Coronal Loop Workshop VII

Heating of the Magnetically Closed Corona

DAMTP, CMS, University of Cambridge, 21-23 July 2015

Photo by Daniel Oi

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to announce that the online registration and abstract submission for the 7th Coronal Loops Workshop to be held at the Centre for Mathematical Science, University of Cambridge, from 21-23 July 2015 will be open on February 4th. The workshop is expected to extend over three full days. A reception will take place on the evening of Monday, 20th July. A conference dinner will be held at St Edmund's College on Wednesday 22nd July.

A limited amount of funds may be available to support students and early post-docs. Requests for financial support should be made via the Comments section when submitting an abstract.

Conference website: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/astro/cl7/index.html

Registration and Deadlines:

* All abstracts due by 17 Apr 2015

* Financial support request (via abstract submission form) deadline: 17 Apr 2015

* Registration deadline: 1 June 2015 (100 GBP), reduced for students (50 GBP).

After this deadline please email loopworkshop (at) damtp.cam.ac.uk to check availability to attend this workshop. The SOC intends to limit the number of participants to ensure focused discussions.

Accommodation

Hotels are available in the area (see links on the conference website), but we strongly advise early booking, since Cambridge gets very busy in the summertime, and it may not be possible to find a room if you leave it too late. Hotels should be booked directly, not via the conference organisers.

Scientific Programme

Session 1 - Coronal Heating: Global Active Region Models and Mechanisms

- Heating mechanisms (reconnection vs waves vs spicules)

- Global AR models (visualizations etc.)

- Beyond hydro or MHD modeling

Session 2 - Transition Region-Corona Connection

- Observations (IRIS, Hi-C, AIA, CRISP etc) vs theory; chromosphere

- Classical TR vs low lying cool loops

- Role of spicules

Session 3 - Fine Scale Structure and Non-equilibrium Processes

- Fine-scale structure of loops, and/or braiding (observations vs modeling)

- Current sheets and turbulence

- Diagnostics - developments and limitations

- Advances in treating non-equilibrium processes

Session 4 - Wrap up session

- What doesn't match up between theory and observations?

The review talks will introduce these topics, highlighting recent progress and unresolved questions. Both observational and theoretical aspects will be covered during each session by contributed talks and discussion.

The workshop's main goal is to encourage discussion among the participants. For this reason the number of talks will be limited, while the poster sessions will be long enough to allow time to view and discuss the others participants' work. We strongly encourage young researchers to participate.

PLEASE NOTE: Only abstracts (and registrations of participants) directly relevant to the main focus of the workshop will be accepted by the SOC.

For further information please check the web site:

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/astro/cl7/index.html

Local Organising Committee

• Giulio Del Zanna (Chair)
• Helen Mason
• Andrew Hillier
• Vanessa Polito
• Stephen Bradshaw
• Jaroslav Dudik
• Durgesh Tripathi
• Virginia Mullins (Administrative Assistant)