Theory Meets Data Analysis at Comparable and Extreme Mass Ratios

Searches for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binary systems rely on concrete knowledge of the waveform to achieve maximum sensitivity to these sources. With a network of earth-based detectors currently acquiring data at design sensitivity and LISA's future at a critical stage, the theoretical understanding of these systems and its impact on data analysis efforts is one of the most important activities in current gravity research. This conference will bring together researchers working in theoretical and data analysis efforts to further foster interactions between the different communities involved to exploit theoretical models in the data analysis enterprise. Additionally, it will serve as a catalyst for future collaborations and developments among researchers working in numerical relativity and extreme-mass ratio fronts.

Speakers:

Parameswaran Ajith, California Institute of Technology
Leor Barack, Universtiy of Southampton
Michael Boyle, Cornell University
Avery Brodderick, CITA
Zachariah Etienne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abraham Harte, University of Chicago
Alexandre Le Tiec, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Sean McWilliams, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Jocelyn Read, Albert Einstein Institute
Craig Robinson, Cardiff University
Alberto Vecchio, University of Birmingham
Ian Vega, University of Guelph
Sam Waldman, Massachusets Institute of Technology

Organizer:

Yuk Tung Liu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign