[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy seminar TIODAY 10:30 FC61: Emilia Kilpua

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

On 2019-03-25 05:56, Alexis Brandeker wrote:
> Astronomy seminar
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> Time & location: Friday 29/3, 10:30 in FC61
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> Speaker: Emilia Kilpua (Helsinki)
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> Title: Determining magnetic field in coronal mass ejection flux ropes
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> Abstract:
> The knowledge of the magnetic field structure of coronal mass 
> ejections (CMEs) is crucial for understanding their early dynamics and 
> eruptions as well as predicting their space weather effects at Earth.  
> For example, this information is crucial  for constraining the flux 
> rope parameters both in first-principle space weather simulations 
> (e.g, ENLIL, EUHFORIA and SUSANOO-CME) and in semi-empirical CME 
> models. At the University of Helsinki Space Physics team we are 
> developing both observational schemes and fully data-driven 
> simulations to estimate the initial magnetic field in CME flux ropes. 
> Observational scheme combines several indirect proxies, while our 
> data-driven simulations uses a time-dependent magnetofrictional 
> modelling (TMFM) approach to estimate the field self-consistently.  In 
> this seminar I will discuss the “Bz problem” from a space weather 
> point of view and present the above mentioned activities within the team.
>
> Emilia will be hosted by Sanja Danilovic.
>
> Other upcoming Friday activities:
>
> 5/4 (Fri) @ 10:30: Christian Herenz (SU)
> 12/4 (Fri) : Open slot, NO SEMINAR scheduled (yet)
> 26/4 (Fri) @ 10:30: Ernst de Mooij (Dublin)
> 26/4 (Fri) @ 13:00: PhD defence of Tine Libbrecht in FB52
>
> All welcome!
>         Alexis Brandeker (Astronomy seminar organiser VT 2019)
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