Parallel sessions

The atmospheres of Sun and many other stars are known to be highly volatile, throwing out plasma and radiation into their surrounding helio-(astro)spheres. In solar-like cool stars, magnetic fields and convective motions play a key role in Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and flaring activity, and associated ejecta are guided through the helio-(astro)sphere by extended magnetic fields as they ride in the continuous stream of fast and slow solar winds. For hot stars there is evidence that magnetic fields and convective motions structure the radiatively driven winds, although the amount of influence magnetic fields have on driving and channelling the winds is still an open question.

In this session, we aim to bring together researchers working across a broad range of topics, and from diverse but interrelated fields, in order to try and draw upon progress in the study of atmospheric phenomena from the Sun and other stars. The session focus is primarily on solar and stellar winds but we are keen to incorporate discussion of recent advances in study of flares and CMEs.