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Registration Deadline (July 6) Approaching
(Issue June 15, 2009)

“An astrophysical Rosetta Stone: Observational & Theoretical Perspectives of the Sun”

The Sun is a Rosetta stone for astrophysics. Its close proximity affords a unique opportunity to study a star to levels of detail and precision not possible for other stars. The Sun is also an “astrophysical laboratory”, allowing us to test fundamental physics under the exotic conditions found in the solar atmosphere and solar interior. The influences that the Sun has on the terrestrial environment, and the various links from the solar interior to the Earth, are part of a major theme in the STFC Road Map.

The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Birmingham will host the annual STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2009. The aim of the School is to provide PhD students and PDRAs with a firm grounding in various aspects of solar physics, with talks from subject experts in the UK solar physics community. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to make short presentations on their own work.

Full details may be found on the School web pages, at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/

Registration details may be found at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/reg.php

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Now open for registration
(Issues May 1 & June 1, 2009)

“An astrophysical Rosetta Stone: Observational & Theoretical Perspectives of the Sun”

The Sun is a Rosetta stone for astrophysics. Its close proximity affords a unique opportunity to study a star to levels of detail and precision not possible for other stars. The Sun is also an “astrophysical laboratory”, allowing us to test fundamental physics under the exotic conditions found in the solar atmosphere and solar interior. The influences that the Sun has on the terrestrial environment, and the various links from the solar interior to the Earth, are part of a major theme in the STFC Road Map.

The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Birmingham will host the annual STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2009. The aim of the School is to provide PhD students and PDRAs with a firm grounding in various aspects of solar physics, with talks from subject experts in the UK solar physics community. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to make short presentations on their own work.

Full details may be found on the School web pages, at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/

Registration details may be found at:
http://octave.ph.bham.ac.uk/ASSSP2009/reg.php