The St. Andrews-Dundee Joint Magnetic Plasma Seminar
| This is a workshop-like seminar on the dynamics of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas. It will be held twice a month on Wednesdays. In the first week of the month in Dundee and in the third week of the month in St. Andrews. |
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Seminars for 2010-2011
| Date & Time | Location | Speaker | Title |
| Mon. 4th Oct. 1.00pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Clare Parnell | Are separators really important for reconnection? |
| Mon. 18th Oct. 1.00pm |
St Andrews Maths Rm 3B |
Yusuke Iida | TBA |
| Mon. 1st Nov. 1.00pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Ruth Carr | TBC |
| Nov. 15th/17th 1.00pm |
St Andrews Maths Rm 3B |
TBC | TBC |
Seminars for 2009-2010
| Date & Time | Location | Speaker | Title |
| Oct. 7th 3.30pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Antonia Wilmot-Smith | Taylor relaxation in braided magnetic fields |
| Oct. 21st 3.00pm |
St Andrews Maths Rm 3B |
Rhona Maclean | 3D Magnetic Reconnection in a Numerical MHD Model of Flux Emergence |
| Nov. 11th 3.30pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Anthony Yeates | Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Global Solar Corona |
| Nov. 18th 3.00pm |
St Andrews Maths Rm 3B |
David MacTaggart | Eruptions from Flux Emergence |
| Dec. 9th 3.30pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Gunnar Hornig | Topological constraints on the relaxation of braided magnetic fields |
| Dec. 16th 3.00pm |
St Andrews Maths Rm 3B |
Ineke De Moortel | 3D Numerical Modelling of Coronal Loop Oscillations |
| Feb. 3rd 3.30pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
David Pontin | Relaxation of braided magnetic fields: Implications for coronal heating? |
| Feb. 17th 3.00pm |
St Andrews Maths L. Th D. |
Thomas Neukirch | Force-free Collisionless Current Sheet Equilibria (and problems associated with finding them) |
| Mar. 17th 3.00pm |
St Andrews Maths L. Th D. |
Mag Selwa | Sunspots, dipoles, flares and eruptions |
| Mar. 31st 3.30pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Anthony Yeates | Characterising the topology of skeleton-free magnetic fields |
| April 21st 3.00pm |
St Andrews Maths L. Th D. |
Dana Longcope | Slow shocks and conduction fronts from Petschek reconnection of skewed magnetic fields: two-fluid effects |
| May 5th 3.30pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Anthony Yeates | Characterising the topology of skeleton-free magnetic fields |
| June 16th 3.00pm |
Dundee Maths Seminar Rm A |
Hassan Mayah | Third-order winding invariants in magnetic braids |
| June 28th 1.30pm |
St Andrews Maths L. Th D. |
Jan Egedal | TBA |
by Clare Parnell