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

Astrophysical Magnetohydrodynamics

from Monday, 6 April 2009 (08:00) to Friday, 10 April 2009 (18:00)

Monday, 6 April 2009
09:30
09:30 - 10:15
Contributions

09:30 Introduction - Maarit Korpi (Observatory, University of Helsinki)

09:45 A new era for mean fields: test fields and tests - Axel Brandenburg (NORDITA)
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

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

11:30 The origin of our galactic magnetic field - Russell Kulsrud (Princeton)
12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Contributions

13:30 Direct simulation of fossil fields in convective protostars - Rainer Arlt (AIP, Potsdam)

14:00 Star-in-a-box simulations of the solar dynamo - Boris Dintrans (LAOMP, Toulouse)
14:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Dynamics of the solar magnetic field from SOHO/MDI - Elena Benevolenskaya (Stanford)

15:30 Large-scale dynamos in local models of turbulent convection - Petri Käpylä (Observatory, University of Helsinki)

16:00 Solar fluctuative magnetic field after data concerning sunspots violating the Hale polarity law - Dmitry Sokoloff (Moscow State University)
16:30

16:30 - 17:15

17:30 Dinner
Dinner
17:30 - 19:00

19:00 Sauna evening nearby the lake Sääksjärvi
Sauna evening nearby the lake Sääksjärvi
19:00 - 21:30
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Supersonic turbulence and dynamo action - Åke Nordlund

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

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

11:30 Simple laminar dynamo solutions in finite volumes - David Moss (Manchester University)
12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Contributions

13:30 Symmetry breaking in physics: The 2008 Nobel Awards - Paul Hoyer (University of Helsinki)

14:00 On global conserved quantities in spectral simulations of MHD turbulence - Chi-Kwan Chan (ITC Cambridge)
14:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Three kinds on non-helical mean-field dynamos - Igor Rogachevskii (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

15:30 Effect of turbulent convection on differential rotation and formation of magnetic structures - Nathan Kleeorin (Ben Gurion)

16:00 Turbulence at the Sun's surface - Michel Rieutord (LAOMP, Toulouse)
16:30

16:30 - 17:15

18:30 Conference dinner
Conference dinner
18:30 - 21:30
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
10:00
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

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

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

11:30 Dynamos and magnetic field detachement in thermally unstable interstellar flows - Maarit Korpi (Observatory, University of Helsinki)
12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Contributions

13:30 Numerical global simulations of Taylor instability in jets - Alfio Bonanno (Catania)

14:00 On the saturation of the non-ideal magnetorotational instability via parasitic instabilities - Martin Pessah (IAS, Princeton)
14:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Structure of Thin Accretion Disc Around Magnetized Stars - Solomon Tessema (Gothenburg)

15:30 Hall MHD in a strong magnetic field - Daniel Gomez (Buenos Aires)

16:00 Stability of the magnetospheric boundary in long-period X-ray pulsars - Nazar Ikshanov (NSSTC)
16:30

16:30 - 17:15

17:30 Dinner
Dinner
17:30 - 19:00
19:30
19:30 - 20:30
Contributions

19:30 On the early days of dynamo theory - Karl-Heinz Rädler (AIP)
Thursday, 9 April 2009
09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Simulations in spherical wedge domains: recent results - Reza Tavakol (Queen Mary, London)

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

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

11:30 Magnetic field generation in the early universe - Subramanian Kandaswamy (IUCAA)
12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 14:30
Contributions

13:30 Predicting turbulent stresses in a local disk model - Anne Liljeström (University of Helsinki)

14:00 Growth of magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies - Paul Sutter (Univ. of Illinois)
14:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Galaxies as building blocks for magnetic fields in the large scale structures of the Universe - Yohan Dubois (Univ. of Oxford)

15:30 Bifurcation structure of nonlinear dynamos in torus geometry - John Brooke (Manchester University)

16:00 Kinematic dynamo simulations in cylindrical geometry - Andre Giesecke (Dresden-Rossendorf)
16:30

16:30 - 17:15

17:30 Dinner
Dinner
17:30 - 19:00
19:30
19:30 - 20:30
Contributions

19:30 Improving helmet protection against traumatic brain injury: a physics perspective - Eric Blackman (Rochester)
Friday, 10 April 2009
09:30
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Stellar magnetic fields: observations and nonlinear modelling - Marjaana Lindborg (Observatory, University of Helsinki)

09:50 Rapid dynamo saturation without net small-scale helicity losses - Simon Candelaresi (NORDITA)

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

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

11:30

11:30 - 12:00

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:30