Physics chair attends international space science workshop

Physics chair attends international space science workshop

Roland Emerito S. Otadoy, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Physics, is in Tokyo, Japan for the Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year from June 18–22, 2007.

The workshop is jointly sponsored by the United Nations, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is held at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) in Mitaka, Tokyo.

Dr. Otadoy visited the Nobeyama Radio Observatory.

Dr. Otadoy is presenting a proposal to study equatorial electrojet, which is a narrow current distribution along the magnetic equator, using the Magnetic Data Acquisition System (MAGDAS). The Department of Physics has maintained the MAGDAS after its installation by researchers from the Space Environment Research Center (SERC), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. The equatorial electrojet proposal will be a collaborative project between SERC, Manila Observatory and Ateneo de Manila University.

The workshop includes a discussion of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007 which commemorates the 50^th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year 1957. The main purpose of IHY 2007 is to enhance our understanding of the sun-heliosphere-earth system (more info).

Author: P. J. Lim
21 / June / 2007