Program
Starting from the relevant physics, the
summer school will review our current understanding of the issues, outline
outstanding questions, and discuss future observations, new technologies, and
theoretical analyses that will be needed to further advance the field. We will hold two
90-minute lectures each morning and one in the early evening. During the
afternoons, various extended practica will be planned to provide hands-on
experiences for the students.
We thank Markus Aschwanden for providing each
of the participants with a copy of his book "Physics
of the Solar Corona: An Introduction with Problems and Solutions", Springer
Verlag Publishers, 2004. We acknowledge the following for covering the costs of
the book:
The following is a list of topics to be
covered during the eleven days of the school. Click here for the detailed
schedule.
OVERVIEWS
·
The
high-energy Sun
·
The
Sun-Earth Connection, including geophysical effects
·
Future
instrumentation
·
Outstanding
issues
·
Careers
in high-energy solar physics
BASIC PHYSICS
·
Plasma
physics principles
·
MHD
·
Magnetic
reconnection
·
Particle
acceleration mechanisms
·
Energy
transport in a magnetic environment
FLARE OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING
·
Introduction
to flares
·
Thermal
radiation - soft X-rays, EUV, and optical
·
Nonthermal
radiation - hard X-rays, gamma rays, and radio
·
Flare
models
·
Data
analysis techniques
CMEs & IPM
·
CMEs,
shocks and particle acceleration
·
Introduction
to interplanetary fields and plasmas
·
Electrons
in the upper corona and beyond
·
Solar
energetic particles
·
Data
analysis techniques
OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES
·
Hard X-ray and
gamma-ray imaging
·
Hard
X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy
·
Radio
instrumentation
·
Particles and fields |
