Category: Conferences

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Dynamic Sun: II. Solar Magnetism from Interior to the Corona: final announcement

Venue: Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Dates: Monday 12 – Friday 16 February 2018

“Dynamic Sun” is a newly proposed conference series, which will provide a highly visible platform to the observers, theoreticians, numerical modellers and instrumentation experts in the field of solar physics and space science to discuss cutting edge scientific challenges. The first Dynamic Sun meeting, which focused on MHD wave phenomena in the solar atmosphere, took place in 2016 in Varanasi, India and was highly successful with more than 120 participants (http://ssg.group.shef.ac.uk/Conferences/India_2016/index.html).

The Dynamic Sun II meeting will follow up the success of the first and also an additional requested session devoted to the Sun driving magnetospheric dynamics will be added. As well as this new magnetospheric session, the focus of the Dynamic Sun II meeting will be to discuss in detail the recent achievements in understanding photospheric, chromospheric and coronal dynamics, energy transport between the lower and upper layers of solar interior and the solar atmosphere, dynamical processes in the confined solar transients. Special attention will be paid to the key results and goals of the current and proposed space and ground-based instruments. These topics are also aligned with the long-term goals of current and proposed space/solar missions. This meeting will be also useful for future scientific data interpretation from forthcoming new generation ground-based instruments, e.g., the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST, USA), European Solar Telescope (EST, Europe), new Indian facilities (MAST, upcoming 2m-NLST, Aditya-I) and more recently CHROMIS (located alongside CRISP at the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope) which will be able to significantly advance scientific understanding of our solar-terrestrial environment.

We warmly welcome participation of internationally recognised experts in the field of solar physics, early career researchers and PhD students. We anticipate that Dynamic Sun II conference will help to establish a long-term relationships between research groups.

Conference website http://star-lab.group.shef.ac.uk/Conferences/Cambodia_2018/index.html

Registration and accommodation deadline: 15th December 2017

Abstract submission deadline: 15th January 2018

http://star-lab.group.shef.ac.uk/Conferences/Cambodia_2018/reg_and_accom_main.html

S. Shelyag, E. Scullion, V. Fedun, G. Verth and A.K. Srivastava (on behalf of SOC)

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Registration RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting “Wave-based heating in the solar atmosphere”

RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting “Wave-based heating in the solar atmosphere”

Friday, 12 January 2018 – 10:30 – 15:30
Royal Astronomical Society Lecture Theatre

The Royal Astronomical Society will host a Specialist Discussion Meeting on January 12th 2018 on Wave-based heating in the solar atmosphere with experts in numerical modelling, observational detection and theoretical analysis of wave-based heating mechanisms to shed light on the role of MHD waves in coronal heating.

To attend the meeting please register on:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wave-based-heating-in-the-solar-atmosphere-tickets-39949336541

This Specialist Discussion Meeting is open to all. Admission is free for RAS Fellows, £15 for non-Fellows (£5 for full-time students). Registration (with tea/coffee) opens at 10 am.

Full programme is available on:
http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~ppagano/ras/

Paolo Pagano, Patrick Antolin, Ineke De Moortel, Sergiy Shelyag

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EGU Session – Space Weather Forecasting – Submissions Welcome

Dear colleagues,

We invite abstract submissions to our session at EGU 2018 titled: “The Use of Observations and Models to Improve Space Weather Forecasting Capabilities in the Heliosphere”. The conference will be held on 8 – 13th April in Vienna, Austria.

Details of the conference and our session, as well as others, can be found here: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/session/27199

Session Abstract:

Severe space weather events can significantly impact human technology on the ground and in near-Earth space. Huge eruptions of plasma and magnetic field, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), often co-occur with solar flares and can cause problems for a wide variety of industries, such as satellites, radio communications and electricity networks. Solar flares and CMEs also accelerate solar energetic particles (SEPs), which in turn can harm electronics and be a significant radiation hazard to humans outside of the protective shield of the atmosphere. There is significant interest from end users in government and industry to improve the current forecasting methods of these events to mitigate against such risks. Spacecraft observations can be used to forecast when a CME might erupt, track the CME through the heliosphere, to predict the solar wind from another location in space, or to directly probe the different structures and their properties via in situ measurements. Alternatively, models can be developed to simulate solar magnetic fields, to predict where a CME might pass through the heliosphere, and to model its shape and its influence on the magnetosphere. We invite abstracts on both observations and modelling of space weather hazards, including CMEs, the solar wind, co-rotating interaction regions, solar flares, and SEPs.

Note that the deadline for abstract submission is 13:00 CET on the 10th January 2018, and the deadline for young scientist support is 1st December 2017.

Best regards,
Miho Janvier, Sophie Murray, Rui Pinto & Simon Thomas.… continue to the full article

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ESWW14 – Topical Discussion on High Energy Solar Energetic Particle Events

Dear colleagues,

We would like to let you know that on Thursday November 30, 2017 we organize a Topical Discussion Meeting (TDM) entitled High Energy Solar Energetic Particle Events, within the 14th edition of the European Space Weather Week.

The agenda of the TDM includes the following presentations:

1. Introduction l A. Papaioannou
2. Modeling of Proton acceleration in application to a GLE l A. Afanasiev, R. Vainio, A. P. Rouillard, M. Battarbee, A. Aran and P. Zucca (12 min + questions)
3. SF acceleration in GLEs l K.-L.. Klein (12 min + questions)
4. Solar Energetic Particle Events with Protons Above 500 MeV Between 1995 and 2015 Measured with SOHO/EPHIN l P. Kühl, N. Dresing, B. Heber, and A.B. Klassen (12 min + questions)
5. GLEs and sub-GLEs l A. Mishev (12 min + questions)
6. General Discussion

Everyone can contribute to the General Discussion. In addition, we have established a form in which colleagues can import the points they think that should be discussed during the TDM. This form is accessible here (https://goo.gl/forms/zZ5hM8Xy9Tk1zw2v1).

Finally, the Topical Discussion Meeting (TDM) will also be available via Webex . Therefore, colleagues who would like to join but are not able to be in Oostende should connect here (https://observatory.webex.com/mw3200/mywebex/default.do?service=1&siteurl=observatory-en&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Fmc3200%2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dobservatory-en%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D546099332%26UID%3D0%26Host%3DQUhTSwAAAASbCqqq4r4f_6NNv7M9BJmJvE_FleoEL2Gbx6yHaMt) [Meeting Number: 951 396 528 l Meeting password: KEQUFbxJ l when it is time press Join].
We cordially invite colleagues interested in high energy SEPs, either from the NM or the spacecraft recordings perspective to attend the meeting.

Looking forward meeting you in Oostende.

Kind regards,
Athanasios Papaioannou, Stepan Poluianov, Alex Mishev

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UKMHD 2018 First Announcement

The annual UKMHD meeting will be part of the British Applied Mathematics Conference 2018. The BAMC to be held at the University of St Andrews from 26 to 29 March 2018 and the UKMHD meeting will be two days during that period. The actual days for UKMHD will be announced later.
We have secured funding that will allow us to support travel and accommodation costs for STFC funded PhD students and postdocs. Details of of how to apply for support will appear on the BAMC meeting website (http://www.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bamc2018/) soon.… continue to the full article

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COSPAR session on solar and stellar flares

COSPAR will take place next July in Pasadena – there are many interesting session, including this one on solar and stellar flares. Please think about submitting an abstract – the deadline is 9th February, 2018.

COSPAR-18-E2.2: Solar and Stellar Flares: Multi-wavelength Oberservations and Simulations
Description

Flaring in stars across the main sequence reveals a large range of energies and behaviour. But only flares on the Sun can be studied in great morphological detail. The Sun has the advantage of data with wonderful spatial resolution from missions such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory, IRIS or Hinode. These results are slowly transforming the way we view the magnetic processes that unleash energy in the corona. In addition, there is a clear need to understand flare coronae and chromospheres, and even photospheres, as important sites of strong, multi-wavelength emission, formed in response to the energy flow – by particle beams or other mechanisms – from the corona, and its dissipation. Thus significant contributions to the proposed session will come from observational analyses and numerical simulations of flare chromospheres, both solar and stellar. Various scenarios of energy transport and heating can be tested by observing flaring coronae and chromospheres of the Sun and stars, using the wide range of space and ground-based instrumentation now available. Comparative stellar studies are hugely beneficial in understanding the behaviour of our Sun during its life cycle – as well as showing us dramatic flarings at very young ages or in binary systems that reach energies that the Sun will never be able to achieve – named as ‘superflares’. The session will address new observations and diagnostics, and new simulations (e.g. radiation hydrodynamics) of energy transport, dissipation and radiation from stellar atmosphere with instrumentation such as IRIS, CRISP ALMA, XMM-Newton, SWIFT, Kepler and Chandra. New perspectives with Solar Orbiter, Solar-C and future stellar missions will be also highlighted.

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UK solar missions forum 2018 (11th January, 2018 at the RAS).

The next UK solar missions forum will be at the RAS on 11th January 2018. The preliminary agenda is here:
http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/~lkh/UKsolarmissions/uk-solar-missions-forum-2.html
Everyone is welcome to attend. We particularly encourage students and early career researchers to give input on the future.
See you there!

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15th AOGS Session 01 Flare Activity: Observation, Physics, and Forecasting. Honolulu, Hawaii, Jun 3-8, 2018

You are cordially invited to participate and submit an abstract on any aspects of solar/stellar flare activity. For submission please follow:

http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2018/public.asp?page=abstract.htm

Submission Opens: 10 Nov 2017
Submission Closes: 19 Jan 2018

Flare activity is one of the most prominent eruptive phenomena observed in the solar atmosphere. Radiation form flaring, such as EUV and X-ray emissions, can affect the upper atmosphere and ionosphere of the Earth promptly, even within several minutes. Solar energetic particles (SEPs) and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) associated with flares can affect the space weather conditions of the Earth within tens of minutes or days. Since the white light observation of the devastating solar flare on 1 September 1859, also known as the Carrington flare, the observation techniques of the Sun have achieved great advances. Nowadays, the detailed evolution of even the local solar atmosphere before, during, and after a flare can be observed by ground- and space-based facilities in high spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution. New observational data by the latest satellites, such as RHESSI, Hinode, STEREO, SDO and IRIS, as well as the newly constructed ground-based solar telescopes greatly promote the physical understandings of the flaring processes. The routine monitoring of the Sun by satellites and the ground-based solar observing station networks also greatly improves the solar flare forecasting capability. In this session, it is aimed to facilitate a series of topical discussions on all aspects of flare activities, which include but are not limited to the analyses of the direct observations and the underlying physical mechanisms, MHD modeling, as well as prediction methods and operational forecasting. Discussions on comparative analyses between solar and stellar flares are also anticipated.

Session Conveners:
Han He, NAOC, Beijing (hehan@nao.cas.cn)
Ya-Hui Yang, NCU, Taoyuan (yhyang@jupiter.ss.ncu.edu.tw)
Robertus Erdelyi, SP2RC, University of Sheffield (robertus@sheffield.ac.uk)

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Causes and Consquequences of Space Weather — EWASS 2018 SS28

As you are probably aware, the next UK NAM will be held jointly with the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) in Liverpool from 3rd-6th April 2018. A Special Session (three 1.5-hour blocks) on Space Weather is being organized, as described below. We encourage members of the UK space weather and solar communities to submit contributions (oral or poster) to this session. Please note that abstract submission is already open and the deadline is 27th November. We have been told this is a hard deadline, so please submit your abstract in time!

NAM/EWASS 2018 Session SS28: The Causes and Consequences of Space Weather

Space weather is an overarching term that covers a wide discipline including solar, interplanetary and solar-terrestrial physics. The source of space weather may be solar flares, co-rotating interaction regions, coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particles or more routine solar wind, all of which vary on time scales of the solar cycle and longer and may in turn be driven by interior processes that can be studied by techniques such as helioseismology. However, seemingly similar solar drivers can produce vastly different magnetospheric and ionospheric effects, meaning that both the solar driver and current state of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system must be understood before we can fully understand the coupled Sun-solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system. We would solicit contributions from this wide-ranging field, with specific focus on understanding multiple parts of this coupled system.

Rachel Howe (Birmingham), Jonathan Rae (MSSL/UCL), Mario Bisi (RALSpace)

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Art Space session at NAM/EWASS deadline approaching

Dear all,

I’d like to make you aware of a session that I’m running with Helen Mason in EWASS:

Art Space – EWASS

During European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences (Liverpool 3-8 April 2018) we are organizing a session about art, cultural astronomy and visualising data. We invite everyone with an interest in this engaging area of outreach to submit a talk. Deadline is 27 November 2017.

http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2018/session.jsp?id=SS2

Thanks,

Edward

Edward Gomez
Education Director – Las Cumbres Observatory
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