SPW5 Program


Sunday 16th September


16:00 Registration at the conference center (until 19:00)


19:00 Welcome reception at the conference center


20:00 Dinner (for full boarders)


Monday 17th September


08:00 Registration


08:45 SOC and LOC Welcome notes

09:00 Solanki, Sami K.     (invited)
Introductory lecture in honor of J.O. Stenflo
 

Session 1. Second Solar Spectrum

Chair: A. Gandorfer
09:30 Stenflo, Jan     (invited)
The Sun as a Rosetta stone for polarization physics
 
10:00 Bianda, Michele     (invited)
Observing programs at IRSOL of the Second Solar Spectrum
 
10:30 Keller, Christoph
A brief history of the Second Solar Spectrum
 

10:45 coffee break

11:15 Faurobert, Marianne
Non-LTE modeling of the Ba~{\sc{ii}} 455.4 nm resonance polarization
 
11:30 Ramelli, Renzo
Observations of the joint action of the Hanle and Zeeman effects in the D$_2$ line of Ba~{\sc{ii}}
 
11:45 Fluri, Dominique
Spatial variations of scattering polarization in the quiet Sun
 
12:00 Lopez Ariste, Arturo
The turbulent magnetism of the quiet sun from Hanle and Zeeman high resolution observations
 
12:15 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Henney, Carl
SOLIS Vector Spectromagnetograph: status and science
 
 
 
Manso Sainz, Rafael
Scattering polarization in the Fe~{\sc{i}} 6301/6302 lines
 
 
 
Paletou, Frédéric
Freeware solutions for spectropolarimetric data reduction
 
 
 
Trujillo Bueno, Javier
The scattering polarization of the Sr~{\sc{i}} 4607~{\AA} line at the diffraction limit resolution of a 1-m telescope
 

12:25 Short presentation about the history of Monte Verità


12:30 Lunch


Session 2. Polarization physics in magnetized media

Chair: A. Asensio Ramos
14:00 Landi Degl'Innocenti, Egidio     (invited)
Radiative transfer for polarized radiation: a historical overview
 
14:30 Trujillo Bueno, Javier     (invited)
The magnetic sensitivity of the Second Solar Spectrum
 
15:00 Frisch, Hélène
The Hanle effect. Decomposition of the Stokes parameters in irreducible components
 
15:15 Sampoorna, Malali
Scattering polarization in the presence of moderately strong solar magnetic fields -- the theory of Hanle-Zeeman scattering
 

15:30 coffee break

16:00 Holzreuter, René
Ca~{\sc{ii}}~K polarization as chromospheric temperature and magnetic field sensor
 
16:15 Belluzzi, Luca
The linear polarization profile of the Li~{\sc i} 6707~{\AA} line as a diagnostic tool of the solar lithium isotopic abundance
 
16:30 Thalmann, Christian
Magnetic field dependence of polarized scattering on potassium
 
16:45 Tomczyk, Steven
Laboratory testing of models of scattering polarization
 
17:00 Suarez, Estela
X-ray polarimetry of solar flares with RHESSI
 
17:15 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Firstova, Natalia
Impact linear polarization on impulsive phase of proton flare observations with high spatial resolution
 
 
 
Hajdas, Wojtek
Atmospheric scattering background in RHESSI measurements of solar flare polarization
 
 
 
Hirzberger, Johann
Multi-channel observations of a solar flare
 
 
 
Kashapova, Larisa
The multi-wavelength study of flare 16 August 2004: why linear polarization was absent in the H$\alpha$ kernel?
 
 
 
Lopez Ariste, Arturo
Spectropolarimetry of resonance polarization of the Na D lines in the laboratory
 
 
 
Manso Sainz, Rafael
Self-alignment of atomic hydrogen in the presence electric fields
 
 
 
Merenda, Laura
The Cr~{\sc{i}} 520.6 nm triplet at the solar limb
 
 
 
OO, Yee Yee
Scattering phase matrices for polarized radiation in the presence of external magnetic fields -- the expressions for higher multipoles of scattering
 
 
 
Sasso, Clementina
The He~{\sc{i}} 10830~{\AA} multiplet: analysis of the Stokes vector in a flaring region
 

18:00 Reception offered by the town of Ascona


19:30 Dinner (for full boarders)


Tuesday 18th September


Session 3. Nature of solar magnetic fields as revealed by polarimetry

Chair: D. Fluri
09:00 Solanki, Sami K.     (invited)
Photospheric magnetic fields
 
09:30 Harvey, John     (invited)
Chromospheric magnetic fields
 
10:00 Ichimoto, Kiyoshi
A new view of fine scale dynamics and magnetism of sunspots revealed by Hinode/SOT
 
10:15 Lites, Bruce
Has HINODE revealed the missing turbulent flux of the quiet Sun?
 
10:30 Orozco Suárez, David
Internetwork magnetic fields observed with HINODE
 

10:45 coffee break

11:15 Lagg, Andreas
Measurements of canopy fields at chromospheric heights
 
11:30 del Toro Iniesta, Jose Carlos
Spectropolarimetry of Evershed clouds and MMFs
 
11:45 Socas-Navarro, Hector
Can polarimetric observations help resolve the solar oxygen crisis?
 
12:00 Khomenko, Elena
Observational signatures of numerically simulated MHD wave propagation in small-scale flux tubes
 
12:15 Yelles Chaouche, Lotfi
Spectro-polarimetric diagnostics near the solar limb: Simulations versus high-resolution observations
 

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Rezaei, Reza
Temporal evolution of magnetic elements
 
14:15 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Rangarajan, Komandur
Physical characteristics of Bright Points
 
Active regions and sunspots
 
 
 
Balthasar, Horst
The height dependence of the magnetic vector field in sunspots
 
 
 
Bloomfield, D. Shaun
The nature of running penumbral waves revealed
 
 
 
Demidov, Michael
A study of Stokes line profiles short-period variations in the Sun-as-a-star magnetic field observations
 
 
 
Demidov, Michael
An extended line-ratio method application: comparison of large-scale solar magnetic field observations in different spectral lines and observatories
 
 
 
Jurcak, Jan
Spectropolarimetric observations of the penumbra at 0.3'' with HINODE
 
 
 
Meling, Martin
The magnetic vector structure of active region plage fields studied using lines around 1.56 microns
 
 
 
Nagaraju, Krishnappa
Spectro-polarimetric observation of active regions in H$\alpha$
 
 
 
Oklay, Nilda
Spectropolarimetric investigations of the deep photospheric layers of solar magnetic structures
 
 
 
Reardon, Kevin
Spectropolarimetry of Ca~{\sc{ii}} 8542: probing the chromospheric magnetic field
 
 
 
Xu, Zhi
Full vector magnetic field retrieval of an emerging flux region
 
Network
 
 
 
DeForest, Craig
Small-scale magnetic features observed with Hinode
 
 
 
Ioshpa, Boris
Fine structure stochastic properties of the solar magnetic field
 
 
 
Kobel, Philippe
Center-to-limb distribution of bright points and faculae: first results of an automated detection algorithm
 
 
 
Raouafi, Nour-Eddine
On the latitude distribution of the polar magnetic flux as observed by SOLIS-VSM
 
Internetwork and the quiet Sun
 
 
 
Asensio Ramos, Andrés
The average magnetic energy in the solar photosphere: a near-IR line of Mn~{\sc{i}} as a diagnostic tool
 
 
 
Bommier, Véronique
The internetwork magnetic field at the THEMIS resolution limit
 
 
 
Martinez Gonzalez, Marian
Centre-to-limb variation of the quiet Sun magnetism
 
 
 
Ramirez Velez, Julio C.
Magnetic field strength analysis in quiet sun regions
 

Session 4. Polarized radiative transfer, theory and modeling

Chair: F. Paletou
14:30 Nagendra, Kanakatte Nanjundarao     (invited)
Numerical methods in polarized line formation theory
 
15:00 Uitenbroek, Han     (invited)
Three-dimensional radiative transfer with polarization
 

15:30 coffee break

16:00 Shchukina, Nataliya
Three-dimensional radiative transfer modeling of the Second Solar Spectrum of titanium
 
16:15 Asensio Ramos, Andrés
Advanced forward modeling and inversion of Stokes profiles caused by the joint action of the Hanle and Zeeman effects
 
16:30 Carroll, Thorsten A.
Zeeman tomography of a quiet Sun region
 
16:45 Piskunov, Nikolai
Polarization spectral synthesis in 3D
 
17:00 Mueller, Daniel
The multi-component field topology of sunspot penumbrae -- A diagnostic tool for spectropolarimetric measurements
 
17:15 Centeno, Rebecca
Influence of EUV coronal irradiation on the Stokes profiles of the He~10830 {\AA} multiplet
 
17:30 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Asensio Ramos, Andrés
Bayesian inversion of Stokes profiles
 
 
 
Criscuoli, Serena
Photometric properties of clusters of magnetic elements in the photosphere
 
 
 
Fischer, Catherine
Vector magnetic field inversions of high cadence SOLIS-VSM data
 
 
 
Manso Sainz, Rafael
The Hanle effect in stellar atmospheres
 
 
 
Orozco Suárez, David
Diagnostic potential of the Fe~{\sc{i}} 630.2~nm lines for high-spatial resolution studies of internetwork magnetic fields
 
 
 
Leger, Ludovick
2D radiative modelling of He spectral lines formed in prominences
 
 
 
Qu, Zhongquan
Relationship between the level population and the magnetic field strength
 
 
 
Qu, Zhongquan
The rotation of the magnetic fields in the evolution of a sunspot
 
 
 
Stepan, Jiri
NLTE effects in the transfer of polarized lines of multi-term atoms
 
 
 
Ustyugov, Sergey
Numerical simulation of local solar supergranulation with a magnetic field and realistic physics
 
 
 
Viticchiè, Bartolomeo
Mn~{\sc{i}} lines with hyperfine structure synthesized in realistic quiet Sun magnetic atmospheres
 

18:30 Dinner (for full boarders)


20:30 Concert in the Church Collegio Papio


Wednesday 19th September


Session 5. Molecular polarization and collisional depolarization

Chair: M. Faurobert
09:00 Berdyugina, Svetlana     (invited)
Advances in molecular spectropolarimetry
 
09:30 Bommier, Véronique     (invited)
Atomic and molecular depolarizing collision rates
 
10:00 Shapiro, Alexander
Solar magnetic field diagnostics with the molecular Hanle effect
 
10:15 Afram, Nadine
FeH: A valuable magnetic diagnostic tool
 
10:30 Derouich, Moncef
Effect of the anisotropic/isotropic collisions on the scattering polarization
 
10:45 Dubau, Jacques
Atomic depolarization by thermal electron collision: Quantum formulation
 

11:00 coffee break


Session 6. Polarimetric instrumentation for ground-based and space observatories

Chair: A. Lopez Ariste
11:30 Keller, Christoph     (invited)
Polarimetry from the ground up
 
12:00 Fineschi, Silvano     (invited)
Space-based solar polarimetry
 

12:30 Lunch


13:45 Excursion: departure to Isole di Brissago


14:00 Excursion: departure to Valle Verzasca


19:15 Dinner (for full boarders)


Public event at the conference centre (in Italian)

Chair: M. Cagnotti
20:30 Landi Degl'Innocenti, Egidio
Influenze astronomiche sul clima terrestre
 
21:15 Round table discussion with Egidio Landi Degl'Innocenti, Paolo Ambrosetti (meteorologist) and Franco Romerio (economist)

Thursday 20th September


Session 6. Polarimetric instrumentation for ground-based and space observatories

Chair: A. Lopez Ariste
09:00 Gandorfer, Achim
A proposal for a FUV/EUV spectropolarimeter onboard COMPASS
 
09:15 Reardon, Kevin
Advances in bidimensional spectropolarimetry with IBIS
 
09:30 DeForest, Craig
Stereoscopic magnetography at the Dunn Solar Telescope
 
09:45 Snik, Frans
Design of a Small Synoptic Second Solar Spectrum Telescope (S5T)
 
10:00 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Bello González, Nazaret
Full Stokes polarimetry with speckle techniques
 
 
 
Derouich, Moncef
Spatial polarimetry observations with LYOT and coronal magnetic field
 
 
 
Hagino, Masaoki
Comparison of the magnetograms taken with the SFT/MTK and the SST/KSW
 
 
 
Hanaoka, Yoichiro
Calibration of the polarimeters with ferroelectric liquid crystals
 
 
 
Lopez Ariste, Arturo
Latest news on THEMIS instrumental improvements for spectro-polarimetry
 
 
 
Meunier, Nadège
The database BASS2000 and THEMIS reduced data
 
 
 
Zangrilli, Luca
Solar corona observations with the liquid crystal polarimeter -- EKPol, during the March 29th, 2006 eclipse
 

10:15 coffee break


Session 7. Coronal, radio and infrared polarimetry

Chair: C. DeForest
10:45 Lin, HaoSheng     (invited)
Infrared solar polarimetry
 
11:15 Hurford, Gordon     (invited)
Measuring solar magnetic fields at radio wavelengths
 
11:45 Manso Sainz, Rafael
Polarimetry of EUV lines for coronal magnetometry
 
12:00 Raouafi, Nour-Eddine
Diagnostics of the solar coronal magnetic field using the Hanle effect: a test using realistic magnetic field configurations
 
12:15 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Golubchina, Olga
Parameters of prominence radio emission in a wide range of centimetric wavelengths according to the observation of solar eclipse on March 29, 2006
 
 
 
Kramar, Maxim
3D regularized tomography inversion for the coronal magnetic field from the spectropolarimetric observations of the coronal emission lines.
 
 
 
Pinter, Teodor
Green line corona polarization during total solar eclipse on March 29, 2006
 
 
 
Popov, Valery
On the polarization degree of the inner white light corona on March 29, 2006
 
 
 
Tlatov, Andrey
Reversal of the radio emission polarization in the solar cycle
 
 
 
Tlatov, Andrey
Radio seismology of the Sun analysing the 3-minute oscillations at the wavelength 1.76 cm in the period 1992--2006
 

12:30 Lunch


Session 8. New telescopes for solar polarimetry

Chair: M. Collados
14:00 Kuhn, Jeff     (invited)
The Advanced Technology Solar Telescope
 
14:30 von der Lühe, Oskar     (invited)
Towards the EST
 
15:00 Schou, Jesper
The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager
 
15:15 Arnaud, Jean
The prolate apodized solar coronagraph
 

15:30 coffee break

16:00 Sobotka, Michal
Examples of science cases and requirements for EST
 
16:15 Mathew, Shibu K.
A new 0.5 m telescope (MAST) for solar imaging and polarimetry
 
16:30 Qu, Zhongquan
The design of a polarimeter mounted on the Yunnan Solar Tower
 
16:45 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Gosain, Sanjay
A 2-dimensional Scanning Solar Vector Magnetograph at Udaipur Solar Observatory
 
 
 
Yamamoto, Tetsuya
Universal spectropolarimeter, Norikura Henkou Kansokusouti (NHK)
 

17:30 Visit to IRSOL


19:30 Conference dinner


Friday 21st September


Session 9. Stellar magnetic field studies through polarimetry

Chair: S. Marsden
09:00 Mathys, Gautier     (invited)
Large-scale organised magnetic fields in O, B and A stars
 
09:30 Johns-Krull, Christopher     (invited)
Magnetic fields on late-type stars and brown dwarfs
 
10:00 Wade, Gregg
Magnetism in intermediate-mass pre-main sequence stars
 
10:15 Poster Overview
 
 
 
Wade, Gregg
A distance-limited sample of Ap/Bp Stars
 
 
 
Petit, Pascal
X-ray emission and the incidence of magnetic fields in the massive stars of the Orion Nebula
 
 
 
Afram, Nadine
Magnetic fields on M dwarfs measured with FeH
 
 
 
Jeffers, Sandra
Extreme levels of differential rotation on the G0 dwarf HD 171488
 
 
 
Kochukhov, Oleg
Magnetic Doppler imaging of active stars
 
 
 
Kopf, Markus
A fast Stokes profile synthesis
 
 
 
Marsden, Stephen
Stellar magnetic fields in swollen convection zones
 
 
 
Sennhauser, Christian
Zeeman-Doppler Imaging of stellar magnetic fields with atomic and molecular lines
 

10:30 coffee break

11:00 Landstreet, John
Evolution of global stellar magnetic fields in A and B stars
 
11:15 Bagnulo, Stefano
Observations of stellar magnetic fields with FORS1 at the ESO VLT
 
11:30 Kopf, Markus
A new Zeeman-Doppler imaging code for active late-type stars
 
11:45 Semel, Meir
ZDI beyond the weak field approximation
 
12:00 Ramirez Velez, Julio C.
Polarization detection technique in stellar spectroplarimetry using PCA analysis
 

12:15 Workshop summary (S.V. Berdyugina)


12:30 Lunch