[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXIV, Issue 51

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXIV, Issue 51
Sep.24,2017

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Table of Contents

1. MEETING: Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) Meeting, Leesburg, Virginia, 20-24 May 2018

2. MEETING: Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics 2018, 7-13 January 2018, Kona, Hawaii - Abstract and Registration Deadline: September 30, 2017

3. RHESSI Science Nuggets in September 2017

4. JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Space Plasma Physics (f/m)

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Announcement Submission Website: http://goo.gl/forms/qjcm4dDr4g


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MEETING: Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) Meeting, Leesburg, Virginia, 20-24 May 2018

From: David Sibeck (david.g.sibeck at nasa.gov)

The Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) is a joint meeting of the Space Physics and Aeronomy Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Solar Physics Division (SPD) of the American Astronomical Society. Following the successful inaugural meeting in Indianapolis in 2015, the next meeting will take place 20-24 May 2018 at the Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Leesburg, VA.  

TESS welcomes participation by the entire Heliophysics community, including all four traditional sub-disciplines devoted to studies of the Sun, Heliosphere, Magnetosphere, and Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere. TESS not only promotes greater interaction and unity within Heliophysics, but also connections to astrophysics and planetary physics.  

The scientific program will include four interdisciplinary plenary sessions of interest across Heliophysics:  Space Weather, Heliophysics Applied to Stellar-Planet Systems, Ion-Neutral Coupling Throughout the Heliophysical System, and Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasmas. There will also be many sessions devoted to other topics, both interdisciplinary and more narrowly focused. Some of these sessions will be led by organizers, in the conventional “AGU style”, while others will be created by the Scientific Organizing Committee after the abstracts have been submitted (SPD style). The SOC invites you to help organize and then join us for the second TESS meeting.

To suggest a session, please contact one of the organizers below by 17 October.

Dana Longcope (dana at solar.physics.montana.edu)
Larry Paxton (larry.paxton at jhuapl.edu)


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MEETING: Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics 2018, 7-13 January 2018, Kona, Hawaii - Abstract and Registration Deadline: September 30, 2017

From: Hui Zhang, Tony Lui, Qiugang Zong (hzhang14 at alaska.edu)

Abstract and Registration Deadline: September 30, 2017

Abstract submission is open at https://goo.gl/forms/OfHxMDn3Eh8ikPCI2

Please register and/or purchase guest tickets at the following link:
https://epay.alaska.edu/C21563_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=7&CATID=209&SINGLESTORE=true

Registration Fee: $450 (includes icebreaker on Sunday, lunches Monday-Friday, conference banquet on Thursday, excursion to Volcano Park)

A conference on Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics will be held from 7 to 13 January 2018 in Kona, Hawaii.  The main theme of this conference is to focus on understanding the variability of space plasma phenomena, encompassing those related to the Sun and all planets within our solar system.

Variability of space plasma environment is the norm rather than the exception. The cause of this variability is still under active research. In the interplanetary medium, plasma parameters change continually, permeated by plasma waves, shocks, turbulence, co-rotating interaction regions, and coronal mass ejections that agitate the environment. Such disturbances in the solar wind can lead to geomagnetic storms, which do not seem to produce relativistic electrons in the radiation belt according to their intensity. The ionosphere has variability that impacts severely radio communications. Its outflows during geomagnetic active periods can modify dramatically the magnetospheric population and physical processes within.

In other planets, plasma sources from their moons play a similar role in influencing magnetospheric environment and processes much like that of the Earth's ionospheric plasma source. Information exchange on magnetospheric research between Earth and other planets can provide valuable insights into universal processes occurring throughout our solar system. Understanding and predicting the variability of space plasma phenomena requires knowledge of not only individual physical processes or magnetospheric phenomena but also the interplay between them in a system-wide approach.

More information on the conference is available at the following link:  http://hawaiiconference2018.gi.alaska.edu

Conveners: Hui Zhang, Tony Lui, Qiugang Zong
Scientific Program Committee: David Sibeck, Guan Le, Philippe Escoubet, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Dong-Hun Lee


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RHESSI Science Nuggets in September 2017

From: Hugh Hudson (hhudson at ssl.berkeley.edu)

No. 306, “The Last Best Flare of Cycle 24,” by Sa”m Krucker and Hugh Hudson: Right on schedule, Cycle 24 has produced a great flare (and a GLE).

No. 307, “The Kelvin Force and Loop-Top Concentration,” by Kiyoto SHIBASAKI: New physics can explain the perplexing overpressure at the flare looptop regions.

No. 308, “The Power of Turbulence,” by Nic Bian: Turbulent energy content may underlie flare energy transfer, recconnection, and particle acceleration.

See 
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/RHESSI_Science_Nuggets

listing the current series, 2008-present, and

http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/nuggets/ 

for the original series, 2005-2008.

We publish these at roughly two-week intervals and welcome contributions,
which should be related, at least loosely, to RHESSI science.


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JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Position in Space Plasma Physics (f/m)

From: Rumi Nakamura (rumi.nakamura at oeaw.ac.at)

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher position in the area of space plasma physics focusing on the physical interpretation of the in-situ plasma measurements. 

The space plasma physics group at the Space Research Institute (IWF) Graz, a research insti-tute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) is involved in a number of space plasma missions, for which IWF’s hardware contribution enables in-depth analysis and interpreta-tion of the data, e.g., Geotail, Cluster, THEMIS, MMS, Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, JUICE. The successful candidate is expected to work on research topics in space plasma physics and to play an active role in the scientific activities of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mis-sion.

The applicant must hold a PhD in physics, geophysics, astrophysics, or a related field. Experience in analysis/interpretation of spacecraft data such as plasma, electric and magnetic field is a prerequisite. The appointment begins as early as January 1, 2018 and will be initially for two years (extension up to a total of six years is possible, depending on performance). Gross salary will be Grade IV/2 according to the scale of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which is 41,580 Euro per year or higher, depending on previous records.  

Applications include 1) a curriculum vitae, 2) list of publications, 3) statement of the applicant's past and current research experience (up to 2 pages), 4) certificates for full academic record, and 5) up to three letters of recommendation. Please send the application in PDF format to rumi.nakamura at oeaw.ac.at by 15 November 2017.

Inquiries about the positions should be directed to Dr. Rumi Nakamura (+43-316-4120573)
Find more information at http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/en/research/space-plasma-physics/.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences is an equal opportunity employer.


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