The activity of our nearest star, the Sun, drives variability within the heliosphere in a myriad of different ways, impacting the Earth and other planets within the solar system. As the only star on which we can begin to resolve physical processes at their intrinsic scales, the Sun provides a unique laboratory for plasma astrophysics. In this session we welcome all contributions describing advances relating to physical processes occurring from the interior to the outer atmosphere, based on space- or ground-based observations, simulations or theory that fall outside the remit of other specialist sessions.
Schedule:
Schedule:
Session 1
09:00 Shaun Donnelly “Diatomic molecules in sunspots”
09:15 Malcolm Druett “The formation and heating of chromospheric fibrils in a radiation-MHD simulation”
09:30 Daniel Johnson “Numerical Simulation of Sunspot Rotation”
09:45 Tishtrya Mehta “Solar cycle dependency of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO)”
10:00 Andrew Hillier “Cosmic rays, subsurface magnetic fields and the observed quiet Sun gamma ray emission”
10:15 Lauren Doyle “The Mercury transit as a probe of solar variability and planetary architecture”
Session 2
13:00 Jack Reid “Curved coronal arcades: proliferation and heating of an MHD avalanche”
13:15 Thomas Howson “The effects of driving time scales on energy release in the solar corona”
13:30 Aoife Maria Ryan “LOFAR imaging of the solar corona during the 2015 March 20 solar eclipse”
13:45 Diego de Pablos “Matching Temporal Signatures of Solar Features to Their Corresponding Solar-Wind Outflows”
14:00 David Stansby “Active region contributions to the solar wind over multiple solar cycles”
14:15 Anna Frost “Estimating the Sun's Total Open Magnetic Flux from In Situ Measurements”
Session 3
16:00 Kristopher Cooper “NuSTAR observations of a repeatedly microflaring active region”
16:15 Sargam Mulay “Evidence of chromospheric molecular hydrogen emission in a solar flare observed by the IRIS satellite”
16:30 Deborah Baker “Plasma upflows induced by magnetic reconnectionabove an eruptive flux rope”
16:45 Peter Wyper “Linking flare ribbon features to tearing in the flare current sheet”
17:00 Konstantinos Karampelas “Oscillatory reconnection of a 2D magnetic X-point for systems with different base temperatures.”
17:15 Prantika Bhowmik “Two classes of eruptive events during Solar Minimum”
Sarah Matthews, Anne-Marie Broomhall, Ryan Campbell, Andrew Hillier, Natasha Jeffrey, Marianna Korsos, Jiajia Liu, Eamon Scullion
Monday morning and early/late afternoon
All attendees are expected to show respect and courtesy to other attendees and staff, and to adhere to the NAM Code of Conduct.