SH027: "Waves, Oscillations, and Instabilities in Solar and Heliospheric Plasma Structures"
AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, 12-16 December 2016 (meeting
website:
http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/)
Final abstract submission deadline: Wednesday, 3 August 2016, Early
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wed, 27 July, 2016
Description:
Space and ground based observations have detected a variety of
low-frequency plasma waves, oscillations, and instabilities (e.g.,
Alfven waves, Fast/Slow/EUV waves, global-kink-mode, and
sausage-mode) in solar and heliospheric magnetoplasma structures that
exist across a wide range of spatio-temporal scales (e.g., small
flux- ropes in the surface-granulation-pattern, spicules,
prominences, coronal loops). Laboratory plasma experiments have made
important contributions in developing models that can accurately
predict propagation, damping, and growth-rate of plasma waves and
instabilities. Development of similar models for solar plasma
structures can help us fully utilize diagnostic capabilities of these
waves and understand their role in energy transport on the Sun. This
session provides a platform to bring together experts in remote
observational analysis, numerical/analytical modeling, and
experimental/theoretical plasma physics. We especially welcome
contributions based on recent (SDO, Hinode, IRIS, WIND, ACE, Helios,
Cluster, and MMS) and planning for next generation observational
facilities (DKIST, EST, COSMO, Solar-Orbiter, and Solar-Probe plus).
Conveners:
Shreekrishna Tripathi (UCLA), Leon Ofman (CUA/NASA-Goddard Space
Flight Center), Irina Kitiashvili (NASA Ames Research Center), Viktor
Fedun (University of Sheffield, UK)