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.