WORKSHOP ON BINARY NEUTRON STAR MERGERS

May 27-29, 2015

THESSALONIKI, GREECE 



  Scientific Program: (the list of abstracts can be downloaded as a pdf file here)


WEDNESDAY May 27th
08:45 - 09:20
REGISTRATION
09:20 - 09:40
WELCOME
Session 1: THEORY, OBSERVATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS
09:40 - 10:30
Friedman
Measuring the neutron-star equation of state with gravitational waves from binary inspiral 
10:30 - 11:20
Sathayprakash
How well do we know waveforms from binary neutron star coalescences and is there a problem
in
modelling them? 
11:20 - 11:40
coffee break
11:40 - 12:30
Lattimer
Neutron star constraints from theory, experiment and observations 
12:30 - 12:50
Clark
Weakly-modelled analyses of post-merger gravitational-wave bursts from binary NS coalescence 
12:50 -15:00
lunch break
Session 2: NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF BNS MERGERS
15:00 - 15:50
Shibata
Gravitational waves and dynamical mass ejection from binary neutron star merger 
15:50 - 16:40
Rezzolla
Merging of binary neutron stars: a progress report from Frankfurt
16:40 - 17:00
coffee break
17:00 - 17:20
Dionysopoulou
Towards a general relativistic resistive-MHD modelling of binary neutron star mergers
17:20 - 17:40
Haas
Binary neutron star simulations with SpEC 
17:40 - 18:00
Tsokaros
Quasi-equilibrium solutions for slowly spinning binary neutron Stars
18:00 - 18:20
Kastaun
Influence of initial spin in binary neutron star mergers 

THURSDAY May 28th       (NewCompStar WG3 Topical Meeting)
Session 3: EJECTA AND E/M COUNTERPARTS
09:00 - 09:50
Janka
Mass ejection, outflows, and r-process nucleosynthesis in compact binary mergers 
09:50 - 10:40
Metzger
Electromagnetic signatures of binary neutron star mergers 
10:40 - 11:00
coffee break
11:00 - 11:20
Paschalidis
Dynamical capture binary neutron star mergers: effects of the NS spin
11:20 - 11:40
Giacomazzo
Magnetar formation from the merger of binary neutron stars
11:40 - 12:00
Just
Dynamics of neutron-star merger ejecta 
12:00 - 12:20
Galeazzi
Dynamical mass ejection from eccentric binary neutron star mergers 
12:20 - 12:40
Ardevol-Pulpillo
Nucleosynthesis constraints on the neutron star-black hole merger rate
12:40 - 15:00
lunch break
Session 4: GRBs AND E/M COUNTERPARTS
15:00 - 15:50
Piran
Radio flares - long term EM counterparts of NS mergers 
15:50 - 16:10
Kiuchi Numerical relativity simulation of the merger of black hole- magnetized neutron star binaries
16:10 - 16:30
coffee break
16:30 - 16:50
Hotokezaka
The expected radio signals from binary neutron star mergers
16:50 - 17:10
Ciolfi
Short gamma-ray bursts in the "time-reversal" scenario

20:30
official dinner

FRIDAY May 29th
Session 5: NEUTRON STAR DYNAMICS AND GW OBSERVATIONS
09:00 - 09:50
Kokkotas
Neutron stars: oscillations, instabilities and gravitational Waves 
09:50 - 10:40
Bose
How well can GW observations of coalescing binaries involving neutron stars constrain the EOS?
10:40 - 11:00
coffee break
11:00 - 11:20
Bauswein
Revealing the neutron star EOS from the post-merger GW spectrum 
11:20 - 11:40
Meidam
Probing the neutron star equation of state with second-generation gravitational wave detectors
11:40 - 12:00
Markakis
Hamilton-Jacobi irrotational hydrodynamics for binary neutron star inspiral 
12:00 - 12:20
Pnigouras
Saturation of the f-mode instability 
12:20 - 12:40
Endrizzi
GR simulations of binary neutron star mergers with piecewise polytropic equations of state
12:40 - 15:00
lunch break
Session 6: NEUTRON STAR EOS AND THERMAL EFFECTS
15:00 - 15:50
Prakash
Thermal properties of neutron stars 
15:50 - 16:10
coffee break
16:10 - 16:30
Gaitanos
Momentum dependent mean-field dynamics of compressed nuclear matter and neutron stars
16:30 - 16:50
Moustakidis
R-mode constraints on neutron star equation of state 
16:50 - 17:10
Sotani
Effect of electron screening on the crustal torsional oscillations
17:10 - 17:30
Constantinou
Thermal and adiabatic indices of hot and dense matter of relevance to binary neutron star  mergers
17:30 - 17:50
CLOSING REMARKS


POSTER SESSION:

Iosif, P.  "Accuracy of the IWM-CFC approximation in differentially rotating relativistic stars"

Menezes, M.  "Equation of State Effects in Post-Newtonian Numerical Simulations of Neutron Star-Black Hole Mergers"