Program
SRitp December 2018 workshop Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-20:30 | General review and status
Moderator: Laura Spitler |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Morning Coffee
|
| 10:00-10:45 |
Vikram Ravi, Caltech
Review
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Discussion
|
| 11:00-11:15 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:15-11:30 |
Keith Bannister, ATNF
New localization from ASKAP
|
| 11:30-11:40 |
Discussion
|
| 11:40-11:55 |
Vicky Kaspi, McGill University
|
| 11:55-12:05 |
Discussion
|
| 12:05-12:20 |
Shriharsh Tendulkar, McGill University
CHIME result #2
|
| 12:20-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00-15:15 |
Discussion: New Results
Lead: Jason Hessels |
| 15:15-15:30 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:30-16:00 |
Jason Hessels, ASTRON
Comparison between pulsras/RRATs and FRBs
|
| 18:00-20:30 |
Reception Dinner
Accelerator |
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-21:30 | Statistics & rates
Moderator: Emily Petroff |
| 09:30-10:15 |
Jean-Pierre Macquart, Curtin University
Review
|
| 10:15-10:35 |
Discussion
|
| 10:35-10:50 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:50-11:05 |
Jason Hessels, ASTRON
Polarization and RM
|
| 11:05-11:15 |
Discussion
|
| 11:15-11:30 |
Jean-Pierre Macquart , Curtin University
|
| 11:30-11:40 |
Discussion
|
| 11:40-11:50 |
Harish Vedantham, Caltech
|
| 11:50-12:10 |
Discussion
|
| 12:10-12:25 |
TBA
|
| 12:25-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00-15:00 |
Discussion: FRB Statistics
Lead: Shami Chatterjee |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Keith Bannister, ATNF
Talk & Beer: Future strategy - low z vs. high z and localization requirements
|
| 19:30-21:30 |
Dinner at Chateau Margaux, Rehovot
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-20:30 | The repeater/ repetition / periodicity
Moderator: Casey Law |
| 09:30-10:15 |
Laura Spitler, MPIFR
Review
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Shami Chatterjee, Cornell University
|
| 11:00-11:10 |
Discussion
|
| 11:10-11:25 |
Keith Bannister, ATNF
Non-Repetition of ASKAP burst
|
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion
|
| 11:35-11:50 |
Ben Stappers, The University of Manchester
Are all FRBs repeating sources?
|
| 11:50-12:00 |
Discussion
|
| 12:00-12:15 |
Laura Spitler, Ben Stappers, MPIFR, The University of Manchester
Review: Is theremore than one class?
|
| 12:15-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00-15:00 |
Discussion: The Repeater
Lead: Shriharsh Tendulkar |
| 16:00-16:20 |
Emily Petroff, Jean-Pierre Macquart, ASTRON, Curtin University
Talk & Beer: Can we rule out association with SN-luminosity level events?
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-16:30 | Hosts / limits / persistent / variability
|
| 09:30-10:15 |
Casey Law , Berkeley
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Andrei Beloborodov , Columbia University
Theory
|
| 11:00-11:10 |
Discussion
|
| 11:10-11:25 |
Eran Ofek, Weizmann Institute of Science
Persistent sources
|
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion
|
| 11:35-11:50 |
Casey Law, Berkeley
|
| 11:50-12:00 |
Discussion
|
| 12:00-12:15 |
Vikram Ravi, Caltech
The Halpha emission of the FRB110211 host
|
| 12:15-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:45-15:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:30-16:15 |
Shami Chatterjee, Cornell University
Talk & Beer: Modeling the FRB Population
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 08:00-21:00 |
|
| 08:00-21:00 |
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 08:00-21:00 |
|
| 08:00-21:00 |
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-20:30 | Propagation effects (ISM & lensing)
Moderator: Ue-Li Pen |
| 09:30-10:15 |
James Cordes, Cornell
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Vikram Ravi, Caltech
Identifying DM contributors along FRB lines of sight
|
| 11:00-11:10 |
Discussion
|
| 11:10-11:25 |
Adi Zitrin, Ben-Gurion University
|
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion
|
| 11:35-11:50 |
Jenny Wagner, Hidelberg
|
| 11:50-12:00 |
Discussion
|
| 12:00-12:15 |
TBA
|
| 12:15-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00-15:00 |
Discussion: Propagation effects
Lead: Harish Vedantham |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Keith Bannister , ATNF
Talk & Beer: ASKAP
|
| 16:30-17:00 |
Vikram Ravi, Caltech
Talk & Beer: DS10
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-20:30 | Physical constraints (energetics, spectrum implications)
Moderator: Doron Kushnir |
| 09:30-10:15 |
Eli Waxman, Weizmann Institute of Science
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Maxim Lyutikov, Purdue University
Physical constraints on radiation mechanisms of FRBs
|
| 11:00-11:10 |
Discussion
|
| 11:10-11:25 |
Amir Levinson , Tel Aviv University
FRBs as Magnetar Electromagnetic Pulses
|
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion
|
| 11:35-11:50 |
Amir Sharon, Weizmann Institute of Science
AIC and FRBs
|
| 11:50-12:00 |
Discussion
|
| 12:00-12:15 |
Ue-Li Pen, University of Toronto
Propagation effects: lensing near the source, in the Milky Way, and in-between
|
| 12:15-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
|
| 14:30-15:45 |
Weizmann house tour
|
| 16:00-16:30 |
Doron Kushnir, Weizmann Institute of Science
Talk & Beer: Core Collapse SNe
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-21:30 | Specific models
Moderator: Eli Waxman |
| 09:30-10:15 |
Jonathan Katz , WUSTL
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Ben Margalit, Berkeley
|
| 11:00-11:10 |
Discussion
|
| 11:10-11:25 |
Shriharsh Tendulkar , McGill University
FRBs and SGRs / observational constraints
|
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion
|
| 11:35-11:50 |
David Eichler , Ben Gurion University
When and Why do Magnetars Burst?
|
| 11:50-12:00 |
Discussion
|
| 12:00-12:15 |
Yuri Lyubarsky, Ben Gurion University
|
| 12:15-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00-21:30 |
Tour in Tel-Aviv Jaffa and Cooking Workshop
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-21:30 | Instrumentation
Moderator: Barak Zackay |
| 09:30-10:00 |
Ben Stappers, The University of Manchester
MeerKAT
|
| 10:00-10:10 |
Discussion
|
| 10:10-10:40 |
Ziggy Pleunis, Mcgill University
|
| 10:40-10:50 |
Discussion
|
| 10:50-11:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 11:00-11:30 |
Maxim Lyutikov , Purdue University
Theory
|
| 11:30-11:40 |
Discussion
|
| 11:40-12:00 |
Discussion: Followup strategies
Lead: Emily Petroff |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Discussion
|
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch
|
| 14:00-14:45 |
Discussion
|
| 14:45-15:00 |
Coffee Break
|
| 15:00-15:20 |
Emily Petroff , ASTRON
Communicating FRBs with VOEvents
|
| 15:20-15:40 |
Eran Ofek / Ofer Yaron, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Transients Name Server
|
| 15:40-16:30 |
Avishay Gal-Yam, Weizmann Institute of Science
Discussion & Beer
|
| Time | Session/Lecture info |
|---|---|
| 09:30-15:45 | Techniques & Strategy
Moderator: Emily Petroff |
| 09:30-10:15 |
Barak Zackay, IAS
Review / techniques
|
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
Coffee Break
|
| 10:45-11:00 |
Ue-Li Pen, University of Toronto
Lies and Statistics: what how data informs distances and luminosities
|
| 11:00-11:10 |
Discussion
|
| 11:10-11:25 |
Barak Zackay, IAS
Periodicity searches
|
| 11:25-11:35 |
Discussion
|
| 11:35-12:30 |
Vicky Kaspi, McGill University
Conclusion talk
|
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch
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