Name: 18th Potsdam Thinkshop
Start: 2025-07-13T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-07-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

18th Potsdam Thinkshop

from Sunday, 13 July 2025 (16:30) to Friday, 18 July 2025 (18:00)

Monday, 7 July 2025
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Friday, 11 July 2025
Saturday, 12 July 2025
Sunday, 13 July 2025

16:30

16:30 - 18:30
Room: Foyer

17:00

17:00 - 20:00
Room: Foyer

Monday, 14 July 2025

08:00

08:00 - 08:45
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer

08:45 Welcome address
Welcome address
08:45 - 09:00
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
09:00 SN & ISM 1
SN & ISM 1
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

09:00 Invited Talk - Thorsten Naab

09:25 The interaction between stars and the ISM on “cloud scales” unveiled by machine learning - Francesco Belfiore (INAF - Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory)

09:45 The (Un)Changing ISM and the Impact of Feedback in FIRE Galaxies through Cosmic Time - Matt Orr (Flatiron Institute & Rutgers University)

10:05 Structure and porosity of the multiphase ISM in nearby spatially resolved galaxies - Lise Ramambason (Heidelberg University)

10:25 Panel of 4
10:40 COFFEE & POSTER
COFFEE & POSTER
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
11:20 CRs & Radation
CRs & Radation
11:20 - 13:00
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

11:20 Invited Talk - Mattheusz Ruszkowski

11:45 Unraveling the interplay of cosmic ray and stellar feedback in galaxy formation - Timon Thomas (Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam)

12:05 Probing cosmic-ray driven winds with deep radio observations - Allison Matthews (Carnegie Observatories)

12:25 The formation of a meta-stable CR corona round Milky Way analogues - Francisco Rodriguez Montero (KICP, University of Chicago)

12:45 Panel of 4
13:00 LUNCH
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Astro-Bistro
14:30 Winds 1
Winds 1
14:30 - 16:10
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

14:30 Invited Talk - Matthew Smith

14:55 Observing Neutral Outflows in High-Redshift Galaxies with JWST - Sirio Belli (Università di Bologna)

15:15 New Constraints on Molecular Gas Outflows in Massive SFGs at z = 0.5 − 2.6 - Capucine Barfety (Max Planck Insitute for Extraterrestrial Physics)

15:35 Complex outflows lead to simple relations: how M-sigma emerges in a multiphase environment - Kastytis Zubovas (Center for Physical Sciences and Technology)

15:55 Panel of 4
16:10 COFFEE
COFFEE
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
16:40 AGN 1
AGN 1
16:40 - 18:20
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

16:40 Invited Talk - Cristina Ramos-Almeida

17:05 Cosmic Ray Feedback in the Universe: Fermi Bubbles and Odd Radio Circles - Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang (National Tsing Hua University)

17:25 Global energetics and feedback as probed by AGN incidences - Zsofi Igo (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)

17:45 Multi-scale Simulations of Supermassive Black Hole Accretion and Feedback from Galactic to Event Horizon Scales - Miha Cernetic (The University of Chicago)

18:05 Panel of 4
Tuesday, 15 July 2025

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
09:00 CGM 1
CGM 1
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

09:00 Invited Talk - Max Gronke

09:25 Connecting the turbulent circumgalactic medium to star formation in galaxies - Hsiao-Wen Chen (The University of Chicago)

09:45 The spatial variations of circum-galactic gas structures in high resolution simulations and in state-of-the-art IFU observations - Ramona Augustin (AIP)

10:05 Multiphase gas in cosmological galaxy formation simulations - Rainer Weinberger

10:25 Panel of 4
10:40 COFFEE & POSTER
COFFEE & POSTER
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
11:20 SN & ISM 2
SN & ISM 2
11:20 - 13:00
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

11:20 Invited Talk - Lucia Armilotta

11:45 Observational constraints on the coupling efficiency of mechanical stellar feedback - Oleg Egorov (Heidelberg University)

12:05 What regulates the star formation rates in galaxies? - Patrick Hennebelle

12:25 Modeling the multi-phase ISM shaped by star formation and feedback in the LMC - Xinyue Liang (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Heidelberg)

12:45 Panel of 4
13:00 LUNCH
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Astro-Bistro
14:30 SN+ISM and CR+Rad
SN+ISM and CR+Rad
14:30 - 16:25
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

14:30 SN + ISM - Eva Schinnerer Patrick Hennebelle

15:35 CR + Rad - Ellen Zweibel (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Joakim Rosdahl (CRAL, France)
16:25 COFFEE
COFFEE
16:25 - 16:40
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
16:40 Simulation challenges and Connecting scales
Simulation challenges and Connecting scales
16:40 - 18:35
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

16:40 Simulation challenges - Christoph Pfrommer (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)) Volker Springel

17:45 Connecting scales - Andrey Kravtsov (The University of Chicago) Marcus Brüggen
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
09:00 Winds 2
Winds 2
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

09:00 Invited Talk - Crystal Martin (UC Santa Barbara)

09:25 Insights from High-Resolution QED Simulations- Metal transport and Outflow properties - Aditi Vijayan (Australian National University)

09:45 Unveiling the Secrets of High-Velocity Outflows of the LMC's 30 Doradus Starburst - Suraj Poudel (Texas Christian University)

10:05 Mapping circumgalactic outflows with MUSE - Ismael Alejandro Pessa Gutierrez (AIP)

10:25 Panel of 4
10:40 COFFEE & POSTER
COFFEE & POSTER
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
11:20 CGM 2
CGM 2
11:20 - 13:00
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

11:20 Invited Talk - Céline Péroux (ESO)

11:45 Mix, Cool, Repeat: Understanding the dynamics of a turbulent & magnetised CGM - HItesh Kishore Das (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching)

12:05 Cosmic Ray Feedback-Driven Evolution of Cold Gas in the Circumgalactic Medium - Matthias Weber

12:25 Finding the circumgalactic medium in the Lyman-alpha forest - Duarte Muñoz Santos (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

12:45 Panel of 4
13:00 LUNCH
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:25
Room: Astro-Bistro

14:25 Conference photo
Conference photo
14:25 - 14:30
Room: in front of the Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
14:30 CRs & Magnetic Fields
CRs & Magnetic Fields
14:30 - 16:10
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

14:30 Invited Talk - Philipp Girichidis (Heidelberg University)

14:55 Constraining Cosmic Ray Feedback in Galaxy Formation - Maria Werhahn

15:15 How magnetic fields alter feedback and angular momentum transfer in MW-like galaxies - Joseph Whittingham (AIP)

15:35 Towards reliable simulations of magnetic fields in galaxies - Benedikt Diemer (University of Maryland)

15:55 Panel of 4
16:10 COFFEE
COFFEE
16:10 - 16:40
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer

19:00 DINNER
DINNER
19:00 - 22:00
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Thursday, 17 July 2025
09:00 High-z 1
High-z 1
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

09:00 Invited Talk - Sandro Tacchella (KICC, University of Cambridge)

09:25 Galaxy formation at sub-parsec resolution - Annalisa Pillepich (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

09:45 Galaxy assembly in the first billion years: Mini-quenching, lulling galaxies and more evidence for bursty SFHs driven by intense feedback - Tobias Looser (Harvard University)

10:05 Exploring the Impact of Different Stellar Feedback Scenarios on ISM Structure and Spectroscopic Observables with MEGATRON - Nicholas Choustikov (University of Oxford)

10:25 Panel of 4
10:40 COFFEE & POSTER
COFFEE & POSTER
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
11:20 Low-z 1
Low-z 1
11:20 - 13:00
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

11:20 Invited Talk - Kathryn Kreckel (Heidelberg University)

11:45 Regulation of star formation in low-metallicity galaxies by feedback and turbulence - Ava Polzin (The University of Chicago)

12:05 The impact of feedback on the cool gas around star-forming galaxies - Nicolas Bouche (CRAL)

12:25 Prevention is better than cure? - Jake Bennett (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

12:45 Panel of 4
13:00 LUNCH
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Astro-Bistro
14:30 Low-z and CGM
Low-z and CGM
14:30 - 16:25
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

14:30 Low-z - Natascha Förster-Schreiber (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) Yohan Dubois (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)

15:35 CGM - Jonathan Stern (Tel Aviv University) Lutz Wisotzki (AIP)
16:25 COFFEE
COFFEE
16:25 - 16:40
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
16:40 High-z and AGN
High-z and AGN
16:40 - 18:35
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

16:40 High-z - Ewald Puchwein Giacomo Venturi (Scuola Normale Superiore)

17:45 AGN - Debora Sijacki Tanya Urrutia (Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik, Potsdam)
Friday, 18 July 2025
09:00 AGN 2
AGN 2
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

09:00 Invited Talk - Tiago Costa (Newcastle University)

09:25 Unveiling Turbulence Drivers in Quasar Halos: Insights from IFS Observations with VLT/MUSE and JWST/NIRSpec IFU - Mandy Chen

09:45 Constraining AGN Feedback with Microwave and X-ray Measurements - Evan Scannapieco (Arizona State University)

10:05 The XMAGNET Exascale MHD simulations of SMBH feedback in galaxy groups and clusters - Philipp Grete (University of Hamburg)

10:25 Panel of 4
10:40 COFFEE
COFFEE
10:40 - 11:20
Room: Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building, Foyer
11:20 High-z 2
High-z 2
11:20 - 13:00
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

11:20 Invited Talk - Harley Katz (University of Chicago)

11:45 Variability of the UV luminosity function with SPIC - Arghyadeep Basu (MPA, Garching)

12:05 Confronting Lyman alpha properties of high-z galaxies with simulations with strong stellar feedback - Taysun Kimm (Yonsei University)

12:25 The COLIBRE model of galaxy formation - Matthieu Schaller (Lorentz Institute & Leiden Observatory)

12:45 Panel of 4
13:00 LUNCH
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30
Room: Astro-Bistro
14:30 Low-z 2
Low-z 2
14:30 - 16:10
Room: Conference Room, Maria-Margaretha-Kirch building
Contributions

14:30 Invited Talk - Vadim Semenov (Harvard University)

14:55 Bursty Star Formation in Dwarfs is Sensitive to Numerical Choices in Supernova Feedback Models - Eric Zhang (University of California, Riverside)

15:15 Probing feedback and environments of radio quiet quasars with radio through sub-millimeter interferometry - Kirsten Hall (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

15:35 A Novel Supermassive Black Hole Feedback Model in Hydrodynamical Simulations - Mohammadreza Ayromlou (University of Bonn)

15:55 Panel of 4

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