The 2003 Kyoto Prize Workshops

Cosmical Magnetohydrodynamics and Solar Activity

Eugene Newman Parker

/　　Physicist

Basic Sciences

Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Register
Program
Laureates
Related information

2003

11 /12 Wed

13:00 - 17:30

Place： Kyoto international Conference Hall

Address：Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan

Finished

Program

13:00

Opening
Opening Address	Humitaka Sato
Laureate Lecture	Eugene Newman Parker “Spontaneous Discontinuities in Magnetic Fields and Stellar X-Ray Coronae”
Lecture	Kazunari Shibata “Cosmical Magnetohydrodynamics: From Solar Wind to Reconnection”
Intermission
Solar Activity and Terrestrial Environment	Moderator: Kazunari Shibata
Lecture	Saku Tsuneta (Professor, Division of Solar Physics, National Astronomical Observatory) “Gene Parker and Revolutionary Developments in Solar Physics”
Lecture	Toshio Terasawa (Professor, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo) “Heliosphere, Interstellar Matter, and Cosmic Rays”
Lecture	Tateo Goka (Director, Space Environment Engineering Group, Institute of Space Technology and Aeronautics, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) “Space Development and Solar Activity”
Lecture	Yasushi Muraki (Professor, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University) “The Long Term Variation of Solar Activity and its Effect on the Climate”
Question-and-Answer Session
Address	Atsuhiro Nishida

17:30

Closing

Laureates

Eugene Newman Parker

Physicist

Through his research on terrestrial, solar and cosmical magnetohydrodynamic phenomena, Professor Parker has produced numerous seminal physical concepts – not least among them the theory of the solar wind – opening new dimensions in earth and space sciences. His discoveries have made a significant contribution to the elucidation of various phenomena involving fixed stars, interstellar space, and the Galaxy, giving birth to new perspectives in astrophysics.

Details

Related information

date: November 12, 2003
place: Kyoto international Conference Hall
Coordinators: Humitaka Sato (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee; Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University) Kazunari Shibata (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
Moderator: Atsuhiro Nishida (Professor Emeritus, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)