The study of circumstellar discs around young stars has been revolutionized by ALMA and high angular resolution instruments in the infrared. The new data coming from novel instruments such as the James Webb Space Telescope reveal complex structures both in the morphology and in the kinematics of planet forming discs, that require adequate hydrodynamical modeling. The next generation of researchers in this field will naturally face the challenge of a close interplay between such high resolution observations and their theoretical interpretation.

The aim of the Dustbusters School is precisely to train this next generation of researchers and in particular to make sure that theorists are aware of the complexities of the data reduction process and that observers are aware of the subtleties of the hydrodynamical modeling. 

Following that of the first edition, the School will have a hybrid format, with a series of lectures by some of the top researchers active in this field, complemented by intense hands-on sessions, where the students are divided into small groups, each facing a specific research challenge, either in the form of reduction of actual data, or in the form of specific hydrodynamical modeling of some protostellar system. We will make sure that the students whose main research interest is in theory will work on the data reduction, and viceversa.

If you wish to be part of this exciting School, to meet up with your fellow students and young researchers world-wide, and especially to feel like being part of a growing and dynamic community, do not hesitate and apply to the Dustbusters School II!

• Anaëlle Maury (CEA, Saclay) - ALMA observations of Class 0/I discs
• Nienke van der Marel (Leiden University) - ALMA observations of Class II discs
• Antonio Garufi (Arcetri Observatory) - SPHERE observations of discs
• Sijme-Jan Paardekooper (Delft University) - Dusty instabilities in discs
• Jean-François Gonzalez (École Nomale Supérieure de Lyon) - Dust dynamics in discs
• Maxime Lombart (National Taiwan Normal University) - Coagulation/fragmentation in discs

• Hossam Aly (Delft University)
• Eleonora Bianchi (Origins Excellence Cluster, Munich)
• Gaspard Duchêne (IPAG, Grenoble)
• Greta Guidi (IRAM, Grenoble)
• Mark Hutchison (LMU, Munich)
• Ugo Lebreuilly (CEA, Saclay)
• Maxime Lombart (National Taiwan Normal University)
• Elliot Lynch (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
• Rebecca Nealon (Warwick University)
• Enrico Ragusa (Università degli Studi di Milano)
• Álvaro Ribas (Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge)
• Giovanni Rosotti (Università degli Studi di Milano)
• Claudia Toci (ESO, Garching)
• Benedetta Veronesi (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)

Meals: Coffee breaks and lunches are included in the registration fee, as well as the welcome cocktail and the school dinner.

Registration fee: 200 €

Registration deadline: 20th of December 2023

Maximum number of participants: ~50

C. Clarke (IOA, Cambridge)

G. Laibe (Ens de Lyon)

G. Lodato (Université de Milan)

C. Nixon (University of Leeds)

L. Testi (ESO, Garching)

B. Commerçon

J.-F. Gonzalez

G. Laibe

S. Vigner