{"id":6,"date":"2013-07-15T22:05:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T22:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phy.olemiss.edu\/TestGR2014\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2016-05-11T05:57:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T05:57:29","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phy.olemiss.edu\/TestGR2014\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the final\u00a0program<\/a>\u00a0for the workshop (including all abstracts) in pdf format. Please remember that afternoon sessions will mostly be reserved for informal discussions.<\/p>\n

Monday: Present and future experimental tests of GR<\/strong>
\nLocation: Yerby Conference Center (special location for this day only!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:30-8:50<\/strong> Emanuele Berti: Welcome<\/em>
\n8:50-9:40\u00a0<\/strong>Cliff Burgess<\/a>: Effective field theories and modified gravity: A bad cop wrapped in a wet blanket standing in a cold shower<\/em>
\n9:40-10:30\u00a0<\/strong>Norbert Wex<\/a>: Tests of gravity from radio pulsars<\/em>
\n10:30-10:50 <\/strong>Coffee break<\/em>
\n10:50-11:40\u00a0<\/strong>Pedro Ferreira<\/a>: Testing general relativity with cosmology<\/em>
\n11:40-12:30\u00a0<\/strong>Nico Yunes<\/a>: Gravitational wave tests of general relativity<\/em><\/p>\n

2:00pm<\/strong> Bangalore Sathyaprakash<\/a> (Discussion<\/strong>): Testing strong field gravity: Expectations from ground- and space-based gravitational-wave detectors
\n<\/em>Discussion panel slides<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday: Systematic errors in GR; data analysis issues
\n<\/strong>Location: Student Union<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:30-9:10<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Van den Broeck<\/a>: Testing the strong-field dynamics of general relativity with gravitational wave signals from coalescing compact binaries. I. Basic framework.<\/em>
\n9:10-10:00<\/strong>\u00a0Tjonnie Li<\/a>: Testing the strong-field dynamics of general relativity with gravitational wave signals from coalescing compact binaries. II. The TIGER data analysis pipeline.<\/em>
\n10:00-10:20\u00a0<\/strong>Coffee break<\/em>
\n10:20-11:10<\/strong> Tyson Littenberg<\/a>: Evidence you can trust through detailed modeling of GW data<\/em>
\n11:10-12:00<\/strong> Antonio De Felice<\/a>: Review of modified gravity models<\/em><\/p>\n

2:00pm<\/strong> Neil Cornish:\u00a0Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday: Overview of alternative theories
\nLocation: Student Union<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:30-9:20<\/strong> Vitor Cardoso<\/a>:\u00a0Precision gravitational-wave astrophysics<\/em>
\n9:20-10:10<\/strong>\u00a0Andrew Matas<\/a>:\u00a0Observational tests of massive gravity and galileons
\n<\/em>10:10-10:30\u00a0<\/strong>Coffee break<\/em>
\n10:30-11:20<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Horbatsch<\/a>:\u00a0Scalar-tensor gravity<\/em>
\n11:20-12:10<\/strong>\u00a0Enrico Barausse<\/a>: Astrophysical consequences of Lorentz violations in gravity
\n<\/em>12:10-1:00<\/strong> Flavio de Sousa Coelho<\/a>: n-DBI gravity<\/em><\/p>\n

2:30pm<\/strong> Leo Stein: <\/span>Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday: Compact objects in alternative theories
\nLocation: Student Union<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:30-9:10<\/strong>\u00a0Richard O’Shaughnessy<\/a>:\u00a0Disentangling astrophysics from gravity<\/em>
\n9:10-9:50<\/strong> Kostas Kokkotas<\/a>:\u00a0Rotating relativistic stars: Equilibrium configurations and instabilities<\/em>
\n9:50-10:30<\/strong> Hajime Sotani<\/a>:\u00a0Stellar oscillations in scalar-tensor theory
\n<\/em>10:30-10:50<\/strong> Coffee break
\n<\/em>10:50-11:30<\/strong>\u00a0Kent Yagi<\/a>: Strong-field tests of gravity with universal relations in neutron stars and quark stars
\n<\/em>11:30-12:10<\/strong>\u00a0Ryan Lang<\/a>: Compact binaries in scalar-tensor gravity: Equations of motion and\u00a0tensor gravitational waves to high post-Newtonian order<\/em><\/p>\n

2:00pm<\/strong> Paolo Pani<\/a> (Discussion<\/strong>): Parametrizing compact objects in modified gravity: where do we stand?<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday:\u00a0<\/strong>Numerical simulations and strong-field dynamics
\nLocation: Student Union<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

8:30-9:10<\/strong> Ulrich Sperhake<\/a>: Black-hole binary inspiral and merger in scalar-tensor theory of gravity<\/em> (animation<\/a>)
\n9:10-9:50<\/strong>\u00a0Pablo Laguna<\/a>: Merger of binary black holes in scalar-tensor theories of gravity
\n<\/em>9:50-10:10 <\/b>Coffee break
\n<\/em>10:10-11:00<\/strong>\u00a0Helvi Witek<\/a>:\u00a0Black holes as observatories for beyond-standard model physics<\/em>
\n<\/em>11:00-11:40<\/strong> Hirotada Okawa<\/a>:\u00a0Collapse of self-interacting fundamental fields in asymptotically flat spacetimes<\/em> (animation<\/a>)<\/p>\n

1:00pm<\/strong>\u00a0Ulrich Sperhake: Discussion<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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