Solar Journal Club -- PHYS 500-17

Coordinator: Charles Kankelborg kankel@mithra.physics.montana.edu

Time: Tuesday 2:10 PM

Place: Dayton Conference Room (EPS 258) 


In this seminar, graduate student and faculty participants will review recent journal articles and preprints in order to familiarize themselves with the "state of the art" of the major observational and theoretical research topics of the discipline and the MSU research program. From time to time, "classic" papers of enduring value may be discussed. The typical weekly meeting will consist of a one-hour critical discussion of a journal article, copies of which will have been distributed to, and read by, all participants during the previous week. Each discussion will be informally led by a student or faculty member. Participants will be expected to contribute actively to all discussions, and to lead an occasional one on a rotating basis.

When appropriate, these discussions will be replaced by an informal presentation of personal research results by MSU students, faculty, or scientific visitors. 


Here is a list of suggested titles from the current literature. 

Schedule:

Week
Discussion Leader Paper
1/30 Organizational meeting
2/7 Charles Kankelborg Andretta et al., formation of He II 304 line
2/12 (11 AM ROBH102) Katharine Reeves Modeling the Cooling of Post-Flare Loops
2/21 Rebecca McMullen Plasma beta above a solar active region (G. Allen Gary, 2001 Sol Phys 203:71)
2/28 Trae Winter TBD
3/7 Peter Hoyng Stochastic Differential Equations (of interest for the Solar Dynamo)
3/14 No SJC Spring Break
3/21 J. Lewis Fox Athay, "An Ionization Instability at the Base of the Corona"
3/28 Alisdair Davey TBD
4/4 Meredith Wills-Davey TBD
4/11 Jonathan Cirtain CDS data analysis: background subtraction
4/18 Jun Sato New results from HESSI
4/25 Trae Winter TBD
5/2 Rebecca McMullen TBD
5/9 No SJC Final Exams

Links to journals

Group participants (who get papers)
  1. Acton
  2. Canfield
  3. Cirtain, Jonathan
  4. Cirtain, Mellisa
  5. Davey
  6. Fox, J. Lewis
  7. Holt, Andrew
  8. Jepsen, Steve
  9. Kankelborg
  10. Klapper
  11. Klumpar
  12. Larsen, Brian
  13. Leamon
  14. Longcope
  15. Magara
  16. Martens
  17. McKenzie
  18. McMullen
  19. Obland, Mike
  20. Sato
  21. Welsch
  22. Wills-Davey
  23. Trae Winter

Past Schedules:
  • Fall 2001
  • Odds and Ends:


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