The above meeting will be held in autumn in the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in Scotland as a satellite workshop of a six-month program on

TOPOLOGICAL DYNAMICS IN THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

16 July – 21 December 2012

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK

WWW.NEWTON.AC.UK/PROGRAMMES/TOD

The Workshop in Edinburgh will focus on the research exploiting topological and geometrical concepts in the study of morphology and evolution of magnetic fields in astrophysics and plasma physics. The topics will include:

• Dynamo action associated with chiral turbulence, in planetary and solar contexts;
• Eruption of solar/stellar fields through chromospheres and coronae;
• Braiding of the coronal field due to footpoint motion;
• Spontaneous field discontinuities (current sheets) and coronal heating;
• Magneto-rotational instability (MRI) in accretion discs, and associated transport of angular momentum;
• Magnetostatic equilibria in toroidal fusion plasmas; their stability and containment characteristics.

For more information, including the list of invited lectures, please visit www.icms.org.uk

If you would like to participate and be considered for a contributed talk or poster, please complete the  on-line application form.  The  deadline for applications is

31 August 2012

We encourage early applications. Registration may have to be closed before the deadline as the number of Participants is limited by the size of the lecture hall.

The above meeting will be held in autumn in the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in Scotland as a satellite workshop of a six-month program on

TOPOLOGICAL DYNAMICS IN THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

16 July – 21 December 2012

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK

WWW.NEWTON.AC.UK/PROGRAMMES/TOD

The Workshop in Edinburgh will focus on the research exploiting topological and geometrical concepts in the study of morphology and evolution of magnetic fields in astrophysics and plasma physics. The topics will include:

• Dynamo action associated with chiral turbulence, in planetary and solar contexts;
• Eruption of solar/stellar fields through chromospheres and coronae;
• Braiding of the coronal field due to footpoint motion;
• Spontaneous field discontinuities (current sheets) and coronal heating;
• Magneto-rotational instability (MRI) in accretion discs, and associated transport of angular momentum;
• Magnetostatic equilibria in toroidal fusion plasmas; their stability and containment characteristics.

For more information, including the list of invited lectures, please visit www.icms.org.uk

If you would like to participate and be considered for a contributed talk or poster, please complete the  on-line application form.  The  deadline for applications is

31 August 2012

We encourage early applications. Registration may have to be closed before the deadline as the number of Participants is limited by the size of the lecture hall.

(from Sergei Molokov, Coventry)

Coventry University invites applications for a 3.5-year PhD Industrial CASE studentship in Applied Mathematics (Fluid Dynamics). The studentship is co-funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/). The work, to be performed in collaboration with Culham and with Ilmenau University of Technology (Germany, http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/tfd/ ), involves Direct Numerical Simulation of turbulent flow in rectangular ducts in the presence of a strong magnetic field with reference to liquid metal blankets for fusion reactors.

Candidates must be EU nationals holding a BSc degree in Mathematics, Physics or a related discipline (or those who will have obtained the degree by September 2012). Exceptional overseas students are also encouraged to apply.

The maintenance grant is £13,260 p.a. tax free. The starting date must be not later than the end of September, 2012.

For an informal discussion please contact Prof Sergei Molokov at s.molokov(at)coventry.ac.uk
(http://nestor2.coventry.ac.uk/research/appmath/staff/molokov.php).

Please submit an application form, a detailed CV, two references (one of which must be academic) and a covering letter to research-apps.pg(at)coventry.ac.uk.

The deadline for applications is 13th April, 2012. However, the position will remain open
until the suitable candidate is found.

ResearchApplicationForm

PhD_Studentship_ad_March2012

Dear all,

Most of us attend their national MHD meetings once per year to exchange ideas with their national colleagues.
In order to promote the collaboration within Europe we propose to join the UK, French and German MHD meetings 2012
and invite people from other countries to contribute as well.

The European MHD Days 2012 will be held in Nice on October 1-4. Please mark these dates in your calendar.
We are currently working on a website for further information and will inform you once its ready.

All the best

Yannick (Yannick.Ponty(at)oca.eu) and Johannes (wicht(at)mps.mpg.de)

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Yannick Ponty
CNRS UMR 7293 – Laboratoire J-L Lagrange
Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur – Nice
B. P. 4229 06304 Nice Cedex 4 France
tel: 33 (0) 4 92 00 30 57
fax: 33 (0) 4 92 00 31 21
e-mail: Yannick.Ponty(at)oca.eu
web page: http://www.oca.eu/ponty
Responsable d’équipe : Turbulence Fluide et Plasma
web page : https://fluid.oca.eu
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Dear Colleagues,

please find enclosed a second announcement for the 8th International Symposium on
Ultrasonic Doppler Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering (ISUD8) to be
held in Dresden (Germany, 19.-21. September 2012).

Your are cordially invited to submit your abstracts until January 31, 2012 per e-mail to

s.eckert(at)hzdr.de

First_Announcement_and_Call_for_Papers_ISUD8

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Hope to see you in Dresden next year!

With best regards
Sven Eckert