Transcript WG3 Activities

WG3 Activities
M.Punturo & H.Lueck
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In the ILIAS proposal…
• WP3: An European Strategy for Future Antennas
– Plan the enhancement of the performances of the
European gravitational wave detectors and to
organise their collective operation.
– Objectives:
• To determine scientific objectives that could be attained
through short term improvements, optimisation and
association of detectors now available in Europe.
• To establish the bases for integrating existing and future
gravitational wave detectors in a coherent network.
• To draft a plan for a European network of gravitational
wave detectors at the 2010 horizon
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First Objective (in the last year)
• To determine scientific objectives that could be
attained through short term improvements,
optimisation and association of detectors now
available in Europe.
– Virgo+ (M.Punturo talk)
• Support to the reviewing activity (1st and 2nd review meetings)
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Laser Amplifier
Monolithic suspensions
Fast quadrant centering system
Modulation frequency issues
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… first objective (in the last year)
– Advanced Virgo
• Support to the preparation of the design study (G.Losurdo)
• Support to the co-chairman of the optical configuration
working group (A.Freise)
– GEO HF
• Preparatory discussions at the WG3 meetings
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Second Objective
• To establish the bases for integrating existing
and future gravitational wave detectors in a
coherent network.
– Initial seed of the discussion
– Overwhelmed by the bilateral agreement between
Virgo and the LSC (that includes the 3 LIGO
detectors, GEO and Virgo)
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Third Objective
• To draft a plan for a European network of
gravitational wave detectors at the 2010 horizon
– Fully achieved through the support to the enhanced
and advanced detectors design
• Positively overwhelmed by the startup of the
discussion and the support to the preliminary
design activity of an European 3rd generation
GW detector
– Support to the FP7-ET design study proposal
• Full session dedicated to ET
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