Big Apple Magnetic Fields Conference

America/New_York
2nd flr Auditorium (162 5th Ave.)

2nd flr Auditorium

162 5th Ave.

Blakesley Burkhart (Rutgers)
Description

January 24 - 25,  2019 

8:30a to 5p

Conference to bring together experts on cosmic magnetic fields.

Please click the link below to join the webinar: 

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

Or Telephone:

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        US: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 6833 

    Webinar ID: 128 418 202

    International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/adi1k19h0N

 

Upload your talk here: Big Apple Dropbox.

Participants
  • Alex Lazarian
  • Alexei Kritsuk
  • Amiel Sternberg
  • Amir Jafari
  • Amitava Bhattacharjee
  • Avery Kim
  • Axel Brandenburg
  • Blakesley Burkhart
  • Brandon Hensley
  • Bruce Draine
  • Bryan Gaensler
  • carl heiles
  • Chang-Goo Kim
  • Chat Hull
  • Cheng-Han Hsieh
  • Chris Hayward
  • Colin Hill
  • Dan Clemens
  • David Collins
  • David Spergel
  • Dinshaw Balsara
  • Drummond Fielding
  • Ethan Vishniac
  • Giles Novak
  • Glennys Farrar
  • Greg Bryan
  • James Cho
  • Jessica Campbell
  • Jordy Davelaar
  • Ka Ho Yuen
  • Keaton Burns
  • Kelle Cruz
  • Kung-Yi Su
  • Marco Muzio
  • Mary Putman
  • Michael Unger
  • Mohammad Safarzadeh
  • Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
  • Nikolai Pogorelov
  • Noemie Globus
  • Paola Dominguez Fernandez
  • Philip Mocz
  • Richard Crutcher
  • Rocio Kiman
  • Ryan Mckinven
  • Siyao Xu
  • Susan Clark
  • T. K. Daisy Leung
  • Tyler Bourke
  • Yue Hu
  • Yuri Levin
  • Thursday, 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
  • Friday, 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