LIGO Visitors Program Proposal

这项行动为激光干涉引力波天文台（LIGO）的LIGO访客计划提供资金。LIGO访客计划支持LIGO实验室的所有级别和级别的访客，他们希望参与与干涉测量技术探测引力波相关的科学和技术。 参观者贡献他们积累的技能和能力来提高LIGO团队的表现。LIGO实验室访问者计划面向位于华盛顿州汉福德和洛杉矶利文斯顿的LIGO天文台以及加州理工学院或麻省理工学院LIGO实验室的活动。该方案有三个部分：短至一个月的短期访问;六个月或更长时间的长期访问;以及来自欧洲VIRGO项目和LIGO的科学家之间的国际交流。CNRS（法国国家科学研究中心）和国家科学基金会之间的一项协议被实施，以资助VIRGO和LIGO之间为期三年的交流计划。与这两个项目有关的科学家和工程师相互交流。 每年，来自LIGO实验室或LIGO科学界的三名小组领导人访问VIRGO约四天，与LIGO相关的四名工作科学家访问VIRGO至少两周。同样，VIRGO将派遣其科学家和工程师访问LIGO站点。

This action provides funds for the LIGO Visitors Program at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). The LIGO Visitors Program supports visitors to the LIGO Laboratories, at all levels and ranks, who wish to become involved in the science and techniques associated with the detection of gravitational waves with interferometric techniques. Visitors contribute their accumulated skills and abilities to enhance the performance of the LIGO team. The LIGO Laboratory Visitors Program is oriented towards activities at the LIGO Observatories at Hanford, WA, and Livingston, LA as well as at the Caltech or MIT LIGO Laboratories. The program has three parts: short term visits as short as one month; long term visits of six months or more; and international exchanges between the scientists from the VIRGO project in Europe and LIGO.A agreement between the CNRS (Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique - France) and the National Science Foundation was implemented to fund an exchange program between VIRGO and LIGO for a three-year period. There is a mutual exchange of scientists and engineers associated with both projects. Each year, three group leaders, either from the LIGO Laboratory or the LIGO science community at large, visit VIRGO for about four days, and four working scientists associated with LIGO visit VIRGO for a minimum stay of at least two weeks. Similarly, VIRGO will send its scientists and engineers to visit LIGO sites.