h1. Comet Lovejoy Workshop Homepage


h3. March 21-22, 2012


h3. Boulder, Colorado, USA

This two-day workshop is for those willing to put in hard work and bring serious, thoughtful discussion to the table.  It is imagined that collaborations will be established that will possibly survive until the next surviving sungrazer.

With registration, you will have access to a collaborative wiki site that will be used to share data and ideas prior to and probably during and after the workshop.

h4. Registration Fee $50 ([Click here for Registration|https://www.fin.ucar.edu/epayment/startEpayments.do] )

Select "Comet Lovejoy Workshop" from the pull down menu.

h4. Hotel

We have not made any special arrangements with local hotels.  The most convenient access to the conference facility is from the [Marriott Residence Inn Boulder,|http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/vbocg-residence-inn-boulder] located at 3030 Center Green Drive.  A very short walk to the conference site.


h4. Agenda (_Tentative_)


h5.   Wednesday, March 21

     *08:30-12:00 Introductory/plenary talks*

     08:30-08:50 Introduction


     08:50-09:30 Comets in general (A'Hearn)

     09:30-10:05  Sungrazers (Knight)

     *10:05-10:35 \-Break\-*

     10:35-11:10 Near-Sun & corona environment (Schrijver)

     11:10-11:35 Dust and mass loss from comets I (Lisse)

     11:35-12:00 Dust and mass loss from comets II (Brown)


     *12:00-13:00 \-Lunch\-*

     *13:00-14:30 Observation summaries (Session coordinator: Biesecker)*

     13:00-13:20 LASCO and STEREO observations (Battams)

     13:20-13:40 Non-Sun observing instruments (Knight)

     13:40-14:00 SDO/AIA observations (Schrijver)

     14:00-14:15 X-ray observations (Saar)

     14:15-14:30 Other near-Sun comets (Jones)

     *14:30-15:10 Orbital considerations: expected vs. observed (Session coordinator: St. Hillaire)*

     14:30-14:40 Orbit determination through coronagraph observations (Battams)

     14:40-15:00 Determining the orbit of Lovejoy (Chodas)

     15:00-15:10 Comparing EUV positions and extrapolated orbit data of Lovejoy (Saint-Hilaire)

     *15:10-15:30 \-BREAK\-*

     *15:30-16:50 Mass loss, sublimation, fragmentation (Session coordinators: Brown & Lisse)*
          Contributions from: Chodas, Jone, Keller, Weissman

          including Mass Loss and Dust Morphology from STEREO A&B Images (Chodas)


*      16:50-18:00 Interpretation of spectral observations (Session coordinator: Raymond)*

     16:50-17:10 UV Spectra (Raymond)

     17:10-17:30 Optical spectra of historical sungrazers (Knight)

     17:30-17:50 Optical magnitudes in white light vs a narrow orange filter (Lamy)

     17:50-18:00 Discussion


*   *


h5.   Thursday, March 22

     *08:30-09:30 Emission mechanisms (Session coordinator: Bryans)*

     08:30-08:50 X-ray and UV emission from charge exchange (Bodewits)

     08:50-09:10 EUV emission detected by AIA (Bryans)

     09:10-09:30 Discussion

     *09:30-09:50 \-BREAK\-*


    

     *09:50-11:30 (MHD of the) Corona-tail interactions (Session coordinator: Schrijver)*


     09:50-10:05 Observations in the context of coronal MHD (Liu)

     10:05-10:25 Sun-comet plasma interactions (Jia)

     10:25-10:45 How might we learn about the corona from sungrazing comets (Linker)

     10:45-11:05 Solar wind speed from the tail of Lovejoy (Jones)

     11:05-11:25 Multi-directional observations of the tail features with EUVI and AIA (Battams)

     11:25-11:45 Discussion

     *11:45-12:15 Expectations for future sungrazers (Session coordinator: Knight)*

     11:45-12:00 Dynamical history of the sungrazers (Weissman)

     12:00-12:15 Expectations for future sungrazers based on historical observations (Knight)


     *12:15-13:15 \-Lunch\-*

     *13:15-15:00 Summary of discussions and presentations, and*
*                 discussion of the new avenues opened by comets in corona*
           panel of coordinators:  St. Hillaire\+ Brown/Lisse + Raymond + Bryans
            + Schrijver/ ...\[TBC\] + Knight

     *15:00-16:30 Discussion and plans for the scientific analysis of the observed events +*
*                 Plans for future observing of sungrazers approaching the Sun*
          Session coordinator/speaker/summarizer: Knight

          contribution from Weissman


     *16:30-17:00 Meeting summary and plans for the future*
          Session coordinator/speaker/summarizer:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Schrijver <coronal physics>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lisse <cometary physics>


&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Raymond <emission mechanisms>

h4. Science Organizing Committee

John Raymond

Karel Schrijver

Doug Biesecker

Matthew Knight

Carey Lisse

Dean Pesnell

h4. Local Organizing Committee

Doug Biesecker

Scott McIntosh

Amir Caspi

Ransom Christofferson

Wendy Hawkins

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