This Forum is intended to bring together leading researchers in space plasma physics to discuss recent advances in the field. The Forum is also expected to provide the MSc students enrolled in the new Space Physics program at Sofia University broader exposure to this modern science. All lectures and research seminars will be uploaded on the conference web-page and selected contributed talks will be published in the Black Sea School on Plasma Physics Proceedings.

Time and Venue

Villa List Hotel, Sozopol, Bulgaria, August 31–September 7, 2008

Organizers

• Prof. Dr. Ivan Zhelyazkov (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Todor Mishonov, Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria (Co-Chair)
• Dr. Vania Jordanova, Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA, Phone: +1 505 667 9908
• Dr. Ilia Roussev, University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA, Phone: +1 808 956 6648

Contact Person

Prof. Dr. Todor Mishonov, Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, Phone: +359 2 8161 653, Mobile: +359 0886 33 16 93

Invited Lecturers

• David Webb (AFRL, USA)
• Grigol Gogoberidze (GENAO, Georgia)
• Angelos Vourlidas (NRL, USA)
• Stefaan Poedts (KUL, Belgium)
• Dmitry Bisikalo (IARAS, Russia)
• Tihomir Hristov (Johns Hopkins Uni, USA)
• Robert Erdélyi (Sheffield Uni, UK)
• Yoshiharu Omura (RISH, Japan)
• Florin Spineanu (NILPRP, Romania)
• Serge Koutchmy (Meudon, France)
• Andria Rogava (KUL, Belgium)
• Michael Ruderman (Sheffield Uni, UK)
• Temury Zaqarashvili (GENAO, Georgia)
• Rumjana Mitzeva (Sofia Uni, Bulgaria)

Schedule

• Arrival: August 31, 2008
• Welcome reception: September 1, 2008
• Conference dinner: September 5, 2008
• Excursion to Nessebar: September 6, 2008
• Departure: September 7, 2008

List of Lecturers

• Y. Omura

  1- Nonlinear wave–particle interactions in space plasmas

  2- Tutorial on electromagnetic particle simulation codes

• S. Koutchmy

  1- Typical parameters of the TR and the coronal plasma deduced from Eclipse and coronagraphic observations

  2- Very low velocity/Very fast CMEs with eruptive prominences: comparison and what can be deduced concerning the mechanism of eruption?

• V. Jordanova

  New insights on geomagnetic storms from observations and modeling

• I. Roussev

  Theoretical and numerical modeling of coronal mass ejections and associated energetic particle events

• R. Erdélyi

  Magneto-seismology of the solar atmosphere

• M. Vlad

  Anomalous particle transport in three-dimensional solar wind turbulence

• A. Vourlidas

  1- Observations and analysis of coronal mass ejections

  2- The 3D heliosphere: Results from the SECCHI experiment on the STEREO mission

• F. Spineanu

  Synergetic vorticity and current density filamentation in sheared flows of magnetized plasmas

• D. Bisikalo

  3D numerical simulations of accretion discs and circumbinary envelopes in close binaries

• S. Poedts

  MHD models and numerical simulations of CME’s onset, evolution and impact on magnetospheres

• G. Gogoberidze

  1- MHD turbulence: theory and astrophysical applications

  2- 40 years after pulsar discovery: achievements and open problems

• T. Zaqarashvili

  1- Rossby waves in rotating magnetized fluids

  2- MHD waves and spectral line nonthermal broadening in the solar corona

• R. Mitzeva and A. Savtchenko

  Analysis of lightning activity in two thunderstorm systems producing sprites

• T. Mishonov, Y. Maneva, Z. Dimitrov, and T. Hristov

  On the theory of MHD waves in a shear flow of a magnetized turbulent plasma

• A. Rogava

  1- Basics of accretion phenomena in astrophysics (2 tutorial lectures)

  2- Collective phenomena in astrophysical shear flows

  3- Relativistic centrifugal acceleration of particles by rotating magnetospheres

Conference Fee: 350€ (or $500)

The Conference fee includes: full board (accommodation and 3 meals per day), two coffee-breaks, conference dinner and excursion. Those who need a partial financial support are asked to send a cover letter briefly stating motivation for application (research plan, discussion of preliminary results, importance of the participation for the future career, possible future cooperation) to the contact person of the Forum. Travel grants will be available to a limited num­ber of participants from North America.

Downloads

• Announcement (pdf,doc)