[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - June 25, 2019

Tue Jun 25 21:11:05 EDT 2019

Heliosphere News - June 25, 2019

http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science.

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu) Co-Editor: Mihir Desai
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1. MEETING: 14th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space
Plasma Flows: ASTRONUM-2019, Paris, France, July 1-5, 2019

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

3. MEETING: EPSC-DPS Special Session: Interstellar Probe: science,
mission designs, opportunities and challenges, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting,
Geneva, Switzerland, 15-20 September 2019

4. MEETING: 5th Edition of the Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop - CR2019,
Gran Sasso Science Institute, in L'Aquila, Italy, on October 7-11, 2019

5. MEETING: Mini-conference "Turbulence, Reconnection, Particle
Acceleration, and Shocks in Laboratory, Space, and Astrophysical
Plasmas"  at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Division of Plasma Physics, October 21-25, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

6. MEETING: AGU Fall Meeting 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, CA

Special Sessions: 
     3rd Interstellar Probe Special Session
     A Quarter Century of Wind observations
     ...

7. ANNOUNCEMENT: International Course (School/Workshop) on Complexity
with Applications in Astrophysical Systems, Erice, Italy, July 2- 8,
2019

8. INVITATION: Nominations for this year's Bowie lectures

9. INVITATION: Send SPA Images for AGU Centennial

10. INVITATION: Request for Community Input on Benchmarks for Space
Weather

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

12. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: MS and PhD Funded Graduate Opportunities in Space
Physics Available at UAH

13. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Opening at the Southwest Research Institute,
San Antonio, Texas, USA

14. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Project Manager Position, University of Alabama in
Huntsville

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1. 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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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. MEETING: EPSC-DPS Special Session: Interstellar Probe: science,
mission designs, opportunities and challenges, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting,
Geneva, Switzerland, 15-20 September 2019

EPSC-DPS Special Session: “Interstellar Probe: science, mission designs,
opportunities and challenges”
An Interstellar Probe mission has been discussed since  1960 and studied
by multiple groups since then. A new NASA-funded trade study is under
way to design a mission concept using available or near-term technology.
The cross-disciplinary science targets include exploration of the Very
Local Interstellar Medium and its interaction with the heliosphere,
characterization of the circum-solar dust disk, exploration of
previously unexplored Kuiper Belt Objects, and observation of the
extragalactic background light beyond the zodiacal cloud. A vantage
point far away from the solar system, naturally enables these
observations to be put in the context of other exoplanetary systems and
astrospheres. At the same time, Chinese scientists are studying with
their space agency CNSA a scenario in which two “Heliospheric Boundary
Explorers”. Not only will the synergies between these two missions be
particularly valuable, but also both of them will offer unique
opportunities for broad international collaborations, including European
contributions. This session will welcome reports on the unique science
discoveries enabled by missions to the Interstellar Medium beyond
heliospheric boundaries and will discuss their design concepts, enabling
technologies and programmatic challenges.
Abstract Deadline: 8 May
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/session/34097
Convener: Michel Blanc | Co-conveners: Pontus Brandt, Pascale
Ehrenfreund, Kathleen Mandt, Merav Opher, Olivier Witasse

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4. 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/event/45/

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5. MEETING: Mini-conference "Turbulence, Reconnection, Particle
Acceleration, and Shocks in Laboratory, Space, and Astrophysical
Plasmas"  at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Division of Plasma Physics, October 21-25, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The abstract deadline is July 3.

Program Committee: Stanislav Boldyrev (University of Wiscosin-Madison),
Maxim Lyutikov (Purdue), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in
Huntsville), Dmitri Uzdensky (University of Colorado), and Ming Zhang
(Florida Institute of Technology)

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6. MEETING: AGU Fall Meeting 9-13 December 2019 in San Francisco, CA

https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Home/0

Abstract Submissions Open
Abstract Deadline July 31, 2019

SPECIAL SESSIONS: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/gateway.cgi

5A.    3rd Interstellar Probe Special Session at the Fall AGU

Over the past few years the global community discussion about a
pragmatic Interstellar Probe beyond the sphere of the Sun’s influence
have intensified, due to the fact that both Voyager 1 and 2 have exited
through the heliopause and due to developments in new launch
capabilities. Several special sessions at major conferences and
dedicated workshops have provided a platform for the community and
stakeholders to come together around the timeliness, the remarkable
discoveries across the divisions, and the available enabling
technologies and mission architectures that would make a launch in the
2030’s, and humanity’s first explicit step in to the galaxy, a reality.

5B.    A Quarter Century of Wind observations 

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7. ANNOUNCEMENT: International Course (School/Workshop) on Complexity
with Applications in Astrophysical Systems, Erice, Italy, July 2- 8,
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:

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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8. INVITATION: Nominations Requested for Bowie Lectures

Dear Colleagues,

We are soliciting nominations for this year's Bowie lectures.  At the
2019 Fall Meeting, the Parker lecture and the Nicolet lecture will be
given which honor Space Scientists who have made significant
contributions in the fields of Solar and Heliospheric science and
Aeronomy, respectively.

Please send nominee names and a brief description supporting them to
either Christina Cohen (cohen at srl.caltech.edu) or Geoff Reeves
(geoff at reevesresearch.org) by Monday, July 1, 2019.

Thank you for your contributions,
Christina and Geoff

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9. INVITATION: Send SPA Images for AGU Centennial

From: Christina M. S. Cohen (cohen at srl.caltech.edu)

Greetings from Your Space Physics & Aeronomy Section Leadership!

This Fall Meeting is also our Centennial, and we are collecting iconic
images and graphics that represent progress within our field over the
past 100 years. The images and graphics can include results and
observations, science history, vision of the future, scientists and
engineers in action (instrumentation development and building), rocket
spacecraft missions, etc. Some of the images will be displayed at the
Centennial theater screen on a rotating basis with images collected from
other sections and potentially on other AGU media.

For additional questions or comments about the images, please contact
any one of the SPA section leadership members, listed below.
Images/graphics along with a short title or brief description may be
sent to Christina Cohen
(cohen at srl.caltech.edu<mailto:cohen at srl.caltech.edu>).
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We look forward to seeing many of you at the Fall Meeting!

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10. INVITATION: 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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11. 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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12. GRAD OPPORTUNITY: MS and PhD Funded Graduate Opportunities in Space
Physics Available at UAH

The Department of Space Science at the University of Alabama in
Huntsville has several funded teaching and research Assistantship
positions available for motivated students wanting to pursue a PhD in
Space Science, starting in the Fall of 2019. We are still accepting
applications. We are a research-focused graduate-only department,
covering topics in theory, simulation, data analysis, and instrument
design in all aspects of space and solar physics. Students can
participate in numerous research programs ranging from the physics of
the outer atmosphere of the Sun, solar wind, solar energetic particles,
turbulence, space weather, the heliosphere, the interstellar medium,
gamma-ray bursts, and cosmic rays, for example. The Department
collaborates closely with members of the Marshall Space Flight Center's
solar physics, gamma ray physics, gravitational wave, energetic
particles, and dusty plasma groups, with whom we share a building. More
information can be found at our website
https://www.uah.edu/science/departments/space-science.  Inquiries can be
made to spa at uah.edu or Prof. Gary P Zank (garyp.zank at gmail.com), and
applications should be made through the UAH graduate school
https://www.uah.edu/admissions/graduate/apply-for-admission. Be sure to
indicate Space Science on your application.

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13. JOB OPPORTUNITY: Job Opening 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 research
scientist or senior research scientist levels in Heliospheric Physics.
The selected candidate is expected to 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. The candidate is
also expected to publish results in peer-reviewed scientific journals,
and present results at scientific meetings, workshops, and conferences.
Research will also involve interactions with Institute Staff engaged in
a broad range of experimental, observational, and computational
research.
Click on the following link for more information about this position.
15-01317 Research Scientist/Sr. Research Scientist - Heliophysics
https://resapp.swri.org/ResApp/Job_Search_Results.aspx?DETAIL=15-01317

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14. Project Manager Position: University of Alabama in Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is seeking a Project
Manager for a large multi-million dollar five-year funded project. The
project engages all the AL research universities and is led by UAH. The
project will develop an AL-wide research, educational, and workforce
development program focused on understanding low-temperature plasma
physics with applications in the development of novel materials, as well
as in the medical, biological, and agricultural sciences. We are seeking
an innovative, creative person with excellent writing and verbal
communication skills. The individual should possess some technical
background in the sciences with ideally a masters, or PhD degree, or
equivalent experience as a Project Manager.  Experience should include
the corresponding reporting functions typical of federal projects, as
well as coordinating projects across multiple environments and
locations.  Management, supervisory, and delegation skills are
essential.

The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel to the seven
AL partner institutions several times a year. The Project Manger will
also help organize and run a Summer School, an annual meeting, and an
Open House event. The Project Manager will report to the Principal
Investigator of the project, coordinate and work closely with the
Project Management Committee that is comprised of the institutional
co-principal investigators.

For more information and to apply, go to:
https://uah.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=110056

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is an affirmative action/equal
opportunity employer of minorities/ females/ veterans/ disabled.

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Nathan Schwadron
Presidential Chair, Norman S. and Anna Marie Waite Professor
University of New Hampshire
nschwadron at unh.edu
Visiting Professor
Princeton University
nathanas at princeton.edu