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, May 12, 2017 (9:00 AM) to Saturday, May 13, 2017 (3:30 PM)

Monday, May 8, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
9:00 AM Welcome - Morgan May Imre Bartos Szabi Marka
Welcome
- Morgan May
- Imre Bartos
- Szabi Marka
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
9:10 AM LSST Overview - Morgan May
LSST Overview
- Morgan May
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
9:20 AM NS-NS Merger Rates - Tsvi Piran
NS-NS Merger Rates
- Tsvi Piran
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
9:45 AM NS-NS Simulations - David Radice
NS-NS Simulations
- David Radice
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:10 AM GW Localization - Leo Singer
GW Localization
- Leo Singer
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:00 AM 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 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:30 AM Optical event Characteristics - Wen-fai Fong
Optical event Characteristics
- Wen-fai Fong
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
12:00 PM 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 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
12:30 PM Lunch (on your own)
Lunch (on your own)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM LSST - Tony Tyson
LSST
- Tony Tyson
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
3:00 PM LSST Cadence for Follow-up - Rahul Biswas
LSST Cadence for Follow-up
- Rahul Biswas
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
4:00 PM LSST Algorithm for Transient Discovery and Alert - Rahul Biswas
LSST Algorithm for Transient Discovery and Alert
- Rahul Biswas
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
4:30 PM Science Case for Joint Observations - Bangalore Sathyaprakash
Science Case for Joint Observations
- Bangalore Sathyaprakash
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
5:00 PM 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
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
5:30 PM Wine + hors d'oeuvres
Wine + hors d'oeuvres
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
Saturday, May 13, 2017
9:00 AM Future Prospects for the LIGO Instrument and Science - Barry Barish
Future Prospects for the LIGO Instrument and Science
- Barry Barish
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
9:40 AM Future Prospects for LIGO Data Analysis - Chad Hanna
Future Prospects for LIGO Data Analysis
- Chad Hanna
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:00 AM 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 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:00 AM LIGO Follow-up Program - Peter Shawhan
LIGO Follow-up Program
- Peter Shawhan
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:20 AM 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 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
11:50 AM How could this work? The LSST perspective - Tony Tyson
How could this work? The LSST perspective
- Tony Tyson
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
12:30 PM Lunch (delivered to meeting)
Lunch (delivered to meeting)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
1:30 PM Preparation for joint observations: current efforts - Raffaella Margutti
Preparation for joint observations: current efforts
- Raffaella Margutti
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
1:50 PM Preparation for joint observations: current efforts - Eliu Huerta
Preparation for joint observations: current efforts
- Eliu Huerta
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
2:10 PM Preparation for joint observations: current efforts - Mansi Kasliwal
Preparation for joint observations: current efforts
- Mansi Kasliwal
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor
2:30 PM Workshop Summary
Workshop Summary
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor

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