Extreme Gravity Workshop to be held at Montana State University; August 20-22, 2015.

该奖项支持将于2015年8月在蒙大拿州立大学(MSU)举行的科学研讨会，以规划和准备即将到来的极端重力天体物理时代。研讨会将讨论如何最大限度地利用我们预期在未来几年从更好的望远镜、事件视界望远镜和先进的LIGO/Virgo探测器获得的数据。研讨会的形式将相对非正式，以鼓励合作气氛，类似于2013年在密歇根州立大学主办的关于广义相对论引力波测试的研讨会。中子星观测和状态方程、黑洞阴影、引力波天体物理学和实验相对论将于2015年8月20日至22日在蒙大拿州立大学校友基金会举行。每一天将被分成两个子集，每个子集将涵盖一个主题，总共六个主题。这些将包括中子星天体物理和观测，中子星状态方程，更好的天体物理学，引力波天体物理学，事件视界望远镜，以及与引力波和宇宙学的实验相对论。讲习班预计规模较小(约50人)，以增加所有与会者的参与度。每一天都会有几个概述讲座，讨论负责人将总结每个主题的最新成功，并提出仍需解决的问题。这些综述将成为讨论和交流意见的催化剂。

This award supports a scientific workshop, to take place at Montana State University (MSU) in August 2015, to plan and prepare for the upcoming era of extreme gravity astrophysics. The workshop will discuss how to get the most out of the data we expect to obtain in the next few years from the NICER telescope, the Event Horizon telescope and the advanced LIGO/Virgo detectors. The format of the workshop will be relatively informal to encourage a collaborative atmosphere, in analogy to the one hosted in 2013 at MSU on gravitational wave tests of General Relativity. The workshop will have four focus sessions on neutron star observations and the equation of state, black hole shadows, gravitational wave astrophysics and experimental relativity.The workshop will take place on August 20 - 22, 2015 at the Alumni Foundation of Montana State University. Each day will be divided into two subset, each of which will cover a single topic, for a total of six topics. These will include neutron star astrophysics and observations, the neutron star equation of state, NICER astrophysics, gravitational wave astrophysics, the Event Horizon telescope, and experimental relativity with gravitational waves and with cosmology. The workshop is expected to be small (of order 50 people) so as to increase the participation of all attendees. A few overview talks will be planned for each day, where the discussion leader will summarize the most recent successes in each topic and present questions that still need to be addressed. The overviews will act as a catalyst for discussions and exchange of ideas.