UMD Space Physics Group



Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2026
Seminars are online this semester via Zoom. Register at https://bit.ly/2PmJoT6

Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2026
Seminars are online this semester via Zoom. Register here to get access to the talks.
📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
14 Sep 16:30 Luca Orusa
(Recording)		 Columbia University From the positron excess to gamma-ray halos around pulsars: a multimessenger perspective
21 Sep 16:30 Marc Swisdak
(Recording)		 University of Maryland Simulations and Observations of Non-Thermal Energization of Protons in the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet
28 Sep 16:30    
05 Oct 16:30 Chris Hersman
(Recording)		 Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory New Horizons Mission System Engineering Report
12 Oct Indigenous Peoples' Day No Seminar No Seminar
19 Oct 16:30    
26 Oct 16:30 Teresa Panurach
(Recording)		 Naval Research Laboratory Characterizing the Radio Properties of Accreting Neutron Stars
02 Nov 16:30 Sergey Ostapchenko
(Recording)		 University of Hamburg, Germany Charmed hadron production in the QGSJET-III model and the prompt atmospheric neutrino background
09 Nov 16:30 Giulia Murtas
(Recording)		 West Virginia University Magnetic Reconnection-Driven Compression Acceleration of Protons and Heavy Ions at the Heliospheric Current Sheet
16 Nov 16:30    
23 Nov 16:30    
30 Nov 16:30    
07 Dec 16:30 Troy Porter Stanford University Geometry, Not Calorimetry, Drives the Radio-Infrared-Gamma-ray Correlation

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