Meetings related to VarSITI in 2015
Ground-based Solar Observation in the Space Instrumentation Era
5-9 October 2015, Coimbra Portugal
web-address:http://www.mat.uc.pt/~cspm2015
Important Deadlines
Abstract: 15 April 2015 (for supported)
Abstract: 31 May 2015
Early bird Registration: 15 July 2015
Late Registration: 31 August 2015
REGISTRATION
The Sun and its activity affect the entire heliosphere, including the Earth. Solar activity includes flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), eruptive prominences and filaments, outbursts at various spatial scales, sunspots, and plages. All these phenomena are driven by the magnetic field. Although these phenomena appear at time scales from seconds to months, the long-term variation of the magnetic field during the 11-year solar cycle modulates their frequency and space weather impact. Coronal phenomena are driven by the dynamo-generated fields that show large-scale organization.
Solar magnetic fields can be investigated from ground and space. Ground based observations of solar magnetic fields using polarimetry has a long history, contributing to the understanding of long-term behaviour of the Sun. Spectropolarimetric observations in FUV and EUV lines can only be made from space; they represent virgin territory and they are urgently needed for exploring the magnetic activity of the upper chromosphere and transition region.
This CSPM-2015 scientific meeting will cover various aspects of solar dynamic and magnetic phenomena which are observed over the entire electromagnetic spectrum: white-light, H?, Ca II, and radio from ground and in a variety of other wavelengths (white light, UV and EUV, and X-rays) from space. Emphasis will also be placed on instrumentation, observing techniques, and solar image processing techniques, as well as theory and modelling through detailed radiative transfer in increasingly realistic MHD models. The long-term (cyclic) evolution of solar magnetism and its consequence for the solar atmosphere, eruptive phenomena, solar irradiation variations, and space weather, will be in focus. Here, special attention will be devoted to the long-term observations made in Coimbra and also to the results of the SPRING / SOLARNET and SCOSTEP VarSITI studies. In particular, the weak solar activity during the current solar maximum will be discussed. Finally, since this meeting is organised around the 90th anniversary of performing the first spectroheliographic observations in Coimbra, a session will be specially dedicated to new solar instruments (both ground-based and space-borne) that will give access to unexplored solar atmospheric features and dynamic phenomena over the coming years.
TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE• Session 1: Observations of the Sun (quiet and active Sun, magnetic fields, high-resolution (polarimetric) observations and transient phenomena from the photosphere to the chromosphere and corona)
• Session 2: Solar image management, spectro-polarimetric and processing techniques (overview of image management and processing techniques including tutorials)
• Session 3: Theory and modeling - comparison to observations (constraints from observations)
• Session 4: Long-term variations of the Sun (long-term (cyclic) evolution of solar magnetism and its consequence for the solar atmosphere, eruptive phenomena, solar irradiation variations, and space weather)
• Session 5: Facilities for ground-based and space solar observations (existing and new facilities)
REGISTRATIONThe registration fee is 285 € per participant for early bird registration (till 15 July, 2015)
and 350 € per participant for late registration (till 31 August, 2015).
As a partial support, the LOC offers also a student registration fee of 180 € for Master or PhD students (a proof of scholarship has to be sent to the LOC).
The registration fee includes the Meeting documentation and logistics, coffee breaks, a visit to "Biblioteca Joanina", the old library of the University of Coimbra, and an excursion to the archeological site of "Conimbriga", a copy (plus shipping costs) of the proceedings, as well as the conference dinner organized on Thursday, October 8.
Important: participants should also pay 140 € for each accompanying person (this includes the welcome drink, welcome reception, excursions, and the conference dinner).
FINANCIAL SUPPORTLimited financial support (waiving of the registration fee or providing free accommodation in the University Residence, and providing free meals in the University canteen) will be available with the priority to young participants and invited speakers.