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Meeting time: Tuesdays, Noon, 3rd Floor West Bridge SCR
Meeting time: Mondays, Noon, 3rd Floor West Bridge SCR
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Presenters are sometimes chosen in advance, sometimes chosen spontaneously, to present the experiments they are working on, experiments they plan to work on, or experiments which could be interesting for LIGO. All talks should be "chalkboard talks", i.e. no prepared slides.

==== Pizza ====
We often have pizza at our meetings.

If it's your turn to order the pizza, call up [http://pizzamanpasadena.com/ Pizza Man] - (626) 577-1135‎
 
 * If it is possible, order the day before
 * Order 3 extra large (or 4 if there is a large turnout expected) - these come with 16 smaller slices (which is good)
 * At least one pizza must be vegetarian. Also, the carnivores get antsy if there's not at least one pizza with some kind of meat / chicken.
 * The Vegetarians gave a big thumbs up to the Pesto Pizza - the Mexican Pizza is also a hit with the meat eaters
 * You get 50% off each second XL pizza - so 30$ for two, 50$ for three, and 60$ for four. Four is a lot of pizza.
 * Make sure to ask for an itemized receipt
 * Ask for sodas from the pizza guy, or buy ~3 2-liter bottles of soda from the C-Store or elsewhere.
 * Ask him to meet you across the street from Cahill (aka "The Red Building") on California...they know where that is (usually that means Wilson and California to the driver).
 * Someone (Dmass?) had easy delivery to San Pasqual and Wilson, (had the driver get confused once trying to find Cahill)
 * '''Keep your receipts''' - give them to Julie Hiroto, and she will take care of your reimbursement.
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==== Pizza ====
We often have pizza at our meetings. If it's your turn to order the pizza, call up [http://www.romeos-pizzeria.com/ Romeo's Pizzaria] in Pasadena: 626-795-4591
==== The Pizza List ====
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 * Ask for 3 large pizzas (your choice....make sure 1 is vegetarian)
 * Each should be cut into 12 slices
 * Make sure to ask for an itemized receipt
 * Ask for sodas from the pizza guy, or buy ~2 2-liter bottles of soda.
 * The current plan is to give the receipts to Julie Hiroto in E Bridge for reimbursement
We've had trouble lately with grad students remembering when it's their turn to get the pizzas. This is a big no-no, since it leaves the entire LIGO-X group grumpy all day. This list is the official place to look. In an effort to remind people, emails will be sent out weekly the night before the meeting, but '''grad students are still responsible for checking here, and should not rely entirely on the emails.'''

|| '''Week''' || '''Pizza Buyer''' (# of Pizzas)|| '''Presenters / Topics''' ||
|| 10 Jan || Tara || ||
|| 17 Jan || MLK Jr. Day - No meeting || ||
|| 24 Jan || Greg || ||
|| 31 Jan || Zach || ||
|| 7 Feb || Dmass || ||
|| 14 Feb || Kiwamu || ||
|| 21 Feb || President's Day - No meeting || ||
|| 28 Feb || Jenne || ||

==== Past Meetings ====

|| '''Week''' || '''Pizza Buyer''' (# of Pizzas)|| '''Presenters / Topics''' ||
|| 2 Mar || Rana (3)|| Tara (FSS), Zach (Gyro) ||
|| 9 Mar || Koji (3)|| Dmass (Doubling), Rana (Ref Cav) ||
|| 23 Mar || --- || Tara (creak), Alastair (nonlinear TE noise) ||
|| 1 Apr || Zach (3)|| Greg (TE/TR cancellation), Kiwamu (Green locking) ||
|| 20 Apr || Jenne (3)|| Tara - Iodine ||
|| 27 Apr || Dmass (3)|| Christopher - OPLEV, Akira - TNI ||
|| 4 May || Kiwamu (3)|| Rana (Ref Cav), Vladimir (mechanical modes of mirror) ||
|| 11 May || Alberto (3)|| Alberto & Zach about RF PDs ||
|| 18 May || Tara (3)|| Frontiers in Optics abstracts /FrontiersInOpticsAbstracts ||
|| 25 May || Greg (3)|| Rana - Report on GWADW ||
|| 1 Jun || Dmass (4)|| Valera - LLO range update, Tara - Refcav ||
|| 8 Jun || Kiwamu (4) || ||
|| 15 Jun || Tara (4) || ||
|| 22 Jun || Jenne (6 - SURF) || ||
|| 29 Jun || Greg (6 - SURF) || ||
|| 6 Jul || Alberto (6 - SURF) || Kiwamu - Green Locking ||
|| 13 Jul || Dmass (6 - SURF) || Kiwamu - aLIGO Green Locking ||
|| 20 Jul || Kiwamu (6 - SURF ~$120)||Eric - suspension lab at Glasgow, Jan - Capacitive seismometers ||
|| 27 Jul || Jenne (6 - SURF) || Jenne - Adaptive Noise Cancellation ||
|| 3 Aug || Tara (6 - SURF) || Tara - Effective thermal deformation of the mirror with coating||
|| 10 Aug || Greg (6 - SURF)|| Several SURFs: Bryce, Jenna, Alyssa ||
|| 17 Aug || Alberto (4 - $82 + $8 tip) || Yoichi - "Funding and Tunneling" for LCGT ||
|| 24 Aug || Zach (SURFs gone)|| Eric G asking questions re: 40m status, AOM innards ||
|| 31 Aug || Dmass (3) || Koji - Update on 40m PSL, Rana - Update on MIT activities ||
|| 7 Sep || Kiwamu (4 pizzas for 24 people) || Discussion of EE workshop and tool borrowing etiquette ||
|| 14 Sep || Jenne (4, including Rana's favorite - BBQ Chicken) || Frank - PD Pulse Testing, Ting - LG33 modes ||
|| 21 Sep || Tara || ||
|| 28 Sep || Greg || Alan talked about Big Dog ||
|| 4 Oct || Alberto || ||
|| 11 Oct || Zach (forgot the pizza like n00b) || Discussed PRM/SRM phase maps ||
|| 18 Oct || Zach (take 2) || ||
|| 25 Oct || Dmass || Green Beat-note, and Tiltmeter sensors ||
|| 1 Nov || Dmass (round 2) || S6 Modemon by Zach ||
|| 8 Nov || Kiwamu || Alan - musings, Alberto - Thesis Conclusions ||
|| 15 Nov || Jenne || ||
|| 22 Nov || Tara || Frank - Cryo Experiment, Eric - NPRO history ||
|| 29 Nov || Greg || (Meeting held at WB265) Rana - New Director Search, Greg - New ideas for Thermal Noise experiment ||
|| 6 Dec || Zach || Phil - TCS Ring Heaters, Jenne - Seismology Simulations ||
|| 13 Dec || Dmass || ||
|| 20 Dec || Kiwamu (2 large)|| Tara - Noise in RefCav||
|| 27 Dec || No meeting || ||
|| 3 Jan || Jenne (4) || Rana - Update on LCGT, Alan - Update on Big Dog, Brief discussion on SURF 2011 projects ||

LIGO X

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The LIGO Instrument Science Group at Caltech

Meeting time: Mondays, Noon, 3rd Floor West Bridge SCR

The goal of this group is to collaborate and discuss ideas for experiments to perform on the Caltech campus. We work on projects that are immediately applicable to the IFOs today, as well as future generations of interferometers.

Presenters are sometimes chosen in advance, sometimes chosen spontaneously, to present the experiments they are working on, experiments they plan to work on, or experiments which could be interesting for LIGO. All talks should be "chalkboard talks", i.e. no prepared slides.

Pizza

We often have pizza at our meetings.

If it's your turn to order the pizza, call up [http://pizzamanpasadena.com/ Pizza Man] - (626) 577-1135‎

  • If it is possible, order the day before
  • Order 3 extra large (or 4 if there is a large turnout expected) - these come with 16 smaller slices (which is good)
  • At least one pizza must be vegetarian. Also, the carnivores get antsy if there's not at least one pizza with some kind of meat / chicken.
  • The Vegetarians gave a big thumbs up to the Pesto Pizza - the Mexican Pizza is also a hit with the meat eaters
  • You get 50% off each second XL pizza - so 30$ for two, 50$ for three, and 60$ for four. Four is a lot of pizza.
  • Make sure to ask for an itemized receipt
  • Ask for sodas from the pizza guy, or buy ~3 2-liter bottles of soda from the C-Store or elsewhere.
  • Ask him to meet you across the street from Cahill (aka "The Red Building") on California...they know where that is (usually that means Wilson and California to the driver).
  • Someone (Dmass?) had easy delivery to San Pasqual and Wilson, (had the driver get confused once trying to find Cahill)
  • Keep your receipts - give them to Julie Hiroto, and she will take care of your reimbursement.

The Pizza List

We've had trouble lately with grad students remembering when it's their turn to get the pizzas. This is a big no-no, since it leaves the entire LIGO-X group grumpy all day. This list is the official place to look. In an effort to remind people, emails will be sent out weekly the night before the meeting, but grad students are still responsible for checking here, and should not rely entirely on the emails.

Week

Pizza Buyer (# of Pizzas)

Presenters / Topics

10 Jan

Tara

17 Jan

MLK Jr. Day - No meeting

24 Jan

Greg

31 Jan

Zach

7 Feb

Dmass

14 Feb

Kiwamu

21 Feb

President's Day - No meeting

28 Feb

Jenne

Past Meetings

Week

Pizza Buyer (# of Pizzas)

Presenters / Topics

2 Mar

Rana (3)

Tara (FSS), Zach (Gyro)

9 Mar

Koji (3)

Dmass (Doubling), Rana (Ref Cav)

23 Mar

---

Tara (creak), Alastair (nonlinear TE noise)

1 Apr

Zach (3)

Greg (TE/TR cancellation), Kiwamu (Green locking)

20 Apr

Jenne (3)

Tara - Iodine

27 Apr

Dmass (3)

Christopher - OPLEV, Akira - TNI

4 May

Kiwamu (3)

Rana (Ref Cav), Vladimir (mechanical modes of mirror)

11 May

Alberto (3)

Alberto & Zach about RF PDs

18 May

Tara (3)

Frontiers in Optics abstracts /FrontiersInOpticsAbstracts

25 May

Greg (3)

Rana - Report on GWADW

1 Jun

Dmass (4)

Valera - LLO range update, Tara - Refcav

8 Jun

Kiwamu (4)

15 Jun

Tara (4)

22 Jun

Jenne (6 - SURF)

29 Jun

Greg (6 - SURF)

6 Jul

Alberto (6 - SURF)

Kiwamu - Green Locking

13 Jul

Dmass (6 - SURF)

Kiwamu - aLIGO Green Locking

20 Jul

Kiwamu (6 - SURF ~$120)

Eric - suspension lab at Glasgow, Jan - Capacitive seismometers

27 Jul

Jenne (6 - SURF)

Jenne - Adaptive Noise Cancellation

3 Aug

Tara (6 - SURF)

Tara - Effective thermal deformation of the mirror with coating

10 Aug

Greg (6 - SURF)

Several SURFs: Bryce, Jenna, Alyssa

17 Aug

Alberto (4 - $82 + $8 tip)

Yoichi - "Funding and Tunneling" for LCGT

24 Aug

Zach (SURFs gone)

Eric G asking questions re: 40m status, AOM innards

31 Aug

Dmass (3)

Koji - Update on 40m PSL, Rana - Update on MIT activities

7 Sep

Kiwamu (4 pizzas for 24 people)

Discussion of EE workshop and tool borrowing etiquette

14 Sep

Jenne (4, including Rana's favorite - BBQ Chicken)

Frank - PD Pulse Testing, Ting - LG33 modes

21 Sep

Tara

28 Sep

Greg

Alan talked about Big Dog

4 Oct

Alberto

11 Oct

Zach (forgot the pizza like n00b)

Discussed PRM/SRM phase maps

18 Oct

Zach (take 2)

25 Oct

Dmass

Green Beat-note, and Tiltmeter sensors

1 Nov

Dmass (round 2)

S6 Modemon by Zach

8 Nov

Kiwamu

Alan - musings, Alberto - Thesis Conclusions

15 Nov

Jenne

22 Nov

Tara

Frank - Cryo Experiment, Eric - NPRO history

29 Nov

Greg

(Meeting held at WB265) Rana - New Director Search, Greg - New ideas for Thermal Noise experiment

6 Dec

Zach

Phil - TCS Ring Heaters, Jenne - Seismology Simulations

13 Dec

Dmass

20 Dec

Kiwamu (2 large)

Tara - Noise in RefCav

27 Dec

No meeting

3 Jan

Jenne (4)

Rana - Update on LCGT, Alan - Update on Big Dog, Brief discussion on SURF 2011 projects

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