Heliosphere News – July 17, 2017
http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/
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)
Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu)
Co-Editor: Adele Corona (icnsmeetings at gmail.com)
Co-Editor: Nick Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)
Web site editor: Ken Fairchild (Ken.Fairchild at unh.edu)
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list, or posting an announcement, please send information to Nathan,
Mihir, Eric, Merav, Nick, or Adele. Posts are limited to ascii text.
Newsletters are archived on the following website:
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Announcements
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1. New papers on the SW and LISM.
2. SESSION: AGU 2017 Heliospheric Sessions, Call for Abstracts
3. SESSION: AGU 2017 Magnetospheric Session, Call for Abstracts
4. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions (Early
Stage Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino
5. WORKSHOP: Space Weather: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Leiden, The
Netherlands, September 25-29, 2017
6. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27 August
to 1 September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa
7. MEETING: Fourteenth European Space Weather Week, Nov 27 - Dec 1,
2017, Ostend, Belgium
8. Call for Abstracts: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics
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1. PUBLICATIONS.
Kim, T. K.; Pogorelov, N. V.; Burlaga, L. F. | Modeling Shocks Detected by Voyager 1 in the Local Interstellar Medium, ApJ Letter, 843, L32 |
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...843L..32K
Lamy, L.; Prangé, R.; Hansen, K. C., et al., The aurorae of Uranus past equinox, J. Geophys. Res., 122, Issue 4, pp. 3997-4008
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017JGRA..122.3997L
Pogorelov, N. V.; Heerikhuisen, J.; Roytershteyn, V.; Burlaga, L. F.; Gurnett, D. A.; Kurth, W. S.,
Three-dimensional Features of the Outer Heliosphere Due to Coupling between the Interstellar and Heliospheric Magnetic Field. V. The Bow Wave, Heliospheric Boundary Layer, Instabilities, and Magnetic Reconnection,
ApJ, in press, https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.09637
Pogorelov, N. V.; Borovikov, S. N.; Kryukov, I. A.; Wu, S. T.; Yalim, M. S.; Colella, P. C.; Van Straalen, B.,
Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections with the Multi-Scale Fluid-Kinetic Simulation Suite,
J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 837, 012014, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017JPhCS.837a2014P
Pogorelov, N. V.; Fichtner, H.; Czechowski, A.; Lazarian, A.; Lembege, B.; le Roux, J. A.; Potgieter, M. S.; Scherer, K.; Stone, E. C.; Strauss, R. D.; Wiengarten, T.; Wurz, P.; Zank, G. P.; Zhang, M.,
Heliosheath Processes and the Structure of the Heliopause: Modeling Energetic Particles, Cosmic Rays, and Magnetic Fields,
Space Science Reviews, 04/2017, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/doi/10.1007/s11214-017-0354-8
2. SESSION: AGU 2017 Heliospheric Sessions
SH013: “Facing and Understanding Particle Radiation in Expanding Human Access to Space”
We invite submissions to the following AGU session (submission deadline Wed Aug 2)
Session Description:
Human access to space is expanding in a new realm of deep space
exploration, space tourism and the society’s increasing reliance on
rapid and reliable aviation. Particle radiation poses significant
hazards for astronauts, satellites, aviators and passengers as well as
produces affects on planetary bodies. Increasing galactic cosmic ray
fluxes near successive solar minima highlight the increasing radiation
hazard. Radiation weathers the regolith of the Moon, the two moons of
Mars, other airless bodies, and contributes to chemical evolution of
atmospheres at Earth, Mars, Venus, Titan, and Pluto. Radiation remains a
factor that we must face through improved understanding and innovation
of methodologies for prediction. We invite abstracts on research
including the origin of SEPs from coronal mass ejections, propagation of
events through the solar system during the anomalously weak solar cycle
24 and important examples of radiation interactions for Earth, other
planets and airless bodies such as the Moon.
Session Viewer Link:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24863
Primary Convener:
Nathan Schwadron, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science
Center, Durham, NH, United States
Conveners:
William M Farrell, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States,
Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA Headquarters/NASA Ames Research Center,
Mountain View, CA, United States and W Kent Tobiska, Space Environment
Technologies, Pacific Palisades, CA, United States
Invited Speakers:
Harlan Spence (U. New Hampshire), Chris Mertens (NASA Langley Research
Center)
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SH014: “Connectivity between Solar Energetic Particle sources and in-situ Particle Observations”
We invite submissions to the following AGU session (submission deadline
Wed Aug 2)
Session Description:
Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) sources are usually identified with solar
eruptive phenomena such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections
(CMEs). To identify these sources correctly, it is necessary to (1)
understand the complex connectivity of the solar corona to 1 AU and (2)
unambiguously determine the particle release times that are consistent
with the in-situ SEP measurements. Several diverse techniques have been
proposed to address these points but they do not always provide
consistent results. We encourage presentations that use remote and
in-situ observations, simulations, and theory, to determine the
properties of SEP sources and establish their connectivity with particle
observations, paying special attention to studies using multi-spacecraft
observations and those that might take advantage of future near-the-Sun
observations from Solar Probe Plus and Solar Orbiter.
Conveners
David Lario (JHU/APL), Ian G Richardson (NASA/GSFC), and RyunYoung Kwon
(George Mason Univ.)
Session website:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session22884.html
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SH021: "Velocity Space: The Final Frontier"
We invite submission of abstracts to for the AGU 2017 Session SH021,
"Velocity Space: The Final Frontier". Abstracts are due Aug. 2nd, and
can be submitted at
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24757
Session ID#: 24757
Session Description:
In weakly collisional space plasmas, such as the solar corona and solar
wind, velocity space contains a wealth of information regarding the
dynamics of the system. Using physics-based models to interpret the
fluctuations in velocity space opens up novel means of identifying the
physical mechanisms governing plasma heating and particle energization,
a key goal of heliophysics. This session will highlight innovative new
diagnostic techniques and analysis methods that are being developed to
utilize fully the information contained in velocity space, including
field-particle correlations, transformation and analysis of
velocity-space structure using Hermite, Hankel, or other orthogonal
basis sets, and studies of the quasilinear evolution of the velocity
distribution function. Experimental, analytical, and numerical
investigations that exploit particle velocity distribution function
measurements in weakly collisional or collisionless plasmas are
solicited.
Kristopher Klein, Jason TenBarge, Gregory Howes
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SH022: “Statistical Mechanics and Distributions in Space Plasmas”
Session Description: Space plasmas are collisionless particle systems
with correlations and cannot be described by elements of the standard
Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics. Instead, the generalized
framework of non-extensive statistical mechanics is used, with
tremendous implications and applications in space plasmas. We welcome
abstracts reporting on the progress of the following three broad subject
areas: (1) Theoretical foundations: non-extensive statistical mechanics;
kappa distributions; connection with thermodynamics; entropy and
information measure; concept of temperature; and distributions with
potential energy or anisotropies. (2) Effects on Plasma Processes,
Dynamics, and Complexity: particle acceleration; transport and
diffusion; plasma linear/nonlinear waves and instabilities; shocks and
Rankine–Hugoniot conditions; polytropic relations; plasma interactions;
particle correlations; coupling phenomena; turbulence and chaos; and
mechanisms generating kappa distributions. (3) Data Analyses,
Simulations, and Applications: solar / stellar atmospheres; flares /
CMEs; solar wind; ionosphere; terrestrial, planetary, and cometary
magnetospheres; heliosheath, interstellar plasmas, and beyond.
Session website:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24338
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SH026: “Observing the Evolving Global Heliosphere over the Solar Cycle with IBEX and INCA”
We invite submissions to the following AGU session (submission deadline Wed Aug 2)
Session Description:
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) and the Ion and Neutral Camera
(INCA) instrument on Cassini globally image the solar wind’s (SW)
interaction with the local interstellar medium (LISM) by detecting
energetic and lower energy neutral atoms that are created from and
beyond heliospheric boundary regions. These observations provide a
wealth of knowledge as the heliospheric environment evolves through the
unique solar cycle 24, an era of activity unlike any other observed in
the space age. We invite abstracts focusing on understanding the
interaction of the SW with the LISM, the evolution of the global
heliosphere, the properties and composition of the heliosheath and
interstellar plasma, the processes causing particle acceleration due to
solar and interstellar interactions, and the connections between IBEX,
INCA and Voyager’s in situ measurements of heliospheric boundary regions
and the LISM. These observations form the bases of a new chapter of
exploration of our local galactic environment.
Primary Convener: Nathan Schwadron (University of New Hampshire, Durham)
Convener: Stamatios Krimigis (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory)
Convener: Eric Zirnstein (Princeton University)
Invited Speakers: David J. McComas (Princeton University), Kostas
Dialynas (Academy of Athens)
Session website:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session24166.html
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SH027: “Physical Phenomena in the Outer Heliosphere and Beyond”
Session Description:
The Voyager 1/2 mission is performing in situ investigation of the
physical phenomena that accompany the solar wind interaction with the
local interstellar medium. In partially ionized plasmas, charge
exchange, ionization, kinetic and fluid instabilities, and magnetic
fields play important roles in determining the heliospheric structure.
This session addresses the most challenging issues related to Voyager
observations: (1) the effects of charge exchange, interstellar magnetic
field draping, and time dependent phenomena on Voyager observations; (2)
physics of non-thermal ions; (3) ion acceleration at the termination
shock and in the heliosheath; (4) galactic cosmic ray transport
throughout the heliosphere and LISM; (5) roles of plasma waves,
turbulence, instabilities, and magnetic reconnection; (6) relation of
Voyager measurements to remote observations from IBEX, Cassini, SOHO,
HST, and air shower observatories. We solicit papers addressing these
and other phenomena occurring in the outer heliosphere and LISM.
Primary Convener: Nikolai V Pogorelov, University of Alabama in
Huntsville, United States
Convener: John D Richardson, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States
INVITED SPEAKERS: Edward Stone (Caltech) and Vlad Izmodenov (Space Research Institute, Moscow)
Session website:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26436
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SH028. "The Local Interstellar Medium and its Interaction with the Heliosphere”
Session Description:
The very local interstellar medium (VLISM) just beyond the heliosphere
has received considerable recent interest. Voyager 1 is likely now
making the first in situ measurements in the VLISM. Remote
observations, such as energetic neutral atoms, galactic cosmic-ray
anisotropies, and Lyman-alpha spectroscopy also provide new insights.
Interpretation of the new observations presents a challenge. The VLISM
is a combination of the pre-existing large-scale turbulent interstellar
medium, and transient disturbances from the heliosphere. This includes
a few events recently observed by Voyager 1 that will likely continue.
The fluctuating solar wind, currently measured in situ by Voyager 2 and
others, likely also influences the VLISM. The goal of this session is
to highlight the new observations and bring together theorists and
numerical modelers whose recent work brings fresh insights into the
physics of the VLISM. We welcome abstracts in all the above and related
areas.
Conveners: J. Giacalone, A. Cummings, and J. R. Jokipii
Session website:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26235
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SH030: The Interstellar Probe Mission: Drivers, Definition and Implementations for Embarking on Interstellar Voyages Before 2050
Session Description: As the Voyagers are crossing in to the Interstellar
Medium and the Kepler Mission has unveiled an abundance of Earth-like
planets around other Suns, inevitably, we are faced with the question of
how, why and when humanity will venture out through the vast space
between our star and other potentially habitable planetary systems. This
session welcomes presentations on the scientific, technological and
sociological drivers and implementations for embarking on interstellar
exploration before 2050. It seeks contributions from all disciplines on
groundbreaking scientific targets including the local interstellar
medium, the undiscovered worlds of the Kuiper Belt, the structure of the
circum-solar dust disk, astrophysical/exoplanetary observations enabled
by the solar gravity lens, the Oort Cloud and beyond. Presentations on
enabling technologies in power, communication, lifetime, propulsion and
instrumentation should form a significant part of the session.
Presentations on programmatic challenges and possible implementations
are also desired.
Primary Convener: Pontus C. Brandt, Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners: Nitin Arora, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA,
United States, Gregg Hallinan, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States and R F Wimmer-Schweingruber, University of
Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday 2 August 2017
Link to Session:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session22875
Meeting Dates: 11-15 December 2017
For any questions please email pontus.brandt@jhuapl.edu
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3. SESSION: AGU 2017 Magnetospheric Session
SM012: Plasma Energization during Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session25997
Session Description: Jet formation, plasma heating, and particle acceleration are important and common processes during magnetic reconnection in collisionless systems, which can range from Earth's magnetosphere to possibly the black-hole accretion disk at the center of the Milky Way. Recent instrumental and computational advances have enabled new frontiers of research regarding these energization processes. The session invites contributions that will expand our understanding of how and where electrons and ions are energized, and how dissipated magnetic energy is partitioned among various plasma species/components. Of immediate interest are the effects on energization due to the reconnection and in-plane electric fields, parallel electric field, wave fluctuations, etc., and how the guide field and upstream conditions influence the energization and energy partition. Studies integrating new results from magnetospheric/heliospheric missions and kinetic simulations/theories are particularly encouraged.
Primary Convener: Li-Jen Chen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States; University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Conveners: James Frederick Drake, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Lorenzo Sironi, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
Katherine Goodrich, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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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. WORKSHOP: Space Weather: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Leiden, The
Netherlands, September 25-29, 2017
From: Enrico Camporeale (e.camporeale at cwi.nl)
SCOPE and AIM
The study of space weather has traditionally been carried out using
standard techniques and tools found in space physics such as time series
correlational analyses. These techniques, although having the advantage
of being fast and simple, are sometimes not adequate or complete because
the Sun-Earth system is a complex nonlinear system. On the other hand,
researchers in the fields of mathematics, information science, computer
science, machine learning, data mining, have developed, over the last
several decades, tools that can handle complex nonlinear systems and are
eager to apply these new tools to new difficult problems.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers from space
weather, space physics, mathematics, computer science, information
science, machine learning, data mining, etc. to foster symbiosis and
cross-fertilization across the fields.
The topics that will be discussed include:
-- machine learning for Space Weather
-- information theory for Sun-Earth system
-- pattern recognition and deep learning of solar images
-- data mining in space physics
LOCATION: Lorentz Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. REGISTRATION is
available
onhttp://lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2017/921/info.php3?wsid=921&venue=Oort
Please notice that the workshop is limited to 45 participants. Lorentz
Center workshops have no registration fees. Hotel accommodation can be
arranged through the Lorentz Center. Please contact the organizers for
further information. Enrico Camporeale, e.camporeale@cwi.nl, Simon Wing,
simon.wing@jhuapl.edu, Jay Johnson, jrj@andrews.edu
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6. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27-Aug
to1-Sep, 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
Online Registration Closes: 22 August 2017
http://www.iapso-iamas-iaga2017.com/
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7. MEETING: Fourteenth European Space Weather Week, Nov 27 - Dec 1,
2017, Ostend, Belgium
The ESWW is the main annual event in the European Space Weather
calendar. It is the European forum for Space Weather as proven by the
high attendance to the past editions. The agenda will be composed of
plenary/parallel sessions, working meetings and dedicated events for
service end-users. The ESWW will again adopt the central aim of bringing
together the diverse groups in Europe working on different aspects of
Space Weather.
Following an excellent response to the call for sessions, the Program
Committee is pleased to invite contributions to sessions, addressing a
wide range of scientific and application related themes.
ESWW14 will be held from November 27 - December 1 in Ostend, Belgium.
The meeting website is http://www.stce.be/esww14/.
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8. Call for Abstracts: APS-Division of Plasma Physics Mini-Conference: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics
The American Physical Society Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics invites submission of abstracts for the mini-conference "Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics" at the 2017 APS Division of Plasma Physics meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 23 to 27, 2017.
Many of the challenges facing the laboratory plasma physics and fusion confinement communities are rooted in fundamental kinetic plasma physics phenomena that are also crucial to understanding the physics of the heliosphere and astrophysical systems. This mini-conference is dedicated to fostering cross-disciplinary interaction and communication among plasma physicists, space physicists, and astrophysicists. We solicit talks and poster presentations focusing on new results from spacecraft missions that illuminates plasma phenomena, laboratory findings relevant to space physics, and theoretical and computational work that covers the fundamental physics common to studies of space and laboratory plasmas. Abstracts are due July 14, 2017 and can be submitted at
https://www.aps.org/units/dpp/meetings/annual/
When submitting an abstract, presenters must select mini-conference subject category 15.1 and may include a brief mini-conference title in the Special Instructions (e.g., bridging the divide-GPAP). Mini-conference presenters are allowed one additional first author paper submission in the regular technical program.
Jason TenBarge, Greg Howes, Kris Klein, Chris Chen, Stanislav Boldyrev
--
Kristopher G. Klein, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Climate and Space Science
University of Michigan
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Best regards,
Nikolai V Pogorelov
Professor
Department of Space Science
University of Alabama in Huntsville
320 Sparkman Dr.
Huntsville, AL 35805
Tel. 256-961-7617