Dear friends,
here it is: a new review on coronal loops! Of course, it doesn't
pretend to be perfect, but it covers several topics and might be a
useful tool. In the spirit of Living Reviews, any comment, suggestion,
criticism is welcome and will possibly be taken into account for future
revisions. The review will be freely available in its final and official
version in Living Reviews in Solar Physics (
http://solarphysics.livingreviews.org/ ). Please find a preprint on
astro-ph:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5927
Best regards
Fabio
EM loci
by Klimchuk, James A. (GSFC-6710)
14 Oct '10
14 Oct '10
Friends,
The EM loci technique is frequently used to access whether a plasma is isothermal. The attached paper addresses the uncertainty in this technique and proposes a way to determine the range of thermal distribution widths that are consistent with a set of emission line data.
Cheers,
Jim
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Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the fifth Loops Workshop to be held in Palma
de Mallorca, Spain, June 29-July 2, 2011, hosted by the Universitat de
les Illes Balears. The loops workshops are a series of highly focused
meetings dealing with the observation and modeling of magnetically
confined plasma in the solar upper atmosphere.
For this meeting we have planned a number of sessions dedicated to
specific topics. These sessions include:
* The Coronal Heating Problem: Review talks that will address the
current state of the coronal heating problem, including recent progress
and interesting theoretical paradigms.
* The Properties of the Solar Corona: Review talks that will explore the
boundaries of our understanding of the solar corona and its relationship
to the transition region and chromosphere.
* Integrating Models and Observations: A systematic look at coronal
heating models and what they predict for solar observables.
* Open Questions in Coronal Loops: A Series of Debates.
- Flows vs Waves
- Spicules vs. Evaporation, how does mass enter the corona?
- The DEM spectrum from isothermal to multi-thermal
- Steady vs. Impulsive Heating
To allow for extended discussion sessions the number of speakers will be
limited to about 40.
We anticipate having a poster session to accommodate other topics of
interest.
For further information check our web site at:
http://loops.nrl.navy.mil/loops5/
The Scientific Organizing Committee
Steve Bradshaw
Jim Klimchuk
Helen Mason
Joan Schmelz
Jaume Terradas
Ignacio Ugarte-Urra, chair
Harry Warren
Local Organizing Committee:
José Luis Ballester, Chair
Ramón Oliver
Iñigo Arregui
Jaume Terradas
Antonio Díaz
Marc Carbonell
Samuel Rial