3-D Views of the Cycling Sun in Stellar Context
20 August (Monday) 10:30-12:30; 14:00-15:30; 16:00-18:00
21 August (Tuesday) 10:30-12:30
22 August (Wednesday) 10:30-12:30; 14:00-15:30; 16:00-18:00
Solar and stellar talks are to be presented side by side on state of the art observations and modeling of activity patterns, flares and CMEs, 3D views of the Sun and active stars from their interiors to their atmospheres and astrospheres, state of the art observations and modeling of magnetic field and activity patterns, flares and megaflares over the solar and stellar cycles will be discussed.
Image credit: Klaus Strassmeier (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany), Coude Feed Telescope, AURA, NOAO, NSF.
Program Outline:
20 August (Mon) 10:30-12:30
1. Evolution of solar and stellar magnetic fields
Keynote talk - solar: Todd Hoeksema
Keynote talk - stellar: Manuel Gudel
Contributed talks
20 August (Mon) 14:00-15:30
2. Driving magnetic activity: differential rotation from seismology and patterns in surface activity - Observations and theory
Keynote talk - solar: Mark Miesch
Keynote talk - stellar: Klaus Strassmeier
Contributed talks
20 August (Mon) 16:00-18:00
3. Magnetic activity from microflares to megaflares ? Observations and theory
Keynote talk - solar: Lyndsay Fletcher
Keynote talk - stellar: Adam Kowalski
Contributed talks
21 August (Tue) 10:30-12:30
4. 3-D views of the Sun and active stars ? surfaces and interiors
Keynote talk - solar: Sacha Brun
Keynote talk - stellar: Heidi Korhonen
Contributed talks
22 August (Wed) 10:30-12:30
5. 3-D views of the Sun and active stars ? atmospheres and astrospheres
Keynote talk - solar: Alexis Rouillard
Keynote talk - stellar: Moira Jardin
Contributed talks
22 August (Wed) 14:00-15:30
6. Solar and stellar cycles
Keynote talk - Ascending phase after a long and deep solar minimum and what we expect in the next decades (30-min)
Robert Cameron
Keynote talk - stellar: Ben P. Brown
Contributed talks
22 August (Wed) 16:00-18:00
7. Session - New results on stellar variability from Kepler
Keynote talk - Jon M. Jenkins
Contributed talks
Supporting Divisions:
- Division II – Sun & Heliosphere
- Division V – Variable Stars
Organising Commission:
- Commission 10 – Solar Activity
Endorsed by:
- Commission 12 – Solar Radiation & Structure
- Commission 27 – Variable Stars
Day-camp for children at the IAU GA
In collaboration with the educational programme Universe Awareness (www.unawe.org) and Sterrenlab (www.sterrenlab.com), the International Astronomical Union is organising a day-camp for children of astronomers attending the General Assembly in Beijing. This programme will allow parents to attend the conference in a family friendly environment combining professional duties and family needs; the day-camp will offer a rich programme of science and cultural activities.
You can find more information about the UNAWE Day Camp at: http://iau.org/scientific_meetings/iau_ga_2012/special_events/unawe_workshop/
The following possibilities are available for financial support:
SPD Studentship and Metcalf Travel Award programs
Thanks to the generous support of the SPD Studentship Committee (funded by NSF), and the SPD's Metcalf Travel Award program, we will be able to provide partial financial support for early career researchers.
SPD Studentship: available to students enrolled at a US University, who have not yet completed their PhDs. Metcalf Travel Award: avalaible to researchers who have completed their PhD no more than five years before the start date of the General Assembly (August 20, 2012) and are members of the Solar Physics Division of the AAS.
These awards will be assigned jointly with the organizers of the other solar-related events at the GA (IUAS 294 ; JD3 ; SpS10). If interested, please submit an abstract, and send a 1-page CV and a letter of recommendation to iau_sps6@arcetri.astro.it https://webmail.obspm.fr/src/compose.php iau_sps6 @ arcetri.astro.it before February 29, 2012, specifying also which solar events you are interested in attending.
IAU travel grants
The IAU is offering a limited number of grants to support participation at the XXVIII IAU General Assembly. Grants are usually available to young astronomers and researchers from less privileged countries. For more information, please consult the IAU website at http://www.iau.org/grants_prizes/iau_grants/ga_events.