IPTA Catch-up meeting 2020
A virtual meeting instead of the in-person IPTA 2020 conference
UTC: 22nd and 23rd September
The IPTA 2020 in-person meeting has been postponed until 2021. Instead we will hold a short, virtual "catch-up" meeting.
Dates, Times and Presentations
Links will be provided here to recordings of each of the presentations.
Joining the meeting
Zoom details have been sent by email. Please discuss the live presentations and the contributed talks/posters/pdfs on the IPTA slack channel at #ipta_virtual_meeting_2020 and #talks. Please check your email for details on how to join this channel.Contributed presentations, posters and discussion
Any IPTA member may record a short (<10 minute) presentation or submit slides or a poster. Please contact George Hobbs for more details. These talks will be made available here.Please discuss the live presentations and these contributed talks/posters/pdfs on the IPTA slack channel at #ipta_virtual_meeting_2020. Please check your email for details on how to join this channel.
Live sessions
Some speakers have provided links to their presentations.Session 1
Session chair: Boris Goncharov
| Session | Topic | Recording | UTC | AEST | EDT | IST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 |
Welcome: George Hobbs (10 min) The gravitational wave landscape: Hannah Middleton (20 min) PPTA overview: Daniel Reardon (15 min) Wide-band timing with the Parkes UWL receiver: Malgorzata Curylo (15 min) |
Hobbs Middleton Reardon Curylo |
22 Sep. 08:00 | 22 Sep. 18:00 | 22 Sep. 04:00 | 22 Sep. 13:30 |
| 1.2 |
SKA-PTA estimation: Yi Feng (15 min) InPTA overview: Bhal Chandra Joshi (15 min) Updates of nano-Hz GW emitting BH binary in blazar OJ 287: Lankeswar Dey (15 min) |
Feng Joshi Dey |
22 Sep. 09:00 | 22 Sep. 19:00 | 22 Sep. 05:00 | 22 Sep. 14:30 |
| 1.3 |
Overview of MeerKAT: Sarah Buchner (15 min) Overview of MeerTime: Matthew Bailes (15 min) What next with MeerTime/MeerKAT? Ryan Shannon (30 min) |
Buchner and Bailes Shannon and Reardon |
22 Sep. 10:00 | 22 Sep. 20:00 | 22 Sep. 06:00 | 22 Sep. 15:30 |
Session 2
Session chair: Jane Kaczmarek
| Session | Topic | Recording | UTC | AEST | EDT | IST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 |
The Parkes ultra-wide-bandwidth receiver: Shi Dai, (15 min) Noise modelling with the PPTA DR2 data set: Boris Goncharov (15 min) Q/A on posters/contributed talks chaired by George Hobbs (30 min) |
Dai Goncharov Contribution discussion |
23 Sep. 00:00 | 23 Sep. 10:00 | 22 Sep. 20:00 | 23 Sep. 05:30 |
| 2.2 |
Discussion on emerging PTAs: chaired by Bhal Chandra Joshi (30 min) CPTA overview: KJ Lee (15 min) The 120m radio telescope: Min Wang (15 min) |
Joshi Lee Wang Discussion |
23 Sep. 01:00 | 23 Sep. 11:00 | 22 Sep. 21:00 | 23 Sep. 06:30 |
| 2.3 |
Precision DM measurements using uGMRT: Abhimanyu Susobhanan (15 min) Effect of scattering on high precision multi-band DM measurements: M. A. Krishna Kumar (15 min) An update from the IPTASC chair: Xavier Siemens (20 min) Preparing a NANOGrav 15 yr data set: Joe Swiggum (10 min) |
Susobhanan Krishna Kumar Siemens Swiggum |
23 Sep. 02:00 | 23 Sep. 12:00 | 22 Sep. 22:00 | 23 Sep. 07:30 |
Session 3
Session chair: Jeff Hazboun
| Session | Topic | Recordings | UTC | AEST | EDT | IST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 |
EPTA summary and update: Siyuan Chen (24 min) LEAP/scattering Robert Main (12 min) SSE (part 1): Aurelien Chalumeau (12 min) SSE (part 2): Yanjun Guo (12 min) |
Chen Main Chalumeau Guo |
23 Sep. 19:00 | 24 Sep. 05:00 | 23 Sep. 15:00 | 24 Sep. 00:30 |
| 3.2 |
NANOGrav overview: Tim Pennucci (20 min) NANOGrav Synergistic Science Megan Jones (10 min) The NANOGrav 12.5yr Dataset: Megan DeCesar (10 min) Multi-messenger constraints on 3C66B using the NANOGrav 11-year data set: Caitlin Witt (10 min) Limits on SMBHB candidates in galaxies within 500 Mpc using the NANOGrav 11-year data set: Maria Charisi (10 min) |
Pennucci Jones DeCesar Witt Charisi |
23 Sep. 20:00 | 24 Sep. 06:00 | 23 Sep. 16:00 | 24 Sep. 01:30 |
| 3.3 |
IPTA GW Analysis Working Group report: Siyuan Chen (TBC) (15 min) Data Challenge working group: Jeff Hazboun (15 min) Discussion around the IPTA DR3: Ryan Shannon et al. (30 min) Wrap up: George Hobbs (5 min) |
Chen Hazboun Shannon Hobbs | 23 Sep. 21:00 | 24 Sep. 07:00 | 23 Sep. 17:00 | 24 Sep. 02:30 |
Registration
There is no registration for this meeting. Details will be provided on the IPTA email distribution list. All attendees must abide by the meeting code of conductContact us
Please email George Hobbs for more details. The organising committee is:
Dr George Hobbs (CSIRO)
Dr Ryan Shannon (Swinburne University of Technology)
Dr Michael Lam (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Dr Xavier Siemens (NANOGrav PFC Co-Director)