[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - Feb 12, 2019

[Eric J. Zirnstein]

Heliosphere News - Feb 12, 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) Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu) Co-Editor: Nick Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)

Coordinator: Liz Wilber (Elizabeth.Wilber at unh.edu)

Web site editor: Ken Fairchild (Ken.Fairchild at unh.edu)

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1. MEETING: 18th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, February 18-22, 2019, Pasadena, California, USA, Second announcement

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

3. MEETING: EGU 2019 - Session on the Sun and Heliosphere: 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria

4. ANNOUNCEMENT: Michelle Thompson won the Arctowski Medal.

5. ANNOUNCEMENT: Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) Mission Website is Online

6. ANNOUNCEMENT: Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics, Superstatistics and Beyond: Theory and Applications in Astrophysical and Other Complex Systems

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

8. INVITATION: Plasma 2020 Decadal Assessment: Call for White Papers - Extended Deadline March 8

9. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Studies in Space Physics at UNH

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. MEETING: SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: The 18th Annual International Astrophysics Conference will be held in Pasadena, California at the Sheraton Pasadena February 18 - 22, 2019.(Welcome Reception and Evening Registration begins Sunday, February 17).

The theme of the meeting will be "The Physics of Energetic Particles: Universal Processes from the Solar Corona to the Very Local Interstellar Medium and the Physics they Enable" 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.

Energetic particles are ubiquitous throughout the solar wind, being integral to the solar corona, accelerated by interplanetary shock waves, present in the quiet solar wind, possibly accelerated by magnetic flux ropes or magnetic islands in the vicinity of the heliospheric current sheet, at planetary bow shocks, present in the distant heliosphere and the heliospheric termination shock, in the inner heliosheath, and now observed by Voyager 1 in the very local interstellar medium. Although numerous mechanisms have been identified that accelerate particles, no consensus exists as to which is primary, and indeed several acceleration processes can operate simultaneously in close proximity. The acceleration of particles to large energies represents a fundamental dissipative process for the plasma and can therefore modify the underlying plasma physical processes in important ways. The meeting will explore observations, theories, and look forward to anticipated new missions that will shine a light on this theme, the Parker Solar Probe and IMAP.

Please visit the conference website for registration and abstract submission:
https://www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/18thannual/index.html

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: 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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3. MEETING: EGU 2019 - Session on the Sun and Heliosphere: 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria

Dear colleagues, we invite abstract submissions to our session at the 2019 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, ST1.1 Open Session on the Sun and Heliosphere.

Submission deadline is 10 Jan 2019, 13:00 CET

Confirmed speaker: Nathan Schwadron

Looking forward to meeting you in Vienna! Manuela Temmer, Andre Galli, Margit Haberreiter, Olga Malandraki

ST1.1 Abstract: The session traditionally provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of solar and heliospheric physics. Popular topics have included solar cycle dependencies of the Sun, solar wind and heliosphere, Coronal Mass Ejection research, studies of energetic particles throughout the heliosphere, and the outer boundaries of the heliosphere. We encourage contributions related to all ongoing and planned space missions, to ground-based experiments and to theoretical research. Papers presenting ideas for future space missions and experiments are very welcome in this session. The session will consist of both oral and poster presentations.

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4. ANNOUNCEMENT: Michelle F. Thomsen, Planetary Science Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory, was awarded the Arctowski Medal for her discoveries related to planetary and solar physics. The medal is presented with a $100,000 prize, and $100,000 to support research in solar physics and solar terrestrial relationships.

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5. ANNOUNCEMENT: Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) Mission Website is Online

From: David J. McComas (dmccomas at princeton.edu)

Princeton University's website for NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission is online and available at https://imap.princeton.edu. Launching in 2024, the IMAP mission and its suite of 10 instruments simultaneously investigates two of the most important issues in space physics today - how particles are accelerated to high energies in space and how the solar wind interacts with the interstellar medium at the boundaries that surround our solar system.

Additional information about the IMAP mission, the 10 instruments, and the fundamental questions that IMAP will answer can be found on the website and its associated links.

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6. ANNOUNCEMENT: Special Issue in EPJ ST: Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics, Superstatistics and Beyond: Theory and Applications in Astrophysical and Other Complex Systems.

From: George Livadiotis (george.livadiotis at swri.org)

https://www.epj.org/open-calls-for-papers/85-epj-st/1546-epjst-special-issue-nonextensive-statistical-mechanics-superstatistics-and-beyond-theory-and-applications-in-astrophysical-and-other-complex-systems

Topics include, among others: Applications in astrophysics, space and other plasma physics, geophysics, high energy physics, cosmology, image and time series processing. The Guest Editors invite authors to submit their original research and short reviews on the theme of the Special Issue of the European Physical Journal -Special Topics. Articles should be submitted to the Editorial Office of EPJ: ST by selecting the "Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics, Superstatistics and Beyond" as a special issue at: https://articlestatus.edpsciences.org/is/epjst/home.php

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7. 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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8. INVITATION: Plasma 2020 Decadal Assessment: Call for White Papers - Extended Deadline March 8

Dear Colleague,

The US National Academies Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science (http://nas.edu/plasma) - Plasma 2020 – has extended the deadline for white papers to March 8 owing to the government shutdown. We look forward to receiving your input. The original call for white papers follows.
 
The US National Academies has recently started the Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science (http://nas.edu/plasma) - Plasma 2020. As with the previous decadal assessment, Plasma 2010 (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/bpa/BPA_048210), the Plasma 2020 report will provide an overview of accomplishments in all fields of plasma science and technology during the previous decade, and provide guidance on the most critical science challenges leading to societal benefit to be addressed in the coming decade. As with Plasma 2010, we expect the Plasma 2020 report to be highly influential in establishing priorities for plasma focused agencies, both in the US and internationally. The Plasma 2020 committee invites the US and international plasma science and technology communities to submit white papers addressing past accomplishments, future science challenges, opportunities to provide societal benefit, needed interdisciplinary collaborations and means to enhance careers in the fields of plasma science and technology. The white papers will be a major source of input to the committee. Instructions for submitting white papers are at the bottom of http://nas.edu/plasma. Please submit white papers by [now March 8]. Questions can addressed to the study Director, Christopher Jones (cjjones at nas.edu) or the co-chairs of the study.
 
Best regards,

Gary Zank, Co-chair Plasma 2020 (garyp.zank at gmail.com)
Mark J. Kushner, Co-chair Plasma 2020 (mjkush at umich.edu)

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9. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: Graduate Studies in Space Physics at UNH

The Department of Physics at the University of New Hampshire is accepting applications (http://physics.unh.edu/content/graduate-program) to its MS and PhD programs for the Fall 2019 semester. 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), GOES-R (launched in 2016), and Parker Solar Probe (launched in 2018). Upcoming missions in which the SSC is involved include Solar Orbiter and the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe. The SSC is also a Center of Excellence in theoretical Solar-terrestrial research.

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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
 
15-01309 Sr. Research/Principal Scientist
https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01309

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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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