Minutes of the 14th KAGRA Face to Face Meeting (Aug 25-27, 2016)

• bKAGRA Phase 1 planning and commissioning (JGW-G1605540, JGW-G1605550)

  • We have to start observation run by the end of March 2018.
  • Sapphire test masses have to be cooled down to (close to) 20 K.
  • One commissioning leader will be appointed by Commissioning Committee at interferometer commissioning phase.

• Observation plan (JGW-G1605537, JGW-G1605549)

  • Agreed to update the KAGRA description and add some figures to Living Rev. Relativity 19 (2016) 1 observation scenario paper.
  • We will have a design review on sapphire fiber and ear modification proposal to increase violin frequency. No modification should be done before thorough reviews.
  • CRY group was asked to discuss this issue with MIR group, especially on possible interface against the mirror.
• New people
  • Agreed that people from Tjonnie Li group at The Chinese University of Hong Kong will join the KAGRA Collaboration.
  • They will join in the DAS group, and should be included in appropriate mailing lists as soon as possible.

• KSC discussion (JGW-G1605591)

  • Candidates for the Author List Committee member were approved. KSC board will ask them officially to be the members.
  • The members are M. Ando, S. Miyoki, K. Oohara, Hyung-Mok Lee, Y. Moriwaki, and N. Kawai (no response from Prof. Kawai yet).
  • The chair of the Author List Committee will be selected by themselves.
  • Organization structure, especially where to put the data analysis group, and if PI should be on the top of KSC or not, needs to be discussed further.
  • No conclusion on how to proceed scientific discussions at KSC.
  • How to elect KSC board members next time will be discussed by current KSC board members, and will be proposed soon. Any idea is welcome.
  • KSC board members should list up and circulate what to decide at the F2F meeting before it starts. Also, they should take minutes and circulate after the meeting.

• Update on CPC rules for thesis (JGW-G1605592)

  • The draft for the CPC rules for thesis was basically approved.
  • However, the submission deadline to CPC and who will review should be clarified.

• iKAGRA paper (JGW-G1605596)

  • Agreed to write a paper on iKAGRA operation, including advantages and disadvantages of going underground. (NB: It was already decided to write a full author paper on iKAGRA at the previous f2f.)
  • A proposal to write a paper only on iKAGRA operation was rejected by a vote.
  • KSC board members and Somiya will discuss and appoint who to be editors within few days.

• Documents and Drawings (JGW-G1605593)

  • D&D Task Force will further encourage subgroups to maintain D&D trees.

  • A document on how to make a D&D tree will be prepared by the D&D Task Force.

Written by Yuta Michimura on behalf of the KSC Board.