1' AEI Hannover

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WG2 summary
LIST meeting Dec 05, Pasadena G. Müller, G.Heinzel

• 1. AEI Hannover
• 2. UF Gainesville
• 3. U Birmingham
• 4. U Glasgow
• 5. U Colorado

6. APC France 7. GSFC 8. JPL 9. ESA/Astrium
All talks at http//www.phys.ufl.edu/mueller/DO
CUMENTS/WG2Pasadena/
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AEI Hannover

• LTP Interferometry Well understood, shows good
  performance
• Optical window tests show encouraging results
• Various LISA experiments have started
• Laser characterization
• Phasemeter
• Components testing

3
UF Gainesville

• TDI Demonstration
• Electronic Phase Delay
• Material testing

4
Glasgow

• LTP Optical Bench Flight model
• Planned LISA Experiments
• Two-way fiber measurements
• Weak light phase locking
• Phasemeter breadboards
• Fiber Injector (with RAL)

5
Birmingham
Optical Readout Homodyne, polarizing, I-Q
Interferometer

• LTP Optical Bench support
• Photodiode mounts
• Zerodur Fracture control

6
Colorado (Scott Pollack)

• Stopwatch Phasemeter (Analog) Performance
  demonstrated
• Alternative ranging / data comm schemes
  demonstrated

7
APC

• LTP AOM Unit Testing
• TDI Simulation Experiments

8
GSFC

• Frequency stabilization
• Iodine
• Cavity
• Acetylene (1550 nm)

Optical Modelling

• Testbed
• 2 Hexapods
• Suspension Point
• Interferometer

9
JPL

• TDI
• Arm locking
• Phasemeter

10
Astrium (ESA)
Mission formulation study Many details Monday
Thursday!
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WG2

• 40-50 members
• Website www.lsc-grid.ufl.edu/lisa/
• Mailing list (contact Gerhard or Guido)
• Organized sub groups or focus groups with 7-10
  members
• Focus on specific problems/items
• Flexible
• Informal
• Encourage collaborations
• Design description with open question
• Drafted Task list for subgroups
• Held Telecon with subgroup chairs
• First subgroups started working