Monday South Hall Common Room
14:00 - 17:15 MIST Speaker UKSP Speaker
14:00 Welcome Alan Thomson Welcome Lyndsay Fletcher
14:05 A New Artificial Aurora Experiment Using VLF-Induced Particle Precipitation M.J. Kosch Helioseismology - a BiSON perspective Y. Elsworth
14:20 Radar Experiments With The Eiscat HF Facility F. Honary
14:35 Comparison Of The Characteristic Energy Of Precipitating Electrons Derived From Ground-Based And Dmsp Satellite Data M. Ashrafi Time-Distance Helioseismology of Sunspots S. Hughes
14:50 Drift Of Auroral Absorption R. A. Makarevitch Resonant Coupling of Non-parallel Global Oscillations B. Pinter
15:05 Statistical Study Of Night-Time Spike Events A. Aminaei The Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Acoustic Power at the surface of the sun as analysed by MDI C. J. Nicholas
15:20 Comparisons Of The Plasmaspheric Ions With The CTIP Model And EUV Data From The Image Satellite Stuart Thom  
15:35 -16:00 Break Break
16:00 Substorm Dependence Of Plasmaspheric Hiss N.P. Meredith A Review of the Solar Dynamo D. Hughes
16:15 Ground Observations Of Chorus Before, During And After Geomagnetic Storms A.J. Smith
16:30 The Heliospheric Current Sheet At Solar Maximum S. R. Child Ultra-efficient Tracking of Photospheric Flows
H. E. Potts
16:45 Modelling Mercury's Magnetosphere James Scuffham The Role of Transport in Solar and Stellar Dynamos S. Tobias
17:00 Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Currents In Jupiter’s Middle Magnetosphere:  Effect Of Precipitation-Induced Enhancements Of The Ionospheric Pedersen Conductivity J.D. Nichols  
17:15 A New Global Model Of Saturn's Magnetospheric Field Christopher Arridge
Evening  
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
19:30 - 20:30 Icebreaker in South Hall
Tuesday South Hall Common Room
09:00 - 12:30 MIST Speaker UKSP Speaker
09:00 Waves Observed In A Perturbed Magnetosheath I. Bates Oscillations and Dynamics of the Lower Atmosphere R. Erdelyi
09:15 Simultaneous In-Situ Observations Of The Signatures Of Dayside Reconnection At The High And Low Latitude Magnetopause J.A. Wild
09:30 Multi-Instrument Observations Of Bursty Bulk Flows In The Near-Earth Plasma Sheet A. Grocott Dynamic Properties of Solar Spicules Observed by SUMER/SOHO L. D. Xia
09:45 Cluster Peace Observations Of Electron Distributions In And Around Magnetotail Flux Ropes C.J. Owen Wave Damping in Solar Prominences I. Ballai
10:00 A Structured Magnetospheric Cusp Observed By Cluster During A Geomagnetic Storm N. Balan Low Atmospheric Signature of the Fast Solar Wind in Coronal Holes M. D. Popescu
10:15 Simultaneous Interhemispheric Observations Of The Cusp Atousa Goudarzi Coronal Bright Points and the Chromospheric Network: Oscillations Link? I. Ugarte-Urra
10:30 - 11:00 Break Break
11:00 Magnetosheath Neutral Atom Observations And The Relationship With Radar Backscatter In The Cusp – Combined Observations From Image Lena And Superdarn H. Khan Slow Wave Propagation in a 2D Coronal Loop Model (tbc) I. De Moortel
11:15 Superdarn Spectral Width Boundaries With DMSP Particle Precipiation Proxies For The Open-Closed Field Line Boundary G. Chisham
11:30 A Large Scale ULF Wave Observed In The Dawn Sector Magnetosphere Using The Superdarn HF Radars L J Baddeley Turbulent Alfven wave-driven Coronal Loops: a Two Fluid Model I. J. O'Neill
11:45 A Statistical Investigation Of Magnetospheric Particle Populations Overlying Spear M.E. Wilson Modelling Standing Slow-mode Oscillations in Stratified Coronal Loops Y. Taroyan
12:00 Mapping Fractal Structures To The Ionosphere Iain Coleman Short-Period MHD Waves in Coronal Structures V. M. Nakariakov
12:15     Is Phase Mixing a Viable Mechanism of Damping of Kink Oscillations of Coronal Loops
M. Ruderman
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Lunch
Tuesday South Hall  
13:30- 17:30 Joint MIST/UKSP Speaker
13:30 Review of Waves in the Solar Corona A. Hood
14:00 Oscillations in Hydrogen Ly Alpha Intensity observed by UVCS/SoHO H. Morgan
14:20 An investigation of the field-aligned current associated with a large-scale ULF wave using Cutlass and FAST data H. Scoffield
14:40 Timescale for Electron Acceleration by Whistler Mode Waves in the Earth's Radiation Belts R. Horne
15:00 Electron Scattering and Loss in the Earth's Magnetosphere using a new pitch-angle and energy diffusion code S. Glauert
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere - Problems, Progress and Perspective M. Freeman
16:30 The Structure of 3D magnetic reconnection
D. Pontin
16:50 Anomalous resistivity and the non-linear evolution of the ion-acoustic instability P. Petkaki
17:10 Proton versus Electron Heating in Solar Flares V. Zharkova
Evening    
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
18:00 - 20:00 "MIST Cup" at Pleasance Sports Hall
Wednesday South Hall Common Room
09:00 - 12:30 MIST Speaker UKSP Speaker
09:00     Scaling Laws in Magnetic Active Regions (review) R. Jain
09:15 The Ionospheric Effects Of 2 Large X-Class Solar Flares Mathew Beharrell
09:30 The Dayside, High-Latitude F-Region Trough Under Quiet Geomagnetic Conditions K L Dewis Determining the Spatial Variation of the Local Coronal Heating Function: Comparison of SoHO/CDS Observations and Modelling of Electron Density along a Coronal Loop R. W. Walsh
09:45 Why Is There More Ionosphere In January Than In July? Henry Rishbeth Localized Heating, Siphon Flow and Shocks in Coronal Loops X. Li
10:00 Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes From Halley, Antarctica Martin Jarvis RHESSI microflare Statistics I. G. Hannah
10:15 Remote Sensing Of The Natural Atmospheric Electrodynamic Environment Martin Füllekrug Non-Equilibrium Ion Populations and the Consequences for Observable Quantities
S. Bradshaw
10:30 - 11:00 Break Break
11:00 Thunderstorms And Sporadic E Chris Davis New Insights into Stellar Coronae with XMM-Newton and CHANDRA
H. Kay
11:15 Numerical Modelling Of VLF Perturbations Near The Antarctic Peninsular D. Nunn
11:30 INTERMAGNET: Worldwide Near-Real-Time Magnetic Observatory Data For Space Weather Research And Services David Kerridge A Quantitative Method to Optimise Magnetic Field Line Fitting of Observed Coronal Loops Observable Quantities L. Carcedo
11:45 Reconstructing The Long-Term aa Index Mark Clilverd Large-Scale Structure of the Fast Solar Wind During the Last Solar Minimum from EISCAT IPS Measurements M. Bisi
12:00 Co-Estimation Of Internal And External Geomagnetic Fields For 2001 Susan Macmillan Detection of Silicon Nanoparticle Dust Grains in the Inner Corona S. Habbal
12:15 MIST Announcements Andy Smith    
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Lunch
Wednesday South Hall  
13:30 - 17:30 Joint MIST/UKSP Speaker
13:30 Recent and Current Work of the PPARC Science Committee M. Ward
14:00 Cluster after 3 years
P. Cargill
14:30 Sampling a Coronal Mass Ejection at the Sun and Earth A. Fazakerly
L. Culhane
15:00 EISCAT observations of interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections R. Jones
15:20 Ionospheric scintillations at high latitudes during the storm of October 2003 C. Mitchell
15:40 - 16:00 Break
16:00 Satellite Vulnerability to Geomagnetic Storms R. Horne
16:20 International Heliophysical Year 2007
R. Harrison
16:40 EGSO: Solving Science Use Cases That Relate To The Sun And Heliosphere R. D. Bentley
17:00 Predicting the Next Solar Cycle B. Bromage
17:20 Astrogrid: Developing the UK's virtual Observatory, New Capabilities for the MIST and UKSP communities N. Walton
Evening  
19:00 - 24:00 Conference Dinner and Ceilidh in South Hall
Thursday South Hall
09:00-10:00 Poster Session  
  A Survey Of Flux Transfer Events Observed By Cluster R.C. Fear
  A Cutlass Multi Frequency Study Of Atmospheric Waves In The High And Mid Latitudes T. Karhunen
  The Interaction Between Atmospheric Gravity Waves And Tides In The CMAT Model S. England
  The Response Of Saturn's Thermosphere To A General Polar Heat Source C.G.A. Smith
  Tracking Of UV Flare Footpoints L. Fletcher
  Mean And Accelerated Electron Flux Spectra In Solar Flares E.P. Kontar
  Synchronised High-Cadence Imaging Of The Solar Chromosphere D. Williams
  Background Determination In Post-Recovery Synoptic CDS Spectra S. Chapman
  Mhd Waveguide Modes In Structured Magnetic Flux Tubes B. Carter
  Non-Axisymmetric Oscillations Of Thin Prominence Fibrils M. Dymova
  Initial Results Of Coronal Active Region Oscillations From Grazing Incidence Spectrometer (GIS) C-H. Lin
  Variation Of Line Widths In Coronal Hole Offlimb Regions E. O'Shea
  The Solar UK Research Facility http://surfwww.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/surf/ C. Foley
  Steady State MHD Magnetic Flux Tubes M.Terra-Homem
  Magnetic Reconnection Along Coronal Hole Boundaries M.S. Madjarska
  New Insight Into The Blinker Phenomena J.G. Doyle
  Proton Temperature Anisotropy In Alfven-Turbulence-Driven Solar Wind Models: 1D And 2D Results B. Li
  The Return Current Effect And The Observed Rhessi Hard X-Ray Photon Spectra Flattening At Lower Energies In Solar Flares M.Gordovskyy
  Fast Electron Slowing-Down And Diffusion In A High Temperature Source R. K. Galloway
  Preliminary, Simple Numerical Simulations Of The Flux Tube Tectonics Model For Coronal Heating C.L. Gerrard
  Investigations Of The Dynamics Of Trace EUV Flare Loops J. Noglik
  Modellling The Effects Of Space Weather At The Earth’s Surface: A UK Geoelectric Field Model A.J. McKay
  Three-Mode Resonance Between MHD Waves In Low-Β Plasmas G. Botha
  Electron Dynamics And Wave Emissions Close To Magnetic Reconnection Sites: Examples Of Observations By The Cluster Spacecraft A.M. Buckley
  Charged Particles And Alfven Wave Resonances In The Solar Terrestrial Environment E.A. Evangelidis
  Absolute And Convective Instabilities Of Circularly Polarized Alfvén Waves (Decay Instability) D. Simpson
  Flow Deflections Ahead Of Fast Magnetic Clouds Observed By Ulysses A. Rees
  Magnetic Field Measurements By Cassini Of Jupiter's Magnetosheath Region N. Achilleos
  Evidence For Electron Acceleration To Relativistic Energies By VLF/ELF Whistler-Mode Chorus Waves N.P. Meredith
  On The Occurrence Patterns Of Magnetic Storms M. Freeman
  Algorithm Preparation And UK Data Availability For The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Investigations In The Context Of The UK Virtual Observatory J.L. Culhane
  The Effect Of Strong Magnetic Fields On Acoustic Power At The Surface Of The Sun As Analysed By MDI C. J. Nicholas
10:00 - 10:30 Break
Thursday South Hall Common Room
10:30 - 12:30 MIST Speaker UKSP Speaker
09:00   CDS users meeting  
10:30 A Simple Model Of The Flux Content Of The Distant Magnetotail Steve Milan Break
10:45 A Comparison Of Observed Statistical Properties Of Substorms With Those Predicted By A Minimal Substorm Model S.K. Morley
11:00 A Statistical Test Of The Assumptions Used To Form A Minimal Substorm Model G. A. Abel High Energy Flare Physics With RHESSI E. Kontar
11:15 Variations Of Cut-Off Energy During Selected Polar Cap Absorption Events K.F. Kaal
11:30 Electron Acceleration In The Downward Auroral Current Region Alexandra Cran Particle Acceleration from Stochastic Current Sheets Driven by Photospheric Motion R. Turkmani
11:45 2-D Hybrid Simulations Of An Alfven Wave Pulse P.A. Damiano Electron Acceleration at Reconnecting X-points in Solar Flares B. Hamilton
12:00 Mirror Instability In Space Plasmas: Finite Ion Larmor Radius Effects M. A. Balikhin The Dynamics Associated with Radio Spike Bursts J. I. Khan
12:15 CLOSE      
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Lunch
Thursday   Common Room
14:00 - 17:30   UKSP Speaker
14:00   Imaging Spectroscopy of the Fawkes X28 Flare C. Foley
14:15 Multi-wavelength Observations of Compact Solar Flares G. Del Zanna
14:30 Tracking of the Active Regions 484 and 486 with the EGSO Solar Features Catalogue V. Zharkova
14:45 CLOSE
     


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