Name: CoCoNuT Meeting 2026
Start: 2026-09-08T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-09-11T18:00:00+01:00
Location: University of Southampton

CoCoNuT Meeting 2026

from Tuesday, 8 September 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 11 September 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 7 September 2026
Tuesday, 8 September 2026

10:00 Registration and coffee
Registration and coffee
10:00 - 10:55
Room: Building 56

10:55 Welcome
Welcome
10:55 - 11:00
Room: Building 56
11:00 Talks: Morning session 1
Morning session 1
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

11:00 Subgrid Modelling for Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Machine Learning - William Cook (FSU Jena)

12:00 Action filtering and relativistic turbulence - Ian Hawke (University of Southampton)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Building 56
14:00 Talks: Afternoon session 1
Afternoon session 1
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Building 56
Contributions

14:00 Machine Learning applications outside of numerical relativity - Gregory Ashton (University of Southampton)

15:00 An autoencoder-based surrogate waveform model for quasi-circular binary-black-hole mergers - Anastasios Theodoropoulos (University of Valencia)

15:30 DANSurHM: Modularly incorporating higher modes in a deep learning based gravitational wave surrogate - Osvaldo Gramaxo Freitas (University of Valencia)
16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Building 56
16:30 Talks: Afternoon session 2
Afternoon session 2
16:30 - 17:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

16:30 Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Black Hole Initial Data - Irene Pitsiladi (University of Nottingham) Martin Zinzen (University of Nottingham)

17:00 PINNs methods for the study of the magnetosphere of compact objects - Matteo Stockinger (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein insstitute))
Wednesday, 9 September 2026

08:30 Registration
Registration
08:30 - 08:50
Room: Building 56

08:50 Welcome
Welcome
08:50 - 09:00
Room: Building 56
09:00 Invited talks: 1
1
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Building 56
Contributions

09:00 On the role of rotation and magnetic fields in core-collapse supernovae - Martin Obergaulinger (Universitat de València)
10:00 Talks: Morning session 1
Morning session 1
10:00 - 10:40
Room: Building 56
Contributions

10:00 3D MHD core-collapse progenitors: Rotation, magnetic-field amplification, and magnetic topology - Adam Griffiths (Keele University)

10:20 Simulations of MHD Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions - Jennifer Quinlan (Monash University)
10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Building 56
11:10 Talks: Morning session 2
Morning session 2
11:10 - 12:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

11:10 Impact of the Si/O interface on supernovae explosions - Nicolas Houry (CEA)

11:30 The role of magnetic fields in neutrino-driven core-collapse supernovae - Vishnu Varma (Keele University)

11:50 Deciphering the nature of proto-neutron star oscillation modes - Dimitra Tseneklidou (University of Valencia)

12:10 Classification of proto-neutron star oscillation modes - Guillem Fernández -Rodríguez (Univesitat de Valencia)
12:30 Group picture
Group picture
12:30 - 12:35
Room: Building 56

12:35 Lunch
Lunch
12:35 - 14:30
14:30 Talks: Afternoon session 1
Afternoon session 1
14:30 - 15:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

14:30 Inferring the progenitor properties from the gravitational waves and neutrino signals of a CCSN - Thierry Foglizzo (CEA saclay)

14:50 Impact of the equation of state on the evolution of rapidly rotating core collapse supernovae - Marco Cusinato (University of Valencia)

15:10 The Power Gap in Two Dimensions - Haakon Andresen (Stockholm University)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Building 56
16:00 Talks: Afternoon session 2
Afternoon session 2
16:00 - 17:20
Room: Building 56
Contributions

16:00 Multimessenger analysis of Core Collapse Standing Accretion Shock Instability - Alphonse MOREAU

16:20 Taylor-Spruit dynamo in protoneutron stars spun-up by fallback - Jerome Guilet (CEA Saclay)

16:40 Large Pm small-scale kinematic dynamo in protoneutron stars - Raphaël Raynaud (Université Paris Cité)
Thursday, 10 September 2026
09:00 Invited talks: 2
2
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Building 56
Contributions

09:00 Magnetic Fields in Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Challenges in Numerical Simulations - Anna Neuweiler (University of Potsdam)
10:00 Talks: Morning session 1
Morning session 1
10:00 - 10:40
Room: Building 56
Contributions

10:00 Binary neutron star merger simulations with realistic neutrino interaction rates - Ramon Jaeger (Universität Potsdam)

10:20 Weak Interaction Rates in Mergers: The Nucleon Width Approximation and Applications to Magnetized Neutron Stars - Alexander Haber (University of Southampton, UK)
10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Building 56
11:10 Talks: Morning session 2
Morning session 2
11:10 - 12:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

11:10 Eccentric low-mass black hole-neutron star mergers - Ivan Markin (University of Potsdam)

11:30 Black hole-neutron star mergers on GPU-accelerated codes - Oliver Steppohn (Friedrich-Schiller University Jena)

11:50 The stabilizing role of the crust on the interior magnetic field in isolated neutron stars - Fabrizio Venturi Piñas (Universitat de València)

12:10 Towards Binary Neutron Star Mergers Using High-Order Central WENO Finite Difference Schemes - Stefano Muzzolon (University of Trento and Verona)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:30
14:30 Talks: Afternoon session 1
Afternoon session 1
14:30 - 15:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

14:30 Convexity of equations of state in BNSs merger simulations and gravitational wave - Giuseppe Rivieccio (Universitat de Valencia)

14:50 Unlocking neutron-star interiors with tidal resonances - Fabian Gittins (Utrecht University)

15:10 Nuclear parameter inference in the context of high precision detections of Neutron Stars - Lami Shetu Suleiman (Deutches Elektronen Synchrotron)
15:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Building 56
16:00 Talks: Afternoon session 2
Afternoon session 2
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Building 56
Contributions

16:00 Magnetic field configurations and jet-launching conditions in binary neutron star mergers - Thomas Celora (Institute of Space Sciences)

16:20 Small-scale and mean-field dynamics in accretion disks around rapidly rotating neutron stars - Michael Müller (University of Greifswald)

16:40 Numerical simulations of neutron star oscillations with thermal effects - Jerome Novak (CNRS, Observatoire astronommique de Strasbourg)
19:00 Conference dinner
Conference dinner
19:00 - 23:00
Friday, 11 September 2026
10:00 Talks: Morning session 1
Morning session 1
10:00 - 10:40
Room: Building 56
Contributions

10:00 When Force-Free MHD Breaks Down: Dissipation and Emission in Extreme Magnetospheres - Jens Mahlmann (Dartmouth College)

10:20 Building and Breaking Magnetar Fields: A 3D GRMHD Study - Raj Kishor Joshi (CAMK, Warsaw, Poland)
10:40 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: Building 56
11:10 Talks: Morning session 2
Morning session 2
11:10 - 12:30
Room: Building 56
Contributions

11:10 Dark Matter in Neutron Stars: Imprints on Stellar Structure and Gravitational Waves - Violetta Sagun (University of Southampton)

11:30 Constraining Dark Matter in Neutron Stars with Next-Generation Gravitational-Wave Detectors - Afonso Ávila (University of Coimbra)

11:50 Modelling viscous effects in neutron stars using the BDNK framework - Lik Hang Harry Shum (University of Nottingham)

12:10 Magnetic Evolution in Superconducting Neutron Star Cores - Nicolas Moraga (Newcastle University)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:30
14:30 Talks: Afternoon session 1
Afternoon session 1
14:30 - 15:50
Room: Building 56
Contributions

14:30 A Simple High-Order Method for Accurate Magnetic Field Evolution - Rahime Matur (University of Southampton)

14:50 Forming extremally charged black holes with a null coordinates code - Laetitia Martel (University of Southampton)

15:10 The influence of magnetic field geometry and stratification on neutron star magnetic stability - Marta Piscitelli (University of Tübingen)

15:30 Investigating field burial by magnetically confined accretion mounds on neutron stars - Saurabh Yeole (PhD student at IUCAA)
15:50 Closure
Closure
15:50 - 16:00
Room: Building 56

16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Building 56