Stars, Planets, and the Interstellar Medium

Presentations

• Where Worlds End: Tides, Heating, and the Survival Edge for Close-In Exoplanets

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Vitaliy Kaurov

    • Wolfram Research, Inc.

  Authors

  • Vitaliy Kaurov

    • Wolfram Research, Inc.

  • Alisa Zaitseva

    • Las Positas College

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• From Flare to Tornado: Tracing Energy Propagation in the Solar Atmosphere

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Eduardo Sanchez

    • New Mexico State University

  Authors

  • Eduardo Sanchez

    • New Mexico State University

  • Juie Shetye

    • New Mexico State University

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• Polarization Variability Hints at Dust Morphology Changes Around Wolf-Rayet Binary CV Serpentis

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Polarimetric Variability Hints at Long-term Structural Changes in CV Ser, E. P. Lieb et al. (2025).
  Dust Morphology Changes in CV Serpentis Revealed by Polarization E. P. Lieb et al. (2026), planned paper.

  Presenters

  • Emma Lieb

    • University of Denver

  Authors

  • Emma Lieb

    • University of Denver

  • Jennifer Hoffman

    • University of Denver

  • Noel Richardson

    • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • Kenneth Nordsieck

    • University of Wisconsin

  • Anthony J. Moffat

    • University of Montreal

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• Dynamical tide modified Roche limit in eccentric, asynchronous binaries

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20183

  Presenters

  • Hang Yu

    • Montana State University

  Authors

  • Hang Yu

    • Montana State University

  • Shu Yan Lau

    • Montana State University

  • Ethan McKeever

    • Montana State University

  • Phil Arras

    • University of Virginia

  • Nevin Weinberg

    • University of Texas at Arlington

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• Analysis of star clusters in the Magellanic System based on data from Gaia space mission

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Jan Dziedzic

    • University of Warsaw - Faculty of Physics

  Authors

  • Jan Dziedzic

    • University of Warsaw - Faculty of Physics

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• Star formation in realistic environments

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: Khullar et al. (2026) in prep.

  Presenters

  • Shivan Khullar

    • Flatiron Institute

  Authors

  • Shivan Khullar

    • Flatiron Institute

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• Direct observation of the X-ray counterpart of the Hα filaments and of the sloshing spiral in the Perseus galaxy cluster

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Publication: "Direct observation of the X-ray counterpart of the Hα filaments and of the sloshing spiral in the Perseus galaxy cluster" manuscript submitted to ApJL

  Presenters

  • Adrien Picquenot

    • Lousiana State University

  Authors

  • Adrien Picquenot

    • Lousiana State University

  • Fabio Acero

    • Universite Paris-Saclay, Universite Paris Cite,CEA, CNRS, AIM, CNRS/IAC

  • Valeria Olivares

    • Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

  • Michela Negro

    • Louisiana State University

  • Gabriel Pratt

    • Universite Paris-Saclay, Universite Paris Cite, CEA, CNRS, AIM

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