Schedule

***For a map of the different locations for CAPRA and NRDA talks please click here.

Sunday, June 20, 2010 - LOCATION - 35 King Street North

All talks will be conducted in the 2nd Floor Seminar Room
CAPRA Meeting

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
 8:30 - 9:00 am
Registration   Lobby @ 35 King St
 Session 1 - Contributed talks. Chair: Leor Barack
 9:00 - 9:10 am
Eric Poisson
University of Guelph
Opening remarks Seminar Room @ 35 King
 9:10 - 9:30 AM
Sam Dolan
University of Southampton
Self-force via m-mode regularization and time domain evolution Seminar Room @ 35 King
 9:30 - 9:50 AM
Niels Warburton
University of Southampton
Scalar field self-force for eccentric orbits in the equatorial plane of a Kerr black hole. Seminar Room @ 35 King
 9:50 - 10:10 AM
Sarp Akcay
University of Southampton
A fast frequency-domain calculator for the gravitational self force Seminar Room @ 35 King
 10:10 - 10:30 AMLior Burko
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Self force integrated orbits around a Schwarzschild black hole and Lorenz gauge calculations of the self force Seminar Room @ 35 King
 10:30 - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
 2nd floor
 11:00 - 12:00 PM
General Discussion Seminar Room @ 35 King
 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Lunch  Masala Bay Restaurant
 Session 2 - Contributed talks. Chair: Bernard Whiting
 
 2:00 - 2:20 PMCarlos Sopuerta
Institute of Space Sciences
A new method to construct waveforms for Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals Seminar Room @ 35 King
 2:20 - 2:40 PMPriscilla Canizares
Institute of Space Sciences
Time-domain computations of the self-force on a scalar charged particle in eccentric orbits Seminar Room @ 35 King
 2:40 - 3:00 PMJohn Friedman
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Review of self-force computations in a radiation gauge Seminar Room @ 35 King
 3:00 - 3:20 PMNorichika Sago
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Gravitational self-force effect on the periapsis advance in Schwarzschild spacetime Seminar Room @ 35 King
 3:20 - 3:40 PMJonathan Thornburg
Indiana University
Highly accurate EMRI self-force calculations Seminar Room @ 35 King
 3:40 - 4:00 PMPeter Zimmerman
University of Guelph
Electromagnetic Self-force and Overcharging a Reissner-Nordstrom Black Hole Seminar Room @ 35 King
 4:00 - 4:30 PMCoffee Break 2nd floor
 4:30 - 6:00 PMGeneral Discussion Seminar Room @ 35 King

 

Monday, June 21, 2010 - LOCATION - 35 King Street North
CAPRA Meeting

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
 Session 3 - Contributed talks. Chair: Norichika Sago Lobby @ 35 King St
 9:10 - 9:30 AM
Steven Detweiler
University of Florida
Locally inertial coordinates for self-force calculations Seminar Room @ 35 King
 9:30 - 9:50 AM
Ian Vega
University of Guelph
Non-singular sources for self-force calculations in numerical relativity Seminar Room @ 35 King
 9:50 - 10:10 AM
Barry Wardell
Albert Einstein Institute
A New Derivation of the Effective Source for Self-Force Calculations Seminar Room @ 35 King
 10:10 - 10:30 AMPeter Diener
Louisiana State University
Progress in calculating the self-force using 3D finite difference codes. Seminar Room @ 35 King
 10:30 - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
 2nd floor
 11:00 - 12:00 PM
General Discussion Seminar Room @ 35 King
 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Lunch   Black Hole Bistro
 Session 4 - Contributed talks. Chair: Eric Poisson
 
 2:00 - 2:20 PMAlessandro Spallicci
Obs. Sciences Univers Univ. Orleans
A new integration method Seminar Room @ 35 King
 2:20 - 2:40 PMTanja Hinderer
Caltech
Multiscale analysis of extreme mass ratio inspirals in Kerr: separatrix crossing Seminar Room @ 35 King
 2:40 - 3:00 PMSamuel Gralla
University of Chicago
Gauge-Independent Self-force Formula Seminar Room @ 35 King
 3:00 - 3:20 PMTheodore Drivas
University of Chicago
Self Force Differences Seminar Room @ 35 King
 3:20 - 3:40 PMMarc Favata
Caltech/JPL
Comparisons between post-Newtonian and self-force calculations Seminar Room @ 35 King
 3:40 - 4:00 PMBernard Whiting
University of Florida
Merging numerical results with post-Newtonian analysis Seminar Room @ 35 King
 4:00 - 4:30 PMCoffee Break 2nd floor
 4:30 - 6:00 PMGeneral Discussion Seminar Room @ 35 King

 

 


Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - LOCATION - Perimeter Institute (31 Caroline Street North)
CAPRA Meeting

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
 8:30 - 9:30 am
Registration
  Atrium
Session 5 - Invited talks. Mike Lazaridis Theatre. Chair: Steve Detweiler
 9:30 - 10:30 am
Abraham Harte
University of Chicago
Foundational aspects of the self-force  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 10:30 - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
  
 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Leor Barack
University of Southampton
Computational aspects of the self-force  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch  Black Hole Bistro
Session 6 - Invited talks. Mike Lazaridis Theatre. Chair: John Friedman
 
 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Free time for collaboration  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Alexandre Le Tiec
Observatoire de Paris
Comparison with post-Newtonian theory  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Ian Vega
University of Guelph
3+1 approach to self-force computations  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 4:00 - 4:30 pm
Coffee Break
  
 4:30 - 6:00 pm
General Discussion  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 


Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - LOCATION - Perimeter Institute (31 Caroline Street North)
Bridge Day

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
Session Chair:
 9:30 - 10:30 am Alberto Vecchio
 
University of Birmingham
 TBA Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break
  
 11:00 - 11:30 pm Steve Drasco
 AEI Caltech
Generic spectral kludge  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 11:30 - 12:00 pm Nicolas Yunes
 Princeton University
 Post-Netwonian Modeling of EMRIs and IMRIs  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch  Black Hole Bistro
 Session Chair:   
 1:00 -1:30 pm  Hiroyuki Nakano
 Rochester Institute
 of Technology
Perturbative effects of spinning black holes with applications to full numerical relativity results  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 1:30 - 2:00 pm
 Abraham Harte
 University of Chicago
Spin-induced bobbing effects in relativistic systems  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 2:00 - 3:00 pm
 Scott Hughes
 Massachusetts Institute
 of Technology
Probing the physical and astrophysical nature of black holes with gravitational waves  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 3:00 - 3:30 pm  Coffee Break
  
 3:30- 4:00pm Chad Galley
 University of Maryland
Automating the post-Newtonian expansion on a computer  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 4:00 - 5:00 pm
 Panel Discussion
  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 5:00 - 6:00 pm  Drinks available in Bistro
 (cash bar)
  Black Hole Bistro
 6:00 pm
 Wine and Cheese Reception  Black Hole Bistro


Thursday, June 24, 2010 - LOCATION - Perimeter Institute (31 Caroline Street North)
NRDA Conference

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
Session Chair:
 9:00 - 10:00 am Michael Boyle
 Cornell University
TBA  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
  
 10:30 - 11:30 am Parameswaran Ajith
 
Caltech
Interfacing numerical and analytical relativity for gravitational-wave astronomy: Status and prospects  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 11:30 - 12:00 pm
 Discussion  
 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch  Black Hole Bistro
 1:30 -2:30 pm  Sean McWilliams
 NASA-Goddard
 Space Flight Center
The Status of Black Hole Binary Simulations  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 2:30 - 3:00 pm
 Poster Advertisement Session
  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 3:00 - 4:00 pm  Poster Session
  Atrium
 4:00- 4:30 pm
 Coffee Break
  
 Contributed Talks: Theme BBH (numerics &  analysis) - Mike Lazaridis Theatre 
 4:30 - 4:50 pm
 Yosef Zlochower
 Rochester Institute
 of Technology
Extreme Black-Hole Binaries  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 4:50 - 5:10 pm
 Mark Hannam
 University of Vienna
TBA  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 5:10 - 5:30 pm
 Ulrich Sperhake
 Caltech/CSIC Barcelona
11 Orbit inspiral of unequal mass black-hole binaries  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 5:30 - 5:50 pm
 Stephen Fairhurst
 Cardiff University
Coherently searching for spinning compact binary coalescences  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 5:50 - 6:10 pm
 Thilina Dayanga
 Washington State
 University Pullman
Comparing the performances of coherent and coincident network searches forbinary black hole mergers  Mike Lazaridis Theatre

 

 


Friday, June 25, 2010 - LOCATION - Perimeter Institute (31 Caroline Street North)
NRDA Conference

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
Session Chair:
 9:00 - 10:00 am Craig Robinson
 
Cardiff University
Searches for compact binary inspirals using hybrid waveforms  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
  
 10:30 - 11:30 am Jocelyn Read
 
Albert Einstein Institute
Modelling waveforms from binary neutron stars  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 11:30 - 12:00 pm
 Discussion  
 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch  Black Hole Bistro
 1:30 -2:30 pm  Zachariah Etienne
 University of Illinois
 at Urbana-Champaign
Fully General Relativistic Simulations of Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers: A Current Overview  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 Contributed Talks: Theme BBH, analysis 
 2:30 - 2:50 pm
Abdul Mroue
CITA
TBA  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 2:50 - 3:10 pm
 James Healy
 Georgia Tech
Mergers of Binary Black Holes as Burst Sources  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 3:10 - 3:30 pm
 Vivien Raymond
 Northwestern University
Parameter estimation and model selection using spinning hybrid waveforms.  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 3:30 - 3:50 pm
 Michele Zanolin
 ERAU and LIGO-MIT
Achievable Directional Reconstruction for Gravitational waves generated by Binary Systems.  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 4:00 - 4:30 pm  Coffee Break
  
 Contributed Talks: Theme, ‘analytics’ 
 4:30 - 4:50 pm
 Riccardo Sturani
 University of Urbino/
 INFN
Complete phenomenological spin-Taylor waveforms for generic spins  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 4:50 -5:10 pm Enrico Barausse
 University of Maryland
Understanding spinning black-hole binaries: a new effective-one-body model  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 5:10 - 5:30 pm
 Yi Pan
 University of Maryland
Analytical modeling of binary black-hole coalescence within the effective-one-body formalism.  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 5:30 - 5:50 pm
 Frank Ohme
 Albert Einstein Institute
Hybrid waveforms for binary black holes with aligned spins: Matching errors and a phenomenological model in the frequency domain  Mike Lazaridis Theatre

 

 


Saturday, June 26, 2010 - LOCATION - Perimeter Institute (31 Caroline Street North)
NRDA Conference

 TimeSpeaker or EventTopic Location
Session Chair:
 9:00 - 10:00 amSam Waldman
Massachusets Institute
of Technology
Gravitational Wave Detection:  Past, Present and Future  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break
  
 Contributed talks: beyond BBH 
 10:30 - 10:50 am Ilya Mandel
 Northwestern University
Bayesian Inference on Numerical Injections  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 10:50 - 11:10 am
 Bruno Giacomazo
 University of Maryland
TBA  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 11:10 - 11:30 am
 Carlos Palenzuela
 CITA
Binary black hole collision in a force-free environment  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 11:30 - 11:50 am
 Christian Ott
 TAPIR Caltech
Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 11:50 - 12:10 pm
 Denis Pollney
 Universitat de les
 Illes Balears
Nonlinear memory in numerical waveforms  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 12:10 - 1:30 pm
 Lunch  Black Hole Bistro
 1:30 -2:30 pm  Avery Brodderick
 CITA
The Hairstyles of Compact Objects  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 2:30 - 2:45 pm
 Poster Advertisement Session
  Mike Lazaridis Theatre
 2:45  Poster Session & Coffee Break  Atrium

 

 

 
 
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