Workshop Programme

 

Monday, October 17th

8 - 9am Registration
9 - 9:15 Welcome and organisational information

Morning Session 1: 9:15 -- 10:00

Introductory talk: Karl Menten on The interstellar medium of the inner 400 pc: an overview


Topic: The ISM of the GC I

10:00 -- 10:30: Sergio Molinari - A twisted ring of cold and dense dust revealed by Herschel around the Galactic Center


Coffee: 10:30 -- 11:00


Morning Session 2: 11:00 -- 12:30


11:00 -- 11:30: Sungsoo S. Kim - The Nuclear Star Forming Ring of the Milky Way pdf

11:30 -- 12:00: Maryvonne Gerin - Submillimeter absorption spectroscopy near SgrA

12:00 -- 12:30: Tomoharu Oka - High-velocity Compact Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone of our Galaxy
pdf


Lunch: 12:30 -- 14:00


Afternoon Session 1: 14:00 -- 16:00


Topic: X-ray emission from the GC region I


14:00 -- 14:30: Andrea Goldwurm - The INTEGRAL view of the the Galactic Center

14:30 -- 15:00: Regis Terrier - Echoes in the Galactic Centre: Variable 6.4 keV
15:00 -- 15:30: Renzo Capelli - Fe Ka line emission as a tracer of high energy activity in the Galactic Centre region: a role for Sgr A*? pdf

15:30 -- 16:00: Hiro Odaka - X-ray reflections from the Galactic center and prospects for ASTRO-H


Coffee: 16:00 -- 16:30


Afternoon Session 2: 16:30 -- 18:10


Topic: X-ray emission from the GC region II


16:30 -- 17:00: Robert Warwick - Thermal and non-thermal X-ray emission in the Galactic Centre
17:00 -- 17:30: Katsuji Koyama - Fe-line distribution in our Galactic center pdf
17:30 -- 18:10: Mikhail Revnivtsev - A review of the contribution of point sources to the total surface brightness of the Galaxy + Spun-up stars and the X-rays from Sgr A*


Tuesday, October 18th

Morning Session 1: 09:00 -- 10:30


Topic: Magnetic fields of the GC and other galactic nuclei


09:00 -- 09:30: David Jones - Magnetic field of the Galactic center region pdf
09:30 -- 10:00: Rainer Beck - Magnetic fields in the central regions of spiral galaxies pdf

10:00 -- 10:30: Volker Heesen - Magnetic filaments in the nuclear outflow of
NGC 253 pdf



Coffee: 10:30 -- 11:00


Morning Session 2: 11:00 -- 13:00


Topic: Dynamical importance of LE CRs and turbulence


11:00 -- 11:30: Farhad Yusef-Zadeh - The Interaction of Cosmic Ray Particles with Galactic Center Molecular Clouds
11:30 -- 12:00: Takeshi Oka - High ionization rate and a vast amount of warm
and diffuse gas in the Central Molecular Zone
pdf

12:00 -- 12:30: Rahul Shetty - Starburst Regulation via Feedback Driven Turbulence pdf


Topic: Dark Matter


12:30 -- 13:00: Lars Bergstrom - Dark Matter at the Galactic Centre



Lunch: 13:00 -- 14:30


Afternoon Session 1: 14:30 -- 16:00


Topic: The SMBH of Sgr A* I


14:30 -- 15:00: Sera Markoff - Sagittarius A*: quiescent but not atypical pdf
15:00 -- 15:30: Katie Dodds-Eden - Time dependent models for the near-infrared and X-ray flares from Sgr A*
15:30 -- 16:00: Feng Yuan - Accretion, episodic ejection, and continuous
outflow from Sgr A*



Coffee: 16:00 -- 16:30


Afternoon Session 2: 16:30 -- 17:30


Topic: The SMBH of Sgr A* II


16:30 -- 17:00: Roman Shcherbakov - Sgr A*: energizing the surroundings across epochs
17:00 -- 17:30: Yuri Levin - Formation of accretion discs with magnetic
levitation



Wednesday, October 19th

Morning Session 1: 09:00 -- 10:30


Topic: The ISM of the GC II


09:00 -- 09:30: Michael Burton - Multiple Molecular Lines in the Central Molecular Zone pdf
09:30 -- 10:00: Casey Law - A Mass Outflow from the Galactic Center pdf
10:00 -- 10:30: Juergen Ott - Feeding and Feedback: Molecular Gas in the Central Molecular Zone pdf


Coffee: 10:30 -- 11:00


Morning Session 2: 11:00 -- 12:30


Topic: The ISM of the GC III


11:00 -- 11:30:Kazufumi Torii - Large scale sensitive CO observations of the CMZ with NANTEN2

11:30 -- 12:00: Yasuo Fukui - Association of molecular clouds with high energy features in the CMZ pdf
12:00 -- 12:30: Andrea Stolte - Forging star clusters at the edge of the CMZ pdf
12:30 -- 13:00: Rei Enokiya – Molecular observations of the infrared Double Helix Nebula in the Galactic centre


Lunch: 13:00 -- 14:30


Afternoon Session 1: 14:30 -- 16:00


Topic: Fermi Bubbles I


14:30 -- 15:00: Meng Su - Discovery and recent updates on the Fermi Bubbles pdf
15:00 -- 15:30: Troy Porter - The Fermi-LAT View of the Inner Galaxy
15:30 -- 16:00: Vladimir Dogiel - Radiation from the Galactic Center as a Result of Active Processes there pdf


Coffee: 16:00 -- 16:30


Afternoon Session 2: 16:30 -- 18:00


Topic: Fermi Bubbles II


16:30 -- 17:00: Sergei Nayakshin - Fermi Bubbles: the echo of the last Sgr A* quasar outburst pdf
17:00 -- 17:30: Roland Crocker - The Protonic scenario of Fermi bubble creation pdf

17:30 -- 18:00: Doug Finkbeiner - An analysis of substructure within the Fermi Bubbles



Thursday, October 20th

Morning Session 1: 09:00 -- 11:00


Topic: Gamma-rays, HE cosmic ray transport and acceleration


09:00 -- 09:30: Jim Hinton - Emission from PWN in the GC pdf
09:30 -- 10:00: Aion Viana - The TeV view of the Galactic Center region pdf
10:00 -- 10:30: David Ballantyne - TeV Proton Transport in the Galactic Centre: Issues and Implications pdf
10:30 -- 11:00: Masha Chernyakova - Galactic Center at GeV energy range pdf



Coffee: 11:00 -- 11:30


Morning/Afternoon Session: 11:30 -- 12:00


Topic: Gamma-rays, HE cosmic ray transport and acceleration II


11:30 - 12:00: Andy Strong - The interstellar cosmic-ray / radio / gamma ray connection pdf

Concluding Remarks:

12:30-13:00: Concluding Discussion Session

13:00: Workshop concludes