Big Apple Magnetic Fields Conference

Jan 24, 2019, 8:00 AM → Jan 25, 2019, 7:55 PM America/New_York

2nd flr Auditorium (162 5th Ave.)

Blakesley Burkhart (Rutgers)

January 24 - 25,  2019 

8:30a to 5p

Conference to bring together experts on cosmic magnetic fields.

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https://simonsfoundation.zoom.us/j/128418202

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Thu, January 24

8:00 AM Breakfast

Session 1 Glennys Farrar: Chair

1 Overview of the Meeting

2 Blakesley Burkhart: Magnetic fields and the early phases of star formation

Session Chair: Glennys Farrar

3 Amitava Bhattacharjee: Magnetic Reconnection Mediated by the Plasmoid Instability in Turbulent Astrophysical Plasmas

4 Richard Crutcher: Magnetic Fields and Star Formation

5 Phillip Mocz: Shock structures in magnetized supersonic isothermal turbulence

6 Siyao Xu: The effect of magnetic fields on density filaments in the interstellar medium

10:40 AM AM Break

Session 2 Susan Clark: Chair

7 Jessica Campbell: Polarimetry and 21 cm HI as a Probe of Galactic Magnetism

8 Giles Novak: Magnetic Fields and Grain Alignment in Star Forming Molecular Clouds

9 James Cho: Disruption of zonal flows by magnetic fields on a rotating sphere

10 Dinshaw Balsara: Geodesic Mesh MHD with Applications : A New Paradigm for Computational Astrophysics

Discussion (20mins) Mark Krumholz: Chair

11 Discussion led by Mark Krumholz

12:50 PM Lunch

Session 3 David Collins: Chair

12 Glennys Farrar: The Galactic magnetic field: empirical modeling

13 Michael Unger: Improved constraints on the structure of the Galactic random field

14 Ethan Vishniac: The origin of large scale magnetic fields

15 Amir Jafari: Magnetic Fields in Turbulent Environments

16 Laura Fissel: The Relationship between Magnetic Fields and Molecular Cloud Structure

3:20 PM PM Break

Session 4 David Collins: Chair

17 Mark Krumholz: The Lesser Role of Magnetic Fields in Setting the Initial Mass Function

18 Mordecai MacLow: Magnetized Envelopes and Collapsing Cores of Molecular Clouds

19 Kung-Yi Su: The effect of magnetic fields and their dependence on stellar feedback

20 Nikolai Pogorelov: Heliospheric Effects on the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field

Discussion (20 mins) Drummond Fielding: Chair

21 Discussion led by Drummond Fielding

5:30 PM Pre Dinner drinks/appetizers

6:00 PM Dinner

Fri, January 25

8:00 AM Breakfast

Session 1 Brandon Hensley: Chair

22 Mark Vogelsberger: Simulating galaxies and magnetic fields with IllustrisTNG

23 Eric Koch: Turbustat- Python based turbulence statistics codes

24 Alex Lazarian: Gradient Technique: new way to trace magnetic fields

25 Ka Ho: Using Velocity Gradient Technique in tracing 3D magnetic field

26 Yue Hu: Tracing Multi-Scale Magnetic Field Structure Using Velocity Gradient Technique in Giant Molecular Clouds

10:40 AM AM Break

Session 2 Mordecai Mac-Low: Chair

27 Mohammad Safarzadeh: Constraints on magnetic fields from observations of dwarf galaxies

28 Susan Clark: Modeling Polarized Dust Emission from the 3D ISM

29 Noemie Globus: The role of Galactic magnetic field on cosmic-ray propagation

30 Rocio Kiman: Finding age relations for low mass stars using magnetic activity and kinematics

Discussion (20 mins) Michael Unger: Chair

31 Discussion led by Michael Unger

12:55 PM Lunch

Session 3 Alex Lazarian: Chair

32 Axel Brandenburg: Skewness and parity breaking in simulated E and B polarizations

33 Brandon Hensley: Modeling Polarized Dust Emission

34 Alexei Kritsuk: Dust-Polarization Maps for Local Interstellar Turbulence

35 David Collins: Interpreting CMB Foregrounds

36 Carl Heiles: The Interplay between the ISM and the Magnetic Field

Discussion (20 mins) Marc Kamionkowski: Chair

37 Discussion led by Marc Kamionkowski

4:05 PM Farewell Drinks/Appetizer Reception