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2018 Heliophysics Summer School Schedule

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Heliophysics Core
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Welcome and Introductions

 Amitava Bhattacharjee

Break
- Why do Sun and Planets have Magnetic Fields?
  • Textbook I, Chapter 3
  • Textbook III, Chapter 2
  • Textbook III, Chapter 6
  • Textbook III, Chapter 7
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 6
 Dana Longcope

Group photo at noon immediately following last lecture.

Lunch
- Why does the Sun Have a Corona and a Wind?
  • Textbook I, Chapter 9
  • Textbook III, Chapter 8
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 3
 Dana Longcope

Break
- Lab 1: Tracking a Solar Storm Nicolas Gross
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Welcome Reception

Location: Center Green Patio
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Heliosphere and Planets
- Stellar and Solar Winds
  • Textbook I, Chapter 9
  • Textbook III, Chapter 8
 Stuart Bale

Break
- Dynamo Theory: Basics
  • Textbook I, Chapter 3
  • Textbook III, Chapter 6
 Amitava Bhattacharjee

Lunch
- Stellar Dynamos
  • Textbook III, Chapter 5
  • Textbook III, Chapter 6
 Nicholas Featherstone

Break
- Lab 2: Solar Wind Nicholas Gross
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Heliosphere and Planets
- Planetary Dynamos
  • Textbook III, Chapter 7
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 6
 Nicholas Featherstone

Break
- Exoplanets
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 1
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 5
 Kevin France

Lunch
- Explosive Events: CMEs, Flares and Substorms
  • Textbook II, Chapter 5
  • Textbook II, Chapter 6
 Amitava Bhattacharjee
- Artificial Intelligence for Space Exploration and All Humankind Madhulika Guhathakurta

Break
- Lab 3: Solar Dynamos Nicolas Gross
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Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, and Asterospheres
- Why do the Earth & Planets have Ionospheres? Magnetospheres?
  • Textbook I, Chapter 10
  • Textbook I, Chapter 11
  • Textbook I, Chapter 12
  • Textbook II, Chapter 11
  • Textbook III, Chapter 13
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 8
 Dana Longcope

Break
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Student Research Presentations

Lunch
- Planetary Magnetospheres Planetary Magnetospheres (part 2)
  • Textbook I, Chapter 10
  • Textbook I, Chapter 13
 James Slavin

Break
- Lab 4: Comparative Magnetospheres Nicholas Gross
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Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, and Asterospheres
- Coronae, Heliospheres and Astrospheres
  • Textbook I, Chapter 2
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 1
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 3
 Ofer Cohen

Break
- Evolution on Short and Long Time Scales
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 2
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 4
 Ofer Cohen

Time Off
Time (MDT) Session/Title Speaker

Free Day
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Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, and Asterospheres
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Student Research Presentations

Break
- Planetary Ionospheres
  • Textbook III, Chapter 13
  • Textbook IV, Chapter 8
 Jan Sojka

Lunch
- Long-Term Evolution of the Geospace Climate
  • Textbook III, Chapter 2
  • Textbook III, Chapter 14
 Jan Sojka

Break
- Lab 5: Exploring Ionospheric Structures Nicholas Gross
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Farewell Dinner

Location: Mesa Lab Cafeteria
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Effects & Societal Relevance
- Living with Stars and Societal Relevance
  • Textbook III, Chapter 4
  • Textbook III, Chapter 11
 Chuanfei Dong

Break
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Career Discussion

 Nicholas Gross

Lunch
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Summer School Feedback from Students and Adjournment
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