Old news items for Peter Young


15-Feb-2023
New paper published: Young, 2023, Adv. in Sp. Res., "A spectroscopic measurement of high velocity spray plasma from an M-class flare and coronal mass ejection."
1-Feb-2023
Co-author on new paper: Gontikakis, Antiochos & Young, 2023, ApJ, "The Transition Region of Solar Flare Loops."
13-Jan-2023
Completed role as Acting Deputy Director of the NASA-Goddard Heliophysics Division.


22-Nov-2022
Co-author on new paper: Brooks et al. 2022, ApJ, "Plasma Composition Measurements in an Active Region from Solar Orbiter/SPICE and Hinode/EIS."
11-Oct-2022
New paper published: Young & Viall, 2022, ApJ, "Scattered Light in the Hinode/EIS and SDO/AIA Instruments Measured from the 2012 Venus Transit."
30-Aug-2022
Co-author on new paper: Ryabtsev et al. 2022, ApJ, "Additions to the Spectrum of Fe IX in the 110-200 Å Region."
11-Aug-2022
Gave a contributed talk at the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) in Seattle, WA.
1-Aug-2022
Appointed Acting Deputy Director of the NASA-Goddard Heliophysics Division.
7-Jul-2022
New paper published: Young & Ugarte-Urra 2022, Solar Physics, "Properties of EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) Slot Observations".


17-Dec-2021
New paper published: Young et al., 2021, Solar Physics, "An Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data".
14-Dec-2021
Co-author on new paper: Fludra et al., 2021, Astronomy & Astrophysics, "First observations from the SPICE EUV spectrometer on Solar Orbiter".
3-May-2021
Gave a talk and poster at the online Heliophysics 2050 Workshop
15-Apr-2021
New paper published: Young, 2021, Frontiers, "Future Prospects for Solar EUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy Missions".
26-Mar-2021
Co-author on new paper: Chitta et al., 2021, A&A, "Extreme-ultraviolet bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region and corona".
4-Mar-2021
Gave a virtual talk at the IIA 50th anniversary meeting in Bangalore, India
3-Mar-2021
Co-author on new paper: Del Zanna et al., 2021, ApJ, ""CHIANTI - An Atomic Database for Emission Lines. XVI. Version 10, Further Extensions".
17-Feb-2021
New paper published: Young et al. (2021, ApJ), "Fe VII Emission Lines in the Wavelength Range 193-197 Å".


12-Oct-2020
New paper published: Young, 2020, Proc. IAU Symposium S350, "The Sun: Our own backyard plasma laboratory".
20-Aug-2020
Co-author on new paper: Del Zanna & Young (2020, Atoms), "Atomic Data for Plasma Spectroscopy: The CHIANTI Database, Improvements and Challenges".
6-Apr-2020
Released the EIS mapper webpage.
1-Apr-2020
Released a set of CHIANTI lookup tables and software. See CHIANTI Technical Report No. 16.


18-Nov-2019
Gave a seminar at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) with the title "Connecting the corona to the solar wind".
25-Jul-2019
Co-author on new paper of Peter et al. (2019, A&A) "Plasmoid-mediated reconnection in solar UV bursts".
24-Jun-2019
I started a week-long Visiting Professor position at Catania University, Italy, and gave seminars and tutorials.
12-Jun-2019
I became Secretary of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society. This is a 3 year term.
12-Jun-2019 I gave two talks at the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, MO.
31-May-2019 Gave an invited talk at the 18th RHESSI Workshop in Minneapolis.
23-May-2019 Organized the 7th SunDC meeting at NASA-Goddard.
13-May-2019 Gave a tutorial on IDL plot objects at NASA-Goddard.
19-Apr-2019 Gave an invited review talk at the IAU Symposium "Laboratory Astrophysics: from observations to interpretation" held in Cambridge, UK.
27-Mar-2019 Co-author on new paper of Dere et al. (2019, ApJ) "CHIANTI - An Atomic Database for Emission Lines. XV. Version 9, Improvements for the X-Ray Satellite Lines"
8-Mar-2019 Submitted a White Paper to the Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science
23-Jan-2019 Co-author on new paper of Guglielmino et al. (2019, ApJ) "IRIS Observations of Magnetic Interactions in the Solar Atmosphere between Preexisting and Emerging Magnetic Fields. II. UV Emission Properties".
18-Jan-2019 Co-author on new paper of Kerr et al. (2019, ApJ): "Si IV Resonance Line Emission during Solar Flares: Non-LTE, Nonequilibrium, Radiation Transfer Simulations".


12-Dec-2018 I gave an invited talk titled "Future prospects for EUV and soft X-ray solar spectroscopy missions" at the AGU Fall Meeting.
13-Nov-2018
I started a new position at NASA as a Research Astrophysicist in the Heliophysics Division at Goddard Space Flight Center.
22-Aug-2018 Co-author on new paper of Snow et al. (2018, ApJ) "Predictions of DKIST/DL-NIRSP Observations for an Off-limb Kink-unstable Coronal Loop".
1-Aug-2018 I convened a session at the SHINE conference called "Testing the standard model of solar eruptive events: the X8 limb flare of 10 September 2017".
6-Apr-2018 New paper: "A Si IV/O IV Electron Density Diagnostic for the Analysis of IRIS Solar Spectra", Young (2018, ApJ, 857, 5).
2-Apr-2018 Co-author on new paper of Guglielmino et al. (2018, ApJ) "IRIS Observations of Magnetic Interactions in the Solar Atmosphere between Preexisting and Emerging Magnetic Fields. I. Overall Evolution".


6-Mar-2018 I'm the Principal Investigator of the proposal "Coronal heating of plumes and fan loops" that was selected for funding from the 2017 NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator program.
5-Mar-2018 New paper: "Element abundance ratios in the quiet Sun transition region", Young (2018, ApJ, 855, 15).
22-Feb-2018 Co-author on new paper of Tian et al. (2018, ApJ) "Frequently Occurring Reconnection Jets from Sunspot Light Bridges".
8-Feb-2018 I organized a 1-day workshop at GSFC titled "Collaborative studies of the 10 September 2017 X-flare", with visitors from NRL, NJIT, SAO and FHNW (Switzerland). See the agenda.
8-Feb-2018 I'm a co-I on the proposal "VEry high Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (VERIS)", which was selected by NASA through the H-TIDES program.
26-Jan-2018 I'm a co-I on the proposal "Connecting the corona to solar wind structure and magnetospheric impact using modeling and remote and in situ observations" (PI: N. Viall), which was selected by NASA through the Internal Scientist Funding Model program.
11-Jan-2018 Submitted a White Paper for a study of open code policy for NASA space science.
10-Jan-2018 Co-organized and attended the 2nd DKIST Critical Science Plan Workshop held at Catholic University, Washington DC, during 8-10 January.


13-Sep-2017 Co-author on new paper of Ugarte-Urra et al. (2017, ApJ) "Modeling Coronal Response in Decaying Active Regions with Magnetic Flux Transport and Steady Heating".
10-Sep-2017 Co-author on new paper of Chitta et al. (2017, A&A) "Compact solar UV burst triggered in a magnetic field with a fan-spine topology".
9-Aug-2017 Co-author on new paper of Dudík et al. (2017, Sol. Phys.) "Nonequilibrium Processes in the Solar Corona, Transition Region, Flares, and Solar Wind (Invited Review)".
28-Jul-2017 I'm a co-I on Lockheed Martin's MUSE mission concept, which was selected by NASA for a concept study. See press release.
27-Jul-2017 Gave a demo of new software for querying the ADS abstracts service from IDL.
14-Jul-2017
Organized the 5th SunDC meeting at NASA-Goddard, and gave a talk on "Reconnection in the low atmosphere: UV bursts". See meeting agenda.
15-Jun-2017 I'm the PI on a proposal submitted to the NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator program.
8-Jun-2017 Co-author on new paper of Snow et al. (2017, ApJ) "Observational Signatures of a Kink-unstable Coronal Flux Rope Using Hinode/EIS".
31-May-2017 I gave a contributed talk at the IRIS-8/Hinode-11 Science Meeting in Seattle.
17-May-2017 Submitted a proposal to the Astrophysics Data Analysis Program requesting support for the CHIANTI project.
4-Apr-2017 I gave an invited talk at the 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop in Granada, Spain.
10-Mar-2017 I led the 2nd of my ISSI International Team meetings "Solar UV bursts - a new insight to magnetic reconnection" during 6-10 March in Bern, Switzerland.
20-Jan-2017 Attended ISSI International Team meeting, "Diagnosing heating mechanisms in solar flares through spectroscopic observations of flare ribbons" (PI: H. Tian), 16-20 Jan, Bern Switzerland.


16-Nov-2016 Gave seminar at Northumbria University (UK) during one week visit.
15-Nov-2016 I submitted a white paper for the Next Generation Solar Physics Mission.
31-Oct-2016 I'm a co-I on Heliophysics Guest Investigator proposal selected by NASA. The title is 'A study of solar compact transient brightenings' (PI: Dr B. Thompson).
9-Sep-2016 I received a Peer Award from the NASA-Goddard Heliophysics Division. Read my citation.
29-Aug-2016 I gave a tutorial at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Gottingen, Germany) on IDL plot objects.
28-Jul-2016 New publication: 'Correlation of Coronal Plasma Properties and Solar Magnetic Field in a Decaying Active Region', Ko et al., 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 826, 126
6-May-2016 New publication: 'Global Sausage Oscillation of Solar Flare Loops Detected by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph', Tian et al., 2016, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 823, 16.
22-Mar-2016 New Publication: 'The CHIANTI Atomic Database', Young et al., 2016, Journal of Physics B, 49, 074009.

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