IPTA 2011 MEETING PROGRAM
Monday June 13
09:30 LOC & SOC Chairs - Introduction and Welcome
- Objectives of the IPTA: (Chair: Dick Manchester)
- 09:45 Maura McLaughlin - Overview and main science goals for the IPTA
10:30 Coffee
- 11:15 Joan Centrella - Gravitational-wave astrophysics
- 12:00 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Astrophysical sources of nHz GW: (Chair: Chunglee Kim)
- 13:30 Samaya Nissanke - GR of binary black holes
- 14:15 Bence Kocsis - Evolution of SMBH binaries
- 15:00 Coffee
- 15:30 Michael Koop - GW detectors: It’s not the metric
- 15:50 Discussion
- 16:15 Discussion: Role of the IPTA and the IPTA Steering Committee
Tuesday June 14
PTA projects: (Chair: Bill Coles)
- 09:00 Gemma Janssen - EPTA
- 09:45 David Nice - NANOGrav
- 10:30 Dick Manchester - PPTA
11:15 Coffee
- 11:45 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Astrophysical GW sources: (Chair: David Nice)
- 14:00 Xavier Siemens - GW from the early Universe
- 14:45 Alberto Sesana -Resolvable sources of GW
15:30 Coffee
16:00 Poster presentations - 5 min/2 sstrongdes each.
- 17:00 Justin Ellis - Searching for continuous GWs with a PTA
- 17:20 Sotiris Sanidas - Updated constraints on cosmic string tension from the EPTA GWB limit
- 17:40 Discussion: IPTA Publication Policy
Wednesday June 15
Processing pipestrongnes and data archiving: (Chair: Maura McLaughstrongn)
- 09:00 Ryan Shannon - PPTA
- 09:45 David Champion - EPTA
- 10:30 Paul Demorest - NANOGrav
11:15 Coffee
- 11:45 Roy Smit - The Large European Array for Pulsars
- 12:05 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Visit to GBT
Thursday June 16
Data analysis methods: (Chair: Duncan Lorimer)
- 09:00 Rick Jenet - Frequentist analysis methods
- 09:45 Rutger van Haasteren - Bayesian analysis methods
- 10:30 Coffee
- 11:00 Bill Coles - Dealing with red noise
- 11:45 Xihao Deng - Measuring GW source and pulsar distances with a PTA
- 12:05 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
- Data acquisition and analysis: (Chair: Scott Ransom)
- 14:00 Neil Young - Intermittent pulsars and their implications for timing noise
- 14:20 KJ Lee - Optimal observing strategies
- 15:05 Discussion
15:30 Coffee
- 16:00 Discussion: IPTA Data Archiving and Sharing
- 17:30 George Hobbs - A Pulsar Timescale (via Skype)
Friday June 17
Pulsar Timing: (Chair: Rick Jenet)
- 09:00 Ingrid Stairs - Limits to pulsar timing precision
- 09:45 Jim Cordes - Climbing Mount Significance: mitigating ISM and other effects
10:30 Coffee
- 11:00 Stefan Oslowski - High S/N ratio observations and the ultimate limits of precision pulsar timing
- 11:30 Discussion
- 11:50 Discussion: IPTA Data Challenge
12:30 Lunch
- What do we need to do to make the IPTA effective? (Chair: Dan Stinebring)
- 14:00 Cees Bassa - Short-term
- 14:45 Scott Ransom - Long-term
- 15:30 Discussion
16:15 Coffee
- 16:35 Yuri Levin - Closing Summary
