[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - Apr 08, 2019

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Heliosphere News - Apr 08, 2019

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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at uah.edu )

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******************* Announcements *******************

1. NOMINATIONS FOR AGU UNION AWARDS - DEADLINE Extended to April 15

2. SHINE MEETING SESSION: Pickup Ions in the Outer Heliosphere and Beyond,
Boulder, CO, August 5-9, 2019

3. INTERNATIONAL COURSE (SCHOOL/WORKSHOP) ON COMPLEXITY WITH APPLICATIONS IN
ASTROPHYSICAL SYSTEMS, ERICE, ITALY, 2 - 8 JULY, 2019.

4. MEETING: 14th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space
Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2019, July 1-5, 2019, Paris, France

5. MEETING: 5TH EDITION OF THE COSMIC RAY ANISOTROPY WORKSHOP - CRA 2019

6. ANNOUNCEMENT: The Ulam Program of Polish Academy of Science.

7. ANNOUNCEMENT: Request for Community Input on Benchmarks for Space Weather

8. INVITATION: Propose an 2019 AGU Session

9. INVITATION: to Join the Whole Heliosphere & Planetary Interactions
Campaigns

10. POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Position in Space Physics
Instrumentation and Data Analysis at Los Alamos National Laboratory

11. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Openings at the Southwest Research Institute, San
Antonio, Texas, USA

12. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position at University
of Alabama in Huntsville

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1. NOMINATIONS FOR AGU UNION AWARDS - DEADLINE Extended to April 15, 2019

Our community has an abundance extraordinary scientists, some of which you
may know personally. I urge you to nominate these deserving individuals for
one of the appropriate AGU Union awards.

The deadline for nomination submission is April 15
(honors.agu.org/awards-medals-prizes )

Awards to consider include:

Spilhaus Award (honors.agu.org/medals-awards/athelstan-spilhaus-award ) -
given in recognition of "enhancement of the public engagement with Earth and
space sciences."

Africa Award

(honors.agu.org/medals-awards/africa-awards-for-research-excellence-in-earth

-and-space-science ) - given to an early career scientist from the African
continent in recognition of "completing significant work that shows the
focus and promise of making outstanding contributions to research in space
science."

Lal Medal (honors.agu.org/medals-awards/devendra-lal-memorial-medal ) -
given in recognition of "outstanding Earth and/or space sciences research by
a scientist belonging to and working in a developing country."

Macelwane Medal (honors.agu.org/medals-awards/james-b-macelwane ) - given in
recognition for "significant significant contributions to the geophysical
sciences by an outstanding early career scientist."

Simpson Medal

(honors.agu.org/medals-awards/joanne-simpson-medal-mid-career-scientists ) -
given in recognition of "significant contributions to the Earth and space
sciences by an outstanding mid-career scientist."

Fleming Medal (honors.agu.org/medals-awards/john-adam-fleming ) - given in
recognition for "original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism,
atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and/or related sciences."

Bowie Medal (honors.agu.org/medals-awards/william-bowie ) - given in
recognition for "outstanding contributions for fundamental geophysics and
for unselfish cooperation in research."

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2. SHINE MEETING SESSION:  Pickup Ions in the Heliosphere and Beyond,
Boulder, CO, August 5-9, 2019 (conveners: N. Pogorelov and M. Zhang).

The purpose of this session is to discuss the fundamental properties of the
solar wind (SW) and its interaction with the local interstellar medium
(LISM) caused by the presence of non-thermal, pickup ions (PUIs). The
discussion will follow a broad, integrative approach based a variety of
observation data, simulation tools, and theoretical methods. The session
will address both in situ measurements of PUIs by ACE, Ulysses, New
Horizons, and Voyager, and remote observations of ENA fluxes from IBEX,
Cassini/INCA, and SOHO/HSTOF. It will particularly focus on the following
scientific questions:

1.            Where are PUIs produced and how their distribution function
evolve throughout the heliosphere? 

2.            How the distribution functions of non-Maxwellian ions, and
PUIs in particular, behave at collisionless shocks? 

3.            What is the effect of PUIs and anomalous cosmic rays on the
global structure of the heliosphere?

4.            What are the mechanisms to accelerate PUIs in the supersonic
solar wind and in the inner heliosheath? 

5.            What is the correlation between observations and model
predictions for the bulk properties of PUIs?

6.            What are the physical mechanisms responsible for the IBEX
ribbon and distributed ENA fluxes?

How to improve the energy resolution of ENA models. 

7.            What are the major theoretical challenges in our understanding
of the PUI physics from the perspective of the IMAP mission?

Scene-setting presentations will be given by David McComas and Vadim
Roytershteyn.

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3. INTERNATIONAL COURSE (SCHOOL/WORKSHOP) ON COMPLEXITY WITH APPLICATIONS IN
ASTROPHYSICAL SYSTEMS, ERICE, ITALY, 2 - 8 JULY, 2019.

(https://sites.google.com/view/supernext2019/home ) We welcome young and
senior researchers involved with space and astrophysical plasma physics to
attend the International Course (School &

Workshop) on Complexity, Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics, Superstatistics
and Beyond: Theory and Applications in Astrophysical and Other Complex
Systems, to be held at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for
Scientific Culture in Erice, Italy, 2 - 8 July, 2019. 

In order to participate, PhD students and post-docs should send their CV and
a recommendation letter to: complexityerice2019 at gmail.com . Senior
researchers are very welcome to attend and should send their application to
the same email address with a motivation letter. (Due: April 1, 2019) Topics
include, but are not limited to:

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Generalized Central Limit theorems; Generalized Large Deviation theory;
Low-dimensional nonlinear conservative and dissipative dynamical systems
near the edge of chaos; Long-range-interacting many-body classical
Hamiltonian systems; Complex networks; Area-law-like quantum systems;
Applications in astrophysics, space and other plasma physics, geophysics,
high energy physics, cosmology, granular matter, cold atoms, econophysics,
theoretical and structural chemistry, biophysics, social systems, power
grids, image and time series processing, among others.

With our very best wishes,

C. Beck , G. Benedek, G. Livadiotis, A. Rapisarda , U. Tirnakli, C. Tsallis

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4. MEETING: 14th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space
Plasma Flows in Paris, France, on 1 - 5 July, 2019.

The Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at The University of
Alabama in Huntsville and Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ),
France will organize ASTRONUM-2019, the 14th International Conference on
Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in Paris, France, on 1 - 5 July,
2019.

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 will soon be
established to provide you with useful information about the conference
venue, registration, and means of transportation, etc. E-mail inquiries
about the meeting should be directed to Nikolai.Pogorelov at uah.edu and
Edouard.Audit at cea.fr . The meeting website is
http://irfu.cea.fr/ASTRONUM2019/ .

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

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5. MEETING: 5TH EDITION OF THE COSMIC RAY ANISOTROPY WORKSHOP - CRA 2019

5th edition of the Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop - CRA 2019 that will be
hosted at the Gran Sasso Science Institute, in L'Aquila, Italy, on October 7
to 11, 2019.

CRA2019, following the experience of previous editions, will bring together
scientists from around the world to discuss the origin, composition,
propagation, and modulation of cosmic-rays, with a focus upon the anisotropy
on small and large scales, and the effects of interstellar and heliospheric
processes on the signal observed at the Earth, including plasma processes.

The program will include invited lectures and contributed talks. As in the
past, the workshop is addressed to scientists in the field as well as to PhD
and graduate students. We will encourage lively and informal discussions
among participants!

To ensure organizational effectiveness we will be allowing maximum 70
registrations. The registration fee of ?150 will include the social dinner
and coffee breaks during the Workshop.

Should you have any question please do not hesitate to write to us at
carmelo.evoli at gssi.it or paolo.desiati at icecube.wisc.edu 

Here below the important dates of the Workshop:

1 April 2019: open call for abstract.

30 May 2019: call for abstract close.

1 June 2019: early registration open (registration fee 150?).

7 June 2019: confirmation of abstract acceptance.

2 August 2019: early registration close (after this date the registration
fee will be 200?) ? 1 September 2019: registration close.

7-11 October 2019: Conference

Please find additional information, including the list of invited speakers
and logistics at: 

 <https://indico.gssi.it/e/CRA2019> https://indico.gssi.it/e/CRA2019

6. ANNOUNCEMENT: The Ulam Program of Polish Academy of Science.

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange calls for proposals in The
Ulam Program opened for international scientists holding PhD degree for
postdoctoral research grants in the Polish institutions. The programme will
allow for participation in scientific activities in the Polish institutions
of science and higher education, conduct research projects and didactics.

Details of the Ulam program:
https://nawa.gov.pl/en/scientists/the-ulam-programme.

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7. ANNOUNCEMENT: Request for Community Input on Benchmarks for Space Weather

From: Michael Wiltberger (mwiltber at nsf.gov )

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is sponsoring an effort that seeks to
engage the space weather community to develop the next phase of space
weather benchmarks. As a point of reference, the U.S. National Science and
Technology Council released Phase 1 benchmarks in June 2018. This new
NSF-sponsored effort seeks to improve on the Phase 1 Benchmarks and identify
opportunities for research efforts that will improve the understanding of
extreme space weather, resulting in better benchmarks and preparedness. This
effort, supported by NASA and the IDA Science and Technology Policy
Institute, is being chaired by Geoff Reeves (LANL).

To support this effort, we are requesting input from the space weather
community. Your input will help improve the fidelity and utility of space
weather benchmarks and support development of a more refined Phase 2
Benchmarks study. This input may also be used to inform Federal research and
development R&D priorities. For more information, please see the following

link: https://idalink.org/SWxBenchmarks 

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8. INVITATION: Propose an 2019 AGU Session

From: Christina Lee, Elizabeth MacDonald, and Romina Nikoukar (clee at
ssl.berkeley.edu )

As AGU celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2019, the Fall AGU meeting moves
back to the new renovated Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. Although
December 9 - 13 seems a long way off, now is the time to submit proposals
for scientific sessions. This is your opportunity to bring together a group
of your colleagues to present the latest results in an area of interest to
you. Since this is the AGU centennial, we especially encourage proposals for
sessions that focus on what we???ve learned over the past 100 years and what
may we expect in the next 100 years.

The 2019 AGU Fall Meeting Session Proposal submission deadline is Wednesday,

17 April. To submit a proposal, go to

https://meetings.agu.org/fall-meeting-2019/#session-proposal .

Before submitting your proposal, please check to see if a session on a
similar theme has already been submitted. If so, please consider contacting
the other proposers to discuss a merger, or rework your session proposal to
focus on a unique topic. Proposals with significant overlap may be merged or
rejected, so please make sure your proposal is focused and unique. You can
view existing SPA session submissions here (on the left select the Program
of interest, e.g., SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics):

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Search/0?sort=Relevance
<https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Search/0?sort=Relevance&size=10&
p> &size=10&p

age=1 .

Session proposals from first-time session planners, early career researchers
(including students!) and those under-represented in our field are
especially welcome. Conveners who are well-established in the field should
consider helping students and/or early career scientists to gain more
experience in this role by inviting them to be your co-conveners.? Note that
to be a primary convener of a session, you must be a current member of the
American Geophysical Union (https://membership.agu.org/join-renew/ ).

In additional to the traditional oral- and poster-session formats, we
encourage proposal sessions that use alternate session formats such as
panels, short talks, and eLightning sessions.

If you have any questions, please contact one of your SPA secretaries (SH:

Christina Lee, SM: Elizabeth MacDonald, SA: Romina Nikoukar).

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9. INVITATION: to Join the Whole Heliosphere & Planetary Interactions
Campaigns

It's solar minimum. In the tradition of Whole Sun Month (1996) and Whole
Heliosphere Interval (2008), it's time for Whole Heliosphere & Planetary
Interactions (2019) - WHPI!

Goal

A coordinated observing and modeling effort to characterize the
three-dimensional interconnected solar-heliospheric-planetary system. By
focusing on specific solar rotations near solar minimum, structures and
activity can be unambiguously traced throughout the heliosphere and into
planetary space environments.

When

3 target intervals:

Jul 2019 - Solar eclipse

Sep 2019 - Parker Solar Probe at perihelion Dec 2019 - Parker Solar Probe
Venus flyby

Who

Everyone is welcome - it's a grassroots effort. Sign up - we will have
telecons and workshops to coordinate analyses. See https://whpi.hao.ucar.edu
for further details.

Contact: Sarah Gibson (sgibson at ucar.edu )

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10. POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Position in Space Physics
Instrumentation and Data Analysis at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory seeks candidates for a postdoctoral position
in heliospheric physics and instrumentation with the Space Science and
Applications Group (ISR-1). ISR Division currently leads instruments or
instrument subsystems on NASA's IMAP, IBEX, SWIFT, TWINS, ACE, Mars Odyssey,
and Van Allen Probes missions, as well as NASAs Mars Science Laboratory and
Mars 2020 rovers. The candidate chosen for this position will be expected to
carry out original research addressing the structure and evolution of the
outer heliosphere through analysis of data from the ongoing IBEX mission.

The candidate is also expected to support the development and calibration of
energetic neutral atom instrumentation to be used in the upcoming IMAP
mission. Additional opportunities in the development of space plasma
instrumentation may also be available. Applicants should have laboratory
experience applicable to developing hardware for the detection of space
plasmas. Additional desirable skills include familiarity with heliospheric
science (solar wind, outer heliosphere, magnetospheres, etc.), or a strong
interest in learning about such environments. The selected candidate will
have the opportunity to interact with Laboratory staff engaged in a broad
range of observational, computational, and theoretical research in
heliophysics.

This is a two-year position with the possibility of an extension to a third
year. Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Space Physics, Physics,
Astronomy, or appropriate similar fields obtained within the last five
years, or soon to be completed. They should have demonstrated ability to
pursue independent research and work as a member of a team, as well as a
strong record of publication and presentation.

Interested candidates should send their CV, publications list, and statement
of research interests to Dan Reisenfeld (dreisenfeld at lanl.gov ), and
apply online at jobs.lanl.gov and search for IRC69562.

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11. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Openings at the Southwest Research Institute, San
Antonio, Texas, USA The Department of Space Research of the Southwest
Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas seeks candidates for positions at
the postdoctoral researcher, research scientist and senior or principal
research scientist levels in Heliospheric Physics. The selected candidate is
expected to carry out original research addressing the origin and
acceleration of energetic particles in the interplanetary medium, and/or
lead and support the development and calibration of energetic neutral atom
and plasma instruments to be flown on upcoming heliophysics or planetary
missions such as the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe or IMAP.
Research will focus on the analysis of suprathermal and energetic particle,
as well as magnetic field and solar wind plasma data from the Wind, ACE, and
STEREO, and Parker Solar Probe missions and 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. Propose and lead relevant scientific investigations
in data analysis and modeling and publish results in peer-reviewed
scientific journals, present results at scientific meetings, workshops, and
conferences. 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.

Click on the following links for more information about these positions.

15-01272 Postdoctoral Researcher

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

15-01317 Research Scientist/Sr. Research Scientist - Heliophysics

https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01317 

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12. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position at University
of Alabama in Huntsville

The Department of Space Science of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
is seeking an outstanding scientist and teacher to fill a tenure-track
assistant professor position in the field of low-temperature plasma (LTP)
science, broadly defined. This is the first of three positions that will be
filled in this general area over the next three years, all of which are
expected to support and complement a recently awarded National Science
Foundation Established Program in Support of Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
grant in low-temperature plasma physics. Within the general field of LTP
science, areas of particular interest to the Department include solar
physics, interplanetary and heliospheric physics, magnetospheric physics,
physics of the very local interstellar medium, dusty and/or complex plasma,
gas discharge physics, and plasma interactions with soft and/or hard matter.

For more information and how to apply, please visit
https://www.uah.edu/cspar/jobs .

Reviewing of applicants will begin by January 18. 2019.

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Best regards,

Nikolai V Pogorelov

Professor

Department of Space Science

University of Alabama in Huntsville

320 Sparkman Dr.

Huntsville, AL 35805

Tel. 256-961-7617

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