The purpose of this online mini-workshop is to build bridges and foster collaborations between scientists working on tests of general relativity with electromagnetic and gravitational waves. Communication between the participants will be fostered by having few talks and scheduling discussions time. There will be no parallel sessions, and everybody is expected to attend every session, thereby ensuring enough cross-discussions among participants from different areas. Discussions will be centered on the constraints from each technique, what is expected in the future, and possible synergies among different methods.

Every talk is 25 minutes + 5 minutes for Q&A, and we will have dedicated time for further discussion.

Organizers:

Cosimo Bambi (Fudan, China), Chair

Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño (Princeton and Konrad Lorenz), Co-Chair

Honghui Liu (Fudan, China)

Zuobin Zhang (Fudan, China)

Program

February 16 (Wednesday)

(20:50-23:45 Beijing; 13:50-16:45 Brussels; 12:50-15:45 London; 7:50-10:45 Washington DC)

Video: https://youtu.be/d5wsT7qbWgo 

20:50 - 21:00  Opening remarks

21:00 - 21:30  Lijing Shao. Talk: “Testing gravity with pulsars”

21:30 - 22:00  Hector Silva. Talk: “Tests of general relativity with isolated neutron stars”

22:00 - 22:15  Virtual coffee break

22:15 - 22:45  Tessa Baker. Talk: “Cosmological Tests of Gravity (with Gravitational Waves)”

22:45 - 23:15  Georgios Loukes-Gerakopoulos. Talk: “Impact of Resonances on Gravitational Waves from Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals”

23:15 - 23:45  Networking

February 17 (Thursday)

(21:00-23:45 Beijing; 14:00-16:45 Brussels; 13:00-15:45 London; 8:00-10:45 Washington DC)

Video: https://youtu.be/HvTQZX5LXJk

21:00 - 21:30  Cosimo Bambi. Talk: “Testing General Relativity with Black Hole X-ray Data”

21:30 - 22:00  Kent Yagi. Talk: “Tests of Gravity with Neutron Stars in the Multimessenger Era”

22:00 - 22:45  Discussion Session. Chair: Enrico Barausse

22:45 - 23:15  Helvi Witek. Talk: “Implications of Numerical Relativity Simulations in Alternative Theories of Gravity”

23:15 - 23:45  Prashant Kocherlakota. Talk: “Recent Progress on Gravity Tests with the 2017 EHT observations of M87*”

February 18 (Friday)

(21:00-23:45 Beijing; 14:00-16:45 Brussels; 13:00-15:45 London; 8:00-10:45 Washington DC)

Video: https://youtu.be/YP67BhYx2pU

21:00 - 21:30  Junjie Wei. Talk: “Tests of General Relativity with Astrophysical Observations”

21:30 - 22:00  Cliff Will. Talk: “Zombie Alert!  Solar system tests of GR are still alive”

22:00 - 22:15  Virtual coffee break

22:15 - 22:45  Walter Del Pozzo. Talk: “Parametric tests of GR (with GW)”

22:45 - 23:45  Discussion Session. Chair: Emanuele Berti