Astronomy, Cosmology & Fundamental Physics with GWs

Chennai Mathematical Institute, March 2-4, 2015

Schedule

All talks are in Seminar Hall

02 March, 2015: Gravitational Wave Astronomy

9:15AM: Opening Remarks

9:30-11AM: "Implications of GW observations for Short GRBs", Resmi L (IIST-Tvm) + Discussion [Slides]

11AM-11:30AM: Coffee.

11:30AM -1PM: "Seeing what we hear: finding electromagnetic counterparts for gravitational wave sources", Varun Bhalerao (IUCAA) + Discussion [Slides]

1PM-2PM: Lunch Break

2PM-3:15PM: Panel discussion on open problems in GW astronomy & Multi-messenger astronomy [Moderator: P Ajith]

3:30PM: Silver Jubilee Colloquium: "LIGO-India: Towards Multi-messenger Astronomy ", Bala R Iyer (ICTS-TIFR)

03 March, 2015: Cosmology

9:30AM-10:30AM : Observational constraints on the standard cosmological model and beyond, L Sriramkumar (IITM) + Discussions [Slides]

10:30AM-11AM: Coffee

11AM-12 Noon: Inflation after Planck, Jerome Martin (IAP, Paris) [Slides]

12-1PM: Parameter estimation and cosmology with gravitational waves, Archisman Ghosh (ICTS-TIFR) + Discussion [Slides]

1-2PM Lunch

2-3:15PM: Discussion on Open problems at the interface of Gravitational Waves and Cosmology [Moderator: Tarun Souradeep]

3:30PM: Silver Jubilee Colloquium, "In pursuit of elusive cosmic gravitational waves" by Tarun Souradeep (IUCAA) [Slides]

4:45PM: Coffee

04 March, 2015: Fundamental Tests of Gravity

9:30AM-11AM: Strong-field Tests of Gravity, K G Arun (CMI) + Discussions [Slides]

11AM-11:30AM: Coffee

11:30AM-1PM: Tests of theories of gravity using gravitational-wave observations , P Ajith (ICTS-TIFR) + Discussions [Slides]

1PM-2PM: Lunch

2PM-3:15PM: Discussion on Open problems [Moderator: Bala Iyer]

3:30PM: Silver Jubilee Colloquium, "What Physics and Astrophysics of Compact Objects will Gravitational Wave Observations Teach Us?" by Sukanta Bose (IUCAA) [Slides]

4:45PM: Coffee