UK Solar Physics Newsletter Lyndsay Fletcher & Duncan Mackay, Editors November 1st 2009 o News, Views and Gossip o New RHESSI nugget o Link to NUAP Questionnaire o One-Month Free Online Access to STEREO Science Results in Solar Physics o AAS/SPD Items of Interest- http://solarnews.nso.edu/2009/20091101.txt o New Edition of "The Solar Corona" o Release of the Facility IR Spectropolarimeter at the Dunn Solar Telescope o Historical Composite Solar Drawings from the Wendelstein Observatory (1947- 1987) o IAU working group on Comparative Solar Minima o Meetings, Conferences and Workshops o CALL FOR ABSTRACTS TO RAS SPECIALIST DISCUSSION MEETING Friday 12 March 2010 o AAS/SPD Items of Interest- http://solarnews.nso.edu/2009/20091101.txt o Call for papers: COSPAR Session E23 New perspectives on the solar-stellar connection o Employment Opportunities o Faculty Position in Solar Physics, Rice University o AAS/SPD Items of Interest- http://solarnews.nso.edu/2009/20091101.txt o Tenure-track faculty position in solar/stellar astrophysics at New Mexico State University o Postdoctoral Position on Solar Dynamo at IGPP/UCLA 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 : Lyndsay Fletcher (lyndsay@astro.gla.ac.uk) New RHESSI nugget We announce a new RHESSI Science Nugget, "imaging through visibility interpolation: uv-smooth" by Anna Massone and Michele Piana. RHESSI visibilities allow incredibly fast and robust imaging of solar flares. Read this nugget and you'll learn how. See http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Imaging_through_visibili ty_interpolation:_uv-smooth. We publish these Nuggets at two-week intervals and welcome contributions. Steven Christe (GSFC) Hugh Hudson (SSL) ************************************ > From : Rosemary Young Dear All, Thank you to those of you who have already responded to the NUAP questionnaire. Unfortunately if you have tried to make a submission within the last few days you will have noticed that the Web links have been unavailable. This was caused by some maintenance work on the STFC Website. This work has now been completed and the links restored. I apologise for any inconvienience this might have caused and encourage you to provide your inputs before the end of 4th November as detailed in the message below. Thank you, Rosemary Young Dear All, We emailed you after the presentation to PPAN on 28th September 2009 with a link to the NUAP presentation which was given see: http://www.scitech.ac.uk/resources/pdf/NUAPtoPPAN280909.pdf PPAN has requested we obtain further feedback from you on a number of issues which we need to take account in our next version of the strategy document. This will be presented at the end of November as input into the prioritization exercise which will be completed by the end of the year. In order for us to do this in a timely fashion we set a deadline of the end of the day on 4th November 2009 to respond to the questionnaire on http://www.scitech.ac.uk/forms/nuapquestnew.aspx Thanks for your assistance with these issues, Best regards Michele Dougherty and NUAP ************************************* From: Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi One-Month Free Online Access to STEREO Science Results in Solar Physics As part of the International Year of Astronomy program, SPRINGER provides free online access to the Special Issue in Solar Physics "STEREO Science Results at Solar Minimum" until 30 November 2009. http://www.springerlink.com/content/pk98h3142815/?p=770d2635052741649 cc36f6e099ec3ce&pi=5&sa_campaign=email/PROM/PSE11823_V1 Don't miss it! Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi Editor, Solar Physics ********************************************************************* * * * Conferences, Workshops, Meetings * * * ********************************************************************* From: Erwin Verwichte - Erwin.Verwichte@warwick.ac.uk CALL FOR ABSTRACTS TO RAS SPECIALIST DISCUSSION MEETING Friday 12 March 2010 http://go.warwick.ac.uk/ras2010 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS TO "Waves and Turbulence in Solar-Terrestrial Plasmas" Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion Meeting RAS Lecture Theatre, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London Friday 12 March 2010 Wave and turbulent phenomena are fundamental physical processes that have been shown through remote and in-situ observations to occur ubiquitously in all types of solar-terrestrial plasmas, ranging from the Sun, solar wind, magnetosphere to the ionosphere. They are intricately connected with coronal dynamics and heating, solar wind acceleration and interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere and upper atmosphere. The aim of this meeting is to bring together researchers from the different disciplines to compare theoretical and observational results on waves and turbulence, including shocks. The meeting will provide a forum to share seismological or spectral analysis techniques, and to address interdisciplinary questions such as the solar origin of turbulence in the solar wind and the solar wind drivers of magnetospheric pulsations and ionospheric turbulence. Presentations on applications from planetary and astrophysical research areas are also welcome. Confirmed invited speakers: Steven Cranmer (USA) Roberto Bruno (Italy) Tim Yeoman (UK) Contributions for oral and poster presentations are now solicited. Abstract submission deadlines: February 8, 2010 (oral) or February 22, 2010 (poster) Conveners: Erwin Verwichte (erwin.verwichte@warwick.ac.uk) Claire Foullon (claire.foullon@warwick.ac.uk) Bogdan Hnat (b.hnat@warwick.ac.uk) University of Warwick, UK For abstract submission, registration, and more information, see the meeting website: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/ras2010 *********************************************************************** * * * Positions Vacant * * * *********************************************************************** From: David Alexander Faculty Position in Solar Physics Rice University Department of Physics and Astronomy The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University expects to have a tenure-track junior faculty position available in Solar Physics starting July 1, 2010 and invites applications from all qualified applicants. The successful candidate's research program should complement current research in solar physics and related fields at Rice, particularly in the areas of space physics and astrophysics (see physics.rice.edu for information on current research programs). The successful candidate is expected to participate actively and effectively in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, have a strong record of published research, obtain external funding, and develop a nationally recognized research program. Applicants should send a dossier that includes a curriculum vitae, a brief description of proposed research and teaching interests, a list of publications, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to David Alexander, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, c/o Valerie Call, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - MS 61, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005 or by email to vcall@rice.edu. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled, but only those received by December 9, 2009 will be assured of full consideration. Rice University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer; women and underrepresented minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. -- 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