The symposium is organized in conjunction with the award of the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy to Eugene N. Parker (1927-2022), University of Chicago, USA, ”for pioneering and fundamental studies of the solar wind and magnetic fields from stellar to galactic scales”.
Programme
Morning session
Chair: Axel Brandenburg, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09:00
Opening address
Dan Larhammar, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09:05
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate
Jan-Erik Wahlund, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
09:10
Coronal Heating by Topological Dissipation of Magnetic Energy
Online presentation by Boon Chye Low, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA, on behalf of the late Crafoord Laureate Eugene N. Parker, University of Chicago, USA.
10:00
Coffee break
10:30
Which theoretical approach to better explain the Solar Wind expansion: Fluid or Kinetic?
Milan Maksimovic, CNRS & LESIA, Paris Observatory, France
11:10
Stellar magnetic fields
Moira Jardine, School of Physics & Astronomy, St Andrews, UK
11:50
Lunch, included for registered participants
Afternoon session
Chair: Jan-Erik Wahlund, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
13:00
The Challenge of Exploring Our Sun: the 60-Year Odyssey to Parker Solar Probe
Nicola Fox, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
13:40
Magnetic fields in nearby galaxies and the Milky Way
Rainer Beck, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
14:20
Coffee break
14:50
Cosmic Rays in Galaxies: From Microscales to Macroscales
Online presentation by Ellen Zweibel, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
15:30
Exploring the Heliospheric Boundary and Beyond: From Voyager to Interstellar Probe
Pontus C. Brandt, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA
16:10
Speakers view of the field
All speakers, 5 minutes each
16:45
Closing remarks
Jan-Erik Wahlund, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Astronomy
16:50
End of symposium
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