From: Ignacio Ugarte-Urra – iugarte@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil

SOLAR CORONAL LOOPS WORKSHOP V

http://loops.nrl.navy.mil/loops5/

We are pleased to announce the fifth Loops Workshop to be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 29-July 2, 2011, hosted by the Universitat de les Illes Balears. The loops workshops are a series of highly focused meetings dealing with the observation and modeling of magnetically confined plasma in the solar upper atmosphere.

For this meeting we have planned a number of sessions dedicated to specific topics. These sessions include:

* The Coronal Heating Problem: Review talks that will address the current
state of the coronal heating problem, including recent progress and
interesting theoretical paradigms.

* The Properties of the Solar Corona: Review talks that will explore the
boundaries of our understanding of the solar corona and its relationship
to the transition region and chromosphere.

* Integrating Models and Observations: A systematic look at coronal
heating models and what they predict for solar observables.

* Open Questions in Coronal Loops: A Series of Debates.
– Flows vs Waves
– Spicules vs. Evaporation, how does mass enter the corona?
– The DEM spectrum from isothermal to multi-thermal
– Steady vs. Impulsive Heating

To allow for extended discussion sessions the number of speakers will be
limited to about 40.

We anticipate having a poster session to accommodate other topics of
interest.

For further information check our web site at:
http://loops.nrl.navy.mil/loops5/

The Scientific Organizing Committee
Steve Bradshaw
Jim Klimchuk
Helen Mason
Joan Schmelz
Jaume Terradas
Ignacio Ugarte-Urra, chair
Harry Warren

Local Organizing Committee:
Jose-Luis Ballester, Chair
Ramon Oliver
Ingo Arregui
Jaume Terradas
Antonio Diaz
Marc Carbonell
Samuel Rial