Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences (AISAS) &
European Solar Magnetism Network (ESMN)

NEWS:

05/10/08 09:15: the course is over. The diploma were given to the students and all cordially thanked to Prof. Staude for his enthusiastic lectures.

05/10/07 07:15: infomation about the course has appeared at the main web page of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. 110 page views till Oct 8, 09:00.

05/10/05 07:30: first pictures taken during the introductory lecture are posted.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Prof. Dr. Juergen Staude from the Astrophysical Institute (Potsdam, Germany) will give a course of lectures on the topic of the solar magnetohydrodynamics on Oct 4-7, 2005 at the Astronomical Institute (AISAS) of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Tatranska Lomnica (Slovak Republic).

Course is focused on on basics of MHD and several particular aspects of the MHD as well as. Applications of MHD to the Sun will be covered. As a bonuses there will be lectures on history of solar physics at Potsdam, and on GREGOR - a new 1.5 m solar telescope on Tenerife. Course is prepared for undergraduates but also for PhD students from the institute in Tatranska Lomnica and from both universities in Slovakia where education on astronomy and astropohysics is provided.

This activity is organized (and financed) withing the frame of the of the European Solar Magnetism Network (ESMN) - a collaboration of eleven European solar physics research groups aiming to measure and understand solar magnetism. This activity is funded by grant from the Fifth Framework RTN Programme of the European Commission during November 1, 2002 - October 30, 2006 under contract HPRN-CT-2002-00313 and by the Astronomical Institute (AISAS).

COURSE PROGRAMME:

• Tuesday - 4/10/2005:

  10:15 - 10:30	Opening and welcome
  10:30 - 11:15	History of solar physics at Potsdam
  13:30 - 14:15	Introduction to solar physics: core & interior
  14:30 - 15:15	Introduction to solar physics: radiation, spectrum
  15:30 - 16:15	Introduction to solar physics: convection, rotation

• Wednesday - 5/10/2005:

  09:30 - 10:15	Introduction to solar physics: oscillations, helioseismology
  10:30 - 11:15	Introduction to solar physics: atmosphere - 1
  13:30 - 14:15	Introduction to solar physics: atmosphere - 2
  14:30 - 15:15	Introduction to solar physics: magnetic fields - 1
  15:30 - 16:00	Introduction to solar physics: magnetic fields - 2

• Thursday - 6/10/2005:

  09:30 - 10:15	Introduction to solar MHD: flux tubes
  10:30 - 11:15	Introduction to solar MHD: basic equations 1
  13:30 - 14:15	Introduction to solar MHD: basic equations 2
  14:30 - 15:15	Introduction to solar MHD: equilibria, waves
  15:30 - 16:00	Introduction to solar MHD: reconnection, heating

• Friday - 7/10/2005:

  09:30 - 10:15	Coronal heating
  10:30 - 11:15	Extrapolation of coronal magnetic fields
  13:30 - 14:15	Solar variability and climate
  14:30 - 15:15	Long-period eigenoscillations of the solar interior - solar and geophysical fingerprints?
  15:30 - 16:00	Solar and stellar activity

REGISTRATION

Registration to the course is simple, just contact local organizers - Ales Kucera and Jan Rybak at their email addresses which are explained at web page of the AISAS.

FEE & ACCOMMODATION & REFRESHMENT

We are pleased to announce that there is no registration free to the course. Additionally the AISAS can provide participants with a support for their local expenses and some accommodation can be provided at the headquarters of the institute as well.

Mineral water will be available on each break and coffee will be served on breaks at 10:15 and 14:15.

REGISTRED PARTICIPANTS

Frantisek Tomasz, PhD student (AISAS)
Peter Gomory, PhD student (AISAS)
Zuzana Kanuchova, PhD student (AISAS)
Marek Husarik, PhD student (AISAS)
Emil Kundra, PhD student (AISAS)
Mikulas Tirpak, PhD student (AISAS)
Danica Tothova, PhD student (FMFI UK, Bratislava)
Alena Kulinova, PhD student (FMFI UK, Bratislava)
Jaroslav Dudik, PhD student (FMFI UK, Bratislava)
Tomas Soltis, PhD student (FMFI UK, Bratislava)
Marcela Bodnarova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Zuzana Krisandova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Eva Neubauerova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Zuzana Kulhova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Dusan Tomko, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Monika Brnova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Peter Novotny, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Ivana Sujova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Robert Suhada, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Alena Tchirova, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Michal Korytko, undegraduate (UPJS, Kosice)
Marian Jakubik, (AISAS)
Martin Vanko (AISAS)
Ales Kucera (AISAS)
Jan Rybak (AISAS)
Julius Sykora (AISAS)
Milan Zboril (AISAS)

ACCOMMODATION AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF AISAS

201 - Jaroslav Dudik, Tomas Soltis
202 - Alena Kulinova, Marcela Bodnarova
203 - Dusan Tomko, Peter Novotny, Robert Suhada
204 - Zuzana Krisandova, Eva Neubauerova,
6 - Zuzana Kulhova, Monika Brnova, Ivana Sujova, Alena Tchirova
209 - Michal Korytko

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Ales Kucera (AISAS), Jan Rybak (AISAS), Marta Soltysova (AISAS).

PICTURES

Prof. Dr. Juergen Staude during his lecture (middle) and two slides of his first lecture on history of solar physics at Potsdam (left - areal view of the observatory in 1930, right - 'sofa' picture with extreme abundance of Nobel price winners...

Prof. Dr. Juergen Staude and the audiance hearing his lecture