UK Solar Physics Newsletter Lyndsay Fletcher & Duncan Mackay, Editors June 1st 2010 o News, Views and Gossip o Issue 2 of the Coronal Courant (Student Newsletter) o New Hinode EIS science nugget o Meetings, Conferences and Workshops o PostGraduate School on Computational Plasma Physics o STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics o Employment Opportunities o Tenure-Track Position in Seoul National University o INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD STUDENTSHIP 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 Lyndsay (lyndsay@astro.gla.ac.uk) Duncan (duncan@mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk) ********************************************************************* * * * News, Views and Gossip * * * ********************************************************************* From: Julie Stern - solarstudentnews@aol.com Issue 2 of the Coronal Courant (Student Newsletter) Hello, Issue 2 of The Coronal Courant, a newsletter for students (which grew into a magazine), has been released and can be retrieved here: http://www.lmsal.com/~zoe/student_news/current_studentnews.pdf Julie Stern Editor-in-Chief solarstudentnews@aol.com ************************************ From: Lucie Green - lmg@mssl.ucl.ac.uk New Hinode EIS science nugget UCL-MSSL is pleased to announce a new Hinode EIS science nugget - "Velocity Characteristics of Evaporated Plasma" by Ryan Milligan. The nugget looks at chromospheric evaporation during a GOES C1.1 class flare that occurred on 14 December 2007. http://msslxr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk:8080/SolarB/eisnuggets.jsp Next month's nugget is entitled "Response of the corona to the emergence of "serpentine" magnetic field" by Louise Harra. EIS nuggets are published on the 1st of every month and we welcome contributions from the community. Please contact Lucie Green if you are interested. ********************************************************************* * * * Conferences, Workshops, Meetings * * * ********************************************************************* From: Rainer Grauer - grauer@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Dear Colleagues, we would like to draw your attention to our PostGraduate School on Computational Plasma Physics, September 06-09, 2010 here in Bochum. Further information is available on the web page: http://compschool2010.tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Please note that the number of participants is limited to 30. Best wishes Rainer ----------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Rainer Grauer Institut fuer Theoretische Physik I Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum email: grauer@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de www: www.tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ********************************************* From: Daniel Brown - DSBrown@uclan.ac.uk STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Physics http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/ The High Resolution Sun: Theory and Observations STFC Advanced School in Solar Physics University of Central Lancashire, Preston 31st August - 3rd September 2010 Registration is now open for the STFC Advanced School in Solar Physics, to be held at UCLan in September 2010. The School will provide an opportunity to explore theory and the most recent observations in the field in great depth, and will allow PhD students and other participants (such as PDRAs new to the field) to interact scientifically and socially with each other and with the course lecturers. The programme will include time for short presentations by the participants on their research work, as well as a practical session on SDO data analysis. The deadline for registration is 16th July 2010. Full details are available at: http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/summerschool2010/ *********************************************************************** * * * Positions Vacant * * * *********************************************************************** From: Jongchul Chae Tenure-Track Position in Observational or Theoretical Astronomy Astronomy Program, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in any areas of astronomy (observational or theoretical). This position is for a non-Korean scholar only, with preference given to fluent English speakers. The research activities among current faculty members include Solar physics, planetary science, stellar astrophysics, interstellar medium, evolution of galaxies and large scale structure, and cosmology. The regular faculty members have to teach one or two courses per semester. Interested scholars are encouraged to contact Professor Hyung Mok Lee (hmlee@snu.ac.kr) or Jongchul Chae (jcchae@snu.ac.kr) to show the intent and to get more information. The application comprises 1) a cover letter, particularly describing how likely you can come to take the position when offered, 2) the list of publications during last three years, 3) the CV with the list of all publications, 4) research plan, 5) lecture plan, and 6) list of two references with contact information. The application material should be sent via e-mail to Professor Hyung Mok Lee (hmlee@snu.ac.kr), Chair of Astronomy Program, before 2010 July 31. The starting date of the position should be no later than March 1, 2011 ******************************************** From: David Tsiklauri - d.tsiklauri@qmul.ac.uk INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD STUDENTSHIP School of Mathematical Sciences / Physics Department / Queen Mary University of London Applications are invited for EPSRC PhD studentship to work on a novel, interdisciplinary project which intends to investigate the interaction of high energy plasma particles with the conducting walls by combining plasma kinetic simulation effort (D. Tsiklauri, School of Mathematical Sciences, QMUL) with the molecular dynamics simulation of radiation damage (K. Trachenko, Physics Department, QMUL). The project is within EPSRC's energy theme and is related to the thermonuclear fusion effort. The project's plasma kinetic simulation effort will utilise, leading in the field, computational tools such as EPOCH Particle-In-cell (PIC) code which has been developed for the laser-plasma interaction studies and supported to by the EPSRC?s CCPP project. The project's radiation damage effort will focus on the impact of the plasma particles on the reactor walls and will employ the state-of-the art massive parallel molecular dynamics (MD) code DL_POLY. UK students will receive 3.5 years of EPSRC stipend (15290 p.a.), fee waiver and 1200 p.a. research training funding. Standard EPSRC residency rules apply: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/StudentEligibility.htm The most convenient way to apply is to use on-line service (by copying *entire* URL below into the browser window): http://www.qmul.ac.uk/courses/courses.php?dept_id=16&pgcourses=2&course_id=289&course_level=1&article_id=278#applyonline [then choose Full time application * PhD Mathematical Sciences (Semester 1 start; Aug - Dec)] The application should include completed online form, academic transcript, and two references. If your referees prefer to send their references directly, these can me emailed to L.Matomaki@qmul.ac.uk and marked "C/O Dr David Tsiklauri EPSRC DTA INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD" Informal queries can be addressed to: Dr D. Tsiklauri via email: D.Tsiklauri -at- qmul.ac.uk or Dr K. Trachenko via email: K.Trachenko -at- qmul.ac.uk The deadline is 25 June 2010. The proposed start date is September, 2010