Pulsars as Multiwavelength EM Emitters
Date: Monday-Friday 7-11 September 2026
Location: St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Rationale & Objectives
While each area of pulsar research—from magnetospheric radio and gamma-ray emissions to the physics of interior magnetic fields—has achieved significant advances in recent years, there remains limited flow of information across these diverse communities. This workshop aims to bridge those gaps, fostering existing collaborations and helping to spawn new ones by bringing together experts for intensive, discussion-led exchange.
Venue: St Edmund Hall
We are pleased to hold this meeting at St Edmund Hall, one of the oldest colleges in the University of Oxford. Known affectionately as "Teddy Hall," the college provides a historic and contemplative setting within the heart of Oxford, offering an ideal environment for scholarly exchange and networking.
Confirmed attendees
- Benacek, Jan
- Bransgrove, Ashley
- Cerutti, Benoit
- Clark, Colin
- Djannati-Atai, Arache
- Gourgouliatos, Kostas
- Igoshev, Andrei
- Johnston, Simon
- Karastergiou, Aris
- Kargaltsev, Oleg
- Kerr, Matthew
- Levin, Yuri
- Oswald, Lucy
- Petri, Jerome
- Posselt, Bettina
- Rajwade, Kaustubh
- Rea, Nanda
- Reville, Brian
Schedule (draft)
Monday
- 11:00 - Welcome / Talk 1: B. Cerutti: "Modeling magnetospheric processes: state of the art, challenges, and future directions"
- 12:00 - Discussion
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 13:30 - Talk 2: A. Karastergiou: "Radio pulsar observations and how we use them to understand neutron star properties"
- 14:30 - Talk 3: M. Kerr: "An overview of the stability of pulsar gamma-ray emission"
- 15:30 - Talk 4: N. Rea
- 16:30 - Discussion
Tuesday
- 09:30 - Talk 1: S. Johnston: "Radio emission from beyond the light cylinder and other puzzles from an observer perspective"
- 10:30 - Discussion
- 11:00 - Talk 2: J. Petri: "Understanding pulsar magnetospheric physics through multiwavelength observations"
- 12:00 - Discussion
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 14:30 - Talk 3: A. Bransgrove: "Radio Pulsar Variability: The Interior-Magnetosphere Connection"
- 15:30 - Discussion
- 16:30 - Talk 4: B. Reville
Wednesday
- 09:30 - Talk 1: J. Benacek: "Electromagnetic emissions and plasma outflows from isolated and binary neutron star magnetospheres"
- 10:30 - Discussion
- 11:00 - Talk 2: Y. Levin: "On the Origin of Weak Magnetic Fields in Recycled Millisecond Pulsars"
- 12:00 - Discussion
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 14:30 - Talk 3: O. Kargaltsev: "Exploring the connection between pulsar magnetospheres and wind nebulae with high-energy observations"
- 15:30 - Discussion
- 16:30 - Discussion
Thursday
- 09:30 - Talk 1: C. Clark
- 10:30 - Discussion
- 11:00 - Talk 2: B. Posselt: "Odd neutron star populations and odd findings"
- 12:00 - Talk 3: A. Igoshev: "Magnetic field evolution in neutron stars"
- 12:30 - Lunch
- 14:30 - Talk 3: K. Gourgouliatos: "Magnetic field instabilities in neutron star interiors and magnetospheres"
- 15:30 - Discussion
- 16:30 - Talk 4: A. Djannati-Atai: "Multi-TeV Pulsars as Phase-Resolved Probes of Relativistic Pair-Plasma Dissipation"
Friday
- 09:30 - Talk 1: K. Rajwade: "Insights into coherent radio emission mechanisms from Long-period transients"
- 10:30 - Discussion
- 11:00 - Talk 2: L. Oswald: "Polarization of radio pulsar observations and what they reveal about the magnetosphere"
- 12:30 - End