The SolFER DRIVE Science Center is announcing a web-based science
meeting on Solar Flare Energy Release to take place on May 24-26,
2021. The meeting is open to all scientists working on the topic.
The meeting will include invited talks, submitted oral talks as
well as poster presentations and will provide substantial time for
informal scientific discussion. We encourage paper submissions
that are based on remote and in situ observational data as well as
those based on theory and modeling. Extensive use will be made of
Gather meeting software to facilitate interactive poster sessions
as well as informal discussion between meeting participants. The
meeting will be organized around the key scientific topics listed
as follows:
• What mechanisms facilitate the fast release of magnetic
energy in impulsive solar flares?
• What controls the onset of fast flare energy release?
• Why and how do flares transfer a large fraction of the
released magnetic energy into energetic electrons?
• What mechanism drives the energization of ions and the
measured abundance enhancements of some species during impulsive
flares?
• What mechanisms control energetic particle transport in
flares?
• How does reconnection heat plasma in flares and the small
events (nanoflares) that may be responsible for heating the
corona?
More information on these scientific topics can be found on the
SolFER website (solfer.umd.edu). Information on abstract
submission and more details on the daily timeline of the meeting
are being developed for posting on the website.
The SolFER science team also encourages community participation in
the ongoing science discussion related to flare energy release. A
detailed calendar of working group meetings as well as the monthly
webinar can be found on the SolFER website (soler.umd.edu).