Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group: Wednesday Talks


The format of the Group's Wednesday Talks is the same as last year. At the present time only whole group meetings are planned. Each talk will take place at 1.30 pm in Room 3B of the School of Mathematics and Statistics. If you have visitors planned for this session and would like them to give a talk, please email me details as soon as possible. For suggested speakers, visiting speakers, amendments, equipment required etc, send me an email (rhonam"at"mcs.st-and.ac.uk). Some basic guidelines for giving talks are noted below.


September - December 2008


Date Speaker Title Home Institute
03/09/08 Derek Lamb Formation and Evolution of Small-scale Magnetic Fields University of Colorado
08/10/08 Eric Priest Waves or Reconnection? STG
15/10/08 Manuel Luna Transverse Oscillations of Several Loops Universitat de les Illes Balears
22/10/08 Thomas Neukirch 1D Collisionless Plasma Equilibria: An Introduction STG
29/10/08 Clare Parnell Photospheric Magnetic Fields STG
05/11/08 Craig Stark Magnetospheric Plasma Processes STG
12/11/08 -- NO SEMINAR --
19/11/08 Peter Cargill A Fast Way to Model Evaporation and Condensation in a Dynamic Corona STG
26/11/08 Stephane Regnier Magnetohydrostatic Models for the Solar Corona STG
03/12/08 Giulio Del Zanna Coronal Flows in Solar Active Regions MSSL
10/12/08 Alan Hood An Introduction to VisIt STG
17/12/08 Vasilis Archontis Dynamic Events in the Solar Atmosphere STG

Below are some guidelines for giving talks:

  1. Give a 10-15 minute introduction, setting the scene and discussing the basics (both observational and theoretical) of your work.
  2. Consider giving a talk in which you review other people's work. This will not only help you to understand the work better, it may also bring a more critical appraisal of the work to light.
  3. Aim to keep the talk to 45 (!!) minutes, so there is plenty of time for questions and discussions. Speakers who are in danger of running over time will be asked to round up their talk.
by Rhona Maclean

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