From: Hugh Hudson – hhudson@ssl.berkeley.edu

RHESSI Science Nugget

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Narrowband_radio_signal_correlated_with_early_hard_X-ray_flux_during_a_microflare

Can radio bursts and hard X-ray bursts be strictly orthogonal to each other?

From: Melanie.Illsley@stfc.ac.uk

STFC Innovations Partnership Scheme (IPS) Panel: Nominations

Nominations are sought for two individuals to join the IPS Panel in September 2010. Panel members are drawn from the industrial community and the academic community with the latter representing the remit of the STFC science programme.

On this occasion we are looking …

From: Gemma Hall

Please note that the Astronomy guidelines have been updated and are now
available as a pdf document at _http://www.stfc.ac.uk/SciProg/Ast/AstDocs/Astrogrants.aspx_

Applicants are strongly advised to refer to the guidelines prior to submitting a proposal.

Apologies for the late notice.

If you have any queries then please contact Kim.Burchell@stfc.ac.uk

Solar News Items of Interest

http://solarnews.nso.edu/2010/20100216.txt

Chromospheric synoptic magnetograms from SOLIS

Topical Issue (TI) of Solar Physics: The Sun–Earth Connectio near Solar Minimum: Placing it into Context

COSPAR 2010: Special Session on Solar Spectral Irradiance Variations and Their Influence on the Earth’s Atmosphere

SH08.: Solving the coronal heating riddle: recent developments and …

From: Lucie Green – lmg@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

EIS science nugget

UCL-MSSL is pleased to announce a new Hinode EIS science nugget.

The nugget looks at the science behind the widths of emission line profiles and how they can be used as a plasma diagnostic.

http://msslxr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk:8080/SolarB/eisnuggets.jsp

Next month’s nugget is entitled “Interchange reconnection along a coronal …

From: Melanie.Illsley@stfc.ac.uk

Space Tech 2010 – Space Technology Symposium

10th March 2010
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Science Innovation Campus

Updated programme

The Innovations Club and the ESA Technology Transfer Network is holding a Space Technology Symposium on the 10th March and invites you to register for this event. Registration details are below. …

From: Lyndsay Fletcher – lyndsay@astro.gla.ac.uk

Congratulations to Andrzej Fludra on becoming Head of Solar Group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Richard Harrison, who held this position previously, remains in the group but will be focusing on his roles as Division Head of Space Physics and as Chief Scientist in the …

From: Melanie.Illsley@stfc.ac.uk

STFC Small Awards for public engagement

STFC are pleased to announce a closing date of the 15th April 2010 for its Small Award Scheme for projects in public engagement. Further information, including the notes for guidance and application form can be found on the Science in Society section of the …

From: Hugh Hudson – hhudson@ssl.berkeley.edu

New RHESSI Science Nugget

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Revisiting_the_SHH_and_SEP_Link

RHESSI confirms the statistical link between flare hard X-ray spectral evolution and the acceleration of solar energetic particles.

From: Valery Nakariakov V.Nakariakov@warwick.ac.uk

Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH) operation extension

It is officially approved and announced by the NAOJ Director General on Feb 9 that the operation of the Nobeyama Radioheliograph (Japan) is extended to five years, till March 2015. Observations of the Sun with NoRH in the microwave band are intensively used …