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NUMERICAL ASTROPHYSICS AND ITS ROLE IN STAR FORMATION

Cardiff, 19-23 January 2009

  106 Participants (last updated 13/1/09)


NAME INSTITUTE
TALK/POSTER TITLE
Alicia Aarnio
Vanderbilt University

Richard Allison
 Sheffield University

Philippe André
CEA/Saclay - Service d'Astrophysique

Serena Emily Arena
University of Tuebingen
SPH simulations of solid bodies for studying planetesimal formation [P]
Rhianne Attwood
Cardiff University
The role of turbulence and thermodynamics on star formation in molecular cloud cores [T]
Edouard Audit
Service d'Astrophysique, CEA/Saclay
Radiative transfer using the Moment  Method, and its application to radiative shocks [T]
Manuel Abelardo Zamora Aviles
Centro de Radioastronomia y Astrofisica (UNAM)

Ben Ayliffe
University of Exeter

Robi Banerjee
 Institute for Theoretical Astophysics (ITA)
University of Heidelberg
 Contemporary Star Formation with the FLASH code [T]
Matthew Bate
University of Exeter School summary [T]
Christopher Batty
Cardiff University

Alberic Joos de ter Beerst
CRAL
(Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de LYON)

Thomas Bisbas
Cardiff University
SPH simulations of expanding HII regions [T]
Ian Bonnell
University of St Andrews
Cluster and distributed modes and the efficiency of star formation [T]
Sylvain Bontemps
Observatoire de Bordeaux

Chris Brunt
Exeter University
Andrew Burgess
 LAOG, France

Ana Duarte Cabral
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
University of Manchester

Marilena Caramazza
INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

Cátia Cardoso
Exeter University

Annabel Cartwright
Cardiff University
The effect of Poisson noise on the accuracy of SPH calculations: does increasing particle numbers help? [T]

Paola Caselli
 School of Physics & Astronomy
University of Leeds
Pedagogical Talk on Diagnostic Chemistry [T]
Seung-Hoon Cha
 Theoretical Astrophysics Group,  Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability with Godunov-type SPH [P]
Gilles Chabrier
ENS-Lyon, France
The basics of the early evolution of young objects: from the proto-star/BD to the PMS phase [T]
Yilen Gomez Maqueo Chew
Vanderbilt University

María Dolores Mata Chávez
Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica
 (UNAM)

Paul C. Clark ITA Universitaet Heidelberg The formation of discs in clusters [T]
Benoît Commerçon
CEA Saclay (France)
Protostellar collapse: numerical methods comparison and development [T]
Peter Cossins
University of Leicester

Timea Csengeri
 CEA-Saclay
Origin of high-mass stars and clusters in DR21(OH) [P]
James Dale
 Astronomical Institute
Czech Academy of Sciences
Stellar feedback - modelling HII regions, stellar winds and fragmenting shells in SPH [T]
Clare Dobbs
University of Exeter
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Molecular Cloud Formation? [P]
Kevin Douglas
University of Exeter
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Molecular Cloud Formation? [P] 
Davide Elia
Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa
 Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Barbara Ercolano
Institute of Astronomy
University of Cambridge
Geometry Independent Radiative Transfer through Gas and Dust using the Monte Carlo method [T]
Christoph Federrath
ITA/ZAH Heidelberg
Interstellar Turbulence: Solenoidal versus Compressive Forcing [P]
Pau Frau-Mendez
Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (ICE/CSIC), Spain

Duncan Forgan
Institute for Astronomy
University of Edinburgh, SUPA
Introducing a Hybrid Method of Radiative Transfer for SPH [T]
Sebastien Fromang
 CEA Saclay, France
Numerical dissipation in MHD turbulence simulations performed with ZEUS [T]
Evghenii Gaburov
Leiden Observatory
A star cluster on a desktop (1) [T]
Simon Glover
Institut fuer Theoretische Astrophysik
University of Heidelberg
Simulating chemically reactive flows in astrophysics [T]
 GPM Lagrangian Hydrodynamics [P]
Joana Filipa Inês Gomes
Centro de Astronomia e Astrofísica da Universidade de Lisboa (CAAUL)

Manuel Neri Gómez
Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica
UNAM
Physical properties of interstellar atomic dense structures from turbulent simulations [P]
Simon Goodwin
Sheffield University
The collapse of cold fractal star clusters [T]
Jane Greaves
University of St Andrews
Oliver Gressel
Queen Mary University London
Magnetic field amplification in turbulent flows [T]
Matthias Gritschneder
University Observatory, Munich
Ionization in SPH Simulations: iVINE and VINERY [T]
Tim Harries
University of Exeter
The simulation of line emission from protostars and discs [T]
Calen Barnett Henderson
Vanderbilt University

A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Eclipsing Binary Stars in the Lagoon Nebula [P]

Patrick Hennebelle
Ecole normale superieure
Observatoire de Paris
Pedagogical talk on Finite Difference Hydrodynamics [T]
 Alexander Hobbs
Theoretical Astrophysics Group
University of Leicester

Seyit Hocuk
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
University of Groningen
The Metallicity and Rotational Moment Dependence of Molecular Cloud Fragmentation [P]
Ella Hopewell
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo

David Hubber
Oslo University/Sheffield University
 "SPH in 60 mins". Pedagogical talk on SPH [T]
Kazunari Iwasaki
Osaka University

 Richard Jackson
Astrophysics Group, Keele University UK
Are the spin axes of stars randomly aligned in young  clusters? [P]
Anne-Katharina Jappsen
Cardiff University
Influence of thermal properties on star formation [T]
Rob Jeffries
Keele University
Tests of Early Stellar Evolution Models [T]
Amit Kashi
Physics Department
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Physical processes during the periastron passage of Eta Carinae [P]
Jongsoo Kim
Canvendish Astrophysics Group &
Korea Astronomy and Space Institute
An Explicit Scheme for Incorporating Ambipolar Diffusion in a Magnetohydrodynamics Code [P]
Jason Kirk
Cardiff University

Pamela Klaassen
ESO
Rotation in Regions of Massive Star Formation [P]
Vera Konyves
CEA/Saclay, SAp

Thijs Kouwenhoven
University of Sheffield
 A star cluster on a desktop (2) [T]
 M.Abdul Latif
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

 Giuseppe Lodato 
University of Leicester (UK)/
University of Milan (Italy)
Angular momentum transport in protostellar discs: clues from SPH simulations of self-gravitating discs [T]
Ana Lopez-Sepulcre INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
Quang Nguyen Luong
Service de astrophysique, Saclay, France

Andres Suarez Madrigal
Centro de Radioastronomia y Astrofisica
UNAM
Wavelet analysis of  a molecular cloud in numerical simulations [P]
George Mamatsashvili
Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Vortices in self-gravitating gaseous discs [P]
Thomas Maschberger
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

Mark McCaughrean
University of Exeter
Andrew McLeod
Cardiff University

Farzana Meru
University of Exeter

Milica Milosavljevic
Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Heidelberg, Germany
Stability of organic molecules against shocks in the early Solar nebula [P]
Nickolas Moeckel
University of St Andrews
Testing binary formation scenarios with SPH [T]
Takanori Nagakura
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Evolution of a supernova shell and triggered star formation in low-metallicity [P]
David Nutter
Cardiff University
JCMT Gould Belt Legacy Survey [P]
Catarina Alves de Oliveira
LAOG (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble)

James Owen
IOA, Cambridge

Jan Palous
 Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Expanding shells, massive star clusters and gas stripping of galaxies [T]
Richard Parker
Sheffield University
The Initial Binary Population in Star Clusters [T]
Stephanie Pekruhl
University Observatory, LMU Munich

Dieter Poelman
 University of St. Andrews
Rotational line emission from water in protoplanetary disks [T]
Krisada Rawiraswattana
Sheffield University
Basmah Riaz
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
A study of a depply-embedded low-mass protostellar system in the B59 molecular cloud [P]
Ken Rice
Institute for Astronomy
University of Edinburgh
Using SPH, with realistic thermodynamics, for simulations of star and planet formation [T]
Boyke Rochau
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
 Heidelberg, Germany
Starburst Cluster of the Milky Way [P]
Anooshiravan Roozrokh
Sharif University of Technology
Iran

David Rundle
 University of Exeter

Giuseppe Germano Sacco
INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
Hydrodynamic modeling of accretion shock on CTTSs [P]
Eugenio Schisano
 INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte

Vojtech Sidorin
 Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Multiwavelength study of expanding H I shells in the Milky Way [P]
Robert Simpson
Cardiff University

Rowan J Smith
University of St-Andrews
 Tracing the Evolution of Pre-Stellar Clumps [P]
Loredana Spezzi
Research and Scientific Support Department, European Space Agency (ESTEC)
Probing the mass accretion process in the field of SN1987A [P]
Dimitris Stamatellos
Cardiff University
The formation of brown dwarfs in discs: physics and numerics [T]
Mario Tafalla
Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Spain
Determining molecular abundances in starless cores [T]
Stefanie Walch
Cardiff University
The formation and early evolution of protostellar disks around low-mass stars [T]
Malcolm Walmsley
Arcetri
The competition between depletion and collapse [T]
Derek Ward-Thompson
Cardiff University

Carsten Weidner
University of St. Andrews

Lucy A. Wilcock
Cardiff University

Elaine Winston
University of Exeter

Ant Whitworth
Cardiff University

Richard Wunsch Cardiff University Gravitational fragmentation of the expanding shell [T]
Bernd Völkl
ITA Heidelberg
Radiative Cooling with FLASH [P]