[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News Jan. 19, 2016

[Nathan Schwadron]

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*** Heliosphere News  Jan. 19, 2016 ***
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Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)
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** ANNOUNCEMENTS
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*) COSPAR 2016 

** ABSTRACTS DUE FEBRUARY 12

COSPAR 2016: General Information

COSPAR 41st Scientific Assembly
July 30 - August 7, 2016
Istanbul Congress Center (ICC), Turkey

Websites:
http://cospar2016.tubitak.gov.tr/en/default.asp

Abstract submission deadline: Friday, February 12, 2016 at 23:59 UTC14

Please visit http://www.cospar-assembly.org for online abstract submission system

Heliosphere-related sessions from Commission D Sessions:

D1.1 Large Scale Heliospheric Structure: Theory, Modelling and Data
Organizers: Jens Kleimann, John Richardson

D1.2 Solar Modulation of Cosmic Rays
Organizers: Marius Potgeiter, Ming Zhang

D1.3 Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and beyond: Pickup Ions and Anomalous Cosmic Rays
Organizers: Vladimir Florinski

D1.4 Anomalous Transport of Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and the Galaxy
Organizers: Gaetano Zimbardo, Frederic Effenberger

D1.5 Anisotropy of Energetic Particles from keV to TeV
Organizers: Du Toit Strauss, Jakobus Le Roux

D2.1 Solar Transients: from Solar Origin to Earth Impact and the Outer Heliosphere
Organizers: Jie Zhang, Sergio Dasso

D2.2 Solar and Heliospheric Science with Future Space Missions
Organizers: Alessandro Bemporad, Christopher Owen

D2.3 Coordinated Observations and Modeling of Accelerated Particles at the Sun and in the Inner Heliosphere
Organizers: Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, Nicole Vilmer

D2.4 Reconnection and Turbulence from the Sun through the Heliosphere to Galaxies
Organizers: Jörg Büchner

D2.5 Space Climate
Organizers: Ilya Usoskin, Kalevi Mursula, Dibyendu Nandi

D3.6 Role of Non-Thermal Distributions in Wave Generation, Particle Heating Acceleration in Space Plasmas
Organizers: Gurbax Singh Lakhina, Mouloud Tribeche

D4.1 Active Space Experiments
Organizers: James Sheerin, Robert Moore

D4.2 Dusty Plasmas and Dust-Plasma Processes in Space
Organizers: Jiri Pavlu, Ingrid Mann

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*) 15th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: The Science of Ed Stone: Celebrating his 80th Birthday, April 4 – 8, 2016, Cape Coral, Florida, USA

** IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
- Westin Cape Coral Resort room booking deadline is March 9 OR until sold out whichever comes first.
- Online abstract submission deadline is March 15.
- Registration fee is $475.00 USD until March 31.
- Late Registration and Onsite Registration fee is $500.00 USD beginning April 1.

From: Gary P. Zank: garyp.zank at gmail.com 

The 15th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will be held at the Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village, Cape Coral, Florida, USA, from April 4 to April 8, 2015. (Welcome Reception and Evening Registration begins Sunday, April 3).

The conference website is now up and registration and abstract submission is available.

15th AIAC website: https://www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/15thannual/index.html

Please mark your calendar and contact us regarding your interest in attending. E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Gary Zank at https://www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/15thannual/contact.html.

The meeting is entitled, “The Science of Ed Stone: Celebrating his 80th Birthday”, and will follow the same format as before with 25-minute presentations punctuated by selected 40-minute invited talks that will explore various themes in greater detail.

 Ed Stone has made foundational contributions to our understanding of all facets of the physics of energetic particles in the solar wind and the interstellar medium. Much of our current understanding of the interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium is derived from the Voyager Interstellar Mission under Ed’s leadership. His remarkable career has spanned the space age, contributing not only to science but to the leadership of our community. The 15th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will celebrate the science and scientific achievements of Ed Stone.

PLEASE DO NOT WAIT TO BOOK YOUR ROOM. Our turnout is larger than anticipated and unfortunately we have blocked only a very limited amount of rooms

Please go to the conference website for more details: www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/15thannual/accommodations.html


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*) ST1.3: Physics of the Outer Heliosphere, Particle Acceleration, and Solar Wind Disturbances: Preparation for IMAP

**Deadline for abstracts has passed

Convener: Mihir Desai, Co-Conveners: Nicola Fox, Hans-Jorg Fahr

The emphasis of the session is on all aspects of the physics of the outer heliosphere and its interactions with the interstellar medium, particle acceleration at the sun and throughout the heliosphere and beyond, and understanding the nature of solar and interplanetary disturbances that impact our Earth’s environment. The session abstract is as follows:

Measurements over the last decade have revolutionized our understanding of (1) the heliosphere’s boundaries formed through the interactions with the interstellar neighborhood, (2) the acceleration and transport of solar and heliospheric suprathermal and energetic particle populations, and (3) the properties of the shocked solar wind, its embedded magnetic fields and convected interplanetary disturbances that impact geospace in the inner heliosphere. The US National Research Council’s 2012 Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey recognized the critical need to urgently make progress in all three areas simultaneously, and recommended the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission as the next and highest priority science target for the Solar Terrestrial Probes mission line. This session solicits relevant observational results, especially from IBEX, Voyager, Cassini, New Horizons, ACE and STEREO, that provided these breakthroughs and related theoretical efforts making specific predictions and raising outstanding open questions for developing a more complete picture in all three science areas targeted by IMAP.
 
Please, consider that the abstract submission deadline is 13 January 2016.
 
For more details see: http://egu2016.eu/home.html 
 
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