The MPIA conference series at Ringberg Castle
EPoS 2018 Program
S U N D A Y 13 May 2018
17:00 Start of the registration
17:20 Arrival of the airport shuttle
18:30 Dinner
 
M O N D A Y 14 May 2018
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 - 09:15 Organizers [15+0]
Welcome and Introduction
Molecular Clouds
Chair: Doug Johnstone
09:15 - 09:55 Shu-ichiro Inutsuka [30+10]
Review: Molecular Clouds: Formation and Evolution During Early Star Formation
09:55 - 10:25 Jonathan Henshaw [20+10]
Seeding the Galactic Centre Gas Stream: Initial Conditions for the Formation of Young Massive Clusters
10:25 - 10:50 Coffee Break [25]
10:50 - 11:20 Jouni Kainulainen [20+10]
The PROMISE Survey: High-Resolution Column Density Mapping of the Galactic Plane
11:20 - 11:50 Paolo Padoan [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Molecular Clouds
11:50 - 12:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [40]
POSTER SESSION
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
High-Mass Star Formation
Chair: Aina Palau
14:00 - 14:40 Mark Krumholz [30+10]
Review: High-Mass Star/Star Cluster Formation
14:40 - 15:10 Rolf Kuiper [20+10]
First Hydrodynamics Simulations of Radiation Forces and Photoionization Feedback in Massive Star Formation
15:10 - 15:40 Richard Klein [20+10]
The Formation of Massive Clusters From High Redshift to the Present Day Universe
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30]
16:10 - 16:40 Anna Rosen [20+10]
The Formation of Massive Stars with Radiative and Protostellar Outflow Feedback
16:40 - 17:20 Moderator: Hendrik Linz [5+35]
DISCUSSION on High-Mass Star Formation
17:20 - 18:30 Poster authors in front of their posters [70]
POSTER SESSION
18:30 Dinner
T U E S D A Y 15 May 2018
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Star Formation "Laws" and the Initial Mass Function
Chair: Jouni Kainulainen
09:00 - 09:40 Charlie Lada [30+10]
Review: The Nature of Star Formation Scaling Laws in Galaxies and the Milky Way
09:40 - 10:10 Adam Ginsburg [20+10]
Star Formation Laws Evaluated at our Galaxy's Highest Density
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break [20]
10:30 - 11:00 Jürgen Steinacker [20+10]
Star Formation Rates Derived from Current Core Mass Functions: Why are They Physically Not Meaningful?
11:00 - 11:40 Moderator: Javier Ballesteros-Paredes [5+35]
DISCUSSION on Star Formation "Laws" and the Initial Mass Function
11:40 - 12:30 John Carpenter [30+20]
Telescope/Satellite Talk: Probing the Physical Conditions in Star Forming Regions with ALMA
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Magnetic Fields
Chair: Ralph Pudritz
14:00 - 14:40 Benoit Commercon [30+10]
Review: The Role of Magnetic Fields During the Early Phase of Star Formation
14:40 - 15:10 Josep-Miquel Girart [20+10]
ALMA news on magnetic fields threading low mass star forming cores/Polarization Archetypes in Protostellar Disks
15:10 - 15:40 Alex Lazarian [20+10]
Tracing Magnetic Fields with Velocity Gradients
15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break [20]
16:00 - 16:30 Hendrik Beuther [20+10]
Magnetic Fields at the Onset of High-Mass Star Formation
16:30 - 17:00 Moderator: Josep-Miquel Girart [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Magnetic Fields
Multiplicity
Chair: Clare Dobbs
17:00 - 17:40 Simon Goodwin [30+10]
Review: Multiplicity in the Early Phase of Star Formation
17:40 - 18:10 Sylvie Cabrit [20+10]
SVS13A as Archetype for the Role of Multiplicity in Accretion Bursts and Jets
18:10 - 18:40 Moderator: Josep-Miquel Girart [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Magnetic Fields
18:40 Dinner
W E D N E S D A Y 16 May 2018
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Archetypes
Chair: Jürgen Steinacker
09:00 - 10:20 Joao Alves [50+30]
Prime Talk: Archetypes
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break [30]
Multiplicity
Chair: Mario Tafalla
10:50 - 11:30 Alvaro Hacar [30+10]
Review: Filaments
11:30 - 12:00 Seamus Clarke [20+10]
Synthetic Observations of Fibrous Filaments: the Problems of Mapping from PPV to PPP
12:00 - 12:30 Moderator: Shu-ichiro Inutsuka [30]
DISCUSSION on Filaments
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 [120]
PROJECT TIME or OUTSIDE WALK
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee Break [20]
Chemistry
Chair: Aurore Bacmann
16:20 - 17:00 Karin Oeberg [30+10]
Review: Chemistry of the Early Phase of Star Formation
17:00 - 17:30 Ascuncion Fuente [20+10]
Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS)
17:30 - 18:00 Yoko Oya [20+10]
Three Cases of Chemical Differentiation in Disk-Forming Regions of Low-Mass Protostellar Sources
18:00 - 18:30 Moderator: Josep-Miquel Girart [5+25]
DISCUSSION on Chemistry
18:30 Bavarian Dinner
T H U R S D A Y 17 May 2018
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Cores
Chair: Henrik Beuther
09:00 - 09:40 James Di Francesco [30+10]
Review: Molecular Cloud Cores
09:40 - 10:10 Jaime Pineda [20+10]
The GBT Ammonia Survey: Dense Gas Kinematic Property and the Properties of Dense Cores
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break [20]
10:30 - 11:00 Eric Keto [20+10]
Testing Theories of Star Formation
11:00 - 11:20 Moderator: Mika Juvela [5+15]
DISCUSSION on Molecular Cloud Cores
11:20 - 11:25 Room change for focus groups [5]
11:25 - 12:35 FOCUS GROUPS [70]
high_disc(John Ilee, Aida Ahmadi)
true_den(Blakesley Burkhart, Hope Chen)
turb_mc(Daniel Seifried, Javier Ballesteros-Paredes)
12:35 - 14:00 Lunch
Protostellar Disks
Chair: Charlie Lada
14:00 - 14:40 Nami Sakai [30+10]
Review: Protostellar Disks
14:40 - 15:10 Doug Johnstone [20+10]
The Variability of Deeply Embedded Protostars in the Sub-Millimetre
15:10 - 15:40 Patrick Sheehan [20+10]
Constraints on Embedded Disk Structures and Masses as Seen by CARMA and ALMA
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break [30]
16:10 - 16:40 Mario Tafalla [20+10]
Clues to the Outflow Acceleration Mechanism from ALMA Observations of the L1448 Archetype
16:40 - 17:15 Moderator: Rowan Smith [5+30]
DISCUSSION on Protostellar Disks
17:15 - 17:20 Room change for focus groups [5]
17:20 - 18:30 FOCUS GROUPS [70]
orion_bin(Rainer Koehler, Christine Ackerl)
var_cmf(Sami Dib, Thomas Nony )
uncon_dis(Jan Forbrich, Hendrik Linz)
18:30 Dinner
F R I D A Y 18 May 2018
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Galactic-Scale Star Formation
Chair: Andy Burkert
09:00 - 09:40 Clare Dobbs [30+10]
Review: Galactic-Scale Star Formation
09:40 - 10:10 Rowan Smith [20+10]
Star Formation in Galactic Clouds and Filaments
10:10 - 10:40 Ralph Pudritz [20+10]
The Origin and Growth of Massive Star Clusters
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break [30]
11:10 - 11:30 Asmita Bhandare [15+5]
Poster Contest Winner: First Core Lifetime from Low- to High-Mass Star Formation
11:30 - 12:10 Thomas Henning [40+0]
Conference Summary
12:10 - 12:30 Organizers [20]
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.