Program Warsaw
MP1104 COST Action 1st WG meeting
Warsaw : 7-9 May 2012
The first WG meeting of the MP1104 COST Action was organized in Warsaw (PL) at the Space Research Centre / Polish Academy of Sciences from 7 to 9 May 2012. It was followed by a MC meeting on 10 May.
Below is the detailed program of the meeting with all presentations given as well as short summaries of the discussions at the end of each day.
Monday May 7
08:45-09:00 : opening
09:00-09:20 : H. Lamy – General introduction and overview about the MP1104 COST Action
Session 1 – Observations
Chair: Arturo Lopez Ariste
Polarisation of the continuum
09:20-09:45 : V. Rosenbush - Polarimetry of atmosphereless Solar System bodies (invited)
09:45-10:03 : I. N. Belskaya - Polarimetric observations of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs at the ESO-VLT
10:03-10:21 : Nikolai Kiselev - Polarimetry of comets: observational results and problems
10:21-10:39 : M. Rodenhuis - High-Contrast observations of circumstellar environments with the Extreme Polarimeter
10:40-11:00 : coffee break
11:00-11:18 : J. de Boer - Remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols with the spectropolarimeter SPEX
Polarisation of spectral lines
11:18-11:43 : M. Collados - Polarization measurements in the solar atmosphere (invited)
11:43-12:01 : M. Barthélemy - Auroral line polarisation: results, interpretation and perspectives.
12:01-12:19 : M. J. Martínez González - Are magnetic fields shaping planetary nebulae?
12:20-13:45 : Lunch
13:45-14:03 : M. Bianda - High precision spectropolarimetry in the solar atmosphere, results of ZIMPOL3
14:03-14:21 : N. Fabas - A Spectropolarimetric study of Mira-type variable stars
Analysis and techniques
14:21-14:39 : A. Asensio Ramos - Model selection and signal detection. A Bayesian perspective.
14:39-14:57 : A. Cellino - The importance of Polarimetry for asteroid studies.
14:57-15:15 : W. Marczewski – Polarisation technique in SMOS Earth observations.
Polarimetry beyond the visible
15:15-15:33 : A. Słowikowska - Polarimetry measurements of isolated neutron stars: current status and future perspectives
15:33-15:51: R. Schreiber - Auroral Kilometric Radiation polarization revisited
15:51-16:10 : coffee break
16:10-16:28 : E. Slominska - SMOS - the versatile mission
16:28-16:46 : H. Rothkaehl - Electromagnetic Earth environment
16:46-17:04 : P. Koperski - Propagation properties of ULF waves during magnetic storm commencement - a case study.
General talks
17:04-17:22 : N. Kiselev - Polarimetric investigations in Ukraine: Past, Present and Future
17:22-17:40 : J. Freimanis - About astronomy and astronomical polarimetry in contemporary Latvia
17:40-18:40 : Open discussions (Chairmen: A. Lopez Ariste, H. Lamy, M. Barthélemy)
Tuesday May 8
Session 4 : Laboratory experiments
Chairman : Daniel Guirado
09:00-09:25 : O. Muñoz - Experimental scattering matrices by ensembles of small particles (invited)
Open discussions about WG4 will be included in the general discussion on Wednesday afternoon.
Session 2 : Theory and modeling
Chairman : Javier Trujillo Bueno
09:25-09:50 : E. Landi Degl'Innocenti - The Physics of Polarization (invited)
09:50-10:08 : G. Franssens - Group Theoretical Aspects of Polarization and their consequences in radiative transfer theory
10:08-10:26 : E. Zubko - Umov Effect for Single-Scattering Agglomerate Particles
10:26-10:44 : P. Soffitta - X-ray polarimetry in astrophysics
10:44-11:12 : coffee break
11:12-11:30 : G. Matt – X-ray polarimetry of radio-quiet AGN
11:30-11:48 : M. Dovciak - Relativistic Effects on Polarization Properties of the Black
Hole Accretion Disk Radiation
11:48-12:06 : L. Popovic - Binary Black Holes and Spectral Lines of AGNs: Possible Effect in Polarized Broad Line Profiles
12:06-13:45 : lunch
13:45-14:10 : J. Stepan - Modeling Polarization in Stellar Atmospheres (invited)
14:10-14:28 : K. Muinonen - Multiple Scattering in the Surfaces of Small Solar System Bodies
14:28-14:46 : D. Guirado - A Monte Carlo Model for the Reflection of Polarized Light on Surfaces
14:46-15:04 : E. Carlin - Scattering Polarization in the Ca II IR Triplet with Velocity Gradients
15:04-15:22 : O. Kuzmychov - CrH Molecule: New Diagnostic Tool for Measuring Magnetic Fields in Ultra-Cool Dwarfs
15:22-15:40 : I. Milic - Inversion Procedure for Weak Magnetic Field Measurements from C2 and MgH Lines in the Second Solar Spectrum
15:40-15:58 : J. Trujillo Bueno - Observables for Measuring the Magnetic Field of the Solar Transition Region
16:00-16:30 : Coffee break
16:30-17:30 : Open discussions WG2 (Chairmen: J. Trujillo Bueno, H. Lamy, M. Barthélemy).
Wednesday May 9
Session 3 : Instrumentation
Chairman : F. Snik
Polarimetry of planets and exoplanets
09:00-09:25 : H. Martin Schmid - ZIMPOL / SPHERE, the future high contrast imaging polarimeter at the VLT (invited)
09:25-09:43 : G. Van Harten - SPEX (Spectropolarimeter for Planetary EXploration): instruments for atmospheric aerosol characterization
Spectropolarimeters
09:43-10:01 : M. Barthélemy - A spectropolarimeter to study the auroral polarisation spectrum
10:01-10:19 : S. Fineschi - Electro-optical spectro-polarimeter for ground- and space-based observations of coronal line-emission
10:19-10:37 : R. Cabanac - Update on TBL/Narval
10:37-10:55 : F. Snik - Design of a full-Stokes polarimeter for VLT/X-shooter
10:55-11:20 : coffee break
High energy polarimeters
11:20-11:45 : E. Costa - Instruments and Methods of Astrophysical X-ray Polarimetry (invited)
11:45-12:03 : P. Rudawy - Solar X-ray polarimeter (X-POL)
12:03-12:21 : N. Gauvin - POLAR: A novel space-borne probe for Gamma-Ray Bursts polarization
12:21-13:45 : Lunch
13:45-14:45 : Open discussions WG3 (Chairmen: F. Snik, H. Lamy, M. Barthélemy).
Session 4 : outreach & education
Chairman : H. Lamy
14:45-15:20 : G. Horvath - Application of imaging polarimetry in the study of animal polarization vision: Vikings, Zebras, Polarized Light Pollution and Polarization Insect Traps (invited)
15:20-15:38 : F. Snik - iSPEX: everybody can measure atmospheric aerosols with a smartphone spectropolarimeter
15:38-16:20 : Open discussions outreach & education (Chairmen : F. Snik, H. Lamy, M. Barthélemy).
16:20-16:40 Coffee break
16:40 – end : general discussions about the COST Action MP1104.