University of Maryland
Computer & Space Science Building, Room 2400
4:30 PM Friday, 13 October
Coffee, Tea & Cookies 4:00-4:30 PM
J. Randy Jokipii
University of Arizona
New Insights into the Solar-Wind Termination
Observations from the Voyager spacecraft,
near the solar-wind termination shock and in the inner heliosheath,
have confirmed many previous ideas, but have also raised new questions
and generated significant controversy.
The observations mandate a blunt
termination shock that was moving rapidly inward at the time of the
Voyager 1 shock crossing. The effects of these properties of the shock
on the energetic particles are significant.
I will address new effects
of the bluntness and shock motions, in the framework of the picture of
particle acceleration at the termination shock. These show encouraging
agreement with observations.
Sponsored by: Department of Physics
and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland. For information
call John Paquette at (301) 405-6237 or go to the UMD Space Physics group seminar web site.
For free parking please park in lot DD or anywhere on levels 1-2 in lot B (the big parking garage) after 4:00 pm.
Make sure that you park in a spot WITHOUT a parking meter. More parking information is at the seminar website.