An evening of Astrophysics and Blues, 7th July at ESG

July 4th, 2007

We invite you to a fantastic combination of a talk on “High Energy Aspects of the Solar & Stellar Coronae” by Dr. Vinay Kashyap, an Astrophysicist at the Chandra X-Ray Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Cambridge, USA followed by a concert by “Sarjapur Blues Band”.
The talk is at 5 pm and the concert at 7.00 pm on Saturday, 7th July 2007 at ESG.
Kindly let us know in advance if you will participate so we can make appropriate seating arrangements. Please also pass on these invitations to your friends and colleagues.Looking forward to your participation.

Bhargavi S. Rao
Environment Support Group (R)
105, East End B Main Road
Jayanagar 9th Block East
Bangalore 560069. INDIA
Tel: 91-80-22441977/26531339
Fax: 26534364
Email: bhargavi@esgindia.org or esg@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Web: www.esgindia.org

Brief Background to the talk
The source of solar heating still remains an open question inthe field of solarand stellar astrophysics even after decades of study. Solar temperatures reach millions of degrees and although there is evidence that magnetic activity is the prime driver, the mechanism is yet to be understood. Numerous heating mechanisms have been proposed to explain this.
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One possibility is that theCoronae are heated bya large number ofsmall flares and his research along with his colleagues has found that the Coronal emissionis dominated by flares to such an extent that in some cases the entire emission canbe ascribed to flareheating. This and many more high energy aspects of solar and stellar coronae are the prime focus of his research. Some applications of this research explain why, for instance, our cell phone networks go down.
The presentation will include fantastic pictures of our Sun taken from a variety of telescopes in space

About the Band
Sarjapur Blues Band is a working men’s underground, backstreet, original, eclectic, rhythm and blues band. Its members Dr.Shekhar Seshadri, vocals and guitarist is a professor of psychiatry at NIMHANS, Soumitro Mukherjee who plays the nylon string classic guitar for the band is head of the department of Guitar, Bangalore School of Music and Vinoo Mathew who plays the electric guitar is a market research consultant.The catchy lyrics of the band are based on the life experiences of the band members and are thought provoking. The band performs original material, experimenting with Indian percussion, Carnatic rhythms,
and an interesting set of themes. The bands musical influences range from Blues, R&B, 60s and 70s Rock, Country, Western Classical, Reggae, to Light and Classical Indian music

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