ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA CONFERENCE SERIES

Volume 2

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST ASIA-PACIFIC SOLAR PHYSICS MEETING

Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Bengaluru, India
March 21–24, 2011

Editors: Arnab Rai Choudhuri and Dipankar Banerjee

(sunspot 1101) TIO 2010 09 01


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I. Facilities and instruments for observing the Sun

Hinode "A new solar observatory in space":  1
Saku Tsuneta
[Abstract] | [PDF]

1-meter near-infrared solar telescope:  9
Z. Liu and J. Xu
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Optical observational programs at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics:  19
Jagdev Singh and B. Ravindra
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Introduction to the Chinese Giant Solar Telescope:  31
Y. Y. Deng
[Abstract] | [PDF]

National Large Solar Telescope of India:  37
S. S. Hasan
[Abstract] | [PDF]

A dual Fabry-Perot based narrow band imager for the National Large Solar Telescope:  47
B. Ravindra and Ravinder Kumar Banyal
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Low frequency solar radio astronomy at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA):  55
R. Ramesh
[Abstract] | [PDF]

SoLEXS - A low energy X-ray spectrometer for solar coronal studies:  63
K. Sankarasubramanian, M. C. Ramadevi, Monoj Bug, C. N. Umapathy, S. Seetha, P. Sreekumar and Kumar
[Abstract] | [PDF]

II. From the solar interior to the surface

Solar differential rotation: origin, models and implications for dynamo:  71
L. L. Kitchatinov
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Dynamics of active region flux tubes in the solar convection zone:  81
Y. Fan
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Dynamo models of the solar cycle: current trends and future prospects:  91
Dibyendu Nandy
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Helicity of solar active regions:  101
Hongqi Zhang
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Parity of solar global magnetic field determined by turbulent diffusivity:  117
H. Hotta and T. Yokoyama
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Modeling the irregularities of solar cycle using flux transport dynamo models:  123
Bidya Binay Karak
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Back-reactions of dynamo-generated magnetic fields: torsional oscillations and variations in meridional circulation:  131
Arnab Rai Choudhuri
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Alpha effect due to magnetic buoyancy instability of a horizontal magnetic layer:  137
Piyali Chatterjee
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Quenching of the alpha effect in the Sun - what observations are telling us:  143
R. H. Cameron
[Abstract] | [PDF]

A physical reconstruction of solar magnetic field since 1700:  149
J. Jiang and D. Schmitt
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Hemispheric helicity sign rule and its solar cycle dependence:  155
M. Zhang, J. Hao and C. Y. Wang
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Solar cycle variation of network magnetic elements:  163
J. X. Wang and C. L. Jin
[Abstract] | [PDF]

On the diagnostics of the quiet Sun’s magnetic fields: application of the SIR inversion to the full-disk Stokes-meter observations in 15 spectral lines  169
M. L. Demidov and H. Balthasar
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Long-term variation of solar surface differential rotation:  175
L. Zhang, K. Mursula, I. Usoskin, H. Wang and Z. Du
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Sunspot seismology: accounting for magnetohydrodynamic wave processes using imaging spectropolarimetry:  181
S. P. Rajaguru
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Variations in p-mode parameters and sub-surface flows of active regions with flare activity:  189
R. A. Maurya and A. Ambastha
[Abstract] | [PDF]

A study of the north-south asymmetry of sunspot area during solar cycle 23:  197
Partha Chowdhury and B. N. Dwivedi
[Abstract] | [PDF]

III. The solar atmosphere and the corona

Modelling magnetic fields in the corona using nonlinear force-free fields:  203
M. S. Wheatland and K. D. Leka
[Abstract] | [PDF]

The contraction of flare loops and its impact on the solar lower atmosphere:  213
Haisheng Ji
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Alfven waves are easy: mode conversion in magnetic regions:  221
P. S. Cally
[Abstract] | [PDF]

"EIT waves" and coronal mass ejections:  229
P. F. Chen and C. Fang
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Coronal mass ejections and their heliospheric consequences:  241
N. Gopalswamy
[Abstract] | [PDF]

A new view of coronal structures: implications for the source and acceleration of the solar wind:  259
S. R. Habbal, H. Morgan and M. Druckm¨uller
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Transient induced MHD oscillations: a tool to probe the solar active regions:  271
Abhishek K. Srivastava, V. M. Nakariakov, B. N. Dwivedi and Pankaj Kumar
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Chromospheric evaporation seen in hard X-rays:  279
Z. J. Ning
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Differential coronal rotation and solar activity:  285
Satish Chandra and Hari Om Vats
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Magnetic field configurations leading to solar eruptions:  291
Hui Li
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Multi-wavelength diagnostics of precursor phase in solar flares:  297
Arun K. Awasthi and Rajmal Jain
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Driving mechanism of a failed eruption:  307
Y. Guo, M. D. Ding, B. Schmieder, H. Li, T. Torok and T. Wiegelmann
[Abstract] | [PDF]

On the triggering of M-class solar flare due to loop-loop interaction in AR NOAA 10875:  315
Pankaj Kumar, Abhishek K. Srivastava, B. V. Somov, P. K. Manoharan, R. Erd´elyi and Wahab Uddin
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Study of solar flares and filament interaction in NOAA 10501 on 20 November, 2003:  323
R. Chandra, B. Schmieder, C. H. Mandrini, P. D'emoulin, E. Pariat, T. Torok, G. Aulanier, W. Uddin and M. G. Linton
[Abstract] | [PDF]

MHD simulations of quiescent prominence upflows in the Kippenhahn-Schl¨uter prominence model:  331
A. S. Hillier, H. Isobe, K. Shibata and T. E. Berger
[Abstract] | [PDF]


Special Section : [PDF]


IV. Growth of solar physics in the Asia-pacific region

Introductory remarks:  339
Arnab Rai Choudhuri
[PDF]

History and progress of solar research in China:  343
C. Fang
[Abstract] | [PDF]

The early years of solar research in Japan:  355
E. Hiei
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Solar physics in India: developments from the nineteenth century to the present era:  367
S. S. Hasan, Arnab Rai Choudhuri and S. P. Rajaguru
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Recent activities of solar astronomers in Korea:  383
K.-S. Cho, J. Chae, Y. J. Moon and G. S. Choe
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Solar physics research in Taiwan:  393
C.-H. Lin and Dean-Yi Chou
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Solar physics research in Australia:  397
P. S. Cally, M. S. Wheatland, I. H. Cairns and D. B. Melrose
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute of Uzbek Academy of Sciences - history and current status of solar physics research:  405
Sh. Ehgamberdiev and A. Serebryanskiy
[Abstract] | [PDF]

Conference summary: Asia-Pacific region in the world and in astronomy:  411
T. Sakurai
[Abstract] | [PDF]


Author Index : [PDF]


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