There will be three sessions focusing on:

  1. Imaging and data preparation (Imaging algorithms and their practical use in polarisation, Lofar pipeline)
  2. Polarisation analysis (RM-Synthesis and related techniques, Q/U-Fitting)
  3. Data interpretation and magnetic field models (magnetic field models, depolarisation, equipartition, dynamos, cosmic ray wind feedback on galaxies)


The final programme schedule will follow in early June.
Until then you are strongly encouraged to prepare short presentations (5 - max. 10 minutes) on specific problems, issues or ideas that you would like to discuss. Please send a suggestion for a title of your short presentation until the 1st of June to kierdorf (at) mpifr-bonn.mpg.de, so we can finalise the programme.

WednesdaySpeakerTitle
ChairR.-J. Dettmar
10:30Arrival, Coffee, Welcome
11:00Rainer BeckIntroduction
11:30Gyula JozsaFuture Instrumentation with a focus on MeerKat
12:15Discussion/Questions
12:30Lunch
14:00Björn AdebahrStatus of Apertif
14:20Henrik JunklewitzImaging (extended sources + polarization) - overview
Aritra Basu/Björn AdebahrImaging (extended sources + polarization) - practical
15:50Break
ChairHenrik Junklewitz
16:10Andreas HornefferLOFAR Pipeline(s) - overview
16:40Sarrvesh SridharLOFAR Pipeline(s) - practical
17:00Problem & Discussion Session: Imaging
Short contr.: Andrew FletcherSheets or filaments? How to tell the difference in a 2D map.
Short contr.: Maja KierdorfHow to measure flux densities of partly resolved point sources
Short contr.: Yik Ki MaDetermination of polarisation position angle (PA).
18:00End
 
Thursday
ChairBjörn Adebahr
09:00Andrew FletcherMF models, depolarization, equipartition
09:45Rainer BeckMF models, depolarization, equipartition
10:30Break
11:00Problem & Discussion Session: Magnetic Field and Depolarisation
Short contr.: Nataliya PoraykoProbing Interstellar Magnetic Field with LOFAR
12:00Lunch
ChairAndrew Fletcher
14:00Christoph PfrommerCosmic ray feedback in galaxy formation
15:00Björn EichmannThe Radio-Gamma-Correlation in Starburst Galaxies
15:30Break
16:00Problem & Discussion Session: Magnetic Field, CR and Galaxies
18:00End
19:30Conference Dinner
 
Friday
ChairMaja Kierdorf
09:00Dominic SchnitzelerRM-synthesis
09:45Aritra BasuQU-fitting
10:30Break
11:00Problem & Discussion Session: RM-Synthesis and Polarisation
Short contr.: Dominic SchnitzlerRM-Synthesis: Some thoughts on advanced topics
Short contr.: Henrik Junklewitz3D Faraday-Synthesis: A short introduction to a still new algorithm
Short contr.: Björn AdebahrComments on polarisation calibration
Short contr.: Rainer BeckAlternatives of bias correction of polarisation data obtained from RM-Synthesis
Short contr.: Henrik JunklewitzImproving RM-Clean with Maximum-Likelihood
12:30End