- Solar flares
- Coronal mass ejections
- Solar energetic particles
- Instrumentation and mission design
- Observations
- Fundamental Physics
The objective of the school is to motivate, educate, challenge, and train
the next generation of researchers that will take the field of high-energy solar
physics to new heights in the coming decades. In the short-term, we anticipate
that the format of close interaction of researchers over an extended period of
time will strengthen ongoing scientific investigations in high energy solar
physics. A long-term goal is to motivate the next generation of experimentalists
because it will be these researchers who will conceive, design, fabricate, and
operate future missions.
The school will be held on the campus of the
University of New Hampshire, the
same location as the
Solar Physics
Division Meeting the following week.
It will be hosted by the
UNH Space
Science Center, currently celebrating 50 years of research in high
energy solar physics. The center's facilities allow for a substantial
involvement in instrumentation and laboratory experiences for the students.
The school will be attended by over 40 graduate students and new postdocs in high
energy solar physics. Some of the graduate students will enroll in UNH as
non-degree-seeking students and earn 3 hours of graduate credit
transferable to degree programs at their home institutions.
Over 17 scientists active in all aspects of
high energy solar physics serve as the faculty. They
were selected both for their
expertise in the field and for their pedagogical abilities. They will give both
formal lectures and practicums. The 90-minute lectures will cover all the topics
listed above and electronic versions will be available on this web site. The
practicums will provide hands on experience with the instrumental aspects of
X-ray and gamma-ray imaging and spectroscopy, in-situ particle and field
measurements, and radio observations. Faculty members will be in residence at
UNH for extended periods during the summer school in order to create an
atmosphere of lively exchange of information and ideas. The close
interaction of over 50 researchers for a 10-day period will result
in the formation of useful collaborations and the initiation of several research
projects.
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