II SouthPol Workshop
March 9 - 13, 2026
São José dos Campos (INPE) - Brazil
March 9 - 13, 2026
São José dos Campos (INPE) - Brazil
The SouthPol collaboration aims to produce an optical polarimetric survey of the Southern Sky. To achieve this goal, the SouthPol team is designing and building a high-precision polarimeter that will be installed on the recently acquired 1-meter telescope, which will be located at the Pico dos Dias Observatory, managed by LNA.
The SouthPol survey will provide Astrophysics with a unique and highly valuable database. One of the main scientific cases is to study the magnetic field that permeates our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the Magellanic Clouds. Additionally, the results will have an immediate impact on several areas, such as Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy, the Interstellar Medium of the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds, Star Formation, Stellar Envelopes, stellar explosions (GRBs, novae, and supernovae), and the Solar System, among others.
The II SouthPol Workshop aims to bring together the project team to discuss the science projects, the technical development, and the management of the entire project. Researchers interested in the SouthPol project are wellcome to participate in the science discussion, which are planned to occur in the first three days of the workshop.
This partnership involves researchers from:
the Department of Astronomy at IAG/USP - Brazil;
the Astrophysics Division at INPE - Brazil;
UFMG - Brazil;
the Department of Astrophysics at Radboud University - the Netherlands;
the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center and Hiroshima University - Japan;
Mitsubishi Foundation and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo - Japan;
Universidade Chalmers University of Technology - Sweden .
The registration fee will be charged from the in-person participants. The exact amount will be defined later and communicated to the participants.
The LOC has negotiated the rates below with the Nacional Inn Hotel. We are trying to arrange transportation to and from this hotel and INPE.
Executive apartament
SGL: R$ 228,00
DBL: R$ 308,00
TPL: R$ 408,00
To make your reservation, write to reservas@nacionalinnsjc.com.br. Provide the event name SOUTHPOL.
The above values are valid until Fev 15, 2026.
There are many other hotel options at the city, but we are going to make the arrangements of transportation only to this hotel.
Marijke Haverkorn - Radboud Univ. - The Netherlands (Chair)
Antonio Mário Magalhães - IAG/USP - Brazil
Claudia V. Rodrigues - INPE - Brazil
Eder Martioli - LNA - Brazil
Luciano Fraga - LNA - Brazil
Koji Kawabata - Hiroshima University - Japan
Reinaldo Santos Lima - IAG/USP - Brazil
Wagner Corradi - LNA & UFMG - Brazil
Yasuo Doi - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo - Japan
Yenifer Angarita - Chalmers University of Technology - Sweden
Claudia Vilega Rodrigues - INPE/Brazil (Coord.)
Eder Martioli - LNA & INPE/Brazil
Giuliana Capistrano - LNA/Brazil
Gustavo H. S. Santos - INPE/Brazil
Leticia Rocha - INPE/Brazil
Marina Mello - INPE/Brazil
Patricia Oliveira - LNA/Brazil
The SouthPol project is thankful to the following funding agencies:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq - Brazil;
Dutch Research Council - NWO - The Netherlands;
European Research Council - ERC - Europe;
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos - FINEP - Brazil;
Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa no Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP - Brazil;
Fundação de Pesquisa e Assessoramento à Indústria - FUPAI - Brazil;
The Mitsubishi Foundation - Japan.