Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminar Archive

Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2007

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
3 September Labor Day No Seminar No Seminar
10 September Joseph A. Nuth GSFC Laboratory Astrophysics is Not an Oxymoron
17 September Aaron Roberts GSFC The Complexity of the Heliospheric Magnetic Field: Fisk vs Parker
24 September No Seminar No Seminar
1 October Antonio Codino INFN and U. of Perugia, Italy A Solution of the Knee and Ankle Problem in the Cosmic Ray Spectrum
8 October Columbus Day No Seminar No Seminar
15 October Antoinette Galvin University of New Hampshire Approach to Solar Minimum: The STEREO Perspective
22 October James Carbary Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Adventures at Saturn – New results from the Cassini/MIMI instrument
29 October Kara Hoffman University of Maryland The IceCube Neutrino Observatory
5 November Ralph L. McNutt, Jr. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory MESSENGER Results from Venus Flyby 2
12 November No Seminar No Seminar
19 November   No Seminar No Seminar
26 November Jack Tueller GSFC Hard X-ray Surveys: A census of Black Holes
3 December Russell A. Howard Naval Research Laboratory The SECCHI Experiment on the STEREO Mission
10 December Fall AGU No Seminar No Seminar

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2007

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
29 January Andrew Smith University of Maryland Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy
5 February      
12 February      
19 February President's Day No Seminar No Seminar
26 February Jay Zwally GSFC Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet: Responses to Climate Warming?
5 March James A. Slavin Goddard Space Flight Center MESSENGER: Exploring Mercury’s Magnetosphere
12 March Mel Goldstein Goddard Space Flight Center MHD Simulations of the Solar Wind
19 March Spring Break No Seminar No Seminar
26 March    
2 April Menelaos Sarantos University of Maryland An automated detection scheme for ICME identification from in situ data
9 April Michael Mumma Goddard Space Flight Center Comets, and implications for delivery of water and pre-biotic organics to Young Planets (and a bit of Atomic-Molecular Physics, too!)
16 April Robert F. Pfaff Goddard Space Flight Center Electric Field and Plasma Density Measurements of the Turbulent Low and Mid-Latitude Ionosphere
23 April Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN Cosmic Ray Origin in SNR Shocks and Transport in the Galaxy
30 April Gerry Share University of Maryland and NRL High-Energy Solar Observations: RHESSI Highlights/Anticipating GLAST
7 May Opher Ganel University of Maryland Direct measurements of cosmic-ray protons - how far beyond the TeV mark can we go?

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2006


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
04 September Labor Day No Seminar No Seminar
11 September   No Seminar No Seminar
18 September D. Aaron Roberts NASA GSFC Lots of Things We Don't Know About Solar Wind Turbulence
25 September James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute Magnetospheric Multiscale--The Reconnection Mission
2 October Ken McCracken IPST, University of Maryland. Long-Term Changes in the Cosmic Radiation and the Heliomagnetic Field; 1428-2005.
9 October Columbus Day No Seminar No Seminar
13 October J. Randy Jokipii University of Arizona
Special Friday Seminar:
New Insights into the Solar-Wind Termination
16 October Chris Paranicas Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory The Inner Magnetosphere of Saturn as Revealed by the Cassini Spacecraft
23 October Gordon D. Holman NASA GSFC Results from X-Ray Observations of Solar Flares with the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)
30 October Frank McDonald University of Maryland Where were the Anomalous Cosmic Rays when Voyager 1 Crossed the Termination Shock
6 November Nahee Park Visiting researcher at the University of Maryland, Ph.D. student at Ewha Womans University Measuring the charge of high energy cosmic-ray particles in the CREAM experiment
13 November John Krizmanic NASA GSFC The Orbiting Wide-angle Light collectors (OWL) Experiment: Observing Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays from Space
20 November MooHyun Lee IPST, University of Maryland Performance of the CREAM calorimeter
27 November Matthew Hill Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory The Tangle of Ion Populations in the Termination Foreshock and Heliosheath
4 December Fred Ipavich University of Maryland Solar Wind Heavy Ion Systematics
11 December AGU No Seminar No Seminar

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2006


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
30 January George Gloeckler University of Maryland Acceleration of low-energy Ions in the quiet-time Solar Wind and at the Termination Shock
6 February Alexandre Malinin IPST Astroparticle physics with AMS experiment
13 February Abigail Rymer Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory The low energy Cassini electron spectrometer: An introduction and how it can help to explore plasma transport at Saturn.
20 February President's Day No Seminar No Seminar
27 February Mark Shappirio GSFC Ion Mass Spectrometry at Saturn: Results, discoveries, and lessons learned.
6 March Neil Gehrels Goddard Space Flight Center Gamma Ray Burst Discoveries by the Swift Mission
13 March   No Seminar No Seminar
20 March Spring Break No Seminar No Seminar
27 March Paul Cassak University of Maryland Catastrophe Model for the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection
3 April John Clem Bartol Institute, University of Delaware Observations of the Charge-Sign Dependence in Solar Modulation
10 April Dennis Papadopoulos University of Maryland The Lower Ionosphere as an Active Medium and its Applications to Radiation Belt Control and Underground Exploration
17 April Glenn Mason Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Coronal holes, jets, and the origin of 3He-rich solar particle events
24 April Lucy McFadden University of Maryland Update of Deep Impact Results
1 May Hilary Cane University of Tasmania Classes of SEP Events
8 May John Cooper Goddard Space Flight Center Space Weathering of Icy Bodies in the New Outer Solar System

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2005


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
5 September Labor Day No Seminar No Seminar
12 September Peter Biermann Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and University of Bonn, Germany Overview of Galactic Cosmic Rays, Status and Next Steps
19 September Merav Opher George Mason University Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Termination Shock: Explaining the Voyager Results
26 September George Simnett University of Birmingham Observational Insights Into Solar Particle Acceleration To Relativistic Energies And The Relevance To Flare Energetics
3 October Stephane Coutu Penn State University Highest Energy Physics with Auger
10 October Columbus Day No Seminar No Seminar
17 October James F. Drake University of Maryland A Fermi mechanism for the production of energetic electrons during magnetic reconnection
24 October Michael F. A'Hearn University of Maryland Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1
31 October      
7 November Ramin Sina University of Maryland Cosmic-ray Antiprotons in the Galaxy
14 November Adam Szabo Goddard Space Flight Center Is there still something we do not know about Interplanetary Shocks?
21 November Peter H. Yoon University of Maryland Self-consistent generation of suprathermal electrons (kappa distribution) by beam-plasma interaction
28 November Robert B. Decker Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Voyager Spacecraft at the Termination Shock
5 December AGU No Seminar No Seminar
12 December End of Semester No Seminar No Seminar

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2005


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
31 January Donald G. Mitchell Johns Hopkins U. Applied Physics Lab Global Energetic Ion Dynamics at Saturn
7 February Lucy McFadden U. Maryland, Dept. of Astronomy Deep Impact Expectations for July 4, 2005
14 February Frank C. Jones Goddard Spaceflight Center, Beltsville Simulated 2D vs. 3D Shock Waves: Implications for Particle Acceleration
21 February Presidents' Day No Seminar No Seminar
28 February No Seminar No Seminar No Seminar
7 March Moo Hyun Lee U. Maryland, IPST Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass project
14 March Stephen Fuselier Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA Progress in Understanding Magnetic Reconnection at the Earth's Magnetopause
21 March Spring Break No Seminar No Seminar
28 March Harald Kucharek U. New Hampshire Energetic pickup ions at interplanetary discontinuities
4 April William H. Matthaeus U. Delaware, Bartol Geometrical Properties of Turbulence and Its Effect on Field Line and Charged Particle Transport
11 April Rosemary Killen U. Maryland, Dept. of Astronomy Mercury's Magnetosphere and its Influence on the Neutral Exosphere
18 April Douglas P. Hamilton U. Maryland, Dept. of Astronomy Charged Dust Dynamics at Jupiter
25 April Michael R. Collier Goddard Spaceflight Center, Beltsville Asymmetries Toward Higher Ecliptic Longitudes than the Nominal Upstream Direction in Twelve Heliospheric Data Sets
2 May Wayne T. Kasprzak Goddard Spaceflight Center, Beltsville First Results from the Huygens Mission to Titan
9 May Gary P. Zank U. California, Riverside The Interaction of the Interstellar Medium with the Sun and other Stars

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2004


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
13 September Dr. John B. Sigwarth NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Global Auroral Imaging: Dynamic Pressure-Induced Auroral Brightening and Conjugate Auroral Observations
20 September Dr. James F. Drake U. of Maryland, College Park Production of Energetic Electrons During Magnetic Reconnection Events
27 September Dr. Bonnard J. Teegarden NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD INTEGRAL: A Space Observatory for Gamma-Ray Astronomy
4 October Dr. Nat Gopalswamy NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Intensity Variation of Large Solar Energetic Particle Events
11 October Columbus Day Holiday No Seminar No Seminar
18 October Seminar Canceled No Seminar No Seminar
25 October Dr. Joe Giacalone University of Arizona, Tucson Diffusive Shock Acceleration in the Heliosphere
1 November Dr. Hoseok Ahn U. of Maryland, College Park The Energy Spectra of Protons and Helium Measured with the ATIC Experiment
8 November Dr. David Ruffalo Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Precision Modeling of Solar Energetic Particle Transport
15 November Dr. Douglas C. Hamilton U. of Maryland, College Park First Results from Cassini on the Ion Composition in Saturn's Magnetosphere
22 November Dr. Terry Kucera NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Solar Prominences Observed at Ultraviolet Wavelengths
29 November Dr. Stephen White U. of Maryland, College Park Solar Radio Astronomy and the FASR Project
6 December Dr. Luke Dones Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado Cassini Images of Saturn's Rings and Moons

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2004


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
2 February Dr. Eric R. Christian NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC A TIGER in Antarctica
9 February Dr. Simon Wing JHU/APL, Laurel, MD Imaging the Magnetosphere
16 February NO SEMINAR President's Day NO SEMINAR
23 February Dr. David D. Lario JHU/APL, Laurel, MD Energetic Particle Response to CMEs at Low and High Heliographic Latitudes
1 March Dr. Lynn M. Kistler U. of New Hampshire, Durham The Contribution of O+ to Pressure and Current in the Stormtime Plasmasheet
8 March Dr. Brian J. Anderson JHU/APL, Laurel, MD Simultaneous Inter-hemisphere Comparison of Birkeland Current Magnetic Perturbations: Quantitative Tests of Conductivity Control
15 March Dr. Edmond C. Roelof JHU/APL, Laurel, MD Transverse Anisotropies of 40-90 MeV Solar Energetic Protons: A Re-interpretation
22 March NO SEMINAR Spring Break NO SEMINAR
29 March Dr. Barbara J. Thompson NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD What Have We Learned from 200 EIT Waves?
5 April Dr. Rogelio Caballero-Lopez U. of Maryland, College Park Galactic Cosmic Ray Modulation During Solar Minimum Conditions
12 April Dr. Peter Biermann Max Plank Inst. Fur Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany The Origin and Propagation of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays, the Nearby Sources
19 April Dr. Gerald H. Share NRL, Wahington, DC RHESSI Observations of the 2003 October/November Flares
26 April Dr. Edward C. Stone Caltech, Pasadena, CA Voyager 1 Surfing the Termination Shock
3 May Dr. Chee Keong Ng NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Transport and Acceleration of Solar Energetic Particles
10 May Dr. Igor Moskalenko NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Propagation of Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2003


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
September 1 NO SEMINAR LABOR DAY NO SEMINAR
September 8 Dr. V. Ptuskin University of Maryland, College Park Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Ray Accelerators
September 15 Dr. P. T. Gallagher NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt Recent Insights in Flares and CMEs Using RHESSI
September 22 Dr. H. Khan NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt Low Energy Neutral Atoms in the Magnetosphere: IMAGE/LENA Observations of Ionospheric Outflow and Cusp-related Emissions
September 29 Dr. H. V. Cane NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt "Flare" and Shock Acceleration in Solar Energetic Particle Events
October 6 Dr. D. Vassiliadis USRA, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt Modeling the Dynamics of the Relativistic Electron Flux in Earth's Outer Radiation Belt
October 13 NO SEMINAR COLUMBUS DAY NO SEMINAR
October 20 Dr. L. Burlaga NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt Search for the Heliosheath: The Heliospheric Magnetic Field near 85 AU
October 27 Dr. S. M. Krimigis &
Dr. F. B. McDonald		 JHU/APL, Laurel
University of Maryland, College Park		 On the possibility of a heliospheric boundary crossing by Voyager 1 in 2002-2003
November 3 Dr. N. A. Schwadron Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio The Source and Fate of Solar Wind: New Theories that Explain Recent Riddles
November 10 Dr. L. Paxton JHU/APL, Laurel Exploring the Upper Atmosphere with the NASA TIMED Mission
November 17 Dr. R. Cody NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt Laboratory Chemical Research Applied to the Atmospheres of the Outer Planets
November 24 Dr. J. Karpen Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC A Holistic View of Solar Prominences: From Formation to Eruption
December 1 Dr. Tetsuya Yoshida KEK, Japan Cosmic Ray Measurements with BESS
December 8 NO SEMINAR FALL AGU FALL AGU

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2003


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
February 3 NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR
February 10 Dr. D. Vassiliadis NASA/GSFC Dynamics of Radiation Belt Electrons
February 17 NO SEMINAR PRESIDENT'S DAY NO SEMINAR
February 24 Dr. M. Forman Stony Brook, New York Intermittency in Solar wind Turbulence
March 3 Dr. L. J. Lanzerotti Lucent Technologies, New Jersey A Decadal Survey in Solar & Space Physics
March 10 Dr. D. K. Haggerty JHU/APL, MD Solar Electrons
March 17 Dr. A. Harding NASA/GSFC Gamma-ray bursts
March 24 NO SEMINAR SPRING BREAK NO SEMINAR
March 31 Dr. M. Swisdak University of Maryland, College Park Magnetic Reconnection in the magnetosphere
April 7 NO SEMINAR Spring AGU & APS Meetings NO SEMINAR
April 14 Dr. A. Smith University of Maryland, College Park Gamma-Ray Bursts in the MILAGRO data
April 21 Dr. D. Mitchell JHU/APL, MD Recent Results from the IMAGE Spacecraft
April 28 Dr. H. Moraal Potchefstroom University, South Africa Transport & Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays
May 5 Dr. G. Denolfo NASA/GSFC, MD Recent Results from the ACE/CRIS Experiment
May 12 Dr. J. Klimchuk Naval Research Laboratory, DC Heating of Coronal Loops

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2002


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
September 2 NO SEMINAR LABOR DAY NO SEMINAR
September 9 Dr. J. Bieber Bartol Research Institute, Delaware Neutron Monitor Observations of SEPs
September 16 NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR
September 23 Dr. D. Rust Applied Physics Laboratory, MD Magnetic Helicity from the Sun
September 30 Dr. Mei-Ching Fok NASA/GSFC, MD Modeling Energetic Neutral Atoms in the Ring Current
October 7 Dr. D. Sibeck NASA/GSFC, MD Energetic Particles in the Foreshock Cavity
October 14 NO SEMINAR COLUMBUS DAY NO SEMINAR
October 21 Dr. L. Barbier NASA/GSFC, MD Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
October 28 Dr. P. Sokolsky University of Utah The Sky Above, The Mud Below:Ultra-high Energy Cosmic-Ray Controversy
November 4 Dr. B. Dennis NASA/GSFC, MD New Results from the RHESSI Spacecraft
November 11 NO SEMINAR VETERANS' DAY NO SEMINAR
November 18 Dr. S. Kanekal Catholic University of America, DC Relativistic Electrons in the Earth's Magnetosphere
November 25 Dr. E. Mobius UNH, New Hampshire Particle Acceleration in Corotating Interaction Regions
December 2 Dr. A. Stephens NASA/GSFC, MD Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Anti-protons
December 9 NO SEMINAR FALL AGU NO SEMINAR

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2002


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
February 4 Dr. M. E. Hill University of Maryland Anomalous Cosmic Ray Observations at Voyager 1 and 2
February 11 Dr.D. Biesecker Emergent Technology Services, NASA/GSFC, MD Observations of Sun-grazing Comets with LASCO/SOHO
February 18 PRESIDENT'S DAY NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR
February 25 Dr. M. L. Goldstein NASA/GSFC, MD Recent Results from the Cluster Mission
March 4 CANCELED CANCELED CANCELED
March 11 Dr. R. A. Mewaldt Caltech, CA New Views of Solar Energetic Particles from ACE
March 18 Dr. A. J. Klimas NASA/GSFC, MD Self-organized Critical Plasma Sheet and Substorm Onset
March 25 SPRING BREAK NO SEMINAR NO SEMINAR
April 1 Dr. J. R. Jokipii University of Tucson, AZ A New Look at the Diffusive Acceleration of Cosmic Rays
April 8 Dr. G. L. Siscoe Boston University The Global Magnetosphere Under Storm-Time Conditions
April 15 Dr. O. Ganel IPST, Univeristy of Maryland TBA
April 22 Dr. T. Bogdan HAO, Colorado Waves in the Solar Atmosphere
April 29 Dr. D. N. Baker LASP, Colorado CLUSTER Measurements of Space Plasmas in the Context of Global Multispacecraft Observations: The Telescope-Microscope Combination
May 6 Dr. J. Slavin NASA/GSFC, MD ST5-Space Technology 5: Enabling Future Constellation Missions
May 13 Dr. K. G. McCraken Jellore Technologies, Australia TBA

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2001


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
September 3 NO SEMINAR LABOR DAY NO SEMINAR
September 10 Dr. N. Huang NASA/GSFC, MD Hilbert Spectral Analysis
September 17 Dr. L. McFadden University of Maryland Recent Results From the NEAR Spacecraft
September 24 CANCELED CANCELED CANCELED
October 1 Dr. J. Chen NRL, D.C. Physics of CMEs
October 8 NO SEMINAR COLUMBUS DAY NO SEMINAR
October 15 Dr. D. Kazanas NASA/GSFC, MD Cosmic Ray Spectrum Knee: A Herald of New Physics
October 22 Dr. T. Tarbell Lockheed Martin, CA TRACE Observations of the Solar Corona
October 29 Dr. S. A. Sharma University of Maryland Modeling the Dynamics of the Earth's Magnetosphere
November 5 Dr. M. A. Lee Univeristy of New Hampshire Particle Acceleration at CME-driven Shocks
November 12 Dr. G. Share NRL, D.C. Gamma-Ray Emission in Solar Flares
November 19 Dr. U. Feldman NRL, D.C. FIP Effect Measurements in the Solar Corona and in Flares
November 26 Dr. T. E. Moore NASA/GSFC, MD Recent Results From the IMAGE Mission
December 3 Dr. E. Sittler NASA/GSFC, MD Empirical Model of the Solar Corona and the Solar Wind

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2001


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
January 29   NO SEMINAR  
February 5   NO SEMINAR  
February 12 Dr. E. S. Seo IPST/University of Maryland Status of High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Composition Measurements
February 19   PRESIDENT'S DAY  
February 26 Dr. B. Rogers IPR/Univeristy of Maryland Physics of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
March 5   NO SEMINAR  
March 12 Dr. M. Collier NASA/GSFC New Results From IMAGE/LENA
March 19   SPRING BREAK  
March 26 Dr. P. Evenson Bartol Research Institute/Univ. of Delaware Cosmic-Ray Electrons
April 2 Dr. J. T. Hoeksema NASA/HQ, Stanford University Coronal & Heliospheric Magnetic Field Models
April 9 Dr.T. T. von Rosenvinge NASA/GSFC Recent Results From The Advanced Composition Explorer
April 16 Dr. S. M. Krimigis APL/ Johns Hopkins University Recent Results From The Cassini Spacecraft
April 23 Dr. C. St. Cyr Catholic University of America White Light Coronagraph Observations of CMEs
April 30 Dr. N. Sheeley Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. Understanding The Sun's Magnetic Field
May 7 Dr. A. Roberts NASA/GSFC Non-Linear Solar Wind Phenomena
May 14 Dr. R. Macdowell NASA/GSFC Wave Observations In Magnetic Holes

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2000


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
September 11 A. Lukasiak IPST/UMD K-capture cosmic ray secondaries and reacceleration
September 18 R. L. McNutt JHU/APL The Mercury Messenger Mission
September 25 G. McHarg United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Ground-Based Measurements of the Ionosphere
October 2 A. Szabo NASA/GSFC Interplanetary shocks in the magnetosheath
October 9 Holiday Holiday Holiday
October 16 S. Fung NASA/GSFC IMAGE, RPI results
October 23 S. Kahler Air Force Research Lab, MA Solar Energetic Partices and CME's
October 30 M. Guhathakurta NASA HQ, DC Modeling the solar corona and the solar wind
November 6 L. A. Fisk University of Michigan Dynamic model for the coronal magnetic field
November 13 A. Tylka NRL CME shock acceleration and gradual solar energetic particle events
November 20 S. Antiochos NRL CME models
November 27 J. Le Roux Bartol Research Institute Injection and acceleration of pickup ions at the termination shock
December 4 T. Zurbuchen University of Michigan Composition measurements in CME's
December 11 CANCELLED

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2000


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
February 7 Dr. O.L. Vaisberg NASA/MSFC & SRI, Moscow Trends and Innovation in Space Plasma Instrumentation
February 14 Dr. M. A. Coplan IPST/University of Maryland Correlation of Solar Wind Parameters between the Wind and SoHO Spacecraft
February 21 Dr. G. Lamanna CERN, Switzerland Protons and Deuterons in Near Earth Orbit
February 23* Dr. K. G. McCracken Jellore Technologies, Australia A Blast from the Past-Solar Proton Events from 1561 to the Present
February 28 Dr. I. Moskalenko NASA/GSFC Cosmic Rays and Diffuse Galactic Gamma-Ray Emission
March 6 Dr. D. G. Mitchell APL/Johns Hopkins University Cassini Flybys of Earth and Venus
March 13 Dr. J. M. Clem Bartol, University of Delaware The Secret Life of a Neutron Monitor
March 20 HOLIDAY HOLIDAY HOLIDAY
March 27 Dr. A. Vourlidas NRL/George Mason University LASCO/RADIO Observations of CMEs
April 3 Dr. D. P. Stern NASA/GSFC Overview of the Earth's Magnetosphere
April 10 Dr. B.H. Mauk APL/Johns Hopkins University Galileo at Jupiter
April 17 Dr. D. V. Reames NASA/GSFC Energetic Particles and CMEs
April 24 Dr. A. Deane IPST/University of Maryland 3D-Solar Wind
May 1 Dr. D. Lario APL/Johns Hopkins University Energetic Particle Transport in Interplanetary Space
May 8 Dr. P. Brekke ESA/NASA/GSFC 4 years of SOHO
May 15 Dr. N. Gopalswamy NASA/GSFC CMEs & Interplanetary shocks

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 1999


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
February 7 Dr. O.L. Vaisberg NASA/MSFC & SRI, Moscow Trends and Innovation in Space Plasma Instrumentation
February 14 Dr. M. A. Coplan IPST/University of Maryland Correlation of Solar Wind Parameters between the Wind and SoHO Spacecraft
February 21 Dr. G. Lamanna CERN, Switzerland Protons and Deuterons in Near Earth Orbit
February 23* Dr. K. G. McCracken Jellore Technologies, Australia A Blast from the Past-Solar Proton Events from 1561 to the Present
February 28 Dr. I. Moskalenko NASA/GSFC Cosmic Rays and Diffuse Galactic Gamma-Ray Emission
March 6 Dr. D. G. Mitchell APL/Johns Hopkins University Cassini Flybys of Earth and Venus
March 13 Dr. J. M. Clem Bartol, University of Delaware The Secret Life of a Neutron Monitor
March 20 HOLIDAY HOLIDAY HOLIDAY
March 27 Dr. A. Vourlidas NRL/George Mason University LASCO/RADIO Observations of CMEs
April 3 Dr. D. P. Stern NASA/GSFC Overview of the Earth's Magnetosphere
April 10 Dr. B.H. Mauk APL/Johns Hopkins University Galileo at Jupiter
April 17 Dr. D. V. Reames NASA/GSFC Energetic Particles and CMEs
April 24 Dr. A. Deane IPST/University of Maryland 3D-Solar Wind
May 1 Dr. D. Lario APL/Johns Hopkins University Energetic Particle Transport in Interplanetary Space
May 8 Dr. P. Brekke ESA/NASA/GSFC 4 years of SOHO
May 15 Dr. N. Gopalswamy NASA/GSFC CMEs & Interplanetary shocks

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 1999


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
May 17 Dr. T. T. von Rosenvinge NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center "Recent Results from the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)"
May 10     no seminar
May 03 Michael Shay University of Maryland "Fast Magnetic Reconnection in Collisionless Plasmas"
April 26     no seminar
April 19 Dr. Joseph Dwyer University of Maryland Space Physics Group "Upstream Ion Events Measured by WIND/STEP and ACE/ULEIS"
April 12 Dr. B. R. Ragot Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center "Non-gyroresonant pitch-angle scattering of low-energy cosmic rays"
April 5 Dr. Adrew F. Cheng Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab "Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Encounters with Matilda and Eros"
March 29 Dr. Robert F. Pfaff, Jr. NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center "Electric Field and Related Plasma Observations on Two Sounding Rockets Launched in the Dark Cusp Flown from Spitzbergen, Norway"
March 22     no seminar - Spring Break  
March 15 Dr. George Gloeckler University of Maryland "Exploring Interstellar Space and the Inner Heliosphere With Pickup Ions"
March 08 Horst Fichtner Institut fur Theoretische Physik IV, Rurh-Universitat Bochum "Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Solar Corona: A Semi-kenetic model"
March 01 Dr. Marian Greenspan University of Maryland, Space Physics Group "Low Altitude Equitorial Ions: A New Look with SAMPEX"
February 22 Simon P. Plunkett Universities Space Research Association, Naval Research Laboratory "Multiwavelength Observations of CMEs: Results from the Coronal Imaging Expirements on SOHO"
February 8 Dr. Charles W. Smith Bartol Research Institute "Recent Results in Studies of the Solar Wind with Implications for Energetic Particle Propagation"
February 1 Dr. Michael Reiner NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center "Coronal and Interplanetary Type II and Type III Radio Emissions Associated with Coronal Mass Ejections"

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 1998


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
November 30 Thomas K. Gaisser Bartol Research Institute "The cosmic-ray neutrino beam - evidence for neutrino oscillations"
November 23 Dr. Rene Brun CERN, Geneva Switzerland "ROOT, A New Object Oriented Data Analysis Infrastructure" in IPST room 1116
November 16 Steve Curtis NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center "Auroral Lites: A MIDEX International Multiprobe Mission"
November 9 Dr. Len Burlaga NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center "features of the heliospheric magnetic field"
October 19 Dr. Elihu Boldt Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center "On the Extemes of Cosmic Radiation: Some Past andPresent Views"
October 26 Dr. Peter Bochsler University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland "Isotopes in the Solar Wind"
November 2 Steve Cummer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center "Old and New Findings on Sprites from Radio Observations"

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 1998


DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC
March 16 James Beatty Penn State University "Antiparticles in the Cosmic Rays"
April 27 Dr. Mihir Desai University of Maryland "Particle Acceleration at Corotating Interaction Regions in the Three-Dimensional Heliosphere: ULYSSES Results"

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 1997


DATE SPEAKER Affiliation TOPIC Room
October 6 Dr. Joe D. Huba Naval Research Laboratory "Element Fractionation in the Solar Atmosphere: the FIP Effect" 0201
November 3 Dr. Glenn Mason University of Maryland "Recent Science Results from SAMPEX" 0201
November 10 Dr. Adam Szabo NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center "Bow Shock - Discontinuity Interaction: Distorted Tangential Discontinuities in the Magnetosheath"  

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 1997


DATE SPEAKER Affiliation TOPIC Room
February 24 Dr. Joe Dwyer UMD tba  
March 3 Dr. John Keller GSFC tba 1113
March 10 n/a n/a no seminar n/a
March 17 Dr. Matther Baring GSFC The Acceleration of Solar Wind Ions by Nearby Interplanetary Shocks  
March 24 n/a n/a no seminar n/a
March 31 Dr. Chuck Smith Bartol tba  
April 7 Dr. Bill Farrell GSFC tba 1113
Apri 14 Dr. Randall Smith GSFC tba  
Apri 21 Dr. Y. C. Whang Catholic University tba  
Apri 28 Dr. Louis Barbier GSFC tba  
May 5 Dr. Kieth Ogilvie GSFC tba 1113
May 12 Dr. Robin Shelton GSFC tba  

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