Time: Tuesday 10:00-10:50 AM
Place: Dayton Conference Room (EPS 258)
When appropriate, these discussions will be replaced by an informal presentation of personal research results by MSU students, faculty, or scientific visitors.
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Discussion Leader | Paper |
9/4 | Organizational meeting | |
9/9 | Trae Winter | Del Zanna, Solar Active Regions:the Footpoints of 1 MK Loops |
9/16 | Angela DesJardins | Antiochos, Karpen, and DeVore, Coronal Magnetic Field Relaxation by Null-Point Reconnection |
9/23 | Jonathan Cirtain | Aschwanden, The Differential Emission Measure in the Multiloop Corona |
9/30 | K.D. Leka | Leka, The Vector Magnetic Fields and Thermodynamics of Sunspot Light Bridges: The Case for Field-Free Disruptions in Sunspots |
10/7 | Andrew Holt | Leka and Metcalf, Active-Region Magnetic Structure Observed in the Photosphere and Chromosphere |
10/8 | Duncan Mackay | Special Meeting at 3:10pm Suggested Readings: Mackay, Priest, and Lockwood, Evolution of the Sun's Open Magnetic Flux - I. A Single Bipole-AND- Evolution of the Sun's Open Magnetic Flux - II. Full Solar Cycle Simulations |
10/14 | Steve Saar | "Stellar Magnetic Cycles: What We Know from Observations" Suggested Reading: Saar and Brandenburg, Time Evolution of the Magnetic Activity Cycle Period. II. Results for an Expanded Stellar Sample |
10/21 | Dibyendu Nandi | "Coronal Heating: Theory and Observations" Suggested Reading: Fisher, et.al, Coronal Heating in Active Regions as a Function of Global Magnetic Variables |
10/28 | Patricia Jibben | Labonte, Mickey, and Leka, The Imaging Vector Magnetograph at Haleakala: II Reconstruction of the Stokes Spectra |
11/4 | Adria Updike | Nandy, Hahn, Canfield, and Longcope, Detection of a Taylor-like Plasma Relaxation Process in the Sun |
11/11 | No SJC | Veteran's Day |
11/18 | Stephane Regnier | Bleybel, Amari, van Driel-Gesztelyi, and Leka, Global Budget for an Eruptive Active Region: I. Equilibrium Reconstruction Approach |
11/25 | Silvina Guidoni | Chandrasekhar and Kendall, On Force-Free Magnetic Fields |
12/2 | Jason Scott | Testa, Peres, Reale, and Orlando, Temperature and Density Structure of Hot and Cool Loops Derived From the Analysis of TRACE Data |
12/9 | Lewis Fox | Tsurutani, Gonzalez, Lakhina, and Alex, The Extreme Magnetic Storm of 1-2 September 1859 |
12/16 | No SJC | Finals Week |