Heliosphere News   

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science. 

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1. SHINE 2016 Late Session Announcement

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1. LATE SESSION JUST ADDED TO SHINE 2016 PROGRAM

Session:Heliospheric Evolution

Convenors: N A Schwadron, E Zirnstein and C T Russell

Session Description:

In response to recent reports from IBEX and Voyager on the ever

shrinking heliopause as a result of the presently weak solar

activity this session examines the impact that this change in the

heliopause will have on in the inner solar system and its

inhabitants. Recent results show that Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR)

fluxes rise nonlinearly with the decrease of the heliopause

radius. Since GCRs are the most energetic of cosmic rays the

effects of this changing flux must be considered carefully.

These rising GCR fluxes could pose significant hazards to

astronauts and satellites. The new and evolving conditions

present the space physics community with a unique opportunity to

propose new programs to investigate the fundamental physical

processes that control the boundaries of our heliosphere.  The

session will address all phenomena, no matter how microscopic or

macroscopic, with particular foci on the following scientific

questions:

1. What is the effect of the coupling between the solar wind and

interstellar medium that leads to time-dependent and

time-independent changes in the location of the global

heliopause?

2. What are the physical and unphysical mechanisms that lead to

reductions in distributed energetic neutral atom fluxes?

3. How do solar conditions and magnetic field evolution control

evolving solar wind conditions or vice versa?

4. How do the changes in the global heliospheric structure lead

to changes in Galactic Comic Rays and vice versa?

At this rate it won't be long before the sky is falling said NASA

spokesperson Chuck N Little.  Long-ranging effects of

heliospheric collapse cause not only enhanced GCR fluxes but also

result in wide-ranging societal impacts: increased exposure for

GCR workers, airplane crews and passengers (especially frequent

fliers) Dr Little concluded with some specific recommendations

available from third party vendors for increased "GCR

protection" (e.g., heliosphere.protection.com

<http://heliosphere.protection.com/> for protective GCR

paraphernalia including GCR-screen, GCF 50 or higher recommended

by 9/10 doctors).

SHINE 2016 

Workshop Dates: July 21st-25th, 2016

(Student Day August 20th)

Location: Santa Claus, New Mexico

Early Bird Registration Fee: $1275

Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 25th

Late Registration: $275

Deadline for student support: April 1st

Deadline for abstract submission: June 29th

Hotel Reservation Deadline: June 29th

All queries about the session should be sent to nschwadron@gmail.com

Nathan Schwadron

University of New Hampshire

Morse Hall - Room 350

8 College Road

Durham NH 03824

USA

(603) 862-3451