5th El Leoncito International Solar Physics School - 2011

 

(5ª Escuela Internacional de Física Solar El Leoncito - 2011)

Estación Astronómica "Carlos Ulrico Cesco"

Observatorio Astronómico “Félix Aguilar”,  FCEFN-UNSJ
El Leoncito, San Juan (Argentina)

February 07th to February 13th, 2011

 

3rd Announcement

“Solar Physics International Course”

 

Professor in Charge:

Prof. Dr. Eckart Marsch (Max-Planck Institut für Sonnensystemforschung)

           

 

Topic 1: The Sun – Introduction:

Lecture 1: Quiet Sun (Interior, Photosphere Chromosphere and Transition Region)

Lecture 2: Active Sun (Flares and Prominences, CME)

 

Topic 2: The Solar Corona:

Lecture 3: The 3D Heliosphere I

Lecture 4: The 3D Heliosphere II

Lecture 5: The Solar Wind I

Lecture 6: The Solar Wind II

Lecture 7: CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections)

 

Topic 3: Sun-Earth interactions:

Lecture 8: The CMEs in the Interplanetary Medium - STEREO View

Lecture 9: Introduction to Geomagnetism I

Lecture 10: Introduction to Geomagnetism II

Lecture 11: Interplanetary medium

Lecture 12: Space weather

Lecture 13: Sun and Climate

 

Topic 4: Fundamental Physics of the Sun:

Lecture 14: Radiative Transfer Basics

Lecture 15: Plasma Physics I

Lecture 16: Plasma Physics II

Lecture 17: Magnetohydrodynamics I

Lecture 18: Magnetohydrodynamics II

 

Topic 5: Solar Radiophysics

Lecture 19: The Sun in Radio Wavelenghts

 

Topic 6:  Space Missions and Instruments

Lecture 20: A Brief Overview on the Space Missions of the last Decade

Lecture 21: STEREO and the Sun in 3D: Reconstruction Techniques

 

Topic 7: Ground-based Solar Instrument):

Lecture 22: Fundamentals of Image Acquisitions CCDs, CMOS, etc

Lecture 23: MICA & HASTA

Lecture 24: SST and Infrared Spectrograph CASLEO

 

Topic 8: Recent advances on solar physics

Lecture 25: Modern image generation and processing

Lecture 26: Image Cleaning and Enhancement using Wavelet Techniques

Lecture 27: Flows and Waves along Solar Magnetic Structures

Lecture 28: Latest developments in Solar Radiophysics

 

Topic 9: How to do space research:

Lecture 29: A practical guide to Space Research I

 

 

Schedule:

            Sunday Feb 06:

Trip from “San Juan” to “El Leoncito”

 

Monday Feb 07:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 1, 2 & 3

16:00-20:00 - Lectures 4, 5 & 6

 

Tuesday Feb 08:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 7, 8 & 9

16:00-20:00 – Practical Sessions - Topics 1 & 2

 

Wednesday Feb 09:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 10, 11 & 12

16:00-20:00 - Lectures 13, 14 & 15

 

Thursday Feb 10:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 16, 17 & 18

16:00-20:00 - Practical Sessions - Topics 4 & 5

 

Friday Feb 11:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 19, 20 & 21

16:00-20:00 - Lectures 22, 23 & 24

 

Saturday Feb 12:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 25, 26 & 27

16:00-20:00 - Free

 

Sunday Feb 13:

09:00-13:00 - Lectures 28 & 29, Practices - Topic 6

16:00-20:00 - Practical Sessions - Topics 7 & 8. Exams

 

Monday Feb 14:

16:00-20:00 - Trip from “El Leoncito” to “San Juan”

 

 

 

Monday 07

Tuesday 08

Wednesday 09

Tursday 10

Friday 11

Saturday 12

Sunday 13

9:00-10:10

Lecture 1

Lecture 7

Lecture 10

Lecture 16

Lecture 19

Lecture 25

Lecture 28

10:15-11:25

Lecture 2

Lecture 8

Lecture 11

Lecture 17

Lecture 20

Lecture 26

Lecture 29

11:50-13:00

Lecture 3

Lecture 9

Lecture 12

Lecture 18

Lecture 21

Lecture 27

PS 06

16:00-17:10

Lecture 4

PS 01

Lecture 13

PS 04a

Lecture 22

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PS 07

17:15-18:25

Lecture 5

PS 02 a

Lecture 14

PS b

Lecture 23

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PS 08

18:50-20:00

Lecture 6

PS b

Lecture 15

PS 05

Lecture 24

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Examinations

 

 

Contact:

Dr. José Ignacio Castro

Dr. Laura Balmaceda

Fax: + 54 264 4238494

E-mail: posgrado@unsj-cuim.edu.ar

            areasolar@unsj-cuim.edu.ar

Internet: http://www.oafa.fcefn.unsj-cuim.edu.ar/5thELISPS

Technical Assistants:

Washington Gerardo Gómez

Eng. Alfredo Cornudella

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