[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - July 4, 2017

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Heliosphere News – July 4, 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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Announcements
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1. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH026: “Observing the Evolving Global Heliosphere
over the Solar Cycle with IBEX and INCA” Call for Abstracts

2. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH021: "Velocity Space: The Final Frontier" Call
for Abstracts

3. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH027: “Physical Phenomena in the Outer Heliosphere
and Beyond” Call for Abstracts

4. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH013: “Facing and Understanding Particle Radiation
in Expanding Human Access to Space” Call for Abstracts

5. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH030: The Interstellar Probe Mission: Drivers,
Definition and Implementations for Embarking on Interstellar Voyages
Before 2050

6. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH028. "The Local Interstellar Medium and its
Interaction with the Heliosphere” Call for Abstracts

7. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH014: “Connectivity between Solar Energetic
Particle sources and in-situ Particle Observations” Call for Abstracts

8. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH022: “Statistical Mechanics and Distributions in
Space Plasmas” Call for Abstracts

9. JOB OPENING: Applications are invited for two PhD positions (Early
Stage Researchers, ESR) at the Politecnico di Torino

10. WORKSHOP: Space Weather: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Leiden, The
Netherlands, September 25-29, 2017

11. MEETING: Space Weather of the Heliosphere: Processes and Forecasts,
IAU Symposium 335 - July 17-21, 2017 - University of Exeter, UK

12. MEETING: GOOD HOPE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA, 27 August
to 1 September 2017, Cape Town, South Africa

13. MEETING: Fourteenth European Space Weather Week, Nov 27 - Dec 1,
2017, Ostend,
Belgium

14. MEETING: NSF-SHINE Session #4 “Magnetic Reconnection in Turbulence
and Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection: Outstanding Challenges” and #13:
"Dissipation in the Solar Wind: Kinetic Processes",
Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, Canada, July 24-28, 2017.

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1. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH026: “Observing the Evolving Global Heliosphere
over the Solar Cycle with IBEX and INCA” Call for Abstracts

We invite submissions to the following AGU session (submission deadline
Wed Aug 2)

Session Title:
Observing the Evolving Global Heliosphere over the Solar Cycle with IBEX
and INCA
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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2. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH021: "Velocity Space: The Final Frontier" Call
for Abstracts

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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3. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH027: “Physical Phenomena in the Outer Heliosphere
and Beyond” Call for Abstracts

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, CSPAR, Huntsville, AL, United States; University of Alabama
in Huntsville, Space Science, Huntsville, AL, United States 
Convener:  John D Richardson, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States

Index Terms:
2104 Cosmic rays [INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS] 
2124 Heliopause and solar wind termination [INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS] 
2126 Heliosphere/interstellar medium interactions [INTERPLANETARY
PHYSICS] 
2152 Pickup ions [INTERPLANETARY PHYSICS]

Session website:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26436

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4. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH013: “Facing and Understanding Particle Radiation
in Expanding Human Access to Space” Call for Abstracts

We invite submissions to the following AGU session (submission deadline
Wed Aug 2)

Session Title:
Facing and Understanding Particle Radiation in Expanding Human Access to
Space
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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5 . SESSION: AGU 2017 SH030: The Interstellar Probe Mission: Drivers,
Definition and Implementations for Embarking on Interstellar Voyages
Before 2050

Call for Abstract to Fall AGU Session 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 at jhuapl.edu

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6. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH028. "The Local Interstellar Medium and its
Interaction with the Heliosphere” Call for Abstracts

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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7. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH014: “Connectivity between Solar Energetic
Particle sources and in-situ Particle Observations” Call for Abstracts

We invite submissions to the following AGU session (submission deadline
Wed Aug 2)

Session Title:
Connectivity between Solar Energetic Particle Sources and in-situ
Particle Observations

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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8. SESSION: AGU 2017 SH022: “Statistical Mechanics and Distributions in
Space Plasmas” Call for Abstracts

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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9. 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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10. 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 at cwi.nl, Simon Wing,
simon.wing at jhuapl.edu, Jay Johnson, jrj at andrews.edu

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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. MEETING: NSF-SHINE Session #4: “Magnetic Reconnection in Turbulence
and Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection: Outstanding Challenges.”

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.

Researchers and students interested in this topic are invited to submit
abstracts for posters to be presented at this session. See the Web site
(shinecon.org/CurrentMeeting.php) for further information.

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Best regards,

       Mihir

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Dr. Mihir I Desai  Tel:+1 210 522 6754

Director, Department of Space Research Cell:+1 210 454 1671

Space Science & Engineering Division Fax: +1 210 520 9935

Southwest Research Institute Email:mdesai at swri.edu 
6220 Culebra Road, 

San Antonio TX 78238-5166, USA  

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Lead Adjoint Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Texas, San Antonio
One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, 
Texas 78249-0697, USA

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