The Early Phase of Star Formation
The MPIA conference series at Ringberg Castle
EPoS 2024 Program
S U N D A Y 12 May 2024
17:00 Start of the registration
17:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle
18:30 Dinner
 
M O N D A Y 13 May 2024
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:15 Organizers [15]
Welcome and Introduction
Extra-Galactic Star Formation
Chair: Matthew Bate
09:15 - 09:55 Eva Schinnerer [30+10]
Review: Extra-Galactic Star Formation
09:55 - 10:25 Jan Forbrich [20+10]
Almost like home: deep CO isotopologue, dust continuum and HCN observations of resolved Giant Molecular Clouds in the Andromeda Galaxy
10:25 - 10:55 Coffee Break [30]
10:55 - 11:25 Elizabeth J. Watkins [20+10]
Characterising Superbubble Populations And Their Energetics In Nearby Galaxies Using JWST And ALMA
11:25 - 11:55 Shuo Kong [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Extra-Galactic Star Formation
11:55 - 12:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [35]
POSTER SESSION
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Molecular Clouds
Chair: Maite Beltran
14:00 - 14:40 Mélanie Chevance [30+10]
Review: Molecular Clouds
14:40 - 15:10 Javier Ballesteros-Paredes [20+10]
Gravity or turbulence? The star formation law in turbulent and collapsing clouds and the kinematical signatures of the newborn stars
15:10 - 15:40 Adam Ginsburg [20+10]
The Brick is dense and icy, but still barely star-forming
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30]
16:10 - 16:40 Gan Luo [20+10]
The cosmic-ray ionization rate in nearby clouds
16:40 - 17:10 Felix Priestley [20+10]
Molecular tracers of the threshold density for star formation
17:10 - 17:40 Moderator: Jens Kauffmann [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Molecular Clouds
17:40 - 18:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [50]
POSTER SESSION
18:30 Dinner
T U E S D A Y 14 May 2024
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Filaments
Chair: Joao Alves
09:00 - 09:40 Nicolas Peretto [30+10]
Review: Filaments
09:40 - 10:10 Francesca Bonanomi [20+10]
On the formation of dense fibers in molecular clouds
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break [30]
10:40 - 11:10 Seamus Clarke [20+10]
The interaction between outflows and filaments, and its effect on star formation
11:10 - 11:40 Moderator: Javier Ballesteros Paredes [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Filaments
11:40 - 12:30 In-depth discussions with authors [50]
POSTER SESSION
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Molecular Cloud Cores
Chair: Rachel Friesen
14:00 - 14:40 Mario Tafalla [30+10]
Review: Molecular Cloud Cores
14:40 - 15:10 Alessandro Coletta [20+10]
Investigating massive star formation with ALMAGAL: fragmentation of dense clumps, compact source catalog and physical analysis of the core population
15:10 - 15:40 Paul C. Clark [20+10]
Can we have both competitive accretion AND fragmentation?
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30]
16:10 - 16:40 Helen Kirk [20+10]
Mass segregation in dense core clusters and groups
16:40 - 17:10 Moderator: Jaime Pineda [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Molecular Cloud Cores
17:10 - 18:30 Meetings/Discussions/Walk/Sport/Relaxation [80]
FREE TIME
18:30 Dinner
W E D N E S D A Y 15 May 2024
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Disks
Chair: Anna McLeod
09:00 - 09:40 Nagayoshi Ohashi [30+10]
Review: Disks
09:40 - 10:10 Henrik Beuther [20+10]
JOYS: JWST Observations of Young protoStars
10:10 - 10:40 Cheng-Han Hsieh [20+10]
Evolution of Protostellar Disks
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break [20]
11:00 - 11:30 Doug Johnstone [20+10]
Protostellar Variability: From Ensemble Statistics to Individual Sources
11:30 - 12:00 M. Teresa Valdivia-Mena [20+10]
The first systematic search for streamers toward low-mass protostars
12:00 - 12:20 Lee Hartmann [20]
Categorical Talk: (How) Do stars form from disk accretion?
12:20 - 12:40 Moderator: Lee Hartmann [20]
DISCUSSION on Disks
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch
Answering the Big Questions: Are we making progress?
Chair: Thomas Henning
14:00 - 15:30 Qizhou Zhang & Fabian Heitsch [60+30]
Prime Talks: Answering the Big Questions: Are we making progress?
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break [30]
16:00 - 17:10 FOCUS GROUPS [70]
FG1 Giovani Sabatini
Brandt Gaches		 Cosmic Rays in Star Forming Regions
FG2 Benjamin Thomasson
Shanghuo Li		 Multiple systems formation and their stellar masses
FG3 Gordian Edenhofer
Cameren Swiggum		 Beyond Flat Maps: Exploring the ISM in 3D Space and Velocity
FG4 Hua-bai Li Magnetic Criticality and Regulation of Molecular Clouds
17:10 - 17:20 Time to change rooms [10]
17:20 - 18:30 FOCUS GROUPS [70]
FG5 Alberto Sanna
Luca Moscadelli		 Resolving accretion-ejection processes at scales of 100 au
FG6 Sanghyuk Moon What collapses? Understanding the onset of star formation
FG7 Jens Kauffmann Do Current and Upcoming Observatories serve the SF Community well?
18:30 Bavarian Dinner
T H U R S D A Y 16 May 2024
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Feedback
Chair: Doug Johnstone
09:00 - 09:40 Megan Reiter [30+10]
Review: Feedback
09:40 - 10:10 Joao Alves [20+10]
Feedback-driven filament formation
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee Break [30]
10:40 - 11:10 Rachel Friesen [20+10]
Dense gas flows and feedback in the Serpens South protocluster
11:10 - 11:40 Moderator: Hendrik Linz [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Feedback
11:40 - 12:30 Tom Megeath [30+20]
Telescope/Satellite Talk: Early phase star formation research using the JWST
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
High-Mass Star Formation
Chair: Henrik Beuther
14:00 - 14:40 Matthew Bate [30+10]
Review: High-Mass Star Formation
14:40 - 15:10 Kaho Morii [20+10]
Insights from ASHES: Core Characteristics in 70 µm Dark High-mass Clumps
15:10 - 15:40 Beth Jones [20+10]
Investigating high-mass star formation with ALMAGAL: Robust temperatures and luminosities of cores in a thousand high-mass cluster-forming regions
15:40 - 16:20 Coffee Break [40]
16:20 - 16:50 Alessio Traficante [20+10]
The SQUALO ALMA project: clump-fed accretion mechanism in high-mass star-forming objects
16:50 - 17:20 Ashley Barnes [20+10]
Overview and initial results of the ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES)
17:20 - 17:50 Anna F. McLeod [20+10]
Detection of a Keplerian accretion disk around an extragalactic high-mass YSO
17:50 - 18:20 Moderator: Friedrich Wyrowski [5+25]
DISCUSSION on High-Mass Star Formation
18:30 Dinner
F R I D A Y 17 May 2024
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:40 Stella Offner [30+10]
Perspective Talk: Early phase star formation research using AI
Magnetic Fields
Chair: Shih-Ping Lai
09:40 - 10:20 Kate Pattle [30+10]
Review: Magnetic Fields
10:20 - 10:50 Daniel Seifried [20+10]
MHD simulations of molecular clouds and synthetic dust polarisation maps: What can we learn from it?
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break [20]
11:10 - 11:40 Shuo Kong [20+10]
Magnetically Regulated Molecular Cloud and Star Formation
11:40 - 12:00 Moderator: Hua-bai Li [5+15]
DISCUSSION on Magnetic Fields
12:00 - 12:20 Thomas Henning [20]
Concluding Remarks
12:20 - 12:30 Organizers [10]
Feedback Collection
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.