
RSAA Colloquium: David Pontin (U.Newcastle)
Heating and dynamics of the Sun’s atmosphere.
Date & time
Date/time
20 May 2025 11:00am
Speaker
Speakers
Professor David Pontin from the University of Newcastle
Event series
Event series
Contact
Content navigation
Description

Heating and dynamics of the Sun’s atmosphere
The Sun is a unique laboratory for understanding fundamental processes occurring in astrophysical plasmas. Energy transport from the solar interior to the atmosphere results in multi-million degree coronal temperatures, accelerating the solar wind out into the heliosphere. Moreover, it drives dynamic atmospheric phenomena such as flares, eruptions and jets. I will give an overview of (selected) observations and MHD modelling efforts.
Location
Duffield Lecture Theatre or Zoom