ICCUB GW Meeting 1

Thursday Apr 9, 2026, 12:59 AM → 6:29 PM Europe/Madrid

Seminari Josep Maria Codina Planta 5 (Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) University of Barcelona)

Ruxandra Bondarescu (Universitat de Barcelona), Arnau Rios Huguet (University of Barcelona)

The ICCUB GW meeting is an informal internal one-day event to establish a clear overview of the current efforts in gravitational-wave science across the institute. The aim of this meeting is to identify research activities, both within gravitational-wave groups and in adjacent areas (including multimessenger astronomy, gravity, or dense matter physics). We are thus looking for contributions across the whole Institute.

Attendance is intended for postdoctoral researchers and senior staff members. This initial one-day meeting will have brief overviews of ongoing activities, including the current efforts of the ICCUB GW group and the Technological Unit. We expect the discussion to focus on contributions to the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration; Einstein Telescope and LISA, but we are also hoping to discuss observatories at different frequencies as well as multimessenger efforts at ICCUB. 

A key objective is to identify potential cross‑field synergies that could strengthen our collective research impact. Ultimately, this exercise is intended to articulate a clear strategic vision for gravitational-wave science at the ICCUB, to optimally exploit current efforts; identify opportunities for resource sharing and/or establish new initiatives that can enhance our overall program.

The meeting will take place at the Seminari Josep Maria Codina in Floor 5 and/or online via zoom, 

Local Organizing Committee:
Anna Argudo (ICCUB), Esther Pallarés (ICCUB), Ruxandra Bondarescu (ICCUB), Arnau Rios Huguet (ICCUB)

 

                         

 

Acknowledgements

This event is supported by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) of Barcelona through the grant CEX2019-000918-M funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. 

          

9:30 AM → 9:40 AM Introduction

Speakers: Arnau Rios Huguet (University of Barcelona), Ruxandra Bondarescu (Universitat de Barcelona)

9:40 AM → 11:00 AM GW Collaborations @ ICCUB

9:40 AM VIRGO @ ICCUB

Speaker: Ruxandra Bondarescu (Universitat de Barcelona)

10:10 AM LISA @ ICCUB

Speaker: Jacopo Fumagalli (ICCUB - Universitat de Barcelona)

JFumagalli_ICC_GW_workshop.pdf

10:40 AM ET @ ICCUB

Speaker: Hristijan Kochankovski (Departament de Fisica Quantica i Astrofisica and Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franques 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain)

ET_polished.pdf

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 1:30 PM GW Science @ ICCUB: VHE, stellar astronomy, TU & nuclear physics

11:30 AM MAGIC and LST/CTAO follow-up studies of GW sources

Speakers: Arnau Aguasca-Cabot, Dr Marc Ribó (Universitat de Barcelona, ICCUB, IEEC), Dr Pol Bordas (ICCUB)

20260409_EM_counterparts_IACTs.pdf

12:00 PM Stellar dynamics and GW science

Speaker: Prof. Mark Gieles (ICC)

12:30 PM Technological Unit contributions to GW science

Speakers: Daniel Guberman (ICCUB), Dr David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona), Dr Jordi Portell de Mora (ICCUB)

20260408_Guberman_Status_LISA_RM.pdf

ICCUB-GW-260409-Portell-TU.pdf

1:00 PM Nuclear and hadron physics and GW science

Speaker: Arnau Rios Huguet (University of Barcelona)

rios_GWs_ICCUB.pdf

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Lunch break

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM GW Science @ ICCUB: optical astronomy, cosmology & gravity

3:00 PM Optical follow-up of GW progenitors and events

Speaker: Nadia Blagorodnova (Univeristat de Barcelona)

3:30 PM Axions & GWs

Speaker: Jordi Miralda (ICCUB)

GWa_26.pdf

4:00 PM Gravitation, Strings and Cosmology Group: theory

Speaker: Jorge Casalderrey Solana (ICCUB)

gscgroupbyjcs.pdf

4:30 PM Gravitation, Strings and Cosmology Group contributions to GW science

Speaker: David Mateos (ICREA & U Barcelona)

5:00 PM → 5:59 PM Wrap-up discussion

Speaker: Licia Verde (ICC)