Motivation and Goals
The primary aims of this first workshop were to review the MiMeS scientific objectives and target lists, to outline the observing plan for the next 9 observing semesters, and to construct the detailed target lists for the 2008B semester. We also discussed planning and coordination of complementary observations (optical photometry, spectroscopy, polarimetry, UV and X-ray data, etc.) as well as archival data.
Workshop structure
The workshop consisted of scientific presentation sessions and discussion sessions.
Venue
The venue of the workshop was Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Kingston is located approximately 250 km east of Toronto or 300 km west of Montreal, and is accessible by train, bus and air.
Programme
The final conference programme is available here.
Participants
Evelyne Alecian (RMC)
Stefano Bagnulo (Armagh Observatory)
David Bohlender (HIA/DAO)
Antoine de la Chevrotiere (U. de Montreal)
Colin Folsom (Armagh Observatory)
Jason Grunhut (RMC/Queen’s U.)
Huib Henrichs (Ast. Inst. Amsterdam)
Dick Henricksen (Queen’s U.)
John Landstreet (U. Western Ontario)
Katherine Likuski (RMC)
Tom Madura (U. Delaware)
Dmitry Monin (HIA/DAO)
Coralie Neiner (Meudon) - by telecon
Mary Oksala (U. Delaware)
Stan Owocki (U. Delaware)
Veronique Petit (U. Laval)
James Silvester (RMC/Queen’s)
Nicole St.-Louis (U. Montreal)
Asif ud-Doula (NC State, USA)
Gregg Wade (RMC)
Photos
Here’s the conference photo obtained by Veronique Petit.
Photos taken during the workshop by Huib Henrichs.
Presentations
The following are links to presentation files in PDF format:
Monday
Wade: Introduction and overview
Bohlender: Interesting He stars
Oksala: Compendium of magnetic massive stars
Power: Survey of Ap stars within 100 pc of the sun
Bagnulo: Principles of spectropolarimetry
SC Discussion (Petit, Grunhut)
Tuesday
Silvester: Magnetic Doppler Imaging of Ap stars
Owocki: Overview of magnetospheric modeling
ud-Doula: MHD models of magnetically-channeled winds
Wednesday
Henrichs: Observations of xi Per with MuSiCoS and Narval
Petit: Magnetic fields, winds and X-rays of massive stars
Overview of literature and archival magnetic measurements of OB stars (Bagnulo, Folsom)
Alecian: Magnetic fields of Herbig Be stars
Grunhut: Spectroscopic temperatures of Herbig stars
Archival and supplementary data Discussion (Bohlender)
Thursday
de la Chevrotiere: Magnetic field observations of Wolf-Rayet stars
St. Louis: Models of magnetic fields of Wolf-Rayet stars
Archive, pipeline, assessment, distribution Discussion (Alecian):
Henriksen: Initial assumptions regarding fossil fields
Wade: Why are there so few A (and B and O) stars?
Madura: Modeling of eta Carinae
Friday
(Discussions of long-term plan and detailed 2008B plan)
