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Workshop: Fifth Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity

Center for Gravitational Wave Physics
Penn State University
31 May - 2 June, 2002


  The 5th "Capra Ranch" Meeting on Radiation Reaction in General Relativity will be held at the Pennsylvania State University from May 31 to June 2, 2002. While previous years' meetings focused principally on the radiation reaction of point particles in general relativity, in this years meeting will strive to include a more forward-looking focus on radiation reaction effects in general, including especially work from the numerical relativity and numerical astrophysics communities.
  In order to facilitate discussion and scientific interaction, equal time will be alloted to presentations and discussions and the number of talks limited to no more than five per day. The principal focus of this meeting is the scientific discussion: correspondingly, we encourage people who will not be giving a talk to attend and participate in the discussions. While there will be no formal proceedings an archive of the presentations will be available on-line after the meeting.
  There will be a workshop banquet on the night of 31 May. To register for the meeting please complete the registration form and return in the mail as indicated.


Contents


 Scientific Organizing Committee
  • Warren Anderson (University of Texas, Brownsville, and CGWP)
  • Patrick Brady (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and CGWP)
  • Lee Samuel Finn (Penn State and CGWP)
  • Eanna Flanagan (Cornell University and CGWP)

Workshop Program

Time Speaker Title
Friday, 31 May
9:00 AM Amos Ori (Technion) Reconstruction of metric perturbations in the Kerr spacetime
9:30 AM Discussion
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Yasushi Mino Gravitational self-force problem in the mode-decomposition approach
11:00 AM Discussion
11:30 AM Leor Barack Gravitational self-force through the mode-sum approach: A years' progress
12:00 PM Discussion
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Lior Burko Orbital evolution of a test particle around a black hole: comparison of local force and conservation laws approaches
2:30 PM Discussion
3:00 PM Carlos Lousto Computing the gravitational self-force on a compact object plunging into a Schwarzschild black hole
3:30 PM Discussion
4:00 PM Break
4:30 PM Steve Detweiler The gravitational self force for circular orbits of Schwarzschild
5:00 PM Discussion
Saturday 1 June
9:00 AM Eric Poisson "Retarded normal coordinates"
9:30 AM Discussion
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Manuela Campanelli "Second order gauge invariant gravitational perturbations of a Kerr black hole"
11:00 AM Discussion
11:30 AM Bernard Whiting "Convergence in Numerical Calculations of Radiation Reaction Effects"
12:00 PM Discussion
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Ian Jones "Numerical implementation of a local radiation reaction force."
2:30 PM Discussion
3:00 PM Mark Miller "Comparing the Orbital Decay rates for Binary Neutron Stars in full General Relativity with those Predicted by Post-Newtonian and Quasi-Equilibrium Approximations"
3:30 PM Discussion
4:00 PM Break
4:30 PM Karl Martel "Towards integrating the inhomogeneous Teukolsky equation in the time-domain"
Sunday, 2 June
10:00 AM Continental breakfast
10:30 AM Roundtable and Discussion: Andersons, Brady, Flanagan, Poisson
11:30 AM Patrick Brady Workshop Summary
12:15 PM Adjourn

For more information


 Accommodations:  
  We ask that you make your own accommodation arrangements.

  The workshop will be held in the State College Days Inn, where we have reserved a block of rooms.  The Days Inn is located in the heart of downtown State College and is only a short walk from campus.

  The contact information for the Days Inn follows:
           Days Inn
           240 Pugh Street
           State College, PA 16801
           Phone: 814-238-8454 or 800-258-3297

  When you make your hotel reservation, please refer to the PSU Radiation Reaction Workshop.
  The deadline for reserving a room in the Room Block is 26 April 2002.

 Travel:
  Useful information on travel to and from State College may be found on our web site at http://cgwp.gravity.psu.edu/visitors/to_state_college.html.  If you travel to State College by air, the destination code for the University Park Airport in State College is SCE. The Days Inn provides a free shuttle service to and from the University Park Airport.  Upon arrival at the airport, contact the hotel and let them know that you have a reservation: they will dispatch a shuttle, which should arrive within 15-20 minutes of your call.

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