ANOMALOUS MICROWAVE EMISSION AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
JUNE 17 - 18, 2025 | VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
The Anomalous Microwave Emission (AME) conference aims to increase collaboration and generate new ideas among astrophysicists through lectures and discussion sessions.
AME is a ubiquitous component of the microwave sky. Peaking at frequencies 20-50 GHz, it is a major contributor to diffuse Galactic emission and has been identified in external galaxies as well. First identified in the 1990s by its spatial correlation with thermal dust emission, its origin remains unknown. Although its spectrum is broadly consistent with electric dipole radiation from a population of small, rapidly spinning dust grains, its spatial distribution appears better correlated with thermal emission from large grains than with emission from small grains such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). This two-day workshop will summarize the current state of AME research from both a theoretical and observational standpoint and reviews prospects for a definitive identification of AME within the interstellar medium.
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- The Inn at Villanova: The Villanova University-owned and operated Inn is about two miles from campus.
- Radnor Hotel: This hotel is very close to Villanova University, and is a quick train or drive to campus.
- Courtyard Phildelphia/Devon: This is a bit further from Villanova University but still along the train line to get onto campus. It is located along Lancaster avenue, making it an easy drive into campus.
- Holiday Inn Express & Suites Philadelphia – King of Prussia: This hotel is located away from the train line, but it is an easy drive from the hotel to Villanova's campus.
- The Wayne Hotel: Wayne Hotel is also along Lancaster avenue with easy access to the train line to campus.
- Directions and Travel: Details on traveling by air, train or car
- Campus Map: The Conference will take place in Mendel Science Center (#16 on the Campus Map). If taking SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail Line, the Villanova Station is directly behind Mendel Science Center.
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
David Chuss, PhD, department chair and professor of Physics, Villanova University
Brandon Hensley, PhD, scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Alan Kogut, PhD, astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dylan Paré, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, Villanova University
Danielle Sponseller, PhD, postodctoral researcher, Chalmers University of Technology
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
David Chuss, PhD, department chair and professor of Physics, Villanova University
Dylan Paré, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, Villanova University
SPONSORS
Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Physics, and The Villanova One Sky Center for Astrophysics