Physical processes in solar-terrestrial plasmas
Workshop conveners: Yuriy Voitenko and Andrei ZhukovThe 2014 - international workshop Physical processes in solar-terrestrial plasmas is a successor and extended edition of the past STCE workshop series Alfven waves and turbulence. In addition to the waves, turbulence, and related effects, this workshop will includes magnetic reconnection, plasma heating and acceleration, particles energization, and other physical processes crucial for solar-terrestrial connections. We aim to improve our understanding of basic physical processes driving space weather phenomena.
We want to draw your attention to the topical lectures given by
- Tom Chang (Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, MIT, USA), Physics of Complexity and ROMA (rank-ordered multifractal analyses) of Strong Turbulence in Solar-Terrestrial Plasmas and the Cosmic Web, Tuesday May 20, 14u and
- Robertus Erdelyi (Univ. of Sheffield, UK), From Ellerman Bombs to MHD Waves: Can they Heat the Solar Plasma Efficiently?, Friday May 23, 14u.
Tuesday, May 20 2014 - Meridian Room at ROB
| Part I - TURBULENCE & RELATED EFFECTS | ||
| 10:00 | Scaling and intermittency of magnetic field turbulent fluctuations at non-MHD scales in the Earth's magnetosheath (invited) | G. Consolini (INAF, Roma, Italy) |
| 10:35 | Investigation of the spectral properties of solar wind turbulence at solar minimum and maximum | M. Echim (BISA) |
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 11:20 | Kinetic description of the turbulent solar wind | V. Pierrard (STCE-BISA) |
| 11:45 | Local versus nonlocal cascade in the solar wind turbulence | Y. Voitenko (STCE-BISA) |
| 12:10 | Alfvenic Turbulence in Solar Flare Loops | J. Zhao (Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjin, China) |
| 12:35 | Lunch | |
| Part II - TURBULENCE & RELATED EFFECTS : LECTURE | ||
| 14:00 | Physics of Complexity and ROMA (rank-ordered multifractal analyses) of Strong Turbulence in Solar-Terrestrial Plasmas and the Cosmic Web | Tom Chang (Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, MIT, USA) |
| 15:00 | Tea/coffee and Discussion | |
| 15:30 | The End | |
Wednesday, May 21 2014 - Free discussions
Thursday, May 22 2014 - RMI conference room
| Part III - WAVES & RELATED PHENOMENA IN THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE | ||
| 10:00 | Discovery of plentiful MHD waves in the solar atmosphere (invited) | R. Erdelyi (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) |
| 10:40 | Wave energy flux in bundles of coronal loops | T. Van Doorsselaere (K.U.Leuven, Belgium) |
| 11:10 | Break | |
| 11:30 | Large-scale wave-like phenomena in the low solar corona: EIT waves | A. Zhukov(STCE-ROB) |
| 12:00 | Waves in a sunspot with light bridges | D. Yuan (K.U.Leuven, Belgium) |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| Part IV/V - PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN SOLAR & SPACE PHYSICS | ||
| 14:00 | Energy transformations mediated by Poynting fluxes and particle energy fluxes during magnetic storms: kinetic theory and in situ observations (invited) | G. Lapenta (K.U.Leuven, Belgium) |
| 14:40 | Coronal electron density and heating rate deduced from coronal white-light eclipse observations | J. Lemaire (BISA) |
| 15:10 | Propagating fast magnetoacoustic wave trains in coronal plasma structures | V. Nakariakov (University of Warwick) |
| 15:40 | Tea/coffee and Discussion | |
| 16:00 | The End | |
Friday, May 23 2014 - ROB Meridian Room
| Part IV/V - PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN SOLAR & SPACE PLASMAS | ||
| 10:00 | Observational properties of decameter type IV bursts in the solar corona (invited) | V. Melnik (Institute of Radio Astronomy, Kharkov, Ukraine) |
| 10:40 | Shear flow in a plasma and its importance for magnetospheric configuration and plasma transport | J. De Keyser (STCE-BISA) |
| 11:10 | Break | |
| 11:30 | Vlasov simulations of auroral processes | H. Gunell(STCE-BISA) |
| 12:00 | Relativistic test particle simulations of radiation belt particles during geomagnetic storms | K. Borremans (BISA) |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| Part VI - WAVES AND RELATED EFFECTS : LECTURE | ||
| 14:00 | From Ellerman Bombs to MHD Waves: Can they Heat the Solar Plasma Efficiently? | R. Erdelyi (Univ. of Sheffield, UK |
| 15:00 | Tea/coffee and Discussion | |
| 15:30 | The Final End | |
Registration & Logistics
Please, confirm your attendance in the doodle.Free sandwich lunch & coffee is foreseen for the participants on the list. Subscription for lunch is not possible anymore.
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Venue: Space Pole, Ringlaan, 1180 Brussel May 20 : Meridian Room at ROB May 22 : conference room at RMI May 23 : Meridian Room at ROB |
This meeting is supported by the Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence (STCE).