Conferences, workshops, meetings, summer schools
Dear colleagues,
This is just a quick reminder about the DKIST workshop we are holding at the RAS on April 7th. The science programme will run from 10:00 to 17:00, and is now available here:
https://sites.google.com/site/dkistcommunityworkshop1/programme
All are welcome: we hope to see many of you there.
Best wishes,
Lyndsay Fletcher
Mihalis Mathioudakis
Erwin Verwichte
Valentin Martinez Pillet
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The 2016 UK MHD Meeting will take place in Glasgow on the 12 and 13 May 2016.
Registration for the Meeting is now open until 2 May 2016.
To register and for further details, please, visit the 2016 UK MHD webpage
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mathematicsstatistics/about/events/conferences/ukmhd2016/registration
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mathematicsstatistics/about/events/conferences/ukmhd2016
We look forward to welcoming many of you to Glasgow.
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee and with best regards,
Radostin Simitev
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Deadline: 8th April
Session title: Structure and Dynamics of Magnetic Fields in the Sun, Solar System and Beyond
This session invites contributions from Solar Physics, Magnetospheric Physics and Astrophysics on the structure and dynamics of magnetic fields. Magnetic fields facilitate the transport, storage and release of energy, and are therefore essential for understanding the behaviour of stars, planetary magnetospheres and astrophysical objects in general, and our Sun and Earth in particular. The focus of this session will be state-of-the-art modelling and observations of generic structures of magnetic fields and energy transport and release mechanisms. This also includes observational consequences such as heating and acceleration of particles or flows due to dynamic events driven, for example by magnetic reconnection.
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Dear colleagues,
abstract submission is now open for the RAS special discussion meeting “Solar Flares: New Insight from the Lower Atmosphere”, to be held at RAS in London on the Friday, 13th of May 2016. The meeting will focus on the flare-related chromospheric and photospheric effects, such as the helioseismic response in flares (sunquakes), photospheric magnetic fields (structure, variation, transients) in flaring active regions, small-scale structure and dynamics of the chromosphere during solar flares, etc. We aim to discuss both observational and theoretical aspects of these phenomena. There will be several invited talks and a series of contributed (10-15 minute) talks, as well as some space for posters.
If you would like to present a talk or a poster, please send a brief abstract to mykola.gordovskyy@manchester.ac.uk . The deadline for abstract submission is 15 April 2016.
For more information and the programme (will be available after 15 April) please visit www.jb.man.ac.uk/~mykola/rasdm2016
We hope for an interesting and lively discussion.
Mykola Gordovskyy,
Sergei Zharkov,
Sarah Matthews
James McLaughlin
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UKSP Session: Heating in the solar atmosphere
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the extremely high temperatures in the solar atmosphere. We have now reached the stage where observations are sufficiently high resolution to truly test theoretical predictions. This session will evaluate the present state of theoretical modelling of heating mechanisms and the plasma response to compare with current high resolution observations (e.g. SDO, IRIS, Hinode) and plan for future missions such as DKIST, Solar Orbiter and Solar-C.
To submit an abstract (no registration required for the submission),
go to https://nam2016.org
Ineke De Moortel, Alan Hood and Patrick Antolin
Deadline: 8th April
Session: MHD Wave Coupling From Photosphere To Corona
MHD waves have been a staple topic of UK solar physics research over the
past few decades. The main reason for this sustained interest is their almost
constant and ubiquitous presence throughout the solar atmosphere, having now been observed in structures ranging from resolution-limited, small-scale spicules to large-scale sunspots. This abundance of MHD waves suggests that they could play a key role in providing non-thermal energy from the relatively cool solar photosphere (~6000 K) to the hot corona. This session aims to highlight the breadth of research being undertaken into solar MHD waves from across the country.
Abstract submission, with no registration required, can be found at: https://nam2016.org
Chris Nelson, Rick Morton, James McLaughlin, Mihalis Mathioudakis
After previous BUKS workshops, there is now the IBUKS workshop. It will be held between 13/6 and 17/6 in Leuven, Belgium. For more information, please check https://wis.kuleuven.be/events/IBUKS2016.
Everyone is welcome!
The aim of the workshop is to get an overview of recent developments within the field of “Waves and oscillations in the solar atmosphere”. The workshop is aimed to be small, and is structured with plenty of time for informal discussions.
The abstract submission deadline is: 15/04/2016
The deadline for registration is: 15/05/2016
Both can be done at
https://wis.kuleuven.be/events/IBUKS2016
The invited reviews for the meeting are:
Seismology of the solar interior: Rekha Jain (Sheffield)
Heating by and energetics of waves: Inigo Arregui (IAC)
Waves in the chromosphere: Patrick Antolin (NAOJ & St. Andrews)
Observations of waves in the solar atmosphere: Gerry Doyle (Armagh) (TBC)
Wave coupling: Paul Cally (Monash)
Wave driving of the solar wind: Leon Ofman (NASA/GSFC)
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SDO 2016: Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity
Oct. 17-21, 2016 * Burlington, VT
Living With a Star’s Solar Dynamics Observatory invites you to its 2016 Science Workshop “SDO 2016: Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity,” October 17-21, 2016, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center in Burlington, VT. All members of the science community are welcome and encouraged to attend. For science program details, please visit our website: http://SDO2016.lws-sdo-workshops.org.
Abstracts are solicited for presentations describing solar research in the following eight broad areas.
* Motions Inside the Sun
* The Evolution of Active Regions
* Studies of Solar Eruptive Events (SEEs)
* Motions Near and Above the Solar Surface
* Atmospheric Dynamics and Sources of the Solar Wind
* Solar Magnetic Variability and the Solar Cycle
* The Sun as a Star
* Space Weather at the Earth and other Planets
Important Dates:
Abstracts due: July 15
Early registration / hotel reservation: September 16
We are looking forward to seeing you at the workshop!
Sincerely,
The Scientific Organizing Committee for SDO 2016:
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Dear Colleagues,
We invite abstracts for the forthcoming meeting on “Partially Ionised Plasmas in Astrophysics” (PIPA) that will take place in Tenerife (Spain) in the period 29th August-02 September, 2016.
The dynamics of partially ionized astrophysical plasmas is a relatively new and rapidly growing topic of research. There are growing evidences of the importance of the effects of plasma partial ionization in different astrophysical environments, such as solar chromosphere, interstellar medium, protostellar discs, planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres, etc. The meeting aims to broaden and strengthen the collaboration of scientists working in partially ionized plasmas in astrophysics and space science and to develop common scientific interest that could enhance cross-collaborations between the different fields.
The meeting will focus on 4 inter-related topical themes:
Session 1: Fundamental physical processes in partially ionised plasmas
Session 2: Waves and instabilities in partially ionised plasmas: theory and observations
Session 3: Turbulence, dynamo and non-linear processes
Session 4: Magneto-convection, flux emergence and reconnection in partially ionised plasmas
The abstract submission (for oral or poster contributions) is open via the official conference website: www.iac.es/congreso/pipa2016
At this address you will also find information about registration, accommodation, scientific and social programme
IMPORTANT DATES:
5th March 2016: Registration/Abstract submission starts
28th June 2016: Registration/Abstract submission deadline
28th July 2016: Hotel reservation deadline
29th August: The start of the meeting
SOC:
Elena Khomenko (chair, IAC-ULL)
Istvan Ballai (chair, Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
Mark Wardle (Macquarie Univ., Sydney, Australia)
Enrique Vázquez-Semadeni (Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Mexico)
Paul Song (Univ of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Sam Falle (Univ. of Leeds, UK)
Michael Goodman (West Virginia High Tech Foundation, USA)
Mats Carlsson (Univ. of Oslo, Norway)
Robert Erdelyi (Univ. of Sheffield, UK)
LOC:
Elena Khomenko
Manuel Collados
Angel de Vicente
Nikola Vitas
Pedro Gonzalez-Morales
Tobias Felipe
Manuel Luna
The meeting is supported by the Leverhulme Trust (UK) and The European Research Council (ERC)
We hope to see you soon in Tenerife
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SDO 2016: Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity
Oct. 17-21, 2016 * Burlington, VT
Living With a Star’s Solar Dynamics Observatory invites you to its 2016 Science Workshop “SDO 2016: Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity,” October 17-21, 2016, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center in Burlington, VT. All members of the science community are welcome and encouraged to attend. For science program details, please visit our website: http://SDO2016.lws-sdo-workshops.org .
Abstracts are solicited for presentations describing solar research in the following eight broad areas.
* Motions Inside the Sun
* The Evolution of Active Regions
* Studies of Solar Eruptive Events (SEEs)
* Motions Near and Above the Solar Surface
* Atmospheric Dynamics and Sources of the Solar Wind
* Solar Magnetic Variability and the Solar Cycle
* The Sun as a Star
* Space Weather at the Earth and other Planets
Abstracts due: July 15
Early registration / hotel reservation: September 16
We are looking forward to seeing you at the workshop!
Sincerely,
The Scientific Organizing Committee for SDO 2016:
W. Dean Pesnell (chair), Charles Baldner, Mark Cheung, Frank Eparvier, Meng Jin, Aimee Norton, and Barbara Thompson… continue to the full article