Neutron Star Meeting
Neutron stars are the end products of moderately massive stars and have extremely high density, very strong magnetic fields, and very fast rotations about their own axis. Neutron stars are the best natural laboratories to test aspects of extreme physics that include states of matter at extremely high density, strong gravitational fields, detection of low frequency gravitational waves, etc. These are possible when pulsed electromagnetic emissions from the neutron stars can be observed, i.e., neutron stars behave as pulsars. In this meeting, we will discuss recent trends and open challenges in using observational data of neutron stars to probe extreme physics.
In-person participation by invitation only. Please write to the Scientific Organising Committee if you are a PhD student/postdoc/faculty working in the field of neutron star and interested in attending in person.
Neutron Stars:The celestial clocks that probe extreme physics
An international conference in hybrid mode
February 1-3, 2023
Livestream
Schedule |
| Time |
Day-1 (01-Feb) |
Day-2 (02-Feb) |
Day-3 (03-Feb) |
| 09:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome |
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Adam Deller (9-10)
(Swinburne University of Technology; online)
Turbocharging precision pulsar timing science with VLBI astrometry |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Susmita Adhikari
(IISER-Pune; online)
Binary mergers in the cosmic web and their connection to galaxies |
Mohamed Rameez
(TIFR-Mumbai; online)
Neutrino astronomy: the first decade |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Nirmal Raj
(TRIUMPF; in-person)
Discovering Dark Matter with Neutron Stars -- and Vice Versa |
Chandra Kant Mishra
(IIT-Madras; in-person)
Measuring Neutron Star tides using Gravitational Waves |
L. Sriramkumar
(IIT-Madras; in-person)
Formation of primordial black holes: Possibilities and consequences |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
TEA |
12:00 - 1:00
(Discussions) |
Collaboration of PTA with other areas of astronomy: moderator A. Gopakumar (TIFR-Mumbai) |
Pulsar Science on SKA: moderator T. Prabu (RRI) |
Indo-US collaboration: moderator Manjari Bagchi (IMSc) |
| 1:00 - 2:15 |
LUNCH |
| 2:30 - 3:30 |
Varun Bhalerao
(IIT-Mumbai, online)
Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Wave sources |
Golam Shaifullah
(University of Milano-Bicocca, online)
Future proof Precision Pulsar Timing & the role of low (radio) frequencies |
TBD |
| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Tea |
| 4:00 - 5:00 |
Kai Schmitz
(University of Munster; online)
Nanohertz Gravitational Waves from Cosmic Strings |
Maura McLaughlin
(West Virginia University, in-person)
Pulsar Timing Arrays See Red: Entering the Era of Low-Frequency Gravitational Wave Detection |
Sanjit Mitra
(IUCAA, in-person)
Neutron star science potential with a decihertz gravitational wave observatory |