Cascina - Feb 2^nd - 4^th

Note: People not on site can connect remotely via EVO.
(for EVO authentication details see :
http://workarea.ego-gw.it/ego2/lsc-virgo/lsc-virgo-remote-participation-committee/auth-only/evo-meetings-coordinates)
For instructions for the use of EVO, see here:
https://workarea.ego-gw.it/ego2/lsc-virgo/lsc-virgo-remote-participation-committee/auth-only/EVO_for_Virgo-LSC-30apr08.pdf

Monday (Feb 2^nd):

 
14:30 - 17:00     Commissioning      (E. Calloni)           Auditorium

1) E. Calloni:     Introduction                                                      (10 + 5)
2) S. Bigotta:     Phase camera status and measurements           (20 + 5)
3) A. Rocchi:     TCS status and perspectives                              (20 + 5)
4) J. Marque:     Interferometer Optical characterization             (20 + 5)
5) A. Masserot: Electronic and Software status and upgrades     (20 + 5)
6) G. Vajente:    Locking status and perspectives                        (20 + 5)

17:00 - 19:00     Detector-1                (P. Rapagnani)            Auditorium

1 Introduction                  Piero Rapagnani           5'

2 New ADC Status            Benoit Mours              20'+5'

3 External Benches Noise mitigation progress
                                        Irene Fiori                   25'+5'

4 Computing Status          Stefano Cortese         20'+5'  

Tuesday (Feb 3^rd):

9:00 - 13:00     Advanced Virgo      (G. Losurdo)                Auditorium

G.Losurdo       (5’)     Introduction
H.Heitmann   (15')     AdV project management issues


AdV design issues

M.Barsuglia                  (15’)    Suspending NDRC optics
A.Brillet                        (15’)    Progress on the fiber laser
A.Pasqualetti                (15’)    Small cryotrap solution
R.Passaquieti                (15’)    Experimental test of radiative cooling
J. Y. Vinet                     (15’)    Scattered light in radiative cooling TCS

break

Subsystem reports
A.Freise – OSD (40’)
L.Pinard – MIR (20’)
R.Passaquieti – SAT (20’)




13:00 - 14:00        lunch

14:00 -  17:00    Data Analysis        (G.M. Guidi)               Auditorium            

Talks duration: 10+5 min

Introduction (GM Guidi)
Data Transfer status (L Salconi)
Status of on-line data transfer and on-line CBC analysis (B Mours)
DQ/vetoes VSR2 preparation status report (D Verdkindt)

Data transfer and data user access using grid tools: some results and future developments (C Palomba)
Results of the high frequency search for bursts in S5y2-VSR1 using coherent WaveBurst (V Re)
Semitargeted search by discrete signal resampling (O Torre)
Update on Rome CW activities (C Palomba)

Status of the LSC/Virgo CBC High Mass search (R Gouaty)
CBC Rates (T Bulik - EVO connections)
Search for non Gaussian stochastic backgrounds (S Birindelli)
Robust estimation of the parameters of a disturbed non-stationary Gaussian process (S Frasca)

17:00 - 19:00     Detector-2                (P. Rapagnani)            Auditorium

1 Introduction                                                     5'           P. Rapagnani

2 Electronic and Software status and upgrades    20'+5'    A. Masserot

3 New ADC Status                                                20'+5'    B. Mours  

4 Surface and interface analysis of thin
   oxide films for coating characterization            20'+5'    M. Canepa (GE)    

5 Status for the IMC flat mirrors                           20'+5'    F. Mul/Th. S. Bauer   

6 Update on Monolithic Suspensions                    20'+5'    P. Puppo

Wednesday (Feb 4^th):

 

9:00 - 10:40     Plenary                   (Th. S. Bauer)           Auditorium

(preliminary agenda)

9:00 -  9:15	F. Fidecaro	News
9:15 -  9:25	J. Colas	News
Summary talks
9:25 -  9:40	E. Calloni/P. Rapagnani	Commissioning
9:40 -  9:55	P. Rapagnani	Detector
9:55 - 10:10	G. Guidi	Analysis
10:10 - 10:25	G. Losurdo	Adv. Virgo
10:25 - 10:35	F. Richard	Techn. Doc. System

13:00 - 14:00 lunch

11:00 - 13:30    VSC                        (F. Fidecaro)                Council Room

Agenda
1. Communications
  - Contacts with LKB, Orléans
  - Open data policy of LSC
2. Papers and Talks Board
  - Structure, harmonization with LSC, author list management
3. Virgo Organization
4. Next ERC phone meeting
5. Advanced Virgo Charter
6. Proposal to the EU for the fellowship program "EGO-COFUND"
  - Documentation provided by Michele Punturo
7. Coordinators' plans and decisions
  - Commissioning
  - Detector
  - Data Analysis
  - Advanced Virgo
  - Outreach
8. AOB