Ben-Gurion University

Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas

Israel, 11-19 May 2008


Sheffield Space Systems Group



Abstracts submitted by Feb 1


SpeakerTitle
Levon AvanovDouble Merging and Formation of the Low Latitude Boundary Layer under Northward IMF: Polar observations
Paul BellanLaboratory Simulations of Astrophysical Jets and Theoretical Models Motivated by these Simulations
Natalia Beloff Autumnal asymmetry in seasonal variations of the geomagnetic activity
Elena Belova Numerical Modeling of Field Reversed Configurations
Alexander Bershadskii Magnetic field gradients in solar wind plasma and geophysics periods
Gennady Bisnovatyi-KoganMagneto-torsional oscillations and dynamic jet collimation
Roberto BrunoMHD turbulence and magnetic structures in the solar wind
Jorg BuechnerSignatures of reconnection in the solar corona
Tanya BurinskayaThin plasma cavities as a source of Auroral Kilometric radiation, Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the plasma sheet boundary layer
Gennadiy Burlak Nonlinear modulation of strong electromagnetic wave in a weakly inhomogeneous plasma
Vincenzo CarboneSolar wind turbulence: cascade, dissipation and heating
Andrew Coates Ion pickup and mass loading in the solar system – and beyond?
Daniel Coca On the Existence of Inertial Manifolds and Global Attractors in infinite dimensional systems; Implications for the study of space plasma turbulence using nonlinear dynamics approaches
Giuseppe Consolini Statistical properties of fluctuations up to non-MHD scales in turbulent space plasmas
Ioannis Contopoulos The equatorial current sheet in the pulsar magnetosphere
Magda Delva Upstream Proton Cyclotron Waves at Venus from Venus Express magnetometer observations
Yakov Dimant Theory and Large-Scale Simulations of Plasma Turbulence in Lower Ionosphere
Edik Dubinin Large-amplitude coherent waves and structures on Mars
David Eichler Open Plasma Physics Issues in Astrophysics
Robert Erdelyi Magnetic Coupling from Photosphere to Corona
Andrei Fedorov Plasma Acceleration in the Martian and Venusian magnetotails
Peter Fleming Application of Evolutionary Computing to the Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
Vladimir Fortov Dynamics of Dusty Plasma under Space Conditions
Natalia Ganushkina Physics of the Earth's ring current: Important problems and new challenges
Peter Gary Whistler turbulence cascade: Particle-in-cell simulations
Melvyn Goldstein Recent insights into the nature of turbulence in the solar wind
Tamas Gombosi New Challenges in Space Weather Simulations
Nat Gopalswamy Interplanetary Shocks with and without Radio Emission
Elena Grigorenko Low frequency waves associated with PSBL ion beams. Cluster observations.
Olga Gutynska Correlation study of fluctuations of magnetosheath parameters
Robert Harrison Kalman Filtering for Data Assimilation in Geomagnetic Forecasting
Michael Hesse The dissipation mechanism of magnetic reconnection
Yasuhiro Hobara Cluster observations of spatial scales in the quasi-perpendicular collisionless shocks
Peter Israelevich Electrons as current carriers in the geotail current sheet
Vlad Izmodenov New challenges in the modelling of the solar wind interaction with the local interstellar cloud
Randy Jokipii Large Scale Upstream Turbulence, Magnetic Fields and Particle Acceleration at Astrophysical Shocks
Homa Karimabadi New Understanding of Collisionless Reconnection in Astrophysical and Space Plasmas, A Novel Data Mining Technique with Reverse Engineering Capability: Application to Automated Detection of Flux Transfer Events
Gregory Koynash The experiment for plasma measurements on the Bepi-Colombo PO spacecraft with PICAM instrument
Vladimir Krasnoselskikh Generation of wideband wave spectra in the front of high Mach number quasiperpendicular shocks
Valery Krasovitskiy Propagation of a solitary extraordinary wave across an external magnetic field in a plasma
Giovanni Lapenta A Purely Relativistic Mechanism for Particle Acceleration by Wave-Particle Interaction
Amir Levinson Relativistic photon mediated shocks
Andrii Lynnyk Interplanetary shock propagation through different environments: Multi-point measurements
Yury Lyubarsky Magnetic reconnection at the termination shock in a striped pulsar wind
Maxim Lyutikov The binary pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B: eclipses, orbital modulation and GR tests, Magnetized Intercluster Plasma: Conduction, Stability, Dissipation
Leonid Marochnik The Ionosphere as an Open Plasma Laboratory, New Capabilities
Mikhail Medvedev Particle acceleration and radiation production at Weibel-mediated plasma shocks
Gennady Milikh Model of UV flashes due to Gigantic Blue Jets
Sergey Moiseenko Magnetorotational processes in core collapse supernovae
Therese Moretto Small Satellites for Space Weather Research: Why Now?
Nadia Nikolaeva The Magnetopause Motion During Substorms
Katarina Nykyri Plasma Transport due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability: 2-D and 3-D simulations and multi-point observations in space
Leon Ofman Hybrid modeling of multi-ion solar wind plasma heating
Dennis Papadopoulos The Ionosphere as an Open Plasma Laboratory, New Capabilities
Vladimir Pavlenko Large-scale flow pattern in flute mode turbulence and predator-prey phenomena
Elena Podladchikova First Optical Observations Of Shock Waves Interaction With The Solar System Planets. The Preliminary Analysis
Nikolai Pogorelov Dynamical Processes in the Solar Wind Interaction with the Circum-Heliospheric Medium
Ilan Roth Energetic Solar Particles-Formation via Statistical Approach, Heliospheric Energization of Rare Ions: Astrophysical Implications
Michael Ruderman Transverse oscillations of coronal loops
Andrei Sadovski Electromagnetic waves generated by the ion distribution function with velocity space holes
Ondrej Santolik Overview of recent results on whistler-mode chorus
Michael Schulz Resonant-Particle Transport and Resonance-Broadening Effects
Malgorzata Selwa 3D MHD numerical simulations of standing waves in coronal active region loops
Vitali Shapiro Generation of the magnetic macroscopic cells by the electromagnetic branch of the drift waves
David Sibeck NASAs THEMIS Mission: Multipoint Observations of Substorms, the Foreshock, and the Magnetopause
Mikhail Sitnov Storm-time evolution of the magnetospheric structure inferred from a nonlinear spatio-temporal empirical modeling of the geomagnetic field
Pierre-Louis Sulem Simulations and modeling of nonlinear mirror modes
Youra Taroyan Coronal loop oscillations and diagnostics with Hinode/EIS
Oleg Vaisberg Ion dynamics in high-latitude reconnection event: Interball-Tail observations
Marek Vandas On expansion of magnetic clouds
Marco Velli Coronal Heating, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence and Scaling Laws
Pierluigu Veltri Kinetic effects in small scale range of Solar Wind Turbulence
Zoltan Voros Properties of statistical moments in the solar wind turbulence
Simon Walker The fine structure of ion-sound turbulence observed in the terrestrial bow shock transition layer