Time……… Wednesday, May 25th 2016, 3:30 -- 5:00 pm
Where……. Room 415, North Physics Building Speaker…. Eckart Marsch, Christian Albrechts University at Kiel Title………. Plasma Physics of the Heliosphere from the Solar Corona to the Heliopause
Abstract:
• The heliosphere is a large cavity carved by the solar wind into the local interstellar medium.
A survey of the structure and dynamics of the solar corona and the associated heliosphere is given. Their basic properties and variations are discussed.
• The solar wind in its various forms originates in the magnetically highly structured solar corona.
Selected observations and concepts of solar wind acceleration and coronal heating are addressed.
• The heliospheric plasma encompasses particles, waves and turbulence from different sources.
The role that turbulence plays in plasma dynamics and heating and some related kinetic processes are outlined.
Eckart Marsch教授，国际著名空间物理学家，美国地球物理学会会士（AGU Fellow），曾任德国马普太阳系研究所资深研究员兼哥廷根大学教授，现为基尔大学研究员。1976年获德国基尔大学博士学位（Theoretical condensed matter physics），随后分别在马普地外物理研究所和太阳系研究所任职，期间曾作为访问学者在美国麻省理工学院和英国剑桥大学工作。Marsch教授曾是多个空间探测仪器的合作研究者（Co-Investigator）（如CELIAS/SOHO, SUMER/SOHO, SECCHI/STEREO等），并作为主要提出者和科学工作组主席，为欧空局（ESA）计划发射的太阳观测卫星Solar Orbiter的研究做出了重要贡献。长期从事太阳大气和太阳风的观测和理论研究，成就卓著，发表论文300多篇，论文引用8000多次。
