Workshop: Approaches to 2nd Order Gravitational Self-Force in Kerr

Logistics

The workshop will take place during Wednesday 29/1/2025 – Thursday 30/1/2025 in room 211 of the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP), Leipzig University, BrĂ¼derstrasse 16, 04103 Leipzig. For some information on how to get to ITP, you may see here.

Program

There follows a tentative program (which may be adapted with the flow of the meeting), all times are in CET.

Wednesday (29/1/2025)

10-11:30h: Adam Pound (online) on comparison between various gauges

11:30-13:00h: Stefan Hollands latest on GHZ formalism

(13:00h-14:30h: Lunch break)

14:30-15:30h: Patrick Bourg on GHZ applications

15:30-16:30h: Sam Dolan on latest on Lorenz gauge

(16:30-17:00h: Coffee break)

17:00-18:00h Sam Dolan/Barry Wardell/Chris Kavanagh continue on latest on Lorenz gauge

Thursday (30/1/2025)

9:30-11h: Barry Wardell on the puncture method

11-12:30h: Andrew Spiers on 2nd order source/formalism

(12:30-14h: Lunch break)

14-15h: Chris Kavanagh on post-Newtonian method applied to 2GSF

15:15-16:15h Seminar by Sam Dolan within the Leipzig General Relativity and PDE series (in room 114)

Social dinner

The social dinner will be at 19:30h on Wednesday 29/1/2025 in Apels Garten, Kolonnadenstr. 2,
04109 Leipzig. By default, we’re assuming that everyone participating in person in the workshop will also join for dinner – if that’s not the case (and/or if you have any dietary preferences), please let us know ASAP.

Participants

From outside Germany: Patrick Bourg, Kevin Cunningham, Sam Dolan, Chris Kavanagh, Zach Nasipak, Barry Wardell; From Berlin: Sajad Aghapour, Benjamin Leather, Vahid Toomani, Peter Zimmerman; from ITP: Marc Casals, Stefan Hollands, Claudio Iuliano, Tangchao Liu, Robert Schlesier, Jochen Zahn; online: Stephen Green, Jorgen Musaeus, Adam Pound, Andrew Spiers, Sam Upton, Niels Warburton.

Organizers: Marc Casals, Stefan Hollands, Claudio Iuliano and Robert Schlesier