Event Schedule

Finite-Temperature Effects in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics

All time info is in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7); please convert accordingly.

Please check the schedule regularly, as it is subject to change. 

This is a "hybrid" workshop; there will be a combination of virtual and in-person participants. 

The Wednesday afternoon talks will take place in room C421; all other workshop talks will take place in room C520.

Note: By attending a workshop talk, participants agree to abide by the INT Code of Conduct

Week 1

Monday, June 15, 2026

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Format Location
Welcome to the INT Vincenzo Cirigliano Institute for Nuclear Theory In-person C520
Thermal Effects in Mergers of Neutron Stars and Strange Quark Stars Aviral Prakash University of California, Berkeley In-person C520
Neutrino Transport in Magnetized Neutron Star Merger Cores at Finite Temperature Pranjal Tambe Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics In-person C520
COFFEE BREAK
Convexity of the Equation of State in Merger Simulation and Gravitational Wave Giuseppe Rivieccio University of Valencia In-person C520
Tidal Heating in Binary Neutron Star Inspiral: A Novel Probe of Exotic Matter at Neutron Star Cores Suprovo Ghosh University of Southampton Virtual C520
LUNCH BREAK
Thermal Twin Stars from a Confining Density Functional Approach David Blaschke University of Wroclaw Virtual C520
Microscopic modeling of Hot, Dense Nuclear Matter in Core-Collapse Supernovae David Friedenberg Cyclotron Institute In-person C520
COFFEE BREAK
Discussion In-person C520

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Format Location
Quantifying Uncertainties for the Neutron Star Equation of State from Chiral Effective Field Theory Hannah Göttling TU Darmstadt In-person C520
Finite-Temperature Equation of State and Phase Diagram from Chiral Effective Field Theory Achim Schwenk TU Darmstadt Virtual C520
COFFEE BREAK
Theoretical and Astrophysical Constraints to the Zero-Temperature Equation of State Melissa Mendes TU Darmstadt In-person C520
Effects of a Brueckner-Hartree-Fock–Corrected Effective Mass on Speed of Sound, Conformality, and Observables of Dark Matter–Admixed Neutron Stars Arijit Das Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram Virtual C520
LUNCH BREAK
Discussion In-person C520

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Format Location
Developments in Determinations of the Neutron Star Equation of State from Observations Jim Lattimer Stony Brook University In-person C520
Mass Shifts and Clustering at Finite Temperature Francesca Gulminelli LPC Caen In-person C520
COFFEE BREAK
A Finite Temperature Meta-Model for Nuclear matter and Neutron Stars Gabriele Montefusco LPC Caen In-person C520
Incorporating Thermal Mesons into the CMF Model Micheal Kahangirwe Kent State University Virtual C520
LUNCH BREAK
A Finite Temperature Expansion for the Dense Matter Equation of State Debora Mroczek University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Virtual C421
TBD Sudhanva Lalit Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Virtual C421
COFFEE BREAK
Discussion In-person C421

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Format Location
Improving Convergence of Finite Temperature Fermi Liquid Theory Mia Kumamoto UC Berkeley Virtual C520
Strange Effects at Finite Temperature: Hyperons and Phase Transitions Mateus Reinke Pelicer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Virtual C520
COFFEE BREAK
Thermal Effects in Nuclear Structure and Weak Decays Ante Ravlic Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Virtual C520
LUNCH BREAK
r-Process Element Synthesis: Neutrinos and Gamma Rays Gail McLaughlin North Carolina State University Virtual C520
Neutron Star g-mode Oscillations at Finite Temperature Tianqi Zhao UC Berkeley & Institute for Nuclear Theory In-person C520
COFFEE BREAK
Discussion In-person C520

Friday, June 19, 2026

Start Time Presentation Title Presenter Presenter Organization Format Location
TBD Arnau Rios Huguet Institute of Cosmos Sciences Virtual C520
TBD Praveer TIwari Chennai Mathematical Institute Virtual C520
COFFEE BREAK
Suppression of Color Superconductivity in Strongly Interacting Dense QGP Konstantin Maslov University of Houston In-person C520
Realistic Equations of State Informing Neutron Star Post-Merger Gravitational-Wave Frequencies Nilaksha Barman Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics In-person C520
LUNCH BREAK
A New Bayesian Framework with M-R Space Priors to Constraint the Neutron Star Equation of State Boyang Sun Stony Brook University In-person C520
Finite-Temperature Equations of State for Core-Collapse Supernovae and Binary Neutron Star Mergers Mikhail Beznogov National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering In-person C520
COFFEE BREAK
Discussion In-person C520