[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - April 17, 2018

[Ken Fairchild]

Heliosphere News - April 17, 2018
 
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)
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******************* Announcements *******************

1. MEETING: AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Heliospheric Session, June 3-8,
2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

2. MEETING: ASTRONUM 2018, June 25-29, 2018, Panama City Beach, Florida,
USA

3. MEETING: 49nd COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY, July 14-22, 2018, Pasadena,
California, USA

4. ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON 'PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND
TRANSPORT: FROM THE SUN TO EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES', 12-16 NOVEMBER 2018,
UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA, RENDE, ITALY

5. Heliophysics POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Opportunity at SwRI, San Antonio

6. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Joint UTSA/SwRI Graduate Physics Program in San
Antonio, TX

7. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Student Opportunities at University of
Alabama, Huntsville

8. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Student Opportunities at Department of
Physics at the University of New Hampshire

9. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Studies in Solar and Heliospheric Physics
at the University of Arizona

10. AWARD OPPORTUNITY: AGU SPA "Nonlinear Waves" prize of ~$10,000

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1. MEETING: AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Heliospheric Session, June 3-8,
2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

AOGS HELIOSPHERIC SESSION HONOLULU

We are soliciting abstracts for our session ST15, "Evolution and Effects
of Large Solar Transients Throughout Geospace and the Heliosphere" at
AOGS meeting June 3-8 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

The author registration deadline is Apr 20, 2018, and the web site is
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2018/public.asp?page=home.htm

We hope to see you in Honolulu!

Dr. John Richardson (M.I.T., USA) Prof. Chi Wang (Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China) Dr. Iver Cairns (University of Sydney, Australia)

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2. MEETING: ASTRONUM 2018, June 25-29, 2018, Panama City Beach, Florida,
USA

Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ), France will organize
ASTRONUM-2018 - the 14th International Conference on Numerical Modeling
of Space Plasma Flows in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA, on 25-29 June,
2018.

Conference Website:

https://www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/astronum2018/index.html

The conference will cover the following topics:

(1) Advanced numerical methods for space and astrophysical flows; (2)
Large-scale fluid-based, kinetic, and hybrid simulations; (3) Turbulence
and cosmic ray transport; (4) Magnetohydrodynamics (5) Software packages
for modeling and analyzing plasma flows / Visualisation

with the application to

(1) Physics of the Sun-Heliosphere-Magnetosphere; (2) Interstellar
medium and star formation; (3) Cosmology and galaxy formation; (4)
Dynamo effect; (5) Stellar Physics.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading experts in
applied mathematics, space physics, astrophysics, and geophysics to
discuss the application of novel numerical algorithms and petascale
parallelization strategies to computationally challenging problems. The
conference will be structured around invited, 40-minute keynote and
25-minute regular talks, and a limited number of contributed talks, with
the attempt to have no parallel sessions. The conference web site
icnsmeetings.com will soon provide the information about the conference
venue, registration, and means of transportation. E-mail inquiries about
the meeting should be directed to Nikolai.Pogorelov at uah.edu and
Edouard.Audit at cea.fr.

Program Committee: Tahar Amari (CNRS Ecole Polytechnique), Edouard Audit
(CEA, Maison de la Simulation, co-chair), Amitava Bhattacharjee
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Phillip Colella (Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory), Anthony Mezzacappa (University of
Tennessee, Knoxville), Ewald Mueller (Max-Planck-Institute for
Astrophysics, Garching), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in
Huntsville, chair), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University), James Stone
(Princeton University), Jon Linker (Predictive Science Inc.), and Gary
P. Zank (University of Alabama in Huntsville).

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3. MEETING: 49nd COSPAR SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY, July 14-22, 2018, Pasadena,
California, USA

Heliospheric sessions:

A. Scientific Commission D

Overview Talks

Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and in the Interstellar Medium:
Acceleration, Anisotropy and Anomalous Transport

Large-Scale Heliospheric Structure: Theory, Modelling, and Data

Acceleration and Transport of Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and
beyond: from Pickup Ions to Cosmic Rays

Coordinated Observations and Modeling of Accelerated Particles at the
Sun and in the Inner Heliosphere

Cool Material in the Hot Solar Corona (Prominences & Coronal Rain) and
Non-solar Analogs

Solar Transients: From Solar Origin to Earth Impact and the Outer
Heliosphere

Space Climate

Highlights of Magnetospheric Plasma Physics

Cross-Scale Coupling and Multipoint Observations in the Magnetosphere

Role of Nonthermal Distributions in Wave Generation, Particle Heating
and Acceleration in Space Plasmas

Plasma Transport and Heating Across Boundary Layers

Particle Acceleration and Loss in the Earth and Planetary Magnetospheres

Magnetotail Dynamics and Substorms during Storm and Non-storm Time

Panels and Special Events

Issues in Capacity Building and Education for Space Sciences

Near-term Exploration of the Interstellar Medium

Development of Physics-based, Empirical, and Data Assimilative Models of
the Radiation Environment

Metrics and Validation Needs for Space Weather Models and Services

Solar System Space Weather

>From Ionospheric Indices towards Standardised Activity Scales for Space
Weather Services

Interoperability of Space Weather Data Models, Data Holdings and Data
Access Tools

Space Weather Initiatives and Coordinated International Efforts to
implement COSPAR-ILWS Roadmap Recommendations

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4. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON 'PARTICLE ACCELERATION
AND TRANSPORT: FROM THE SUN TO EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES', 12-16 NOVEMBER
2018, UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA, RENDE, ITALY

The University of Calabria will host the international workshop on
'Particle acceleration and transport: from the Sun to extragalactic
sources' on 2018 November 12-16
(http://astroplasmas.unical.it/workshop2018/)

Scientific rationale:

The workshop aims at presenting recent research on the longstanding
problems of particle acceleration and transport in different
astrophysical environments, such as the Sun, the heliosphere, galactic
sources, and extragalactic sources. The purpose is to bring together
experts in the fields of cosmic ray physics, plasma turbulence,
acceleration processes, and particle transport, in order to stimulate
cross-fertilization and to exchange scientific information among
different areas. Indeed, the basic theoretical framework adopted to
describe particle acceleration and transport is common to all those
fields but the properties of the environments change noticeably. In
addition, in-situ and remote observations often question the validity of
the standard theories and prompt for further investigations to be
interpreted. The availability of large datasets from new
instrumentations and recent theoretical and numerical studies give the
opportunity to advance the models and possibly to answer some of the
basic unresolved issues. Exchange of ideas among the various fields
would certainly speed up this process. 

We strongly encourage to present to the different communities recent,
pioneering observations, theories, and models that try to explain and
describe processes of particle acceleration and transport. We try to
bring together scientists who would like to understand what is happening
beyond their field of specialty.

In order to promote an efficient exchange of ideas among different
fields, each research area (solar, heliospheric, galactic, and
extragalactic physics) will be introduced by a 40 minutes broad review
talk. The majority of the talks will be upon invitation (30 minutes
each), and at the end of each day a time slot of about 45 minutes will
be dedicated to open discussions on the daily sessions led by a couple
of scientists.

Contributed talks and poster presentations will be organized.

Main Topics:

-Observations of energetic particles in the solar, heliospheric,
galactic and extragalactic environments

-Properties of cosmic ray transport and acceleration from in-situ and
remote observations

-Solar flares, Crab flares, flaring phenomena in astrophysics

-Shock acceleration: problems and advances

-Particle acceleration in  magnetic reconnection, including the
relativistic regimes

-Particle acceleration in accretion flows and relativistic jets

-Transport and acceleration in non-linear regimes

-Magnetic turbulence in astrophysical plasmas: properties from large to
small scales and effects on particle transport

-Theoretical models and numerical simulations of particle transport and
acceleration

SOC:

Silvia Perri (Chair, Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy)

Elena Amato (co-chair, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Italy)

Gianfranco Brunetti (IRA-INAF, Bologna, Italy)

Andrey Bikov (Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia)

Silvia Dalla (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK)

Horst Fichtner (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)

Natasha Jeffrey (University of Glasgow, UK)

William H. Matthaeus (University of Delaware, USA)

Reinout J. van Weeren (Leiden University, The Netherlands)

Gaetano Zimbardo (Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy)

Contact: workshopunical2018 at gmail.com

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5. Heliophysics POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Opportunity at SwRI, San
Antonio.

The Space Research Department at SwRI, San Antonio is seeking
applications for a postdoctoral researcher to carry out original
research addressing the origin and acceleration of energetic particles
in the interplanetary medium. The candidate will analyze suprathermal
and energetic particle, as well as magnetic field and solar wind plasma
data from Wind, ACE, and STEREO, and the upcoming Parker Solar Probe
mission. The candidate is also expected to support the development and
calibration of suprathermal and energetic particle instruments to be
used in upcoming heliophysics missions, publish results in peer-reviewed
scientific journals, and present results at scientific meetings,
workshops, and conferences. The research will involve interactions with
Institute Staff engaged in a broad range of observational,
computational, and theoretical research in the physics of the solar wind
and suprathermal and energetic particles. The candidate should have a
PhD degree in Space Physics or Plasma Physics, and have graduate-level
experience in the analysis and interpretation of solar wind, magnetic
field, and suprathermal particle datasets. The candidate must have at
least a 3.0 GPA, and demonstrate the ability to program and utilize data
analysis software tools such as IDL, C, or MATLAB.

To apply for this position go to

https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01272.

For more information about SwRI visit

https://www.swri.org/technical-divisions/space-science-engineering

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6. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Joint UTSA/SwRI Graduate Physics Program in San
Antonio, TX

Since 2004, a physics graduate program has been offered in partnership
between the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) and Southwest
Research Institute (SwRI). UTSA is the second largest component
university of The University of Texas System, with an enrollment of more
than 28,000 students. SwRI's Space Science and Engineering Division is a
leader in space physics and planetary science research with major
involvement in numerous NASA missions. The participation by SwRI offers
students a chance to be involved in many of the most exciting ongoing
NASA missions (Juno, MMS, LRO, Van Allen Probes, New Horizons, TWINS,
IBEX) and future missions (e.g., Europa Clipper, JUICE, Bepi Columbo,
Solar Probe).

UTSA/SwRI graduate students can engage in data analysis and instrument
design & calibration, and even lead their own projects. Some past or
current projects include (for example): analysis of Cassini observations
of Enceladus' water vapor plume, design of a new ion mass spectrometer,
interpretation of the first New Horizons measurements from Pluto, and
investigation of reconnection in Earth's magnetosphere. During one year,
the students in our laboratory class got to perform the calibration on
one of the IBEX instruments now flying and obtaining phenomenal new
observations of the interstellar boundary.

Our areas of space physics include: Solar & Heliospheric physics
Planetary Science Magnetospheric physics Space Science instrumentation
Astrophysics Our website is http://www.utsa.edu/physics/, with the joint
program details at http://grad.space.swri.edu.

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7. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Student Opportunities at the University of
Alabama, Huntsville

The Department of Space Science at The University of Alabama in
Huntsville is accepting applications to its M.S. and Ph.D. programs for
the Fall 2018 semester. We are a graduate-only, student and research
focused department that aims to produce proficient and self-reliant
scientists through our M.S. and Ph.D. programs. Students have the
opportunity to not only work with our world-renowned faculty, but also
with adjunct faculty from the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic
Research and NASA's Marshal Space Flight Center. Scientists from both
centers share office space on the UAH campus with faculty from the
department. Our research projects cover topics including: the Sun, solar
atmosphere, inner heliosphere and space weather, the solar wind and its
interaction with the interstellar medium, solar energetic particles and
cosmic rays, high energy astrophysics including gamma ray bursts and
gravitational waves. Our students graduate with a broad range of
professional scientific skills including: analytic methods for solving
physics problems, computational physics, data analysis, presentation of
scientific ideas in both written and oral formats. UAH is an anchor
tenant of the second largest research park in the country, in a city
with a rich history of space science that dates back to Wernher von
Braun and the birth of the US space program. Contact person is Dr. Jacob
Heerikhuisen, e-mail: jh0004 at uah.edu.

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8. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: The Department of Physics at the University of New
Hampshire is accepting applications (to its MS and PhD programs for the
Fall 2018 semester)

http://physics.unh.edu/content/graduate-program

We have a number of graduate research fellowships to award to incoming
students. The Department of Physics is linked to the Space Science
Center (SSC), part of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and
Space. Faculty and students are members of the Department of Physics
(http://physics.unh.edu) with a graduate degree program specializing in
Space Physics/Astrophysics. The Space Science Center fosters research
and graduate education in all of the space sciences with studies ranging
from the ionosphere to the Earth's magnetosphere, the local solar
system, and out to the farthest reaches of the universe. Investigations
of the Earth's environment in the solar system look at space as a
laboratory for plasma physics. We conduct theoretical, computational,
data analysis, and instrument development projects focused on the
solar-terrestrial radiation environment involving both satellite and
suborbital missions. High energy astrophysics investigations involve the
sensing of energetic astrophysical objects with ground, balloon, and
satellite detectors. Satellites from NASA missions are still providing
data for ongoing analysis. Students have opportunities to participate in
recent missions that are carrying SSC-associated instruments including
STEREO (launched 2006), IBEX (launched 2008), LRO (launched 2009), Van
Allen Probes (launched 2012), Firebird (launched in Dec. 2013), MMS
(launched in 2015), FIREBIRD II (launched in 2015), and GOES-R (launched
in 2016). Upcoming missions in which the SSC is involved include Solar
Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe. The SSC is also a Center of Excellence
in theoretical Solar-terrestrial research.

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9. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Studies in Solar and Heliospheric Physics
at the University of Arizona

The Department of Planetary Sciences, and Lunar & Planetary Laboratory,
at the University of Arizona seeks prospective graduate students
interested in pursuing research in heliophysics and space physics.
Successful candidates will (nominally) enter the program in the fall
2018 semester. The deadline for application is December 8, 2017;
prospective students should apply at
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/graduate/admission. Research assistantships
in solar and heliospheric physics are available.

The Solar and Heliospheric research group
(https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/research/heliophysics), consists of eight
faculty and researchers, whose broad research interests include: cosmic
ray acceleration and transport in the solar system, the nature of the
heliosphere, the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field, space
weather and the space radiation environment, and fundamental topics in
space plasma physics and astrophysics. We are involved in existing NASA
spacecraft missions, including Voyager and the Advanced Composition
Explorer, and future NASA missions such as the Parker Solar Probe - a
mission to "touch" the Sun - launching next summer.

Students admitted to our program will take courses covering broad
aspects of planetary sciences, including physics, chemistry, and geology
of the solar system, in addition to research in solar and heliospheric
physics. Further details can be found at
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/graduate

Questions about the program, application process, research projects, or
other general questions, should be directed to either Prof. Joe
Giacalone (giacalon at lpl.arizona.edulpl.arizona.edu>) or Prof.
Kristopher Klein (kgklein at lpl.arizona.edu).

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10. AWARD OPPORTUNITY: AGU SPA "Nonlinear Waves" prize of ~$10,000

We call attention to an AGU SPA "Nonlinear Waves" prize of ~$10,000 to
be given out by the AGU in 2018
(https://honors.agu.org/sfg-award-lecture/space-weather-and-nonlinear-
waves-and-processes-prize/). The deadline for submission is at the
beginning of 2018. All of the pertinent information can be found on the
AGU website. If you still have questions, you can contact Antonio
Covington (acovington at agu.org) of the AGU or any of the four of us.
This prize will be given out every other year (alternating with a prize
for Space Weather). The prize is intended to stimulate research in this
particular area of science.

Anyone who has published a significant paper or body of papers on
nonlinear plasma/MHD waves in space plasmas is eligible. The specific
requirement is that the results be observational, theoretical/simulation
that explain observations unequivocally, or theoretical/simulations that
eventually led to confirmative observations.

A selection committee will be set up by the AGU SPA President (L.
Paxton) and President-Elect (C. Cohen) and the AGU Nonlinear Geophysics
(NG) Focus Group President (A. Pouquet) to evaluate the submitted
nominations.

With Best Wishes, Bruce Tsurutani (bruce.tsurutani at jpl.nasa.govat
jpl.nasa.gov>) Larry Paxton (larry.paxton at jhuapl.govjhuapl.gov>)
Christina Cohen (cohen at srl.caltech.edusrl.caltech.edu>) Annick
Pouquet (pouquet at ucar.edu) 

 

Nikolai V Pogorelov

Professor

Department of Space Science

University of Alabama in Huntsville

320 Sparkman Dr.

Huntsville, AL 35805

Tel. 256-961-7617