The meeting aims to bring together researchers interested in the field of gravitational wave physics and astronomy in a wider sense, including in particular topics such as:
  • Gravitational wave data analysis for current and planned detectors
  • Gravitational wave source modeling
  • Numerical relativity techniques and  analytical approximation methods
  • Astrophysical and cosmological implications of GW observations
  • Fundamental physics with GWs and other observations of relativistic astrophysical objects
  • What can GW observations tell us about dark energy and dark matter?
  • Technology development for LISA and LISA Pathfinder
Complementing the scientific discussions, we hope to stimulate discussion about advancing the field in the Iberian physics and astronomy community:
  • How can we increase the interaction of Iberian groups among each other, and with the international GW community?
  • How can we stimulate interaction with researchers from related fields, such as astroparticle physics, astronomy, computational physics, or quantum gravity and string theory?
  • How can we attract more research students and improve their training?
  • Synergies in the training of students through join lecture series or summer schools?
  • Participation of iberian groups in projects under develoment, such as LISA, or the Einstein telescope.
The style of the meeting will be informal, with plenty of discussion time. Different groups from the Iberian community will be asked to introduce their work in overview presentations, in addition we plan for a number of contributed talks, in particular by younger researchers.

Program outline:


Wednesday 2nd
Thursday 3rd
Friday 4th
9.00
Welcome


9:30
Overview talks on different projects
(EGO, VIRGO, Advanced Virgo)
Overview talk on LSC

Group presentations
Contributed talks
11:00
Coffee Break
11:30
Overview talks on different projects
(ET, LISA & LPF)
Group presentations Discussion
13:00
Lunch Break
15:00
Group presentations
Contributed talks
Overflow time to
continue discussions
16:30
Coffee Break
17:00
Group presentations Contributed talks

Program:


Wednesday 2nd

9:00
Welcome
9:30
Federico Ferrini,
European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), Pisa
EGO, status and future perspectives
10:15
Francesco Fidecaro,
Dipartimento di Fisica "Enrico Fermi", Pisa
Virgo, Advanced Virgo
11:00
Coffee Break
11:30
Michele Punturo,
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Sez. di Perugia & EGO
Einstein Telescope
12:15
Miquel Nofrarias,
Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover
LISA Pathfinder
13:00
Lunch Break
15:00
Marc Diaz-Aguilo
Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC)
and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
LPF Operations and Experiment Master Plan
15:30 Juan Jose Esteban Delgado,
Albert Einstein Institute, Hannover
Laser ranging and clock noise transfer for LISA
16:00
Carlos Sopuerta,
Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC)
Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the ICE (CSIC-IEEC) - Theory Activities
16:45
Coffee Break
17:15
Alicia M. Sintes,
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Gravitational Wave Astronomy at UIB
17:45
Sascha Husa,
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Numerical Relativity and the Search for
 Gravitational Wave Signals from Black Hole Binaries


Thursday 3rd

9:30
Maria Alessandra Papa,
Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam/Hannover
LSC and data analysis work within the LSC
10:15
José Antonio Font,
Universitat de València
Black hole - torus systems: dynamics and gravitational waves
11:00
Coffee Break
11:30
Kostas Glampedakis,
University of Tuebingen & Murcia
Neutron star dynamics: issues and prospects for the new decade
12:15
Enrique García-Berro 
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
SPH simulations of white dwarf mergers and collisions
13:00
Lunch Break
15:00
Paulo Sá,
Universidade do Algarve,
Gravitational waves of cosmological origin
15:30
Mar Bastero Gil,
Universidad de Granada
Preheating of gravitational waves after inflation
16:00
Jonathan M. B. Downing,
ARI, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Black Hole Binaries in Star Clusters - Production and Detection Rates
16:30
Coffee Break
17:00
Priscil·la Cañizares,
Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC)
Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals: modelling and test of alternative theories of gravity
17:30
Jordi Burguet-Castell,
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Gravitational Waves Detection on non-Gaussian noise



Friday 4th

9:30
Daniela Alic,
Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam
Novel techniques in Numerical Relativity: from Gauge Conditions to Resistive MHD
10:00
Denis Pollney,
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Characteristic Methods in Numerical Relativity
10:30
Isabel Cordero-Carrión,
Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
Gravitational waves in the Fully Constrained Formulation
11:00
Coffee Break
11:30
Pedro Montero,
Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
Influence of thermonuclear effects on the  collapse of supermassive stars
12:00 Discussion
13:00
Lunch Break
15:00
Overflow time to continue discussions