Purpose
Our International Team spans a wide range of expertise in order to make progress in the understanding of solar prominences, and in particular the mechanisms capable of explaining their formation and their equilibrium. The Team consists of 11 members whose research interests combine data analysis and interpretation, spectro-polarimetry, radiative transfer modelling (including polarised radiative transfer), and modelling of the magnetic field and plasma. We will meet at ISSI to discuss the latest developments in these fields, interpret existing space observations, set up and propose new observational programmes using space instrumentation, and decide modelling strategies to be carried out between the meetings. The outcome of the proposed research is a better understanding of the formation processes of solar prominences and of the physical conditions necessary for the stability of quiescent prominences.
This project builds on the success of the International Team on Spectroscopy and Imaging of Quiescent and Eruptive Solar Prominences from Space.
Team members
José Luis Ballester, Universitat de les Illes Balears, SP
Rick DeVore, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Holly Gilbert, NASA/GSFC, USA
Petr Heinzel, Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ
Nicolas Labrosse, University of Glasgow, UK (Leader)
Duncan Mackay, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
Zoran Mikic, Predictive Science, Inc., USA
Frédéric Paletou, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Université de Toulouse, FR
Susanna Parenti, Royal Observatory of Belgium, BE
Brigitte Schmieder, LESIA, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, FR
Jean-Claude Vial, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, FR
Schedule
Three meetings are planned for 4, 3.5, and 3.5 days respectively.
Publications
The team members have a strong expertise in the physics of solar prominences. You can find a list of relevant publications on this ADS page.
Contact
Nicolas Labrosse
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Glasgow
University Avenue
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland
Direct line: +44 (0)141 330 3817
Fax: +44 (0)141 330 5183
Web: http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/people/labrosse
Subsistence
A great deal of work is done thanks to the fine restaurants accepting groups of 10 or more people in the evening! Here are a few that we tried and liked, for future reference for ourselves and other teams...
Restaurant Brasserie Anker (a.k.a. The Roeschti Place): Kornhausplatz 16; Tel: 031 311 11 13
Kornhaus Kornhausplatz 18; Tel: 031 327 72 72
Pizzeria Il Grissino Waisenhausplatz 28; Tel: 031 311 00 59
Metzgerstuebli Muenstergasse 60; Tel: 031 311 00 45
Altes Tramdepot (the biggest banana split ever!) Grosser Muristalden 6; Tel: 031 368 14 15
Santorini (Greek and Mediterranean cuisine) Gerberngasse 34; Tel: 031 312 18 12
Le Mazot (Swiss food: fondues, roeschti, raclette, ...) Barenplatz 5; Tel: 031 311 70 88
Luce (Italian) Zeughausgasse 28; Tel: 031 310 99 99