[Loops] EXTERNAL: Re: Loops Workshop SOC

[Spiros Patsourakos]

Dear All,

I think that the ultimate goal
in coronal loops science
is to understand how coronal heating
works for closed magnetic fields.
This is really a very general
problem in solar physics going
well beyond coronal loops.

Best Wishes

Spiros



On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Markus J. Aschwanden
<aschwanden at lmsal.com>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Although Ed's plea to talk to larger communities has some merit,
> it is really the smaller focused workshops that allow for in-depth
> discussions that hardly take place in huge meetings (like SPD, AGU, COSPAR,
> etc).
> There is just too much on the table at big meetings, so that we get lost
> in superficial discussions and parallel sessions. I think we need both.
>
> Cheers,
> Markus
>
>
>  On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Ed Deluca wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> Allow me to present a contrarian point of view.
>
> As initially conceived the loops workshops were committed to
> solving a while defined, but complex science problem:
> "What are the physical processes that define the structure
> and evolution of coronal loops"
>
> Three years of observations with STEREO and Hinode (in
> addition to continued supporting observations from SOHO,
> TRACE and RHESSI) have provided critical observations,
> models have evolved and great progress is being made.
>
> Given this, why are we not planning on closing down the
> Loops Workshops, declaring victory and going home?
>
> There is a real danger in continuing to isolate the "loops
> community" from the solar/heliospheric community.
> We have seen this in the past with the heliosiesmology,
> they spent decades talking to themselves rather then
> engaging with the rest of the community. So I would
> suggest the the Mallorca meeting be the final
> loops workshop and that scientists reintegrate themselves
> into the solar community.
>
> With respect,
>
> Ed
>
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