Max Millennium News

Richard Canfield canfield at mithra.physics.montana.edu
Wed Jun 20 12:36:39 MDT 2012


                           MAX MILLENNIUM NEWS
                              20 June 2012
CONTENTS

1. NEW "GREAT FLARE WATCH" ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. E-PRINTS POSTED IN THE PAST WEEK
3. FROM THE EDITOR
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1. NEW "GREAT FLARE WATCH" ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The solar flare science derived from observation of >50
MeV gamma rays by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT)
can be enhanced significantly if the overall solar exposure
and duty cycle is increased. This can be done by a change
in the spacecraft pointing modes during times of high solar
activity. Through a "Great Flare Watch" announcement in the Max
Millennium Message of the Day (MOTD), the Max Millennium Chief
Observers aim to provide an appropriate alert.  Goals and target
selection criteria are described in Max Millennium Coordinated
Observing Plan 018, "REGION LIKELY TO PRODUCE GREAT FLARES",
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/ops/op018/op018.html

A unique Solar Target of Opportunity operational plan, which will be
used in response to Great Flare Watch alerts, has been organized by
the Fermi team.  Of course, an active region that produces great
flares will be of interest to other ground and space-based
instruments, as well.  If your instrument can beneficially use this
alert of high probability of flares of GOES class >X5, please contact
canfield at physics.montana.edu about such practical matters as the UT
timing of the MOTD.

2. E-PRINTS POSTED IN THE PAST WEEK
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Study of flare energy release using events with numerous type
III-like bursts in microwaves -- N. S.	Meshalkina, A. T. Altyntsev,
D. A. Zhdanov, S. V. Lesovoi, A. A.  Kochanov, Yan Yihua, Tan
Chengming

Properties of the Acceleration Regions in Several Loop-structured
Solar Flares -- Guo, Jingnan; Emslie, A. Gordon; Massone, Anna Maria;
Piana, Michele

Observations of Plasma Upflow in a Warm Loop with Hinode/EIS --
Durgesh Tripathi, Helen E. Mason, Giulio Del Zanna, and Steve
Bradshaw

Automatically Detecting and Tracking CMEs I: Separation of dynamic
and quiescent components in coronagraph images -- Huw Morgan,
Jason P. Byrne, Shadia R. Habbal

Automatic Detection and Tracking of Coronal Mass Ejections II:
Multiscale Filtering of Coronagraph Images -- Jason P. Byrne,
Huw Morgan, Shadia R. Habbal, Peter T. Gallagher

Impulsive acceleration of coronal mass ejections: II. Relation to SXR
flares and filament eruptions -- B. M.  Bein, S. Berkebile-Stoiser,
A. M. Veronig, M. Temmer, B. Vrsnak

3. FROM THE EDITOR 
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The Max Millennium program exists to enhance all aspects of solar
flare research. If you have news that is of broad interest to that
community, feel free to send your message to the MMScience e-mail
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