Polarisation 2005


Sky polarisation at far-infrared to radio wavelengths: The Galactic Screen before the Cosmic Microwave Background
Workshop in preparation to Planck to be held on the University Paris-XI campus, from September 12 to 15, 2005.
General presentation The prospect of high sensitivy measurements of polarized emission at sub-mm to radio wavelengths open new perspectives to study Galactic magnetic fields, ISM structure, star formation and interstellar dust. These research topics have recently become connected to a major challenge in astrophysics: the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarisation. Recent results from the WMAP satellite, from the Archeops and Boomerang balloon experiments, from ground observations with the CSO and JCMT and the scientific preparation of many upcoming projects (PILOT, Planck, Hale/SOFIA...) are stimulating this field of research from various perspectives. The aim of the workshop is to bring together scientists, working in the different areas relevant to the measurement, analysis, and interpretation of diffuse polarized emission, to discuss recent results and prospects on this rapidely evolving field.
Topics to be covered Dust polarized emission Polarized Synchrotron emission Galactic Magnetic Field ISM structure Galactic/CMB separation Instrumental capabilities This workshop, open to the broadest scientific community, is organized in the context of the annual Planck Working group on Galactic and Solar System Science (WG7). It will be followed by one day (September 16) meeting dedicated to the Working group activities to which everyone is invited to participate.	Invited speakers: Pierre Bastien (Universite de Montreal) Rainer Beck (MPIfR Bonn) Jean-Philippe Bernard (CESR, Toulouse) Richard M. Crutcher (University of Illinois) Miguel de Avillez (University of Evora) Edith Falgarone (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris) Katia Ferriere (Observatoire de Toulouse) Peter G. Martin (CITA, Toronto) Barth Netterfield (University of Toronto) Nicolas Ponthieu (IAS, Orsay) Simon Prunet (IAP, Paris) Anvar Shukurov (Newcastle University) Jan Tauber (ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk) Tom H. Troland (University of Kentucky) John E. Vaillancourt (University of Chicago)
Proceedings and instructions for authors The Proceedings of the Polarisation 2005 conference will be published by EDP Sciences in the EAS Publication Series. The instructions for authors can be found here.
Science Organizing Committee François Boulanger Rodney D. Davies Edith Falgarone Katia Ferrière Martin Giard Peter G. Martin Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes	Local Organizing Committee François Boulanger François Couchot Catherine Cougrand Annie Cusimano Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes Catherine Rivalain Jean-Paul Rozet Clic here to contact the LOC
The Polarisation 2005 workshop is organized by the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale and the Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire.