The Second International Symposium on KuaFu Project

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The Second International Symposium on KuaFu Project (ISKP-II) will be held at Sanya, China, 15-19 January 2007.

ISKP-II's presentations concentrate on:

• The present theoretical understanding of the Sun-Earth space as a complex coupled system (space weather science)

• Key problems to be addressed by KuaFu

• The required measurements, the measurements of KuaFu-A and B

• The possible future progress supported by KuaFu

The KuaFu project will advance our understanding of the Sun-Earth space and Geospace and improve the capabilities of space weather forecast. KuaFu will facilitate progress in outstanding problems in Solar, heliospheric and magnetospheric sciences. The pre-study of science topics related to KuaFu is an essential component of preparation for the mission. This pre-study will be aimed at clarifying scientific goals and ensuring that the mission achieves those goals. The KuaFu Science Committee therefore suggested holding a KuaFu international symposium once a year during the pre-study phase. Our intention is that this symposium will provide a platform for communication on KuaFu related research, form a wider community of KuaFu science study, guide the pre-study science, strengthen the political and scientific support for the mission, and improve the definition of the payload scientifically and technologically.

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Chairman
Chuan-Yi Tu (涂传诒, PKU)

Members

China:
Shui Wang (王水, USTC)
Cheng Fang (方成, NJU)
Zhen-Xing Liu (刘振兴, CSSAR)
Feng-Si Wei (魏奉思, CSSAR)
Jian-Min Xu (许建民, NSMC)
Da-Ren Lu (吕达仁, IAP)
Jun Yang (杨军, NCSW)
Jing-Song Wang (王劲松, NCSW)
Sui-Yan Fu (傅绥燕, PKU)
Li-Dong Xia (夏利东, USTC)
Zuo Xiao (肖佐, PKU)
Yong-Wei Zhang (张永维, DFHSAT)
Shi-Geng Yuan (袁士耿, DFHSAT)
Jing-Xiu Wang (汪璟琇, NAOC)
Chi Wang (王赤, CSSAR)
Jian-Kui Shi (史建魁, CSSAR)
Zu-Yin Pu (濮祖荫, PKU)
Hui-Gen Yang (杨惠根, PRIC)
Xiao-Hua Deng (邓晓华, WHU)
Xue-Shang Feng (冯学尚, CSSAR)
Jin-Bin Cao (曹晋滨, CSSAR)
Mei Zhang (张枚, NAOC)

Canada:
William Liu (CSA)
Eric Donovan (U.CALGARY)

Belgium:
P. Rochus (U.LG)
Viviane Pierrar (BIRA)

Germany:
S. Solanki (MPG)
E. Marsch (MPG)
R. Schwenn (MPG)

UK:
M. Lester (U.LE)
Steve Schwartz (ICL)

France:
J.-L. Bougeret (OBSPM)
P. Lamy (OAMP)

Italy:
E. Antonucci (OAT)

Norway:
Nikolai Ostgaard (U.IB)

U.S.:
R. Lin (U.BERKELEY)
W.-J. Hughes (U.BOSTON)
 

Local Organizing Committee:

TBD

About KuaFu Project:

KuaFu consists of three spacecrafts: KuaFu-A and KuaFu B1 and B2. KuaFu-A will be located around the L1 point. The two KuaFu-B satellites will be in identical elliptical polar Earth orbits relatively phased so that when one is at perigee the other is at apogee. KuaFu A will be instrumented to continuously image the solar disk in EUV ( 19.5 nm and Lyman alpha) emission, to register Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in Lyman alpha radiation from 1.1 Ro to 2.5 Ro and white light from 2.5 Ro to 15 Ro, to trace CME propagation by radio wave measurements, and to provide in situ measurements of the solar wind plasma, magnetic field, and solar energetic particles at L1. Another remote sensing instrument will observe the hard X-ray and Gamma-ray spectrum for timing of the origin of CME. KuaFu B1 and B2 will provide cont-inuous (24 hours per day or "24×7") FUV images of the northern hemisphere electron and proton aurora as well as ENA images of the ring current, systematic conjugate aurora observations and EUV image of the plasmasphere. KuaFu B will also carry a suite of in situ instruments including a fluxgate magnetometer and charged particle detectors.

KuaFu project is now in the Comprehensive Review phase supported by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) addressing scientific payload, spacecraft platforms, launching, tracking and control, and data transfer. The KuaFu mission may start at the next solar maximum (launch hopefully in 2012), and with an initial mission lifetime of two to three years.

KuaFu will be an essential element of ILWS which is designed around exploration of the Sun-Earth complex system. The mission is designed to observe the complete chain of disturbances from the solar atmosphere to geospace, including solar flares, CMEs, interplanetary clouds, shock waves, and their respective geo-effects, including magnetospheric substorms and magnetic storms. KuaFu data will be used for advancing global space weather science as well as space weather forecasting. The overall mission design, instrument complement, and incorporation of recent technologies will raise the standard of end-to-end observation of the Sun-Earth system, and advance our understanding of the basic physical processes underlying space weather such as the origin of CMEs, the energy coupling between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere, the mechanisms by which energy and matter pass through the magnetosphere, and the ultimate effects on geospace regions.

More information can be found on TBD site.

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