Feeling the pull and the pulse of relativistic magnetospheres

7:45 - 8:45 (1h)

Breakfast

8:50 - 9:00 (10min)

Welcome and practical information

Benoît Cerutti

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/SPAWN2025_Intro_LesHouches.pdf

9:00 - 9:40 (40min)

Relativistic magnetosphere: Major challenges & opportunities

Roger Blandford

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/250407leshouches_Blandford.pdf

9:40 - 10:20 (40min)

Pulsar magnetospheres: An observational perspective

Arache Djannati-Ataï

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/AdaPulsarMagnetospheresObservationalPerspective_LesHouches_2026.pdf

10:20 - 11:00 (40min)

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:20 (20min)

Radio polarization and the pulsar magnetosphere

Lucy Oswald

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/LOswald_MagnetospheresTalk.pdf

11:20 - 11:40 (20min)

On the Crab pulsar radio interpulse (and more)

Mikhail Medvedev

11:40 - 12:00 (20min)

A parametric study of neutron star electrospheres

Fabrice Mottez & Théo Francez

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Les_Houches_Mottez_MondayMorningSession.pdf

12:30 - 13:30 (1h)

Lunch

14:00 - 14:40 (40min)

Pulsar magnetospheres: A computational perspective (remote speech)

Hayk Hakobyan

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Hakobyan_LesHouches2025.pdf

14:40 - 15:00 (20min)

Investigating sources of coherent radio emissions in pulsar polar caps by particle-in-cell kinetic simulations

Jan Benáček

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/presentation_Benacek.pdf

15:00 - 15:20 (20min)

Pair Formation in Pulsar Magnetospheres: where, how, how much, and what are the implications

Andrey Timokhin

15:20 - 16:00 (40min)

Coffee break

16:00 - 16:20 (20min)

Multi-wavelength emission and particle acceleration in pulsar magnetospheres

Jérôme Pétri

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/petri_les_houches.pdf

16:20 - 16:40 (20min)

Fitting all spectra and light curves of gamma-ray pulsars with an austere synchro-curvature model

Daniel Íñiguez-Pascual

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Daniel_Iniguez_Pascual_les_houches_2025.pdf

16:40 - 17:00 (20min)

Towards Modelling AR Sco: Particle Dynamics, Calibration, and First Results

Christo Venter

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/High_Energy_Presentation_CV.pdf

17:00 - 17:20 (20min)

Force-free-PIC numerical approach to model pulsar magnetospheres

Adrien Soudais

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Houches_Soudais.pdf

17:20 - 17:40 (20min)

Precursor Electromagnetic Signals, High-Energy Emissions, and Orbital Dynamics in Merging Neutron Star Magnetospheres

Dimitrios Skiathas

https://r-magnetosphere.sciencesconf.org/data/program/Dimitrios_Skiathas_Precursor_Electromagnetic_Signals_High_Energy_Emissions_and_Orbital_Dynamics_in_Merging_Neutron_Star_Magnetospheres.pdf

19:00 - 19:30 (30min)

Welcome cocktail

19:30 - 20:30 (1h)

Dinner

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