Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Interacting With Alex Dessler: Birkeland Currents, Jovian Aurora, Magnetic Anomaly, and More. Alex Dessler 90th Birthday Celebration, Houston, Texas, USA (2018)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Outflow of plasma without removal of magnetic flux: The three-dimensional magnetic topology. Space Physics Seminar, Houston, Texas, USA (2018)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Transport in the magnetosphere of Jupiter: Plasma transport out of the Io torus. Oberseminar Extraterrestrische Physik, Institut für Geophysik und Meteorologie der Universität zu Köln, Köln (2018)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Limitations of the magnetic field line concept and consequences for reconnection. Advancing Plasma Physics from the Sun to the Earth (workshop in honor of Joachim Birn for his 75th year), Breckenridge, Colorado, USA (2017)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: The Magnetosphere: A System of Standing Waves. Space Geophysics Seminar, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos, Brazil (2017)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: The Magnetosphere: A System of Standing Waves. Conference The Magnetosphere: New Tools, New Thinking, New Results, Puerto Varas, Chile (2017)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Role of waves in the dynamics of planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres. Partially Ionised Plasmas in Astrophysics, Tenerife, Spain (2016)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.; Song, P.: Stress Balance of Strong Magnetic Fields in the Solar Photosphere and Chromosphere. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA (2016)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Puzzles of Saturns dual periodicities: irrelevance of the rotation rate. Magnetospheres of Outer Planets 2015, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2015)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Physical nature of near-Earth magnetotail reconnection events. Unsolved Problems in Magnetosheric Physics Workshop, Scarborough, UK (2015)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Alfvén wings in the solar system. Festkolloquium anlässlich des 75. Geburtstags von Prof. Dr. Fritz M. Neubauer, Köln, Germany (2015)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Definitions of reconnection revisited: Distinction between magnetic reconnection and plasma reconnection. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA (2015)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: The Axford conjecture and the properties of an open magnetosphere. Parker Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, São José dos Campos, Brasilia (2014)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.: Origin of periodicities in Saturn's magnetosphere: Is it a phenomenon unique to Saturn? Cassini/MAPS Workshop 2014, Göttingen, Germany (2014)
Vasyliūnas, V. M.; Song, P.: Relative importance of thermosphere/ionosphere in magnetospheric electrodynamics at Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn. AGU Fall Meeting , San Francisco, USA (2014)
Analyzing the high spatial resolution solar Ca II H and K emission data obtained by the SUNRISE mission and building a model of other stars more active than the Sun
For PhD students whose project is already funded and who are applying for admission to the IMPRS, or for applicants who want to bring their own funding and their own project idea to the IMPRS.
The magnetic field in the solar atmosphere exceeds the geomagnetic field strength by four orders of magnitude. It greatly influences the processes of energy transport within the solar atmosphere, and dominates the morphology of the solar chromosphere and corona. Kinetic energy from convective motions in the Sun can be efficiently stored in magnetic fields and subsequently released - to heat the solar corona to several million degrees or to blast off coronal mass ejections.
The Solar Lower Atmosphere and Magnetism (SLAM) group covers many exciting subjects in solar physics, focussing on the development and testing of highly novel solar instrumentation, reduction and analysis of highest quality solar observations, or improving and developing advanced techniques for the analysis of solar observations.