Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, September 30, 2012 00:23:21

Associate secretaries:

Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu

Saturday September 22, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Modern Relativity, I
Rm. 2159, Gleason Hall
Organizers:
Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology yosef@astro.rit.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Modern methods in numerical relativity.
  Erik Schnetter*, Perimeter Institute
  (1082-83-312)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Building communities around computational challenges.
  Frank Löffler*, Louisiana State University
  (1082-68-216)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Physical Interpretation of Numerical Spacetimes.
  Robert Owen*, Oberlin College
  (1082-83-61)

Saturday September 22, 2012, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on Modern Relativity, II
Rm. 2159, Gleason Hall
Organizers:
Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology yosef@astro.rit.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  The Conformal Method and Solutions of the Einstein Constraint Equations: A Status Report.
  James A. Isenberg*, University of Oregon
  (1082-83-174)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Numerical Techniques for Generating Initial Data in General Relativity.
  Joshua Faber*, Rochester Institute of Technology
  (1082-83-286)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Gravitational Recoil From Merging Black-Hole Binaries.
  Carlos Oscar Lousto*, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Marta Volonteri, University of Michigan
  Massimo Dotti, University of Milan
  (1082-83-287)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Gravitational Wave Data Analysis: a Mathematical and Statistical Challenge.
  John T Whelan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
  (1082-65-309)

Sunday September 23, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Modern Relativity, III
Rm. 2159, Gleason Hall
Organizers:
Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology yosef@astro.rit.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Using Computer Simulations of Cosmological Spacetimes to Explore the Mathematics of General Relativity.
  Beverly K Berger*, Livermore, California
  (1082-83-22)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Simulations of black hole binaries: Techniques and results for precessing binaries.
  Harald P Pfeiffer*, Cdn. Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto
  (1082-83-214)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Simulating compact-binary mergers containing nearly extremal black holes.
  Geoffrey Lovelace*, California State University, Fullerton
  (1082-83-36)

Sunday September 23, 2012, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on Modern Relativity, IV
Rm. 2159, Gleason Hall
Organizers:
Manuela Campanelli, Rochester Institute of Technology
Yosef Zlochower, Rochester Institute of Technology yosef@astro.rit.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Neutron Star Magnetospheres interactions in force-free plasma.
  Marcelo Ponce*, Department of Physics, University of Guelph
  Mathew Anderson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
  Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON; Dept.of Physics, Univ.of Guelph; CIFAR, Cosmology & Gravity
  Steven L. Liebling, Department of Physics, Long Island University, New York
  Carlos Palenzuela, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Toronto, Ontario
  (1082-83-257)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Neutron Star Evolutions using Tabulated Equations of State with a New Execution Model.
  Matthew Anderson*, Indiana University
  (1082-83-30)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Hyperbolic-relaxation systems in Astrophysics: going beyond ideal MHD.
  Carlos Palenzuela*, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
  (1082-85-253)