Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity 2013

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524. WE-Heraeus-Seminar	Generously funded by:
Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity
Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Bad Honnef, Germany, 17.02. - 23.02.2013
Organizers: D. Puetzfeld (ZARM, U Bremen), C. Laemmerzahl (ZARM, U Bremen), B.F. Schutz (AEI, MPI Potsdam)

Scientific Topics

Equations of motion in General Relativity (GR) and in alternative gravity theories (motion of extended test bodies, self-force, self-gravitating/heavy bodies, test bodies with microstructure)
Approximation methods linked to the derivation of the equations of motion (multipolar, post-Newtonian, post-Minkowskian)
Current and future observations (gravitational waves, pulsars, celestial mechanics, astrometry, satellite experiments)

Proceedings

Proceedings for this conference are available from Springer.

Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity
D. Puetzfeld et. al. (eds.), Fundamental Theories of Physics 179, Springer, 2015
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18335-0, ISBN: 978-3-319-18334-3 (Print), ISBN: 978-3-319-18335-0 (Online)

book picture

Please have a look at the online version of the book here.

Venue

The 524. WE-Heraeus-Seminar will take place at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef (PBH) in Germany.

Directions to the PBH can be found here (the closest airport to Bad Honnef is Cologne-Bonn - airport code CGN).

Important dates and registration

We particularly encourage students and young researchers to participate in this seminar. Potential participants should send an email (indicating their academic status (master student, PhD student, postdoc etc.) and include their departmental address as well as their email) by

15 November 2012 to eom2013 puetzfeld.org

The final selection of participants will be made until 10 January 2013 by the organizers. There are no conference fees. The living expenses (overnight costs and meals) for all selected participants will be covered by the WE-Heraeus foundation. Since the number of participants to this seminar is limited we encourage early registrations.

Speakers

List of confirmed speakers in alphabetical order. Please click on the speakers name to see the title and abstract of the talk.

L. Andersson	S. Babak	L.F. Costa	W.G. Dixon	A. Eckart
G. Faye	T. Futamase	D. Giulini	A. Harte	F.W. Hehl
P.A. Hogan	Y. Itin	B.R. Iyer	S.A. Klioner	B. Kol
S. Kopeikin	B. Krishnan	J. Mueller	Y.N. Obukhov	R.F. O'Connell
V. Perlick	R. Plyatsko	A. Pound	D. Puetzfeld	G. Schaefer
O. Semerak	A.J. Silenko	D. Singh	J. Steinhoff	I. Vega
B. Wardell	N. Wex

Click here to browse the title and abstract list.

Program

Sunday 17. February

17:00 - 21:00	Registration at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef
18:30	Dinner

Monday 18. February

Time	Speaker	Title
08:45	Organizers	Welcome & Introduction of the WE-Heraeus foundation
09:00	D. Puetzfeld	Conference overview & Multipolar approximation schemes for extended test bodies
09:45	W.G. Dixon	The New Mechanics of Myron Mathisson (1897-1940) and its subsequent development
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	D. Giulini	Energy-momentum tensors and motion in Special Relativity
12:45	Lunch
14:15	R. Plyatsko	Mathisson-Papapetrou equations as a source of knowledge on highly relativistic spinning particle motions in the gravitational field
15:15	L.F. Costa	Spacetime dynamics of spinning particles - exact Gravito-Electromagnetic analogies
16:15	Coffee break
16:45	O. Semerak	On motion and notion of pole-dipole particles
17:45	D. Singh	The MPD Equations in Analytic Perturbative Form
19:00	Social dinner

Tuesday 19. February

Time	Speaker	Title
08:45	A. Harte	Self-interaction and its effects on motion
09:45	P.A. Hogan	Equations of Motion of Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordstrom and Kerr Particles
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	A. Pound	Motion of small bodies in curved spacetimes: An introduction to gravitational self-force
12:45	Lunch
14:15	B. Wardell	Self-force: Computational Strategies
15:15	I. Vega	Self-force: physical aspects and applications
16:15	Coffee break
16:45	V. Perlick	On the self-force in electrodynamics and in gravity
17:45	J. Steinhoff	Spin and Quadrupole Contributions to the Motion of Astrophysical Binaries
19:00	Dinner
20:00	Poster session

Wednesday 20. February

Time	Speaker	Title
08:45	G. Schaefer	Higher order post-Newtonian dynamics of compact binary systems in Hamiltonian form
09:45	T. Futamase	Strong-field point particle limit in Equations of Motion in GR
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	B. Kol	Equations of motion in Post-Newtonian gravity from the Effective Field Theory approach
12:15	G. Faye	The post-Newtonian formalism and the two-body problem in general relativity
13:15	Lunch
14:30	Excursion

19:00	Dinner
20:00	A. Eckart	Sagittarius A* at the center of the Galaxy as a laboratory for relativistic physics

Thursday 21. February

Time	Speaker	Title
08:45	B.R. Iyer	Gravitational Waves from inspiraling compact binaries in general orbits and their applications to EOM
09:45	S.A. Klioner	High-accuracy astronomical observations in solar system and relativistic equations of motion
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	L. Andersson	Self-gravitating elastic bodies
12:45	Lunch
14:15	Y.N. Obukhov	Dynamics of matter with microstructure
15:15	F.W. Hehl	The Gravity Probe B experiment cannot sense a possible torsion of spacetime: introduction into the Poincare gauge theory of gravity and remarks on its equations of motion
16:15	Coffee break
16:45	A.J. Silenko	Motion of Spinless Particles in Gravitational Fields
17:45	Y. Itin	Equations of motion as derived from the field equations
19:00	Dinner
20:00	Poster session	Best poster award

Friday 22. February

Time	Speaker	Title
08:45	S. Kopeikin	Equations of Motion in an Expanding Universe
09:45	J. Mueller	Tracking the Moon to Study Relativity
10:45	Coffee break
11:15	N. Wex	Testing the motion of strongly self-gravitating bodies with radio pulsars
12:45	Lunch
14:15	S. Babak	Perturbed geodesic motion
15:15	B. Krishnan	Status and prospects for detecting gravitational waves from compact binary inspirals
16:15	Conclusions & End of meeting
18:00	Dinner for participants leaving on Saturday morning

Saturday 23. February

12:00

Departure

Poster session

We will also have a poster session. Every participant is invited to present her/his research on a poster. At the end of the meeting we will have the best poster award.

Flyer

A printable PDF version of the flyer (please post this in your department) can be found here.

Contact

In case you need assistance or have questions regarding the seminar please contact:

Dirk Puetzfeld
ZARM
University of Bremen
Am Fallturm
28359 Bremen, Germany

Email: dirk.puetzfeld (at)

zarm.uni-bremen.de
Email: eom2013 (at)

puetzfeld.org

Generously funded by

Participating institutions

Additional information

Closest airport Cologne-Bonn
The city of Bad Honnef
The city of Bonn
The city of Cologne

524. WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Equations of Motion in Relativistic Gravity

Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Bad Honnef, Germany, 17.02. - 23.02.2013