[Whi] SOHO-23 registration

[Whole Heliosphere Interval]

Dear Colleague,

   We are writing to encourage you to register for "SOHO-23:
Understanding a Peculiar Solar Minimum."  The deadline for regular
registration is 21 June 2009.  After that date, the registration fee
will increase from $325 to $375.  Information about the meeting,
including the complete list of invited speakers, can be found at
http://www.soho23.org

   We also encourage you to make reservations at one of the Inns,
which are also listed on the web site.  Rooms at these Inns are
limited, and so you are advised to make reservations early in order
to obtain your preference.

   The SOHO-23 meeting will cover all aspects of solar and heliospheric
science that deal with solar cycle variability and the evolution of
solar activity on time scales from seconds to decades.  The "new
millennium solar minimum" of 2007-2009 has contained some distinct
surprises, including a delayed onset of Solar Cycle 24, the absence
of a classical quiescent equatorial streamer belt, and anomalously
low heliospheric magnetic fields, densities, and temperatures.  The
scientific sessions for SOHO-23 will cover topics that include the
solar dynamo, magnetic flux emergence and the "magnetic carpet,"
coronal and heliospheric magnetic fields, irradiance, coronal heating
and solar wind acceleration, in-situ heliospheric plasma properties
linked to the Sun, and the testing of solar cycle predictions.

   The meeting will be held at the historic Asticou Inn in Northeast
Harbor, Maine.  It is surrounded by Acadia National Park which offers
some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States with its
rocky shore line and its coastal mountains.  Bar Harbor, which is
less than 30 minutes away by car, has restaurants, night spots,
shopping, and myriad recreational activities.

   We hope to see you at SOHO-23.

Sincerely,

Steve Cranmer