LSST Detection of Optical Counterparts of Gravitational Waves

12 May 2017, 09:00 → 13 May 2017, 15:30 US/Eastern

Theory Center | Pupin Hall, 8th floor (Columbia University)

The workshop will outline the prospects of using LSST to observe the electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational-wave observations by Advanced LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA. We will further discuss what needs to be done in getting ready for these observations before LSST comes online. The workshop is supported by a grant from LSSTC Enabling Science.

Friday 12 May

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome

Speakers: Imre Bartos, Morgan May, Szabi Marka

09:10 → 09:20 LSST Overview

Speaker: Morgan May

May --- LSST GW Optical counterpart talk.pdf

09:20 → 09:45 NS-NS Merger Rates

Speaker: Tsvi Piran

Piran --- Rates.pdf

09:45 → 10:10 NS-NS Simulations

Speaker: David Radice

LSST-GW-Radice.pdf

10:10 → 10:30 GW Localization

Speaker: Leo Singer

Leo -- columbia-2017.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 11:30 Panel: GW localization and observation rates in the LSST era

Speakers: Hsin-Yu Chen, Imre Bartos, Kenta Hotokezaka, Leo Singer, Peter Shawhan, Tsvi Piran

11:30 → 12:00 Optical event Characteristics

Speaker: Wen-fai Fong

columbia_lsst_fong.pdf

12:00 → 12:30 Panel: Event Characteristics

Speakers: Andrew MacFadyen, Brian Metzger, Edo Berger, Kenta Hotokezaka, Kohta Murase, Nick Stone, Tsvi Piran

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch (on your own)

14:00 → 15:00 LSST

Speaker: Tony Tyson

Tyson --- LSST Science Overview 12May.pdf

15:00 → 15:30 LSST Cadence for Follow-up

Speaker: Rahul Biswas

Biswas_Cadence_Talk_GW-LSST.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee

16:00 → 16:30 LSST Algorithm for Transient Discovery and Alert

Speaker: Rahul Biswas

Biswas_Transient_talk_GW-LSST.pdf

16:30 → 17:00 Science Case for Joint Observations

Speaker: Bangalore Sathyaprakash

170512-Columbia-LSST.pdf

17:00 → 17:30 Panel: Science Case for Joint Observations

Speakers: Daniel Siegel, David Radice, Hsin-Yu Chen, Kent Yagi, Kohta Murase

17:30 → 18:30 Wine + hors d'oeuvres

Saturday 13 May

09:00 → 09:40 Future Prospects for the LIGO Instrument and Science

Speaker: Barry Barish

Columbia Wkshp 5-13-17 v2.pdf

09:40 → 10:00 Future Prospects for LIGO Data Analysis

Speaker: Chad Hanna

Future Prospects for LIGO Data Analysis (AKA- The future is dim).pdf

10:00 → 10:30 Panel: The Future with LIGO

Speakers: Bangalore Sathyaprakash, Barry Barish, Chad Hanna, Imre Bartos, Szabi Marka, Zsuzsa Marka

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 11:20 LIGO Follow-up Program

Speaker: Peter Shawhan

Shawhan_LSSTworkshop.pdf

11:20 → 11:50 Panel: Other projects

Speakers: Imre Bartos, Michael Coughlin, Toru Tamagawa, Wen-fai Fong

11:50 → 12:30 How could this work? The LSST perspective

Speaker: Tony Tyson

Tyson --- LSST+LIGO2.pdf

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch (delivered to meeting)

13:30 → 13:50 Preparation for joint observations: current efforts

Speaker: Raffaella Margutti

MarguttiColumbia2017copy.pdf

13:50 → 14:10 Preparation for joint observations: current efforts

Speaker: Eliu Huerta

Eliu --- Columbia_LSST.pdf

14:10 → 14:30 Preparation for joint observations: current efforts

Speaker: Mansi Kasliwal

14:30 → 15:00 Workshop Summary