International Conference Physics of Neutron Stars – 2017 50 years after July 10 — 14, 2017, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Summary of the Program [see detailed program below]
July 9, Sunday: 18:00  WELCOME PARTY
July 10, Monday	July 11, Tuesday	July 12, Wednesday	July 13, Thursday	July 14, Friday
08:45  Registration	THEORY OF PULSARS	NS STRUCTURE & EVOLUTION	MULTIWAVELENGTH MANIFESTATIONS
09:45  OPENING	09:00  Philippov   Pulsar magnetospheres	09:00  Haensel   Equation of state of NSs	09:00  Safi-Harb   Observational diversity and evolution of neutron stars
PULSAR OBSERVATIONS (RADIO)	09:35  Pétri   Basic radiation from an off-centred rotating dipole	09:35  Fortin   Neutron star equation of state and uncertainty on the radius determination	09:35  Pavlov   Ultraviolet Emission from Isolated Neutron Stars	ACCRETION
09:55  Hessels   Fast Radio Bursts	10:00  Kundu   Pulsed emission from a rotating off-centred dipole in vacuum	10:00  Beznogov   Heat blanketing envelopes and neutron stars cooling	10:05  Pires   Missing links of neutron star evolution in the eROSITA sky	10:00  Patruno   Accreting millisecond pulsars
10:30  Manchester   Pulsar Timing and its Applications	10:20  Kisaka   Luminosity of synchrotron radiation in pulsar magnetospheres	10:25  Kaminker   Radiation from neutron stars with internal variable heaters		10:35  Suleimanov   Accretion heated atmospheres of X-ray bursting neutron stars
11:00  Coffee break	10:40  Coffee break	10:45  Coffee break	10:30  Coffee break	11:00  Coffee break
11:30  Andrianov   Probing of interstellar plasma distribution in the direction to pulsars PSR 0525+21 and 1919+21 with RadioAstron mission	11:10  Melrose (remote)   Why after 50 years is there no consensus on the pulsar radio emission mechanism?	11:15  Kobyakov   Nucleus-nucleus interactions in the inner crust of neutron stars	11:00  De Luca   CCOs and the slow magnetar in RCW 103	11:30  Tsygankov   Low-level accretion onto highly magnetized neutron stars
	11:40  Yuen   Abrupt Changes in Pulsar Pulse Profile Through Multiple Magnetospheric State Switching	11:35  Urban   Superfluid hydrodynamics in the inner crust of neutron stars	11:35  Posselt   Magnificent in infrared - an unusal isolated neutron star	11:55  Gornostaev   Spectra of accretion columns in X-ray pulsars
11:50  Mikhailov   Radio Frequency Studies of the Pulsar Binary PSR J1614-2318	12:00  Beskin   So How Do Radio Pulsars Slow-Down?	11:55  Igoshev   Multipoles re-emergence and central compact objects	12:05  Borghese   Phase-dependent absorption features in X-ray spectra of XDINSs	12:15  Postnov   A propelling neutron star in the enigmatic Be-star γ Cassiopeia
12:15  Gusinskaia   Conquering systematics in the timing of the Pulsar Triple System: Towards a unique and robust test of the strong equivalence principle	12:20  Alpar   Neutron Star Dynamics under Time Dependent External Torques	12:15  Gusakov   Quasistationary evolution of the magnetic field in the cores of neutron stars	12:30  Rivera Sandoval   HST UV observations of the tMSP XSS J12270 - 4859	12:35  Mata Sanchez   New techniques for unveiling fundamental parameters in neutron star harboring low-mass X-ray binaries
	12:40  Kojima   Magnetic energy stored in relativistic force-free magnetosphere	12:35  Akbal   The Critical Strain Angle in the Neutron Star Crust	12:50  Shibanov   High time resolution multi-band photo-polarimetric observations of the binary millisecond "redback" pulsar J1023+0038 with the BTA
12:40  Biryukov   The apparent decay of pulsar magnetic fields		12:55  Chugunov   Amplification of the magnetic field by r-mode instability: role of the back-reaction
13:00    LUNCH	13:00    LUNCH	13:15    LUNCH	13:10    LUNCH	12:55    LUNCH
MAGNETARS	SUPERNOVAE		PULSAR and PWN OBSERVATIONS
15:00  Turolla   Polarization of NS emission in future missions	15:00  Obergaulinger   Magnetic field amplification during core collapse	15:00  EXCURSION	15:00  Kargaltsev   Pulsar wind nebulae	15:00  Poutanen   Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars
15:35  Baring   Hard X-ray Quiescent Emission in Magnetars via Resonant Compton Upscattering	15:35  Ott   Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanisms		15:35  Klingler   Deep Chandra Observations of Nebulae Produced by Three Supersonic Pulsars	15:35  Bak Nielsen   The X-ray Pulsar 2A 1822-371 as a Super Eddington source
16:00  Gügercinoglu   Glitches as Probes of Neutron Star Internal Structure and Dynamics	16:00  Blinnikov   Magnetars or Central Explosions in Superluminous Supernovae?		16:00  Tanaka   Confinement of Pulsar Wind Nebulae by Their Supernova Remnant and Magnetic Dissipation	16:00  Garasev   Partial frequency redistribution in cyclotron lines of neutron stars
16:20    Coffee break	16:25    Coffee break		16:20    Coffee break	16:20    Coffee break
16:50  Coti Zelati   Systematic study of magnetar outbursts	16:55  Slane   SNR-NS connection		16:50  Mereghetti   X-ray properties of the mode-switching pulsar PSR B0943+10	16:50  Parfrey   Accretion Flows and Millisecond Pulsars, from Light Cylinder to Magnetic Funnel
17:20  Taverna   On the spectrum and polarization of magnetar flare emission	17:30  Gvaramadze   RCW 86 as the remnant of a calcium-rich core-collapse supernova explosion		17:20  Hermsen   Enigmatic results from an X-ray / radio campaign on the radio-mode-switching pulsar PSR B1822-09	17:15  Cavecchi   Thermonuclear Magnetic Deflagrations and Type I Bursts
17:45  Popov   Surface magnetic field structure and Hall evolution in the crust	17:50  Uvarov   Polarized synchrotron X-ray emission from supernova shells. XIPE perspective		18:30  Transfer to dinner	17:35  Mushtukov   X-ray pulsars at extremely high mass accretion rates
18:10  POSTER SESSION	18:10  POSTER SESSION		19:30  DINNER.  Manchester	17:55  CLOSING

09:45  — OPENING

09:55  —  Jason Hessels, The FRB 121102 Follow-up Team
Fast Radio Bursts and their Possible Neutron Star Origin (invited, 35 min) [Video]

10:30  —  Richard N. Manchester
Pulsar Timing and its Applications (30 min) [Video]

11:00  —  A.S. Andrianov, T.V. Smirnova, V.I. Shishov, M.V. Popov, C. Gwinn
Probing of interstellar plasma distribution in the direction to pulsars PSR 0525+21 and 1919+21 with RadioAstron mission (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1173 kB)]

11:20  —  Coffee break

Chair: Willem Hermsen

11:50  —  K. V. Mikhailov, J. van Leeuwen, M. S. E. Roberts, J. W. T. Hessels, S. M. Ransom, G. H Janssen, R. P. Breton
Radio Frequency Studies of the Pulsar Binary PSR J1614-2318 (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 3019 kB)]

12:15  —  N.V. Gusinskaia, A.M. Archibald, J.W.T. Hessels, D.R. Lorimer, S.M.Ransom, I.H. Stairs
Conquering systematics in the timing of the Pulsar Triple System: Towards a unique and robust test of the strong equivalence principle (25 min)

12:40  —  Anton Biryukov, Artyom Astashenok, Sergey Karpov, and Gregory Beskin
The apparent decay of pulsar magnetic fields (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1630 kB)]

13:00  —  LUNCH

15:00  —  R. Turolla
Polarization of neutron star emission in future missions (invited, 35 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 2472 kB)]

15:35  —  Matthew G. Baring, Zorawar Wadiasingh, Peter L. Gonthier & Alice K. Harding
Hard X-ray Quiescent Emission in Magnetars via Resonant Compton Upscattering (25 min) [Video]

16:00  —  E. Gügercinoglu
Glitches as Probes of Neutron Star Internal Structure and Dynamics (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 647 kB)]

16:20  —  Coffee break

Chair: Roberto Turolla

16:50  —  Francesco Coti Zelati, Nanda Rea, Sergio Campana, José Pons
Systematic study of magnetar outbursts (30 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 5479 kB)]

17:20  —  R. Taverna, R. Turolla
On the spectrum and polarization of magnetar flare emission (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 7148 kB)]

17:45  —  S.B. Popov, R. Taverna, R. Turolla, A.P. Igoshev
Surface magnetic field structure and Hall evolution in the crust (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 3365 kB)]

18:05  —  POSTER SESSION

09:00  —  Alexander Philippov
Pulsar magnetospheres (invited, 35 min) [Video]

09:35  —  Jérôme Pétri
Basic radiation from an off-centred rotating dipole (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 2963 kB)]

10:00  —  Anu Kundu, Jerome Petri
Pulsed emission from a rotating off-centred dipole in vacuum (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 14952 kB)]

10:20  —  Shota Kisaka, Shuta J. Tanaka
Luminosity of synchrotron radiation in pulsar magnetospheres (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 39258 kB)]

10:40  —  Coffee break

Chair: Jérôme Pétri

11:10  —  D. B. Melrose (video translation)
Why after 50 years is there no consensus on the pulsar radio emission mechanism? (30 min) [presentation (PDF, 5730 kB)]

11:40  —  R. Yuen, D. B. Melrose
Abrupt Changes in Pulsar Pulse Profile Through Multiple Magnetospheric State Switching (20 min) [presentation (PDF, 671 kB)]

12:00  —  V.S. Beskin
So How Do Radio Pulsars Slow-Down? (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 2726 kB)]

12:20  —  M.A. Alpar, E. Gügercinoglu
Neutron Star Dynamics under Time Dependent External Torques (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 151 kB)]

12:40  —  Y. Kojima
Magnetic energy stored in relativistic force-free magnetosphere (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 664 kB)]

13:00  —  LUNCH

15:00  —  M. Obergaulinger, M. Aloy
Magnetic field amplification during core collapse (invited, 35 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 11035 kB)]

15:35  —  Christian D. Ott
Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanisms (25 min) [Video]

16:00  —  S.I. Blinnikov, E.I. Sorokina, K. Nomoto
Magnetars or Central Explosions in Superluminous Supernovae? (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 5119 kB)]

16:25  —  Coffee break

Chair: Martin Obergaulinger

16:55  —  P.O. Slane
SNR-NS connection (invited, 35 min) [Video]

17:30  —  V. V. Gvaramadze
RCW 86 as the remnant of a calcium-rich core-collapse supernova explosion (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 6028 kB)]

17:50  —  A.M. Bykov, Y.A. Uvarov
Polarized synchrotron X-ray emission from supernova shells. XIPE perspective (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 9265 kB)]

18:10  —  POSTER SESSION

09:00  —  P. Haensel, M. Fortin
Equation of State for Neutron Stars: a Status Report (invited, 35 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 4092 kB)]

09:35  —  M. Fortin
Neutron star equation of state and uncertainty on the radius determination (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 2878 kB)]

10:00  —  Beznogov M. V., Potekhin A. Y., Fortin M., Haensel P., Yakovlev D. G., Zdunik J. L.
Heat blanketing envelopes and neutron stars cooling (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 7762 kB)]

10:25  —  E.A. Chaikin, A.D. Kaminker, A.A. Kaurov, D.G. Yakovlev
Radiation from neutron stars with internal variable heaters (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1579 kB)]

10:45  —  Coffee break

Chair: Morgane Fortin

11:15  —  D.N. Kobyakov, C.J. Pethick
Nucleus--nucleus interactions in the inner crust of neutron stars (20 min) [Video]

11:35  —  M. Urban and N. Martin
Superfluid hydrodynamics in the inner crust of neutron stars (20 min) [presentation (PDF, 1075 kB)]

11:55  —  A.P. Igoshev, J.G. Elfritz, S.B. Popov
Multipoles re-emergence and central compact objects (20 min) [Video]

12:15  —  Gusakov M.E., Kantor E.M., D.D. Ofengeim
Quasistationary evolution of the magnetic field in the cores of neutron stars (20 min) [Video]

12:35  —  Onur Akbal, M.Ali Alpar
The Critical Strain Angle in the Neutron Star Crust (20 min) [Video]

12:55  —  A.I. Chugunov, J. L. Friedman, L. Lindblom, L. Rezzolla
Amplification of the magnetic field by r-mode instability: role of the back-reaction (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 859 kB)]

13:15  —  LUNCH

15:00  —  EXCURSION

09:00  —  Samar Safi-Harb
Observational Diversity and Evolution of Neutron Stars (invited, 35 min) [Video]

09:35  —  George G. Pavlov, Oleg Kargaltsev, Blagoy Rangelov
Ultraviolet Emission from Isolated Neutron Stars (30 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 927 kB)]

10:05  —  A. M. Pires, A. D Schwope, C. Motch
Missing links of neutron star evolution in the eROSITA sky (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 40121 kB)]

10:30  —  Coffee break

Chair: Samar Safi-Harb

11:00  —  A. De Luca on behalf of a large collaboration
CCOs and the slow magnetar in RCW 103 (invited, 35 min) [Video]

11:35  —  B. Posselt, K. Luhman, G.G. Pavlov
Magnificent in infrared - an unusal isolated neutron star (30 min) [Video]

12:05  —  A. Borghese, N. Rea, F. Coti Zelati, A. Tiengo, R. Turolla, S. Zane
Phase-dependent absorption features in X-ray spectra of XDINSs (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 13236 kB)]

12:30  —  L. E. Rivera Sandoval, R. Wijnands, N. Degenaar, J. V. Hernandez Santisteban
HST UV observations of the tMSP XSS J12270 - 4859 (20 min)

12:50  —  Yu.A. Shibanov, G.M. Beskin, S.V. Karpov, V.L. Plokhotnichenko, D.A. Zyuzin, A.F. Kholtygin, V.V. Sokolov, Yu.V. Baryishev
High time resolution multi-band photo-polarimetric observations of the binary millisecond "redback" pulsar J1023+0038 with the BTA (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 9072 kB)]

13:10  —  LUNCH

15:00  —  Oleg Kargaltsev, George Pavlov, Noel Klingler, Jeremy Hare
Pulsar wind nebulae in X-rays and other wavelengths (invited, 35 min) [Video]

15:35  —  Noel Klingler, Oleg Kargaltsev, George G. Pavlov, Patrick Slane, Roger W. Romani, & The XVP PWN Collaboration
Deep Chandra Observations of Nebulae Produced by Three Supersonic Pulsars (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 3229 kB)]

16:00  —  Shuta J. Tanaka
Confinement of Pulsar Wind Nebulae by Their Supernova Remnant and Magnetic Dissipation (20 min) [Video]

16:20  —  Coffee break

Chair: George Pavlov

16:50  —  S. Mereghetti, L. Kuiper, A.Tiengo, J.Hessels, W. Hermsen, K. Stovall, A. Possenti, J. Rankin, P. Esposito, R. Turolla, D. Mitra, G. Wright, B. Stappers, A. Horneffer, S. Oslowski, M. Serylak, J.-M. Griessmeier
X-ray properties of the mode-switching pulsar PSR B0943+10 (30 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 3707 kB)]

17:20  —  W. Hermsen, L. Kuiper, J.W.T. Hessels, D. Mitra, J.M. Rankin, B.W. Stappers, G.A.E. Wright, R. Basu, A. Szary, and J. van Leeuwen
Enigmatic results from an X-ray / radio campaign on the radio-mode-switching pulsar PSR B1822-09 (30 min) [Video]

18:30  —  Transfer to dinner

19:30  —  CONFERENCE DINNER
Richard N. Manchester  —  a special talk [Video]

10:00  —  Ale Patruno
Observations of Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars (invited, 35 min) [Video]

10:35  —  V.F. Suleimanov, J. Poutanen, J. Nättilä, J.J.E. Kajava, K. Werner
Accretion heated atmospheres of X-ray bursting neutron stars (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 3377 kB)]

11:00  —  Coffee break

Chair: Kyle Parfrey

11:30  —  S. Tsygankov
Low-level accretion onto highly magnetized neutron stars (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 4366 kB)]

11:55  —  M. I. Gornostaev, K. A. Postnov, E. A. Sokolova-Lapa
Spectra of accretion columns in X-ray pulsars (20 min) [Video]

12:15  —  K.A. Postnov, L.M. Oskinova, J.M. Torrejon
A propelling neutron star in the enigmatic Be-star γ Cassiopeia (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1645 kB)]

12:35  —  Mata Sanchez, D.; Munoz-Darias, T.; Casares, J.; Jimenez-Ibarra,F.
New techniques for unveiling fundamental parameters in neutron star harboring low-mass X-ray binaries (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1680 kB)]

12:55  —  LUNCH

Chair: Sergey Tsygankov

15:00  —  Juri Poutanen
Ultraluminous X-ray pulsars (invited, 35 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1942 kB)]

15:35  —  A. Bak Nielsen, A. Patruno, C. D'Angelo
The X-ray Pulsar 2A 1822-371 as a Super Eddington source (25 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 1734 kB)]

16:00  —  M.A. Garasev, E.V. Derishev, V.V. Kocharovsky
Partial frequency redistribution in cyclotron lines of neutron stars (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 2333 kB)]

16:20  —  Coffee break

Chair: Alexander Y. Potekhin

16:50  —  Kyle Parfrey, Alexander Tchekhovskoy
Accretion Flows and Millisecond Pulsars, from Light Cylinder to Magnetic Funnel (25 min) [Video]

17:15  —  Y. Cavecchi, Y. Levin, A. L. Watts, J. Braithwaite
Thermonuclear Magnetic Deflagrations and Type I Bursts (20 min) [Video]

17:35  —  A.A. Mushtukov
X-ray pulsars at extremely high mass accretion rates (20 min) [Video] [presentation (PDF, 4490 kB)]

17:55  —  CLOSING