= ELiTES activities in Japan (2015-2016) = == Task List == === (Task-1) Cryogenic Payload [host: Tomaru and Yamamoto] === * Collaboration on the cryogenic payload design (2015) * Property measurement of cryogenic materials (2015) : (1) application and removal of indium (2) measurements of the thermal resistance of heat links and joint interfaces * Development of local sensors and actuators (2015) * Platform assembly (2015 1Q-2Q) * Cooling test (2015 3Q-4Q) * Suspension assembly (2015 1Q-4Q) * Control test (2015 3Q - 2016 2Q) * Vibration test at JAXA (2016 1-2Q) * Installation and commissioning at the KAGRA site : available when CRY members work at site === (Task-2) Cool-down test of the cryostat + duct shield [host: Tomaru and Yamamoto] === * Preparation of a cryo-cooler system and DAQ system (2015 2Q) * Cooling test and vibration test (2015 3Q) === (Task-3) Installation of the cryogenic payload prototype [host: Tomaru and Yamamoto] === * Installation (2016, 1-2Q) * Cooling test and control test (2016, 3-4Q) : actual cooling of the real system is planned in 2017 === (Task-4) Output mode-cleaner development [host: Somiya] === * Development of control scheme with a table-top experiment at Tokyo Tech === (Task-5) Development of horizontal accelerometer for the inverted pendulum [host: Takahashi] === * Experiment at National Astronomical Observatory at Mitaka === (Task-6) Site development of Kamioka [host: Kokeyama] === * Development real time software for subsystem controls * Develop the mine environment monitor system * Fabrications for analog circuits * Other input/output optics installation tasks ---------------------------------------------------------- == Overseas Participants List == === 2015 === * Janis Woehler (AEI): Task-4 * Joris van Heijningen (NIKHEF): Task-5 * Jerome Degallaix (LMA): optical simulation at ICRR * Kazuhiro Agatsuma (NIKHEF) : Task-5 * Eleonora Capocasa (APC) : filter cavity at NAOJ == Allocation Plan == || ||2015||2016||2017|| || ||Jul||Aug||Sep||Oct ||Nov||Dec||Jan||Feb||Mar||Apr||May||Jun||Jul||Aug||Sep||Oct||Nov||Dec||Jan||Feb||Mar|| ||Janis || || || ||T-4 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||Joris || || || || || ||T-5||T-5|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||Jerome || || || ||ICRR|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||Kazuhiro|| || || || || ||T-5|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||Eleonora|| || || || ||NAO|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||