Parallel sessions

The largest part of the NAM science programme is the collection of parallel sessions, each on a different scientific topic.
Each session has a short abbreviation which will be used on the schedule. Click on the titles to see the full description of the scientific contents of the sessions.

Abbreviation	Session title	Description	Organiser(s)	Schedule

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Archeo	Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy - the Astronomy of Skyscapes	This session will contain a workshop that ...	Daniel Brown	E9, E10. Thursday 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
AstroChem	Carbon in the Universe	This session invites contributions from observational, theoretical ...	Charlotte Marshall, June McCombie	E11, E12. Friday 9am & 1:30pm	View
Clusters	Galaxy Clusters Near and Far	Galaxy cluster formation is a complex interplay ...	Elizabeth Cooke, David Barnes, Paul Giles, Kshitija Kelkar	A8, A9, A10, C12. Thursday 9am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm, Friday 1:30pm	View
DarkMod	Dark Energy and Modified gravity	Alternative theories of gravity can allow for ...	Jeremy Sakstein	E5, E6. Tuesday 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
DES	The Dark Energy Surveys: new results	The proposed session will present new results ...	Ofer Lahav, Agnès Ferté, Marc Manera	A4. Tuesday 9am	View
Education	Education & Outreach	Astronomy Education (Chair: Paul Roche, co-chairs: Andy ...	Paul Roche, Edward Gomez, Jen Gupta, Andy Newsam, Becky Parker	E4, E7. Tuesday 9am, Wednesday 9am	View
Exoplanet	Exoplanetary systems: past, present, and future	With K2 ongoing, and TESS and PLATO ...	David Brown, David Armstrong, Don Pollacco	C4, C5, C6. Tuesday 9am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
Flares	Solar flares: recent advances on observations and modelling	We have just had a solar maximum ...	Giulio Del Zanna, Lyndsay Fletcher	D5a, D6., Tuesday 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
GalChem	The Building Blocks of Galactic Chemical Evolution	This aim of this session is to ...	Marco Pignatari, Alison Laird, Raphael Hirschi, Brad Gibson, Clare Worley	B8. Thursday 9am	View
GalEvol	Galaxy evolution at high redshift: the legacy of deep near-infrared surveys	Deep infrared surveys have transformed our view ...	David Maltby, Carl Mundy, Elizabeth Cooke	B5, B6. Tuesday 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
GalMerge	The importance and consequences of galaxy mergers	Galaxy mergers have been invoked as an ...	Carl Mundy, Kshitija Kelkar	B4. Tuesday 9am	View
GalStruct	Galaxy structure in the low-redshift universe	This parallel session aims to bring together ...	Rebecca Kennedy, Ross Hart	A6, B7. Tuesday 4:30pm, Wednesday 9am	View
GravWave	Gravitational Wave Astronomy	The gravitational wave (GW) spectrum of astrophysical ...	John Veitch, Alberto Sesana	E2, E3. Monday 1:30 & 4:30	View
Hack	Hack Day (workshop)	Once again, we will be holding a ...	Steven Bamford, Ed Gomez	Tuesday	View
HighZ	Exploring the high-redshift Universe	Thanks to deep near-IR imaging from the ...	Stephen Wilkins, David Sobral	B1, B2, B3. Monday 9am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
Lensing	Extragalactic Strong Lensing : From Discovery to Exploitation	In this centenary year of Einstein's theory ...	Russell Smith, Simon Dye, James Nightingale, Julie Wardlow, Mathilde Jauzac	B11, B12. Friday 9am & 1:30pm	View
MagFields	Structure and Dynamics of Magnetic Fields in the Sun, Solar System and Beyond	This session invites contributions from Solar Physics, ...	David Pontin, Alex Russell, Jonathan Eastwood	C7, D10. Wednesday 9am, Thursday 4:30	View
MHD	MHD Wave Coupling From Photosphere To Corona	MHD waves have been a staple topic ...	Christopher Nelson, Richard Morton, James McLaughlin, Mihalis Mathioudakis	D3, D4, D5b. Monday 4:30, Tuesday 9am & 1:30pm	View
MIST	MIST		Steve Milan, Suzanne Imber	E8. Thursday 9am	View
OptSurv	Current and future optical surveys for cosmology	From 2020 the UK will be in ...	Tom Kitching, Tommaso Giannantonio, Sarah Bridle, Bob Mann, Andy Taylor	A1, A2, A3, A7. Monday 9am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm, Wednesday 9am	View
PartAccel	Particle acceleration and transport from the Sun to the outer heliosphere	Many transient phenomena in the solar atmosphere ...	James Threlfall, Eduard Kontar, Timo Laitinen, Natasha Jeffrey	D1, D2. Monday 9am & 1:30pm	View
Planet	Comparative Planetary Science	We hope that this broad theme will ...	Louise Alexander, Beth Steer, Natalie Curran, Leigh Fletcher, Joanna Barstow, Gabrielle Provan	C1, C2, C3. Monday 9am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
Plasma	Solar and Experimental Plasma Physics Synergy	Solar physicists aim to understand ground and ...	Gary Verth, Eamon Scullion, Victor Fedun	D8. Thursday 9am	View
PopSci	Popular Science Writing	A workshop for everyone interested in developing ...	Sue Bowler A&G Editor		View
Publish	Publishing in Astronomy: a Workshop for Authors and Referees	Writing a good paper, writing a referee ...	Kim Clube	Wed 3:30pm	View
Quenching	How do galaxies die? The causes of quenching in galaxy evolution	One of the key problems in astrophysics ...	Kate Rowlands, Carolin Villforth	B9, B10. Thursday 1:30pm & 4:30pm	View
Radio	Science with the new extragalactic radio surveys	This session will explore new results from ...	Ken Duncan, Wendy Williams, Philip Best, Matt Jarvis	A11, A12. Friday 9am & 1:30pm	View
School	School Day		Edward Gomez	Thursday	View
SolHeat	Heating in the solar atmosphere	Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain ...	Ineke de Moortel, Alan Hood, Patrick Antolin	D11, D12, Friday 9am, 1:30pm	View
Transient	Transient and Time Domain Astronomy: Robotic telescopes, surveys and the evolution of transient phenomena	As we enter the golden-age of time ...	David Jones, Chris Copperwheat, Mike Childress, David Bersier, Matt Darnley, Nye Evans, Kate Maguire, Stuart Sim, Rob Smith, Iain Steele, Mark Sullivan, Roger Wesson	C8, C9, C10, C11. Thursday 9am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm, Friday 9am	View
UKSP	Solar Physics General Session	The Sun, our nearest star, affects the ...	Philippa Browning, Iain Hannah	D7, D9. Wednesday 9am, Thursday 1:30pm	View
XMM	Serendipitous and Survey Science from XMM-Newton	XMM has been operating for 15 years ...	Kathy Romer, Graham Smith, Ben Maughan	A5. Tuesday 1:30pm	View

Full details of the Parallel Sessions for each day

Full details of the Parallel Sessions for each day

Parallel sessions