Community Workshop on Ground Based Solar Research

Agenda:

Friday, May 13

8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session 1: The Solar Interior and Solar Stellar Physics
(Chair: Mark Giampapa)

8:45 am The Solar Stellar Connection - Jeff Hall
9:25 am The Dynamo - Paul Charbonneau
10:05 am Break
10:20 am The Tachocline, Sub-surface Flows and Flux Emergence - Paul Cally
11:00 am Sunspot Formation and Decay - Matthias Rempel
11:40 am Panel Discussion - Suzanne Hawley, Todd Hoeksema, & Jeff Kuhn
12:30–1:30 pm Lunch in NCAR Cafeteria

Session 2: The Solar Atmosphere and Energetics
(Chair: Dana Longcope)

1:30 pm The Origin and Evolution of Small Scale Magnetic Fields - Bob Stein
2:10 pm Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere - Tom Ayres
2:50–3:20 pm Break
3:20 pm Flux Emergence and the Storage of Magnetic Free Energy - Brian Welsch
4:00 pm Particle Acceleration, Flares and CMEs - Hugh Hudson
4:40–5:30 pm Panel Discussion - Tim Bastian, Jonathan Cirtain, &Thomas Rimmele
5:30–7:30 pm Reception in NCAR Cafeteria

Saturday, May 14

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

Session 3: The Corona and the Sun-Earth Connection
(Chair: Steve Tomczyk)

8:30 am Space Weather - Mike Wiltberger
9:10 am Acceleration of the Solar Wind - Aad Van Ballegooijen
9:50 am Break
10:20 am Coronal Structure and Evolution - Shadia Habbal
11:00 am Solar Irradiance Variability - Mark Rast
11:40–12:30 pm Panel Discussion - Tom Bogdan, Jon Linker, & Janet Luhmann
12:30–1:30 pm Lunch in NCAR Cafeteria

Session 4: The Future of Ground-based Solar Facilities and the Role of the National Centers
(Chair: Bob Rosner)

1:30–2:15 pm Session 1-3 Panel Discussion Summary
2:15 - 2:45 pm NSO and HAO Long Range Plan Summary
2:45 - 3:15 pm Break
3:15–5:30 pm Panel Discussion - Steve Keil, Bob Rosner, & Michael Thompson