Workshop Schedule

Welcome, Introduction and Purpose - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Session Chair: Fred Dylla, Caltech/MIT

• Welcome and Workshop Overview - Mike Zucker,  Dave Reitze and Mike Landry, LIGO

• Summary of Workshop II at CERN (2023) - Fred Dylla, AIP

• Cosmic Explorer: Project Update and Vacuum Requirements - Matt Evans, MIT

• Einstein Telescope: Project Update and Vacuum Requirements - Tomasz Bulik,  U. Warsaw

Design Space Trade-Offs: Vacuum Materials and Fabrication - LSB Auditorium  - Zoom link

Session Chair: Paolo Chiggiato, CERN

• Candidate Beam Tube Materials Vacuum Properties - Carlo Scarcia, CERN

• Fabrication and Assembly Trade-offs - Mike Zucker, LIGO 

Day 1 Summary and Working Group Organization - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Session Chair: Fred Dylla, Caltech/MIT

• Summary Discussion of Day 1

• Working Group Organization

Working Group Breakout: Day 1 

• Working Group 1: Materials, Surface Treatments and Outgassing - LExC Classroom Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Paolo Chiggiato, CERN and Dan Henkel, LIGO

• Working Group 2: Design Fabrication and Assembly - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Dennis Coyne, LIGO and Marco Marrone, CERN

• Working Group 3: Scattered Light Isolation and Baffles - OSB Multipurpose Room - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Matt Evans, MIT and Mario Martinez, IFAE, Barcelona 

Design Space Trade-Offs: Stray Light - LSB Auditorium- Zoom link

Session Chair: Mario Martinez, IFAE 

• Design Drivers for Scattered Light Baffles - Antonios Kontos, Bard College 

• Mechanical/Optical Considerations for Baffles - Marc Andrés Carcasona, MIT

• Stray light noise from particulate contamination in ground based GW interferometers - Livia Conti, INFN (remote)

Experimental Program Reports - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Session Chair: Melina Fuentes-Garcia, LIGO 

• CEBEX - Mike Zucker, LIGO 

• ET Pilot Sector of the ET Vacuum Pipe - Ana Teresa Fontenla, CERN

• Contribution of CNRS-LAPP to the ET Vacuum Pipe Prototyping - Alexander LaCroix, CNRS

Working Group Breakout: Day 2 

• Working Group 1: Materials, Surface Treatments and Outgassing - LExC Classroom  Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Paolo Chiggiato, CERN and Dan Henkel, LIGO 

• Working Group 2: Design Fabrication and Assembly - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Dennis Coyne, LIGO and Marco Marrone, CERN

• Working Group 3: Scattered Light Isolation and Baffles - OSB Multipurpose Room - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Matt Evans, MIT and Mario Martinez, IFAE, Barcelona 

Day 2 Wrap Up and Day 3 Plan - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Session Chair: Fred Dylla, Caltech/MIT

• Summary Discussion of Day 2

• Plan for Day 3

Working Group Breakout: Day 3 

• Working Group 1: Materials, Surface Treatments and Outgassing - LExC Classroom Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Paolo Chiggiato, CERN and Dan Henkel, LIGO 

• Working Group 2: Design Fabrication and Assembly - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Dennis Coyne, LIGO and Marco Marrone, CERN

• Working Group 3: Scattered Light Isolation and Baffles - OSB Multipurpose Room - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Matt Evans, MIT and Mario Martinez, IFAE, Barcelona 

Working Group Breakout: Day 3 (Continued) 

• Working Group 1: Materials, Surface Treatments and Outgassing - LExC Classroom Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Paolo Chiggiato, CERN and Dan Henkel, LIGO 

• Working Group 2: Design Fabrication and Assembly - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Dennis Coyne, LIGO and Marco Marrone, CERN

• Working Group 3: Scattered Light Isolation and Baffles - OSB Multipurpose Room - Zoom link

Co-Chairs: Matt Evans, MIT and Mario Martinez, IFAE, Barcelona 

Working Group Reports - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Session Chair: Fred Dylla, Caltech/MIT

Workshop Wrap Up and Plan for Next Meeting - LSB Auditorium - Zoom link

Session Chairs: Mike Zucker, Fred Dylla, Paolo Chiggiato