European Pulsar Timing Array Meeting

May 2 - 4, 2016

 ZiF - Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University

 

Monday, May 2, 2016

10:00 - 10:30

welcome with coffee & tea

10:30 - 12:00

Science Talks: Telescope updates

Ramesh Karuppusamy

Marta Burgay/Alessandro Corongiu

Ben Stappers

Gemma Janssen

Jason Hessels

12:00 - 13:30

lunch break

13:30 - 15:00

Science Talks: Large European Array for Pulsars (LEAP) and timing

Kuo Liu: LEAP overview and update AND PSR J1713+0747 with LEAP

James McKee: Other LEAP Science

Stefan Oslowski: The interstellar medium towards J1509+5531 as seen by LOFAR

Golam Shaifullah: Millisecond Pulsar spectral indices AND long-term timing of the black-widow pulsar PSR J2051-0719

15:00 - 15:30

coffee break

15:30 - 17:00

Internal discussions: LEAP (chair: Michael Kramer)

19:00

conference dinner at Wernings Weinstube

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

  9:00 -  9:30

Science Talks: Timing group

Cees Bassa: A (new) companion to PSR J1024-0719

James McKee: A glitch in PSR J0613-0200

  9:30 - 10:00

Science Talks: Gravitational Wave (GW) sources & algorithms

Alberto Sesana: Bias on Black-Hole (BH)-galaxy relation and consequences for Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) + PTA constraint on proposed Massive BH Binary (MBHB) populations 

Lindley Lentati: tbd

10:00 - 10:30

coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

Internal discussions: project list (chair: Joris Verbiest)

12:00 - 13:30

lunch break

13:30 - 15:00

Internal discussions: EPTA organisation (chair: Gemma Janssen)

15:00 - 15:30

coffee break

15:30 - 17:00

Internal discussions: Working groups

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

  9:00 - 10:00

Science Talks: GW sources & algorithms

Steve Taylor: From SMBH binary populations simulations to GW searches AND Search for Bursts With Memory in NANOGrav data

Siyuan Chen: Inverse problem: reconstructing the MBHB population from PTA observation (with focus on the eccentricity)

Stas Babak: noise characterization and build-up of GW detection confidence with PTA

10:00 - 10:30

coffee break

10:30 - 12:00

Internal discussions: International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA)

Caterina Tiburzi: Update from Diversity Committee

Ben Perera: IPTA Data Release 2 status update

Michael Kramer: General IPTA Discussion

12:00

end of meeting

The Science Talks are open to anyone interested, but the Internal Discussions are subject to restricted access.