UK Solar Physics Newsletter
Philippa Browning & David Williams, Editors
October 1st 2013
Dear Colleagues,
Here are a few items which have come to our attention since the last
Newsletter.
You can find this newsletter also at the UKSP website:
http://www.uksolphys.org/news/last-15-days/
Dave ([log in to unmask])
Philippa ([log in to unmask])
General News/UKSP Business:
o Reminder: 13 December 2013 – RAS Speacialist Discussion Meeting –
Space Weather: a Dialogue between Scientists and Forecasters
o ASTRONET Science Vision and Facilities Roadmap Update
Nuggets:
o New UKSP Nugget: 39. Continuum contributions to SDO/AIA
passbands during flares
o RHESSI Science Nugget: “Peristaltic Shocks: a model”
o RHESSI Science Nugget: “The Post-Burst Increase”
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
o Solar Missions Forum 2013
o The life of solar prominences
Jobs/Studentships:
o IMPRS PhD Scholarships in Solar System Science at MPS in
Göttingen, Germany
Solar News Items of Interest -
http://spd.aas.org/SolarNews/archive/news.html
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Reminder: 13 December 2013 – RAS Speacialist Discussion Meeting –
Space Weather: a Dialogue between Scientists and Forecasters
from Deb Baker [September 30, 2013]
Dear all,
This is a reminder for the RAS Speacialist Discussion Meeting – Space Weather: a Dialogue between Scientists and Forecasters on 13 December 2013. Abstracts are due Friday, 18 October 2013.
Details are given below:
We would like to invite a wide range of space weather scientists, modellers, forecasters and end users/asset owners to participate in our RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting entitled: “Space Weather: a Dialogue between Scientists and Forecasters”. The meeting will take place at the RAS, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BQ on 13 December 2013 between 10:30 and 15:30. Invited speakers include Prof. Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (UCL/MSSL), the Met Office (UK), and the National Grid (UK).
Please submit abstracts to [log in to unmask] by Friday, 18 October 2013.
The session website is found here:
http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/~lmg/spaceweather/Overview.html
Session overview:
The inclusion of space weather in the National Risk Assessment in 2012 means that there is now an urgent need for dialogue between those doing the science of space weather and those using the data to forecast, understand and mitigate the risks.
Since the Sun is currently at the peak of its cycle – a time when space weather events become more frequent – we have a timely opportunity to study how a range of solar activity ultimately lead to magnetospheric, ionospheric and ground level disturbances.
The goal of this meeting is to bring together those working across the broad range of space weather activities in the UK to discuss the current status of observations and recent new advances in the theories and models of the phenomena of space weather.
Main themes:
Theme: Solar activity
This theme addresses the range of solar activity that drives severe space weather. This covers a range of phenomena such as coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particles and flares and their propagation to Earth.
Theme: Response to solar activity
This theme looks at the question of how the magnetosphere and ionospheric respond to solar activity, including the effects at ground level.
Theme: Forecasting and risk assessment
This theme addresses the needs of the asset owners most at risk of severe space weather. This covers a range of technologies and infrastructures and also the insurance industry. What new space weather metric(s) do we need?
Best wishes,
Deb Baker
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Reminder: ASTRONET Science Vision and Facilities Roadmap Update
from uksp_sec [September 3, 2013]
The ASTRONET Science Vision and Facilities Roadmap are being updated as part of the original concept for the European version of the US Decadal Survey. A brief presentation was given at the NAM and a much more detailed discussion was held at the EWASS meeting in Turku in July.
UK astronomers are invited to make their contributions to the Roadmap Update, which will be concluded in time to report to the ASTRONET Executive in November, for publication soon after.
The work is being led by Ian Robson ([log in to unmask]). His presentation to NAM, the draft of the Roadmap and individuals to contact can be found through the webpage <http://www.stfc.ac.uk/2643.aspx>. The closing date for comments will be ** 7 October 2013 **.
We welcome your comments and inputs to ensure this influential European strategy is as accurate and representative as possible.
ASTRONET is an EU Framework programme funded network charged with maintaining a European strategy for Astronomy, it includes most European countries, along with representatives of ESA and ESO.
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New UKSP Nugget
from Iain Hannah [September 24, 2013]
39. Continuum contributions to the SDO/AIA passbands during solar flares
by Ryan Milligan (QUB)
SDO/EVE sheds new light on flare free-free emission in the EUV
http://www.uksolphys.org/?p=7100
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UKSP Nuggets are published on a monthly basis highlighting solar physics research led from the UK.
http://www.uksolphys.org/uksp-nuggets
Iain Hannah and Lyndsay Fletcher
http://www.uksolphys.org/?p=7100
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RHESSI Science Nugget: “The Post-Burst Increase”
from Hugh Hudson [September 30, 2013]
Nuggets in September 2013:
No. 206, “Negative Microwave Bursts” by Grechnev & Hudson: Negative microwave bursts happen, in conjunction with flares and “Hyder flares,” and modern instrumentation makes them interesting again;
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Negative_Microwave_Bursts
No. 207, “Peristaltic Shocks: a model” by Longcope & Scott: Reconciling reconnection with high preflare coronal densites;
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Peristaltic_Shocks:_a_model
No. 208, “The Post-Burst Increase” by Hudson: Tutorial on flare thermal sources as seen in microwaves and soft X-rays.
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/The_Post-Burst_Increase
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Solar Missions Forum 2013
from Louise Harra [September 18, 2013]
The purpose of this meeting is to summarise the UK’s current involvement in missions, and future plans. Discussion is very welcome! We have chosen a date next to the RAS meeting on space weather to minimize the amount of travel necessary for people. Please can you let Louise (l.harra @ ucl.ac.uk) know if you plan to attend for coffee numbers.
http://solarb.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SolarB/solar_missions_forum.html
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The life of solar prominences
from Nicolas Labrosse [September 30, 2013]
There will be a Royal Astronomy Society Specialist Discussion Meeting devoted to solar prominences on Friday 21st February in the RAS premises in London. This specialist discussion meeting aims to review our current understanding of the life-cycle of solar prominences. How do they form? How do they interact with their environment, from the photosphere to the corona? How do they disappear? What is their contribution to Space Weather? Addressing these questions relies on interactions between experts in plasma physics, MHD, magnetic field modelling and observation, spectroscopy, radiation transfer, … This will be an excellent opportunity to discuss open issues in this area of interest to solar and stellar physicists, keeping in mind recent and future developments in observations and in modelling.
Organisers:
Nicolas Labrosse, University of Glasgow, [log in to unmask]
Duncan Mackay, University of St Andrews, [log in to unmask]
Invited speakers:
Spiro Antiochos (NASA/GSFC)
Brigitte Schmieder (Observatoire de Paris / Meudon)
The meeting web pages will be announced in a future message.
Please submit abstracts to [log in to unmask] by Friday 20 December 2013.
Best wishes,
Nic Labrosse
Duncan Mackay
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IMPRS PhD Scholarships in Solar System Science at MPS in Göttingen, Germany
from Sonja Schuh [September 30, 2013]
The International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science
at the University of Göttingen in Germany (Solar System School) offers
a research-oriented doctoral program covering the physical aspects of
Solar system science. It is jointly run by the Max Planck Institute
for Solar System Research (MPS) and the University of Göttingen.
Research at the MPS covers three main research areas: ”Sun
and heliosphere”, ”Stellar and Solar Interiors” and ”Planets and
Comets”. Solar System School students collaborate with leading
scientists in these fields and graduates are awarded a doctoral degree
from the renowned University of Göttingen.
The Solar System School is open to students from all countries and
offers an international three-year PhD program in an exceptional
research environment with state-of-the-art facilities on the Göttingen
Research Campus. The language of the structured graduate program is
English, with complimentary German language courses offered. The
program includes an inspiring curriculum of scientific lectures and
seminars as well as advanced training workshops and provides travel
funds to attend international conferences.
Applicants to the Solar System School should have a keen interest in
Solar system science and a record of academic excellence. They must
have, or must be about to obtain, an M.Sc. degree or equivalent in
physics or a related field, including a written Masters thesis (or a
scientific publication), and must document a good command of the
English language.
Successful applicants receive an attractive scholarship covering
relocation support, housing and living expenses and are exempt from
tuition fees. The stipend is free of income tax and free of
contributions to social insurance. Health insurance is mandatory and
has to be paid by the stipend holder.
*** Review of applications for a starting date of September 2014
*** will begin on 15 November 2013. Applications must be
*** prepared following the instructions at
*** http://www.solar-system-school.de
Dr. Sonja Schuh ([log in to unmask])
IMPRS Scientific Coordinator
http://www.solar-system-school.de
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