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[Nathan Schwadron]

Heliosphere News   
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A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science. 

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)
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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 at gmail.com




Nathan Schwadron
n.schwadron at unh.edu

University of New Hampshire
Morse Hall - Room 350
8 College Road
Durham NH 03824
USA

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