Exploring extreme matter and spacetimes with gravitational waves

California State University, Friday, September 30, 2022

Titan Student Union, Titan Theater

Overview

In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of The Nicholas and Lee Begovich Center for Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy at California State University Fullerton, we will be holding a one-day, by invitation meeting, “Exploring extreme matter and spacetimes with gravitational waves,” on Friday, September 30, 2022, in the Titan Theater. The scientific themes of the meeting will be extreme matter, extreme spacetimes, and future gravitational-wave detection technology.

Schedule

• 9am Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Dr. Marie Johnson, Dean College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• 9:10 Opening Scientific Keynote, “Cal State Fullerton’s role in the Discovery and Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy”, Duncan Brown, Vice President for Research and Charles Brightman Professor of Physics, Syracuse University

• 09:40 Coffee break (provided)

• 10:00 The Future of Experimental Gravitational-Wave Observatories (Chair: Josh Smith, CSUF)

  • 20+5 Jess McIver, University of British Columbia, “New discoveries with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo”

  • 20+5 Chris Wipf, Caltech, “LIGO Voyager and related technology”

  • 20+5 Lee McCuller, Caltech, “Cosmic Explorer and quantum frontier experiments”

• 11:15 Lunch break (on your own, various options around campus)

• 1:00 Extreme matter (Chair: Jocelyn Read, CSUF)

  • 20+5 Thomas Klaen, CSU Long Beach, “Nuclear physics and neutron stars”

  • 20+5 Katerina Chatziiouannou, Caltech, “Neutron star observations by LIGO and Virgo”

  • 20+5 Phil Landry, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, “Extreme matter in Cosmic Explorer”

• 2:15 Coffee break (provided)

• 2:30 Modeling extreme spacetimes (Chair: Geoffrey Lovelace, CSUF)

  • 20+5 Matt Duez, Washington State University, "Intro to NR and challenges NR faces for the future"

  • 20+5 Nils Deppe, Caltech/Cornell, "The SpECTRE numerical-relativity code: goals, progress, and future directions"

  • 20+5 Gabe Bonilla, CSUF, "Modeling Compact Binary Merger Waveforms Beyond General Relativity"

• 3:45 Student poster session (and time to interact with visiting scientists and GWPAC alumni)

  • Alex Carpenter, "Visualizing Gravitational Waves and the Curvature of Space using SpECTRE"

  • Andrea Ceja, from Cornell REU “Observing the Momentum Density of Waves in Black Hole Mergers”

  • Gabriela Jaimes "Cryogenic experiments in GWPAC"

  • Daniel Martinez "Imaging scatterometer for observing changes to optical coatings during air annealing: Results for TiO2:Ta2O5/SiO2 coatings"

  • Marc Penuliar "If GW190425 comes from a galactic-like population, it is an unequal-mass binary"

  • Emily Wuchner, "Simulated Observations of Merging Neutron Stars"

• 4:15 End

Organizers

Joshua Smith, CSUF

Geoffrey Lovelace, CSUF

Jocelyn Read, CSUF

Lynn Washatka, CSUF

Participants

Al Agnew, CSUF

Gabe Bonilla, CSUF

Duncan Brown, Vice President for Research and Charles Brightman Professor of Physics, Syracuse University

Elenna Capote, Syracuse University

Katerina Chatziioannou, Caltech

Derek Davis, Caltech

Nils Deppe, Caltech

Mario Diaz, UT Rio Grande Valley

Matt Duez, Washington State University

Eric Flynn, Michigan State University

Carl Haster - University of Nevada

Sophie Hourihane, Caltech

Aaron Johnson, Caltech

Marie Johnson, Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, CSUF

Yoonsoo Kim, Caltech

Thomas Klaen, CSU Long Beach

Phil Landry, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto

Isaac Legred, Caltech

Geoffrey Lovelace, CSUF

Sizheng Ma, Caltech

Jess Mciver, University of British Columbia

Lee McCuller, Caltech

Denyz Melchor, UCLA

Pat Meyers, Caltech

Keefe Mitman, Caltech

Kyle Nelli, Caltech

Masha Oukonkova, Caltech

Jocelyn Read, CSUF

Mark Scheel, Caltech

Joshua Smith, CSUF

Binod Tiwari, AVP Research and Sponsored Projects, CSUF

Dongze Sun, Caltech

Will Throwe, Cornell

Marissa Walker, Christopher Newport University

Sean Walker, Associate Dean College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, CSUF

Alan Weinstein, Caltech

Christopher Wipf, Caltech

GWPAC undergraduate and graduate students

Travel

Campus map: http://www.fullerton.edu/visit/#mainMap (our building is TSU)

Nearest airports: Santa Ana (SNA), Long Beach (LGB), LAX

Nearest hotels: Marriot, Doubletree both within walking distance of campus