Program

All sessions will take place in the Lecture Hall in the central building (0.050 and 0.050 A), with the exception of Friday morning: the session will then take place in the Seminar Room in the central building (1.052 and 1.053 A).

The Seminar Room in the central building (1.052 and 1.053 A) is reserved at all times for the workshop participants.

Rooms 0.63 and 1.63 in the AEI building are reserved for informal discussions in the afternoons.

The coffee and lunch breaks will be held in the Lecture Hall Foyer and in the AEI Atrium, respectively. The Workshop dinner will be held in the Cafeteria Courtyard. 

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

09:00 – 09:40
Registration
40m
09:40 – 09:50
Welcome!
10m
09:50 – 12:30
Theories beyond general relativity: why and which?
  • 09:50
    Beyond GR: From no-hair theorems to nonlinear dynamics
    Speaker: Thomas Sotiriou (University of Nottingham)
    Sotiriou.pdf
    Chairperson: Hector O. Silva (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    40m
  • 10:30
    On the Cauchy problem in effective theories of gravity
    Speaker: Aron Kovacs (SISSA)
    Kovacs.pdf
    Chairperson: Hector O. Silva (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    30m
  • 11:00
    Coffee break
    30m
  • 11:30
    Panel discussion
    Speaker: Pablo A. Cano (KU Leuven), Pau Figueras (Queen Mary) and Aaron Held (FSU Jena)
    Chairperson: Hector O. Silva (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    60m
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
90m
14:00 – 16:40
Systematics and tests of general relativity with current detectors
  • 14:00
    Beyond the horizon: Exploring the current status of gravitational-wave source modeling in general relativity
    Speaker: Geraint Pratten (University of Birmingham)
    Chairperson: Elisa Maggio (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    35m
  • 14:35
    Tests of general relativity by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration: Current results and O4 prospects
    Speaker: Nathan Johnson-McDaniel (University of Mississippi)
    Johnson-McDaniel.pdf
    Chairperson: Elisa Maggio (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    35m
  • 15:10
    Coffee break
    30m
  • 15:40
    Panel discussion
    Speaker: Michael Pürrer (University of Rhode Island) and Leo Stein (University of Mississippi)
    Chairperson: Elisa Maggio (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    60m
16:40 – 18:00
Informal discussion
80m

Thursday, June 15, 2023

09:50 – 12:30
The inspiral: challenges beyond GR
  • 09:50
    Status of PN and EOB calculations in modified theories of gravity
    Speaker: Laura Bernard (Paris Observatory)
    Bernard.pdf
    Chairperson: Félix-Louis Julié (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    40m
  • 10:30
    Analytical modeling of dynamical scalarization in an effective-action approach
    Speaker: Mohammed Khalil (Perimeter Institute)
    Khalil.pdf
    Chairperson: Félix-Louis Julié (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    30m
  • 11:00
    Coffee break
    30m
  • 11:30
    Panel discussion
    Speaker: Jan Steinhoff (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Kent Yagi (University of Virginia) and Tanja Hinderer (Utrecht University)
    Chairperson: Félix-Louis Julié (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    60m
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
90m
14:00 – 16:40
The late-inspiral and merger: challenges beyond GR
  • 14:00
    Numerical Relativity beyond General Relativity
    Speaker: Helvi Witek (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
    Witek.pdf
    Chairperson: Harald Pfeiffer (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    40m
  • 14:40
    K-dynamics: Gravitational wave generation in dark energy
    Speaker: Miguel Bezares (University of Nottingham)
    Bezares.pdf
    Chairperson: Harald Pfeiffer (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    30m
  • 15:10
    Coffee break
    30m
  • 15:40
    Panel discussion
    Speaker: Maxence Corman (Perimeter Institute), Néstor Ortiz (UNAM) and Masaru Shibata (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    Maxence-Corman-Perimeter-Institute-Nestor-Ortiz-UNAM-and-Masaru-Shibata-Max-Planck-Institute-for-Gravitational-Physics.pdf
    Chairperson: Harald Pfeiffer (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    60m
16:40 – 18:00
Informal discussion
80m
19:00 – 21:30
Workshop dinner
150m

Friday, June 16, 2023

9:50 – 12:30
The ringdown: challenges beyond GR
  • 09:50
    Ringdown challenges beyond Einstein
    Speaker: Nicolás Yunes (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    Chairperson: Sebastian Völkel (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    40m
  • 10:30
    Effective field theory of black hole quasinormal modes
    Speaker: Luca Santoni (APC)
    Santoni.pdf
    Chairperson: Sebastian Völkel (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    30m
  • 11:00
    Coffee break
    30m
  • 11:30
    Panel discussion
    Speaker: Aaron Zimmerman (University of Texas Austin), Daniela Doneva (University of Tübingen) and Paolo Pani (Sapienza University of Rome)
    Chairperson: Sebastian Völkel (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    60m
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
90m
14:00 – 16:40
Looking ahead: testing gravity with next-generation GW detectors
  • 14:00
    Challenging GR with future detectors: the case of 3G ground based interferometers
    Speaker: Andrea Maselli (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
    Maselli.pdf
    Chairperson: Jonathan Gair (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    35m
  • 14:35
    Challenging GR with future detectors: the case of space based interferometers
    Speaker: Richard Brito (Instituto Superior Técnico)
    Brito.pdf
    Chairperson: Jonathan Gair (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    35m
  • 15:10
    Coffee break
    30m
  • 15:40
    Panel discussion
    Speaker: Bangalore Sathyaprakash (Pennsylvania State University), Swetha Bhagwat (University of Birmingham) and Alexandre Toubiana (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    Chairperson: Jonathan Gair and Miguel Zumalacarregui (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
    60m
17:00 – 18:00
Connecting the dots: what did we learn in this workshop?
60m