UK Solar Physics Newsletters Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen & Lyndsay Fletcher, Editors March 2007 Contents o Editorial - the future of UKSP o News, Views, and Gossip o International Heliophysical Year 2007 o IHY update o sunearthplan.net is launched! o A New Highlight of Solar Radio Physics o New RHESSI science nuggets o Conferences, Workshops, Meetings o PPARC Introductory School in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Armagh Observatory, 9 - 14 September 2007 o PPARC Particle Physics and Astronomy International Undergraduate Summer School, 17 June - 13 July 2007, Sheffield o IHY/IPY Session at 2007 MIST/UKSP/NAM - Call for papers o Second Announcement of the IHY Conference "Heliophysics: The Sun, the Heliosphere and the Earth" 14-18 May 2007, Bad Honnef, Germany o Workshop in Memory of Takeo Kosugi: Initial Results from Hinode o CESRA: First Announcement - Solar Radio Physics and the Flare-CME relationship, Ioannina, Greece, June 12-16, 2007 o High Speed Solar Wind Streams and Geospace Interactions (HSS-GI) Workshop o Call for papers: Session 12 UKSP/NAM o Positions vacant o L'Oréal UK Fellowships For Women In Science o Research Fellowships in Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics and MHD, Leeds o Editors' Notes Dear Colleague, Here are a few items which have come to our attention since the last Newsletter. Furthermore, we would like to discuss the future of UKSP. (From Robertus) We believe after almost a decade of services it is now time to have some change in the leadership of UKSP. I became Secretary of UKSP in 1998 and Helen Mason (Chair) and I ran UKSP until 2002 when I became Chair and Lyndsay Fletcher Secreary. We had some ideas and plans over this period and we sincerely hope that we have taken UKSP forwards. In particular, we have set up a www site, we increased the dissemination of news, views and gossip to a monthly rate. We hope that you have found this useful. However, most importantly, after some lengthy procedures, we increased our own visibility! We have now joint regular meetings with MIST and NAM. The latter is in particular an important factor in light of the recent developments in PPARC. We need to be unified! Finally, I'm most proud to that with all your help we have achieved an official status for UKSP within the RAS, and, currently we are a recognised Scientific Group within the RAS (allowing us access to various special facilities, funding, etc.). I always said, once we are in the RAS I'll consider it as my main contribution to as chair of UKSP. So, it's done. This also means it's now the right moment for me (Robertus) to hand over the baton, so here goes. We would like to receive nominations for the Chair and Secretary of UKSP for the next period (four years). Nominations can be sent in until 5pm, Friday 5 April. We will make the nominations public shortly afterwards, but before the start of our annual gathering at NAM/UKSP at Preston. We shall have a vote at Preston during one of our solar sessions. We hope that most of you will make it to our annual gathering. If you know you cannot make it to the annual meeting there will be an opportunity to vote electronically on the week 9-13 April. Nominations (name, affiliation) should be sent to me (robertus@sheffield.ac.uk) and cc'd to Lyndsay (lyndsay@astro.gla.ac.uk). Best wishes, Robertus (From Lyndsay) I would like to thank Robertus for his leadership of UKSP over the last years, and particularly his great efficiency and helpfulness when working together on UKSP issues. We have both agreed that it is time for a change, and to institute a proper process whereby new and enthusiastic people can take over the running of UKSP. I hope to be able to stand as a candidate for chair, offering continuity, but of course encourage everyone to come forward with their nominations for both positions, and to take part in the election. Best wishes Lyndsay NOW, on with the show..... *********************************************************************** * * * News, Views and Gossip * * * *********************************************************************** From: Hans Haubold International Heliophysical Year 2007 The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 60/99 of 2005, noted with satisfaction the contribution being made by the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and the efforts of Member States and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) to promote and support the activities being organized within the framework of the International Heliophysical Year 2007 (IHY 2007). In 2007, a number of major anniversaries will occur, among them the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year, the launch of Sputnik 1, and UNCOPUOS will also hold its 50th meeting. IHY 2007 is an opportunity to (i) advance the understanding of the fundamental heliophysical processes that govern the Sun, Earth, and heliosphere, (ii) continue the tradition of international research and advancing the legacy of IHY 1957, and (iii) demonstrate the beauty, relevance and significance of space and Earth science to the world (http://ihy2007.org). In preparation of IHY 2007, the UNOOSA, in cooperation with NASA, ESA, and the IHY Secretariat, hold international workshops in the United Arab Emirates in 2005 (http://www.ihy.uaeu.ac.ae /) and in India in 2006 (http://www.iiap.res.in/ihy/), and is currently preparing such a workshop to be held at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo, 11-15 June 2007. Results of these workshops, known as United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (UNBSSI) or "low-cost, ground-based, world-wide instrument arrays", are listed at http://ihy2007.org/observatory/observatory.shtml. The starting date of IHY 2007 has been set to February 19, 2007. On that date, during the session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of UNCOPUOS, the IHY kick-off will include an IHY exhibit, press briefing, and an opening ceremony in the United Nations Office Vienna (http://www.lesia.obspm.fr /IHY/kickOFF/index.html). IHY regional coordinators, Steering Committee members, and Advisory Committee members (http://ihy2007.org/organization/organization.shtml ) will participate in the IHY kick-off event. The Austrian Academy of Sciences will host a one-day symposium on IHY 2007 in Vienna on 20 February 2007. J. Davila, N. Gopalswamy, B. Thompson, H.J. Haubold Professor Hans J. Haubold UN Office for Outer Space Affairs Vienna International Centre P.O. Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43-1-26060-4949 Fax : +43-2-26060-5830 Email: hans@neutrino.aquaphoenix.com WWW : http://neutrino.aquaphoenix.com ****************************** From: Lucie Green IHY update International Heliophsyical Year was launched on 19th February with an opening ceremony at the United Nations in Vienna. The UK was well represented and talks and posters were given detailing the plans for our science and outreach activities. The UK~Rs IHY outreach website has now moved and forms part of the new Sun-Earth-planetary website: www.sunearthplan.net The website aims to reflect the UK's science activities and input from the community is being sought. If you would like to be involved please contact Jim Wild (j.wild@lancaster.ac.uk) who is co-ordinating this project. Institutions are now being invited to open their doors on June 10th as part of a European-wide event for IHY. Such an open day could involve giving talks, tours or activity workshops. Institutions who want to take part might consider applying for a PPARC small award for funding. The next deadline is in April 13th (http://www.pparc.ac.uk/rs/fs/pu/smallawards.asp) For more information or help with the organisation please contact Lucie Green (lmg@mssl.ucl.ac.uk). ****************************** From: "Wild, James" sunearthplan.net is launched! Dear Colleagues I'm pleased to announce that the www.sunearthplan.net website went online on Monday afternoon. As you will see, this is a public-facing online shop window for UK solar, solar-terrestrial and solar-planetary research, timed to coincide with the launch of the international Heliophysical year. Currently, the site showcases UK research across the full spectrum of the MIST and UKSP fields. The material has been supplied by a cross-section of the UK research community, the articles written by an experienced science writer and the website built by a professional web design team. As well as the science stories, visitors have the opportunity to post questions to be answered by research-active scientists. This project is funded by PPARC and will run until September 2008. At the time of launch, it is unrealistic to expect that the site will include every aspect of our diverse research community. I hope that you will agree that the site sets a high standard and that you would like to see your own research highlighted on it! If your particular field of research, research project or science theme is not included, please contact me at j.wild@lancaster.ac.uk and we can work on getting it included! This is not a time-consuming task - most of our colleagues who have already contributed simply submitted a page or so of text and a couple of images (sometimes followed up by a telephone conversation with our science writer). Similarly, if you fancy a challenge and would like to tackle some of the questions posed by the site's visiting public, let me know and I'll be happy to explain the Q&A process! I'm confident that together we can build a fantastic resource to publicly showcase our community's vibrant research. As well as extra articles, extra functionality and features are planned in the coming months. Finally, a huge "thank you" to everyone who has contributed so far. There are still a couple of article "in progress" and I have a list of folks I'll be contacting in the next few weeks to request specific material. Best regards, Jim ****************************** From: Silja Pohjolainen A New Highlight of Solar Radio Physics Radio-quiet Fast and Wide Coronal Mass Ejections by Nat Gopalswamy is announced and can be found at http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/cesra/highlights/ ****************************** From: Steven Christe This is to announce two new RHESSI science nuggets, "John Brown and the thick-target model" by Lyndsay Fletcher and Hugh Hudson Happy birthday wishes and a discussion of the pluses and minuses of the thick-target model. "The RHESSI fifth anniversary: X-flares persist!" by Pascal St. Hilaire and Gerry Share Another happy birthday but this time for our favorite Solar Spectrometer; RHESSI. At such a significant time, it always helps to take a look back (and forward) in time. These can be found on http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/nuggets/ We publish these at roughly two-week intervals. The next to appear will be on or around Monday, Mar 5th. ********************************************************************** * * * Conferences, Workshops, Meetings * * * *********************************************************************** From: Gerry Doyle PPARC Introductory School in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics An Overview of the Coupled Earth-Sun System Armagh Observatory, 9 - 14 September 2007 ========================================================================= The PPARC Introductory and Advanced Courses in Solar System Plasmas has, since the 1980s, played an important part in the early training of solar, heliospheric, magnetospheric and ionospheric physicists. The Introductory course, as well as providing a grounding in the theory and the most recent observations relevant to their fields, allows new PhD students and other participants to interact scientifically with each other and with the lecturers, thus strengthening the field as a whole - particularly in the UK. We wish to continue this excellent tradition by hosting the next introductory summer school in Solar System Plasmas at Armagh Observatory on September 9-14 2007. The summer school provides the opportunity for students, who are typically involved either in theoretical modeling or data analysis to broaden their knowledge, and to hear, from experts in the field, how a solid appreciation of current observations motivates theory, and in turns stimulates new observations and instruments. The Observatory has expertise in both solar and solar-terrestrial observations and theory as well as solar system dynamics. Further details on the course may be obtained from: http://star.arm.ac.uk/SolarSchool/ ****************************** From: robertus [at] sheffield.ac.uk PPARC Particle Physics and Astronomy International Undergraduate Summer School, 17 June - 13 July 2007, Sheffield Organisation The next Particle Physics and Astronomy International Undergraduate Summer School (IUSS) supported by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) of the United Kingdom is hosted at The University of Sheffield in collaboration between three departments: the Department of Applied Mathematics (AM) with expertise in solar, solar-terrestrial and space physics and cosmology; the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) with research experience in magnetospheric physics, advanced analysis technique, and scientific spacecraft instrumentation; and the Department of Physics and Astronomy (PA) covering particle physics, astronomy and astrophysics. Aims of the School The IUSS, in form of a four-week intensive course, is aimed at bright and motivated undergraduate students from around the world who are seriously considering a research career in the areas of astronomy and particle physics in PPARC's remit. It will be expected that the selected participating undergraduate students for the course shall have at least two years studies completed in appropriate subjects and to be at least a year from receiving their undergraduate degrees. It is highly probable for such students that a decision is not yet taken for a post-graduate career choice. The summer school will be designed to give students a taste of the exciting, world leading research programmes undertaken in the UK and place them in the context of global research activity within the remits of PPARC science. The attendees will experience the flavour of life as a scientist that will inspire them to continue their studies at an advanced level. The course will be broadly split into three sections as follows: Lectures A series of lectures will introduce students to the subjects of astronomy, astrophysics, space physics, particle physics and cosmology, providing them with a broad overview of these exciting areas of modern physics. This will be followed by a series of specific lectures providing a greater insight into the areas of active PPARC research. The subjects to be covered are as follows: Particle Physics - Introduction to the Standard Model (quarks, leptons, forces); QCD; Experimental Particle Physics (colliders and detection systems) and data analysis techniques (event identification); Astro-Particle Physics (early universe, gamma rays, neutrinos); and, Beyond the Standard Model. Astronomy - The Universe at Different Wavelengths; High Redshift Universe (galaxy formation, galaxy structure) Local Universe; Star and Planetary Formation; Observing and Detection Instrumentation (covering X-ray to radio telescopes, detectors for active optics, imaging, and spectroscopes); Data Analysis Techniques, Dark Matter and Energy. Space physics - The Solar System; Planetary Magnetospheres; The Sun; Space Weather; Relationship with Astrophysical Objects; Space Instrumentation; and, Data Analysis Techniques. Research Project As part of the course, each student will undertake a small individual research project. This will provide the students with hands-on experience of obtaining, analyzing and presenting data to a wider audience. The topics of the research project will be linked to the lectures and will at the same time be complementary. Supervision will be offered by academic staff, postdoctoral research fellows and postgraduate research students. Site Visits The benefits of organising visits to scientific research establishments can be immense. Suitable visits will be organised free of charge to ESA ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Centre, The Netherlands), Jodrell Bank Observatory, and to the Royal Observatory Greenwich. More information is available at http://robertus.staff.shef.ac.uk/iuss/ or contact Professor Robert von Fay-Siebeburgen, School Director The University of Sheffield Dept. of Applied Mathematics Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road Sheffield S3 7RH England, UK Tel: +44-(0)114-2223832 Fax: +44-(0)114-2223739 Robertus@sheffield.ac.uk ****************************** From: "Wild, James" IHY/IPY Session at 2007 MIST/UKSP/NAM - Call for papers University of Central Lancashire 16-20 April 2007 2007 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and 50 years of space exploration. The world's science community will again come together to undertake two landmark programs of international scientific collaboration: the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) and the International Polar Year (IPY). The scientific aims of the IHY are:- * Advancing our understanding of the fundamental heliophysical processes that govern the Sun, Earth and heliosphere * Understand how the planets respond to emissions from the Sun * Study fundamental processes which occur throughout the heliosphere * Study how the Sun and the heliosphere interact with the interstellar medium which surrounds it Space research during IPY will include:- * solar processes that impact earth's outer atmosphere * making measurements of distant space from polar regions (including evaluation of Antarctic sites for suitability as locations of future astronomical facilities) * the use of satellite sensors in space to monitor polar conditions and processes This session welcomes contributions related to either or both of these international programmes. Examples include science, experiments, opportunities and outreach related to IPY/IHY, and insights gained since the IGY. To submit an abstract to this session, simply register at the NAM website http://www.nam2007.uclan.ac.uk/ and follow the abstract submission link supplied in the email confirmation. You will then be able to select the IHY/IPY session via a drop down menu on the abstract submission page. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Monday 12th March 2007 Looking forward to seeing you in Preston. IHY/IPY Session Convenors: Dr Mervyn Freeman - BAS (MPF@bas.ac.uk) Dr Lucie Green - MSSL/UCL (lmg@mssl.ucl.ac.uk) Dr Jim Wild - Lancaster University (j.wild@lancaster.ac.uk) ****************************** From: Klaus Scherer Second Announcement of the IHY Conference "Heliophysics: The Sun, the Heliosphere and the Earth" 14-18 May 2007, Bad Honnef, Germany As one of the major events of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007, this conference brings together the expertises of scientists working in all fields of Heliophysics; please see an overview of confirmed invited speakers at http://www.ihy2007.de/sun-heliosphere-earth.php As of now abstracts can be submitted (deadline is April 31) and the online registration is available (Early bird: March 15; regular: April 31) via the website. The conference covers all physical aspects from the solar core, via the heliosphere to the local interstellar medium. A discussion of the basic structure of the system "Sun-Heliosphere" will be followed by studies of the magnetic field as the most important link between nearly all regions of this system. The dynamics of the system due to internal and external triggers, i.e. the solar activity and the variable galactic environment, will be investigated, as well as its significance for the related fields like stellar activity and life in the heliosphere. Especially, the influence of the integrated system "Sun-Heliosphere" on the Earth's environment will be analyzed. Organizing Committee: Bernd Heber (heber@physik.uni-kiel.de) Horst Fichtner (hf@tp4.rub.de) Klaus Scherer (kls@tp4.rub.de) Wieslaw Macek (macek@cbk.waw.pl) ****************************** From: Takashi Sakurai Workshop in Memory of Takeo Kosugi: Initial Results from Hinode Takeo Kosugi, the project manager of the Hinode (Solar-B) mission, passed away unexpectedly on November 26, 2006, after successful acquisition of first-light images from the satellite. This workshop, to be held on April 24-27, 2007 at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, is dedicated to his memory. The workshop consists of a tribute session, sessions on the initial results from Hinode, and a session on the observing proposals. Presentations in the initial results sessions are from the Hinode team members and their collaborators because the data are not yet released to the public. Presentations on the observing proposals will be given in the final session, and we welcome your contributions to this session. More detailed information can be found at: http://solarwww.mtk.nao.ac.jp/Kosugi_Memorial07/ Organizers: T.Sakurai (NAOJ), K.Shibata (Kyoto U.) ****************************** From: Alec MacKinnon CESRA: Solar Radio Physics and the Flare-CME relationship Ioannina, Greece, June 12-16, 2007 Contact: Alexander Nindos (email: anindos@cc.uoi.gr ) Web page: http://users.uoi.gr/anindos/CESRA2007 Scientific organizing committee: H. Aurass (Potsdam), K.-L. Klein (Meudon, co-chair), A. MacKinnon (Glasgow), A. Nindos (Ioannina, co-chair), G. Poletto (Arcetri ; EPS/EAS Solar Physics Section), S. Pohjolainen (Turku), A. Stepanov (St Petersburg) CESRA, the Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers, organizes workshops on investigations of the solar atmosphere using radio and other observations. Although special emphasis is given to radio diagnostics, the workshop topics are of interest to a large community of solar physicists. The 2007 workshop, 'Solar Radio Physics and the Flare-CME Relationship', will address a topic that is at the heart of contemporary investigations of the solar corona and its relationship with interplanetary space, involving phenomena related to explosive energy conversion and large-scale instabilities. Radio diagnostics contributes important information to flare/CME studies because with radio observations one can probe much of the solar atmosphere and the interplanetary medium up to 1 AU and because of the sensitivity of radio emissions to magnetic field and non-thermal particle populations. Exciting new results are anticipated from data obtained by the Hinode and STEREO spacecraft, as well as from the fleet of ground-based and space-borne instruments that will become available in the near future. These are good enough reasons for solar physicists (not only solar radio astronomers) involved in observations, theory, and instrumentation to meet and discuss recent results on flare/CME research and foster collaborations joining radio and space-borne diagnostics. Format of the meeting The format of the workshop will combine plenary sessions and less-structured parallel working group sessions. The plenary sessions will consist of invited tutorial/review talks and oral contributions that will be selected by the SOC from the submitted abstracts (contributions not selected for oral presentation can be given as posters). The working group sessions will run in parallel and will be devoted to informal presentations and unconstrained discussions. Discussions in the working group sessions will be supported by the material presented in the plenary sessions. The working groups presently planned are: · Pre-CME / Preflare phase studies · Flare and CME energetics · Particle acceleration related to flares and CMEs · Multi-frequency observations related to flare/CME shocks. A special half-day session will be dedicated to radio instrumentation and data analysis. Venue: The workshop will take place at the "DI.K.E.P.P.E.E. Stavros Niarchos" center which is located next to the University of Ioannina campus (some 6 km south of downtown Ioannina). The center (in Greek, its acronym stands for "International Center for Greek Culture and Vocational Training") was inaugurated on February 2005 and consists of teaching rooms, laboratories for trainees, facilities for conferences and cultural events and a theater. Plenary sessions will take place in the DIKEPPEE's central auditorium that can host up to 200 participants. Working group sessions will take place in smaller rooms. The auditorium and the other rooms that will host the workshop are equipped with all modern facilities required for a conference. The conference site is easily accessible from downtown Ioannina via public transportation (one bus every 10-15 minutes). It is also possible (but not yet guaranteed) to use, for free, buses that belong to the University for the transportation of participants from downtown Ioannina to the conference site. Registration and abstract submission: _ You may register and submit your abstract online from the workshop's web page. The registration fee is 160 Euros. Deadlines - Registration and abstract submission : May 1, 2007 - application for financial support (registration and abstract submission are required): March 10, 2007 Financial support: Limited financial support is available, thanks to funding received primarily from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Paris Observatory. ****************************** From: Mick Denton ===================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS Session: From Sun to Earth and Beyond Meeting: 2007 NAM/MIST/UKSP Meeting University of Central Lancashire 16-20 April 2007 ===================================================== Solar wind outflow and the evolution of solar and planetary electromagnetic fields and energetic particles are the result of complex and fundamental physical processes. We solicit papers in all areas of Solar, Magnetospheric, Atmospheric, and Planetary physics, with particular emphasis on studies of the coupling processes between different spatial regions, and between regions of differing characteristic energy e.g. Solar wind outflow, morphology and structure, Reconnection between the IMF and planetary magnetic fields, Coupling of charged and ionised atmospheres in solar system bodies, Magnetosphere dynamics - ring currents, radiation belts, and particle precipitation, Particle acceleration mechanisms in the solar system, Space-atmosphere connections - long term climate of planetary bodies. To submit an abstract to this session, simply register at the NAM website http://www.nam2007.uclan.ac.uk/ and follow the abstract submission link supplied in the email confirmation. You will then be able to select the session via a drop down menu on the abstract submission page. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Monday 12th March 2007 We look forward to seeing you in Preston. Session Conveners: Peter Cargill (p.cargill@imperial.ac.uk) Mick Denton (m.denton@lancaster.ac.uk) Lyndsay Fletcher (lyndsay@astro.gla.ac.uk) Mike Hapgood (m.a.hapgood@rl.ac.uk) ****************************** From: Mick Denton ================================================= MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: "High Speed Solar Wind Streams and Geospace Interactions (HSS-GI) Workshop" September 2-7, 2007, Ambleside, UK. ================================================= http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/hssgi2007/ This workshop will take the form of morning and evening sessions with ample time for both formal talks and workshop-style discussion. The aim is to create an atmosphere where frank and friendly discussion takes place. Science Questions: What goes on in the magnetosphere when driving persists for many days? Do stream events cause the loss and/or acceleration of relativistic electrons, and if so, how? What is the response of the ring current during high speed streams? What goes on in the magnetosphere when driving persists for many days? Do stream events cause the loss and/or acceleration of relativistic electrons, and if so, how? What is the response of the ring current during high speed streams? Do high speed streams initiate a response from the atmosphere? What is the generation mechanism for PC5 waves during high speed streams? What is the response of the ionosphere and plasmasphere during high speed stream events? How are ionospheric conductivity and plasmaspheric morphology affected when driving persists for many days? Are different magnetospheric modes more likely during high speed streams? What are the important factors for Solar Wind - Magnetosphere coupling during high speed streams? Do SW pressure, magnetic fluctuations, etc. alter the coupling efficiency, and if so, how? Venue: The workshop will be held at Hilltop, St. Martin's College, Ambleside, UK. Ambleside is located on the shores of the largest natural lake in England - Lake Windermere. Set within the beautiful Lake District National Park, Ambleside is surrounded by some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. More conference details and registration forms can be found at: http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/hssgi2007/ Due to the nature and format of the workshop, the number of delegates will be limited to 35. Currently 10 places remain vacant so please register early to guarantee a place. Best regards, Michael Denton Lancaster University, UK. [On behalf of the Science Organising Committee] Michael Denton (Lancaster University, UK) Bruce Tsurutani (NASA, USA) Joe Borovsky (LANL, USA) Richard Horne (British Antarctic Survey, UK) Steven Morley (University of Newcastle, Australia) Robert McPherron (UCLA, USA) -- *********************************************************************** * * * Positions Vacant * * * *********************************************************************** From: Dr Esther Haines L'Oréal UK Fellowships For Women In Science Please pass on to anyone who may be interested: 2007 L'Oréal UK Fellowships For Women In Science with the support of UK National Commission for UNESCO and the Royal Institution of Great Britain Closing Date: 18 April 2007 The L'Oréal UK Fellowships For Women In Science, organised in partnership between L'Oréal UK, the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the UK National Commission for UNESCO, are designed to celebrate and support the contribution of UK women researchers in the life and physical sciences. Three fellowships, each valued at £10,000, will be offered to outstanding female scientists and are tenable at any UK university or research institution to support 12 months of post-doctoral research. The prize money can be spent in any number of innovative ways - such as buying equipment, paying for childcare or funding travel costs to an overseas conference - to enable women scientists to further their scientific careers and facilitate world class scientific research. An additional £10,000 fellowship, co-funded by L'Oréal UK and the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET, will be available exclusively for women scientists at post-doctoral level who are returning to scientific research following a career break. An application form and guidelines are attached and the deadline for applications is Wednesday April 18 2007. Further details (including guidelines and application form) can also be found on the UK National Commission for UNESCO website at: http://www.unesco.org.uk/For_Women_In_Science.htm. or the Royal Institution website at: http://www.rigb.org/rimain/events/awards.jsp or contact Dr Esther Haines, email: wiseti_recruitment@admin.cam.ac.uk. Esther ************************************* From: Steve Tobias University of Leeds Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences School of Mathematics Research Fellowships in Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics and MHD Three Research Fellowships are available in the Astrophysical and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics group in the Department of Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics. Each post is available for three years, starting from 01 April 2007, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Research Fellowships are for research into Astrophysical Fluid Mechanics and Magnetohydrodynamics, in particular for the study of a wide range of astrophysical phenomena including: solar and planetary dynamo theory, the interaction of rotation and convection in planets and stars, magnetic fields in neutron stars and the dynamics of the solar tachocline. You should have (or be about to complete) a PhD in mathematics, physics or a related discipline, and should have experience in the numerical solution of partial differential equations. A background in fluid mechanics or MHD is essential, preferably with particular emphasis on astrophysical fluid dynamics. The group has extensive expertise in numerical techniques and access to high performance computing facilities. Informal enquiries may be directed to: Dr Steven Tobias , School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, tel +44(0)113 343 5172, email smt@maths.leeds.ac.uk Professor Chris Jones, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, tel +44(0)113 343 5107, email cajones@maths.leeds.ac.uk *********************************************************************** * * * Editors' Notes * * * *********************************************************************** The UK Solar Physics Newsletters will be distributed on a monthly basis, with occasional extra issues for breaking news. Please note, the UK Solar Physics Web is now back, at http://www.uksolphys.org/ Submissions to the UK Solar Physics Newsletters should be e-mailed to Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen (copied to Lyndsay Fletcher). Any suggestions and ideas are welcome. 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