Solar Physics White Papers for Astro2010

The latest Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, [http://www.nationalacademies.org/Astro2010 Astro2010], is underway.

To assist the survey committee, the scientific community was asked to submit [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Request_for_Input.html white papers] focusing on how understanding of the scientific frontiers in astronomy may be advanced. White papers identify new science opportunities and compelling science themes, place those in the broader scientific context, and describe the key advances in observation, experiment, and theory necessary to realize those scientific opportunities within the decade 2010-2020. For details see the [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_White_Paper_FAQ.html White Paper FAQs]. The AAS has instituted an informational ASTRO2010 [http://aas.org/policy/decadal resource page] as well.

Papers have been submitted to one or more of the five thematic [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Science_Frontier_Panels.html Science Frontier Panels] (SFPs). The most directly relevant to solar physics is Thematic Science Area 2: Stars and Stellar Evolution (SSE).

Note that only ground-based solar physics projects will be prioritized by the [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Program_Prioritization_Panels.html Program Prioritization Panels] according to the [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Task.html Statement of Task] to the Survey Committee.

As a service to help coordinate the solar physics community response, this web page was made available to those interested in preparing a white paper to register their intent and share information. By February 15 authors had submitted their white papers to the Astro2010 committee.

The [http://www8.nationalacademies.org/astro2010/publicview.aspx full list] of submitted white papers includes more than 320 submissions!

Please contact the listed authors if you have questions.

Title

Author

Contact e-mail

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/schrijver_solar_stellar_dynamos_PSF_SSE.pdf Final]

Dynamos and Magnetic Fields of the Sun and Other Cool Stars

Carolus Schrijver

schryver@lmsal.com

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/solarchromosphere_whitepaper.pdf Final]

The Solar Chromosphere

Tom Ayres

Thomas.Ayres@colorado.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Bastian_Particle_Acceleration_SSE.pdf Final]

Particle Acceleration

Tim Bastian

tbastian@nrao.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Gibson_magnetic_energetics_SSE_GCT.pdf Final]

Magnetically-Driven Activity in the Solar Corona: A Path to Understanding the Energetics of Astrophysical Plasmas

Sarah Gibson

sgibson@ucar.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Hill_Solar_Interior_SSE.pdf Final]

Stellar Physics of the Solar Interior in the Coming Decade

Frank Hill

hill@noao.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Kasper-solarhelio-lfa.pdf Final]

Solar & Heliospheric Physics with Low Frequency Radio Arrays

Justin Caspar

jkasper@cfa.harvard.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Fan_flux_emergence_SSE.pdf Final]

Magnetic Flux Emergence on Sun-like Stars

Yuhong Fan & Matthias Rempel

yfan@ucar.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/keil_small-scale_solar_magnetic_fields_sse_cfp.pdf Final]

Generation, Evolution and Destruction of Solar Magnetic Fields (Measuring and Modeling the Small-Scale Magnetic Flux of the Sun)

Steve Keil

skeil@nso.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Astro2010_Heating_Stellar_Winds.pdf Final]

Heating of Stellar Winds

Chris Russell & Lan Jian

ctrussel@igpp.ucla.edu

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Kosovichev_Solar_Dynamo_and_Magnetic_Self-Organization_SSE.pdf Final]

The Solar Dynamo and Magnetic Self Organization

Alexander Kosovichev

sasha@sun.Stanford.EDU

[http://wso.stanford.edu/whitepapers/Giampapa_SOLAR_ACTIVITY_SSE.pdf Final]

Causes of Solar Activity

Mark Giampapa

giampapa@noao.edu