Transients From Space Workshop
March 11th - March 13th, 2025
Abstract Submission Deadline Is Approaching: Nov 1, 2024!
The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) will host a workshop on transients and time-domain astronomy titled “Transients From Space” (TFS) on March 11-13, 2025 at STScI in Baltimore, MD. Abstracts are due Friday, November 01, 2024.
Transient science is entering an exciting new era of discovery. The 2020 Decadal Survey named Time Domain Astronomy (TDA) as a top priority, and NASA’s Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) program has prioritised Time Domain And Multi-Messenger (TDAMM) astrophysics. New discoveries will be greatly impacted by space-based telescopes, including, but not limited to, HST, JWST, Swift, Fermi, TESS, Euclid, UVEX, ULTRASAT, LISA, and Roman. These telescopes probe new phase space in time, wavelength, and redshift, thereby opening up new sub-fields. This STScI workshop will explore novel research made possible by these telescopes and discuss how the community can optimise scientific output in the future. It will feature invited talks, contributed talks, posters, discussion panels, and fun social activities.
Our key objectives aim to:
- Highlight and build off successful science driven by space telescope data and policies;
- Uncover regions of overlap among telescopes and discuss opportunities for cross-mission synergies;
- Identify community needs for research and collaboration, particularly in the upcoming era of big data;
- Optimize future space-based observations for the entire community.
Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:
- Early-Time Observations: SNe Ia, Fast Transients, Shock Breakout
- High-Energy Transients: GRBs, GW
- Progenitors: pre-explosion variability, stellar evolution
- Infrared Transients: dust, SNRs, echoes, TDEs, AGN
- High-z Transients: Lensed SNe, extreme explosions (SLSNe, PISNe), TDEs, AGN
- Survey Science: Euclid, Roman, UVEX, Big Data
- Theory of explosive transients and compact objects
Attendance: The workshop will be a hybrid event (in-person and virtual). To maximize engagement, in-person attendance is encouraged for all participants, especially speakers.
Important dates
Sep 03, 2024 Abstract Submission Opens; Click here to submit an abstract.
Nov 01, 2024 Abstract Submission Deadline
Nov 11, 2024 Registration Opens
Feb 07, 2025 Registration Deadline
March 11-13, 2025 TFS Workshop at STScI
Co-Chairs
Ori Fox (STScI), Armin Rest (STScI), Suvi Gezari (STScI), Lou Strolger (STScI)
SOC Members
Jennifer Andrews (Gemini Observatory), Ori Fox (STScI; Chair), Suvi Gezari (STScI; Co-Chair), Isobel Hook (Lancaster University), Rebekah Hounsell (GSFC), Patrick Kelly (University of Minnesota), Takashi Moriya (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Robert Quimby (San Diego State University), Armin Rest (STScI; Co-Chair), Lou Strolger (STScI; Co-Chair), Tea Temim (Princeton), Yossef Zenati (JHU/STScI)
LOC Members
Ori Fox, Suvi Gezari, Sherita Hanna, Victory Ramnarine, Armin Rest, Shemiah Smith, Lou Strolger
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Federica Bianco (Delaware/Rubin), Azalee Bostroem (Arizona), Maria Teresa Botticella (INAF), Brad Cenko (Goddard), Wenlei Chen (OK State), Kishalay De (Columbia University/CCA/Flatiron Institute), Maria Drout (Toronto), Saurabh Jha (Rutgers), Josefin Larsson (KTH), Julie McEnery (Goddard), Brian Metzger (Columbia University/CCA/Flatiron Institute), Jeremy Perkins (Goddard), Justin Pierel (STScI), Ben Rose (Baylor), Melissa Shahbandeh (STScI), Nao Suzuki (LBL), Qinan Wang (MIT), Yuhan Yao (Berkeley)
Please visit our webpage for all the details, including upcoming deadlines.