CESRA explained

Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers
Abbreviation:CESRA
Formation:1970
Purpose:Stimulate research of the solar atmosphere by means of radio waves and any other suitable diagnostics.
Leader Name:Eduard Kontar
Parent Organization:ESPD

The Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers (CESRA) is a non-profit informal organization of European scientists whose aims are to promote studies of solar radio physics and related topics.

Established in 1970,[1] its membership includes scientists from 28 European research institutes.[2]

History

Arnold O. Benz reports[1] that CESRA was initiated by a letter written in June 1970 by A.D. Fokker (Utrecht) with which he invited “many” solar radio astronomers to a meeting at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly in Brighton (August 18–27, 1970) (the letter was found by Arnold O. Benz. CESRA's initial purpose was to promote the development of a European instrument for solar radio observations, the Joint Interferometer Project (JIP). The organization's “statement of intentions and policy” was adopted at the 1972 meeting in Bordeaux. Initially the “CESRA” acronym meant “Committee of European Solar Radio Astronomers” and members were the representatives from each observatory. In that phase CESRA was chaired by A.D. Fokker. When JIP became unrealistic in 1978, it was decided not to dissolve the organization, but give it to a “caretaker” to do whatever needed.[1] The caretaker was Arnold O. Benz until 1992. In 1992 at a meeting with Arnold O. Benz, M. Pick, G. Trottet, A. Magun and P. Zlobec, decided to transform CESRA to a more organized entity with a President, a Board and Statutes, changed “Committee” to “Community” and gave CESRA a democratic structure with statutes similar to today’s.Since 1992 the following scientists have served as CESRA presidents:[3] Arnold O. Benz (Zürich; 1992-1998), Karl-Ludwig Klein (Meudon; 1998-2010), Silja Pohjolainen (Turku; 2010-2016), and Eduard Kontar (Glasgow; 2016-...).

Conferences

CESRA organizes triennial workshops[4] on investigations of the solar atmosphere using radio and other observations. Although special emphasis is given to radio diagnostics, the workshop topics are of interest to a large community of solar physicists. The format of the workshops usually combine plenary sessions and working group sessions, with invited review talks, oral contributions, and posters. The workshops attract not only European scientists, but also scientists from the USA, China, Japan, Australia, and Brazil. CESRA has also cosponsored international solar physics conferences organized by the European Physical Society[4] [5] [6] and in one occasion has organized a session within the European Geophysical Society's General Assembly.[4]

Summer Schools

Three summer schools[7] [8] [9] have been organized by CESRA. The schools were open to solar radio physicists including PhD students and early career researchers. They covered the essential elements of theory, modeling and data analysis and featured lectures and tutorials. Students had the opportunity to meet and discuss research topics with their peers together in an informal atmosphere.

Publications

Proceedings of CESRA workshops include review articles as well as original research articles and are usually published in Solar Physics (journal)'s Topical Issues.[4] [10] [11] [12] [13] The proceedings of some CESRA workshops (until 2004) have been published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Physics.

Solar radio science highlights

CESRA web page hosts “Solar radio science highlights”.[14] These are short communications written by CESRA members that publicize fresh research (normally based on a refereed paper published within three months) to keep CESRA community informed and up-to-date. They are written in a language accessible to non-experts, using a “news-and-views” style.

Proceedings

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About CESRA – Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers. . Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers . February 20, 2017.
  2. Web site: Solar/Radio Institutes – Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers. . Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers . February 20, 2017.
  3. Web site: CESRA Board – Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers. . Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers . February 20, 2017.
  4. Web site: Workshops/Meetings – Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers. . Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers . February 20, 2017.
  5. Web site: 14th European Solar Physics Meeting, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 8-12 September 2014. . European Solar Physics Meeting . February 20, 2017 . 5 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170505185854/http://www.espm14.ie/ . dead .
  6. Web site: 11th European Solar Physics Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, 11-16 September 2011. . European Solar Physics Meeting . February 20, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211164842/http://wis.kuleuven.be/cpa/spm11.php . 11 February 2012 . dead .
  7. Web site: CESRA summer school on solar radio physics 2010. . Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers . February 20, 2017.
  8. Web site: Glasgow CESRA Radio Summer School 2015. . Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers . February 20, 2017.
  9. Web site: The CESRA 2018 Summer school at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, in Brussels, Belgium, September 10-14 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180909151315/https://events.oma.be/indico/event/53/ . 2018-09-09 .
  10. Radio Physics and the Flare-CME Relationship. Karl-Ludwig. Klein. Silja. Pohjolainen. Solar Physics. 253. 1–2. 1573-093X . December 1, 2008.
  11. Marque´. Christophe. Nindos. Alexander. November 1, 2011. Energy Storage and Release through the Solar Activity Cycle – Models Meet Radio Observations.. Solar Physics. 273. 2. 1573-093X.
  12. New eyes looking at solar activity: Challenges for theory and simulations. . Silja. Pohjolainen. Marian. Karlicky´. Solar Physics. 290. 1. 1573-093X . January 1, 2015. 1 . 10.1007/s11207-014-0631-6 . 2015SoPh..290....1P . 54207463 . free. 11336/16799. free.
  13. Kontar. Eduard. Nindos. Alexander. 2017. Combined Radio and Space-based Solar Observations: From Techniques to New Results. Solar Physics. 292. 1573-093X.
  14. Web site: Solar Radio Science Highlights – Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers.. February 20, 2017. Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers.
  15. Proceedings: Internal Report, Observatoire de l'Université de Bordeaux (eds. J. Delannoy, F.Poumeyrol) . Cosmic Electrodynamics: Proceedings of the 1st Course of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" . 1972 . 1972cesra...3.....D . Delannoy . J. . Poumeyrol . F. . 3 .
  16. Proceedings: Internal Report, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Berne (ed. E. Schanda) . Cosmic Electrodynamics: Proceedings of the 2nd Course of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" . 1974 . 1974cesra...4.....S . Schanda . E. . 4 .
  17. Proceedings: Osservazione e Memorie, 105 (eds. C. Chiuderi, M. Landini, A. Righini) . Cosmic Electrodynamics: Proceedings of the 3rd Course of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" . 1975 . 1975cesra...5.....C . Chiuderi . C. . Landini . M. . Righini . A. . 5 .
  18. Proceedings: Colloques internationaux du CNES, 282 (1978), (eds. S. Dumont, J. Rösch) . Cosmic Electrodynamics: Proceedings of the 6th Course of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" . 1978 . 1978cesra...7.....E . Elgarøy . Ø. . 7 .
  19. Proceedings: Editions du CNRS (ISBN 2-222-03040-4) (eds. J.L. Bougeret, A.O.Benz) . Solar Radio Science, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Solar Radio Astronomy and Space Plasma Physics . 1982 . 1982srs..work....1E . Elgarøy . Ø. . 1 .
  20. Proceedings: Internal Report, Osservatorio Astronomica di Trieste (eds. A.O. Benz, P.Zlobec) . Solar Radio Science, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Solar Radio Astronomy and Space Plasma Physics . 1983 . 1983srs..work.....B . Benz . A. O. . Zlobec . P. . Wentzel . D. G. . House . L. L. . Dulk . G. A. . Tlamicha . A. . Melrose . D. B. .
  21. Proceedings: Solar Phys. 104 (1986) (ed. A.O. Benz) . Solar Physics . 104 . 1986 .
  22. Proceedings: Solar Phys. 111 (1987) (eds. G. Trottet, N.Vilmer) . Solar Physics . 111 . 1987 .
  23. Proceedings: Solar Phys. 130 (1990) (ed. A.O. Benz) . Solar Physics . 111 . 1990 .
  24. van Oord, G.H.J. . Proceedings: Space Science Review . 68 . 1994 .
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  26. Book: Coronal Physics from Radio and Space Observations . Lecture Notes in Physics . 1997 . 483 . 10.1007/BFb0106448 . 978-3-540-62797-5 . Trottet, Gérard .
  27. Book: Klein, L. . Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona . Lecture Notes in Physics . 612 . 2003 . 10.1007/3-540-36242-8 . 978-3-540-00275-8 .
  28. Book: Klein . K.-L. . MacKinnon . A. L. . Karl-Ludwig . Alexander L. . Klein . MacKinnon . The High Energy Solar Corona: Waves, Eruptions, Particles . 725 . 2007 . 10.1007/978-3-540-71570-2 . 978-3-540-71569-6 .
  29. Book: Danesy . D. . Poedts . S. . de Groof . A. . Andries . J. . The Dynamic Sun: Challenges for Theory and Observations . 2005 . ESA Special Publication . 11 . 2005ESASP.600E....D .
  30. Book: Marqué . C. . Nindos . A. . Christophe . Alexander . Marqué . Nindos . Energy Storage and Release through the Solar Activity Cycle: Models Meet Radio Observations . 2012 . 10.1007/978-1-4614-4403-9 . 2012esrs.book.....M . 978-1-4614-4402-2 .
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  32. Kontar . E.P. . Nindos . A. . Combined Radio and Space-Based Solar Observations: From Techniques to New Results – Preface . Solar Physics . 293 . 90 . 2018 . 90 . 10.1007/s11207-018-1309-2 . 1806.05919 . 2018SoPh..293...90K . free .
  33. Georgoulis. Manolis K.. Kontar. Eduard P.. 2019-02-15. Preface: Solar physics advances from the interior to the heliosphere. Advances in Space Research. Advances in Solar Physics. en. 63. 4. 1387–1388. 10.1016/j.asr.2019.01.008. 2019AdSpR..63.1387G . 126979327 . 0273-1177.
  34. Web site: CESRA 2019: The Sun and the inner heliosphere.. 2023-05-06. 2022-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20220528082931/https://meetings.aip.de/cesra2019/cms/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CESRA-2019-Program-and-abstracts.pdf. dead.
  35. Web site: 16th European Solar Physics Meeting (ESPM-16)..

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