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DRAFT Schedule
Day 1
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Zoom: https://caltech.zoom.us/j/85421632838
PLEASE MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE UNLESS INVITED TO SPEAK BY THE SESSION MODERATOR
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Coffee/Tea Available - OSB Multipurpose Room
Coffee/Tea Available - OSB Multipurpose Room
8:00 - 10:00 AM
8:300 - 8:15 AM
8:15 -9:00 AM
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Welcome, Introduction and Purpose - OSB Multipurpose
Welcome, Introduction and Purpose - OSB Multipurpose
Co-Hosts: Dolly Richards & Hannah Hansen
Welcome and Workshop Overview - TBD
Summary of Workshop - TBD
Project Update - TBD
10:00 - 10:15 AM
Break
Break
10:15 -AM 12:00 PM
8:300 - 8:15 AM
8:15 -9:00 AM
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Co-Hosts: Dolly Richards & Hannah Hansen
Welcome and Workshop Overview - TBD
Summary of Workshop - TBD
Project Update - TBD
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Lunch - Served from OSB Conference Room
Lunch - Served from OSB Conference Room
Feel free to eat lunch on the patio (weather permitting) or Multipurpose Room
13:30 - 15:00 PM
Session Chair: Paolo Chiggiato, CERN
Candidate Beam Tube Materials Vacuum Properties - Carlo Scarcia, CERN
Fabrication and Assembly Trade-offs - Mike Zucker, LIGO
15:00-15:15 PM
Break
Break
15:15 - 15:45 PM
Session Chair: Fred Dylla, Caltech/MIT
Summary Discussion of Day 1
Working Group Organization
15:45 - 17:00 PM
Working Group Breakout: Day 1
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
6:00 PM
Group Dinner - 3 Margaritas
Group Dinner - 3 Margaritas
627 Jadwin Avenue | Richland, WA 99352
627 Jadwin Avenue | Richland, WA 99352
Dinner provided by CEBEX; No host bar (alcohol on your own)
Day 2
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Coffee/Tea Available - OSB Multipurpose Room
Coffee/Tea Available - OSB Multipurpose Room
8:30 - 10:15 AM
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)
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Break
Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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
12:00 -13:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 16:30 PM
Working Group Breakout: Day 2
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
16:30 - 16:45 PM
Break
Break
16:45 - 17:15 PM
Session Chair: Fred Dylla, Caltech/MIT
Summary Discussion of Day 2
Plan for Day 3
15:00 - 15:15 PM
Break
Break
16:30 PM
Adjourn
Adjourn
Thank you all for attending! Safe travels.
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