Nonlinear Black Hole Perturbation Theory: Merging Black Holes, Communities and Ideas
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Monday 15 September 2025 (08:00)
to
Wednesday 17 September 2025 (19:00)
Monday 15 September 2025
09:30
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
Second order self-force
Second order self-force
10:00 - 11:00
Contributions
10:00
Introduction to the second order self-force problem
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Zachary Nasipak
(
University of Southampton
)
10:30
Fix the Frame, Resolve the Memory: the Bondi--Sachs gauge in Black Hole Perturbation Theory
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Andrew Spiers
(
University of Nottingham
)
11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Second order self-force
Second order self-force
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions
11:30
Source construction
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Samuel Upton
(
University of Southampton
)
12:00
Challenges in second order self-force
Challenges in second order self-force
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
Higher order ringdown
Higher order ringdown
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions
14:00
Introduction to the ringdown
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Sizheng Ma
(
Perimeter Institute
)
14:30
TBA
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Neev Khera
(
University of Guelph
)
15:00
TBA
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Patrick Bourg
(
Radboud University
)
15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Higher order ringdown
Higher order ringdown
16:00 - 16:30
Contributions
16:00
Extremal Black Hole Weather
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Stefan Hollands
(
University of Leipzig
)
16:30
16:30 - 17:30
Tuesday 16 September 2025
09:30
From inspiral to ringdown
From inspiral to ringdown
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions
09:30
Numerical relativity's perspective on the ringdown
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Lorena Magana Zertuche
(
Nils Bohr Institute
)
10:00
Inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms
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Lorenzo Küchler
10:30
Point particle ringdown
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Devin Becker
(
MIT
)
11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
From inspiral to ringdown
From inspiral to ringdown
11:30 - 12:00
Contributions
11:30
From Inspiral to Ringdown: Advancing EOB models with self-force methods.
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Benjamin Leather
(
University of Southampton
)
12:00
New approaches to merger-ringdown
New approaches to merger-ringdown
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
Other aspects of the ringdown
Other aspects of the ringdown
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions
14:00
Dynamical excitation of the ringdown
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Marina De Amicis
(
Nils Bohr Institute
)
14:30
The tail in the ringdown
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Marc Casals
(
Leipzig University and University College Dublin
)
15:00
The ringdown at the horizon
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Ariadna Ribes Metidieri
(
Radboud University
)
15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Other aspects of the ringdown
Other aspects of the ringdown
16:00 - 16:30
Contributions
16:00
Non-modal effects: Transient Superradiance
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Christiana Pantelidou
16:30
Other aspects of the ringdown
Other aspects of the ringdown
16:30 - 17:30
Wednesday 17 September 2025
09:25
Observations and tests of general relativity
Observations and tests of general relativity
09:25 - 11:00
Contributions
09:30
Ringdown and self force beyond general relativity
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Thomas Sotiriou
(
University of Nottingham
)
10:00
Ringdown and observations
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Gregorio Carullo
10:30
Ringdown Amplitudes in Precessing Binary Black Hole Mergers
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Swetha Bhagwat
(
University of Birmingham
)
11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Observations and tests of general relativity
Observations and tests of general relativity
11:30 - 12:30
12:30
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
Codes and tools
Codes and tools
13:30 - 14:30
Contributions
13:30
Hyperboloidal methods
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Rodrigo Panosso Macedo
(
University of Southampton
)
14:00
The Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit
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Niels Warburton
(
University College Dublin
)
14:30
Codes and tools
Codes and tools
14:30 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Synergies and collaborations
Synergies and collaborations
16:00 - 17:00