2nd Announcement

Registration Deadline – 14 August 2009

This year’s STFC Introductory Summer School in Solar-Terrestrial Physics will be held at University College London during the week of 13-18 September 2009. The school is open to all new students and researchers in the area of solar system physics and the programme includes:

Introduction to MHD Introduction to the solar interior: dynamo theory Emergence and evolution of magnetic flux in the solar atmosphere The solar atmosphere and solar activity Solar wind and the IMF The terrestrial magnetosphere The ionosphere and space weather Observing from space ? an overview Observing from the ground ? an overview Rockets ? a practical session Climate change and solar variability The middle atmosphere. Planetary atmospheres Magnetospheres: throughout the universe Ask the panel ? how to write a successful thesis, careers X-ray and radio emission from solar system objects Extra-solar planets Further details and the registration form can be found at: http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~stfc09/

This year’s STFC Introductory Summer School in Solar-Terrestrial Physics will be held at University College London during the week of 13-18 September 2009. The school is open to all new students and researchers in the area of solar system physics and will include selected topics on:

* solar and heliospheric physics
* Magnetosphere, ionosphere and atmosphere of the Earth
* Planetary atmospheres and environments, including exoplanets
* A “rockets” afternoon and visit to MSSL satellite facilities

Further details and the registration form can be found at:
http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~stfc09/

Sarah Matthews & Alan Aylward
sam@mssl.ucl.ac.uk, alan@apl.ucl.ac.uk

ERIS will provide a week of lectures and hands-on tutorials on how to get scientific results from radio interferometry. Topics covered include:
* Choosing the right instrument, configuration and observing plan for your project
* Calibration and imaging continuum, spectral line and polarization data
* Extracting and interpreting measurements
* Example data drawn from observations of Galactic and extragalactic sources, the Sun, transient and variable objects.

Students will be helped to use their own laptops to install and use the most widely-used packages such as AIPS, CASA and Parseltongue. Most examples will be drawn from cm-wave instruments such as MERLIN and the EVN but experts will be available on arrays from LOFAR to ALMA.

Limited financial support is available from RadioNet.

Please see
http://astrowiki.physics.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/twiki/view/ERIS2009/WebHome
for more details including Registration and Accomodation Forms
or email eris2009@physics.ox.ac.uk

Best wishes
ERIS Organising Committee

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

“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