Name: Astrophysical Magnetohydrodynamics
Start: 2009-04-06T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2009-04-10T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Kiljavanranta Conference Centre, Finland

Monday, April 6, 2009
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Introduction - Maarit Korpi (Observatory, University of Helsinki)

9:45 AM A new era for mean fields: test fields and tests - Axel Brandenburg (NORDITA)
10:15 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Mean electromotive force proportional to mean flow in MHD turbulence - Karl-Heinz Rädler (AIP)

11:30 AM The origin of our galactic magnetic field - Russell Kulsrud (Princeton)
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Direct simulation of fossil fields in convective protostars - Rainer Arlt (AIP, Potsdam)

2:00 PM Star-in-a-box simulations of the solar dynamo - Boris Dintrans (LAOMP, Toulouse)
2:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Dynamics of the solar magnetic field from SOHO/MDI - Elena Benevolenskaya (Stanford)

3:30 PM Large-scale dynamos in local models of turbulent convection - Petri Käpylä (Observatory, University of Helsinki)

4:00 PM Solar fluctuative magnetic field after data concerning sunspots violating the Hale polarity law - Dmitry Sokoloff (Moscow State University)
4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

5:30 PM Dinner
Dinner
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

7:00 PM Sauna evening nearby the lake Sääksjärvi
Sauna evening nearby the lake Sääksjärvi
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Supersonic turbulence and dynamo action - Åke Nordlund

10:00 AM Memory effects in turbulent transport - Alexander Hubbard (NORDITA)
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Flux rope dynamos - Anvar Shukurov (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, U.K.)

11:30 AM Simple laminar dynamo solutions in finite volumes - David Moss (Manchester University)
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Symmetry breaking in physics: The 2008 Nobel Awards - Paul Hoyer (University of Helsinki)

2:00 PM On global conserved quantities in spectral simulations of MHD turbulence - Chi-Kwan Chan (ITC Cambridge)
2:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Three kinds on non-helical mean-field dynamos - Igor Rogachevskii (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

3:30 PM Effect of turbulent convection on differential rotation and formation of magnetic structures - Nathan Kleeorin (Ben Gurion)

4:00 PM Turbulence at the Sun's surface - Michel Rieutord (LAOMP, Toulouse)
4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

6:30 PM Conference dinner
Conference dinner
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Dynamo action in linear shear flows - Sridhar S. (RRI, Bangalore)
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Comparisons and connections between large scale dynamo theory and accretion disk theory - Eric Blackman (Rochester)

11:30 AM Dynamos and magnetic field detachement in thermally unstable interstellar flows - Maarit Korpi (Observatory, University of Helsinki)
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Numerical global simulations of Taylor instability in jets - Alfio Bonanno (Catania)

2:00 PM On the saturation of the non-ideal magnetorotational instability via parasitic instabilities - Martin Pessah (IAS, Princeton)
2:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Structure of Thin Accretion Disc Around Magnetized Stars - Solomon Tessema (Gothenburg)

3:30 PM Hall MHD in a strong magnetic field - Daniel Gomez (Buenos Aires)

4:00 PM Stability of the magnetospheric boundary in long-period X-ray pulsars - Nazar Ikshanov (NSSTC)
4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

5:30 PM Dinner
Dinner
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Contributions

7:30 PM On the early days of dynamo theory - Karl-Heinz Rädler (AIP)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Simulations in spherical wedge domains: recent results - Reza Tavakol (Queen Mary, London)

10:00 AM New experiments to study nonaxisymmetric magnetic instabilities - Guenther Ruediger (AIP, Potsdam)
10:30 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Magnetic fields near the Galactic center - Katia Ferriere (LAOMP, Toulouse)

11:30 AM Magnetic field generation in the early universe - Subramanian Kandaswamy (IUCAA)
12:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM Predicting turbulent stresses in a local disk model - Anne Liljeström (University of Helsinki)

2:00 PM Growth of magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies - Paul Sutter (Univ. of Illinois)
2:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

3:00 PM Galaxies as building blocks for magnetic fields in the large scale structures of the Universe - Yohan Dubois (Univ. of Oxford)

3:30 PM Bifurcation structure of nonlinear dynamos in torus geometry - John Brooke (Manchester University)

4:00 PM Kinematic dynamo simulations in cylindrical geometry - Andre Giesecke (Dresden-Rossendorf)
4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

5:30 PM Dinner
Dinner
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7:30 PM
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Contributions

7:30 PM Improving helmet protection against traumatic brain injury: a physics perspective - Eric Blackman (Rochester)
Friday, April 10, 2009
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Stellar magnetic fields: observations and nonlinear modelling - Marjaana Lindborg (Observatory, University of Helsinki)

9:50 AM Rapid dynamo saturation without net small-scale helicity losses - Simon Candelaresi (NORDITA)

10:10 AM Gravitational stability of accretion discs - Fazeleh Khajenabi (UCD)

10:30 AM The alpha effect with imposed and dynamo-generated magnetic fields - Fabio Del Sordo (NORDITA)
11:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM