[Users] Conference announcement: Numerical Relativity beyond GR

[helvi witek]

Dear all,

some of you may be interested in the following workshop that Davide Gerosa,
Leo Stein and myself are organizing next summer.
The general registration is now open.

Best wishes,
Helvi
--------------------

Numerical Relativity beyond General Relativity, Benasque, Spain

The international workshop “Numerical Relativity beyond General Relativity”
will be held at the Benasque Science Center (Spain) on June 3-9, 2018.

With the first detections of gravitational waves, we have entered an
exciting new era in gravitational physics that enables us to learn about
the fundamental properties of gravity with a completely new sense. In
particular, it opens up the unique opportunity to probe gravity in its most
challenging, strong-field, and dynamical regime. Theoretical predictions of
the gravitational wave signal emitted during the late inspiral and merger
of compact binaries in models of gravity beyond General Relativity (GR) are
crucial to truly put Einstein’s theory to the test. Currently, most
beyond-GR predictions are limited to the weak-field regime. How the
gravitational waveform would look in the highly dynamical near-merger
regime, however, is largely unknown. The latter requires full numerical
simulations in beyond-GR theories — a field that is still in its infancy.
It is our goal to kickstart this new emerging field in gravitational
physics with a workshop on “Numerical Relativity beyond General
Relativity.” Therefore, we wish to bring together experts in Numerical
Relativity, fundamental tests of gravity, and gravitational wave data
analysis to facilitate fruitful future collaborations.

Located in the beautiful landscape of the Pyrenees mountain range, the
Benasque Science Center will provide an ideal environment to stimulate
discussion, strengthen existing collaborations, and initiate new ones.

Conference dates: *June 3-9, 2018*
Registration deadline: *April 10, 2018*
Accomodation deadline: *May 15, 2018*
Website: http://www.benasque.org/2018relativity/

===========================================
Dr. Helvi Witek
Marie-Curie Research Fellow
Dep. Fisica Quantica i Astrofisica & ICCUB
Universitat de Barcelona
===========================================
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20171206/92ec4699/attachment.html