Schedule
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Overview Session (9:30-11:30) |
Discussion Session (12:00-13:00) |
Overview Session (14:30-16:10) |
Discussion Session (16:30-17:30) |
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Oct 27 (Mon)
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GW observations across different frequency bands
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Probing gravity using GW observations
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Oct 28 (Tue)
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GW source modelling
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Astrophysics enabled by GW observations
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Oct 29 (Wed)
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Probing cosmology using GW observations
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Probing nuclear and particle physics using GW observations
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Oct 30 (Thu)
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Future GW observations: Detector technology & data analysis
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Distinguished Lecture by Bruce Allen
+ Poster viewing
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Oct 31 (Fri)
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LIGO-India and beyond
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Observers summary of the meting |
Small group discussions and collaboration building
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Oct 28 (Tue) at 14:00 hrs: Poster sparkler talks
Scientific program
The meeting will feature eight scientific sessions on different aspects of GW astronomy. Each session will begin with an overview talk summarising the current status of the field, followed by a few shorter talks highlighting future prospects. The session will conclude with an open discussion involving the speakers, invited panellists, and the audience.
- GW observations across different frequency bands
- Chairs: P. Ajith & Rajesh Nayak
- Status/overview: GW sources across frequency bands: Bruce Allen (AEI) [35+5 mins]
- Prospects:
- GW astronomy from ground: Ish Gupta (Berkeley) [15+5 mins]
- GW astronomy using pulsar timing arrays: A. Gopakumar (TIFR) [Online] [15+5 mins]
- Deci-Hz GW astronomy: Jan Harms (GSSI) [15+5 mins]
- LISA astrophysics: Enrico Barausse (SISSA) [15+5 mins]
- Discussion: Science from multi-band GW observations. [60 mins]
- Probing gravity using GW observations
- Chairs: Sudipta Sarkar & Sumanta Chakraborty
- Status/overview: Modified theories of gravity and exotic compact objects: An overview: Emanuele Berti (JHU) [online] [35+5 mins]
- Prospects:
- Probing modified gravity using GWs: Tanja Hinderer (Utrecht) [15+5 mins]
- Probing compact objects using GWs: Paolo Pani (Sapienza) [Online] [15+5 mins]
- Constraining modified gravity and exotic compact objects using ringdown signal: Swetha Bhagwat (Birmingham) [15+5 mins]
- Discussion: Challenges and opportunities probing gravity using GW observations. Additional panelists: Sayan Kar (IIT Kharagpur), N. V. Krishnendu (Birmingham)
- GW source modelling
- Chairs: K. G. Arun & Chandra Kant Mishra
- Status/overview: Modelling astrophysical sources of GWs: Harald Pfeiffer (AEI) [35 + 5 mins]
- Prospects:
- Post-Newtonian and self force calculations: David Trestini (Southampton) [15+5 mins]
- Effective field theory and scattering amplitudes: Riccardo Sturani (UNESP/ICTP SAIFR) [15+5 mins]
- Numerical relativity: Kenta Kuichi (AEI) [15+5 mins]
- Issues in GW detection & inference: Frank Ohme (AEI) [15+5 mins]
- Discussion: Challenges and opportunities in GW source modelling. Additional panelists: Alok Laddha (CMI), Marta Colleoni (Balearic Islands), MVS Saketh (ICTS) [60 mins]
- Astrophysics enabled by GW observations
- Chairs: P. Ajith & Shasvath Kapadia
- Status/overview: Big questions in astrophysics: M. Coleman Miller (Maryland) [online] [35 + 5 mins]
- Prospects:
- Modelling of compact binary populations: Status & Challenges Sourav Chatterjee (TIFR) [15+5 mins]
- Prospects of inferring compact binary populations using GW observations: Aditya Vijaykumar (CITA) [15+5 mins]
- Prospects of multi-messenger astrophysics: Varun Bhalerao (IIT Bombay) [15+5 mins]
- Discussion: Challenges and opportunities in GW/Multi-messenger astrophysics. Additional panelists: Otto Hannuksela (CUHK), Kuntal Misra (ARIES, online), L. Resmi (IIST) [60 mins]
- Probing cosmology using GW observations
- Chairs: P. Ajith & Shasvath Kapadia
- Status/overview: Big questions in cosmology: Tirthankar Roy Chowdhary (NCRA) [35 + 5 mins]
- Prospects:
- Prospects of GW standard siren cosmology: Archisman Ghosh (Ghent) [15+5 mins]
- Probing structure formation using GWs: Suvodip Mukherjee (TIFR) [15+5 mins]
- Probing primordial black holes using GWs: Teruaki Suyama (Tokyo) [15+5 mins]
- Early universe cosmology using GWs: L. Sriramkumar (IIT Madras) [15+5 mins]
- Discussion: Future of GW cosmology. Additional panelists: Susmita Adhikari (IISER Pune) [online], Souvik Jana (CU Hong Kong) [60 mins]
- Probing nuclear and particle physics using GW observations
- Chairs: K. G. Arun & Prayush Kumar
- Status/overview: Dark matter: What we know and what we don’t: Basudeb Dasgupta (TIFR) (online) [25 + 5 mins]
- Status: Dense nuclear matter: What we know and what we don’t: Sukanta Bose (WSU) [25 + 5 mins]
- Prospects:
- Prospects of dark matter probes using GW observations: Andrew L. Miller (Nikhef) [15+5 mins]
- Discussion: GW observations as a probe of nuclear and particle physics. Additional panelists: Arunava Mukherjee (SINP), Rahul Kashyap (IIT Bombay) [60 mins]
- Future GW observations: Detector technology & data analysis
- Chairs: P. Ajith & Suresh Doravari
- Status / Overview: GW Detectors: Science & Technology of GW Detectors: Jan Harms (GSSI) [35 + 5 mins]
- Prospects:
- Next-generation ground-based GW detectors: Matt Evans (MIT) [online] [15 + 5 mins]
- Quantum technologies for GW detectors: Robert Ward (ANU) [online] [15 + 5 mins]
- Data analysis challenges for next-gen detectors: Tejaswi Venumadhav (UCSB) [online] [15 + 5 mins]
- AI/ML for GW data analysis: Stephen R. Green (Nottingham) [15 + 5 mins]
- Discussion: Challenges in future GW observations. Additional panelists: Ajit Mehta (CMI), Alvin Chua (NUS) [online] [60 mins]
- LIGO-India and beyond
- Chair: K. G. Arun & Sanjit Mitra
- Overview: Sendhil Raja (RRCAT) [online] [35 + 5 mins]
- Panel Discussion: Brian O’Reilly (LIGO), Subroto Mukherjee (IPR), R. Srianand (IUCAA), Archana Pai (IIT Bombay) [online] [90 mins]