Linking Advances in our Understanding of Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity to Observations (LAUTARO)

LAUTARO is a joint scientific meeting between researchers in astrophysics and gravitational physics from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB) and Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI).

When and where

April 17–19, 2024.

University of Milano-Bicocca
Aula Marchetti, U1 Building
Piazza della Scienza, 1, 20126 Milano, Italy

Organizing Committee

Costantino Pacilio (chair), Sara Gliorio, Andrea Maselli, Davide Gerosa.

Participants

UNIMIB

• Ssorhab Bohranian
• Matteo Boschini
• Riccardo Buscicchio
• Philippa Cole
• Vola De Renzis
• Cecilia Maria Fabbri
• Giulia Fumagalli
• Davide Gerosa
• Giovanni Giarda
• Nicole Grillo
• Nicholas Loutrel
• Costantino Pacilio
• Arianna Renzini
• Alice Spadaro
• Federica Tettoni

GSSI

• Andrea Cozzumbo
• Ulyana Dupletsa
• Sara Gliorio
• Andrea Maselli
• Lavinia Paiella
• Laura Pezzella
• Jacopo Tissino

Other

• Michele Mancarella (Marseille)

Timetable

Session 1 (Wednesday, April 17th, 14:30–18:00)

Chairs: Andrea Maselli, Nicholas Loutrel

• Davide Gerosa + Andrea Maselli, Welcome and introduction
• Viola De Renzis, A Fisher matrix code for population analysis of gravitational-wave events
• Ulyana Dupletsa, Enhancing Fisher Matrix Results with Physically Motivated Priors
• Ssohrab Bohranian, Systematic investigation of Fisher predictions for next-generation gravitational-wave networks
• Coffee Break (15:30–16:00)
• Davide Gerosa, Gravitational-wave selection effects, the easy way
• Michele Mancarella, Unbiased standard siren cosmology with joint GW and GRB observations
• Discussion (16:30–18:00)

Session 2 (Thursday, April 18th, 09:30–12:30)

Chairs: Jacopo Tissino, Arianna Renzini

• Lavinia Paiella, Assembly of IMBHs in stellar clusters
• Riccardo Buscicchio, Statistical challenges in LISA data analysis
• Philippa Cole, Parameter estimation for long-duration LISA sources
• Matteo Boschini, Eccentricity: a recipe from catastrophes
• Coffee Break (10:30–11:00)
• Discussion (11:00–12:30)

Session 3 (Thursday, April 18th, 14:30–18:00)

Chairs: Philippa Cole, Ulyana Dupletsa

• Giulia Fumagalli, Spin dynamics and back propagations in eccentric black hole binaries
• Sara Gliorio, Asymmetric binaries as probes of fundamental fields
• Costantino Pacilio, Testing GR with black hole ringdown: parameter estimation, interpretation, and prospects for next-generation detectors
• Andrea Maselli, Love, the easy road
• Coffee Break (15:30–16:00)
• Laura Pezzella, Quasi Normal Modes of black holes surrounded by dark matter halos
• Nicholas Loutrel, Post-Newtonian Spin Precession in the Extreme Mass Ratio Limit
• Discussion (16:30–18:00)
• Aperitivo at the “collinetta” with our students
• Conference dinner (20:00). Restaurant: “Carmelina”, Via Revel 5 (closest subway station: Zara)

Session 4 (Friday, April 19th, 09:30–12:30)

Chairs: Riccardo Buscicchio, Ssorhab Bohranian

• Andrea Cozzumbo, Cosmology with joint GW-GRB observations
• Arianna Renzini, Understanding the impact of compact binary population uncertainties for the detection of the gravitational-wave background
• Cecilia Maria Fabbri, From one population to another with Bayesian inference
• Jacopo Tissino, Multiband analysis of long signals
• Coffee Break (10:00–10:30)
• Discussion (10:30–12:00)

This workshop is supported by:

• MUR PRIN Grant No. 2022-Z9X4XS
• ERC Starting Grant No. 945155
• Cariplo Foundation Grant No. 2021-0555.
• University of Milano-Bicocca.