General - J. Zweizig

 
• Histogramming - M. Ito

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• Status reports on DMT monitors:

• Line noise (multi-taper method) & inter-channel correlation monitors - B. Allen, A. Ottewill

 
• Line noise (quasi-monochromatic method) monitor - S. Klimenko

 
• Band-limited / seismic noise monitors - E. Daw

• Bilinear cross-couplings & broad-band non-Gaussianity monitor - S. Penn

 
• Lock transition and servo instability monitors - D. Chin, K. Riles

• Rayleigh behavior monitor (non-Gaussianity vs frequency) - S. Finn, G. Gonzalez, P. Sutton

• Power spectral transient monitor - S. Mohanty
 
• Transient identification & event catalog monitors - J. Sylvestre, R. Weiss

• Glitch monitor - M. Ito

 
• Magnetic field and seismic transient monitors - R. Frey, R. Rakhola

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• A.O.B.