Young Researchers' Gravity Meeting

In this meeting, students and postdocs working in classical and quantum gravity will present their work. This meeting coincides with the visit of Prof. Abhay Ashtekar who will also be one of the speakers.

Day 1: 14 September, 2023

• 10:00–11:00: Abhay Ashtekar,
  Title to be announced

• 11:00–11:30: Coffee break

• 11.30–12.15: Madhu Mishra (CMI),
  Thermodynamics of BPS and near-BPS AdS Black Holes

• 12:15–13:00: Hari K (IITM),
  Unruh-deWitt detectors in curved spacetime

• 13:00–14:00: Lunch break

• 14:00–14:45: Shushovan Mondol (IMSc),
  Anisotropic Neutron Stars: Exploring Quasinormal Modes in Full General Relativity

• 14:45–15:15: Coffee break

• Discussions after 15:15

Day 2: 15 September, 2023

• 10:15–11:00: Parthapratim Mahapatra (CMI),
  Testing general relativity via direct measurement of black hole kicks

• 11:00–11:30: Coffee break

• 11.30–12.15: Kaberi Goswami (CMI),
  Small Schwarzschild de Sitter black holes, quantum extremal surfaces and islands

• 12:15–13:00: Suvashis Maity (IITM),
  Loop contributions to the scalar power spectrum due to quartic order action in ultra-slow roll inflation

• 13:00–14:00: Lunch break

• 14:00–14:45: Divyajyoti (IITM),
  Are we ready for gravitational waves from eccentric binaries?

• 14:45–15:15: Coffee break and discussion

• 15:30: Colloquium by Abhay Ashtekar,
  Title to be announced.