| Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 8/01, 1:30pm |
All Participants |
Organizational Meeting |
| 8/01, 2:00pm |
Duncan Brown
Syracuse University & KITP |
LIGO summary[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/02, 10:30am |
Selma de Mink
Universiteit van Amsterdam & KITP |
Field binaries[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/02, 11:15am |
Carl Rodriguez
Northwestern University & KITP |
Cluster binaries[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/02, 2:00pm |
Sterl Phinney
Caltech & KITP |
Discussion on binary BH formation[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/03, 10:30am |
Ben Farr
Northwestern University |
What does LIGO measure (and how well)?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/03, 11:15am |
Richard O'Shaughnessy
Rochester Institute of Technology |
Will LIGO infer formation scenarios of binary BH mergers?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/03, 2:00pm |
Alberto Vecchio
University of Birmingham |
Discussion on LIGO constraints on formation scenarios[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/04, 10:30am |
Stan Woosley
UCSC |
The deaths of massive stars and the birth of black holes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/04, 11:15am |
Pablo Marchant
Bonn University |
Homogeneous Evolution of Overcontact Massive Binaries resulting in BH+BH mergers[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/04, 2:00pm |
Brian Metzger
Columbia University |
Discussion on stellar evolution and BH formation[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/05, 10:30am |
Luis Lehner
Perimeter Inst |
Simulations of Compact Object Mergers I[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/05, 2:00pm |
Francois Foucart
LBNL |
Simulations of Compact Object Mergers II[Slides][Podcast][Vid][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/05, 2:00pm |
Chris Fryer
LANL |
Discussion on Matter Dynamics and EM Emission From Mergers[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/08 12:15pm |
Daniel Holz
Univ. Chicago & KITP |
How does the Universe make LIGO's black holes?[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
KITP Blackboard Lunch |
| 8/08, 2:00pm |
Alessandra Buonanno
MPI-AEI & KITP |
Discussion on Testing GR with LIGO black holes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/09, 10:30am |
Tomasz Bulik
Warsaw University |
Overview of Common Envelope Evolution[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/09, 11:10am |
Tyrone Woods
Monash University & KITP |
Overview of Common Envelope Evolution[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/09, 11:30 |
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
UCSC |
Simulations of Common Envelope Evolution[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/10, 10:30am |
Wolf-Rainer Hamann
University of Potsdam |
From massive stars to merging black holes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/10, 11:15am |
Rainer Spurzem
Chinese Academy of Sciences & KITP |
Binary black holes in dense stellar systems[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/10, 2:00pm |
Matteo Cantiello
KITP |
Discussion[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/11, 10:30am |
Shri Kulkarni
Caltech |
Overview of EM follow-up[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/11, 11:15am |
Gregg Hallinan
Caltech |
Radio/Optical follow-up[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/11, 11:15am |
Marcelle Soares-Santos
Fermilab |
Radio/Optical follow-up[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/11, 2:00pm |
Mansi Kasliwal
Caltech |
Discussion of EM follow-up[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/12, 10:30am |
Andrew MacFadyen
NYU & KITP |
Electromagnetic Signatures of Mergers[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 8/12, 11:15am |
Yuri Levin
Monash University & KITP |
Program Summary[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
