We have the pleasure of announcing the next instalment of the UK-SOSS which will take place at 10:00 (UK time) on the 13th of January.

Speaker: Prof James McLaughlin (Northumbria University)
Title: Oscillatory Reconnection: wave-generation, quasi-periodic pulsations, time-dependent reconnection and seismological tool
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95338171418
Meeting ID 953 3817 1418

Abstract:
Oscillatory Reconnection – a relaxation mechanism with periodic changes in connectivity – has been proposed as a potential physical mechanism underpinning several periodic phenomena in the solar atmosphere, including quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs). At its heart, Oscillatory Reconnection is a time-dependent reconnection process and the dynamic release of stored magnetic energy is central to multiple fields of study (including solar physics, astrophysics, fusion, laboratory-based plasma, computational MHD and space weather). This talk will review the state-of-the-art in this area, and we reveal a relationship between the equilibrium magnetic field strength, decay rate and period, which opens the tantalising possibility of utilising Oscillatory Reconnection as a seismological tool.

Reference: McLaughlin et al. (2018, Space Science Reviews, 214, 45) + Zimovets, McLaughlin, et al. (2021, Space Science Reviews, 217, 66) + Karampelas, McLaughlin, et al. (2022, Astrophysical Journal, accepted)

We look forward to welcoming you all to the talk at that time.

With warmest regards,
Marianna Korsos, on behalf of Chris Nelson and Jiajia Liu
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