Group Meetings
Published by admin on Monday, March 1, 2010
The Gravity Group at UMississippi has a regular weekly scheduled meeting throughout the year to discuss current research progress, topics of interest and new papers. Typically, each week, two members of the group each make a short presentation, either about their current area of research or a paper that has attracted their interest.
For Fall 2025, the Group meets on Thursdays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for regular meetings and occasionally on Mondays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for external seminars, which includes a scheduled half-hour presentation and room for free-form updates. The schedule of speakers for this period is:
Group Meeting Schedule(*subject to change)
| Date | Paper Presentation | Reseach Update |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 11 | Seminar | Seminar |
| Jan 28 | Subhayu | Paper Discussion |
| Feb 4 | Aniket | Nauman |
| Feb 11 | Dipika | Leo |
| Feb 18 | Arindam | Subhayu |
| Feb 25 | Seminar | Seminar |
| March 4 | Leo | Amitesh |
| March 11 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| March 18 | APS Meeting | APS Meeting |
| March 25 | Seminar | Seminar |
| April 1 | Nauman | Aniket |
| April 8 | Seminar | Seminar |
| April 13 | Seminar | Seminar |
| April 15 | Amitesh | Dipika |
| April 22 | Gokul | Arindam |
| April 29 | Anuradha | James |
The group also has a running series where an external speaker is invited to give seminar talk during one of the usual meetings on their area of research or any topic of interest. The seminar then replaces the usual format of the meetings on those days. The list of external speakers will be updated as time goes on.
Tentative List of Seminars(*subject to change)
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title of talk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11 | Dr. Shilpa Kastha | Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics | Slipping into the inspiral |
| March 23 | Dr. Hayley Macpherson | ||
| April 13 | Dr. Aditya Vijaykumar |
The next scheduled seminar speaker is Dr. Shilpa Kastha.
Title: Slipping into the inspiral
Abstract: I will begin with a brief introduction to gravitational waves, followed by a discussion of several contemporary tests of general relativity using gravitational wave observations. The main focus will be on tests in the inspiral regime of compact binary coalescences, with an emphasis on methods I have contributed to developing. If time permits, I will also briefly touch upon tests based on the ringdown phase.
The archive of previous seminars is here.
Note: In case one wishes to participate, please direct your queries to either Dr. Leo Stein <lcstein@olemiss.edu> or Dr. Anuradha Gupta <agupta1@olemiss.edu>.