Magnetism & Accretion

A conference in memory of Darragh O'Donoghue
Cape Town, South Africa
16 - 19 January 2023
Please use the new website on https://ma2023.saao.ac.za/.
A multi-disciplinary international meeting on the topic of magnetically influenced accretion and outflows throughout the Universe

Welcome to Accretion & Magnetism in Cape Town

This conference will cover a variety of topics under the theme of magnetism and accretion, including:

  • compact binaries with accreting white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes
  • disk/jet connections
  • AGN and blazars
  • proto-stellar systems, YSOs & planets
  • GRBs, kilonovae and associated objects
  • Computer simulations of magnetically controlled accretion

This conference will focus on the study of objects and physical processes that occur when magnetic fields influence accretion. These include magnetically dominated regions around accreting sources, including black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, young stellar objects and planets. Despite the differences between these sources in terms of mass, radius, and formation history, they are all characterized and influenced by the presence of magnetic fields, which regulate the interaction between the accreting object, its potential companion and the surrounding environment.

The conference was originally planned for November 2020, but had to be postponed because of COVID-19. We expect it to be a combined physical and virtual meeting.

SOC and LOC

Scientific Organizing Committee:
  • Nicholas Achilleos (UK)
  • Dipankar Bhattacharya (India)
  • Dmitry Bisikalo (Russia)
  • Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud (France)
  • David Buckley (South Africa; Co-Chair)
  • Domitilla de Martino (Italy; Co-Chair)
  • Jean-Francois Donati (France)
  • Lilia Ferrario (Australia)
  • Alice Harding (USA)
  • Theresa Lüftinger (Austria)
  • Pieter Meintjes (South Africa)
  • Carole Mundell (UK)
  • Marina Romanova (USA)
  • Axel Schwope (Germany)
  • Andrew Shearer (Ireland)
Local Organizing Committee:
  • David Buckley (SAAO; Chair)
  • Enrico Kotze (SAAO)
  • Carol Marsh (UCT)
  • Shazrene Mohamed (SAAO/UCT)
  • Nazli Mohamed (SAAO)
  • Stephen Potter (SAAO)
  • Patrick Woudt (UCT)

Expression of interest

Early registration is expected to open later in 2022, but for now please send your expression of interest in attending this meeting by submitting the following form.