Heliosphere News - May 8, 2017 

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)

Co-Editor: Mihir Desai (mdesai at swri.edu)

Co-Editor: Eric Zirnstein (ejz at princeton.edu)

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Announcements 

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1. PAPER: “Seven Years of Imaging the Global Heliosphere with IBEX" by McComas et al, 2017 and data products

2. BOOK: “Kappa Distributions, Theory and Applications in Plasmas” by George Livadiotis

3. ANNOUNCEMENT: Draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Solar Terrestrial Probes #5 Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) Mission Released

for Community Comment

4. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions (Early Stage

Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino

5. MEETING: MMS Science Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, June 5-9, 2017

6. MEETING: 2017 GEM Summer Workshop, Portsmouth, Virginia, June 18-23, 2017

7. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts, IAU

Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK

8. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27 August to 1

September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

9. MEETING: ASTRONUM-2017 - 12th International Conference on Numerical

Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Saint Malo, France, 26-30 June, 2017

10. MEETING: NSF-SHINE Session #13: ?Dissipation in the Solar Wind: Kinetic

Processes?, Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada, July 24-28, 2017.

11. PAPER: The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the

Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity, Opher,

M., Drake, J., Swisdak, M., Zieger, B., Toth, G. The Astrophysical Journal

Letters, Volume 839, Issue 1, article id. L12, 6 pp. (2017).

12. PAPER: The Plasma Depletion Layer Beyond the Heliopause .. , Cairns and Fuselier, 2017

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1. PAPER: "Seven Years of Imaging the Global Heliosphere with IBEX" by McComas et al, 2017

 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aa66d8

Data products available at 

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2. BOOK: "Kappa Distributions, Theory and Applications in Plasmas" (published by Elsevier)

 

From: George Livadiotis (glivadiotis at swri dot edu)

 

Kappa Distributions, Theory and Applications in Plasmas presents the theoretical developments of kappa distributions, their implications in plasmas, and how they affect the underpinnings of our understanding of space plasma physics.

More information, including the table of contents, can be found at the official Elsevier website:

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3. ANNOUNCEMENT: Draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Solar Terrestrial Probes

#5 Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) Mission Released

for Community Comment

Release Date:

April 7, 2017

Comments Due:        

May 4, 2017

Identification Number:

NNH17ZDA005J (Draft 2017 IMAP AO)

On April 7, 2017, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is releasing a Draft

solicitation for community review and comment entitled the Draft 2017

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe Announcement of Opportunity

(IMAP AO). Upon the release date, the full text the draft solicitation

will be available at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/. 

The Solar Terrestrial Probes Program conducts a Principal Investigator

(PI)-led mission that addresses a critical science target that

systematically advances understanding of the heliophysics system. IMAP

investigations must address a preponderance of the IMAP science

objectives that are stated in the Draft 2017 IMAP AO.

Participation is open to all categories of organizations or

institutions, U.S. or non-U.S., including educational, industrial, and

not-for-profit institutions, Federally Funded Research and Development

Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), NASA

Centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government

agencies.

The comment period for the Draft 2017 IMAP AO ends on May 4, 2017.

The issuance of the Draft 2017 Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration

Probe AO does not obligate NASA to issue the 2017 Interstellar Mapping

and Acceleration Probe AO and solicit proposals. Any costs incurred by

prospective investigators in preparing submissions in response to the

draft solicitation are incurred completely at the submitter's own risk.

Comments on the draft may be addressed in writing or by e-mail to the

IMAP Program Scientist: Dr. Arik Posner, Heliophysics Division, Mail

Suite 3M81, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001, e-mail: Arik.Posner@nasa.gov

(subject line to read "IMAP AO"). Responses to all inquiries will be

answered by e-mail and also posted weekly at the Frequently Asked

Questions (FAQ) location of the IMAP Program Acquisition website at

https://soma.larc.nasa.gov/STP/IMAP;  anonymity of persons/institutions

who submit questions will be preserved.

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4. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions (Early

Stage Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino.

Applications are invited for two PhD positions ("Early Stage

Researchers", ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino, funded by the

Marie-Sklodowska- Curie Innovative Training Network COMPLETE -

Cloud-MicroPhysics-Turbulence-Telemetry: an inter-multidisciplinary

training network for enhancing the understanding and modeling of

atmospheric clouds within the Horizon 2020 Program of the European

Commission. The objectives are the numerical analysis of the transport

of energy, water vapor and droplets across the warm cloud/clear air

interface, the Lagrangian analysis of water droplets (1 - 100

micrometre) in suspension, the analysis of the data produced by

innovative expendable radio-probes released in warm clouds and their

comparison with numerical simulations.

Contact persons:

Prof. Daniela Tordella, Department of Applied Science and Technology |

Politecnico di Torino 10129 Torino Italy, Tel (+39) 011 090 6812|,

daniela.tordella at polito.it; complete-network at polito.it

Dr. Michele Iovieno, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering |

Politecnico di Torino 10129 Torino Italy Tel (+39) 011 090 6853,|

michele.iovieno at polito.it; complete-network at polito.it

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5. MEETING: MMS Science Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, June 5-9, 2017

The next MMS Science Workshop, to be held this June in Boulder, Colorado

in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

All members of the science community are welcome and encouraged to

attend this meeting, which is hosted by the Laboratory for Atmospheric

and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado.

The MMS Science Workshop will convene June 6-8 including an evening

poster session and reception on Wednesday June 7. The main science

sessions will be hosted in the Jennie Smoly Caruthers

BiotechnologyBuilding (https://jscbb.colorado.edu/) adjacent to LASP

with poster sessions to be held in the LASP SPSC facility

(http://lasp.colorado.edu).

MMS Instrument Team-only splinter meetings will be held at LASP SPSC on

Monday June 5 and Friday June 9 (as needed).

Abstracts will be solicited on MMS observations and numerical

simulations with an emphasis on the six major science topics below:

1) Magnetic Reconnection of the Ion and Electron Diffusion Regions

2) Magnetopause

3) Magnetotail

4) Shock Physics

5) Plasma Turbulence

6) Energetic Particles

Registration details and abstract submissions will be announced in

AGU/SPA this February with final meeting registration deadlines expected

in May.

The Local Scientific Organizing Committee:

Narges Ahmadi, Bob Ergun, Stefan Eriksson, Allison Jaynes, Karlheinz

Trattner, and Rick Wilder

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6.  MEETING: The GEM 2017 Summer Workshop will be held during June 18-23, 2017 at

the Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel - Portsmouth,

Virginia. 

Please see more at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html

Student support is open for application now

(http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/students.html). A high priority will be given

to the following groups: graduate students engaged in their thesis or

dissertation research, first time attendees and students from small

institutions, and students having specific GEM-related duties. We urge

those of you who qualify and are planning to attend the 2017 GEM

Workshop to act quickly and send applications to Zhonghua Xu

(zxu77@vt.edu) by Friday, March 17, 2017. Applications or adviser

recommendations received after this date will be on the waiting list.

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7. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecast

IAU

Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK

Space weather is increasingly recognised as an international challenge

faced by several communities. The ability to understand, monitor and

forecast the space weather of the Earth and the heliosphere is of

paramount importance for our high-technology society and for the current

rapid developments in knowledge and exploration within our Solar

System. 

The symposium is planned over 5 days from Monday through Friday

(including half-day excursion on the Wednesday afternoon). Key Topics of

the scientific program are the following: Solar drivers and activity

levels; Solar wind and heliosphere; Impact of solar wind, structures and

radiation on and within terrestrial and planetary environments

(including magnetospheres, ionospheres and atmospheres); Long-term

trends and predictions for space weather; Challenges and strategy plans

for Earth and the heliosphere; Forecasting models; Space weather

monitoring, instrumentation, data and services. The Symposium aims to

further knowledge on space weather by linking various aspects of

research in solar, heliospheric and planetary physics, and by putting

great emphasis on cross-disciplinary developments, merging different

communities, learning from interplanetary comparisons and linking to

atmospheric and meteorological research for the first time at the

international level. 

http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/iaus335/ 

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8. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27Aug-1Sep,

2017, Cape Town, South Africa

The Local Organizing Committee is thrilled to welcome you to the 2017

Joint IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. The Joint

Assembly, endorsed by the University of Cape Town and the South African

Department of Science and Technology, will take place from 27 August to

1 September 2017 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre

(CTICC).

IAGA Lead Sessions

1.  SPACE WEATHER FROM SUN TO EARTH: BRINGING DATA AND MODELS TOGETHER

(IAGA, IAMAS), Convenor - Sarah Gibson

2.  THE REFERENCING OF GEOPHYSICAL DATA PRODUCTS: THE ROLE OF DOIs

(IAGA, IAMAS, IAPSO), Convenor - Masahito Nose

3.  FRONTIER CHALLENGES IN DATA ASSIMILATION AND ENSEMBLE FORECASTING

FOR THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN AND SOLID EARTH. (IAGA, IAMAS, IAPSO),

Convenor - Weijia Kuang, Craig Bishop

4.  SOLAR RELATED VARIABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE (IAGA, IAMAS), 

Convenor,  Christoph Jacobi

Early Bird Deadline: 5 May 2017

Online Registration Closes: 22 August 2017

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9. MEETING: ASTRONUM 2017 - the 12th International Conference on

Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Saint Malo, France, 26-30

June, 2017.

Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at the University of

Alabama in Huntsville and Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ),

France will organize ASTRONUM-2017. The conference will cover the

following topics:

(1) Advanced numerical methods for space, astrophysical and geophysical

flows;

(2) Large-scale fluid-based, kinetic, and hybrid simulations;

(3) Turbulence and cosmic ray transport;

(4) Magnetohydrodynamics

(5) Software packages for modeling and analyzing plasma

flows /Visualisation with the application to

(1) Physics of the Sun-Heliosphere-Magnetosphere;

(2) Interstellar medium and star formation;

(3) Cosmology and galaxy formation;

(4) Dynamo effect;

(5) Stellar Physics.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading experts in

applied mathematics, space physics, astrophysics, and geophysics to

discuss the application of novel numerical algorithms and petascale

parallelization strategies to computationally challenging problems.

The conference will be structured around invited, 40-minute keynote and

25-minute regular talks, and a limited number of contributed talks, with

the attempt to have no parallel sessions. The conference web site will

be established in a few days and provide the information about the

conference venue, registration, and means of transportation. E-mail

inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Nikolai.Pogorelov at

uah.edu and Edouard.Audit at cea.fr. 

The conference website is: http://irfu.cea.fr/ASTRONUM2017/

Program Committee: Tahar Amari (CNRS Ecole Polytechnique), Edouard Audit

(CEA, Maison de la Simulation, co-chair), Amitava Bhattacharjee

(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Phillip Colella (Lawrence

Berkeley National Laboratory), Anthony Mezzacappa (University of

Tennessee, Knoxville), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in

Huntsville, chair), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University), James Stone

(Princeton University), Jon Linker (Predictive Science Inc.), and Gary

P. Zank (University of Alabama in Huntsville).

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10. MEETING: NSF-SHINE Session #13: “Dissipation in the Solar Wind: Kinetic Processes”.

The annual NSF-SHINE (Solar Heliospheric & Interplanetary Environment) Workshop  will be held July 24-28 2017 in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada.  Session #13 of the 2017 Workshop is entitled “Dissipation in the Solar Wind: Kinetic Processes”.  Researchers and students interested in this topic are invited to submit abstracts for posters to be presented at this session.  Deadline for abstract submission is June 23, early registration deadline is May 26, but deadline for student financial support applications is April 21.  See the Web site (shinecon.org/CurrentMeeting.php) for further information.

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11. PAPER: The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity, Opher, M., Drake, J., Swisdak, M., Zieger, B., Toth, G. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 839, Issue 1, article id. L12, 6 pp. (2017). 

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12. PAPER: The Plasma Depletion Layer Beyond the Heliopause: Evidence, Implications, and Predictions for Voyager 2 and New Horizons

Iver Cairns and Stephen Fuselier

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 834, Issue 2, article id. 197, 11 pp. (2017).

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