[Loops] EXTERNAL: Re: Loops Workshop SOC

[Petrus Martens]

Spiros,

    Agreed.

    Piet

Spiros Patsourakos wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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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