New paradigms for radiatively efficient accretion disks

Dec 6, 2021, 8:30 AM → Dec 8, 2021, 5:00 PM America/New_York

5th Floor Classroom (CCA)

 

Computational advances in the simulation of radiatively efficient accretion disks suggest that it may soon be feasible to replace parameterized disk models with ones based on first principles physics. Doing so will require understanding the interplay of radiation physics, net magnetic flux, self-gravity, and dynamical effects. The workshop will bring together theorists and computational modelers to review recent progress in disk simulations and discuss next steps.

Due to COVID, please note that when arriving at Flatiron Institute, you will need to bring the following items with you to gain entry to the building:

• Government ID
• Proof of vaccination
• Completed Guest Health Screening Questionnaire (must be completed no more than 24 hours in advance of your visit) 

If you have any questions (or any difficulty completing the health screening questionnaire link above), please do not hesitate to reach out to us. 

 

DAY 1 & 2 : Event will take place in Flatiron Institute (CCA, 5th floor classroom) located at 162 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10010. The entrance is on 21st St.

DAY 3: Event will take place at Math for America (MfA) located at 915 Broadway, New York, NY 10010, just one block from the Flatiron Institute.

 

Directions and Admin Contact Info.pdf

Monday, December 6

8:30 AM Breakfast

1 Session 1 Moderator: Jim Stone

2 Omer Blaes

"Disks in Binaries"

3 Janosz Dewberry

"MHD waves and instabilities in eccentric disks"

4 Bryance Oyang

"Eccentricity growth in superhumping binaries"

10:45 AM Coffee Break

Discussion (Dynamics in Binaries)

12:30 PM Lunch

5 Session 2 Moderator: Shane Davis

6 Cass Hall

"Disc self-gravity in protoplanetary discs"

7 Hans Baehr

"Formation of Planetary Embryos in Self-Gravitating Disks"

8 Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore

"Preliminary Study of the Magnetorotational Instability in a Self-Gravitating Disk"

3:30 PM Coffee Break

Discussion

5:00 PM Reception

Tuesday, December 7

8:30 AM Breakfast

9 Session 1 Moderator: Zhaohuan Zhu

10 Nico Scepi

"The Effect of Net Magnetic Field on Accretion Disks"

11 Matt Coleman

"Dwarf Nova Oscillations Identified in Boundary Layer Simulations"

12 Lizhong Zhang

"Radiative RMHD simulation of neutron star accretion column"

10:45 AM Coffee Break

Discussion (Eliot on Corona)

12:30 PM Lunch

13 Session 2 Moderator: Eliot Quataert

14 Daniel Proga

"Outflows from Radiatively Efficient Accretion Disks"

15 Ian Rabago

"Grid-Based Simulations of Polar Aligned Circumbinary Disks"

16 Wenrui Xu

"Modeling protostellar disk formation: from radiative non-ideal MHD simulations to a predictive semi-analytic model"

3:30 PM Coffee Break

Discussion (Protoplanetary Disk Winds)

Wednesday, December 8

8:30 AM Breakfast

17 Session 1 Moderator: Jeremy Goodman

18 Roman Rafikov

"Role of Thermal Physics in Disk-Planet Interaction"

19 Shangjia Zhang

"Self-consistent ring model in protoplanetary disks: temperature dips and substructure formation"

20 Marcelo Fernando Barraza Alfaro

"Predicting observational signatures of the vertical shear instability in planet-forming disk CO kinematics"

10:45 AM Coffee Break

Discussion (Radiation Hydro)

12:30 PM Lunch

21 Session 2 Moderator: Andrew MacFadyen

22 Saavik Ford

"Disks with embedded objects"

23 Pierre Marchand

"Grain coagulation in protoplanetary disk formation"

24 Aleksandra Kuznetsova

"Dynamical Effects of Anisotropic Infall onto Disks"