Black-Hole Ringdown Workshop

Feb 7, 2022, 8:00 AM → Feb 9, 2022, 6:00 PM America/New_York

162 Fifth Avenue/2-2nd Floor Promenade (162 5th Avenue)

CCA will host a small, interactive workshop focusing on BH ringdowns (modeling, data analysis, interpretation, open questions) from February 7th-February 9th 2022 at the Flatiron Institute in NYC.

Registered participants: 

Aaron Tohuvavohu

Aaron Zimmerman

Alessandra Buonanno

Andrea Maselli

Andrew Miller

Asad Hussain

Cecilia Chirenti

Christopher Moore

Collin Capano

Costantino Pacilio

Dongjun Li

Eliot Finch

Elisa Maggio

Emanuele Berti

Enrico Barausse

Eric Thrane

Félix-Louis Julié

Gregorio Carullo

Gregory B Cook

Halston Lim

Harrison Siegel

Huan Yang

Isaac Legred

Katerina Chatziioannou

Keefe Mitman

Keefe Mitman

Kwan Yeung (Ken) Ng

Kyriakos Destounis

Lam Hui

Laura Sberna

Leo Stein

Lionel London

Lorena Magaña Zertuche

Luca Santoni

luis lehner

Macarena Lagos

Mark Ho-Yeuk Cheung

Max Isi

Mikhail Ivanov

Neev Khera

Nicola Franchini

Panagiotis Charalambous

Paolo Pani

Roberto Cotesta

Rodrigo Panosso Macedo

Sebastian Völkel

Sizheng Ma

Stephen Green

Swetha Bhagwat

Tousif Islam

Vijay Varma

Vishal Baibhav

Vitor Manuel dos Santos Cardoso

Will Farr

William East

Xiang Li

Yanbei Chen

Yitian Chen

 

Monday, February 7

8:00 AM Breakfast and Check In

1 Introduction

Speaker: Max Isi (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

2 Review: Ringdowns

Speaker: Saul Teukolsky (Cornell University and California Institute of Technology)

3 Review: Numerics

Speaker: Leo Stein (University of Mississippi)

11:00 AM Coffee Break

4 Review: Data Analysis

Speaker: Will Farr (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

5 Open Questions

Speaker: Max Isi (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

12:20 PM Lunch

6 Discussion: What is the physical picture?

Speaker: Aaron Zimmerman (University of Texas at Austin)

3:00 PM Coffee Break

7 Discussion: Why does the merger look linear?

Speaker: Yanbei Chen (California Institute of Technology)

4:50 PM Daily Wrap-Up

5:00 PM Reception

Tuesday, February 8

8:00 AM Breakfast

8 Discussion: Ringdown non-linearities and instabilities?

Speaker: Luis Lehner (Perimeter Institute)

10:30 AM Coffee Break

9 Discussion: What can we learn from Ringdowns beyond Kerr?

Speaker: Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome)

12:20 PM Lunch

10 Discussion: How do we parameterize ringdowns?

Speaker: Will Farr (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

3:00 PM Coffee Break

11 Discussion:How do we fit observations?

Speaker: Chris Moore (University of Birmingham)

4:50 PM Daily Wrap-Up

Wednesday, February 9

8:00 AM Breakfast

12 Discussion: What does it mean to detect a mode?

Speaker: Max Isi (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

10:30 AM Coffee Break

13 Discussion: What have the data told us?

Speaker: Collin Capano (U of Mass Dartmouth & Albert Einstein Institute)

12:20 PM Lunch

14 Discussion: Ringdown Code Demos

3:00 PM Coffee Break

15 Discussion: Ringdown Code Playtime

4:50 PM Daily Wrap-Up