Category: Conferences

Conferences, workshops, meetings, summer schools

NAM 2019 – Solar and MIST Outreach Session

Please join us at NAM 2019, Tuesday, 2nd July, and submit an abstract

Session title
Engaging the public and schools with science through the solar system

Organiser(s)
J. Coxon, H. Mason, R. Walsh, M. Archer

Description
Engaging the public and schools with research into the physics driving the Sun, and its effect on the Earth and other planets, is more important than ever. Such research is vital to our understanding of the risks (space weather) posed by the star we orbit and their implications for human space flight and exploration. We need to communicate this outside academia. Future ESA (Bepi-Columbo, Solar Orbiter, SMILE); NASA (Parker Solar Probe); and ground-based (EISCAT3D) projects are prime opportunities for engagement. We will share and discuss good practice in engagement to inform and encourage researchers to engage people with research.

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NAM2019 session: Explosive Energy Release in the Solar Atmosphere

We would like to encourage abstract submission to the NAM session “Explosive Energy Release in the Solar Atmosphere”.

The solar atmosphere is constantly storing and impulsively releasing energy across a range of scales, from small-scale spicules and jets to larger-scale confined and eruptive flares. Understanding how, why and where explosive energy release occurs is a fundamental and long-standing problem in solar physics. In the era of observatories such as SDO, IRIS, SST and NST we are now in a position to compare and contrast energy release signatures across wide ranging scales in the solar corona. This session aims to look for commonality across the scales by showcasing current research on both large and small-scale energy release events in the solar atmosphere. Theoretical as well as observational contributions are welcome.

Abstract submission is now open (https://nam2019.org/science/abstract-submission) and closes March 15th.

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RAS Discussion Meeting on “Transitioning Research and Instrument Expertise in Heliophysics into Space Weather Monitoring Capabilities at L1 and L5

On March 8th, we are holding an RAS Discussion Meeting on “Transitioning Research and Instrument Expertise in Heliophysics into Space Weather Monitoring Capabilities at L1 and L5” that is specifically targeting the exploitation of our research and instrumentation into space weather applications, in particular, associated with the ESA Lagrange mission and the associated NASA L1 mission.

 

The programme is now available at https://www.ralspace.stfc.ac.uk/SiteAssets/RAS-Programme.pdf

and further details can be found at the RAS meetings page https://ras.ac.uk/events-and-meetings/RAS-Meetings.

 

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NAM Session: Connecting MHD Wave Research from the Sun to the Magnetospheres

We would like to encourage abstract submission to the NAM2019 session ‘Connecting MHD Wave Research from the Sun to the Magnetospheres’.

This cross-disciplinary session aims to bring together MHD waves experts from both solar and planetary physics. The goal is to encourage the transfer of knowledge between research fields that share areas of commonality but often remain disparate. For example, field line resonance in magnetospheres and resonant absorption in the solar corona; the Kelvin Helmholtz instability on the magnetospheric flanks and in coronal loops. We invite submissions from multiple areas of MHD wave research, from solar to planetary magnetospheres, including theoretical/numerical studies or observational studies from spacecraft or ground-based data. This session aims to bring together these research elements, including the potential of data from upcoming missions.

NAM 2019 will be held at Lancaster University between Sun 30 June – Thu 4 July. Abstract submission is now open and closes on March 15th.

T. Elsden, J. Sandhu, S. Wharton, P. Antolin

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2020 Sun-Climate Symposium — Jan. 27-31, 2020 — Save the Date!

2020 Sun-Climate Symposium
“What is the Quiet Sun and What are the Subsequent Climate Implications?”

Jan. 27-31, 2020 * Tucson, Arizona
http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/sorce/news-events/meetings/2020-scs/

We are pleased to announce the 2020 Sun-Climate Symposium, which is sponsored by the Sun-Climate Research Center, a joint venture between NASA GSFC and LASP at the University of Colorado.

What is the quiet Sun? Is it a time-invariant base level or is there secular variability in the Sun’s radiative output? What do those alternate scenarios imply for Earth-climate responses? The current solar minimum provides an opportunity to answer these and related questions.
Observations of the Sun and Earth from space have revolutionized our view and understanding of how solar variability and other natural and anthropogenic forcings impact Earth’s atmosphere and climate. For more than four decades the total and spectral solar irradiance and global terrestrial atmosphere and surface have been observed continuously, providing unprecedented high-quality data for Sun-climate studies. The 2020 Sun-Climate Symposium will convene experts from across the solar-terrestrial community, including the disciplines of climate research, atmospheric physics and chemistry, heliophysics, and metrology, to discuss solar and climate observations and models over both spacecraft-era and historical timescales.

Sessions will be organized around the following six themes:

1. The Sunset of SORCE (Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment)
2. Recent/Space-Era Solar Cycle Timescales
3. Secular Timescales
4. Observational Predictions
5. A New Reference Spectrum for Remote Sensing
6. Children of SORCE

The format for this symposium consists of invited and contributed oral and poster presentations. The Call for Abstracts will come out later this spring. We encourage your participation and hope that you will share this announcement with colleagues.

Please save the date and join us!

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National Astronomy Meeting 2019 – Registration now open

The online registration system for the 2019 Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting is now open.

 
NAM2019 will be held at Lancaster University between Sunday 30 June – Thursday 4 July 2019. Delegates can register for the full meeting (four days) or for individual days. All attendees are required to register online before the closing date for registration (20 May 2019 for presenting authors, or 14 June 2019 for all other participants). There will be no opportunity for on-site registration at the conference venue.

The NAM2019 website (https://nam2019.org
) contains further information on registration, the outline programme, social events, the RAS Awards dinner, accommodation and childcare. Abstract submissions will remain open until 15 March. A full list of parallel sessionsand a link to the abstract submission systems can be found on the NAM2019 website.

We look forward to welcoming you to Lancaster in the summer!
 
The NAM2019 LOC. 
 
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Fifth UK-Ukraine-Spain Meeting on Solar Physics and Space Science (UKUS)

Fifth UK-Ukraine-Spain Meeting on Solar Physics and Space Science (UKUS), Kyiv, Ukraine
Monday 26th August – Friday 30th August 2019

http://pdg.group.shef.ac.uk/Conferences/UKUS_2019/index.html

Important deadlines
Registration deadline – 1 July 2019
Abstract submission deadline – 15 July 2019

The meeting will cover a broad range of aspects of solar physics, space science and solar-terrestrial relations. We aim to include every side of solar and space research, including observations, theory, and numerical modelling. The main idea behind the meeting is to treat the entire solar-terrestrial domain as one system, rather than each region independently.

The participants of the UKUS usually come from different backgrounds, therefore the meeting divided into a number of different topics highlighting a number of areas of expertise.

Our aim is to develop new collaborative projects leading to publications and grant applications. Enough discussion time has been scheduled, to ensure sufficient interaction between the scientists, and allow for the generation of ideas for collaboration.

Tentative Programme:

– MHD waves – coupling between lower solar atmosphere and solar corona (observations, theory, numerics)
– Role of magnetic fields in solar variability
– Multi-scale plasma dynamic processes in the Sun-Earth system
– Dynamic processes in the Earth ionosphere and magnetosphere

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NAM2019 Session: Magnetohydrodynamic Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Atmosphere in the High-Resolution Era

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that abstract submission is open for the session ‘Magnetohydrodynamic Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Atmosphere in the High-Resolution Era’ at NAM2019.

Vast amounts of data from high-resolution instrumentation such as the space-borne SDO/AIA or the ground-based SST have allowed the study of MHD waves in the solar atmosphere to flourish. Such waves can be both localised (e.g., oscillating coronal loops) and global (e.g. Moreton waves) and can transport significant amounts of energy across the solar atmosphere meaning they may be of crucial importance for atmospheric heating. In this session, recent advances in the field of MHD waves (both observationally and theoretically) will be discussed and future avenues of study will be put forward in light of upcoming facilities such as DKIST.

Abstracts can be submitted here: https://nam2019.org/science/abstract-submission

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Computational Astrophysics at NAM 2019: abstract submission until 15th March

*** Abstract submission deadline: 17:00 UTC Friday 15th March ***

We invite you to submit an abstract to the Current Developments in Computational Astrophysics (NumAst) session at NAM 2019 (http://nam2019.org ), at Lancaster University Sunday 30th June – Saturday 4th July.

Description: We invite contributions to this session focused on the development, testing and implementation of numerical schemes currently used in astrophysics, including but not limited to methods for I) smoothed particle hydrodynamics, II) grid-based hydrodynamics and III) mesh free hydrodynamics. Although we differentiate between these three approaches based on pure hydrodynamics, we also invite contributions concerning magnetic fields, gravity, self-gravity, particles, PDFs, radiation transport and statistics. We particularly encourage submissions from early career researchers and graduate students, presenting latest developments to mature codes, or presenting new codes and the associated validations, or seeking guidance to overcome development issues.

More information: https://nam2019.org/science/parallel-sessions/details/2/35
Abstract submission (now open): https://nam2019.org/science/abstract-submission
Registration opens: 25th Feb.

Regards,
Session Chairs: Chris Wareing, Julian Pittard, Sven Van Loo

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LOOPS-9 Registration & Abstract Submission

The 9th Coronal Loops Workshop will be held at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews from 11th-14th June 2019.

Registration and abstract submission are now open. Please visit

https://loops9.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

for information on registration, abstract submission, accommodation and travel.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

Boris Gudiksen (Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, University of Oslo)
Amy Winebarger (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Will Barnes (Rice University)
Inigo Arregui (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
David Pontin (University of Dundee)
Moira Jardine (University of St Andrews)
Vanessa Polito (CfA, Harvard)

Important Dates:

Deadline early-career financial support: 29 March 2019
Deadline abstract submission: 29 March 2019
Deadline Early bird registration: 3 May 2019
Final registration date: 17 May 2019

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