Letters of Intent received in 2015

LoI 2017-296
Modeling and observation of stars and star-planet interactions

Date: 17 July 2017 to 21 July 2017
Category: Non-GA Symposium
Location: NASA Ames Research Center, United States
Contact: Irina Kitiashvili (irina.n.kitiashvili@nasa.gov)
Coordinating division: Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
Other divisions: Division E Sun and Heliosphere
Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
Co-Chairs of SOC: Irina Kitiashvili (NASA Ames Research Center)
Dmitry Bisikalo (Institute of Astronomy)
Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino (Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Antonino Lanza (INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania)
Simon Portegies Zwart (Leiden Observatory)
Chair of LOC: Irina Kitiashvili (NASA Ames Research Center)

 

Topics

1. Numerical simulations of the 3D dynamics of stellar convection and convective overshoot
2. Local dynamos and convection zone – atmosphere coupling
3. Dynamics of stellar coronae and winds
4. Dynamics of the stellar interiors, differential rotation, meridional circulation
5. Global dynamo and activity cycles in solar-type stars
6. Tidal effect in star-planet systems
7. Effects of star-planet interaction on stellar rotation and dynamo
8. Magnetic interaction in stellar chromospheres and coronae
9. Effects on planetary atmospheres and exospheres
10. Star-planet interaction and habitability

 

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