SolarNews The Electronic Newsletter of the Solar Physics Division American Astronomical Society Volume 2008 Number 4 Neal Hurlburt, editor 11 Feb 2008 ---------------------- Contents --------------------------- NASA GSFC changing way that email is handled Nominations for Heliophysics Mission Planning Working Group Advances in Astronomy -- Open Access Journal Employment Opportunities Postdoctoral Research Postion in Solar Physics Meeting Announcements Studentships Available for AGU/ SPD Meeting NASA Workshop on AO Simplification Joint Assembly SH07: Sun-Solar System Connection Through an Interdisciplinary Approach COSPAR Session E2.1 Solar Magnetic fields and activity: call for papers Coupled Large- and Small-scale Processes in Space and Solar Physics Editor's Notes ----------------------------------------------------------- NASA GSFC changing way that email is handled William Thompson 8 Feb 2008 The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and many other NASA centers, are converting to a new email system called NOMAD. Sometime in the next several months, older email addresses will no longer work, and only the OneNASA addresses of the form "name@nasa.gov" will remain. For example, addresses of the form "name@gsfc.nasa.gov" will start to bounce. If you are at a NASA center, you can look up somebody's OneNASA address at https://onenasa.ndc.nasa.gov/. Users at government sites outside of NASA can go to http://x500.nasa.gov/ and click on the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" link. Unfortunately, neither of these sites is available from non-government networks. However, the SolarMail website at http://spd.aas.org/SolarMail/ lists the email addresses of many solar physicists. I encourage everybody to review their information on this site, and make sure that it's up-to-date. Nominations for Heliophysics Mission Planning Working Group Arik Posner 5 Feb 2008 The Heliophysics Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate announces the intent to form a Heliophysics Mission Planning Working Group to guide the formulation and articulation of a strategic mission plan for use within the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. The goal of the Division is to investigate the Sun, and its effects on the Earth, the other planets and the space environment. Special attention within this effort will be given to the development of new mission concepts compatible with anticipated future resources (including launch vehicle availability) forecast for Heliophysics research within NASA. We are seeking 10 - 12 scientists to provide scientific and technical support for the formulation of this future mission plan. Persons involved must be familiar with NASAs Heliophysics program and can also provide expertise across a broad spectrum of scientific and technical issues. The ability to communicate the excitement of our science discipline, to work within a committee environment, and to condense concepts into a written report are important skill requirements. Support will be provided for travel to 2-3 team meetings; further business would be conducted by email and teleconferences. The effort is expected to begin in March of 2008 and to conclude by the end of the 2008 calendar year. If you are interested in assisting in this formulation process, or would like to nominate a colleague, please send the name and a statement of experience to the Headquarters coordinator Arik Posner (arik.posner@nasa.gov) with a copy to Barbara Giles (barbara.giles@nasa.gov) by February 15. Questions may also be directed to us. Advances in Astronomy -- Open Access Journal Tamer Khafaga 5 Feb 2008 Dear Colleagues, We would like to announce to you the launch of the peer-reviewed, open access journal "Advances in Astronomy," which aims to provide a rapid forum for the dissemination of state-of-the-art reviews and original research papers in all areas of astronomy and astrophysics. Advances in Astronomy will be published using an open access publication model, meaning that all interested readers will be able to freely access the journal online without the need for a subscription, since the journal is supported by article processing charges rather than subscription fees. The journal has a distinguished editorial board with extensive academic qualifications, ensuring that the journal will maintain high scientific standards and have a broad international coverage. A full list of editors can be found on the journal's website at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aa/editors.html Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal using the publisher's electronic Manuscript Tracking System, which is located at http://mts.hindawi.com. Once a manuscript has been accepted for publication, it will undergo extensive copy editing, typesetting, and reference validation in order to provide the highest publication quality possible. Editorial Office, Advances in Astronomy http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aa/ Hindawi Publishing Corporation Employment Opportunities ----------------------------------------------------------- Postdoctoral Research Postion in Solar Physics Wolfgang Finsterle 1 Feb 2008 The Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos and World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) invites applications for a two-year research position on the post-doc level. The successful applicant will work on a project that links wave phenomena in the solar chromosphere to the variability of solar UV emission, particularly in the Lyman-alpha line. Knowledge in helioseismology, radiative transfer, and/or MHD simulations are desirable. PMOD/WRC is a small institute located in the town of Davos in the Swiss alps. PMOD/WRC currently operates joint projects with ETH Zurich, Zurich University and other Swiss institutions and is invloved with many international collaborations. The position is subject to funding and will start in April, 2008 or upon agreement. For further information please contact Wolfgang Finsterle (wolfgang@pmodwrc.ch ). Applications should be sent in electronic form to the same address. Meeting Announcements ----------------------------------------------------------- Studentships Available for AGU/ SPD Meeting Gordon Emslie 6 Feb 2008 The Solar Physics Division is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support student participation in its 2008 annual meeting, to be held jointly with the AGU summer meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL, from May 27-30, 2008. Applications and letters of support should be sent electronically to gordon.emslie @okstate.edu. Full information on how to apply for studentship awards can be found at http://spd.aas.org/navbar_students.html. Applications are due by February 25, 2008; awardees will be notified by March 3, 2008, giving time to submit an abstract by the March 5 abstract deadline. The SPD strongly encourages applications for partial support, with the remainder of the necessary funds coming from other (e.g., grant, university) sources. Note especially the requirement (see website) that the supporting advisor letter include "an evaluation of the student's financial requirements for attending the meeting and the extent to which partial support from other sources is available." Ideally, such a statement should also detail amounts for airfare, hotel, etc.. Applications that simply state 'any support that can be provided will be greatly appreciated' (or similar words) are discouraged. Please feel free to distribute this notice to any individuals who may not be on the SolarNews mailing list but who nevertheless may be interested in this opportunity. NASA Workshop on AO Simplification Michael New 5 Feb 2008 The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters has initiated an effort to simplify NASA Announcements of Opportunity (AOs). To support this effort, SMD is planning a Proposers Lessons Learned Workshop for proposers to the recent Discovery, Mars Scout, and Small Explorer (SMEX) AOs. The workshop will be held in central city (probably Dallas, Texas) on February 28-29, 2008. We hope you will be able to join us and are sending this notice so that you can "save the date." This workshop will provide critical feedback to NASA on the AO process and on improving future AOs. The workshop will focus on the experience and lessons learned by proposers from the Discovery and Mars Scout 2006 proposal cycles, and also the recently completed SMEX proposal cycle. Additional information on the workshop (location, registration information, agenda, etc.) will be posted on the web at http://sso.larc.nasa.gov/aosimplification.html as soon as it is available. The draft workshop agenda is being shaped by preliminary feedback that SMD has received on AO improvements; the agenda will be posted at http://sso.larc.nasa.gov/aosimplification.html as soon as it is available. The workshop will pay particular attention to the following topics: AO Requirements (perception and reality), Technical Data including Telecom ( how much is too much), Cost and Schedule Data (how much is needed), Launch Services and other external factors (interactions with the cost cap), Education and Public Outreach (including student collaborations), and Letters of Commitment (including endorsements and foreign support). If you wish to make a 5-7 minute presentation on one of these topics, or any other appropriate topic, please send email to aosimplify@nasa.gov. Many industry partners do not appear as team members on the cover of proposals, yet NASA is very interested in their participation as well. Please forward this email notice to the proposal lead at your industry partner as well as to any other participants in recent NASA AO proposal activities. Even if you cannot attend the workshop, NASA is soliciting your input on improving the AO and the AO process. Please see the announcement requesting community input at http://sso.larc.nasa.gov/aosimplification.html. For further information on the workshop or AO Simplification, please see http://sso.larc.nasa.gov/aosimplification.html, send email to aosimplify@nasa.gov, or contact Paul Hertz (202-358-0986) or Brad Perry (757-864-8257). Joint Assembly SH07: Sun-Solar System Connection Through an Interdisciplinary Approach qiang hu 5 Feb 2008 The Joint Assembly provides a unique opportunity to bring together researchers from, among others, the AGU SPA and the AAS SPD sections. Recent progresses in new spacecraft missions, ground-breaking observational studies, and state-of-the-art numerical modelings, have helped break the traditional barrier between the two societies. These have provided unprecedented opportunities and allowed researchers in both communities to put together collaborative effort to advance our understanding of the Sun-Solar System Connection on a system-wide scale via an interdisciplinary approach. We solicit contributions, emphasizing an interdisciplinary theme, from a broad range of science topics. They include, but are not limited to, the morphological or topological, and quantitative comparison of solar progenitors with their interplanetary manifestations, the physical/causal connection between the Sun and the Earth, and other planets, the transient phenomena originating from Sun throughout the heliosphere, even to the outer boundary. All relevant investigations by theoretical, observational, and numerical approaches are welcome. We plan to invite renowned researchers from both disciplines of traditional solar physics and heliophysics to participate, and encourage general contributions as well. (http://www.agu.org /meetings/ja08/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=89) COSPAR Session E2.1 Solar Magnetic fields and activity: call for papers Paul Charbonneau 5 Feb 2008 COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada , 13-20 July 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS: Symposium E2.1 : Solar magnetic fields and activity Event Description: The unifying thread of this event is the solar magnetic field, and how its spatiotemporal evolution drives the various manifestations of solar activity, as observed by ground-based and space-borne instruments, and modelled by numerical simulations. Emphasis will be placed on observational/theoretical constraints on magnetic field production, amplification and evolution. The three half-day sessions will be structured around the following three subthemes: (1) Origin and evolution of subsurface fields; (2) Emerging magnetic flux and its photospheric impacts; (3) Surface magnetism as a constraint on dynamo models and subsurface phenomena. For information on COSPAR and on-line forms for registration, accommodations and abstract submission, see http://www.cospar2008.org/> http://www.cospar-assembly.org/ PLEASE NOTE THE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 17 February 2008. Scientific Organizing Committee Paul Charbonneau (Université de Montréal) Arnab Rai Choudhuri (IIS/Bangalore) Leon Golub (CfA/Harvard) Kanya Kusano (Earth Simulator Center/JAMSTEC) Brigitte Schmieder (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) Karel Schrijver (Lockheed Martin/Palo Alto) Dmitry Sokoloff (Moscow State University) Jean-Paul Zahn (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) Hongqi Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Main Scientific Organizer: Deputy Organizer: Paul Charbonneau Brigitte Schmieder Département de Physique Observatoire de Paris-Meudon Université de Montréal brigitte.schmieder@obspm.fr Montréal, Qc, Canada paulchar@astro.umontreal.ca Coupled Large- and Small-scale Processes in Space and Solar Physics Joerg Buechner 3 Feb 2008 COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 13-20 July 2008 COSPAR Commission D (Space Plasmas in the Solar System) and Commission E (Research in Astrophysics from Space) invite you to participate in their Joint Scientific Event D21-E31 on "Coupled Large- and Small-scale Processes in Space and Solar Physics" Scientific Programme: Recent (CLUSTER, THEMIS) and future (MMS, CROSS-SCALE) missions, investigating small scale space plasma processes as well as inter-scale coupled phenomena in situ and recent (SOHO, TRACE, RHESSI, Hinode) and future solar missions (SDO, Solar Orbiter), remotely investigating the solar coronal plasma have provided and will provide in the future even more information about space plasma phenomena which at different scales and about the coupling of small (kinetic) and large scale space processes. Since the underlying physical processes are usually highly non-linear appropriate theories are still under development and numerical simulations are carried out. This session aims at the evaluation of the results of the ongoing missions and theoretical investigations including numerical simulation as well at the plans for future observations and their relevance for a better understanding of the cross-scale coupled space plasma phenomena. Scientific Organizing Committee V. Angelopulus (UCLA, USA), X. Deng (Wuhan University, China), L. Fletcher (Univ. of Glasgow, UK), M. Fujimoto (ISAS/JAXA, Japan), M. Hesse (Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), M. Hoshino (University of Tokyo, Japan), W. Liu (Canadian Space Agency, Canada), H. Peter (Kiepenheuer Inst. for Solar Research, Freiburg, Germany), S. Schwartz (Imperial College, London, UK), L.M. Zelenyi (Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia), H. Zhang (NAO, China), The abstract deadline is 17 February 2008, the exact dates of this session will be determined by the COSPAR Program Committee in early spring. Information about COSPAR and forms for registration, accommodations may be found at http://www.cospar2008.org/ and http://www.cospar-assembly.org/ Abstracts should be submitted electronically via http://www.cospar-assembly.org/user/mypapers.php?log=1 Joerg Buechner (Main Scientific Organizer) MPI f. Sonnensystemforschung Max-Planck-Str. 2 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Germany Tel: 49 5556 979 295 Fax: 49 5556 979 6295 E-Mail: buechner-AT-mps.mpg.de Richard Sydora (Deputy Organizer) University of Alberta T6G2J1 Edmonton, AB Canada Tel: 1 780 492 3624 Fax: 1 780 492 0714 E-Mail: rsydora-AT-phys.ualberta.ca Editor's Notes ----------------------------------------------------------- Revised 2006 Submission Instructions Neal Hurlburt 1 Sep 2006 SolarNews is normally distributed on the first and fifteenth of each month. The SPD Web site can be found at http://spd.aas.org. The HTML version of SolarNews is at http://solarnews.nso.edu. It contains in-line hyperlinks to all the Web sites and e-mail addresses mentioned in this issue. Plain text back issues can be retrieved athttp://spd.aas.org/SolarNews/archive. SolarNews submissions can be in plain text or HTML markup; other proprietar binary formats will be returned with a request for a plain text copy. I encourage HTML if your announcement contains lists, tables, or hyperlinks. Submissions should be made via the submission webform at http://www.lmsal.com /solarnews-service?cmd=request-news-entry. Email submissions are strongly discouraged. Please try to keep meeting and workshop announcements to no more than one page (50 to 60 lines of typed text with 72 characters per line), with a Web address for further information. Should you use email, a descriptive "Subject:" in the e-mail line will help in my markup procedure; that is, "Postdoctoral Position, Lumbago University" is to be preferred to simply "Job Announcement." SolarMail address changes should be made via the Web site at http://spd.aas.org /SolarMail. You can make the change yourself provided your old e-mail address is still active. Enter your SolarMail alias and password at that location. If you do not have a password, a new one can be e-mailed automatically to your old address; then follow the instructions at the Web site. Otherwise, e-mail your new address to both editor@spd.aas.org and postman@spd.aas.org. Indicate if you wish your new address published in SolarNews.