[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - January 24, 2018
Ken Fairchild
ken at porter.sr.unh.edu
Wed Jan 24 17:58:47 EST 2018
Heliosphere News - Jan 24, 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)
Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu)
Co-Editor: Nick Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)
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******************* Announcements *******************
1. MEETING: 17th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March
5-9, 2018, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2. MEETING: EWASS 2018 (Liverpool, UK 3- 6 April 2018) Symposium S4:
High Resolution Solar Physics - the dawn of a new era
3. MEETING: New England Space Science Consortium (NESSC) Meeting 26 at
U. New Hampshire, May 4, 2018: The Evolving Solar Wind During a Decade
of Historically Low Solar Activity: Preparing for Parker Solar Probe and
Solar Orbiter
4. MEETING: Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) Meeting, Leesburg,
Virginia, 20-24 May 2018
5. MEETING: AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Heliospheric Session, June 3-8,
2018, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
6. MEETING: ASTRONUM 2018, June 25-29, 2018, Panama City Beach, Florida,
USA
7. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Joint UTSA/SwRI Graduate Physics Program in San
Antonio, TX
8. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Student Opportunities at University of
Alabama, Huntsville
9. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Department of Physics at the University of New
Hampshire is accepting applications for Fall 2018
10. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Studies in Solar and Heliospheric Physics
at the University of Arizona
11. PROPOSAL OPPORTUNITY: Call for International Teams for the
International Space Science Institute (ISSI), LOI: Feb 20, 2018,
Deadline: March 28, 2018
12. AWARD OPPORTUNITY: AGU SPA “Nonlinear Waves” prize of ~$10,000
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1. MEETING: 17th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, March
5-9, 2018, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: The 17th Annual International Astrophysics
Conference will be return to Santa Fe, New Mexico at the La Posada de
Santa Fe Hotel from March 5-9, 2018. (Welcome Reception and Evening
Registration begins Sunday, March 4).
Conference Website:
https://www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/17thannual/index.html
Please mark your calendars and contact us with your interest in
attending. E-mail inquiries about the meeting should be directed to Gary
Zank at garyp.zank at gmail.com or icnsmeetings at gmail.com.
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2. MEETING: EWASS 2018 (Liverpool, UK 3- 6 April 2018)
Symposium S4: High Resolution Solar Physics - the dawn of a new era
Abstracts submission for the EWASS symposium on High Resolution Solar
Physics is now open, and we encourage you to submit your abstracts
before the deadline of 27 Nov.
The topics of the symposium are:
- Solar dynamo and its surface manifestations
- Flux emergence and evolution
- Photospheric dynamics and magnetism
- Chromospheric dynamics and magnetism
- Energy transport and waves
- Eruptive events
And we welcome contributions from theorists, ground and space-based
observers alike.
More information on the symposium goals, abstract submission and
registration can be found at:
http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS/session.jsp?id=S4
Sarah Matthews, Manolo Collados, Mihalis Mathioudakis, Ilaria Ermolli,
Hector Socas-Navarro
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3. New England Space Science Consortium Meeting #26
http://nessc.unh.edu/NESSC_Spring_2018_Meeting.html
Friday May 4, 2018, 10 AM – 5 PM
Room 330/332 Memorial Union, University of New Hampshire
Local Organizers: Nathan Schwadron, Ken Fairchild, Noe Lugaz, Maureen
Rodgers, Chuck Smith, Sonya Smith
The Evolving Solar Wind During a Decade of Historically Low Solar
Activity: Preparing for Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter
Over more than a decade, Solar and Heliospheric Scientists have observed
behavior in the solar wind that is unprecedented through the space age.
Solar wind densities, magnetic field strengths and pressures have been
exceptionally low, while galactic cosmic ray fluxes have reached new the
highest levels in more than 80 years. Solar activity has also been
extremely weak during the mini solar maximum of cycle 24. Fundamental to
Heliophysics is connection between solar activity, the properties of the
solar wind and Heliospheric magnetic field, the nature and frequency of
coronal mass ejections, the properties of solar energetic particles and
cosmic rays. The physical relationships between these phenomena is a
critical area in Heliophysics with wide-reaching implications for space
weather, and for upcoming missions including Parker Solar Probe, Solar
Orbiter, and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.
We invite you to come to the meeting. If you should decide to come,
please send an email to Maureen Rodgers (maureen.rodgers at unh.edu), and
if you would like to give a talk, please send a title along with the
authors and co-authors to Maureen.
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4. MEETING: Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) Meeting, Leesburg,
Virginia, 20-24 May 2018
The Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) is a joint meeting of the Space
Physics and Aeronomy Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and
the Solar Physics Division (SPD) of the American Astronomical Society.
Following the successful inaugural meeting in Indianapolis in 2015, the
next meeting will take place 20-24 May 2018 at the Lansdowne Resort and
Spa in Leesburg, VA.
TESS welcomes participation by the entire Heliophysics community,
including all four traditional sub-disciplines devoted to studies of the
Sun, Heliosphere, Magnetosphere, and Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere.
TESS not only promotes greater interaction and unity within
Heliophysics, but also connections to astrophysics and planetary
physics.
The scientific program will include four interdisciplinary plenary
sessions of interest across Heliophysics: Space Weather, Heliophysics
Applied to Stellar-Planet Systems, Ion-Neutral Coupling Throughout the
Heliophysical System, and Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasmas. There
will also be many sessions devoted to other topics, both
interdisciplinary and more narrowly focused. Some of these sessions will
be led by organizers, in the conventional "AGU style", while others will
be created by the Scientific Organizing Committee after the abstracts
have been submitted (SPD style). The SOC invites you to help organize
and then join us for the second TESS meeting.
To suggest a session, please contact one of the organizers below by 6
November.
Dana Longcope (dana at solar.physics.montana.edu) Larry Paxton
(larry.paxton at jhuapl.edu)
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5. 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 abstract deadline is Jan 19, 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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6. 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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7. 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.
The deadlines for application:
1 February 2018 for entry in Fall 2018.
1 October 2018 for entry in Spring 2019.
Application procedures and additional information:
- Visit http://graduateschool.utsa.edu/admissions/graduate-application/
and http://grad.space.swri.edu/application/how_to_apply.html
- Or contact Professor Mihir Desai at mdesai at swri.edu or +1 210 522
6754.
You are welcome to talk directly to current graduate students at
utsaphysicsstudents at listsrv-svr.itc.swri.org.
Financial support is available to students through Research
Assistantships while conducting research for SwRI's Space Science and
Engineering Division (http://www.swri.edu).
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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.edu) or Prof. Kristopher Klein
(kgklein at lpl.arizona.edu).
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11. Call for International Teams for the International Space Science
Institute (ISSI)
The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern,
Switzerland,
and ISSI-BJ in Beijing, China, invite proposals for establishing
International
Teams to conduct on its premises research activities in Space Sciences,
based on the
interdisciplinary analysis and evaluation of data from spacecraft
and
possible integration with ground data and theoretical models. For the
purpose
of this Call, Space Sciences include the Solar and Heliospheric
Physics,
Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Plasma and Magnetospheric
Physics,
Planetary Sciences, Astrobiology, Cosmology, Astrophysics,
Fundamental
Physics in Space, and Earth Sciences using Space data.
Letter of Intent: February 20, 2018
Deadline for proposals: March 28, 2018
The Call for International Teams proposal is available on the ISSI web
site:
http://www.issibern.ch/spotlight/ISSI_ISSI-BJ_annual_call2018.pdf
January 23, 2018
Maurizio Falanga
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12. 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.gov)
Larry Paxton (larry.paxton at jhuapl.gov)
Christina Cohen (cohen at srl.caltech.edu)
Annick Pouquet (pouquet at ucar.edu)
Best regards,
Mihir
_______________________________________________________________________
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
Regular Mail: P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
Overnight deliveries: 9503 W. Commerce, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, USA
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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