The Royal Astronomical Society
January 11th 2002
in the
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON W1


"THE 3D SUN AND HELIOSPHERE AT SOLAR MAXIMUM"

Organisers:
Dr Bob FORSYTH (IC) r.forsyth@ic.ac.uk
and
Dr Andy BREEN (Aberystwyth) azb@aber.ac.uk

Summary: In November 2000 and October 2001 the Ulysses spacecraft made its second passages through the southern and northern polar regions of the heliosphere, this time under solar maximum conditions. Speakers working in both solar and heliospheric physics will present results on the 3D structure and dynamics of the solar corona and heliosphere and their inter-relation at this time of high solar activity. 
10:00   Registration and Coffee

Morning Session
Chair: Dr Bob Forsyth (IC)

10:30   Professor Shadia Habbal (Aberystwyth): sdh@aber.ac.uk
        "The transition from fast to slow wind in the inner corona at solar 
        maximum"

10:55   Professor Sami Solanki (MPI Lindau): solanki@linmpi.mpg.de
        "Coronal holes: The view from Ulysses compared with magnetograms"

11:10   Dr Mihalis Mathioudakis (QUB): M.Mathioudakis@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
        "The angular variation of the electron density in the solar corona"

11:25   Dr Louise Harra (MSSL): lkh@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
        "10 years of Yohkoh observations - what have we learnt?"

11:50   Dr Gareth Lawrence (GSFC): grl@kreutz.nascom.nasa.gov
        "LASCO observations of Coronal Mass Ejections at solar maximum"

12:15   Dr Andy Breen (Aberystwyth): azb@aber.ac.uk
        "Probing the three-dimensional heliosphere using radio scintillation"

12:35   Dr Rudolf von Steiger (ISSI Bern): rudolf.vonsteiger@issi.unibe.ch   
        "Ulysses observations of the solar wind at solar maxium"

13:00   Lunch and posters


Afternoon Session
Chair: Dr Andy Breen (Aberystwyth)

14:00   Professor Andre Balogh (IC): a.balogh@ic.ac.uk
        "Heliospheric magnetic field structure at solar maximum"

14:25   Dr Silvia Dalla (IC): s.dalla@ic.ac.uk
        "Solar energetic particle measurements in the high latitude heliosphere"

14:45   Dr Trevor Sanderson (ESA/ESTEC): sanderson@solar.estec.esa.nl
        "The influence of the Sun's magnetic field on energetic particles in 
        the heliosphere"

15:00   Professor George Simnett (Birmingham): gms@star.sr.bham.ac.uk
        "Acceleration of near-relativistic electrons by coronal mass ejections"

15:15   Dr Geraint Jones (IC)  g.h.jones@ic.ac.uk and Prof Jack Brandt 
        (New Mexico):
        "Studying the inner heliosphere with comets - First results from Comet 
        LINEAR's high latitude excursion"

15:30   Tea at Savile Row followed by the A&G (Ordinary) Meeting

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