Name: LSST Detection of Optical Counterparts of Gravitational Waves
Start: 2017-05-12T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2017-05-13T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Columbia University

LSST Detection of Optical Counterparts of Gravitational Waves

from Friday 12 May 2017 (09:00) to Saturday 13 May 2017 (15:30)

Monday 8 May 2017
Tuesday 9 May 2017
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Thursday 11 May 2017
Friday 12 May 2017
09:00 Welcome - Morgan May Imre Bartos Szabi Marka
Welcome
- Morgan May
- Imre Bartos
- Szabi Marka
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
09:10 LSST Overview - Morgan May
LSST Overview
- Morgan May
09:10 - 09:20
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
09:20 NS-NS Merger Rates - Tsvi Piran
NS-NS Merger Rates
- Tsvi Piran
09:20 - 09:45
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
09:45 NS-NS Simulations - David Radice
NS-NS Simulations
- David Radice
09:45 - 10:10
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:10 GW Localization - Leo Singer
GW Localization
- Leo Singer
10:10 - 10:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:00 Panel: GW localization and observation rates in the LSST era - Leo Singer Peter Shawhan Tsvi Piran Kenta Hotokezaka Hsin-Yu Chen Imre Bartos
Panel: GW localization and observation rates in the LSST era
- Leo Singer
- Peter Shawhan
- Tsvi Piran
- Kenta Hotokezaka
- Hsin-Yu Chen
- Imre Bartos
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:30 Optical event Characteristics - Wen-fai Fong
Optical event Characteristics
- Wen-fai Fong
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
12:00 Panel: Event Characteristics - Kenta Hotokezaka Kohta Murase Edo Berger Brian Metzger Nick Stone Andrew MacFadyen Tsvi Piran
Panel: Event Characteristics
- Kenta Hotokezaka
- Kohta Murase
- Edo Berger
- Brian Metzger
- Nick Stone
- Andrew MacFadyen
- Tsvi Piran
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
12:30 Lunch (on your own)
Lunch (on your own)
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 LSST - Tony Tyson
LSST
- Tony Tyson
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
15:00 LSST Cadence for Follow-up - Rahul Biswas
LSST Cadence for Follow-up
- Rahul Biswas
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
16:00 LSST Algorithm for Transient Discovery and Alert - Rahul Biswas
LSST Algorithm for Transient Discovery and Alert
- Rahul Biswas
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
16:30 Science Case for Joint Observations - Bangalore Sathyaprakash
Science Case for Joint Observations
- Bangalore Sathyaprakash
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
17:00 Panel: Science Case for Joint Observations - David Radice Kohta Murase Kent Yagi Daniel Siegel Hsin-Yu Chen
Panel: Science Case for Joint Observations
- David Radice
- Kohta Murase
- Kent Yagi
- Daniel Siegel
- Hsin-Yu Chen
17:00 - 17:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
17:30 Wine + hors d'oeuvres
Wine + hors d'oeuvres
17:30 - 18:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
Saturday 13 May 2017
09:00 Future Prospects for the LIGO Instrument and Science - Barry Barish
Future Prospects for the LIGO Instrument and Science
- Barry Barish
09:00 - 09:40
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
09:40 Future Prospects for LIGO Data Analysis - Chad Hanna
Future Prospects for LIGO Data Analysis
- Chad Hanna
09:40 - 10:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:00 Panel: The Future with LIGO - Barry Barish Szabi Marka Chad Hanna Zsuzsa Marka Imre Bartos Bangalore Sathyaprakash
Panel: The Future with LIGO
- Barry Barish
- Szabi Marka
- Chad Hanna
- Zsuzsa Marka
- Imre Bartos
- Bangalore Sathyaprakash
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:00 LIGO Follow-up Program - Peter Shawhan
LIGO Follow-up Program
- Peter Shawhan
11:00 - 11:20
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:20 Panel: Other projects - Wen-fai Fong Toru Tamagawa Michael Coughlin Imre Bartos
Panel: Other projects
- Wen-fai Fong
- Toru Tamagawa
- Michael Coughlin
- Imre Bartos
11:20 - 11:50
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:50 How could this work? The LSST perspective - Tony Tyson
How could this work? The LSST perspective
- Tony Tyson
11:50 - 12:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
12:30 Lunch (delivered to meeting)
Lunch (delivered to meeting)
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
13:30 Preparation for joint observations: current efforts - Raffaella Margutti
Preparation for joint observations: current efforts
- Raffaella Margutti
13:30 - 13:50
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
13:50 Preparation for joint observations: current efforts - Eliu Huerta
Preparation for joint observations: current efforts
- Eliu Huerta
13:50 - 14:10
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
14:10 Preparation for joint observations: current efforts - Mansi Kasliwal
Preparation for joint observations: current efforts
- Mansi Kasliwal
14:10 - 14:30
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
14:30 Workshop Summary
Workshop Summary
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor

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