14–25 Sept 2009
Nordita
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Scientific programme

Scientific programme

The talks will be held in room 132:028, unless stated otherwise.
This page will be continuously updated. The timing of the shorter talks are approximate.

Week 1



Monday, September 14
10.00
Coffee
14.00 - 14.15
Welcome
14.15 - 15.15
James Lattimer:
Neutron stars - an introduction
17.00 -
Welcome reception


Tuesday, September 15
10.00 - 10.50
Charles Horowitz:
Astro-material science, neutron star crust,

and gravitational waves
11.00 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 11.30
Gentaro Watanabe:
Nuclear "pasta" - its formation and consequences

11.35 -
Zachary Medin:
The Ocean-Crust Boundary of Accreting Neutron
Stars



Wednesday, September 16
10.00 - 10.50
Jose Pons:
Magnetic field evolution and effects
11.00 -
Discussion


Thursday, September 17
10.00 - 10.50
Gregory Comer:
Relativistic Multi-fluid Dynamics

11.00 -
Discussion


Friday, September 18
10.00 - 10.25Anna Watts:
Magnetar QPOs - observations
10.30 - 10.55Yuri Levin:
Magnetar QPOs - theoretical modelling
11.00 - 11.15
Rashid Shaisultanov:
Toroidal oscillations and magnetic fields
11.20 - 11.35
Maarten van Hoven:
MHD aspects of magnetar seismology
11.40 -
Discussion
19.30 -
Dinner


Week 2



Monday, September 21
10.00 - 10.50
Dmitry Yakovlev:
Transport Properties of Neutron Star Crust

11.00 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 11.30
Enrico Vigezzi:
Superfluid gaps

11.35 - 11.50
Nicolas Chamel:
Generalized equations of state for superfluid neutron stars

11.55 -
Discussion:


Tuesday, September 22

10.00 - 10.50
Dany Page:
Neutron Star Cooling

11.00 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 11.30
Sanjay Reddy:
Role of superfluid phonons

11.35 -
Discussion


Wednesday, September 23

10.00 - 10.50
Bennett Link:
Vortex Dynamics and Pinning

11.00 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 11.30
Francisco Barranco:
Vortex-nuclei interactions

11.35 - 11.50
Enikö Madarassy:
Vortex dynamics in trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates

11.55 -
Discussion
16.00 - 16.50

Luciano Rezzolla:
Numerical modelling of gravitational emission
from neutron stars: what we can do and what
we can't do (yet)

evening
Social event


Thursday, September 24

10.00 - 10.50
Alexander Potekhin:
Magnetized neutron star atmospheres

10.50 - 11.00
Coffee
11.00 - 11.15
Valery Suleimanov:
Radiation Properties of Magnetized Neutron Stars

11.20 -
Discussion


Friday, September 25

10.00 - 10.20
Kostas Glampedakis:
Glitches

10.25 - 10.45
Bennett Link:
Precession modes with low-dissipation vortex creep

10.45 - 11.00
Coffee
11.00 - 11.30
Egor Babaev:
Composite vortices and thermally paired superfluids
concepts in condensed matter and cold atoms:
Possible relevance for neutron star physics?

14.00 -
TBD:
Discussion: How do we put it all together?