Theme of Conference:
This day follows on from the Spitalfields Day the previous day by discussing the way in which magnetic reconnection is thought to operate in the Sun and the Magnetosphere.
Structure of the meeting
- 09:00 - 09:30 Len Culhane, MSSL
- Observational evidence for magnetic reconnection in the solar corona more info
- 09:30 - 10:00 Clare Parnell, St Andrews
- Reconnection and coronal heating more info
- 10:00 - 10:15 Stephen Higgins, Lancashire
- Space-and time-dependent heating of solar coronal loops more info
- 10:15 - 10:30 Iain Coleman, British Antarctic Survey
- A critical test of reconnection theories on the magnetopause more info
- 10:30 - 10:45 Maria Kuznetsova, Washington
- Anti-parallel merging and component reconnection: Role in magnetospheric dynamics more info
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee
- 11:30 - 12:00 Bernhard Kliem, Potsdam
- Some open problems for magnetic reconnection in solar flares more info
- 12:00 - 12:30 Hugh Hudson, Berkeley
- Active-region magnetic structures and their perturbations by flares more info
- 12:30 - 12:45 Rhona Maclean, St Andrews
- Topology of magnetic breakout
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at the Newton Institute
- 14:30 - 15:00 David Alexander, Rice
- Exploring the nature of magnetic reconnection in solar transients more info
- 15:00 - 15:30 Karlheinz Trattner, Lockheed
- Anti-parallel versus component reconnection at the earth's magnetopause more info
- 15:30 - 16:00 Tea
- 16:00 - 16:30 John Dorelli, Durham, New Hampshire
- Magnetic reconnection at the dayside terrestrial magnetopause more info
- 16:30 - 17:00 Wolfgang Baumjohann, Graz
- Bifurcated and thin current sheets: CLUSTER results more info
- 17:00 - 17:15 Stefan Eriksson, Boulder
- Walen and slow-mode shock analyses applied to high-speed flows of the near-Earth magnetotail more info
- 17:15 - 17:30 Therese Moretto, Washington
- Plasma depletion at the high latitude dayside magnetopause: Cluster observations
Location and Registration
These lectures are linked to the Isaac Newton Institute programme on Magnetic Reconnection Theory (2 August to 27 August 2004). Anyone interested is welcome to attend; talks will be aimed at a general mathematical audience. Please let Tracey Andrew at the Institute know by Friday 30 July 2004 if you intend to come by completing the online registration form. There are limited funds available to assist research students to attend.
Accommodation
The Institute has limited accommodation available during the period of the meeting, if you require assistance with accommodation, please fill in the online housing form you are strongly advised to confirm your accommodation requirements immediately. Once all Institute accommodation has been allocated, you are likely to have to arrange your own. A list of local Guest Houses is available here
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