Workshop: DAWN2 - What's Next for LIGO?

研讨会：DAWN2 - LIGO 的下一步是什么？

• 批准号: 1648127
• 负责人: Laura Cadonati
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1648127&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; DAWN2; What; Next; LIGO

With the 11 February 2016 announcement by LIGO of the detection of GW150914, the era of gravitational wave astronomy has now passed a historical threshold. LIGO's first gravitational wave event opens new avenues for astrophysical exploration and data analysis enhancements informed by direct detection. It should be recalled that the detectors that brought LIGO to success were first conceived almost a quarter century ago. Thus equally importantly, now is the time to start to plan how (and where) to build more sensitive third-generation detectors to probe the gravitational wave Universe to higher redshift. This award supports a workshop entitled "DAWN2: What's Next for LIGO?" which will address this need by exploring the prospects for advancing the field over the next several years and identifying the necessary groundwork for designing and implementing the next generation of detectors. This forum will be informed by insights gained by LIGO, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and astrophysical partners from the first detections. Participants will discuss how these first few detections might inform which paths offer the best opportunities forward, and how the community should begin to develop plans for the international network of second and third generation instruments.The workshop will be held at the Georgia Institute of Technology on July 7-8, 2016. The workshop will have three sessions, one for each of the following topics: Advanced LIGO in the near and long term future, the international detector network and Multi-messenger astronomy, long term planning by the international community for 3rd generation detectors. The workshop will have three sessions, one for each of the topics listed above, each chaired by one of the members of the scientific organizing committee. Each topic will be introduced by "vision" talks from different points of view, which will be followed by a break and an hour of discussion time, generally freeform but moderated by a panel consisting of that session's speakers plus one or two others. After the meeting, the panelists will capture the ideas and consensus views that are brought forth by the presenters and the following discussion, and record them in one or more white papers. In this way, it is hoped that a clearer vision will take shape for ways to improve the scientific potential of the LIGO detectors. This should help the community focus on key technical developments and initiatives with existing and new resources.

随着2016年2月11日LIGO宣布发现GW150914，引力波天文学的时代已经走过了一个历史性的门槛。LIGO的第一次引力波事件为天体物理学探索和数据分析增强开辟了新的途径。应该记得，使LIGO获得成功的探测器最初是在大约四分之一世纪前构思的。因此，同样重要的是，现在是时候开始计划如何（以及在哪里）建造更灵敏的第三代探测器，以探测引力波宇宙的更高红移。该奖项支持一个名为“黎明2：LIGO的下一步是什么？“该项目将通过探索未来几年推进该领域的前景，并确定设计和实施下一代探测器的必要基础，来满足这一需求。本次论坛将由LIGO、LIGO科学合作组织和天体物理合作伙伴从第一次探测中获得的见解提供信息。与会者将讨论这些最初的几个检测可能如何告知哪些路径提供了最好的机会，以及社区应该如何开始制定第二代和第三代仪器的国际网络计划。研讨会将于2016年7月7日至8日在格鲁吉亚理工学院举行。研讨会将分为三个部分，分别讨论以下主题：近期和远期的先进LIGO，国际探测器网络和多信使天文学，国际社会对第三代探测器的长期规划。讲习班将举行三次会议，分别讨论上述每个专题，每次会议由科学组织委员会的一名成员主持。每个主题将由来自不同观点的“愿景”演讲介绍，然后是休息和一个小时的讨论时间，通常形式自由，但由该会议发言者加上一个或两个其他人组成的小组主持。会议结束后，小组成员将收集演讲者提出的想法和共识以及随后的讨论，并将其记录在一张或多张白色纸上。通过这种方式，希望能够形成一个更清晰的愿景，以提高LIGO探测器的科学潜力。这将有助于社区利用现有和新的资源专注于关键的技术发展和举措。