The Australian International Gravitational Observatory:
Proyect Plan and Science Benefits
22-24 February 2010, Perth, Western Australia
International
Collaboration in Gravitational Astronomy
Galileo-Xu Guangqi Conference
26-30 October 2009, Shanghai, China
Workshop Program (PDF file):
Plenary Session(time to be advised): General
Relativity, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
Plenary Co-chairs: David Blair and Lu Tan
Plenary invited speakers:
Jay Marx: Introducing the GWIC Roadmap for Gravitational Astronomy
Linqing Wen: Gravitational Wave Sources and their Localisation
by a World Wide Array
Rana Adhikari: The Enhanced and Advanced LIGO Detectors
Kazuaki Kuroda: Cryogenic Advanced Gravitational Wave detectors
Afternoon Sessions
26/10/09: Planning the future of Gravitational
Astronomy
Co-Chairs: Chunnong Zhao (UWA) and Edna Cheung (Nanjing U.)
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Bernard Schutz | Enhanced Science from Advanced Detectors in Asia |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Bala Iyer (RRI) | Binary black holes |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Weitou Ni (PMO) | Spacecraft Gravitational Wave Detectors |
| Coffee/Tea Break |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Stan Whitcomb | How to Build a Gravitational Wave Detector |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
Francesco Fidecaro & Carlo Bradaschia (VIRGO) | The Virgo Detector and future enhancements |
27/10/09: Detectors and Technology for Gravitational
Astronomy.
Co-chairs: Ju Li (UWA) and Zhu Zonghong (Beijing Normal U)
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Jesper Munch (U. Adelaide) | The AIGO Project |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Adalberto Giazotto (VIRGO) | The Advanced Virgo Interferometer |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Chunnong Zhao (UWA) | Controlling Instabilities in High Power Interferometers |
| Coffee/Tea Break |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Ju Li (UWA) | Advanced Vibration Isolation Systems for AIGO |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
David McClelland (ANU) | Quantum Squeezing in Advanced GW detectors |
| 5:00 - 5:30 |
Jun Luo (Huazhong U) | Precision Measurement of G |
28/10/09: Data Analysis Challenges of Gravitational
Astronomy
Co-chairs: Weitou Ni (PMO) and Stan Whitcomb (LIGO)
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Yang Zhang (USTC) | Stochastic background gravitational waves from the Big Bang |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Sanjeev Dhurandhar (IUCAA) | Gravitational wave data analysis |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Jenwei Cao (Tsinghua U and LIGO) | Real-time GW Burst Search in the LIGO S6 Run |
| Coffee/Tea Break |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Tarun Souradeep (IUCAA) | Mapping the stochastic GW background |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
Maria Alessandra Papa (LSC) | GW data analysis challenges and results with the current network of operating detectors |
29/10/09: Workshop On Regional Collaboration
in GW Detection
Co-chairs: Bala Iyer (RRI, India), and Junwei Cao (Tsinghua U and MIT
LIGO)
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
David Reitze (LSC) | Managing large international collaborations |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
CS Unnikrishnan & Ranjan Gupta | Plans for developing GW Astronomy in India |
| Coffee/Tea Break |
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| 3:30 - |
Panel discussion | The Way forward for Extending the Worldwide Gravitational Wave Detector Array |
| Evening |
Workshop Dinner (details to be confirmed) | |
30/10/09: Sight seeing
Conference Location (Detailed Info)
Good Hope Hotel
Address: 500 Zhaojiabang Road, Shanghai
Tel: ++86-21-64716060
Fax: ++86-21-64710169
http://www.hope-hotel.com
Hotel:
1. Good Hope Hotel
Address: 500 Zhaojiabang Road, Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-64716060
Fax: +86-21-64710169
http://www.hope-hotel.com
Room Reservation: reservation@hope-hotel.com
(Note: to get reduced prices, please make reference on the room reservation
mail that you are the participants of the 1st Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting.)
2. Pine City Hotel
Address: 777 Zhaojiabang Road, Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-64433888
Fax: +86-21-64431800
Room Reservation:
http://hotels.english.ctrip.com/Domestic/ShowHotelInfo.aspx?hotel=6175&StartDate
Traffic:
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