LISA Astrophysics Working Group Meeting 2024
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Image credit: Ruggero Valli/MPA
We are pleased to invite you to the Astrophysics Working Group Meeting. This meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format, allowing for both in-person and virtual participation. The in-person sessions will be hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) in Garching, Germany. Additional details, such as the meeting schedule, travel and online meeting information, are available on this website.
There is no registration fee. The institute generously provides access to its facilities and staff support without charge. However, participants are responsible for their own meals, accommodations, and travel expenses. If financial constraints are a concern, please mention this in the comment section at the end of the registration form.
Registration has been closed. Unfortunately, we cannot admit more participants as we have reached our capacity.
Scientific Organising Committee
MPA Local Organising Committee
We look forward to seeing you in person or online in November!
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Selma de Mink & LOC -
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Jakub Andrzej Klencki (MPA)-
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Gravitational wave signal from circular, mass transferring star-supermassive black hole systems 13mSpeaker: Aleksandra Olejak (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
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LISA stellar-mass black holes informed by the GWTC-3 population: event rates and parameters reconstruction 13mSpeaker: Riccardo Buscicchio (University of Milano-Bicocca)
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Detecting Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs with LISA 13mSpeaker: Vaidehi Gupta (The University of Minnesota)
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Close Encounters of Wide Binaries Induced by the Galactic Tide: Implications for Stellar Mergers and Gravitational-Wave Sources 13mSpeaker: Jakob Stegmann (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
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Modeling the first stages of star formation in AGN disks 13mSpeaker: Andrea Derdzinski (Fisk University)
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Science talks: Massive Black Hole Binaries E.0.11
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Matteo Bonetti (University of Milano-Bicocca)-
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SMBH seeding via Population III star formation 13mSpeaker: lewis prole (Maynooth University)
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Hierarchical galaxy merger estimation using machine-learning algorithm and MUSE galaxy catalogue for massive black hole merger detection with LISA 13mSpeaker: Rémi Delpech (IRAP/L2IT)
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Constraining the hardening processes of massive black-hole binaries with LISA 13mSpeaker: Alice Spadaro (University of Milan-Bicocca)
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Uncovering the origin of intermediate-mass black holes with LISA and other future GW detectors 13mSpeaker: Manuel Arca Sedda (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
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Massive black hole formation in Pop. III star clusters 13mSpeaker: Bastián Reinoso (University of Helsinki)
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What solves the ‘final parsec’ problem for LISA Massive Black Hole Binaries? 13mSpeaker: Mudit Garg (University of Zurich)
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Evolution of LISA binaries in gaseous environments 13mSpeaker: Alessia Franchini (University of Zurich)
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Science talks: Massive Black Hole BInaries/Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Martyna Chruslinska (MPA/ESO)-
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Constraining EMRI Population using Hierarchical Bayesian Inference (Online) 13mSpeaker: Shashwat Singh (University of Glasgow)
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IMBH Pair Evolution in Nuclear Star Clusters Featuring a Dark Stellar-Mass Black Hole Population 13mSpeaker: Fazeel Mahmood Khan (New York University Abu Dhabi)
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Long-term Evolution of Binary Orbits Induced by Circumbinary Disks 13mSpeaker: Ruggero Valli (Mpax Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
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Prospects for multimessenger observations of massive black hole binaries with LISA and electromagnetic observatories (Online) 13mSpeaker: Kate Futrowsky (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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LISA Predictions from Improved Observational Measurements of the Galaxy Merger Rate and the Black Hole Mass Function (Online) 13mSpeaker: Julie Comerford (University of Colorado, Boulder)
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ESA/NASA & Consortium updates E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Valeriya Korol (MPA)-
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ESA/NASA update (online) 30mSpeaker: Nora Luetzgendorf (ESA)
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Consortium update 30mSpeaker: Jonathan Gair (MPI for Gravitational Physics/Albert Einstein Institute (Potsdam))
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Coffe block E.0.11
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Astro WG projects' updates E.0.11 (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Marta Volonteri-
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UCB catalogs comparison project update 30mSpeaker: Alexey Bobrick
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MBH catalogs comparison project update 30mSpeaker: Melanie Habouzit
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DiscIMRI project updates 30mSpeaker: Andrea Derdzinski (Fisk University)
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Dinner Gasthof Neuwirt Garching
Gasthof Neuwirt Garching
Münchener Str.10, 85748 Garching
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Science talks: Massive Black Hole Binaries E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Melanie Habouzit-
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Stellar cores from gravitational wave kicks 13mSpeaker: Alexander Rawlings (University of Helsinki)
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BRAHMA cosmological simulations: Identifying signatures of the first black hole seeds using LISA 13mSpeaker: Aklant Bhowmick (Maynooth University)
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Supermassive black hole dynamics and evolution at redshifts z>5 with KETJU 13mSpeaker: Atte Keitaanranta
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Supermassive black hole binary dynamics, growth and spin alignment in gas-rich circumbinary discs 13mSpeaker: Martin Bourne (Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire)
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Supermassive black hole binaries on a moving mesh: the crucial role of accretion disc models for multi-messenger predictions 13mSpeaker: Sophie Koudmani (University of Cambridge)
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MBH mergers from the ASTRID simulation and their dynamics simulated down to sub-pc scales 13mSpeaker: Nianyi Chen (Institute for Advanced Study)
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Growth of Light Seed Black Holes in Gas Rich Galaxies 13mSpeaker: Daxal Mehta (Maynooth University)
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Science talks: Stellar-mass Multiples E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Aleksandra Olejak (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)- 11:00
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Eccentric features in the gravitational wave phase of dynamically formed black hole binaries (Online) 13mSpeaker: Kai Hendriks (University of Copenhagen)
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LISA+3G coherent multiband parameter estimation of SOBHB and IMBHB using PyCBC 13mSpeaker: Shichao Wu (AEI Hannover)
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LISA Double White Dwarfs: Triple channel vs binary channel 13mSpeaker: Abinaya Swaruba Rajamuthukumar (Max Planck institute for Astrophysics)
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BPASS predictions of Galactic LISA sources compared to other stellar evolution codes (Online) 13mSpeaker: Wouter van Zeist (Radboud University)
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The Evolutionary History of AM CVns from Hubble Space Telescope Data 13mSpeaker: Weitian Yu (Universität Hamburg)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany -
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Pre-LISA EM: Galactic Binaries and Multiples 401 (Old lecture hall)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConveners: Alekzander Kosakowski, Jan van Roestel (University of Amsterdam)-
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Current sample of verification binaries (online) 5mSpeaker: Thomas Kupfer (University of Hamburg)
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Update from the double-lined double white dwarf survey (online) 10mSpeaker: James Munday (University of Warwick)
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Updates on the BlackGEM project 10mSpeaker: Jan van Roestel (University of Amsterdam)
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The Vera Rubin Observatory: how optical time domain surveys are revolutionizing LISA multi-messenger astrophysics (online) 10mSpeaker: Kevin Burdge (MIT)
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LISA verification binaries from the LISA data analysis perspective (online) 10mSpeaker: Tyson Littenberg
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General discussion 1h 5mSpeaker: All participants
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Pre-LISA EM: Massive Black Hole Binaries E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Alessandra de Rosa & Delphine Porquet-
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Observational search for the parent population of the merging BHs and GWs 13mSpeaker: Giulia Tozzi (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)
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Cosmic Duets: Decoding Gravitational Waves with Dual AGN 13mSpeaker: Martina Scialpi (University of Florence, University of Trento, INAF-OAA)
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Strategies to identify LISA MBH binary precursors in large EM catalogues 13mSpeaker: Massimo Dotti (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
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Electromagnetic signatures from accreting massive black hole binaries in time domain photometric surveys (Online) 13mSpeaker: Fabiola Cocchiararo (University of Milano Bicocca)
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Discovery of a Tight Binary Black Hole System Revealed via Quasi-Periodic Outflows 13mSpeaker: Francesco Tombesi (Tor Vergata University of Rome & INFN)
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The last electromagnetic breath of binary black holes (Online) 13mSpeaker: Raphaël Mignon-Risse (NTNU)
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Supermassive black hole binaries as multimessenger sources: Properties of SMBHB X-ray spectra (Online) 13mSpeaker: Julie Malewicz (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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A New Diagnostic to distinguish between binary and single supermassive black holes using broad emission lines (Online) 13mSpeaker: Ziming Ji (Rochester Institute of Technology)
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Astro WG project work: MBH catalogs comparison E.0.11
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Astro WG projects' updates: UCB catalogs comparison 401 (Old lecture hall)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Alexey Bobrick & Katie Breivik
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Science talks: Extreme and Intermediate Mass Ratio Inspirals E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Taeho Ryu (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics)-
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Synchronizing the EMRIs and IMRIs in AGN accretion disks 13mSpeaker: Peng Peng (Kavli Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)
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Wet Eccentric Extreme-Mass-Ratio Inspirals 13mSpeaker: Francisco Duque (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
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Time dependent Extreme Mass Ratio inspiral rate in (anisotropic) Nuclear Star Clusters 13mSpeaker: Luca Broggi
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Characterisation of gravitational waves from full and repeated tidal disruption events 13mSpeaker: Martina Toscani
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Probing the Mass Distribution in the Galactic Center through GRAVITY Observations 13mSpeaker: Matteo Sadun Bordoni (MPE)
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Grazing the loss cone: Cliffhanger EMRIs from local two-body relaxation 13mSpeaker: Davide Mancieri (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany -
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Science talks: Massive Black Hole Binaries E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Laura Sberna-
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General relativistic meshless hydrodynamics for massive black hole binary simulations 13mSpeaker: Alessandro Lupi (University of Insubria - Como)
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The wandering phase of the first massive black hole seeds. Implications for the massive black hole merger rate in the LISA band 13mSpeaker: David Izquierdo-Villalba (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)
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Long-lived non-accretion of massive binaries in realistically thin disks 13mSpeaker: Christopher Tiede (Niels Bohr Institute)
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Cosmic Archaeology with LISA and JWST: seeking the growth of the first black hole seeds 13mSpeaker: Alessandro Trinca
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A Heavy Seed Black Hole Mass Function at High Redshift 13mSpeaker: Joe McCaffrey (Maynooth University)
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The growth of intermediate mass black holes 13mSpeaker: Silvia Bonoli (DIPC)
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Supermassive black hole seeds and gravitational waves from hierarchical star cluster assembly at low metallicities 13mSpeaker: Antti Rantala (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany -
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Science talks: Astro-origin Stochastic Gravitational Wave Backgrounds E.0.11
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Jakob Stegmann (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)-
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Impact of noise knowledge uncertainties on detecting stochastic gravitational waves backgrounds in the mHz band with LISA 13mSpeaker: Martina Muratore (MPGR)
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Assessing the performances of future space-based detectors: stochastic foregrounds and individual sources 13mSpeaker: Alice Perego (Università Milano Bicocca - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur)
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Extra-galactic Double White Dwarfs Gravitational Waves Background Synthesis for LISA: DWDs Cosmic Synthesis 13mSpeaker: Guillaume Boileau (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur)
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Spectral Separation of Two Unresolved White Dwarf Binary Populations with LISA (Online) 13mSpeaker: Alexander Chriswell (University of Minnesota)
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Cyclostationary signals in LISA: a practical application to Milky Way satellites 13mSpeaker: Federico Pozzoli (University of Insubria, Como)
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LISA Early Career Scientists (LECS) working group update E.0.11
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White Paper Update Discussion E.0.11
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Lucio Mayer & Astro WG chairs -
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany -
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Astro WG projects work: MBH catalog comparison E.0.11
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany -
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Astro WG projects work: UCB catalogs comparison 401 (Old lecture hall)
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Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
Karl-Schwarzschild-Straße 1, 85748 Garching bei München, GermanyConvener: Alexey Bobrick & Katie Breivik
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