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1999-07-29
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Helmut Steinle
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IPELS'99: Program
PROGRAM
Complete lists of authors and complete titles will appear in the Book of Abstracts.
Monday, August 9
Session 1: Recent Insights Into Reconnection and Magnetic Helicity
| 1.1. | 08:00 - 08:45 | J. Drake: | Reconnection in Collisionless Plasmas (F) |
| 1.2. | 08:45 - 09:15 | M. Scholer: | Evidence for Reconnection in the Magnetosphere (I) |
| 1.3. | 09:15 - 09:45 | J. Scudder: | Observational Evidence for Reconnection in Space (I) |
| 1.4. | 09:45 - 10:05 | R. Horiuchi: | 3D Particle Simulation of Collisionless Reconnection (C) |
| 10:05 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 1.5. | 10:30 - 11:00 | M. Yamada: | Laboratory Experiments on Reconnection (I) |
| 1.6. | 11:00 - 11:20 | H. Ji: | Magnetic Reconnection, Magnetic Helicity, and Turbulent Dynamos (C) |
| 1.7. | 11:20 - 11:40 | Y. Ono: | Summary of TS ¾ Fast Magnetic Reconnection Experiments (C) |
| 1.8. | 11:40 - 12:10 | R. Kulsrud: | The Nature of Anomalous Resistivity in the Reconnection Region (I) |
| 1.9. | 12:10 - 12:30 | C. Uberoi: | The Surface Wave Magnetic Reconnection Model (C) |
| - Lunch Break - | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing | ||
| 1.10. | 17:00 - 17:30 | M. Hesse: | Reconnection in 3 Dimensions (I) |
| 1.11. | 17:30 - 17:50 | A. Bhattacharjee: | Hall-MHD Reconnection and the Fast Trigger Problem (C) |
| 1.12. | 17:50 - 18:10 | J. Büchner: | Three-dimensional Kinetic Reconnection (C) |
| 1.13. | 18:10 - 18:30 | G. Haerendel: | Reconnection Events on the Sun (C) |
| 1.14. | 18:30 - 19:00 | T. Yokoyama: | MHD Simulations of Solar Flares and Magnetic Reconnection (I) |
F = Focus Talk
I = Invited Talk
C = Contributed Talk
Tuesday, August 10
Session 2: Vortex Structures and Anomalous Transport Processes
| 2.1. | 08:00 - 08:45 | T. Sato: | Evolution of Vortices and Helicity (F) |
| 2.2. | 08:45 - 09:15 | W. Gekelman: | Space-relevant Experiment in the LAPD Facility (I) |
| 2.3. | 09:15 - 09:35 | D. Craig: | Flow Structure and Dynamo in a Laboratory Plasma (C) |
| 2.4. | 09:35 - 10:05 | D. Biskamp: | New Developments in MHD Turbulence (I) |
| 10:05 - 10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing | ||
| 2.5. | 10:30 - 10:50 | J. Borovsky: | Observations of High Reynolds Number Flows in the Magnetosphere (C) |
| 2.6. | 10:50 - 11:20 | M. Endler: | Measurements of Anomalous Transport in Tokomaks and Stellarators (I) |
| 2.7. | 11:20 - 11:40 | S.C. Hsu: | Observation of Ion Heating During Reconnection in MRX (C) |
| 2.8. | 11:40 - 12:00 | D.J. Den Hartog: | Measured Transport of Particles and Momentum in a Laboratory Plasma (C) |
| 2.9. | 12:00 - 12:30 | A. Zeiler: | Anomalous Transport in Tokomaks (I) |
| - Lunch Break - | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing | ||
| 2.10. | 17:00 - 17:30 | R. Stenzel: | Electron Whistler Experiments (I) |
| 2.11. | 17:30 - 17:50 | Th. Klinger: | Control of Plasma Instabilities in a Laboratory Plasma (C) |
| 2.12. | 17:50 - 18:10 | R. Bingham: | Plasma Heating in Current Sheets (C) |
| 2.13. | 18:10 - 18:40 | E.E. Scime: | Magnetospheres in the Laboratory (I) |
| 2.14. | 18:40 - 19:00 | M. Koepke: | Stability and Heating Effectiveness of Inhomogeneous Energy-Density Driven Waves (C) |
Wednesday, August 11
Session 3: Dusty Plasmas
| 3.1. | 08:00 - 08:45 | G. Morfill: | Dusty Plasmas (F) |
| 3.2. | 08:45 - 09:05 | E. Thomas, Jr.: | Laboratory Investigations of Dust Particle Transport Using Particle Image Velocimetry (C) |
| 3.3. | 09:05 - 09:25 | C. Venturini: | Charging/Discharging Mechanisms of a Dust Particle Exposed to an Electron Beam (C) |
| 3.4. | 09:25 - 9:45 | A. Piel: | Natural Modes of Plasma Crystals and Plasma Traps (C) |
| 10:00 | Departure for Solar Eclipse (12:40 - 12:42) | ||
| 13:15 - 14:30 | Lunch | ||
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Visit to IPP and MPE | ||
Thursday, August 12
Session 3 cont'd: Dusty Plasmas
| 3.6. | 08:00 - 08:30 | P.K. Shukla: | Acoustic Waves in Dusty Plasmas (I) |
| 3.7. | 08:30 - 08:50 | P.H. Sakanaka: | Theory of Solitons and Double Layers in Multi-component Dusty Plasmas (C) |
| 3.8. | 08:50 - 09:20 | O. Havnes: | Mach Cones in Planetary Rings and Laboratory (I) |
Session Session 4: Advances in Auroral Physics
| 4.1. | 09:20 - 10:05 | C. Carlson: | Auroral Physics - Current State of the Art (F) |
| 10:05 - 10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing | ||
| 4.2. | 10:30 - 10:50 | R. Vondrak: | Mesoscale Auroral Currents and Electrodynamics (C) |
| 4.3. | 10:50 - 11:20 | C. Kletzing: | Auroral Current at High Altitude (C) |
| 4.4. | 11:20 - 11:50 | G. Morales: | Theory of Particle Heating by Alfvén Waves (I) |
| 4.5. | 11:50 - 12:10 | T. Nakamura: | Parallel Electric Field Associated With Alfvén Waves in a Mirror Field (C) |
| 4.6. | 12:10 - 12;30 | W.J. Raitt: | Electron Beam Instability Studies in the Laboratory and Space (C) |
| - Lunch Break - | |||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing | ||
| 4.7. | 17:00 - 17:30 | M. André: | Transverse Ion Heating (I) |
| 4.8. | 17:30 - 18:00 | P. Kintner: | Ion Cyclotron Resonances (I) |
| 4.9. | 18:00 - 18:20 | N. Brenning: | Experiments on Anomalous Electron Currents to a Positive Probe (C) |
| 4.10. | 18:20 - 18:40 | F.N. Skiff: | Electrostatic Degrees of Freedom in Weakly Collisional Plasma (C) |
| 4.11. | 18:40 - 19:10 | R. Pottelette: | Auroral Kilometric Radiation (I) |
Friday, August 13
Session 5: Solitary Waves and Related Nonlinear Plasma Dynamics
| 5.1. | 08:00 - 08:45 | R. Boström: | Electrostatic Structures Above the Aurora (F) | |
| 5.2. | 08:45 - 09:15 | R. Ergun: | FAST Solitary Waves in the Auroral Acceleration Region (I) | |
| 5.3. | 09:15 - 09:35 | C. Cattell: | Observations of Solitary Waves in Diverse Plasma Regions and Comparison to Theory (C) | |
| 5.4. | 09:35 - 09:55 | M. Berthomier: | Solitary Waves Observed in the Auroral Plasma (C) | |
| 09:55 - 10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing | |||
| 5.5. | 10:30 - 11:00 | D.F. DuBois: | Kinetic Effects in Langmuir Turbulence Modelling (I) | |
| 5.6. | 11:00 - 11:20 | H. Schamel: | Hole Equilibria - A New Challenge for Plasma Wave Theories? (C) | |
| 5.7. | 11:20 - 11:40 | L. Muschietti: | Analysis and Simulation of BGK Electron Holes (C) | |
| 5.8. | 11:40 - 12:10 | A. Melatos: | Transit Time Damping and the Arrest of Nonlinear Wave Collapse (I) | |
| 5.9. | 12:10 - 12:30 | P.W. Schuck: | Lower Hybrid Solitary Structures: Scattering From Pre-existing Density Depletions (C) | |
| - Lunch Break and Boat Ride on Lake Tegernsee - | ||||
| 5.10. | 17:30 - 18:00 | H. Kojima: | Solitary Waves in the Geomagnetic Tail (I) | |
| 5.11. | 18:00 - 18:20 | R. Treumann: | Solitary Turbulence and Transport (C) | |
| 5.12. | 18:20 - 18:40 | Y.C. Whang: | Double Discontinuities in Space Plasma (C) | |
| 5.13. | 18:40 - 19:00 | Brief Summary | ||
| 5.14. | 19:30 - | Farewell Banquet (Opportunity for wrap-up and future planning) |
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Posters
( Format: width = 118 cm, height = 146 cm )
Poster Section 1: Space Plasmas
| P1.1. | Avram, C./Schrittwieser, R.: | On the physical basis of the sunspot flicker noise |
| P1.2. | Bagalá, G.: | Magnetic reconnection in recurrent solar flares |
| P1.3. | Bale, S.D.: | Electron phase space holes and nonlinear electrostatic turbulence at the bow shock |
| P1.4. | Curtis, S.: | The magnetospheric multiscale mission |
| P1.5. | Kusano, K.: | Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics of sheared magnetic arcades in the solar corona |
| P1.6. | Lynch, K.: | Multiple-point in-situ observations of the nightside auroral zone |
| P1.7. | Sakanaka, P.H.: | A nonlinear model for auroral density cavities |
| P1.8. | Spann, J.: | Using remote sensing as a plasma diagnostic: A discussion of techniques being used to probe the ionosphere in order to determine the energy and spectral characteristics of precipitating electrons and protons |
| P1.9. | Steigies, Ch.: | In-situ observations of the structure of the evening and nighttime ionosphere |
Poster Section 2: Waves and Instabilities
| P2.1. | Boivin, R.F.: | Generation of electron-electron instabilities by means of an electron gun in LEIA |
| P2.2. | Franz, J.R.: | On the Perpendicular Scale of Coherent Electric Field Structures |
| P2.3. | Kline, J.: | Ion heating source for the large experiment on instabilities and anisotropies |
| P2.4. | Klinger, Th.: | Observation of periodic ion holes in a double plasma experiment |
| P2.5. | Löfgren, T.: | Kinetic eigenmodes for an inhomogeneous plasma diode with resolved sheaths using Landau analogy |
| P2.6. | Nakamura, T.: | Dispersion solver with one-over-polynomial approximation and its application to relativistic cyclotron resonance |
| P2.7. | Ram, A.K.: | Enhanced electric fields in density gradients and ion energization |
| P2.8. | Shukla, P.K.: | Perspectives of nonlinear dispersive Alfvén waves |
Poster Section 3: Laboratory Plasmas
| P3.1. | Carter, T.: | Resistivity and fluctuations in the MRX current sheet |
| P3.2. | Den Hartog, D.: | Active spectroscopy measurements in the MST RFP: Charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy and Rutherford scattering |
| P3.3. | Fasoli, A.: | Driven magnetic reconnectionin a toroidal magnetic cusp |
| P3.4. | Grulke, O.: | Experimental characterization of large scale structures in the turbulent states of a toroidal plasma device |
| P3.5. | Hansen, J.F.: | Effect of magnetic boundary conditions on laboratory experiments simulating eruption of solar prominences |
| P3.6. | Inomoto, M.: | Non-MDH mechanism of fast magnetic reconnection in TS-3 plasma merging experiment |
| P3.7. | Martin, P.: | Coherent helical structures in the reversed field pinch |
| P3.8. | Tanaka, M.: | Generation of spiral structure in magnetized rotating plasmas |
| P3.9. | Walker, D.: | Low altitude ionospheric heating mechanisms: Altitude-dependent transitions |
| P3.10. | Watts, Ch.: | Laboratory Alfvén wave measurements in a steady state, high-density plasmas |
| P3.11. | Wendt, M.: | Comparison between a fluid model description of eigenmodes of inhomogeneous plasmas diodes and PIC simulation results |
| P3.12. | Zintl, M.: | The physics of shear-induced ion acceleration in single- and multi-component plasmas: A laboratoary investigation measurement of fundamental plasma transport properties |