Heliosphere News – October 21, 2019

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)

If you are interested in being added to the list, being removed from the list, or posting an announcement, please send information to Nathan, Mihir, Eric, Merav, or Nick. Posts are limited to ascii text. Newsletters are archived on the following website: http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/.

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1. 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

2. MEETING: 15-th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2020), Pasadena, CA, July 20-24, 2020.

3. MEETING: 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 4-8 January 2020, Hawaii Convention Center, 1801 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI

4. MEETING: SCOSTEP’s 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15), Alibag, India, February 21-25, 2022

5. INVITATION: NASA Heliophysics Review Panels

6. INVITATION: Send SPA Images for AGU Centennial

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

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

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

10. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral, Early-Career Staff, and Mid-Career Staff Positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory

11. JOB OPENING: Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in South Africa

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Program Committee: Stanislav Boldyrev (University of Wisconsin-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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2. MEETING: 15-th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2020), Pasadena, CA, July 20-24, 2020.

Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ), France will organize ASTRONUM-2020 – the 15th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in Pasadena, CA, USA, on 20–24 July, 2020.

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 dot Pogorelov at uah dot edu and Edouard dot Audit at cea dot fr.

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), Jon Linker (Predictive Science Inc., USA), Anthony Mezzacappa (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA), Ewald Müller (Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA, chair), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University, Japan), James Stone (Princeton University, USA), and Gary P. Zank (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA).

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3. MEETING: 235th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 4-8 January 2020, Hawaii Convention Center, 1801 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu, HI

Regular Abstract Deadline 9:00 pm ET, Tuesday, 8 October 2019.

Late Breaking Discovery Abstract Deadline (iPosters and iPoster-Plus only): 9:00 pm ET, Wednesday, 7 November 2019.

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4. MEETING: SCOSTEP’s 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15), Alibag, India, February 21-25, 2022

We are happy to announce that the SCOSTEP’s 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15) will be held at Alibag, India, on February 21-25, 2022.

The Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) organizes the Solar-Terrestrial Physics (STP) symposium once every four years. SCOSTEP is engaged in three major activities: long-term scientific programs, capacity building and public outreach. The scientific programs are of interdisciplinary nature involving scientists from around the world. They are designed to advance our understanding of the solar-terrestrial relationship using space- and ground-based observations, cutting-edge models and theory. Under what ways the Sun affects the Earth and its environment over various time scales is the underlying theme of the scientific programs pursued under SCOSTEP. Having addressed the variability component during the recently concluded Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact (VarSITI) program, the new program of SCOSTEP, Predictability of the variable Solar-Terrestrial Coupling (PRESTO, 2020-2024, http://www.issibj.ac.cn/Publications/Forum_Reports/201404/W020190620592906717714.pdf), address the predictability component of those phenomena that have impact on the Sun-Earth system as a whole in various time scales.

The STP-15 will aim to gather eminent scientists from solar, magnetospheric, ionospheric and atmospheric physics communities to discuss and deliberate on the cutting-edge sciences pertaining to STP. STP-15 will address the predictability as a focus area in each of the traditional topics deliberated upon during the earlier STP meetings, namely, the mass and radiation chains and intra-atmospheric coupling.

Please put the date of STP-15 into your calendar, and prepare to join in with the new SCOSTEP program PRESTO.

With best regards,

Kazuo Shiokawa, SCOSTEP President

Daniel Marsh, SCOSTEP Vice President

Nat Gopalswamy, SCOSTEP Past President

Patricia Doherty, SCOSTEP Scientific Secretary SCOSTEP Bureau members and their liaison organization: Aude Chambodut (WDS), Jorge Chau (URSI) , Kyung-Suk Cho (IAU), Yoshizumi Miyoshi (COSPAR), Renata Lukianova (IAGA), Annika Seppala (SCAR), Prasad Subramanian (IUPAP), and Peter Pilewskie (IAMAS) S. Gurubaran, LOC chair (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism)

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5. INVITATION: NASA Heliophysics Review Panels

From: Mona Kessel (NAS HQ, mona.kessel at nasa.gov)

Every year the NASA Heliophysics Division runs multiple science competitions. Each competition has between ten and three hundred submissions, and each proposal requires at least two panelists. That means about four hundred panelists are needed every year. But it really means we contact four thousand community members, because for everyone who agrees to serve, nine others say no.

This year, the Division is offering more, new funding opportunities, and needs your help--more than ever--to ensure that all proposals receive a high-quality review.

When you write a proposal, you expect to receive a quality review. That review requires qualified reviewers.

You can return the favor and join us in the review process for a different competition. Community participation is essential to identify the most meritorious proposals.

Participation in the proposal review process is something that can benefit every reviewer. Those earlier in their career are exposed to new perspectives and unique structures of science, and see the details of how proposals are evaluated. For scientists in leadership positions, this offers a break from management and gives an opportunity to focus exclusively on science.

Regardless of the stage of your career, the best bonus of participating in reviews is enhancing your ability to write successful proposals to further your career and science.

We understand that you are very busy, and that reviewing proposals takes significant time and effort. Your investment of this time and effort makes a valuable contribution to the NASA Heliophysics program and to your professional community. NASA covers panelists' travel, lodging, food, and other associated costs, and also provides a daily honorarium for each day a panelist participates in the process.

Please volunteer at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/volunteer-review-panels or just say, “Yes” the next time a program scientist from NASA Heliophysics sends you an invitation. Do your part to keep the Heliophysics program strong and vibrant. We are counting on you!

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6. 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).

We look forward to seeing many of you at the Fall Meeting!

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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral, Early-Career Staff, and Mid-Career Staff Positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Space Science and Applications (ISR-1) Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory is hiring postdocs and staff scientists at the early- and mid-career level to support our research programs in magnetospheric and heliospheric science and our national security mission focused on space-based verification of the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

Positions are available for candidates with expertise in modeling & simulation, data analysis, and/or instrumentation. We particularly seek strong candidates with expertise in our core research areas including inner magnetospheres, natural and man-made radiation belts, space weather, and plasma, energetic particle, and neutral particle sensors. Candidates are also sought who can contribute to developing topic areas including ionospheric physics and magnetosphere-ionospheric coupling, GICs, EMP, and heliospheric and planetary science.

For the staff scientist positions, candidates are sought who have the flexibility and interest in contributing to both basic science research and our national security mission. Staff scientist positions require the ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship.

For the postdoc positions, candidates are expected to contribute to our basic science research. Postdoc positions are open to all citizenships. The ability to obtain a Q clearance, which normally requires U.S. citizenship, is desirable but not required.

Los Alamos has been named a "Top 10" small town to live in, with its abundant outdoor recreation, highly ranked public school system, and available community facilities and activities.

Two-body problem? Maybe we can help! LANL has recently launched an aggressive hiring campaign to meet future staffing needs across many disciplines, including a new system to promote dual-career hires into strategic areas.

Interested candidates should contact Daniel Reisenfeld <dreisenfeld AT lanl.gov> or Vania Jordanova <vania AT lanl.gov>. More about the ISR Division and the ISR-1 group can be found at <space.lanl.gov>. The ISR-1 postdoc and staff scientist (Scientist 2, 3, and 4) job ads can be found by clicking on "Space Science and Applications" on the right menu.

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11. JOB OPENING: Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in South Africa

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is searching for a Research Chair in Space Weather, preferably specialising in Solar Physics. The Research Chair would be mainly responsible for undertaking research within the specialised area, providing guidance to the operational space weather centre, and supervising postgraduate students.

The successful candidate will: • have an extensive research track record within an area of Space Weather (preferably Solar Physics) • high and sustained publication record in reputable research journals • international collaborations • lead large projects • raise and manage research funds • lead research groups and postgraduate student supervision and training.

The position is based in Hermanus in South Africa, and would be for an initial 5 year period renewable for an additional 5 years based on performance. The applicants do not have to be South African – this is a global recruit initiative for a specialised scarce skill area.

You can find out more about SANSA at the following links: http://www.sansa.org.za http://spaceweather.sansa.org.za http://research.sansa.org.za

SANSA has 3 campus locations. The position is to be based at the Hermanus Campus within the Western Cape province of South Africa. Here is a link to more information on Hermanus https://www.whalecoast.info/ https://hermanus-tourism.co.za/

More information including full requirements and application process can be found at: https://www.sansa.org.za/2019/07/29/sansa-sarchi-chair-in-space-weather/

Best Regards,

Mihir I. Desai, Ph. D.

Director, Department of Space Research

Space Science & Engineering Division

Southwest Research Institute

6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio

Texas 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