From: Istvan Ballai – i.ballai@sheffield.ac.uk

UKSP2010 Session on waves, oscillations, and magnetic coupling in the solar atmsophere

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the conveners, I would like to invite you to submit abstracts to session P14 “Magnetic coupling of the solar atmosphere: magneto-seismology of the solar atmosphere” at the annual RAS NAM/UKSP/MIST (Glasgow, 12-16 April 2010). The deadline for early registration and abstract submission is 3 March 2010.

Description of the session: High resolution observations (TRACE, HINODE, STEREO, SDO) are revolutionizing our views and understanding of physical processes in the solar atmosphere and the connectivity between various regions and phenomena taking place in the solar atmosphere. The combination of observable properties of waves and oscillations in various magnetic structures with theoretical (including numerical) modelling, allow us the determination, with unprecedented accuracy, of many physical quantities that cannot be measured directly and/or indirectly (magnitude and sub-resolution structuring of magnetic fields, scale-height, density filling factors, transport coefficients, etc.) using seismological techniques. The session aims to review and report on recent advances in the field of magneto-seismology and put individual dynamical/energetic phenomena into a more coherent global view.

Convenors:
I. Ballai (University of Sheffield)
R. Jain (University Sheffield)
R. Erdelyi (University of Sheffield)
M. Mathioudakis (Queen’s University Belfast)