Mathematical Aspects of Natural Dynamos

Caramulo, Portugal, August 31 - September 6 , 2003.


Invited Speakers

Name Location Email Lecture
Pr. Friedrich Busse Bayreuth busse@uni-bayreuth.de Rotating convection
Dr. Philippe Cardin U.J.F. Philippe.Cardin@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr Survey of experimental results
Pr. Fausto Cattaneo Chicago cattaneo@math.uchicago.edu Introduction to MHD turbulence
Pr. David Fearn Glasgow D.Fearn@maths.gla.ac.uk Introduction to the Geodynamo
Dr. Andrew Gilbert Exeter A.D.Gilbert@ex.ac.uk Introduction to Fast Dynamos
Pr. Christopher Jones Exeter C.A.Jones@ex.ac.uk Introduction to Planetary dynamos
Pr. Michael Proctor Cambridge mrep@damtp.cam.ac.uk Introduction to self-excited dynamo action
Pr. Paul Roberts U.C.L.A. roberts@math.ucla.edu Turbulence in the Earth core
Dr. Anvar Shukurov Newcastle Anvar.Shukurov@newcastle.ac.uk Introduction to Galactic dynamos
Pr. Andrew Soward Exeter soward@noether.ex.ac.uk Asymptotic results on rotating and MHD flows
Pr. Nigel Weiss Cambridge now@damtp.cam.ac.uk Introduction to Stellar dynamos

Organisers

Name Institute Email
Dr. Emmanuel Dormy Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris dormy@ipgp.jussieu.fr
Dr. Alexandra Pais Center for Computational Physics, Coimbra pais@teor.fis.uc.pt

Co-organisers

Dr. Benoît Desjardins Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris desjardi@dma.ens.fr
Pr. Emmanuel Grenier Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon egrenier@umpa.ens-lyon.fr
Dr. Fernando Nogueira Center for Computational Physics, Coimbra fnog@teor.fis.uc.pt
Dr. Orlando Oliveira Center for Computational Physics, Coimbra orlando@teor.fis.uc.pt

Participants

Name Institute Position Email Presentation
Thierry Alboussiere University of Cambridge Lecturer ta209@eng.cam.ac.uk Experimental transition to turbulence of Hartmann layers
Alexander Anufriev Geophysical Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Senior scentist worker anufriev@geophys.bas.bg Amplitudes of the solution at the compressible convection in the Earth's core.
Raul Avalos-Zuniga Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels PhD student Raul.Avalos@hmg.inpg.fr Influence of electromagnetic boundary conditions onto the onset of dynamo action in laboratory experiments
Manuel Baptista DMA-FCUP Ph.D student mbaptist@fc.up.pt Stability oF MHD flow steady states to perturbations in a large spatial scale of a 3D periodic domain
Alberto Bigazzi Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Californaia Institute of Technology NRC post-doctoral researcher. alberto.bigazzi@jpl.nasa.gov Non-axisymmetric dynamo modeling of solar preferred longitudes
Francois Bouchut CNRS Researcher fbouchut@dma.ens.fr Numerical simulation of rotating shallow water flows
Mickael Bourgoin ENS-Lyon PhD mbourgoi@ens-lyon.fr MHD induction in swirling flows
Axel Brandenburg Nordita Professor brandenb@nordita.dk What is the energy-carrying scale of a solar surface dynamo?
Jozef Brestensky Dept of Physics of the Earth and Planets, Faculty of Maths, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava Associate Professor brestensky@fmph.uniba.sk - Magnetic Instabilities Catalysed by Viscosity in the Earth's Core
- Rotating Convection with Soret Effect in the Earth's Core
Martin Breuer University of Münster PhD student breuerm@earth.uni-muenster.de The influence of inertia on convection in a rotating spherical shell
Nic Brummell JILA, University of Colorado, USA Research Assistant Professor brummell@solarz.colorado.edu A dynamo driven by the interaction of shear and magnetic buoyancy
Allan Sacha Brun CEA Saclay/Service d'Astrophysique permanent researcher sacha.brun@cea.fr The Turbulent Magnetic Sun: A 3-D MHD Approach
Alice Courvoisier University of Leeds PhD student alice@maths.leeds.ac.uk Modulated dynamos in cellular flows
Stéphane Descombes Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon Assistant professor sdescomb@umpa.ens-lyon.fr Order reduction of numerical schemes in the presence of small parameters
Antonio Ferriz-Mas Universidad de Vigo Lecturer antonio.ferriz@oulu.fi Where does the solar dynamo operate?
Peter Frick Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics Head of Laboratory frick@icmm.ru P.Frick and D.Sokoloff "A simple model of multiscale dynamo"
Agris Gailitis Institute of Physics University of Latvia leading researcher gailitis@sal.lv New results of Riga dynamo experiment and its mathematical background
Sílvio Gama DMA-FCUP Assistent Professor smgama@fc.up.pt Stability oF MHD flow steady states to perturbations in a large spatial scale of a 3D periodic domain
David Gerard-Varet ENS-Lyon PhD student dgerardv@umpa.ens-lyon.fr Ekman Layers near rough boundaries
Nicolas Gillet LGIT, Grenoble PhD student Nicolas.Gillet@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr Experimental and numerical study of developped magneto-convection in a rapidly rotating sphere
Renato Guedes CFC-FCTUC student renato@malaposta.fis.uc.pt
Uwe Guenther Research Center Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany researcher u.guenther@fz-rossendorf.de A no-go theorem for isospectral alpha2-dynamos
Pavel Hejda Geophysical Institute Deputy-Director ph@ig.cas.cz Numerical modelling of geodynamo by finite volume method
Peter Hoyng SRON Laboratory for Space Research Senoir scientist p.hoyng@sron.nl Ab initio calculation of the mean reversal time of a geodynamo model
David Hughes University of Leeds Professor dwh@maths.leeds.ac.uk Dynamo Action in the Presence of a Background Field
Alexey Iskakov I.P.G.P., Paris post-doc researcher iskakov@ipgp.jussieu.fr A mixed finite Volume - Boundary element formulation for magnetic induction in b ounded domain
Evy Kersalé Applied Mathematics, Leeds Postdoctorate kersale@maths.leeds.ac.uk Global MRI and dynamo in accretion discs
Nathan Kleeorin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Associate Professor nat@menix.bgu.ac.il Magnetic Helicity Transport and Solar and Galactic Dynamos
Maarit Korpi Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse Visiting postdoctoral researcher Maarit.Korpi@oulu.fi Sources of interstellar turbulence and their relation to dynamo action: a numerical investigation
Kirill Kuzanyan IZMIRAN, Russian Academy of Sciences senior researcher kuzanyan@dnttm.ru Helicity and the alpha-effect in solar dynamo: theory and observations(tentative title)
Gedeon Legaut LGIT, Grenoble PhD student Gedeon.Legaut@obs.ujf-grenoble.fr Secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field
Nicolas Leprovost SPEC - CEA Saclay PhD Student nicolas.leprovost@cea.fr Turbulent diffusion with ambipoar drift
Philip Livermore School of Earth Sciences, Leeds University Graduate student p.livermore@earth.leeds.ac.uk Magnetic energy stability in spherical flows
Joanne Mason University of Leeds, UK. PhD student joanne@maths.leeds.ac.uk Models of the Solar Dynamo incorporating Magnetic Pumping
Stéphane Mathis Observatoire de Paris-Section de Meudon, L.U.T.H. PHD student stephane.mathis@obspm.fr Transport in stellar radiation zones with magnetic field
Xu Mingtian Forschungszentrum Rossendorf, Germany Doctor M.Xu@fz-rossendorf.de An integral equation approach to unsteady kinematic dynamos
Krzysztof Mizerski Warsaw University, Institute of Geophysics Student kamiz@igf.fuw.edu.pl Couette flow
Vincent Morin I.P.G.P., Paris PhD student morin@ipgp.jussieu.fr Convection in rapidly rotating fluid sphere
Manuel Nunez Universidad de Valladolid Professor mnjmhd@am.uva.es Dynamics of the stretching of magnetic fields
Franck Plunian Laboratoire des Ecoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Maître de Conferences Franck.Plunian@hmg.inpg.fr Influence of electromagnetic boundary conditions onto the onset of dynamo action in laboratory experiments
Yannick Ponty Laboratoire G.D Cassini / Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur Charge de Recherche ponty@obs-nice.fr Dynamo action at low magnetic Prandtl number using Large Eddies Simulation
Florent Ravelet cea saclay / spec PhD student ravelet@drecam.saclay.cea.fr What happens in a conducting shell surrounding a kinematic cylindrical dynamo ?
Karl-Heinz Raedler Astrophysical Institute Potsdam Retired khraedler@aip.de A remark on kinetic helicity, alpha-effect and dynamo action
Igor Rogachevskii Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Associate Professor gary@bgumail.bgu.ac.il Electromotive Force in Turbulent Convection and Magnetic Dynamos
Jon Rotvig University of Exeter Research, post.doc. J.Rotvig@ex.ac.uk Dynamos and convection: mean flow generation
Alexander Ruzmaikin JPL, Caltech Research Scientist Alexander.Ruzmaikin@jpl.nasa.gov The Non-Axisymmetric Solar Dynamo
Alexander Schekochihin Imperial College London Research Associate a.schekochihin@ic.ac.uk - Linear and nonlinear small-scale turbulent dynamo
- From Small-Scale Dynamo to Isotropic MHD Turbulence: Folded Fields and Alfven Waves
Martin Schrinner Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy PhD student schrinne@linmpi.mpg.de Mean-field coefficients for geodynamo models
Radostin Dimov Simitev Institute of Physics , University of Bayreuth, Gernamy Doctoral Student (Advisor: Prof. F.H. Busse) radostin.simitev@uni-bayreuth.de Dynamical Processes and Parameter Dependences of Convection Driven Spherical Dynamos
Stephan Stellmach University of Münster PHD student stellma@earth.uni-muenster.de Cartesian small Ekman number dynamos
Andreas Tilgner Institute of Geophysics, University of Goettingen Professor andreas.tilgner@physik.uni-goettingen.de Mode selection in experimental dynamos
Steve Tobias University of Leeds Lecturer smt@maths.leeds.ac.uk The role of spectra in turbulent dynamos
Romain Volk Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon PhD student rvolk@ens-lyon.fr Induction mechanisms in a von karman flow of liquid gallium


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