[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - Mar 4, 2019

Mon Mar 4 12:49:45 EST 2019

Heliosphere News - Mar 4, 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. NOMINATIONS FOR AGU UNION AWARDS - DEADLINE MARCH 15

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

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

4. ANNOUNCEMENT: Debye Team Meeting at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna on
10 April 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1. NOMINATIONS FOR AGU UNION AWARDS - DEADLINE MARCH 15

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 March 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. 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

3. 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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4. ANNOUNCEMENT: A Debye team meeting will be held during the EGU General
Assembly in Vienna on 10 April 2019 from 10:45 until 12:30. It will take
place at the conference center in Room 2.17 (Red Level 2, second floor).
Please come and join us! The registration for the EGU General Assembly is
currently open. 

Debye is a mission proposal in response to ESA's F-Class call. As the first
dedicated electron-astrophysics mission, Debye will use the solar wind as a
test bed to study universal small-scale electron processes throughout the
universe. The mission's key science question is: "How are electrons heated
in astrophysical plasmas?" 

Debye has reached the second step in ESA's down-selection process and is now
in competition with five other F-Class candidates. The mission is led by
University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (Mission PI:
Robert Wicks, Mission co-PI Science: Daniel Verscharen) and has important
hardware contributions from countries across Europe and from partners in
Japan and the US.

You can find more information on our website:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/research-projects/2018/dec/debye
If you have any questions about Debye, please don't hesitate to contact me
(d.verscharen at ucl.ac.uk).

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5. 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nawa.gov.pl_en_scientis
ts_program-2Dim-2Dulama_call-2Dfor-2Dproposals&d=DwIDaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUk
rdoA&r=KLJx8QYk_I21vrfTgAQC2pOs6GRLm1-feVl6VLSxalM&m=YShXSQ6ETt2ovZIXChLgJmy
nnyQCrTGoKnCzRGOQmOk&s=y34AwO8sVCqm5J-nX5vYUgfMkvJG_faTaQugYnGO4sA&e=

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6. 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 &
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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7. 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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8. 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-ap
plications-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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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. Seehttps://whpi.hao.ucar.edu
for further details.

Contact: Sarah Gibson (sgibson at ucar.edu)

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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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.govand search for IRC69562.

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13. 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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14. 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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With best wishes,

Nikolai V Pogorelov
Professor
Department of Space Science
University of Alabama in Huntsville
320 Sparkman Dr.
Huntsville, AL 35805
Tel. 256-961-7617