Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era, Kyoto, Japan

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Date:  2019-09-24  -  2019-10-25

Location:  Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

We are pleased to announce that the YITP long-term workshop and the associated Yukawa International Seminar (YKIS) 2019 will take place in Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to Kyoto.

=== YITP long-term workshop ===
“Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era”
September 24 – October 25, 2019
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mmgw2019/index.php

=== YKIS 2019 ===
“Black Holes and Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves”
October 7 – October 11, 2019, YITP, Kyoto Univ.

http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mmgw2019/YKIS/index.php

Invited Speakers:
Tsvi Piran (Hebrew University)
Bing Zhang (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Kenta Hotokezaka (Princeton University)
Masahiro Teshima (ICRR, MPP)
James Lattimer (Stony Brook University)
Alessandra Buonanno (AEI)
Thomas Tauris (Aarhus University)
Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Rodrigo Fernandez (University of Alberta)
Hiranya Peiris (University College London)
Jennifer Barnes (Columbia University)
Brian Metzger (Columbia University)
Frederic Rasio (Northwestern University)
Raffaella Margutti (Northwestern University)
Francois Foucart (University of New Hampshire)
… and more

Topics:
– Compact star mergers and Gravitational waves
– Gamma-ray bursts
– R-process nucleosynthesis
– Equation of state of compact stars
– Binary formation and evolution
– High-energy gamma-rays and neutrinos
– Supernovae
– Fast radio bursts
– Chemical evolution
– Population III stars
– Related topics

Scientific Organizing Committee:
Kunihito Ioka (YITP, chair), Masaru Shibata (YITP/AEI), Takahiro Tanaka (Kyoto), Tsvi Piran (Hebrew), Alessandra Buonanno (AEI), Masaomi Tanaka (Tohoku), Peter Meszaros (Penn State), Bing Zhang (UNLV), Samaya Nissanke (Amsterdam), James Lattimer (Stony Brook), Kohta Murase (Penn State), Brian Metzger (Colombia), Masahiro Teshima (MPP/ICRR)

Local Organizing Committee:
Kunihito Ioka (YITP, chair), Yudai Suwa (Kyoto Sangyo), Kenta Kiuchi (YITP), Shinji Mukohyama (YITP), Atsushi Taruya (YITP), Sho Fujibayashi (AEI), Kenta Hotokezaka (Princeton), Kazuya Takahashi (YITP), Kohta Murase (Penn State), Kazumi Kashiyama (Tokyo), Koutarou Kyutoku (KEK), Tatsuya Matsumoto (Hebrew/Kyoto)