Stable Mass Transfer 2.0 Workshop

Workshop

When

  • – ET

  • All Day

  • All Day

  • – ET

Where

Flatiron Institute, 162 Fifth Avenue

160 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10010

Building on last year’s conference, Stable Mass Transfer in Binaries: from Onset to Remnants, this follow-up workshop aims to tackle the key challenges and opportunities identified during our previous discussions. The primary goal of SMT 2.0 is to define actionable projects and next steps to advance our understanding of stable mass transfer. While the workshop will feature a few introductory and overview talks, the program is designed to be hands-on and collaborative, emphasizing brainstorming, small-group project work, and targeted discussions.

Organizing Committee:
Jared Goldberg
Lieke van Son
Mathieu Renzo
Katie Breivik
Matteo Cantiello

Tuesday, May 27

Last minute updates will appear here!

8:00am-9:00am Breakfast

9:00am-9:30am Introduction by organizers

9:30am-10:00am 1 min per person intro

10:00am-10:30am Coffee Break

10:30am-12:00pm Join pre-assigned group prep mini review in

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm-3:00pm Overview from pre-assigned groups

3:00pm-3:30pm Think about your project pitching

3:30pm-4:00pm Coffee Break

4:00pm-5:00pm Project pitching (add a slide)!

5:00pm Reception (230 5th Rooftop)
*from 5:30pm-7:30pm*

Wednesday, May 28

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8:00am-9:00am Breakfast

9:00am-10:00am Observations & SMT (Emilly & Kareem)

10:00am-10:30am Project recap + work in groups, round I

10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00am-11:30am work in groups, round II

11:30am-12:00pm work in groups, round III

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm-3:30pm Discussion session: How do we make progress?

3:30pm-4:00pm Coffee Break

4:00pm-4:30pm work in groups, round IV

4:30pm-5:00pm work in groups, round V

5:00pm Conference Dinner (Lulla NYC)

Thursday, May 29

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8:00am-9:00am Breakfast

9:00am-10:00am Hydro sims 3D & SMT (Taeho & Jakub)

10:00am-10:30am work in groups, round I

10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00am-11:30am work in groups, round II

11:30am-12:00pm work in groups, round III

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm-3:00pm work in groups, round IV

3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee Break

3:30pm-5:00pm Theory of SMT in 1D or less (Silvia & Meng)

Friday, May 30

Last minute updates will appear here!

8:00am-9:00pm Breakfast

9:00am-10:00am work in groups, round I

10:00am-10:30am work in groups, round II

10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00am-12:00pm prep for show and tell

12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break

2:00pm-3:00pm Show and Tell

3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee Break

3:30pm-5:00pm Final Discussion – What have we learned? What are next steps? (~4 panelist tbd)

Attendees

Aleksandra Olejak (Max Planck Institute for Astrophyscis)
Alex Laroche (University of Toronto)
Anna O’Grady (Carnegie Mellon University)
Dandan Wei (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
David Hendriks (University of Surrey)
Debatri Chattopadhyay (CIERA, Northwestern University)
Emily Leiner (Illinois Institute of Technology )
Harim Jin (Argelander-Institute for Astronomy)
Hugues Sana (KU Leuven)
Jakub Cehula (Charles University)
Jared Goldberg (Flatiron Institute)
Kareem El-Badry (Caltech)
Katie Breivik (Carnegie Mellon University)
Koushik Sen (University of Arizona)
Kyle Akira Rocha (Northwestern University)
Lieke van Son (Flatiron Institute)
Maria Drout (University of Toronto)
Mathieu Renzo (University of Arizona)
Matteo Cantiello (Flatiron Institute)
Matthias Fabry (Villanova)
Meng Sun (National Astronomical Observatories of China)
Natsuko Yamaguchi (California Institute of Technology)
Nicholas Rui (Caltech)
Peter Scherbak (Caltech)
Philip Mocz (Flatiron Institute)
Pranav Nagarajan (California Institute of Technology)
Silvia Toonen (University of Amsterdam )
Taeho Ryu (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
Tassos Fragos (University of Geneva)
Tomer Shenar (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Yan-Fei Jiang (Flatiron Institute)

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