Dear Colleagues,
This is a brief announcement that the workshop registration is now open,
http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/rhessi11/
so please register and please pass this on to others who may be interested.
Location/dates/ timetable ------------------- The meeting will be held in the School of Physics and Astronomy, Kelvin Building, University of Glasgow [founded 1451 - past Professors include Alexander Wilson (Wilson Effect), James Watt, Lord Kelvin, and Peter Sweet.
The welcome reception with drinks/snacks will be organised near the workshop venue on April 3, 2011 at 6pm. The workshop will start on Monday (April 4) at 9am and will be finished on Thursday (April 7) at 5 pm.
The general timetable is available here: http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/rhessi11/prog.php
Registration/abstract submission ------------------------------- The workshop registration/abstract submission is open now.
http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/rhessi11/reg.php
The registration fee (covering reception, workshop dinner and coffee breaks/refreshments) Standard fee 195 GBP Student fee 120 GBP
Glasgow Travel and Accommodation -------------------------------- The city airport is served by several transatlantic carriers and several direct European connections while nearby Prestwick supports various transatlantic charter companies. There are fast and frequent direct air, rail, and coach services to London, Manchester and other UK destinations. Early April precedes the main holiday and conference season, so accommodation should be fairly readily available in all price ranges. A list of hotels and B&Bs within walking distance and booking information, plus local travel and tourism information is available at the webpage. http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/rhessi11/travel.php http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/rhessi11/acc.php
Meeting Arrangements -------------------- RHESSI XI will continue the series of RHESSI workshops but it also marks 40 years since the publication of Prof. John Brown's thick-target model paper which has since been the standard approach to interpret solar flare hard X-ray spectra.
The workshop will focus on topics/problems related to the understanding of energetic particles in solar flares. The workshop will have five groups covering a wide range of topics broadly related to thick-target model interpretation of solar flares. Up to three working group sessions will be run in parallel. The group topics have been designed with distinct agendas but also with some overlap to facilitate joint sessions. Considerable cross team flux, short of chaos, will be encouraged.
All groups encourage contributions on theory, simulations, observations and RHESSI instrumental/software issue. We discourage contributions unrelated to the working group agendas.
For details, see the webpage: http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/rhessi11/wg.php
Best regards, Eduard Kontar On behalf of the organisers Marina Battaglia, Nicolas Bian, John Brown, Gordon Emslie, Lyndsay Fletcher, Iain Hannah, Eduard Kontar, Alec MacKinnon, David Pontin (Dundee), Thomas Neukirch (St. Andrews)