Name: Paths forward in understanding kilonovae: HEAVYMETAL VI
Start: 2026-06-07T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-12T12:35:00+01:00
Location: McDonald Forest Hills

Paths forward in understanding kilonovae: HEAVYMETAL VI

from Sunday, 7 June 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 12 June 2026 (12:35)

Monday, 1 June 2026
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Thursday, 4 June 2026
Friday, 5 June 2026
Saturday, 6 June 2026
Sunday, 7 June 2026

19:00 Welcome Buffet

19:00 - 20:00

Monday, 8 June 2026

07:30 Break: Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Nucleosynthesis and r-process
Nucleosynthesis and r-process
09:00 - 10:25
Contributions

09:00 Welcome and opening remarks - Stuart Sim (Queen's University Belfast)

09:15 Neutrinos and nucleosynthesis in binary neutron star mergers - Meng-Ru Wu (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica)

09:50 Progress in the modelling of nuclear inputs for r-process simulations - Stephane Goriely (ULB)
10:25 Break: Coffee
Coffee
10:25 - 11:10
11:10 Talks: R-process and merger simulations
R-process and merger simulations
11:10 - 12:25
Contributions

11:10 End-to-end modelling of kilonovae - Sanjana Curtis (Oregon State University)

11:45 Systematic Analysis of Dynamical Ejecta Properties and Nucleosynthesis in Binary Neutron Star Mergers - Vimal Vijayan (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)

12:05 A Data-Driven Model for r-Process Production Patterns - Zewei Xiong (GSI)
12:25 Break: Lunch
Lunch
12:25 - 14:15
14:15 Talks: Merger Simulations
Merger Simulations
14:15 - 15:30
Contributions

14:15 Low-T/|W| instabilities in differentially rotating neutron stars - Georgios Lioutas (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies)

14:50 End-to-end neutron-star merger models - Oliver Just (GSI Darmstadt)

15:10 Fluctuations in binary neutron star merger simulations - Christian Schwebler (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany)
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:15

16:15 Chaired Discussion: Nucleosynthesis and Merger Simulations
Nucleosynthesis and Merger Simulations
16:15 - 17:15

19:00 Break: Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 20:00
Tuesday, 9 June 2026

07:30 Break: Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Stellar abundances
Stellar abundances
09:00 - 10:10
Contributions

09:00 Challenges in observational studies of heavy elements - Camilla Juul Hansen (Frankfurt)

09:35 Lanthanide and actinide variation in metal-poor stars - Alexander Ji (University of Chicago / KICP)
10:10 Coffee
Coffee
10:10 - 10:55
10:55 Talks: Kilonovae and Heavy Elements: I
Kilonovae and Heavy Elements: I
10:55 - 12:25
Contributions

10:55 Identification and Abundance Estimate of Heavy Elements in Kilonova Spectra - Masaomi Tanaka (Tohoku University)

11:30 Late-time kilonova emission and r-process dust formation - Kenta Hotokezaka (University of Tokyo)

12:05 Nebular Emission Lines of Lanthanides and Actinides - Andreas Flörs (GSI)
12:30 Break: Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Talks: Kilonovae and Heavy Elements: II
Kilonovae and Heavy Elements: II
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Observational signatures of kilonovae arising from neutron star mergers with a magnetar remnant - Quentin Pognan (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)

14:35 Direct detection of interstellar radionuclides – messengers of heavy element nucleosynthesis and recent nearby cosmic explosions - Anton Wallner (Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

15:10 Strontium vs. helium: Atomic data and microphysics decode the 1μm feature in the kilonova AT2017gfo - Aayush Arya (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
15:30 Coffee
Coffee
15:30 - 16:15

16:15 Chaired Discussion: Observations and Spectral Modelling
Observations and Spectral Modelling
16:15 - 17:15

19:00 Break: Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, 10 June 2026

07:30 Break: Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Kilonova NLTE modelling
Kilonova NLTE modelling
09:00 - 10:15
Contributions

09:00 NLTE Modeling of Kilonovae - Christopher Fontes (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

09:35 Nebular emission lines in kilonovae spectra - insights from atomic calculations - Leo Mulholland (QUB)

09:55 The Effect of Ionisation in Collisional Radiative Modelling - Michael McCann (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
10:15 Coffee
Coffee
10:15 - 11:00
11:00 Talks: Atomic Structure and Collision Rate Calculations
Atomic Structure and Collision Rate Calculations
11:00 - 12:15
Contributions

11:00 Thermal and Non-Thermal Ionization Properties of Te and Sr Ions - Steven Bromley (Auburn University)

11:35 Dirac R-matrix electron impact excitation of Mo I-IV - John Henry (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

11:55 Theoretical and experimental study of 4f-5d Fano resonances in EUV photoabsorption of gold - David McKeagney (University College Dublin)
12:15 Break: Lunch To Go
Lunch To Go
12:15 - 13:15

13:15 Excursions
Excursions
13:15 - 18:45

19:00 Break: Dinner Buffet
Dinner Buffet
19:00 - 21:00
Thursday, 11 June 2026

07:30 Break: Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Atomic Spectroscopy Experiments
Atomic Spectroscopy Experiments
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Spectroscopy of Highly Charged Heavy Ions with an Electron Beam Ion Trap - Amy Gall (Auburn University)

09:35 An overview of dielectronic recombination and a summary of Auburn University experimental facilities - Stuart Loch (Auburn University)

10:10 Dual-Comb Spectroscopy of Heavy Metals - Hope Dannar (University of Arizona)
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 Talks: Atomic Spectroscopy Experiments
Atomic Spectroscopy Experiments
11:15 - 12:30
Contributions

11:15 Unlocking the Lanthanides: High‑Accuracy Atomic Data at Imperial - Christian Clear (Imperial College London)

11:50 Jets in the lab: radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of laboratory-scaled plasma flows - Ylvie Gerritsma (ARCNL / VU Amsterdam)

12:10 Punch Out Plasmas - Éanna Donohoe (University College Dublin)
12:30 Break: Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Talks: Atomic Spectroscopy Experiments
Atomic Spectroscopy Experiments
14:00 - 15:05
Contributions

14:00 Many-body quantum chaos & lanthanide ions - what does it mean for NSM ejecta? - John Sheil (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

14:35 Challenges in MIR Spectroscopy of Laser-Produced Plasmas: Insights from Water Absorption Measurements - Chandan Bagadia (University College Dublin)

14:55 Progress in Vis-NIR Spectroscopy - Eoin Fagan (University College Dublin)
15:05 Coffee Break

15:05 - 15:50

15:50 Chaired Discussion: Laboratory Astrophysics and Atomic Spectroscopy
Laboratory Astrophysics and Atomic Spectroscopy
15:50 - 16:50

19:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Friday, 12 June 2026

07:30 Break: Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00

08:30 Hotel Room Checkout
Hotel Room Checkout
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 Talks: Observations of Heavy Elements in the Cosmos
Observations of Heavy Elements in the Cosmos
09:00 - 10:10
Contributions

09:00 Observing the R-process With Gamma-ray Bursts - Jillian Rastinejad (NASA Einstein Fellow, University of Maryland)

09:35 Element observations in a moving Universe: from the Milky Way to DLAs - Andreas Koch-Hansen (Zentrum für Astronomie Heidelberg, Heidelberg University)
10:10 Coffee
Coffee
10:10 - 10:55
10:55 Talks: Radiative Transfer
Radiative Transfer
10:55 - 11:35
Contributions

10:55 Multi-dimensional kilonova radiative transfer with ARTIS - Stuart Sim (Queen's University Belfast)

11:15 Composite Function-Bayesian Active Posterior Estimation (CF-BAPE): How to fit with few samples - Rasmus Damgaard (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
11:35 Talks: Summary & Concluding Remarks
Summary & Concluding Remarks
11:35 - 12:30
Contributions

11:35 Conference Summary & Concluding Remarks - Aayush Arya (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen) Andreas Bauswein (GSI)

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