UK Solar Physics Newsletter Valery Nakariakov & Duncan Mackay, Editors July 14th 2010 o News, Views and Gossip o ChiantiPy - a Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy o Change of Address - Stephen Bradshaw o RHESSI Science Nuggets o STFC / POST Parliamentary Fellowship Scheme o Announcing the first UKSP Nugget o Solar News Items of Interest - http://solarnews.nso.edu/2010/20100713.txt o End of EIT CME watch observations o Nature will start accepting solar papers again o Meetings, Conferences and Workshops o EAST Workshop on Solar Physics o STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics - impending deadline o AGU Fall 2010 - Session SH17: Heliospheric Imaging of Solar Wind Structure (Sponsor: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics) o Solar News Items of Interest - http://solarnews.nso.edu/2010/20100713.txt o ACCEHS Workshop: SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT o AGU Fall 2010 - Session SH04 : Nonlinear Structures and Processes in the o Solar Wind Plasma o Employment Opportunities o Research Associate - University of Sheffield o Solar News Items of Interest - http://solarnews.nso.edu/2010/20100713.txt o Electronics engineer position (full time) University of Kiel o Post-Doctoral research position (full time) University of Kiel Dear Colleague, Here are a few items which have come to our attention since the last Newsletter. You can find this newsletter also at the UKSP website: http://www.uksolphys.org Valery (V.Nakariakov@warwick.ac.uk) Duncan (duncan@mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk) ********************************************************************* * * * News, Views and Gossip * * * ********************************************************************* From: Ken Dere - kdere@gmu.edu ChiantiPy - a Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy http://chiantipy.sourceforge.net/ We are pleased to announce the release of ChiantiPy, a Python package for calculating synthetic spectra from the CHIANTI atomic database for astrophysical spectroscopy. ChiantiPy provides the same functionality as the existing IDL package. One benefit of ChiantiPy is that it uses Python, a freely available programming language. ChiantiPy is constructed as an object-oriented package that provides a good match to the modular construction of the CHIANTI database itself. Our intention is to maintain both the IDL and Python packages for the indefinite future. The documentation for ChiantiPy can be found at http://chiantipy.sourceforge.net/ and the software package can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/chiantipy/ Python is available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Unix. ChiantiPy itself has been developed on a Linux platform and has received most of its testing on Linux. In software development terminology, it is an 'alpha' release, meaning it has not really undergone sufficient testing in a variety of environments. We welcome reports of user's experiences on the chiantipy-users email list on Sourceforge: chiantipy-users@lists.sourceforge.net In addition, several discussion forums have been set up at http://sourceforge.net/projects/chiantipy/forums ************************************ From: Stephen Bradshaw - Stephen.Bradshaw@rice.edu Change of Address As of July 1st 2010 my contact details are: Dr. Stephen Bradshaw (Asst. Prof. Physics and Astronomy) Physics and Astronomy Department, MS-108, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005. Tel: 713-348-4045 Email: Stephen.Bradshaw@rice.edu ************************************* From: Hugh Hudson - hhudson@ssl.berkeley.edu RHESSI Science Nugget http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Cloudy_SolarSoftware The Cloud helps with access to data in the Virtual Solar Observatory. "Harmonic Oscillations" - RHESSI rotation and nutation are necessary, but may complicate time-series analysis. ************************************* From: Melanie.Illsley@stfc.ac.uk STFC/POST Parliamentary Fellowship Scheme An exciting opportunity is available for a STFC funded PhD student to undertake a three month secondment to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). Working in Westminster, the scheme will enable the successful applicant to assist POST with their busy research workload and gain valuable insights into the work of Parliament and the policy making process. POST is the UK Parliament?s in-house source of objective, balanced and independent briefing materials aimed at MPs and Peers from across Parliament. Their work is focused on informing parliamentary debate on science and technology issues by: · Publishing accessible science and technology briefings and reports · Supporting Select Committees with informal advice, oral briefings, data analysis, background papers and follow-up research during committee inquiries · Organising discussions and events to stimulate debate within Parliament on topical issues · Horizon-scanning to anticipate scientific and technological issues which are likely to influence and impact public policy. The successful applicant will be expected to assist POST fulfil its duties whilst on secondment, and this may include: · Producing a POSTnote on a given topic · Contributing to a longer POST report · Assisting a select committee in a current inquiry. This opportunity is available to all STFC funded PhD students in their second or third years at the time of application. Follow this link for further details and instructions on how to apply. http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Funding+and+Grants/18640.aspx [www.stfc.ac.uk] ************************************** From: Lyndsay Fletcher and Iain Hannah Announcing the first UKSP Nugget: Probing the 3D structure of the F-corona with STEREO/HI by Daniel Brown (University of Central Lancashire) http://www.uksolphys.org/nuggets/1-probing-the-3d-structure-of-the-f-corona-with-stereohi/ Future UKSP Nuggets will be published on at least a monthly basis. For more info: http://www.uksolphys.org/uksp-nuggets/ From Lyndsay Fletcher & Iain Hannah ********************************************************************* * * * Conferences, Workshops, Meetings * * * ********************************************************************* From: Nicolas Labrosse - n.labrosse@physics.gla.ac.uk EAST Workshop on Solar Physics http://www.astro.sk/EAST/ "Science with Synoptic Solar Telescopes" October 4- 7, 2010, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia ********************************************* From: Daniel Brown - DSBrown@uclan.ac.uk STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics - impending deadline http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/ The High Resolution Sun: Theory and Observations STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics University of Central Lancashire 31st August - 3rd September Reminder: the registration deadline for STFC PhD students who want a funded place on the Summer School is Friday 16th July. For further details about the science programme and registration, please visit our webpage: http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/ ********************************************* From: Mario M .Bisi Mario.Bisi@aber.ac.uk AGU Fall 2010 - Session SH17: Heliospheric Imaging of Solar Wind Structure (Sponsor: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics) http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=de tail&sessid=655 Session Description: There exists a wide range of remote-sensing techniques to allow for the imaging/reconstruction/modelling of the solar wind in the inner heliosphere. Such techniques range from observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) from the ground to the heliospheric imaging of Thomson-scattered white light from instruments on spacecraft both in Earth orbit (e.g., by SMEI) and far from the Earth (e.g., STEREO|HI). We solicit contributions on the 3-D structure of the inner heliosphere, the features occurring within it (e.g., CMEs, CIRs, small-scale transients), as well as combined observations/measurements tracing and/or modelling of features from their solar origins to their detection in interplanetary space using in-situ spacecraft (e.g., STEREO, Wind, ACE). Papers discussing both techniques and scientific results are welcomed. The AGU-2010 Fall Meeting abstract submission site is scheduled to open on 21 July 2010, and the deadline for submissions is 02 September 2010. Further details will be posted at the AGU's Fall Meeting website (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/) in due course. Conveners: Dr. Mario M. Bisi, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK (Mario.Bisi {at} aber.ac.uk) Dr. Timothy A. Howard, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA (howard {at} boulder.swri.edu) Dr. Christian Moestl, Space Research Institute, University of Graz, Austria (christian.moestl {at} oeaw.ac.at) Dr. Andrew R. Breen, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK (azb {at} aber.ac.uk) *********************************************************************** * * * Positions Vacant * * * *********************************************************************** From: E Kim Research Associate The post-holder will undertake research into the transport in the Sun and other stars with Dr Eun-Jin Kim in Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC), Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sheffield. The post holder will emphasise leadership of research into MHD turbulence, dynamo theory, magnetic reconnection, momentum transport, and nonlinear dynamics. Candidates must have a PhD or equivalent (or equivalent experience) and demonstrable experience of research in solar physics, MHD, turbulence, astrophysics or a related field. The post-holder will possess excellent theoretical and/or a high standard of computational MHD skills, and knowledge of IDL is desirable. This post is fixed-term with an immediate start date and an end date of 30th June 2011. The closing date is 23rd July, 2010. For informal enquiries about this job, please email e.kim@sheffield.ac.uk -- Dr Duncan H Mackay Mathematical Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland. Tel 01334 463760 Fax 01334 463748 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland : No SC013532 _______________________________________________ uksp mailing list uksp@physics.gla.ac.uk http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/uksp