Dear colleagues,
we are welcoming abstract submissions for our symposium “A28 Turbulent energy dissipation and particle dynamics in the solar wind and the solar corona” at the “IAGA / IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting 2025” on 31 August – 5 September 2025 in Lisbon (https://iaga-iaspei-2025.org/).
Please find all the details of our symposium, including its description and confirmed solicited speakers, below.
Abstracts can be submitted now (https://iaga-iaspei-2025.org/abstract-submission/) and can be amended until the submission deadline.
Key dates and deadlines (https://iaga-iaspei-2025.org/key-dates)
Abstract submission deadline: 12 March 2025
Abstract acceptance: 17 April 2025
Early bird registration deadline: 21 May 2025
Standard registration deadline: 30 August 2025
Participation by early-career scientists is particularly encouraged.
A Travel Grant Program is in place to support students, early career scientists, and attendees from low and low-middle income countries with an accepted abstract. The deadline for applications for the Travel Grants Program is 12 March 2025. The IAGA / IASPEI 2025 Secretariat will notify successful applicants by 17 April 2025.
Please forward the information about our and the other IAGA symposia to the members of your team and your collaborators.
If you need additional information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us directly (luca.franci@northumbria.ac.uk).
We are looking forward to meeting you in Lisbon!
Best wishes,
Luca Franci on behalf of all the co-conveners
Symposium title: “A28 Turbulent energy dissipation and particle dynamics in the solar wind and the solar corona”
Convener(s): Luca Franci (Northumbria University, UK, luca.franci@northumbria.ac.uk)
Co-Convener(s): Emanuele Papini (IAPS-INAF, Italy), Pauline A. Simon (QMUL, UK), Domenico Trotta (ESAC-ESA, Spain), Raffaella D’Amicis (IAPS-INAF, Italy)
Solicited speakers: Daniel Verscharen (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, UK), Nikos Sioulas (Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, USA), Federica Marcucci (Institute of Space Astrophysics and Planetology IAPS, National Institute for Astrophysics INAF, Italy), Tamar Ervin (Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, USA)
Description: Turbulence is a ubiquitous and fundamental ingredient in the dynamics of space and astrophysical plasmas. It induces a transfer of energy from macroscopic fluid scales down to sub-electron scales, thus contributing to energy dissipation and to particle heating and acceleration, all processes of great interest for the astrophysical community. Our understanding of the different phenomena at play in turbulent plasmas keeps improving at a fast pace, thanks to new ground-breaking observations by spacecraft such as Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe in the solar wind and, more recently, even in the solar corona, combined with theoretical models and advanced numerical simulations. This session aims at reflecting all aspects of the current research on plasma turbulence and its effects in the solar wind and in the solar corona. It will address different properties of turbulence (e.g., spectral properties, cross-scale energy transfer, intermittency), its development and evolution, its interaction with other processes (e.g., magnetic reconnection, instabilities, wave-particle interactions) and with the solar wind expansion, and its key role for energy dissipation and the particle dynamics. We welcome contributions from theory, simulations, and observations focusing on this plurality of aspects. This time, special consideration will be given to studies in preparation for future observations by upcoming space missions (e.g., Interstellar and Acceleration Mapping and HelioSwarm) and candidate missions (e.g., Plasma Observatory).
Luca Franci (He/Him)
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Solar and Space Physics Group
Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Northumbria University