SKA Science Assessment Workshop - Magnetism

22 Jan 2014, 09:00 → 24 Jan 2014, 13:00 UTC

Steve Rawlings Boardroom (SKA Office)

Link to video archive https://polyrss.skatelescope.org/portal/views/main.jsf

Working group summary final report

Wednesday, 22 January

1 Overall Science Perspective

Speaker: Robert Braun

Slides 01_RobertBraun.pdf

2 Baseline Design

Speaker: Peter Dewdney

Slides 02_PeterDewdney.pdf

10:30 Coffee

3 Work in progress of the cosmic magnetism SWG

Speaker: Federica Govoni

Slides 03_FedericaGovoni.pdf

4 Rotation Measure Synthesis [REMOTE]

Speaker: George Heald

Slides 04_GeorgeHeald.pdf

5 Observing cosmic magnetism with MWA [REMOTE]

Speaker: Emil Lenc

Slides 05_EmilLenc.pdf

6 Technical issues with broadband polarimetry

Speaker: Dominic Schnitzeler

Slides 06_DominicSchnitzeler.pdf

12:45 Lunch

7 Assessing SKA Polarimetry Requirements

Speaker: Tobia Carozzi

Slides 07_TobiaCarozzi.pdf

8 Observing cosmic magnetism with LOFAR and lessons for the SKA

Speaker: Reiner Beck

Slides 08_ReinerBeck.pdf

9 Discussion on SKA1-low and cosmic magnetism techniques

15:00 Tea

10 Cosmic Magnetism science with KAT7

Speaker: Anna Scaife

Slides 09_AnnaScaife.pdf

11 Polarization Studies of Extragalactic Relativistic Jets from Supermassive Black Holes

Speaker: Ivan Agudo

Slides 10_IvanAgudo.pdf

12 Discussion on SKA1-mid and SKA1-survey

Thursday, 23 January

13 Probing RMs due to magnetic fields in the cosmic web [REMOTE]

Speaker: Takuya Akahori

Slides 11_TakuyaAkahori.pdf

14 Surveying the magnetic field of the Milky Way using SKA1

Speaker: Dominic Schnitzeler

Slides 12_DominicSchnitzeler.pdf

15 Polarization of cluster radio halos with upcoming radio interferometers

Speaker: Federica Govoni

Slides 13_FedericaGovoni.pdf

10:30 Coffee

16 Magnetic field in galaxy clusters and intergalactic filaments: results from the VLA, LOFAR and SKA perspectives

Speaker: Annalisa Bonafede

Slides 14_AnnalisaBonafede.pdf

17 Using extended sources to probing cluster magnetic fields: BT galaxies and WATs

Speaker: Melanie Johnston-Hollitt

Slides 15_MelanieJohnstonHollitt.pdf

18 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

19 Magnetic fields in evolving spiral galaxies and their observation with the SKA

Speaker: Reiner Beck

Slides Beck_Jodrell_Bank_Evolution_2014.pdf

20 Faraday dispersion function of galaxies predicted from galaxy simulations

Speaker: Keitaro Takahashi

Slides 17_KeitaroTakahashi.pdf

21 Discussion

15:00 Tea

22 Evolution of galaxies - a magnetic twist [REMOTE]

Speaker: Jeroen Stil

Slides 18_JeroenStil.pdf

23 What polarized sources will we see at microJy levels? [REMOTE]

Speaker: Larry Rudnick

Slides 19_LarryRudnick.pdf

24 Discussion

25 Dinner @ the George & Dragon in Holmes Chapel

Friday, 24 January

26 Preparation of summary document

Slides 20_Discussion.pdf

10:30 Coffee

27 Preparation of summary document and concluding remarks

12:00 Lunch (& Finish)