Program
The Indian Road-Map for Gravitational Wave Astronomy
IndIGO - ACIGA meeting on LIGO-AustraliaFeb 8-10 2011, Delhi
8th Feb (India International Centre - Conference Room II)
0930 - 1000 Registration + Welcome1000 MGK Menon - Inauguration and Opening Remarks
1015 Stan Whitcomb - Advanced LIGO, LIGO-Australia and the International Network
1115 - 1145 Tea
1145 Jesper Munch - LIGO-Australia: Nuts and Bolts
1220 C.S Unnikrishnan - IndIGO and LIGO-Australia
1300 - 1400 Lunch
1400 David Blair - Research Challenges as GW Detectors Enter the Quantum Regime
1445-1545 Internal Meeting + Discussions
1545 - 1615 Tea
1615 - 1715 Internal Meeting + Discussions
1715 Sanjeev Dhurandhar - GW Data Analysis and IndIGO
1750 Concluding Remarks
1600 Public Lecture by David Blair
Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe in Gravitational waves
Seminar hall of the Faculty of Engg. and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia
9th February (Jamia Milia Islamia - FTK-CIT conference hall)
Session on Vaccuum System Deliverables:0930 Inauguration at Jamia by Vice-Chancellor Mr. Najeeb Jung
1000 Tea
1030 Stan Whitcomb - The LIGO Vacuum System and plans for LIGO-Australia
1100 S.K. Shukla - Development of UHV Systems at UHVTD, RRCAT Indore
1120 SB Bhatt - Ultra High Vacuum Experience at IPR
1140 Presentation by HHV Representative
1150 Presentation by Fullinger Representative
1200 Ajai Kumar: Opening remarks: IndIGO deliverables in vacuum system for LIGO-Australia.
1210 Technical Interactive Discussion on Vacuum Deliverables
1300 Lunch
Session on GW Data Analysis:
1400 Archana Pai - Multi-detector Gravitational Wave Coherent Search Veto
1440 P. Ajith - Vetoes for gravitational-wave transients using instrumental coupling models
1500 Sanjit Mitra - Advantage of an extended network of detectors in radiometric searches for GWs
1520 K.G. Arun - Test of general relativity and alternative theories of gravity using GW observations
1600 Tea
1630 Anand Sengupta - Design considerations for the IndIGO Data Analysis Centre
1650 - 1750 Discussion on GW Data Center + LSC participation
1750 - 1850 Discussions on the Funding Proposal
1930 Conference Dinner
10th February (Jamia Milia Islamia - FTK-CIT conference hall)
Concluding Discussions:0930 Funding Proposal, GW Data Center, LSC Participation
1100 - Tea
Session on GW Interferometers:
1130 Li Ju: Opto-mechanical interactions in advanced gravitational wave detectors.
1150 Chunnong Zhao: Breaking the quantum measurement barrier
1210 G Rajalakshmi: Exploring Fundamental Questions in Physics with Proto-type Gravitational Wave Detectors
1230 Jesper Munch: Advanced Lasers and Adaptive optics.
1300 - Lunch
