International Conference on General Relativity: Centennial Overviews and Future Perspectives
December 21 (Mon), 2015 ~ December 23 (Wed), 2015
■ Program

     

    * Program (in a pdf file: GR100th_Program_v11.pdf )

     

     

     

    Dec. 21 (Mon)

    ECC B161

    Dec. 22 (Tue)

    ECC B313

    Dec. 23 (Wed)

    ECC B313

    回顧/展望 Overviews & Perspectives

    9:00-9:10 Opening Address

    9:10-9:55 M Park, H Kim

    9:55-10:15 G Kang

    10:15-10:35 SH Oh

    10:35-10:50 Coffee break

    10:50-11:10 HW Lee

    11:10-11:30 K Choi

    11:30-12:00 D Kim

    12:00-12:20 I Cheon

    回顧/展望 Overviews  & Perspectives

     

    9:00-9:50 C Lee, I Park

    9:50-10:40 H Lee

     

    10:40-11:10 Coffee break

     

    11:10-12:00 J Gong

     

    12:00-12:10 Photo session

    招請 講演

    Invited talks

     

    9:00-9:45 Z Zhu

    9:45-10:30 M Im

     

    10:30-10:50 Coffee break

     

    10:50-11:35 M Sasaki

    11:35-12:20 Y Cho

     

    12:20-14:00 Lunch

    12:10-14:00 Lunch

    12:20-14:00 Lunch

    回顧/展望 Overviews & Perspectives

     

    14:00-14:30 H Kim

    14:30-15:10 JJ Oh, C Kim

    15:10-15:50 Y Song

    15:50-16:10 Coffee break

     

    16:10-16:50 Y Myung, S Yi

    16:50-17:40 D Yeom, O Kwon

    模索 To be better

     

    14:00-14:50 D Yeom, H Yang

    14:50-15:40 Open Questions

    15:40-16:00 Coffee break

    16:00-16:20 H Lee

    16:20-16:40 Y Kim

    16:40-16:55 W Lee

    16:55-17:10 G Kang

    17:10-18:00 Round Table

     

    招請 講演 Invited talks

     

    14:00-14:40 Y Gong

    14:40-15:20 K Bronnikov

    15:20-15:50 H An

    15:50-16:20 M Skvortsova

    16:20-16:30 Closing

                     remarks

    Public lecture

    (ECC B4 Lee Sam-Bong Hall)

    19:00-20:00 G Im

    18:30-21:00 Banquet

     

     

    Official languages:

     

    -     Dec. 21 and 22 – Korean or English depending on the choice of speakers. Mostly 

                               Korean expected though

    -     Dec. 23 – English only

     

     

     

    December 21 (Monday)

     

    8:30-9:00 Registration 

     

    Chair: Chulhoon Lee (Hanyang U)

    9:00-9:10 Chulhoon Lee (Hanyang U) and Sung-Won Kim (Ewha Womans U); Opening addresses

     

     

    회고 및 전망 (回顧/展望 OVERVIEWS & PERSPECTIVES)

     

     

    - Brief reviews of main achievements for 100 years of general relativity

    - Some talks of the first half of this session are mainly focused on the landmark papers selected in APS journals

    - Future perspectives

     

    9:10–9:55 (45 min)

    -      Mu-In Park (Sogang U); Einstein's Path to General Relativity

    -      Hyeong-Chan Kim (Korea Nat’l U of Transportation); Modifications of general relativity

    9:55–10:15 (20 min) Sung-Won Kim (Ewha Womans U), Gungwon Kang (KISTI); Spacetime solutions and their understandings

    10:15–10:35 (20 min) Seung Hun Oh (Konkuk U); Some exact solutions in (2+2) Hamiltonian Reduction

    10:35-10:50 Coffee break

     

    Chair: Hyeong-Chan Kim (Korea Nat’l U of Transportation)

    10:50–11:10 (20 min) Hyung Won Lee (Inje U); Dark energy and dark matter

    11:10-11:30 (20 min) Ki-Young Choi (Seoul Nat’l U); Testing general relativity experimentally:

            Equivalence Principle Tests

    11:30-12:00 (30 min) Dong-Hoon Kim (Ewha Womans U) and Hee-Suk Cho (KISTI); Motion of binaries in general relativity and computation of gravitational waves (GWs): Post-Newtonian (PN) approximations and other implementation methods

    12:00-12:20 (20 min) Il-Tong Cheon (Yonsei U); Gravitational lensing effect

     

    12:20-14:00 Lunch

     

    Chair: Jaisam Kim (POSTECH)

    14:00-14:30 (30 min) Hee Il Kim (Seoul Nat’l U); Numerical Relativity

    14:30-15:10 (40 min) Gravitational waves

    -     John J. Oh (NIMS); Retrospect of Gravitational Wave & Its Direct Detection

    -     Chunglee Kim (Yonsei U); Gravitational wave sources

    15:10-15:50 (40 min) Yong-Seon Song (KASI); Cosmological test of general relativity using large scale structure of the universe

    15:50-16:10 Coffee break

     

    Chair: Hyung Won Lee (Inje U)

    16:10–16:50 (40 min) Yun Soo Myung (Inje U), Sang Heon Yi (Yonsei U) and Gungwon Kang (KISTI); Black holes meet quantum mechanics

    16:50-17:40 (50 min) Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan Nat’l U), Dong-han Yeom (National Taiwan U) and Ohkyung Kwon (KAIST); Quantum nature of gravity

     

     

    PUBLIC LECTURE

     

     

    장소 : Ewha Campus Complex(ECC) B4층 이삼봉홀

    Chair: Sung-Won Kim (Ewha Womans U)

    19:00-20:00 임경순 (Gyeong Soon Im, POSTECH); 아인슈타인과 상대성 이론의 형성 (Einstein and

            the Birth of General Theory of Relativity)

     

    * 강연소개: 아인슈타인의 상대성이론은 우리가 지니고 있는 공간과 시간, 그리고 빛을 바라보는 태도에 대한 혁명적인 변화를 가져왔다. 더욱이 그의 일반 상대성 이론은 우리가 우주를 바라보는 관점에서도 근본적인 변화를 가져왔다. 아인슈타인의 학문적 업적은 다소 난해하고 일반인들에게는 생소하여 그의 업적 자체는 우리의 실생활과 관련이 없어 보인다.  하지만 아인슈타인의 이론이 나타난 지 100년이 지난 지금 우리는 아인슈타인이 구축한 세계 속에서 매일 매일을 살아가고 있다. 본 강연에서는 아인슈타인의 생애와 상대성이론의 형성 및 수용 과정, 학계 및 대중의 반응, 그리고 Einstein-Killer의 이야기도 소개하고자 한다.

     

    * 연사소개: - 포항공과대학교 인문사회학부 과학사 교수

           - 서울대학교 자연과학대학 물리학과 졸업

           - 독일 함부르크 대학 자연과학박사 (막스 보른과 양자론)

     

     

     

    December 22 (Tuesday)

     

     

    Chair: Chunglee Kim (Yonsei U)

    9:00-9:50 (50 min) Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan Nat’l U) and Il Hung Park (Sungkyunkwan U); Future directions in relativistic astrophysics

    9:50-10:40 (50 min) Hyung Mok Lee (Seoul Nat’l U), Edwin J. Son (NIMS); Perspectives in gravitational wave sciences

    10:40-11:10 Coffee break

     

    Chair: Hyunkyu Lee (Hanyang U)

    11:10-12:00 (50 min) Jinn-Ouk Gong (APCTP); Inflationary cosmology and structure formation

    12:00-12:10 Photo session

     

    12:10-14:00 Lunch

     

    Chair: Wontae Kim (Sogang U)

    14:00-14:50 (50 min) Towards the quantum gravity

    -     Dong-han Yeom (National Taiwan U); Information loss problem and Euclidean path integral approach

    -     Hyun Seok Yang (Sogang U); General Relativity vs. Emergent Gravity

    14:50-15:40 (50 min) Any participants; Open questions in gravitational physics?

    -      Free talk, Round table discussions

    -      Any participant can present a short in 5 minutes.

    -      We’ll list up the questions to see how many open questions we have at the present.

    15:40-16:00 Coffee break

     

    모 색 (模索)

     

    Chair: Il Hung Park (Sungkyunkwan U)

    16:00-16:20 (20 min) Hyunkyu Lee (Hanyang U); 한국에서의 천체물리 회고

    16:20-16:40 (20 min) Youngmin Kim (Pusan Nat’l U); 천체물리분야 학생 현황

    16:40-16:55 (15 min) Wonwoo Lee (Sogang U); 천체물리분야 연구원 현황

    16:55-17:10 (15 min) Gungwon Kang (KISTI), Il Hung Park (Sungkyunkwan U) and Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan Nat’l U); Towards the future

    -    천체물리 커뮤니티 현황 및 현안, 발전방향과 비전

    17:10-18:00 (50 min) John J. Oh (NIMS), Il Hung Park (Sungkyunkwan U), Hyung Mok Lee (Seoul Nat’l U), Sung-Won Kim (Ewha Womans U), Sang-Hyeon Ahn (KASI), Hyungwook Jin (목동고) and Any volunteer; 패널 토론

    -      IBS 지정분야 Astrophysics & Cosmology에 대한 논의

    -      안정적 연구환경 구축 방안 등

     

    18:30-21:00 Banquet

    -      Awards for best addresses or entertaining in any form

    -      Nominees: 이철훈, 조용민, 이현규, 김성원, 이형목, 이창환, 오정근, … 김정리, 공진욱, 양현석, 오승훈, … 박찬, 박관호, 김정초, 박지원

     

     

    December 23 (Wednesday)

     

    INVITED TALKS

     

    Chair: Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan Nat’l U)

    9:00-9:45 (45 min) Zong-Hong Zhu (Beijing Normal U); Gravitational wave background from 

            astrophysical sources

    9:45-10:30 (45 min) Myungshin Im (Seoul Nat’l U); Black Holes in the Universe

    10:30-10:50 Coffee break

     

    Chair: Zong-Hong Zhu (Beijing Normal U)

    10:50-11:35 (45 min) Misao Sasaki (YITP); General relativity in Japan - a historical perspective -

    11:35-12:20 (45 min) Yongmin Cho (Konkuk U); 100 Years after Einstein: A Personal Perspective

     

    12:20-14:00 Lunch

     

    Chair: John J. Oh (NIMS)

    14:00-14:40 (40 min) Yunqui Gong (HUST); On non-minimally derivative coupling

    14:40-15:20 (40 min) Kirill Bronnikov (VNIIMS); Variations of fundamental constants from 

            multidimensional gravity

    15:20-15:50 (30 min) Hongjun An (Stanford U.); High-energy Astrophysics with neutron stars and black holes: An observational point of view

    15:50-16:20 (30 min) Milena Skvortsova (VNIIMS); Magnetic black universes and wormholes 

            with a phantom scalar

    16:20-16:30 (10 min) Sung-Won Kim; Closing remarks

     

     

     

     

    * Abstracts

     

     

    December 21 (Monday)

     

     

    회고 및 전망 (回顧/展望 OVERVIEWS & PERSPECTIVES)

     

     

    “Einstein's Path to General Relativity”

    Mu-In Park* (Sogang U)

    Abstract: We know Einstein's general relativity (GR) as its final form in 1915 but it is the result of 10 years trials and errors even for the great physicist, may be the greatest after Isaac Newton. In the "first" part of

    this talk, we will briefly sketch his 10 years "zigzag" path toward GR from the "physical" point of views. We would get some good lessons from this retrospection.

     

    Modifications of general relativity”

    Hyeong-Chan Kim (Korea Nat’l U of Transportation)

    Abstract: There are various modifications of general relativity. We summarize some of them in terms of the motivations and methodology.

     

    “Spacetime solutions and their understandings”

    Sung-Won Kim (Ewha Womans U) and Gungwon Kang (KISTI)

    Abstract: We briefly review some of main spacetime solutions and their understandings discovered for the last 100 years of general relativity. It includes Schwarzschild metric and Kruskal’s work, Stellar collapse and formation of black holes, Spinning BH, Stability, BH no hair theorem, etc..

     

    “Some exact solutions in (2+2) Hamiltonian Reduction”

    Seung Hun Oh (Konkuk U)

    Abstract: In this talk some implications of (2+2) Hamiltonian reduction will be shown. It includes how this reduction formalism can reproduce the canonical quantization of the Einstein-Rosen waves done by K. Kuchar, and also some well-known solutions to the Einstein's equation will be derived in the frame of (2+2) reduction.

      

    “Dark energy and dark matter”

    Hyung Won Lee (Inje U);

    Abstract: Einstein's cosmological constant was introduced to obtain stable and static solution for Einstein field equations by Einstein. It was abandoned after Hubble's discovery for expnading and dynamic cosmology. However, precise astrophysical observation requires again the cosmological constant at least to explain the accelerated expansion. Currently, most astrophysicists and cosmologists agree about the existence of dark energy and dark matter to explain observational data. The physical principle for these two dark components of the universe is still unknown. In this presentation, I will review the current status of dark energy and dark matter research.

     

    “Testing general relativity experimentally: Equivalence Principle Tests”

    Ki Young Choi (Seoul Nat’l U)

    Abstract: I will review the "Tests of the Equivalence Principle and the Universality of Free Fall" historically. They will be parameterized by the Eötvös parameter which is indicated the difference acceleration of two different test masses toward the source masses.

     

    Motion of binaries in general relativity and computation of gravitational waves (GWs): Post-Newtonian (PN) approximations and other implementation methods”

    Dong-Hoon Kim (Ewha Womans U) and Hee-Suk Cho (KISTI)

    Abstract: In this talk we will give brief reviews on typical methods to compute GWs from binaries, depending on their mass ratios: (i) PN approximations for comparable mass ratios, (ii) point-particle and semi-relativistic approximations for extreme mass ratios. In conjunction with this, we will also review briefly the search efforts of GW signals and the parameter estimation in GW data analysis.

     

    “Gravitational lensing effect”

    Il-Tong Cheon (Yonsei U)

    Abstract: Unperceived aspects of the conventional derivation of the Gravitational lensing effect(GLE). Twist motion of light. Snell’s law and GLE. “Absolute speed of light and accelerating expansion of the Universe. (*) Extended Lorentz transformation and the fundamental Length.

     

    “Numerical Relativity”

    Hee-Il Kim (Seoul Nat’l U)

    Abstract: In this talk, i will briefly introduce some monumental successes of numerical relativity for the last half century and discuss future challenges of numerical relativity.

     

    Gravitational waves:

    “Retrospect of Gravitational Wave & Its Direct Detection”

    John J. Oh (NIMS)

    Abstract: In this talk, I will present sidelight and historical view of the gravitational wave detection experiment during the last 100 years. And I will briefly introduce the current status of the Advanced LIGO.

     

    “Gravitational wave sources”

    Chunglee Kim (Yonsei U)

    Abstract: I will present an overview of GW sources. If time allows, I will discuss impacts of GW detection in astrophysical modeling of various GW sources.

     

    “Cosmological test of general relativity using large scale structure of the universe”

    Yong-Seon Song (KASI)

    Abstract: The discovery of cosmic acceleration suggests the possible modification on the knowledge of matter, or modification on gravitational physics. I summarize the efforts to test general relativity using large scale structure of the universe.

     

    “Black holes meet quantum mechanics”

    Yun Soo Myung (Inje U), Sang-Heon Yi (Yonsei U) and Gungwon Kang (KISTI);

    Abstract: BH entropy (Bekenstein), BH thermodynamics (Hawking), BH evaporation (Unruh, Hawking), Breakdown of predictability (Hawking), BH entropy is the Noether charge (Wald)

     

    “Quantum nature of gravity”

    Sang Pyo Kim (Kunsan Nat’l U), Dong-han Yeom (National Taiwan U) and Ohkyung Kwon (KAIST)

    Abstract: Quantum gravity, Quantum field theory in curved spacetime, Quantum cosmology, Loop quantum cosmology, Experimental approaches

     

     

    PUBLIC LECTURE

     

    아인슈타인과 상대성이론의 형성

    (Einstein and the Birth of General Theory of Relativity)

    임경순 (Gyeong Soon Im, POSTECH)

    * 강연소개: 아인슈타인의 상대성이론은 우리가 지니고 있는 공간과 시간, 그리고 빛을 바라보는 태도에 대한 혁명적인 변화를 가져왔다. 더욱이 그의 일반 상대성 이론은 우리가 우주를 바라보는 관점에서도 근본적인 변화를 가져왔다. 아인슈타인의 학문적 업적은 다소 난해하고 일반인들에게는 생소하여 그의 업적 자체는 우리의 실생활과 관련이 없어 보인다.  하지만 아인슈타인의 이론이 나타난 지 100년이 지난 지금 우리는 아인슈타인이 구축한 세계 속에서 매일 매일을 살아가고 있다. 본 강연에서는 아인슈타인의 생애와 상대성이론의 형성 및 수용 과정, 학계 및 대중의 반응, 그리고 Einstein-Killer의 이야기도 소개하고자 한다.

    * 연사소개: - 포항공과대학교 인문사회학부 과학사 교수

    - 서울대학교 자연과학대학 물리학과 졸업

    - 독일 함부르크 대학 자연과학박사 (막스 보른과 양자론)

     

     

     

    December 22 (Tuesday)

     

    “Future directions in relativistic astrophysics”

    Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan Nat’l U) and Il Hung Park* (Sungkyunkwan U)

    Abstract: Compact objects, Astroparticle physics

     

    “Perspectives in gravitational wave sciences”

    Hyung Mok Lee (Seoul Nat’l U) and Edwin J. Son (NIMS)

    Abstract: Status and perspectives in gravitational wave detection, What can we do in GW astronomy?

     

    “Inflationary cosmology and structure formation”

    Jinn-Ouk Gong (APCTP)

    Abstract: Cosmological solutions, Inflationary universe, Structure formation

     

    Towards the quantum gravity:

    “Information loss problem and Euclidean path integral approach”

    Dong-han Yeom (National Taiwan U)

    Abstract: I first review the current status of the information loss problem. In order to resolve the paradox, we need to investigate non-perturbative effects; the Euclidean path integral approach will be the highway to this direction. I show the conceptual way how to understand the information loss problem by using the Euclidean path integral. Finally, I illustrate some concrete examples that realize this idea.

     

    “General Relativity vs. Emergent Gravity”

    Hyun Seok Yang (Sogang U)

    Abstract: I recapitulate recent developments on emergent gravity in string theory and highlight significant differences between emergent gravity and general relativity. I emphasize why noncommutative spacetime takes a superb mission for the backround-independent formulation of quantum gravity.

     

     

    모 색 (模索)

     

    한국에서의 천체물리 회고

    Hyunkyu Lee (Hanyang U)

    Abstract:

     

    천체물리분야 학생 현황

    Youngmin Kim (Pusan Nat’l U)

    Abstract: 국내의 천체물리분야 전공 대학원생들의 현황을 살펴보고, 이들의 현 모습과 더불어 학생의 입장에서 필요한 부분들이 어떤 것들이 있는지 이야기하고자 합니다.

     

    천체물리분야 연구원 현황

    Wonwoo Lee (Sogang U)

    Abstract:

     

    “Towards the future”

    Gungwon Kang (KISTI), Il Hung Park (Sungkyunkwan U), Chang-Hwan Lee (Pusan Nat’l U)

    Abstract: 국내 천체물리 커뮤니티의 현황과 현안을 살펴보고, 안정된 연구환경 조성 등 그 발전방향과 비전을 조망해 본다.

     

     

    December 23 (Wednesday)

     

     

    INVITED TALKS

     

    “Gravitational wave background from astrophysical sources”

    Zong-Hong Zhu (Beijing Normal U)

    Abstract: We report a comprehensive study on the gravitational wave (GW) background from compact binary

     coalescences. We consider in our calculations newly available observation-based neutron star and black hole

     mass distributions and complete analytical waveforms that include post-Newtonian amplitude corrections. We

     also explore the parameter space required for detection by advanced and third generation interferometric GW

     detectors.

     

    “Black Holes in the Universe”

    Myungshin Im (Seoul Nat’l U)

    Abstract: Black holes are found in our galaxy out to very early universe. Their masses range from several solar masses to several tens of billion solar masses, showing a wide variety. I give a short historical background that led to the discovery of black holes, and the current status of our knowledge about the cosmic evolution of massive black holes and how important they are to understand the cosmic history.

     

    “General relativity in Japan: a historical perspective“

    Misao Sasaki (YITP)

    Abstract: TBA

     

    100 Years after Einstein: A Personal Perspective

    Yongmin Cho (Konkuk U)

    Abstract: Theoretical developments of Einstein’s theory during the last 100 years are reviewed, with the emphasis on the Abelian decomposition and Abelian dominance of Einstein’s theory which suggests the spin-one graviton.

     

    “On non-minimally derivative coupling”

    Yunqui Gong (HUST)

    Abstract: Horndeski theory is the most general scalar-tensor theory that gives at most second order equation of motion, one of the special case is the coupling between the kinetic term of the scalar field and Einstein tensor, this non-minimally derivative coupling successfully implements slow-roll inflation. In this talk, I will first talk about the parameterized post-Newtonian parameters in this theory, and then talk about the scalar and tensor spectral indices up to second order in slow-roll parameters, finally I will talk about the phase-space analysis and the thermodynamics of this theory.

     

    “Variations of fundamental constants from multidimensional gravity”

    Kirill Bronnikov (VNIIMS)

    Abstract: The observational status of possible variations of different fundamental constants is outlined. The recently reported large-scale spatial variations of the fine structure constant α are discussed, along with their explanations suggested by different authors. We try to explain these variations in the framework of curvature-nonlinear multidimensional gravity. Under the reasonable assumption of slow changes of all quantities as compared with the Planck scale, the original theory reduces to a multiscalar field theory in four dimensions. On this basis, we consider different variants of isotropic cosmological models in both the Einstein and Jordan conformal frames. One of the models turns out to be equally viable in both frames, but in Jordan's frame the model predicts simultaneous variations of α and the gravitational constant G, equal in magnitude. Large-scale small inhomogeneous perturbations of these models allow for explaining the observed spatial distribution of α values.

     

    “High-energy Astrophysics with neutron stars and black holes: An observational point of view”

    Hongjun An (Stanford U.)

    Abstract: Strong general relativistic (GR) effects exist near compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes. These effects are visible in the observed electromagnetic waves emitted by the compact objects. In this talk, I will present some observational properties of neutron stars and supermassive black holes, focusing on their high-energy emission. Implication of GR effects on the observed spectral and temporal properties will be discussed.

     

    “Magnetic black universes and wormholes with a phantom scalar”

    Milena Skvortsova (VNIIMS)

    Abstract: We construct explicit examples of globally regular static, spherically symmetric solutions in general relativity with scalar and electromagnetic fields which describe traversable wormholes (with flat and AdS asymptotics) and regular black holes, in particular, black universes. A black universe is a non-singular black hole where, beyond the horizon, instead of a singularity, there is an expanding, asymptotically isotropic universe. The scalar field in these solutions is phantom (i.e. its kinetic energy is negative), minimally coupled to gravity and has a nonzero self-interaction potential. The configurations obtained are quite diverse and contain different numbers of Killing horizons, from zero to four. This substantially widens the list of known structures of regular BH configurations. Such models can be of interest both as descriptions of local objects (black holes and wormholes) and as a basis for building non-singular cosmological scenarios.