From: Clare Parnell

4th SOLAIRE Winter School on ‘Solar MHD, Reconnection Theory, Flares & CMEs’

University of St Andrews (St Andrews, Scotland)

Monday 11th to Thursday 14th January 2010

Aims of the Meeting:

The main focus of the 4th SOLAIRE winter school is on theoretical aspects relating to magnetic reconnection, solar flares and CMEs. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma physics process that plays a key role in many solar phenomena; not only solar flares and CMEs, but also in coronal heating, driving the solar wind and in magnetic field generation through dynamo action. It is also a process that is central to the magnetospheres of planets, the heliosphere and other stellarspheres, as well as playing a major part in many astrophysical objects, such as accretion discs, stellar coronae, etc.

The theory of Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) has been applied successfully to many aspects of magnetic reconnection and the basics of MHD will be covered in this course. Many other topics will also be covered including 2D and 3D MHD reconnection, kinetic aspects of reconnection, as well as applications of reconnection to coronal heating, flares, CMEs and the magnetosphere.

This school is specifically aimed at PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who are part of the SOLAIRE network, but it is also open to other early-stage and experienced researchers outwith the network. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide support for students for attending the School. The number of participants will be limited to about 30.

Further details about the workshop can be found here:

http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~sws10/

Deadlines:

Registration deadline – 11 December 2009
Accommodation deadline – 30 November 2009

On line registration for the workshop is available here:
http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~sws10/registration.php