Day 1

Wednesday 2/22/2023

Registration 8:30 - 9:00

Overview of Multimessenger Observations

Convener: Daniel Kocevski (NASA Godard Space Flight Center)

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome

Bing Zhang (UNLV)

9:05 - 9:35

From flux to sources: a decade of neutrino astronomy in Antarctica slides

Francis Halzen (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)

9:35 - 10:05

The current and near-future status of ground-based gravitational wave observations slides

Alan Weinstein (Caltech)

10:05 - 10:35

Multi-wavelength observations overview slides

Brad Cenko (Nasa Godard Space Flight Center)

Break 10:35 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:30

Multimessenger search for the origin of IceCube neutrinos slides

Ignacio Taboada (Georgia Tech.)

11:30 - 12:00

Electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves slides

Alessandra Corsi  (Texas Tech U.)

12:00- 12:30

Panel on Multimessenger Observations

Chair: Daniel Kocevski (NASA Godard Space Flight Center)

Lunch (on your own) 

12:30 - 2:00

Origin of High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos

Convener: Ali Kheirandish (UNLV)

2:00 - 2:30

High-energy neutrino emission from core of AGN slides

Kohta Murase (Penn State & IAS)

2:30 - 3:00

High-energy neutrino emission from AGN jets slides

Foteini Oikonomou (Norwegian U. of science and technology) 

3:00 - 3:30

IceCube search for neutrino emission from AGN  slides 

Hans Neiderhausen (Michigan State U.)

Break 3:00 - 4:00

4:00 - 4:30

Multimessenger picture of neutrino emission from the Milky Way slides

Ke Fang (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)

4:30 - 5:00

IceCube search for neutrino emission from Galactic plane slides

Steve Sclafani (Drexel U.) 

5:00 - 5:30

Panel on recent developments in the search for the origin of high-energy neutrinos

Chair: Ali Kheirandish (UNLV)

7 pm  Conference Dinner

 Bacchanal Buffet, Caesar's palace 

Day 2

Thursday 2/23/2023

Astrophysics of Compact Binay Mergers

Convener: Carl-Johan Haster (UNLV)

9:00 - 9:30

Observing compact-object binaries with gravitational waves

Chad Hanna (Penn State)

9:30 - 10:00

The astrophysical implications of the population of compact objects observed with gravitational waves

Salvatore Vitale (MIT)

10:00 - 10:30

Short GRBs and Kilonovae

Wen-Fai Fong (Northwestern U.)

Break 10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:30

Gravitational wave observations using pulsar timing arrays

Steve Taylor (Vanderbilt U.)

11:30 - 12:00

Compact-object binaries in/near active galactic nuclei

Saavik Ford (American Museum of Natural History)

12:00 - 12:30

Panel on compact binary coalescence 

Chair: Carl-Johan Haster (UNLV)

Lunch (on your own) 

12:30 - 2:00

Time-Domain Multimessenger Astrophysics

Convener: Bing Zhang (UNLV)

2:00 - 2:30

Multimessenger Astrophysics and Extreme GRBs slides

Peter Meszaros (Penn State)

2:30 - 3:00

Theory overview of multimessenger signatures from GRBs slides

Shigeo Kimura (Tohoku U.)

3:00 - 3:30

Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis from the Birth of Black Holes slides

Brian Metzger (Columbia U.)

Break 3:30 - 4:00

4:00 - 4:30

The brightest of all-time GRB

Eric Burns (Louisiana State U.)

4:30 - 5:00

LHAASO observation of the brightest GRB

Zhen Cao (IHEP) 

5:00 - 5:30

Panel on multimessenger picture of transients

Panel chair: Bing Zhang (UNLV)

 

7:30 - 8:30

Frank Russel Public Lecture [102 Bigelow Physics Building]

Francis Halzen (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)

 

Day 3

Friday 2/24/2023

Processes in Multimessenger Astrophysics

Convener: Daniel Proga (UNLV)

9:00 - 9:30

Theoretical and observational developments in cosmic ray acceleration and propagation slides

Damiano Caprioli (U. of Chicago)

9:30 - 10:00

Theoretical and Modeling Developments in Magnetically Driven Dissipation Processes in Jets slides

Hui Li (LANL)

10:00 - 10:30

Turbulence in multimessenger astronomy

Siyao Xu (Institute for Advanced Study) 

Break 10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 11:30

Dynamical channels of gravitational wave sources slides

Carl Rodriguez (U. of North Carolina)

11:30 - 12:00

Formation of Merging Compact Binaries slides

Dong Lai (Cornell U.)

12:00 - 12:30

Panel on Processes in Multimessenger Astrophysics

Chair: Hui Li 

Lunch (on your own) 

Lunch 12:30 - 2:00

New Frontiers in Multimessenger Astrophysics

Convener: Ke Fang (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)

2:00 - 2:20

Search for the neutrino counterpart of gravitational waves with current and future experiments

Zsusza Marka (Columbia U.) 

2:30 - 3:00

An assessment of an association between a fast radio burst and binary neutron star merger

Linqing Wen (U. of Western Australia) 

3:00 - 3:30

Poster Gong Session slides


Rachel Zhang (Northwestern U.)

Asuka Kuwata (Tohoku U.)

Riki Matsui (Tohoku U.)

Connery Chen (UNLV)

Sreetama Goswami (U. of Alabama)

Hui Li (LANL)

Adithan Kathirgamaraju (LANL)

Yihan Wang (UNLV)

Yuanhong Qu (UNLV)

Christopher Harley Ellis (UNR)

Break 3:30 - 4:00

Future of Multimessenger Astrophysics

Convener: Kohta Murase (Penn State)

4:00 - 4:30

Neutrino astronomy with the next generation of neutrino telescopes slides

Albrecht Karle (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)

4:30 - 5:00

Gravitational-wave observations with LISA, and their role in multi-messenger astrophysics

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann (Vanderbilt U.)

5:00- 5:30

Panel on future of multimessenger astrophysics

Chair: Kohta Murase (Penn State)