PLASMAScience SUMMER SCHOOL

June 23-29, 2024, Porquerolles Island, France

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED Why join the PLASMAScience Summer School

We are excited to announce the first edition of the PLASMAScience Summer School, dedicated to astrophysical plasmas.

It will be held on Porquerolles Island, France, from June 23 to 29, 2024. The Summer School is a one-week, free-of-charge, training program for highly motivated PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career scientists interested in space and astrophysical plasmas.

Registration is closed!

Topics

The school will cover the physics of the intercluster medium (ICM), disks around compact objects and black holes, the interstellar medium (ISM), cosmic rays, the Sun, the solar wind and planetary magnetospheres, laboratory astrophysics, and related topics.

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Scientific Organizing Committee

Francesco Califano (Italy), Katia Ferrière (France), Thierry Passot (France), Fouad Sahraoui (France), Alex Schekochihin (UK), Julia Stawarz (UK), Anna Tenerani (US).
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Invited lecturers

The School will bring together some of the world's leading scientists in astrophysical plasmas to deliver lectures covering a broad spectrum of topics and methodologies, including theory, numerical simulations, laboratory experiments, observations, and modern data-analysis techniques such as AI/ML.
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Venue

The Summer School will be held on Porquerolles Island, a small paradise off the coast of Hyères and Toulon on the French Riviera. Participants will enjoy the Mediterranean climate and the region's well-preserved landscapes.
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Scientific Organizing Committee

Francesco Califano

University of Pisa, Italy

Katia Ferrière

IRAP, Toulouse, France

Thierry Passot

Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Fouad Sahraoui

LPP, CNRS - Ecole Polytechnique, France

Alex Schekochihin

University of Oxford, UK

Julia Stawarz

University of Northumbria, UK

Anna Tenerani

University of Texas, US

Local Organizing Committee

Tatiana Juresic

PLASMAScience Graduate School - Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Sylvie Pottier

PLASMAScience Graduate School - Institut Polytechnique de Paris

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Lecturers

  • Francesco Califano (University of Pisa, Italy)
  • Andrea Ciardi (Sorbonne Université/LERMA, France)
  • Thierry Dudok de Wit (ISSI Bern, LPC2E, France)
  • Katia Ferrière (CNRS/IRAP, France)
  • Frederico Fiuza (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Lina Hadid (CNRS/LPP, France)
  • Pierre Henri (CNRS/Lagrange-LPC2E, France)
  • Maria Elena Innocenti (Ruhr University Buchum, Germany)

  • Martin Lemoine (CNRS/IAP, France)
  • Maxim Lyutikov (Purdue University, USA)
  • Mikhail Medvedev (University of Kansas, USA)
  • Ronan Modolo (University of Versailles/LATMOS, France)
  • Alexander Philippov (University of Maryland, USA)
  • Alexis Rouillard (CNRS/IRAP, France)
  • Daniel Verscharen (University College London, UK)
 
 

Program

Full program for the week

12:00 - 17:00

Arrival and registration

17:30 - 18:30

Ice breaking

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

7:00 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30

Astroplasmas (I): Introdution

Martin Lemoine (CNRS/IAP, France)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Astro-numerics (I)

Frederico Fiuza (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Compact Objects/Black Holes (I)

Alexander Philippov (University of Maryland, USA)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30

Laboratory astrophysics (I)

Andrea Ciardi (Sorbonne Université/LERMA, France)

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

7:00 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30

Introduction: kinetic modeling

Francesco Califano (University of Pisa, Italy)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Astroplasmas (II): focus on Cosmic Rays

Martin Lemoine (CNRS/IAP, France)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Astro-numerics (II)

Frederico Fiuza (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30

Compact Objects/Black Holes (II)

Alexander Philippov (University of Maryland, USA)

17:30 - 18:30

Lab astrophysics (II)

Andrea Ciardi (Sorbonne Université/LERMA, France)

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

7:00 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30

Solar physics

Alexis Rouillard (CNRS/IRAP, France)

10:30 - 11:00

Refreshment Break

11:00 - 12:30

Solar Wind

Daniel Verscharen (University College London, UK)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 19:00

Excursion or free time

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner reception

7:00 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30

Relativitic astroplasma : (I) Magnetar

Maxim Lyutikov (Purdue University, USA)

10:30 - 11:00

Refreshment Break

11:00 - 12:30

Planetary magnetospheres (I)/Introduction

Ronan Modolo (University of Versailles/LATMOS, France)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

In-situ Diagnostic/Waves

Thierry Dudok de Wit (ISSI Bern, LPC2E, France)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30

AI (II)

Maria Elena Innocenti (Ruhr University Buchum, Germany)

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

7:00 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30

Instellar Medium

Katia Ferrière (CNRS/IRAP, France)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Relativitic astroplasma : (II) FRBs

Maxim Lyutikov (Purdue University, USA)

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Planetary magnetospheres (II)

Pierre Henri (CNRS/Lagrange-LPC2E, France)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30

In-situ Diagnostic/Particles

Lina Hadid (CNRS/LPP, France)

19:00 - 21:00

Dinner

7:00 - 9:00

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30

New frontiers

Mikhail Medvedev (University of Kansas, USA)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

New frontiers

Mikhail Medvedev (University of Kansas, USA)

12:30

End of the event - Departure

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GETTING THERE Directions to the PLASMAScience Summer School

How to get there

General information

By car

Take Highway A50 (Marseille – Toulon) and A57 (Toulon – Nice), then follow the freeway junction to Hyères and continue toward Tour Fondue/Les Iles via D97. Parking is available near the pier, including one guarded lot. Cars are not allowed on Porquerolles Island, so you will need to leave your vehicle in Hyères at the small parking lot near La Tour Fondue or use the free parking near the harbour.

By train

Take a train to Hyères or Toulon railway stations. From Toulon, you can connect to Hyères by regional trains (TER). From Hyères, take a taxi or bus N67 to Tour Fondue (schedule si coordinated with the ferry). Train tickets can be purchased at: sncf-connect.com.

By plane

The nearest airport to Porquerolles Island is Toulon-Hyères Airport (toulon-hyeres.aeroport.fr). From the airport, take a taxi or bus to Tour Fondue.

Getting to Porquerolles Island

To reach Porquerolles Island, go to the Tour Fondue small harbor on the Giens Peninsula and take a ferry. The boat ride takes approximately 25 minutes. 

For more information about shuttle boats between La Tour Fondue and Porquerolles Island, visit: www.tlv-tvm.com.

Important information for all participants

We organize a group transfer from Hyères train station and Porquerolles Island.

Sunday, June 23:

  • 14:00: bus departs from Hyères railway station to Tour Fondue.
  • 15:00: ferry departs from Tour Fondue to Porquerolles Island.

Saturday, June 29:

  • 14:00: ferry departs from Porquerolles Island to Tour Fondue.
  • 14:30: bus departs from Tour Fondue to Hyères railway station.

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