[AAA] ELSPS 1st Announcement

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          4th El Leoncito Solar Physics School :
           RECENT PROGRESS IN SOLAR PHYSICS?

                  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

 	The 4th El Leoncito Solar Physics School : RECENT PROGRESS IN SOLAR
PHYSICS? is being jointly organized by the Complejo Astronomico de El
Leoncito, CASLEO, San Juan and the Universidad de La Punta, ULP, San
Luís, with participation of Observatorio Astronómico Félix Aguilar,
OAFA, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina. The aim is
to present the most recent advances in solar physics and related
solar-terrestrial subjects in order to motivate and attract scientists and
students primarily from the NW cities of Argentina (that include Mendoza,
San Juan and San Luís). The School is equally offered to
scientists and students from all Latin American countries interested in
the subjects.

 	The most important solar and solar-related facilities of Latin America
are installed in Argentina´s North West, such the heliogeophysics
laboratory at Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito  that includes the Solar
Submillimeter-wave Telescope (SST), Solar Mid Infrared
photometer/imager, cosmic-ray monitors, VLF tracking stations - and the
H-Alpha Solar Telescope for Argentina (HASTA) and the Mirror Coronagraph
for Argentina (MICA) at Carlos Cesco Station of the Universidad Nacional
de San Juan. Partially related are observations carried out at Pierre
Auger cosmic rays large array, at Malargüe in the nearby state of
Mendoza.

 	The 4th School format consists of a number of lectures presented by well
known international scientists who will bring comprehensive descriptions
on results recently obtained by the state of the art instruments and on
the new observational and theoretical challenges to be explored along
the next solar cycle.

 The Science Organizing Committee (SOC) consists of Rainer Schwenn
(Chair), Cristina Mandrini, Hebe Cremades, Alisson Dal Lago, Pierre
Kaufmann, Hugo Levato, and Stella Malaroda (secretary).

 	The School will be held at El Leoncito, CASLEO, 24-26 November and
Universidad de La Punta on 28-29 November 2008.

 CRITICAL DATES:

 2nd Announcement: July 30, 2008
 Advance registrations begin May 30, 2008
 Final Announcement: October 30, 2008


 ADVANCE REGISTRATIONS:

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 PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE FOR WORKSHOP AND VISITS:

 Nov. 24-26,  El Leoncito: Opening, Lectures, training workshops, visits
to CASLEO and OAFA facilities
 Nov. 26-27, Moving El Leoncito- San Luis
 Nov. 28-29,  ULP: Lectures, training workshops

 NO REGISTRATION COSTS

 There will be no charges for the registered participants.

 The Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito and  the Universidad de la Punta
will be in charge of the living expenses for the lecturers and
participants.

 The web page of the  meeting is: www.casleo.gov.ar/solar

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