The MPIA conference series at Ringberg Castle
EPoS 2014 Program
S U N D A Y 1 June 2014
17:00 Start of the registration
17:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle
18:30 Dinner
 
M O N D A Y 02 June 2014
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:15 Organizers [15]
Welcome and Introduction
Molecular Clouds
Chair: Liubin Pan
09:15 - 10:05 Clare Dobbs [40+10]
Review: From galaxy scales to filamentary clouds: the earliest stages of star formation
10:05 - 10:35 Sergio Molinari [20+10]
Large-scale mapping of Star Formation Rate and Efficiency in the Milky Way
10:35 - 11:00 Coffee Break [25]
11:00 - 11:30 Jouni Kainulainen [20+10]
Unfolding the Laws of Star Formation: The Density Distribution of Molecular Clouds
11:30 - 12:00 Andi Bukert [20+10]
Molecular cloud evolution and star formation in gravitationally unstable disk galaxies
12:00 - 12:30 Sarah Sadavoy [20+10]
Evidence of Feedback? Class 0 Protostellar Fraction and Environment in the Perseus Molecular Cloud
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Turbulence
Chair: Alexei Kritsuk
14:00 - 14:50 Edith Falgarone [40+10]
Review: Turbulence
14:50 - 15:20 Paolo Padoan [20+10]
SN-driven turbulence and GMC properties
15:20 - 15:50 Coffee Break [30]
15:50 - 16:20 Troels Haugboelle [20+10]
Turbulent fragmentation and the stellar IMF
16:20 - 17:10 Moderator: Henrik Beuther [5+45]
DISCUSSION
Filaments
Chair: Adam Ginsburg
17:10 - 17:50 Thomas Henning [30+10]
Review: Giant Molecular Filaments in the Milky Way
17:50 - 18:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [40]
POSTER SESSION
18:30 Dinner
T U E S D A Y 03 June 2014
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:50 Frederique Motte [40+10]
Review: From filamentary clouds to fibers feeding individual cores: how do filaments impact cloud and star formation?
09:50 - 10:20 Rowan Smith [20+10]
Exploring the filamentary initial conditions of star formation using AREPO
10:20 - 10:40 Coffee Break [20]
10:40 - 10:55 Hans Zinnecker [12+3]
SOFIA - Status and Highlights
10:55 - 11:25 Richard Klein [20+10]
Multi-Physics Feedback Zoom-in Simulations with Realistic Initial Conditions of the Formation of Star Clusters: From Large Scale Magnetized Clouds to Turbulent Clumps to Cores to Stars
11:25 - 11:55 Alvaro Hacar [20+10]
Quiescent fibers in the NGC1333 proto-cluster
11:55 - 12:30 In-depth discussions with authors [35]
POSTER SESSION
12:30 - 13:50 Lunch
Massive Star Formation and Feedback
Chair: Sarah Ragan
13:50 - 14:40 Nicolas Peretto [40+10]
Review: The importance of cloud fragmentation and gas dynamics for the formation of massive stars
14:40 - 15:10 Timea Csengeri [20+10]
The ATLASGAL survey: pinning down the earliest stages of high-mass star-formation
15:10 - 15:40 Rolf Kuiper [20+10]
Quantifying the feedback effects of protostellar outflows and radiation pressure in massive star formation
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break [20]
Outflows
Chair: Thomas Stanke
16:00 - 16:50 Hector Arce [40+10]
Review: Protostellar Outflows and their Effect on Star Formation, from Disk to Cloud Scales
16:50 - 17:20 Christian Fendt [20+10]
Jet launching: MHD simulations of the accretion-ejection structure
17:20 - 17:50 Vivian Rosero [20+10]
Deep Radio Continuum Observations of Massive Protostars: A Search for Jets
17:50 - 18:40 Moderator: Hans Zinnecker [5+45]
DISCUSSION
18:40 Dinner
W E D N E S D A Y 4 June 2014
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Magnetic Fields
Chair: Javier Ballesteros-Paredes
09:00 - 09:50 Shantanu Basu [40+10]
Review: Magnetic Fields from Cloud Fragmentation to Disks
09:50 - 10:20 Kohji Tomisaka [20+10]
Magnetohydrostatic Equilibrium Structure and Mass of Filamentary Isothermal Cloud Threaded by Lateral Magnetic Field
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30]
10:50 - 11:20 Dick Crutcher [20+10]
Magnetic Fields and Star Formation - Recent CARMA Observations
11:20 - 12:40 FOCUS GROUPS [80]
FG1 Diederik Kruijssen
Andi Burkert
The physics underpinning multi-scale, spatially-resolved star formation relations
FG2 Thomas Robitaille
Adam Ginsburg
Characterizing cloud structure in observations and simulations
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:20 FOCUS GROUPS [80]
FG3 Eric Keto A Comparison of star formation in the Galactic center and the Galactic disk
FG4 Alexei Kritsuk
Andi Burkert
Interstellar Turbulence as a Bridge Connecting Large and Small Scale Processes
15:20 - 16:20 Poster authors in front of their posters [60]
POSTER SESSION
Chemistry
Chair: Rene Plume
16:20 - 17:10 Edwin Bergin [40+10]
Review: Chemical Evolution and Star Formation
17:10 - 17:40 Paul Clarke [20+10]
The carbon chemistry of GMCs and their surroundings
17:40 - 18:30 Moderator: Eric Keto [5+45]
DISCUSSION
18:30 Dinner
T H U R S D A Y 05 June 2014
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:30 Aurore Bacmann [20+10]
Complex Organic Molecule formation: grain surface of gas-phase chemistry?
Cores
Chair: Jennifer Hatchell
09:30 - 10:20 Mario Tafalla [40+10]
Review: Dense cores: from their internal structure to their connection with the surrounding cloud
10:20 - 10:40 Coffee Break [20]
10:40 - 11:10 Jürgen Steinacker [20+10]
The memory of dust: exploring the core environment history with coreshine
11:10 - 11:40 Sarolta Zahorecz [20+10]
Cold cloud cores and young stellar objects in the Herschel Galactic Cold Cores project
Cores to Disks I
Chair: Kohji Tomisaka
11:40 - 12:30 Jes Jorgensen [40+10]
Review: From Cores to Disks: a new era of high angular resolution observations and sophisticated numerical simulations
12:30 - 13:50 Lunch
13:50 - 14:20 Rachel Friesen [20+10]
First ALMA views of H2D+ and small-scale structure toward clustered star-forming cores
14:20 - 14:50 Michael Dunham [20+10]
New Constraints on Protostellar Multiplicity and Disk Formation
14:50 - 15:20 Zhi-Yun Li [20+10]
Protostellar Disk Formation in Magnetized Cloud Cores Enabled by Turbulence-Induced Pseudodisk Warping
15:20 - 15:50 Anaelle Maury [20+10]
Shedding light on the initial conditions for the formation of disks and multiple systems: statistical results on Class 0 protostars properties from the CALYPSO Large program
15:50 - 16:20 Coffee Break [30]
Cores to Disks II
Chair: Di Li
16:20 - 16:50 Nami Sakai [20+10]
A Drastic Chemical Change in Protostellar Disk Formation
16:50 - 17:20 Aake Nordlund [20+10]
Zooming in on Star Formation
17:20 - 17:50 Leonardo Testi [20+10]
Tracing grain growth from clouds to cores and disks
17:50 - 18:20 Moderator: Thomas Robitaille [5+25]
DISCUSSION
18:30 Dinner
F R I D A Y 06 June 2014
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Summary Session
Chair: Jaime Pineda
09:00 - 09:20 Katharine Johnston [15+5]
Poster Contest Winner: The structure and star-forming fate of the Galactic centre cloud G0.253+0.016
09:20 - 09:35 Diederik Kruijssen [12+3]
Summary Focus Group 1:
The physics underpinning multi-scale, spatially-resolved star formation relations
09:35 - 09:50 Adam Ginsburg [12+3]
Summary Focus Group 2:
Characterizing cloud structure in observations and simulations
09:50 - 10:05 Eric Keto [12+3]
Summary Focus Group 3:
A Comparison of star formation in the Galactic center and the Galactic disk
10:05 - 10:20 Alexei Kritsuk [12+3]
Summary Focus Group 4:
Interstellar Turbulence as a Bridge Connecting Large and Small Scale Processes
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30]
10:50 - 11:30 Joao Alves [40]
Conference Summary
11:30 - 12:30 Moderator: Andi Burkert [5+55]
FINAL DISCUSSION
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 Departure of the airport shuttle
The EPoS way: Large group, small room, remote location. Consider all aspects. Short talks, intense discussions.