RHESSI/SOHO/TRACE Workshop:
Coordinated observations of flares and CMEs

Sonoma, California, December 8-11, 2004

Objectives of workshop:
We intend to have a workshop oriented towards 
the synthesis of data from the satellites and 
also ground-based data.  The basic idea is to 
have manageably small working groups on specific 
topics, so that we can get maximal exchange of 
ideas and (we hope) the fostering of new research 
arrangements.  There will be no set presentations 
other than the four introductory talks, but 
participants may present posters.  Thus the 
emphasis of the workshop will be on actual 
research work.  To minimize the overhead we 
will not plan to have any published proceedings, 
but we fully expect that the workshop will stim-
ulate research that will lead directly to published 
papers.  Working groups will be encouraged to use 
the Web to record as much as possible of the mate-
rial presented or developed at the workshop itself.  
The facilities include broad-band wireless Internet 
connections in the meeting rooms.

Poster by Peter Gallagher. Click for a full-sized .png version.

Meeting location

The meeting will take place at the hotel, The Lodge at Sonoma. Room bookings should be done directly with the hotel, asking for the special rate (a bargain $110) we have arranged for "RHESSI". Booking should be done directly with the Lodge (1-888-710-8008), with a deadline of November 5, 2004 for the special rate. This rate applies for the meeting dates but a rate of $139 is also available for the weekend in between our meeting and the AGU if one books early enough. Please note that there will be a reception from 6:00 pm Tuesday evening, December 7, in the hotel. The meeting will end mid-day on Saturday, December 11. Here are instructions for getting to Sonoma and a weather forecast.

Registration details

The meeting registration deadline will be May 17, 2004. The fee of $300 must be paid by October 15, 2004, after which it will increase to $350. The registration page will collect information from participants, and the payment page gives instructions for paying the fee, either via check or credit card. Please note that the meeting space is limited, the science is profound, and the location is delightful, so think about registering early.

Organizational links

Program
Invited Speakers (Bastian, Brown, Fisher, Gosling)
First Circular
Science Organizing Committee
The RHESSI workshop series
Lists of registrants

Links to the individual working groups

Working group 1: Pre-Event Physics (Canfield, Kusano)
Working group 2: Magnetic Reconnection & Formation of Current Sheets (Forbes, Holman)
Working group 3: Interrelationships of Flares/CMEs in "Super" Events (Gallagher, Gopalswamy)
Working group 4: Flares without CMEs (Sterling, Krucker)
Working group 5: Ribbons and Footpoints (Schrijver, Hudson)
Working group 6: Imaging Spectroscopy of the Thermal Plasma (Dennis, Warren)
Working group 7: Particle Acceleration and Transport (Hurford, Vlahos)
Working group 8: Global energetics (Emslie, Vourlidas)


Comments or questions to: info@rhessi-soho-trace.org
Last edited March 31, 2004