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New approaches in coronal heating

26 - 27 August 2014 09:00 - 17:00

Theo Murphy international scientific meeting organised by Dr Ineke De Moortel and Professor Philippa Browning

Event details

It has been known for more than half a century that – surprisingly - the Sun’s atmosphere is far hotter than its surface. This meeting will be dedicated to the long standing ‘coronal heating problem’, bringing together theoretical experts with modellers and observers to assess current understanding and debate the most promising strategy to ensure further progress.

View a draft meeting programme

Attending this event

This is a residential conference, which allows for increased discussion and networking.  It is free to attend, however participants need to cover their accommodation and catering costs if required.

Enquiries: Contact the events team

 

Organisers

  • Professor Ineke De Moortel, University of St Andrews, UK

    Ineke De Moortel holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews (2001), where she subsequently held an STFC Postdoctoral fellowship (2001-2004) and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2004-2013). She was appointed as a lecturer at St Andrews in 2005 and promoted to Professor in 2013.

    Ineke's main research interests are in the dynamical processes occurring in the Sun’s atmosphere (corona), in particular coronal heating and coronal seismology  Current work mostly focuses on the behaviour of MHD waves and oscillatory processes in 3D geometries, using numerical simulations. Of particular interest is the development of self-consistent models of coronal heating and coronal seismology and how theoretical and numerical results can be robustly and meaningfully compared to solar observations.
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    Professor Philippa Browning, University of Manchester, UK

    "Philippa Browning graduated with a degree in Mathematics from Cambridge and then obtained a PhD in Solar Physics at the University of St Andrews. Subsequently, she lectured in Physics at UMIST and is now Professor in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Her research field is  theoretical plasma physics, with applications both the solar atmosphere and to magnetically-confined fusion plasmas. Her recent research focuses on the process of magnetic reconnection and its role in energy release and particle acceleration.  The main aims of this research are  to understand how stored magnetic energy is released in solar flares, and to explain how  the solar corona is heated to millions of degrees.  She is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, and chairs the IOP Plasma Physics Group. She is Editor of “Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics”."