Transcript application LCGT_revx

Application for LCGT
membership
Prof. Riccardo DeSalvo
University of Sannio
Benevento, Italy
The University of Sannio
• University of Sannio group (prof. I. Pinto) has
a history of collaboration with TAMA
• Later joined LSC, working on Data analysis and
on mirror development (in collaboration with me)
The University of Sannio (2)
• With the start of LCGT the Sannio group is
re-organizing to support LCGT
• Initially with mirror coating, mechanics,
controls, eventually with data analysis
• The group will formally apply in the next few
months
• The mechanics contribution is urgent
• => Individual pre-application to LCGT
What about me, and why LCGT
• I am a physicist loves to work with new
technologies and do precision engineering
• I have a string of achievements in many areas
of experimental physics
• I have already contributed with TAMA-SAS
• I like to work with, and train young scientists
• It would be a great privilege to contribute my
work to make LCGT a success
Why join LCGT ?
• It was great working in Japan for TAMA and
with Kuraray and other Japanese projects.
• LCGT selected SAS, one of my best concepts,
of which I am very proud
• LCGT is the first underground GW detector,
leading to the 3rd generation, and it is a great
new challenge ! !
What can I do for LCGT
• I spent 15 years perfecting the SAS technique and
understanding the behavior of the necessary
materials
• I’d like to put this effort to good use
• My most important contribution to LCGT would
therefore be to develop and implement its SAS
seismic isolation, working with Takahashi
What else can I do for LCGT
• I have :
– Experience in Vacuum techniques
– Experience with mirror and coating development
(Pinto, Mexican hat interferometer)
– Considerable experience with underground
operations. I am the son of a miner, I worked
extensively in tunnels in CERN and Fermilab, and most
recently in DUSEL and fully appreciate the problems
involved.
What can I bring to LCGT
• I worked in Virgo and LIGO as they developed
• I learned what was relevant and what’s not
• I can contribute this experience
• I started studying the problems of third
generation observatories (DUSEL-ET)
– e.g. the xylophone concept
• I can help LCGT to become the 3rd generation
pathfinder
What else can I bring to LCGT
• I enjoy collaborations and I have always
worked with a wide variety of scientists
• Hearing that I may join LCGT, a number of
scientists from Italy, Netherlands and the US
have already expressed a desire to
collaborate with me in LCGT
What can I do besides LCGT
• I have R&D ideas about improving material
performance both in springs and coatings
• During my life I dealt with ~ 100 students and
young scientists, some Japanese
• I can suggest student thesis projects and
mentor them
Conclusion
• It would be a great privilege for me
to be accepted into the LCGT team
My academic and research history
• 1979 Atomic spectroscopy master thesis at
University of Pisa on super-radiant pulses in Cs
(building lasers, tests on laser assisted gene splitting)
• 1980 Apply for graduate studies
– Accepted to Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris
– Instead, I was directly offered an unsolicited research
fellowship (postdoc) at CERN
• (I became the youngest postdoc at CERN)
CERN postdoc (1980-1983)
• Built lasers for calibration of drift chambers
• In charge of the beam detectors of the SPS
experimental halls (~ 1000 photomultipliers)
• Developed drift chambers for luminosity
monitor and p-pbar cross section
measurement at SPS collider
• I built the apparatus for Jim Cronin’s
lifetime experiment
Cornell postdoc/staff scientist (19841987)
• Design/build large collider drift chamber
• Design/build
elastic scattering
experiment at Fermilab
• Design/build CESR Beryllium pipe/vertex drift
chamber collision region
• Contributed tracker designs for SSC and CEBAF
CERN staff scientist (1988-1993)
• Spaghetti calorimetry development program
– Development of scintillating/wavelength shifting
fibers with Kiowa-gas/Kuraray
• Invention/development of Hybrid Photo Diode
– (Work also with Hamamatsu)
• Quartz fiber calorimetry development
• Work on avalanche photo diodes
– It explains why CMS e.m. calorimeter has false
readings
Switch to Gravitational Waves (1994)
• I returned to Italy
• I chose to work at Virgo on the fascinating and
challenging field of Gravitational Wave
Detection
Virgo INFN scientist (1994-1997)
• Design/Prototype the superattenuators
– Introduce maraging for springs
– Eliminate shear clamps
• Design/Prototype accelerometers
• Some interest in vacuum pipe & baffle design
LIGO Caltech scientist (1998-2010)
• Develop GAS filters and SAS structure
• Design Hongo-SAS and TAMA-SAS (Takamori)
• Design/Build/test HAM-SAS
• Provide design for AEI-SAS and NIKHEF-SAS for
Virgo
LIGO Caltech scientist (1998-2010)
• Mesa beam experiment to reduce mirror
thermal noise
• Design of optimized coating mirrors (Pinto)
• Directional radiative cooling (Kawamura-kun)
LIGO Caltech scientist (1998-2010)
• Identified problem with mechanical noise
from SOC of dislocations
• Work on glassy metal springs/flexures
• Work on creep
• Development of techniques for third
generation, experience in underground GW
observatories, NN subtraction, . . .
• Serve on Vacuum Review board
Publications
• I have written or contributed to 270+
publications, most on refereed scientific
journals
• I have two patents
• I am editing a book on Optical coatings