Program

 

The conference program is available in PDF form here

The booklet of abstracts is available here

 

 Monday 5 October  
08h30-08h40 Welcome    
       
08h40-10h25

Session 1 : MHD Turbulence

Chair: Chris McKee 

   
  Topics in MHD turbulence A. Beresnyak I
  Self-gravitating Magnetoturbulence A. Kritsuk I
  Spatial gradients of polarization vector B. Burkhart I
  Studies of the ISM magnetic field from anisotropies in synthetic PPV cubes A. Esquivel Is
       
10h25-10h55 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
10h55-11h55

Session 2 : Turbulence in protoplanetary disks

Chair: Jose Franco 

   
  Magneto-rotational instability in protoplanetary disks S. Balbus I
  Formation of proto-multiple systems in a magnetized, fragmenting filament C. Hull C
  Magnetic Fields in Protostellar Disks: Current Status and the Upcoming ALMA Revolution R. Rao C
       
11h55-12h05 Poster Presentation 1 (4 posters) :  Ntormousi, Takamoto, XuHanasz    
       
12h05-15h00 Lunch    
       
15h00-16h30

Session 3 : Non-ideal turbulence

Chair: Diego Falceta-Gonçalves  

   
  Dissipation and intermittency in the magnetized ISM P. Lesaffre I
  Energy dissipation in incompressible turbulence with ambipolar diffusion G. Momferratos C
  Coupling PIC and MHD approaches A. Marcowith I
  Magnetic Field in the Outer Heliosphere and Beyond N. Pogorelov C
       
16h30-16h40  Poster Presentation 2 (3 posters) :   Williams, SobeySeta    
       
16h40-17h10 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
17h10-18h10

Session 4 : Plasma Turbulence

Chair: Bryan Gaensler  

   
  Magnetic plasma turbulence: where theory meets observations S. Boldyrev I
  Observations of solar wind turbulence (presented by A. Beresnyak) O. Alexandrova I
       
18h10-18h50 Discussion 1 : The different kinds of magnetized turbulence    
  Chair A. Lazarian  
       
19h00-21h00 Welcome drink    
       
       
 Tuesday 6 October  
08h30-10h00

Session 1 : Reconnection I    

Chair: Emmanuel Dormy 

   
 

Fast Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas

A. Bhattacharjee I
  Magnetic Reconnection: experiments and theory H. Ji I
  Numerical simulations of magnetic reconnection in solar wind : collisional vs collisionless regime. G. Kowal C
  Laboratory astrophysics with magnetized laser plasmas A. Ciardi C
       
10h00-10h10 Poster Presentation 3 (4 posters) :  Nowak, Hill, RajpurohitTerral    
       
10h10-10h40 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
10h40-12h10

Session 2 : Reconnection II - Acceleration of relativistic particles

Chair: Glennys Farrar 

   
  Reconnection in non-relativistic and relativistic turbulent astrophysical media A. Lazarian I
  Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection E. de Gouveia Dal Pino I
  Particle acceleration in relativistic magnetized shocks and reconnection L. Sironi I
       
12h10-12h20 Poster Presentation 4 (4 posters) : Girart I, Fissel, Cortes     
       
12h20-15h00 Lunch    
       
15h00-16h30

Session 3 : Dynamo I

Chair : Katia Ferrière 

   
  The VKS experiment and theory of magnetic field reversals F. Petrelis I
  Magnetic fluid-structure Dynamo Y. Ponty C
  Dynamos in stars E. Dormy I
  Generation and Saturation of Magnetic Fields in Turbulent and Multiphase ISM Regulated by Star-formation feedback C. Kim C
       
16h30-16h40 Poster Presentation 5  (4 posters) :  Hoq, Bracco, MontgomeryCashman    
       
16h40-17h10 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
17h10-17h55

Session 4 : Dynamo II

Chair: François Pétrélis  

   
  Turbulent Dynamos E. Vishniac I
       
17h55-18h35 Discussion 2 : Reconnection, dynamo and acceleration of relativistic particles    
  Chair H. Ji  
       
       
 Wednesday 7 October  
08h30-10h15

Session 1 : Polarization / Star Formation I

Chair: Blakesley Burkhart 

   
  Zeeman measurements of the Magnetic Fields in star forming regions R. Crutcher I
  Magnetic fields in the turbulent ISM: simulations face observations C. McKee I
  Polarization maps (Zeeman and dust emission) from MHD simulations D. Falceta-Goncalvez I
  Dust Polarization in the Infrared Dark Cloud G34.43 Y. Tang C
       
10h15-10h45 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
10h45-12h00

Session 2 : Polarization / Star Formation II

Chair: Anaëlle Maury 

   
  The link between magnetic fields and cloud and star formation H.-B. Li I
  Polarized dust emission in massive star forming regions Q. Zhang I
  The Importance of the Magnetic Field from an SMA-CSO-Combined Sample of Star-Forming Regions P. Koch C
       
12h00-12h10 Poster Presentation 6 (4 posters) :  Kothes, Girart II, RangaswamyVansyngel    
       
12h10-12h30 Poster Session    
       
  Free afternoon    
       
  Conference dinner    
       
       
 Thursday 8 October  
08h30-10h30

Session 1 : Galactic Field and Faraday Sky

Chair: Rainer Beck 

   
  Magnetic fields in the Galactic halo K. Ferrière I
  A model of the Galactic magnetic field G. Farrar C
  The Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey (GMIMS) : unveiling the Galactic magnetic field E. Carretti C
  The Galactic Plane Infrared Polarization Survey (GPIPS) D. Clemens C
  The Faraday sky N. Oppermann I
  Filamentary structures in LOFAR observations of the interstellar medium V. Jelic C
       
10h30-11h Coffee and Poster Session    
       
11h00-12h30

Session 2 : External galaxies

Chair: Tom Troland 

   
  Magnetic fields in external galaxies M. Krause I
  Polarized dust emission in the LMC/SMC A. Hughes I
  Magnetised wind and synchrotron halo of IC10 K. Chyzy C
  Effects of the ICM on the magnetic field of a Virgo galaxy A. Damas C
       
12h30-15h00 Lunch    
       
15h00-16h15

Session 3 : Galaxy Clusters I

Chair: Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino 

   
  Cosmic rays in clusters of galaxies : relativistic particle acceleration G. Brunetti I
  Collisionless MHD turbulence in the inter-galactic medium R. Santos-Lima I
  Clusters, radio haloes, and the evolution of the ICM magnetic field V. Cuciti C
       
16h15-16h45 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
16h45-17h45

Session 4 : Galaxy Clusters II

Chair:  Steve Balbus

   
  Magnetic fields in galaxy clusters: cosmological MHD simulations K. Dolag I
  Cluster magnetic fields as revealed by diffuse radio emission L. Rudnick I
       
17h45-18h30 Discussion 3 : Magnetic fields in star forming regions, galaxies and galaxy clusters: their connexion?    
  Chair R. Crutcher  
       
       
 Friday 9 October  
08h30-10h15

Session 1 : Polarization /ISM (processes/observations/simulations) I

Chair: Dan Clemens 

   
  Dust grain alignment by radiative torques T. Hoang I
  Magnetic field structure from Planck polarization observations of the diffuse Galactic ISM F. Boulanger I
  Statistical properties of polarized dust emission : lessons from a model of the turbulent and magnetized ISM F. Levrier C
  Probing the role of the magnetic field in the formation of structure in molecular clouds using Planck J. D. Soler C
  A New Multiscale Analysis of the Gradient of Linear Polarisation J.-F. Robitaille C
       
10h15-11h15 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
11h15-12h30

Session 2 : Polarization /ISM (processes/observations/simulations) II

Chair:  Josep Miguel Girart

   
  Magnetically Aligned HI and Dust: Measuring B-mode Polarization Foregrounds with Neutral Hydrogen S. Clark C
  Statistical properties of the polarized emission of Planck Galactic cold clumps I. Ristorcelli C
  E- and B-modes from the magnetized filamentary structure of the interstellar medium T. Ghosh C
  Magnetic fields and massive stellar feedback M. Alves C
  Magnetic fields in the periphery of GMCs T. Troland C
       
12h30-14h30 Lunch    
       
14h30-15h00

Session 3 : Primordial magnetic fields

Chair: Klaus Dolag 

   
 

The Planck constraints on the primordial magnetic fields

D. Paoletti I
       
15h00-16h45

Session 4 : Observational and Instrumental prospective

Chair: Chat Hull 

   
  Non-Zeeman Circular Polarization of Molecular Spectral Lines in the ISM M. Houde C
  Prospects for CTA H. Sol I
  The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey G. Heald I
  Polarimetry with the SKA B. Gaensler I
       
16h45-17h15 Coffee and Poster Session    
       
17h15-18h15 Discussion 4 : Conference highlights and  perspectives    
  Chairs The SOC  
       
18h00-18h15  Concluding remarks   TBD  
       
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