Throughout Stellar Evolution

Program

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Time Event  
19:00 - 21:30 Cocktail  

Monday, August 26, 2013

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:05 Welcome address - Pascal Petit  
09:05 - 09:45 General Introduction  
09:05 - 09:45 › Magnetic Fields in Stars: Origin and Impact - Norbert Langer, Argelander Institute for Astronomy  
09:45 - 10:35 Session 1 - Magnetized stellar formation - Chair: Gregg Wade  
09:45 - 10:15 › The role of magnetic fields in star formation - Ralph Pudritz, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University  
10:15 - 10:35 › Magnetic field dispersion in the neighbourhood of Bok globules - Claudia Rodrigues, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais  
10:35 - 11:05 Coffee break  
11:05 - 12:15 Session 1 - Magnetized stellar formation - Chair: Gregg Wade  
11:05 - 11:35 › The role of magnetic fields in pre-main sequence stars - Gaitee Hussain, European Southern Observatory  
11:35 - 11:55 › Can we predict the global magnetic topology of a pre-main sequence star from its position in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram? - Scott Gregory, University of St. Andrews  
11:55 - 12:15 › Analysis of Star-Disk Interaction in Young Stellar Systems - Nathalia Fonseca, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais  
12:15 - 14:15 Lunch  
14:15 - 15:55 Session 1 - Magnetized stellar formation - Chair: Corinne Charbonnel  
14:15 - 14:45 › Magnetospheric accretions and outflows in young stellar objects - Ryuichi Kurosawa, Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy  
14:45 - 15:05 › 3D YSO accretion shock simulations: a study of the magnetic, chromospheric and stochastic flow effects and their observational relevance - Titos Matsakos, Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM - CNRS - Université Paris Diderot, IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, CEA, IRAMIS, Service Photons, Atomes et Molécules  
15:05 - 15:35 › Magnetic higher-mass stars in the early stages of their evolution - Jason Grunhut, European Southern Observatory  
15:35 - 15:55 › What do weak magnetic fields mean for magnetospheric accretion in Herbig AeBe star+disk systems? - Alicia Aarnio, University of Michigan  
15:55 - 16:25 Coffee break  
16:25 - 17:55 Session 1 - Magnetized stellar formation - Chair: Corinne Charbonnel  
16:25 - 16:45 › Chemical peculiarities in magnetic and non-magnetic pre-main sequence A and B stars - Colin Folsom, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie  
16:45 - 17:15 › Angular momentum evolution of young stars - Stuart Littlefair, University of Sheffield  
17:15 - 17:35 › Activity and Rotation in the young cluster h Per - Costanza Argiroffi, Dip. di Fisica e Chimica, Universita' di Palermo  
17:35 - 17:55 › X-ray emission regimes and rotation sequences in the M34 open cluster - Philippe Gondoin, European Space and Technology Centre  
17:55 - 18:15 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Corinne Charbonnel  
17:55 - 18:15 › Do Magnetic Fields Actually Inflate Low-Mass Stars? - Gregory Feiden, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University  

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Time Event  
09:30 - 10:10 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Stéphane Mathis  
09:30 - 09:50 › Probing the structure of local magnetic field of solar features with helioseismology - Khalil Daiffallah, Observatory of Algiers  
09:50 - 10:10 › Combining Models of Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Dynamos - Joern Warnecke, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University  
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break  
10:40 - 12:10 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Stéphane Mathis  
10:40 - 11:00 › Hanle and Zeeman effects: From solar to stellar diagnostics - Arturo LOPEZ ARISTE, Télescope héliographique pour l'étude du magnétisme et des instabilites solaires  
11:00 - 11:30 › The Solar-Stellar Connection - Allan Sacha BRUN, Astrophysique Interactions Multi-échelles  
11:30 - 11:50 › Strong linear polarization detected in the cool active star II Peg - Lisa Rosén, Uppsala University  
11:50 - 12:10 › A Bcool spectropolarimetric survey of over 150 solar-type stars - Stephen Marsden, University of Southern Queensland  
12:10 - 14:10 Lunch  
14:10 - 16:10 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Moira Jardine  
14:10 - 14:40 › Magnetic fields in low-mass stars - Ansgar reiners, Institute for Astrophysics Goettingen  
14:40 - 15:00 › What controls the large-scale magnetic fields of M dwarfs? - Thomas Gastine, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research  
15:00 - 15:20 › Magnetic fields in M-dwarf from high-resolution infrared spectroscopy - Denis Shulyak, Goettingen University  
15:20 - 15:40 › An Empirical Age-Activity-Rotation Relationship for Mid and Late-Type M Dwarfs - Andrew West, Boston University  
15:40 - 16:10 › Magnetic topologies and magnetic cycles of solar-type stars - Rim Fares, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews  
16:10 - 16:40 Coffee break  
16:40 - 17:20 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Moira Jardine  
16:40 - 17:00 › Stellar Magnetic Dynamos and Activity Cycles - Nicholas Wright, University of Hertfordshire  
17:00 - 17:20 › Magnetic flux emergence from the solar case to giants. - Yori Fournier, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics  
17:20 - 18:20 Poster presentation - 30 sec / 1 slide per poster  

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Time Event  
09:00 - 10:10 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Gaitee Hussain  
09:00 - 09:20 › Modeling exoplanet transit and magnetic spots for interferometric study - Roxanne Ligi, Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur  
09:20 - 09:40 › A New Age of Spotted Star Research with Kepler and CHARA - Rachael Roettenbacher, University of Michigan  
09:40 - 10:10 › Stellar Magnetism in the Era of Space-Based Precision Photometry - Lucianne Walkowicz, Princeton University  
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break  
10:40 - 12:10 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: Gaitee Hussain  
10:40 - 11:00 › Rotation and Differential Rotation of the active Kepler stars - Timo Reinhold, Institute for Astrophysics Goettingen  
11:00 - 11:20 › Finding activity cycles in Kepler data - Krisztián Vida, Konkoly Observatory  
11:20 - 11:40 › The Evolution of Sun-Like Stars, as Revealed Through Kepler Light Curves - Fabienne Bastien, Vanderbilt University  
11:40 - 12:10 › The effects of stellar winds and magnetic fields on exoplanets - Aline Vidotto, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews  
14:00 - 18:00 Optional Tour - Domaine Brana / Basque coast by boat / Château-Observatory Abbadia  

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Time Event  
09:00 - 10:00 Session 2 - Magnetic activity in the Sun and main-sequence stars with convective outer layers - Chair: José-Dias do Nascimento  
09:00 - 09:20 › Planets spinning up their host stars: A twist on the age-activity relationship - Katja Poppenhaeger, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics  
09:20 - 09:40 › On the effects of stellar winds on exoplanetary magnetospheres - Victor See, University of St Andrews  
09:40 - 10:00 › Stellar Magnetism and the effects on exoplanet environments - Conrad Vilela-Lewandowski, Keele University  
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break  
10:30 - 12:00 Session 3 - Origin and impact of magnetic fields in higher-mass stars with radiative outer layers - Chair: José-Dias do Nascimento  
10:30 - 11:00 › The origin of magnetic fields in massive and intermediate-mass stars - Jonathan Braithwaite, University of Bonn  
11:00 - 11:20 › Multiple transient corotating magnetic loop model applied to the O supergiant lambda Cephei - Huib Henrichs, University of Amsterdam  
11:20 - 11:40 › The magnetic properties of Galactic OB stars from the Magnetism in Massive Stars project - Gregg Wade, Royal Military College of Canada  
11:40 - 12:00 › Bp stars in the Orion OB1 association - Iosif Romanyuk, Special Astrophysical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences  
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
14:00 - 16:00 Session 3 - Origin and impact of magnetic fields in higher-mass stars with radiative outer layers - Chair: Stephen Marsden  
14:00 - 14:30 › Modelling surface magnetic fields in stars with radiative envelopes - Oleg Kochukhov, Uppsala University  
14:30 - 14:50 › Partial Paschen-Back splitting of SiII and SiIII lines in magnetic CP stars - Viktor Khalack, Université de Moncton  
14:50 - 15:20 › Wind channeling, magnetospheres, and spindown of magnetic massive stars - Stanley Owocki  
15:20 - 15:40 › Investigating the origin of cyclical spectral variations in the ultraviolet resonance lines of hot, massive stars - Alexandre David-Uraz, Royal Military College of Canada  
15:40 - 16:00 › X-rays from magnetic massive OB stars - Véronique Petit, University of Delaware  
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break  
16:30 - 17:00 Session 3 - Origin and impact of magnetic fields in higher-mass stars with radiative outer layers - Chair: Stephen Marsden  
16:30 - 17:00 › The dichotomy between strong and ultra-weak magnetic fields among intermediate-mass stars - François Lignières, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie  
17:00 - 17:50 Session 4 - Magnetic fields in the ultimate stages of stellar evolution - Chair: Stephen Marsden  
17:00 - 17:30 › Surface magnetism of cool giant and supergiant stars - Heidi Korhonen, Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO  
17:30 - 17:50 › Pollux: a stable weak dipolar magnetic field but no planet ? - Michel Aurière, Institute of Research in Astrophysics and Planetology  
20:00 - 23:00 Banquet  

Friday, August 30, 2013

Time Event  
09:00 - 10:10 Session 4 - Magnetic fields in the ultimate stages of stellar evolution - Chair: Aline Vidotto  
09:00 - 09:20 › Magnetic field in late-type single giants in the Solar vicinity: how common is magnetic activity on the giant branches? - Renada Konstantinova-Antova, Institute of Astronomy and NAO, BAS  
09:20 - 09:50 › Magnetic fields around AGB stars and Planetary Nebulae - Wouter Vlemmings, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory  
09:50 - 10:10 › Search for Surface Magnetic Fields in Mira Stars - Agnès Lèbre, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier  
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break  
10:40 - 12:10 Session 4 - Magnetic fields in the ultimate stages of stellar evolution - Chair: Aline Vidotto  
10:40 - 11:10 › Magnetic fields of neutron stars - Andreas Reisenegger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile  
11:10 - 11:30 › Hall Effect in Neutron Star Crusts - Konstantinos Gourgouliatos, McGill University  
11:30 - 11:50 › Magnetohydrodynamic equilibria in barotropic stars - Cristóbal Armaza, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile  
11:50 - 12:10 › Search for Stable Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria in Barotropic Stars. - Joe Mitchell, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Argelander Institute for Astronomy  
12:10 - 14:10 Lunch  
14:10 - 15:20 Session 4 - Magnetic fields in the ultimate stages of stellar evolution - Chair: Henk Spruit  
14:10 - 14:40 › Magnetars: the explosive character of a small class of strongly magnetized neutron stars - Nanda Rea, Institute of Space Sciences  
14:40 - 15:00 › Magnetic fields in neutron stars and models of thermal emission from magnetic neutron stars - Wynn Ho, University of Southampton (Southampton, UK)  
15:00 - 15:20 › Magnetic field structures inside magnetars with strong toroidal field. - Kotaro Fujisawa, Univerisy of Tokyo  
15:20 - 15:30 Concluding remarks - Henk Spruit  
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break  
  
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