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Some of the Lives of Richard Benford

Some of the Lives of Richard Benford. on his retirement from MIT and the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Friday Oct 13, 2006. The Lives. Laser frequency stabilization Cosmic background radiation spectrum and anisotropy Balloons and COBE Gravitational radiation

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Some of the Lives of Richard Benford

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  1. Some of the Lives ofRichard Benford on his retirement from MIT and the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Friday Oct 13, 2006

  2. The Lives • Laser frequency stabilization • Cosmic background radiation • spectrum and anisotropy • Balloons and COBE • Gravitational radiation • 1.5 m prototype • 5 meter prototype • Beginning of LIGO

  3. Argon laser frequency stabilization Before the days of Coherent And Spectra Physics Shaoul Ezekiel (Ziggy) and his jungle

  4. Dick, Dirk and Rai: the MIT CBR balloon group Dirk Dick Rai and recoverers

  5. Balloon dynamics Ready for launch on ascend II good launch Reel release dynamics

  6. More ballooning Cryogenic radiometer Ballet of the covers and membranes On the ground On the ‘chute

  7. And still more ballooning Still cold enough to scare the air force general Laced and loaded reel The great horned toad who keeps his orientation inertially Unloaded reel in a tree

  8. The next package The label the air force general should have seen rather than the one for the granite table Dirk and Rai with the anisotropy package Patricia Downey and the bolometer Mark Halpern and probe

  9. COBE Ned Wright and David Shoemaker With the COBE FIRAS instrument Dick learning to smoke Steve Meyer, Ed Cheng and David Andrew Jeffries and Steve

  10. COBE and more ballooning Lyman Page and horn Dick learning how to drink Ed Cheng and Steve Meyer Dick playing the differential radiometer

  11. COBE and more ballooning Lyman in his office Lyman in the miller Liz Kaiser and Steve with Dick Andrew and Steve on the way to Mauna Kea

  12. A variety of people Andrew Cummings and chaos Building 20 horse Bill Barnes and Virginie Landre Same location but not the Stata Ct

  13. Gravitational waves Peter Kramer and Josh Paul Linsay and chaos Peter Saulson Peter Saulson with undergraduate

  14. More gravitational waves Peter Saulson on mountain Peter on lab hike David Shoemaker with David Shoemaker without

  15. 1.5 meter prototype May still be in closet at the MIT museum Building 20 wing F

  16. First gravitational wave astronomers Daniel Dewey The prototype mavens Street closure to take gravitational wave data Jeff Livas

  17. Transition to LIGO 5 meter from above Cleaning 5 meter parts in parking lot Clams and oyster shells under the slab Mike Zucker and the vacuum

  18. The next wave Joe Kovalik Mike Burka on the mountain Mike Burka Nelson Christensen and Michelle Eisgruber Stephens

  19. And still more Peter Fritschel unlikely pouring Peter and Partha Saha Michelle and her double suspension

  20. Still green Building 20 cultural session, Maureen Horgan, Joe Giaime and Joe Kovalik Brian Lantz Building 20 concert, Joe Giaime accompanies Joe Kovalik with Nergis Mavalvala attending Sam Fritschel telling a story

  21. The Blueberry futures in Cherryfield, Maine Not really in this place? After the blueberry harvest The end stations go here and here Artist’s conception of LIGO in the field

  22. To Caltech once a month Nergis and Yaron Hefetz Nergis Mavalvala Gabriela Gonzalez Peter, Brian and Yaron

  23. The splendor of building 20 Building 20 anechoic chamber Peter and Emma, Tom Evans and Daniel Sigg Building 20 shop and miller

  24. More building 20 Flaked out on the mountain

  25. Odds and ends

  26. Maybe just odd Dick with James King, Ben Weiss and Jeff Livas

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