Scientific program September 15 – 16
The following is the schedule for the scientific meeting on Monday, September 15 and Tuesday, September 16. The sessions will be held at the Auditori Son Espanyol in the ParcBIT. For more information about the location, please visit the Venue page.
Monday 15th
| 09:00 – 11:00 |
Registration & Poster Preparation |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Opening session
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11:30 – 13:30 |
Monday Morning Session Chair: David Keitel |
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11:35 – 12:20 40 + 5 min |
Clifford Martin Will University of Florida, United States and Paris Institute of Astrophysics and French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Sorbonne University, France Talk: The Renaissance of General Relativity |
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12:25 – 13:10 40 + 5 min |
Bernard F. Schutz Gravity Exploration Institute, Cardiff University, United Kingdom and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Germany Talk: GW150914 and the history of Gravitational Waves |
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13:10 – 13:30 15 + 5 min |
Minia Manteiga Outeiro University of A Coruña, Spain and Scientific Coordinator for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the State Research Agency (AEI), Spain Talk: Current state, strategic vision and long-term perspectives of astronomy & astrophysics in Spain |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Lunch Break (buffet provided) & Poster Session |
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15:00 – 16:30 |
1st Monday Afternoon Session Chair: Antoni Ramos Buades |
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15:00 – 15:30 25 + 5 min |
Harald Lück Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) and Institute for Gravitational Physics of Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Talk: What made GW150914 possible: the hardware perspective |
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15:30 – 16:00 25 + 5 min |
Sascha Husa Institute of Space Sciences (ICE‑CSIC) and University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain Talk: What made GW150914 possible: the numerical relativity perspective |
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16:00 – 16:30 25 + 5 min |
Nadia Tonello Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), Spain Talk: Supercomputing support for the future of GW astronomy |
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session |
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17:00 – 18:30 |
2nd Monday Afternoon Session Chair: Alicia M. Sintes Olives |
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17:00 – 17:30 25 + 5 min |
Andrew Lundgren Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE) and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain Talk: What made GW150914 possible: the data analysis perspective |
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17:30 – 17:45 12 + 3 min |
Miquel Oliver Almiñana UBS AG, Switzerland Talk: Experiencing the first detection as an LSC-Fellow at LIGO Hanford |
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17:45 – 18:00 12 + 3 min |
Isabel Cordero Carrión University of Valencia, Spain Talk: Public outreach activities of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration |
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18:00 – 18:20 15 + 5 min |
Carlos Barceló Serón – Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA‑CSIC), Spain, Talk: Gravitational Waves on the screen: Territorio Gravedad |
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18:20 – 18:30 |
10 Years of Gravitational-Wave Research at UIB by the UIB Communication Service |
| 18:45 – 20:00 |
Networking, Cocktail & Live Music by Miranda Jazz Combo |
Tuesday 16th
| 09:00 – 09:55 | REDONGRA Closed Session Meeting – Location: IAC3 Building |
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10:00 – 11:30 |
1st Tuesday Morning Session Chair: Josep Covas Vidal |
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10:00 – 10:30 25 + 5 min |
Thomas Dent Galician Institute for High Energy Physics (IGFAE), University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Talk: Recent results from LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA |
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10:30 – 11:00 25 + 5 min |
José Antonio Font Roda University of Valencia, Spain Talk: History of Spain entering Virgo and overview of Spanish contributions |
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11:00 – 11:30 25 +5 min |
Mario Martínez Pérez Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE) and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain Talk: The Einstein Telescope and Spanish contributions |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00 – 13:30 |
2nd Tuesday Morning Session Chair: Francisco Jiménez Forteza |
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12:00 – 12:30 25 + 5 min |
Carlos F. Sopuerta Institute of Space Sciences (ICE‑CSIC) and Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), Spain Talk: The LISA mission and Spanish contributions |
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12:30 – 13:00 25 + 5 min |
Alberto Javier Castro Tirado Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA‑CSIC), Spain Talk: Electromagnetic follow-ups of gravitational-wave detections |
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13:00 – 13:30 25 + 5 min |
Rosalba Perna Stony Brook University, United States Talk: Open questions and future directions in gravitational-wave astrophysics |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Lunch Break (cafeteria available at Parc BIT) |
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15:00 – 15:30 25 + 5 min |
Ernesto M. Nicola AstroMallorca, Spain Talk: Astronomy in Mallorca: History and Current Outreach Activities |
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15:30 – 17:00 |
Tuesday Afternoon Contributed Talks Session Chair: Sascha Husa |
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15:30 – 15:45 12 + 3 min |
Ssohrab Borhanian University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Talk: Impact of facility timing and coordination for third-generation gravitational-wave detectors and the importance of LIGO-India |
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15:45 – 16:00 12 + 3 min |
Andrea Begnoni University of Padova, Italy Talk: Beyond GR Tests with the Einstein Telescope |
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16:00 – 16:15 12 + 3 min |
Juan García-Bellido Capdevila Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain Talk: Evidence in favour of Primordial Black Holes |
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16:15 – 16:30 12 + 3 min |
Noemi Fabri University of Zurich, Switzerland Talk: Probing Flavour-Motivated Phase Transitions with Gravitational Waves |
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16:30 – 16:45 12 + 3 min |
Charlie Hoy University of Portsmouth, England Talk: Incorporating model accuracy into gravitational-wave Bayesian inference |
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16:45 – 17:00 12 + 3 min |
Neha Sharma International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), India Talk: Time-domain Relative Binning: A fast likelihood evaluation method in Time-domain |
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17:00 – 17:05 |
Closing Session Alicia M. Sintes Olives |