IAU Symposium 354 “Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origins and Manifestations”
June 30 to July 6, 2019, Copiapo, Chile, in correspondence with the
total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019.
Recent observational results from space missions, such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
(IRIS), Kepler and others that were launched in the past 10 years, as well as from the new large solar and stellar telescopes, such as
GREGOR and ALMA, and advanced instrumentation, have convincingly demonstrated that the progress in our understanding of how magnetic
fields are generated, emerge from the interior, organize in active regions, and cause powerful eruptions can be achieved only by developing a unified approach and studying relationships between solar and stellar magnetism. Developing a synergy of solar and stellar astronomy is essential in solving grand-challenge problems of the primary mechanisms of stellar magnetic activity and its effects on star-planet relations.
This IAU symposium 354 will be dedicated to the physics of Solar and Stellar magnetic fields. The scientific topics are:
-New observational diagnostics of magnetic fields
-Progress in understanding the solar/stellar interior dynamics and dynamo
-Stellar rotation and activity cycles
-Role of magnetic fields in solar and stellar variability
-Star-planet relations
-Formation, structure and dynamics of solar and stellarcoronae and winds
-Mechanisms of flaring and CME activity on the Sun and stars
-Magnetic fields of the solar analogs
-Advances in instrumentation
-Observations of solar eclipses and exoplanetary transits
The Symposium will be held at Copiapo, Chile, from June 30 to July 6, 2019, close to the path of the total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019. A
bus tour to watch the total eclipse will be organized. The eclipse will attract a large number of visitors to the north of Chile. People interested in attending the symposium, please consider making travel arrangements and hotel booking as soon as possible.
The symposim website, where all relevant information including local attractions will be posted, can be found at https://iaus354.aip.de/cms/
For more information, contact the LOC via secretariat_iaus354@das.uchile.cl
On behalf of the symposium LOC and SOC,
Pablo S Moya