| Date | Time | Sessions |
| Monday 24.08. | 9:30 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Welcome, General Discussion Ewald Müller: Modelling core-collapse supernovae slides Coffee Yudai Suwa: From supernovae through proto-neutron stars to neutron stars slides Lunch Chris Freyer: Compact object formation and the supernova engine slides Coffee Time for Discussions |
| Tuesday 25.08. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 | Patrick Slane: Pulsar wind nebulae slides movie Coffee Alexander Chen: Understanding the pulsar magnetosphere throug first-principle simulations slides Lunch George Pavlov: The puzzling diversity of pulsar wind nebulae slides Coffee Time for discussions |
| Wednesday 26.08. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:15 Afternoon | David Smith: Gamma-ray observations of young and millisecond pulsars with Fermi-LAT slides Coffee Dmitry Voskresensky: Medium effects in neutrino cooling of neutron stars slides Evgeni Kolomeitsev: Viscosity of neutron-star matter and r-mode stability of rapidly rotating neutron stars slides Lunch Excursion to Kloster Andechs (please sign up on our list in the coffee area) Time for Discussions |
| Thursday 27.08. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 afterwards | Philipp Podsiadlowski: Formation and evolution of neutron stars in binaries slides Coffee Xiang Dong Li: Formation and evolution of Be/X-ray binaries slides Lunch Thomas Tauris: Ultra-stripped supernovae and the formation of double slides Coffee Plenary discussion on the formation and evolution of neutron star binaries happy hour |
| Friday 28.08. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Henk Spruit: Magnetospheric accretion slides Coffee Alessandro Patruno: Metamorphosis of neutron stars: rebirth of pulsars and stellar cannibalism slides Lunch Ed van den Heuvel: Evolution of high-mass X-ray binaries with donor stars in the Hertzsprung Gap, and possible final products of this evolution slides Coffee Time for discussions |
| Date | Time | Sessions |
| Monday 31.08. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Jonathan Braithwaite: The origin of magnetic fields in neutron stars. slides Coffee Andreas Reisenegger: The physics of neutron star magnetic field evolution slides Lunch Ulrich Geppert: Theoretical and Observational Aspects of the partially Screened Gap Model of Radio Pulsars slides Coffee Plenary discussion on magnetic field origin and evolution |
| Tuesday 1.09. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 | Alice Harding: Progress in pulsar magnetosphere modeling. slides Coffee Kostas Kokkotas: Rotational and magnetic field instabilities in neutron stars. slides Lunch Michael Gabler: Quasi-periodic oscillations of Magnetars and what these can tell us about the Magnetar internal structure and the magnetic fields slides Rüdiger Staubert: The luminosity dependence of the cyclotron line energy in accreting neutron stars slides Frank Haberl: Observations of proton cyclotron lines slides Coffee Time for discussions |
| Wednesday 2.09. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 17:00 | Sandro Mereghetti: Observations of AXPs/SGRs slides Coffee Teruaki Enoto: Broadband X-ray spectra of SGRs and AXPs observed with Suzaku slides Lunch Chryssa Kouveliotou: Magnetar burst observations: properties and evolution slides Coffee Nanda Rea: Magnetars: observations and evolution of explosive Neutron Stars slides Time for discussions |
| Thursday 3.09. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 Afternoon | Andrei Beloborodov: Mechanism of magnetar activity slides Coffee Jose Pons: Magnetothermal evolution of neutron stars: from magnetars to pulsars. slides Lunch Time for discussions, alternatively: Excursion to Deutsches Museum |
| Friday 4.09. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Nick Kylafis: Accreting magnetars: spectral formation in the accretion shock. slides Coffee Unal Ertan: Long-term evolution of young neutron star populations slides Lunch Konrad Dennerl: The energy dependent pulse profiles of accreting magnetars slides Coffee Plenary discussion: What powers the “quiescent” emission of magnetars? |
| Date | Time | Sessions |
| Monday 7.09. Observational evidence for fundamental neutron star properties I | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Paulo Freire: Neutron stars in globular clusters and NS mass measurements slides Coffee Ioannis Antoniadis: Optical observations of neutron star companions & the EOS slides Lunch Thomas Tauris: Evidence for massively-born NS slides Coffee Plenary discussion on masses, formations, and EOS |
| Tuesday 8.09. Observational evidence for fundamental neutron star properties II | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Philipp Podsiadlowski: Formation of double neutron stars/e-capture SN and lessons for the EOS slides Coffee Nils Andersson : Neutron star dynamics as a probe of the interior structure slides Lunch Luciano Rezzolla: Using GW to understand neutron stars slides Coffee Plenary discussion on neutron-star interior |
| Wednesday 9.09. Pulsars and tests of theories of gravity | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 afterwards | Ingrid Stairs: Timing of radio pulsars and tests of general relativity slides Coffee Norbert Wex: Tests of Alternative theories of gravity slides Lunch Gerhard Schäfer: Spin effects in neutron stars and their orbital dynamics slides Coffee Plenary discussion on near and future prospects for pulsar timing Wine & Cheese |
| Thursday 10.09. Pulsars as tools for gravitational wave detection and galaxy formation | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 13:10 14:30 15:30 16:00 | Richard Manchester: Pulsar Timing Arrays and the detection of Gravitational Waves slides Coffee Alberto Sesana: Lessons on Super-Massive Binary Black Holes from PTAs slides Lunch Ecxursion to Schliersee Meeting Point at metro station Plenary discussion on PTA limits and their implications Coffee Time for discussions |
| Friday 11.09. New neutron star observations, their applications and synergies | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 | Dimitrios Psaltis: Efforts to understand the super-massive central black hole in the Milky Way slides Coffee Vladislav Kondratiev: LOFAR observations of ms pulsars slides Lunch Peter Predehl: Future X-ray observations of neutron stars slides Coffee Plenary discussion on future instruments, future experiments, future goals |
| Date | Time | Sessions |
| Monday 14.09. Observations of masses and radii vs. neutron-star EoS I | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 17:00 | Cole Miller: Learning About Neutron Star Matter from X-rays and Gravitational Waves slides Coffee Valery Suleimanov: Model neutron star atmospheres and limitation of neutron star basic parameters slides Lunch Andrew Steiner: Neutron Star Masses and Radii and the Equation of State of Dense Matter slides Coffee Feryal Oezel: The dense matter equation of state from neutron star radius and mass measurements slides Plenary discussion on masses, radii and EOS (… and goals for week 4) |
| Tuesday 15.09. Observations of masses and radii vs. neutron star EoS II | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 16:30 | Craig Heinke: Observations of quiescent neutron stars in globular Clusters slides Coffee Fridolin Weber: The Core Composition of Neutron Stars slides Lunch Jirina Stone: Neutron star interior: Theory and reality slides Coffee Bettina Posselt: Update on the observed thermal evolution of the central object in Cassiopeia A slides Time for discussions (e.g., on neutron star interiors and cooling) |
| Wednesday 16.09. Modelling EoS for neutron star birth and death | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 Afternoon | Thomas Janka: Recent Progress in Studying Neutron-Star Birth and Death by Numerical Models slides Coffee Micaela Oertel: “Exotic" matter in neutron stars and supernova cores slides Lunch Free afternoon or Excursion to Nymphenburg Castle |
| Thursday 17.09. Strangeness in neutron stars – hyperon puzzle etc. | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 14:30 15:30 16:00 16:30 afterwards | Hans-Josef Schulze: “Strange” Neutron Stars slides Coffee Stefan Typel: Equation of state of dense matter - correlations, clusters, and phase transitions slides Lunch Hovik Grigorian: Bayesian analysis for EoS with phase transition slides Coffee Sanjin Benic: Effective model for QCD phase transitions at finite densities slides Time for discussions (e.g., hyperon puzzle; deconfinement & twins; Bayesian studies) Happy Hour |
| Friday 18.09. Heavy-ion collisions, neutron star evolution and synergies | 9:30 10:30 11:00 12:00 | Hermann Wolter: The high-density symmetry energy in heavy ion collisions and neutron star observations slides Coffee David Blaschke: New class of EoS supporting high-mass twins slides Plenary discussion: Future goals and summary of the Workshop |