Many mysteries surround the Sun’s magnetic field, which is particularly topical at the moment as it has recently been behaving unexpectedly: the solar activity minimum, observed between 2006 and 2010, was longer and deeper than expected. The strength of the Sun’s magnetic field has now, once again, increased and we are currently at or close to the maximum of solar cycle 24. However, even this cycle is unusual for recent times as its peak is expected to be smaller than any cycle observed since the early 1900s. Whether it is the global modes propagating through the solar interior or those confined to solar coronal plasma non-uniformities, the diagnostic potential of waves is immense.

This workshop aims to highlight recent advances in wave theory and observations that improve our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic field both on small scales, by helping us to understand specific magnetic features, such as sunspots or coronal loops, and on large scales, by helping us to understand the Sun’s magnetic activity cycle as a whole. This workshop will provide a basis for combined discussions of both internal and external aspects of the Sun’s magnetic field, helping us to connect the behaviour of the solar interior to that of the Sun’s atmosphere.

Invited speakers: Guy Davies (Univ. of Birmingham); Rekha Jain (Univ. of Sheffield); David Jess (Queen’s University, Belfast); Mihalis Mathioudakis (Queen’s University, Belfast); Valery Nakariakov (Univ. of Warwick); Giuseppe Nistico (Univ. of Warwick).

The workshop will take place on Tuesday 3rd June 2014 at University of Warwick. If you would like to attend please register by sending an e-mail to Anne-Marie Broomhall (a-m.broomhall@warwick.ac.uk) by Tuesday 20th May.

We would also like to encourage anyone who would like to give a talk at this workshop to submit an abstract to a-m.broomhall@warwick.ac.uk by Tuesday 20th May. The workshop will be relatively informal and so we particularly encourage students and early career researchers to consider submitting. Finally if anyone is interested in displaying a poster at the workshop you are also encouraged to get in touch.