MAX MILLENNIUM NEWS 28 January 2015 CONTENTS

1. CHANGES IN THE MAX MILLENNIUM CHIEF OBSERVER TEAM 2. E-PRINTS POSTED IN THE PAST WEEK 3. FROM THE EDITOR =====================================================================

1. CHANGES IN THE MAX MILLENNIUM CHIEF OBSERVER TEAM ----------------------------------------------------

From Dick Canfield <canfield at physics.montana.edu>

The volunteer team of scientists who collectively serve as the Max Millennium Chief Observer keep abreast of solar activity on a daily basis. They work together to select the most appropriate observing targets and observing plans, using their expertise at solar activity forecasting. They send out their recommendations to several hundred solar scientists via the Max Millennium Message of the Day e-mail list.

Paul Higgins (Trinity College Dublin / LMSAL) has been a valuable member of the Max Millennium Chief Observer team for the last two years. Paul joined the team in March 2013, building on his PhD studies of the relationship between dynamic sunspot group properties and the occurrence of flares. He sent out his last Message of the Day on January 11th. We will miss his knowledgeable and proactive approach to flare forecasting. Many thanks, Paul, for a job well done.

Ying Li (Nanjing University / Montana State University) will join the MM_CO team in March. She finished her PhD Thesis "Observations and Modeling of Solar Flare Atmospheric Dynamics" in 2013. Her research interests include heating and dynamics in solar flares: EUV & UV spectroscopy, multi-wavelength data analysis, and theoretical modeling. Welcome, Ying!

2. E-PRINTS POSTED IN THE PAST WEEK -----------------------------------

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/cgi-bin/eprint/default_page.pl

Wave heating of the solar atmosphere -- I. Arregui

Perturbations of gyrosynchrotron emission polarization from solar flares by sausage modes: forward modelling -- Reznikova V.E., Van Doorsselaere T., and Kuznetsov A.A.

Relative drifts and temperature anisotropies of protons and $ α particles in the expanding solar wind -- 2.5D hybrid simulations -- Maneva, Y., Ofman, L., Vinas, A.-F.

Constraining hot plasma in a non-flaring solar active region with FOXSI hard X-ray observations -- Ishikawa, Shin-nosuke; Glesener, Lindsay; Christe, Steven; Ishibashi, Kazunori; Brooks, David H.; Williams, David R.; Shimojo, Masumi; Sako, Nobuharu; Krucker, S

First Images from the Focusing Optics X-Ray Solar Imager -- Krucker, Sam; Christe, Steven; Glesener, Lindsay; Ishikawa, Shin-nosuke; Ramsey, Brian; Takahashi, Tadayuki; Watanabe, Shin; Saito, Shinya; Gubarev, Mikhail; Kilaru, Kiranmayee; Tajima, Hiroyasu; Tanaka, Takaaki; Turin, Paul; McBride, Stephen; Glaser, David; Fermin, Jose; White, Stephen; Lin, Robert

Prominence seismology using the period ratio of transverse thread oscillations -- R. Soler, M. Goossens, J. L. Ballester

3. FROM THE EDITOR ------------------

The Max Millennium program exists to enhance all aspects of solar activity research. If you have news that is of broad interest to that community, feel free to send your message to the MMScience e-mail list: http://solar.physics.montana.edu/max_millennium/mmlists.shtml Address questions to canfield at physics.montana.edu