FAQs to the KAGRA collaboration

Frequently asked questions; Beginner's guide, or Senior's reminder.

• Level 0: Before joining to the collaboration

  Level 1: After joined to the collaboration (Initial actions)

  Level 2: After joined to the collaboration (Research)

  Level 3: After joined to the collaboration (Presentation, Publication, R&D)

Level 0: Before joining to the collaboration

• What is Gravitational Wave?

  • You are not supposed to ask this question. It's beyond our knowledge and space. Go to the KAGRA public FAQ webpage. Bye.

• What is KAGRA?

  • Brief explanation can be found in https://gwcenter.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

  • More in detail, refer our historical background article [Nature Astronomy, 3 (2019) 35–40], an article in Perspective section. You can get the copy from here.

• What is KSC (KAGRA Scientific Congress)?

  • KAGRA Scientific Congress (KSC) is the decision making body of KAGRA collaborators. The aims of KSC are to discuss and to make decisions upon KAGRA science.
    

    • (1) Scientific targets pursued by the collaboration.
      (2) Recommend/Endorse scientific direction and strategy of KAGRA
      (3) Strategies of R&D and data analysis
      

    In addition, KSC manage and maintain the collaboration itself.
    

    • (4) Maintenance of the collaborator-list
      (5) Maintenance of the author-list
      (6) Holding the KAGRA face-to-face meeting

  • KSC member-list is available from wiki page or from JGWdoc.

• What are the advantages to join the KAGRA collaboration?

  • You can have free dinner at August face-to-face meeting. (Only the meeting at Univ. Toyama.)

• What are the conditions to join the KAGRA collaboration?

  • Consult Guideline for joining the KAGRA collaboration

  • A collaborator is supposed to work on gravitational physics and astronomy with certain contributions to the collaboration. Here, the contribution includes not only research, experiments and/or R&D, but also management, outreach, and/or collaborational activities.

• What are the restrictions after joining the KAGRA collaboration?

  • Consult Guideline for joining the KAGRA collaboration

  • Please observe the rules and regulations of the collaboration.
  • Basically, you need to prepare your own budget for participating any activities. For attending the meetings, KAGRA has Core-to-Core grant for supporting travel fee (note that the total amount is limited). The list of contact persons is available from xxx. (Miyoki)

• How to join the KAGRA collaboration?

  • Consult Guideline for joining the KAGRA collaboration

  • If you are planning to join KAGRA collaboration as a new group, contact to KSC board (kscboard_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp) directly or contact to a KSC board member. You will be requested to make a presentation at one of the KAGRA face-to-face meeting on your background and research plans (about 10 minutes). KSC members will vote for your participation. If yes, then you are a KAGRA collaborator.

• Rules and Regulations?

  • Links are here.

• Organization chart?

  • KSC organization chart is here.

  • Other organization chart is here.

Level 1: After joined to the collaboration (Initial actions)

• What are the initial procedures?

  • Send your group's information (name, affiliation, position, email, post address, phone number) to the roster manager, kagraros@icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp. The manager will add your email to KAGRA mailing list, and also give you an account of JGW document server and KAGRA wiki access account.

  • All members are supposed to file O3 Commitment form with individual signature. This is necessary to access O3 observation data, and keep active your KAGRA mailing list. Follow the procedure in here

  • All groups are supposed to have KAGRA Collaboration MoU with KAGRA. This is necessary to receive financial support (local transportation) when the members take observation shift. Follow the procedure here.

  • Each group is supposed to assign KSC member(s). KSC members can vote for decisions of the collaboration. Follow the procedure here.

• Where can I get the list of abbreviation?

  • For subgroup names, check here.

  • LIGO/Virgo group prepares Abbreviations and Acronyms List

• KAGRA Main Storage System?

  • In order to access observation data, you need to have an account of KAGRA Main Storage System. First, submit O3 Commitment form (above), and follow the procedure in here. Note that the account requires renewal every May.

• What kind of mailing lists do we have?

  • (Miyoki, Tagoshi)

  • The wiki seems to be a bit old.

• Usage of JGRdoc (document server)

  • The manual is here.

  • The Japanese manual is here.

• Usage of KAGRAwiki (wiki page)

  • The manual is here.

  • The Japanese manual is here.

• Usage of klog

  • (Akutsu, Miyoki)

  • The manual is linked from here.

• Usage of the Zoom

  • KAGRA telecon frequently use the web browser-based system, Zoom. We have three channels. The access account ID is kagra, and PWD is the one of common to us. You can reserve a channel from here.

Level 2: After joined to the collaboration (Research)

• List of the collaborators, KAGRA roster?

  • KAGRA Collaboration member list

  • If your affiliation address (or email) changes: Contact to kagraros_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • If your group has new members: Contact to kagraros_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

• KSC member updates?

  • KSC member list or wiki

  • Contact to kscboard_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

• How can I become an author of the collaboration paper?

  • Consult KAGRA Authorship Policy

  • To be in the author-list of KAGRA paper, being a collaborator is just a sufficient condition. Every year, you need to show yourself that you have conducted more than 30% of your research time to KAGRA.

• How to access to the KAGRA site?

  • Check out wiki.

• How to join the subgroup of the KAGRA experiment team?

  • (Miyoki, Akutsu)

• How to join the subgroup of the KAGRA data analysis team?

  • Follow http://gwwiki.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/JGWwiki/KAGRA/DAWG

• What is the schedule of the meetings?

  • We have three KAGRA face-to-face meeting a year. This is only for collaborators, and no remote connection.

  • We have KAGRA International Workshop twice a year. This series of workshop is open to all.

• What kind of annual actions are required?

  • Every year, you are asked to be in the KAGRA default author-list (above).
  • If you have a nice photo: Let the KSC Newsletter share them.

Level 3: After joined to the collaboration (Presentation, Publication, R&D)

• Procedures of proposing a research?

  • For data analysis, please contact to subgroup chief.

• Procedures of proposing a collaboration paper?

  • Please contact to kscboard_at_icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

• O3 observation shift system?

  • Please contact to Miyakawa-san.

• What should I do when we detected gravitational wave?

  • Please do not tweet scientific parameters in SNS, until we publish the scientific results.
  • Please do not show and distribute the data out to the collaboration.

• When I wrote a paper, what is the process?

  • If it is related to KAGRA, you need to ask the collaboration whether the style (contents and author list) is OK via the Committee of Publication Control (CPC). Submit information via web, CPC will judge whether the style is appropriate, and if necessary CPC circulates the draft to the collaboration. The circulation normally takes a week or 10 days.

• Logo?

  • KAGRA logo is available from here.

  • Logo of collaboration institutes is available from here.