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