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2023-09-28 Maria-Theresia Walach (Lancaster University)

The Eye of the Geomagnetic Storm: Electrodynamics at High-Latitudes during Geomagnetic Storm Abstract:  The Earth’s magnetosphere is coupled to the solar wind, and the ionosphere. The solar wind-magnetosphere coupling gives rise to electrical currents which flow through the… Read More

2023-05-15 Mary Knapp (MIT Haystack Observatory)

AERO-VISTA: mapping the Earth’s auroral radio emissions Abstract: AERO-VISTA is a twin CubeSat space mission that will use a novel vector sensor antenna along with traditional interferometry methods to map the Earth’s radio auroral emissions – auroral roar, hiss,… Read More

2023-09-05 David Long (Queens University Belfast)

The eruption of a magnetic flux rope observed by Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe Abstract: Magnetic flux ropes are a key component of coronal mass ejections, forming the core of these eruptive phenomena. However, determining whether a flux… Read More

2023-06-12 Benoit Tabone (Paris-Saclay University)

Early results of the GTO-MIRI MINDS programme on planet-forming disks Abstract:  Planets form, migrate, and obtain their elemental composition in disks orbiting young stars (a few Myrs). The elemental composition of gas and solids in disks is expected… Read More

2023-06-07 Ian Dobbs-Dixon (NYU Abu Dhabi)

Probing the Multidimensional Nature of Atmospheres of Hot Jupiters Abstract: By far, the most thoroughly observationally and theoretically characterized extrasolar planets are the class of short-period, highly irradiated, gas-giant planets. Though much of our understanding of atmospheric dynamics… Read More

2023-04-27 Andrew Miller (Maynooth University)

MUSE-ing Upon the Strange: Exploring Unusual Protostellar Outflows with Integral Field Spectroscopy Abstract: Jets are a ubiquitous but incompletely understood phenomenon in the early life of pre-main sequence stellar objects. These outflows are connected to accretion processes, indicating… Read More

2023-04-25 Maximillian Günther (ESTEC)

Habitable(?) Worlds and Stellar Flares Abstract: Our search for new exoplanets is bringing us closer to habitable worlds than ever before. Especially temperate super-Earths and sub-Neptunes orbiting the coolest stars open unique avenues as prime targets for transit… Read More

2023-03-29 Matthew Owens (University of Reading)

When less is more – reduced physics simulations of the solar wind  Abstract: As scientists, we strive to construct models and simulations that describe natural systems in greater and greater fidelity. But this comes with a cost; increased code… Read More

2023-03-14 Zhen Guo (NPF/Universidad de Valparaiso)

Episodic accretion on young stellar objects – results from the VVV survey Abstract: The Pre-Main-Sequence stellar evolution is shaped by the mass accretion process. The variable nature of the mass accretion process on embedded young star objects (YSOs)… Read More

2023-03-07 Ciaran Beggan (BGS)

Space weather research and activities on mid-latitude island archipelagos  Abstract: Over the past five years British Geological Survey (BGS) have been involved in a number of space weather research projects in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. The… Read More