LWS TR&T Focus Teams:

Topology and evolution of open magnetic field: photosphere to heliosphere

Team Chair: Thomas Zurbuchen
Next Team Meeting: November 5-6, Boulder, CO
Team-Maintained Web Site:
Team Publications:
Team Members:

• Spiro Antiochos, NRL
• Lennard Fisk, U. Michigan
• David Rust, JHU/APL
• Bernard Vasquez, UNH
• Marco Velli, JPL
• Vasyl Yurchyshyn, NJIT
• Yi-Ming Wang, NRL

Goals and measures of success: The goal of this Topic is to develop useable
models that quantitatively determine the dynamic evolution and complexity of the
open magnetic flux of the Sun from inputs of the types likely to be returned by
future LWS missions. The new models will provide the understanding that is
necessary to develop predictive capability for the dynamic Sun-heliosphere
system.

Types of solicited investigations: It is expected that the proposals will include,
but not be limited to: (i) the analysis and interpretation of solar and/or
heliospheric observations; (ii) the development of theories for the fundamental
processes that control the evolution of open and heliospheric flux; and (iii) the
development of numerical models that incorporate the relevant physical processes
and that can be tested with the observations.