Prioritizing the Science

Rationale

The 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey identified TDAMM as the top space priority of the sustaining activities for the future decades, recognizing breakthrough science in the last several years and setting expectations for the future. One of the primary recommendations of the Decadal Survey was to address outstanding science questions, and the need for coordination of the various stakeholders from the ground and space, astronomy, and physics communities. It is first necessary to hone in on the most compelling scientific questions that need to be addressed, and the priority of those questions in order to plan for future activities for technology investments, mission concepts, and infrastructure. To this end, participation of all stakeholders is necessary. The workshop results will assist NASA with next steps for the formulation of a plan for enabling the Astro 2020 recommendation to “sustain the necessary suite of space-based electromagnetic capabilities required to study transient and time-variable phenomena, and to follow-up multi-messenger events.”

Example questions the workshop will address include:

• What are or will be the most pressing scientific questions for TDAMM in the next several years?
• Which capabilities (top level) are needed to address them?
• How well does the current mission fleet address them?
• Which avenues of inquiry will be most ripe for discovery in the next few years?
• What collaboration between the ground and space can be done to maximize the science?

Format of the Workshop

The workshop will be conducted in person in the Annapolis, MD, area, with in-person and virtual participation. Speakers should plan to attend in person if possible, but remote presentations will also be arranged when needed.

Organizers

Science Organizing Committee

S. Gezari (co-Chair), R. Sambruna (co-Chair), J. Andrews, M. Branchesi, K. Breivik, S. Burke-Spolaor, B. Cenko, A. Franckowiak, M. Kasliwal, R. Margutti, B. Metzger, G. Nelemans, S. Nissanke, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, A. Romero-Wolf, P. Whitelock, C. Wilson-hodge

Local Organizing Committee

C. Barclay (Chair), S. Clark, M. Morrow, S. Gezari, R. Caputo, R. Sambruna, J. Slutsky

Invited Speakers

E. Aydi, I. Bartos, A. Corsi, K. De, A. Ho, E. Kara, C. Kilpatrick, K. Kremer, A. Lien, T. Liu, K. Maguire, E. Rossi, M. Santander, S. Scaringi, S. van Velzen

Agenda

The meeting will be held over 3 full days and will feature plenary sessions and parallel sessions. Every day, there will be up to 4 parallel sessions distributed in the morning and afternoon. On the last day, an outline of the report will be drafted with the final conclusions of the deliberations and writing assignments made.

Monday

8:15AM	9:00AM	Registration	Registration
9:00AM	9:45AM		Plenary Session Kickoff: Suvi Gezari Keynote Speaker Mark Clampin Program Scientist: Valerie Connaughton
9:45AM	10:00AM	Jetted Transients-SMBH I Chairs: Gezari, Franckowiak Room B/C	Explosive Transients-WD Chairs: Cenko, Andrews Room A	Non-Terminal Sources-Other Romero-Wolf, Burke-Spolaor Room F
10:00AM	10:45AM	Invited: Marcos Santander	Invited: Kate Maguire	Invited: Imre Bartos
10:45AM	11:00AM	Contributed: Tiffany Lewis	Contributed: Benjamin Rose	Contributed: Henrike Fleischhack
11:00AM	11:15AM	Contributed: Haocheng Zhang	Contributed: Abigail Polin	Discussion
11:15AM	12:00Noon	Discussion	Discussion
12:00Noon	1:30 PM		Lunch (on your own)
		Explosive-Transients-NS/BH Chairs: Andrews, Franckowiak Room B/C	Non-Terminal Sources-WD Chairs: Nelemans, Breivik Room A	Jetted Transients-Other Chairs: Margutti, Metzger Room F
1:30PM	2:15PM	Invited: Charlie Kilpatrick	Invited: Simone Scaringi	Invited: Anna Ho
2:15PM	2:30PM	Contributed: Ori Fox	Contributed: Kevin Burdge	Contributed: Bei Zhou
2:30PM	2:45PM	Contributed: Chris Fryer	Contributed: Rafael Martínez-Galarza	Discussion
2:45PM	300PM	Contributed: Avishay Gal-Yam	Discussion	Merger-Driven Transients-Other II Room F Invited: Elias Aydi
3:00 PM	3:30PM	Discussion
3:30PM	3:45PM		Break (Water/Coffee available)
		Non-Terminal Sources-SMBH Chairs:Burke-Spolaor, Gezari Room B/C	Jetted Transients-NS/BH Chairs: Wilson-Hodge, Cenko Room A	Merger-Driven Transients-Other II Chairs: Kasliwal, Metzger Room F
3:45PM	4:00PM	Invited: Tingting Liu	Invited: Amy Lien	Contributed: Navin Sridhar
4:00PM	4:30PM			Discussion
4:30PM	4:45PM	Contributed: Caitlin Witt	Contributed: Eric Burns	Merger-Driven Transients-WD Chairs: Gijs Nelemans, Breivik Room F Invited: Kyle Kremer
4:45PM	5:00PM	Contributed: Scott Noble	Contributed: Taya Govreen-Segal
5:00PM	5:15PM	Contributed: Daniel Stern	Contributed: James Rhoads
5:15PM	5:30PM	Discussion	Discussion	Contributed: Yossef Zenati
5:30PM	6:00PM			Discussion
			Small Group Dinners

Tuesday

			Small group meetings, self organized
9:00AM	9:45AM		Break (Water/Coffee available)
		Jetted Transients-SMBH II Chairs: Gezari, Franckowiak Room A	Merger-Driven Transients-NS/BH Chairs: Kasliwal, Nissanke	Explosive Transients- Other Chairs: Burke-Spolaor, Margutti Room F
10:00AM	10:45AM	Invited: Sjoert van Velzen	Invited: Alessandra Corsi	Invited: Shami Chatterjee
10:45AM	11;00AM	Contributed: Yvette Cendes	Contributed: Samuele Ronchini	Contributed: W. Niel Brandt
11:00AM	11:15AM	Contributed: Robert Stein	Contributed: Eran Ofek	Contributed: Walid Majid
11:15AM	12:00PM	Discussion	Discussion	Discussion
12:00PM	1:30PM		Lunch (On your own)
		Merger-Driven Transients- SMBH Chairs: Burke-Spolaor, Slutsky Room A	Merger-Driven Transients-Other I Chairs: Kasliwal, Metzger Room B/C	Non-Terminal Sources-NS/BH Ramirez-Ruiz, Wilson-Hodge Room F
1:30PM	2:15PM	Invited: Elena Rossi	Invited: Kishalay De	Invited: Erin Kara
2:15PM	2:30PM	Contributed: Jeremy Schnittman	Contributed: Yadira Gaibor	Contributed: Maria Drout
2:30PM	2:45PM	Contributed: Krista Lynne Smith	Discussion	Contributed: Thomas Maccarone
2:45PM	3:30PM	Discussion		Discussion
3:30PM	3:45PM		End of Daily Sessions
3:45PM	4:30PM		Editing of System Reports by Session Chairs

Wednesday

9:00AM	11:00AM	Infrastructure Panel
		Short individual introductions GCN - Judy Racusin HEASARC - Alan Smale MAST - Josh Peak NOIRLab - Janice Lee DSN - Joe Lazio SpaceComm - Chris Roberts IPAC - George Helou
11:00AM	11:15AM	Break (Water/Coffee available)
11:15AM	12:00PM	Non-Terminal Sources Reports WD: Nelemans SMBH: Burke-Spolaor NSBH: Ramirez-Ruiz Other: Romero-Wolf
12:00PM	1:30PM	Lunch (On your own)
1:30PM	3:30PM	Merger-Driven Transients Reports SMBH: Slutsky NSBH: Branchesi/Nissanke Other: Kasliwal Jetted/ExplosiveTransients Reports Other/Jetted: Metzger SMBH/Jetted: Franckowiak NSBH/Jetted: Wilson-Hodge Explosive Transients Reports WD: Breivik WD/Explosive: Cenko NSBH/Explosive: Andrews Other/Explosive: Margutti
3:30PM	4:00PM	Next steps, report outline, writing assignments.
4:00PM		Close Out
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Contributed Talks and e-Posters

Each parallel session will feature an invited speaker and contributed talks, selected among submitted abstracts. Note that the talks should be focused on addressing the specific questions of the workshop, and not simply be a presentation of original research in the field. Here is the suggested format for the contributed talks.

Posters will only be accepted in an electronic format. Poster should also conform to the provided format; however, early career scientists are allowed to focus more on their research results. The posters will be made available electronically to all attendants one week before the start of the workshop, to give ample time for reviewing.

Information on the Venue

The location for the TDAMM Workshop to be held August 22 – 24, 2022, is in Annapolis, Maryland. Additional location details below:

Governor Calvert House, Maryland Inn
58 State Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-263-2641
History of Annapolis

There are a limited number of rooms available at a reduced rate. We encourage those who plan to attend this workshop in person to make reservations soon, and at the latest on July 21, 2022. The Maryland Inn has provided a link: NASA Workshop Block. The workshop will include support for virtual attendance for those unable to attend in person.

Additionally, please review and submit the code of conduct prior to attending the workshop. We will update the website with a schedule shortly, and send an email to this list when it's ready. To submit ePosters, please upload a PDF version here.

Even though NASA is pleased to offer participation in this workshop with no registration fees, it is still important to register regardless of whether you are planning to attend in person or virtually. If you have not done so already, please register here.

NASA employees please remember to register participation in NCTS.

Registration

As a result of high interest in attending the TDAMM workshop, we will need to begin using a waitlist for those who are not currently registered as an in-person attendee. You will have the option in the registration form to choose to be on the in-person waiting list or to attend virtually. Anyone who remains on the waiting list as of July 22, will automatically be moved to virtual attendance and will be notified via email. If circumstances change, and you need to switch from in-person to virtual, please contact Mary.A.Morrow@nasa.gov or Stephanie.M.Clark@nasa.gov; this will allow us to offer your space to your colleagues who would like to attend and are on the waiting list.

Please fill out the registration form to register for the workshop.

Abstract Submissions

Abstract submissions will open on Monday, April 11^th, and will be due by Monday, May 16^th. Contributed talks will be selected by June 15^th.

Contact Email

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Presentations

Explosive Transients

NS/BH
Charlie Kilpatrick	Multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of core-collapse supernovae and their progenitors	[PDF]
Ori Fox	Supernovae Interacting with their Circumstellar Environments	[PDF]
Chris Fryer	Multi-Messenger Diagnostics Probing the Supernova Engine	[PDF]
Avishay Gal-Yam	Explosive Transients: early moments	[PDF]

WD
Kate Maguire	Explosive transients: Type Ia supernovae and white dwarf explosions	[PDF]
Benjamin Rose	Roman Transient Light Curves	[PDF]
Abigail Polin	The Status of SN Ia Models and how to distinguish between them	[PDF]

Other
Shami Chatterjee	Fast Radio Bursts, Known Unknowns, Unknown Unknowns	[PDF]
Niel Brandt, Franz Bauer, Peter Jonker, et al.	Future Investigations of the New Extragalactic Population of Faint, Fast X-ray Transients	[PDF]

Jetted Transients

NS/BH
Eric Burns	How to make speed of light jets	[PDF]
Taya Govreen-Segal & Ehud Nakar	How Well Can We Determine the Geometry of Off-Axis GRBs?	[PDF]
James E. Rhoads	Looking for orphans (and their cousins) in wide fields	[PDF]
Amy Lien	Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Multi-Messenger Time-Domain Era	[PDF]

SMBH I
Tiffany R. Lewis	Modeling TXS 0506+056: Multimessenger Blazars and the MeV	[PDF]
Marcos Santander	Neutrinos as multimessenger probes of AGN environments	[PDF]
Haocheng Zhang	High Energy Polarimetry as a Probe into Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Neutrino Production in Jets	[PDF]

SMBH II
Yvette Cendes	New Discoveries in Late-Time Radio Emission in Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs)	[PDF]
Robert Stein	Tidal Disruption Events in the TDAMM era	[PDF]
Sjoert van Velzen	Stellar tidal disruption events multimessenger transients	[PDF]

Other
Bei Zhou	Search for high-energy neutrino sources	[PDF]
Shami Chatterjee	Fast Radio Bursts, Known Unknowns, Unknown Unknowns	[PDF]
Anna Y. Q. Ho & Dan Perley	Jetted Transients: Engine-driven Supernovae	[PDF]

Merger-Driven Transients

NS/BH
Alessandra Corsi	Merger-Driven Transients: NS-NS, NS-BH, BH-BH	[PDF]
Eran Ofek	Importance of UV/optical observations for transients and ULTRASAT & LAST	[PDF]
S. Ronchini, M. Branchesi, G. Oganesyan, et al.	Perspectives for multi-messenger astronomy with the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors and high-energy satellites	[PDF]

SMBH
Elena Maria Rossi	“Transient” from (Super)Massive Black Hole Mergers	[PDF]
Jeremy Schnittman	Precursors to LISA SMBHB Mergers	[PDF]
Krista Lynne Smith	Physics of Accretion and Binary Black Holes	[PDF]

WD
Kyle Kremer	White Dwarf Mergers as Multi-Messenger Sources: An overview of sources in galactic fields and dense star clusters	[PDF]

Other I
Kishalay De	New Insights Into Classical Novae	[PDF]
Yadira Gaibor	Constraining occurrence rates of short-period post-common envelope binaries	[PDF]

Other II
Elias Aydi	New Insights Into Classical Novae	[PDF]
Yossef Zenati	Compact Binaries: NS–WD mergers Formation and Outcomes	[PDF]

Non-Terminal Sources

NS/BH
Maria R. Drout	Stripped Star plus Compact Object Binaries: Identifying the Progenitors of Neutron Star Mergers	[PDF]
Erin Kara	Black hole X-ray Binaries in the Multi-Messenger Era	[PDF]
Thomas J. Maccarone	X-ray binaries in the time domain	[PDF]

SMBH
Tingting Liu	Toward Time-domain and Multi-messenger Science with Supermassive Black Hole Binaries	[PDF]
Scott C. Noble	Time and Wavelength Domain Predictions for Accreting Binary Black Holes	[PDF]
Daniel Stern	Extreme Quasar Variability	[PDF]
Caitlin Witt	Multi-Messenger Coordination on the Supermassive Scale	[PDF]

WD
Kevin Burdge	Progress and prospects in detecting sources of millihertz gravitational waves using electromagnetic radiation	[PDF]
Simone Scaringi	Recent time domain advances in AWD research brings more questions!	[PDF]
Rafael Martínez-Galarza	Multi-messenger counterparts and other transients in X-ray datasets	[PDF]

Other
Imre Bartos	Stellar graveyards in AGN disks	[PDF]
Henrike Fleischhack	PeVatrons: Where are they hiding?	[PDF]

ePosters

Name	Title	Presentation
Aaron Tohuvavohu for The BAT GUANO Team	The Best Case Scenario:Towards Prompt Arcminute Localization of a GW source	[PDF]
Andrew Fullard	The easy-to-use TARDIS radiative transfer framework is being extended to model the Type Ia nebular phase	[PDF]
Bryan Miller, Rachel Street, Cesar Briceño, et al.	The Astronomical Event Observatory Network (AEON) and Time Domain Follow-up from the Ground and Space	[PDF]
Bruce Grossan	The Critical Seconds - Minutes EM Response Time for TDAMM Science	[PDF]
Daniel Muthukrishna, Michael Fausnaugh, George Ricker, et al.	Prioritising Follow-up in Transient Surveys with TESS and ZTF	[PDF]
Eric Burns	Communication, coordination and collaboration in Multimessenger Astrophysics	[PDF]
G. De Rosa, H. Al-Kwasi, R. Beaton, et al.	The Roman Space Telescope Science Operations Center: Overview of Software and Data Simulation Tools	[PDF]
Geoffrey Mo, Rahul Jayaraman, Michael Fausnaugh, et al.	Searching for gravitational-wave counterparts in TESS	[PDF]
J. Sydnor and S. Burke-Spolaor	We are building BOBcat: a searchable binary supermassive black hole catalog for public use	[PDF]
J.M.M. Neustadt and C. S. Kochanek	Using AGN lightcurves to map accretion disc temperature fluctuations	[PDF]
Jaikhomba Singha, Bhal Chandra Joshi, P. Arumugam, and Debades Bandyopadhyay	Timing Irregularities in Pulsars using uGMRT and ORT	[PDF]
Matvey Volkov, Mariia Demianenko, Dmitrii Matveev, et al.	Visualization of FULU Python library and VALC Python package	[PDF]
Michela Negro, Zorawar Wadiasingh, and Eric Burns	Magnetar Giant Flares	[PDF]
Muhammad Akaski and Noam Soker	Post-explosion positive jet-feedback activity in inner ejecta of core collapse supernovae	[PDF]
Peter J. Brown	Keeping an Ultraviolet Eye on the Transient Universe	[PDF]
Samuel Slocum	Predictions of supernovae shock emergence for wide-field x-ray surveys	[PDF]
Yaswant Devarakonda and Peter Brown	Comparing Type Ia Supernovae in the Ultraviolet and Optical	[PDF]
Zhefu Yu	OzDES Reverberation Mapping Program: Mg II Lags and R – L Relation	[PDF]