Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2008

Room CSS 2400 at 4:30 pm, Tea and Cookies 4:15-4:30 pm


Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2008
CSS Room 2400 at 4:30 pm, Tea and Cookies 4:15-4:30 pm
DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
8 September Rosemary Killen University of Maryland The MESSENGER Mission: Results from the first flyby and anticipated future science
15 September Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Ray Accelerators
22 September   No Seminar No Seminar
29 September Hoseok Ahn University of Maryland Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) Long-Duration Balloon Experiment
6 October Marco Casolino INFN and University of Rome Tor Vergata Cosmic ray matter and anti-matter research in space with Pamela Experiment
3:00 PM, Computer & Space Science Building, Room 2400
6 October D. S. Burnett CalTech The Genesis Mission. Status and First Results on Solar Wind Composition
13 October Columbus Day No Seminar No Seminar
20 October      
22 October Robert P. Lin University of California, Berkeley TBA
2:00 PM, Computer & Space Science Building, Room 2400
27 October Merav Opher George Mason University Pinning Down the Direction and Magnitude of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field
3 November Peter Yoon University of Maryland TBA
10 November      
17 November      
24 November George Gloeckler University of Michigan TBA
1 December      
8 December      

Sponsored by: Department of Physics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland

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For further details please contact Dr. John Paquette at paquette@umtof.umd.edu