Meeting

 

The University of California Systemwide IGPP and the Space Science Laboratory at UC-Berkeley announces the 7th Annual International Astrophysics Conference with the theme "Particle acceleration and transport in the heliosphere and beyond", to be held in the shadow of Bali Hai at the beautiful Princeville Hotel (www.princevillehotelhawaii.com) in March 7-13, 2008 in Kauai, Hawaii.

 

The focus of the conference is to bring together a range of topics that shed light on our understanding and status of particle acceleration and transport from the surface of the Sun to the heliospheric termination shock and beyond into the galaxy. The topics include MHD turbulence and reconnection, particle acceleration at flare sites, particle acceleration at CME-driven and interplanetary shocks, interplanetary bow shocks, particle acceleration at the heliospheric termination shock and in the heliosheath, particle transport throughout the heliosphere, and particle acceleration and transport throughout the galaxy.

We expect about 100 attendees. There will be review talks discussing the most outstanding issues/results in each topic, followed by invited and contributed talks. We plan to publish a Conference Proceedings (peer reviewed) afterward, as has been done successfully in the past. Depending upon the demand from participants, a poster session may be set up to encourage informal interaction.

 

If you are interested in attending the conference, please contact Dr. Gang Li at ganli@ssl.berkeley.edu.

 

Scientific Committee:

 

Qiang Hu (IGPP/UCR),

Gang Li (IGPP/UCR & SSL/UCB, Chair),

Bob Lin (SSL/UCB),

Janet Luhmann (SSL/UCB),

Olga Verkhoglyadova (IGPP/UCR),

Gary P. Zank (IGPP/UCR, Co-Chair)