KAGRA face to face meeting

Date: Aug 1(Thu)- Aug 3(Sat), 2013

Location: Multiple-purpose hall, Faculty of science, Gofuku campus, University of Toyama

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F2F meeting

The face-to-face meeting of KAGRA Collaboration will be held at Gofuku campus of the University of Toyama from the 1st to the 3rd of the August, 2013. The objective of this meeting is to let all collaboration members know the current status of KAGRA and is to exchange information among different sub-systems for coherently and efficiently conducting the project. We may have to discuss unsolved problems that have been studied by the special working groups and will make decisions if possible. After the meeting of the 1st of August, International Board of Representatives will be held on. On the　evening of the 2nd of August, we will have a banquet.

In this meeting, there are some special events. On the 31st of July, the day before this meeting, KAGRA Summer School on Gravitational Waves 2013 (Lecture about gravitational wave detection for beginners) and sites tour of KAGRA and CLIO will be held. On the night of the 1st of August, you can enjoy firework festival supported by Kita-Nihon Newspaper.

I hope in this meeting that we have wide and deep discussions to find the best ways to fulfill the scientific objectives of KAGRA.

Kazuaki Kuroda

Registration

If you will attend this KAGRA f2f meeting, please visit below page and register AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

In this meeting, we have three social events; KAGRA Summer School on Gravitational Waves 2013 (Lecture about gravitational wave detection for beginners), KAGRA and CLIO site tour, and Banquet. Details are as follow. If you attend the social events please put 'yes' in the box for attending each social events on the registration page.

On the morning of the 31st of July (Wed), KAGRA Summer School on Gravitational Waves 2013 (Lecture about gravitational wave detection for beginners) will be held in the University of Toyama.

On afternoon of the 31st of July (Wed), the site tour (KAGRA tunnels and CLIO site) will be held.

We plan to have a banquet in the evening on 2nd of the August (Fri). Please pay the fee JPY3500 for staff (JPY2500 for student) by cash at the front desk of conference BEFORE THE BANQUET. The fee for coffee break is JPY500 for others.

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Hotel and access

We are very sorry, but, in this time, please reserve your hotel by yourself. The information about hotels near University of Toyama and access to University of Toyama are here.

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Exchanging money

It is not so easy to change the foreign currency to Japanese Yen in Toyama (even in the airport !). We strongly recommend that you CHANGE your money in TOKYO OR OSAKA.

Internet connection in the conference hall (Multiple-purpose hall)

If you would like to use internet in the conference hall (Multiple-purpose hall), please get the paper for internet connection at the registration desk.

Lunch

• On the 1st (Thu) and 2nd (Fri) of Aug, the cafeteria in Gofuku campus is opened Campus map.

• On the 3rd of Aug (Sat), the cafeteria is CLOSED ! There are some restaurant and convenience stores near the Gofuku campus Map.

Banquet

• Date and time: Aug 2 (Fri), 18:00~
• Location: Open Cafe AZAMI in Gofuku campus of University of Toyama

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  • Please pay JPY3500 for staff (non-student) and JPY2500 for student at the registration desk IN ADVANCE.

Firework festival

• Date and time: Aug 1 (Thu), 19:35-20:30

Firework festival supported by Kita-Nihon Newspaper. The site is between the Toyama station and University of Toyama. It takes 20 minutes from University to site on foot. Even if you are in the campus of University of Toyama, you can see. The details is here　(Japanese).　The map is here (Japanese). You can check the photo of the past festival and buy the tickets for seats near river here(Japanese).

Participants list

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KAGRA Summer School on Gravitational Waves 2013 on the 31st of July 2013

This is the lecture about gravitational wave detection for beginners.

KAGRA and CLIO site tour on the 31st of July 2013

• 3km two tunnels for KAGRA　are being excavated in Kamioka mine. The CLIO (Cryogenic Laser Interferometer Observatory) interferometer with 100 m baselines in Kamioka mine is the prototype for KAGRA. Two papers about CLIO were published in Physical Review Letters (K. Agatsuma et al., "Direct Measurement of Thermal Fluctuation of High-Q Pendulum" and T. Uchiyama et al., "Reduction of Thermal Fluctuations in a Cryogenic Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector"). In this tour, you can check both KAGRA and CLIO sites !

• Attendees go from University of Toyama or Toyama station after lunch and come back before dinner by a bus or cars prepared by Kamioka branch of Gravitational Wave Project Office (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo).
• Kamioka branch has already told you whether you take bus or car. In any cases, let Kamioka branch know the year and date of your birth (they are necessary for insurance) BY the 23RD OF JULY.
• If you take the bus, please tell Kamioka branch whether you take and get off the bus at the University of Toyama or Toyama station BY the 23RD OF JULY.
• If you take car, you can check only KAGRA site (not CLIO site). Please contact your driver and discuss the details of schedule.
• Please have lunch before you get on the bus (or car) or bring your own lunch to eat in the bus.
• Please bring your own drink or snack you need (We recommend you to bring something to drink!). There is no store near Kamioka branch. In short, you cannot buy something to eat and drink until the end of this tour, around 7:30 pm.
• Here is the schedule of BUS. If you take a car, please contact your driver and discuss the details of schedule.

Photos of KAGRA and CLIO site tour on the 31st of July 2013

1,2,3 (courtesy of Mr. Kiyoshi Furuta, Kamioka branch)

Program of KAGRA face to face meeting (1st - 3rd of Aug. 2013)

• How to upload your presentation file on the program (English, Japanese). If you can not upload your file, please send your file to Kazuhiro Yamamoto (yamak at icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp), NOT Osamu Miyakawa.

SeeVogh broadcast

SeeVogh broadcast is available during the KAGRA f2f meeting.

We will support only for listening the meeting, but not for saying something from listeners since this face to face meeting, as shown in its name, is supposed that all the participants meet at the conference room directly. Since there is only wireless network in the conference room, we are afraid that there is sometimes troubles.

SeeVogh information:

• Title: KAGRA f2f
• Date and Time: during the meeting on 1st of August - 3rd of August

Help for SeeVogh is here.