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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminar Archive

Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2024

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
05 Feb Mikhail A. Malkov Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of San Diego Unavoidably Local Origin of the 10-TeV CR Bump
12 Feb Laura Olivera-Nieto Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany A jet “caught in a speed trap”: revealing particle acceleration and transport using gamma ray observations
26 Feb Timothy Linden Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden TeV Halos: A New Class of Gamma-Ray Sources Provide Insight into Galactic Diffusion
04 Mar Michael Kachelriess Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Torgarden, Norway Antinuclei as probe for exotic physics
11 Mar Peter L. Biermann MPIfR, Bonn; KIT, Karlsruhe; Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Univ. of Bonn Cosmic Lightning and Cosmic Ray Transport
08 Apr Elena Amato INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy This seminar is rescheduled for October 21, 2024
15 Apr Emma Kun Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Cosmic neutrinos from radio-loud and radio quiet AGN
22 Apr Susan Clark Stanford University Magnetism and morphology in the interstellar medium

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2023

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
11 Sep Yoshiharu Omura Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University Generation processes of whistler-mode emissions in the magnetosphere
18 Sep Igor Moskalenko Stanford University Direct measurements of cosmic rays and their possible interpretations
25 Sep Massimo Ricotti Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland Testing Models for Dark Matter and First Light in the Universe with Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
02 Oct Peter H. Yoon IPST, University of Maryland Analysis of Jovian Radio and Plasma Waves Detected by Juno (one of four NASA’s New Frontiers Program Missions)
16 Oct Douglas Currie University of Maryland The Birth and Future of Lunar Laser Ranging
23 Oct Mr. Zhiyu Yin University of Maryland, College Park A new method for the simulation of electron and ion acceleration during magnetic reconnection in macroscale systems
30 Oct Dezhi Huang Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland Recent Results from High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory
06 Nov Ming Zhang Department of Aerospace, Physics, and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology TeV cosmic ray anisotropy in the local interstellar medium
13 Nov Gerald Share Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland Solar Gamma-Ray Observations of the Particle Release in Fourteen High-Energy Solar Energetic Particle Events
20 Nov Emma Schwartzman Naval Research Laboratory VaDAR: Varstrometry for Dual AGN using Radio interferometry
04 Dec Zachary Burr Metzler Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland Opportunities for an MeV Telescope in the Search for Gravitational Waves from Pulsars
08 Dec Prof. Thomas Shutt SLAC GammaTPC: a novel next generation Compton telescope

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2023

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
06 Feb Antti Pulkkinen NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Heliophysics Science Division and our DEIA activities
13 Feb Jason Kooi Naval Research Laboratory Modern Faraday Rotation Studies to Probe the Solar Wind
27 Feb Massimo Ricotti Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland The First Billion Years of Galaxy Formation and Evolution in Light of JWST and Near-Field Cosmology
06 Mar Carter Hall Department of Physics, University of Maryland Prospecting for dark matter in the Black Hills of Dakota
27 Mar Jakobus A. le Roux Dept. of Space Science, and Center of Space Plasma & Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville Anomalous Diffusive Transport and Acceleration of Energetic Particles interacting with Dynamic Small-Scale Magnetic Flux Rope Structures in the Large-scale Solar Wind
03 Apr Nicola Tomassetti University of Perugia, Italy Anomalies in cosmic-ray data: recent results and their interpretations
24 Apr Emil Polisensky Naval Research Laboratory The VLITE View of the Dynamic Radio Sky

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2022

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
19 Sep Carmelo Evoli Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy Phenomenology and theory of galactic cosmic-ray propagation
26 Sep Donggeun Tak DESY, Germany Indirect dark matter search with a very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory
17 Oct Yi Jia MIT Time variations of comic ray particles measured by AMS
24 Oct Jordan A. Goodman Dept. of Physics, University of Maryland Recent Results from the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory
31 Oct Laurent Derome LPSC, France Galatic Cosmic Ray Physics with Isotopes
07 Nov Donghwa Kang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Cosmic ray physics with IceTop at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
14 Nov Ed Cliver National Solar Observatory, Boulder CO Extreme Solar Events
21 Nov Zhili Weng MIT Cosmic Antiparticle: Latest Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
05 Dec Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Measuring planetary surface composition with gamma rays and neutrons

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2022

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
07 Feb Regina Caputo NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators
14 Feb Peter Shawhan Department of Physics, University of Maryland Searches for Other Spacetime Sirens
28 Feb Haihong Che University of Alabama in Huntsville Particle Acceleration in Magnetic Reconnection
07 Mar Joseph Helmboldt Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory A Low-cost Radio Telescope Array for Ionospheric Remote Sensing
14 Mar Siyao Xu Institute for Advanced Study Shock acceleration of cosmic rays in the inhomogeneous interstellar medium
28 Mar Simona Giacintucci Naval Research Laboratory Extreme AGN outbursts in galaxy clusters
04 Apr David G. Sibeck NASA Goddard Space Flight Center STORM: The Solar-Terrestrial Observer for the Response of the Magnetosphere
11 Apr Doojin Kim Texas AM University Cosmogenic Boosted Dark Matter
18 Apr Wooyoung Jang University of Texas at Arlington Dark Matter Searches in Space and in High Intensity Proton Accelerators
25 Apr Yue Deng University of Texas at Arlington Geomagnetic Storms and Space Hazards: Significance of Meso-scale Structures in Ionosphere-Thermosphere System

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2021

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
13 Sep Jie Zhang Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University On the Initiation Processes of Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
20 Sep Shri Kanekal NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Earth's Dynamical Radiation Belts: Recent results from the Van Allen Probes mission
27 Sep Tiffany Lewis NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Modeling Blazar Jets with Particle Transport Methods (and a discussion of Snowmass)
18 Oct Piotr Kalaczynski National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland Atmospheric muon measurements and prompt muon sensitivity study for KM3NeT
01 Nov Philipp Mertsch Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology (TTK), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Cosmic rays coming of age
15 Nov Jamie S. Rankin Princeton University Cosmic Rays at Heliospheric Extremes: Recent Measurements by Voyager and Parker Solar Probe
29 Nov Tracy Clarke Naval Research Laboratory Studies of Jovian Radio Emission and the Search for Extrasolar Planets/Space Weather
06 Dec Foteini Oikonomou Norwegian University of Science and Technology High-energy neutrinos from AGN jets

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2021

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
08 Feb Jordan Stone Naval Research Laboratory Understanding the Giant Planet Formation Process with High Spatial Resolution Observations
22 Feb Harry Arnold Department of Physics, University of Maryland Electron Acceleration during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection
01 Mar Mikhail Malkov University of San Diego The TeV Cosmic Ray Bump: a Message from Epsilon Indi or Epsilon Eridani Star?
08 Mar Casey I. Honniball NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Lunar Surface Hydration: a View from Earth
22 Mar John Clem University of Delaware Measurement of Low-energy Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Spectra with the AESOP-Lite balloon-borne Spectrometer
05 Apr Mario Bertaina University of Torino, Italy Search for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays from Space: challenges and perspectives
12 Apr Matteo Duranti INFN Sezione di Perugia, Italy The AMS Latest Results And The Impact On The Design Of Future Cosmic Ray Space Experiments
26 Apr Veronica Bindi University of Hawaii at Manoa The latest low energy results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on the International Space Station
03 May Joe Durbak Department of Physics, University of Maryland Studies of Transient Astronomical Events with the Lowell Discovery Telescope

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2020

📽 DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
14 Sep Peter L Biermann
(Talk Slides) 		MPIfR, Bonn; KIT, Karlsruhe; Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Univ. of Bonn Massive Star Explosions: Pandora Boxes for Cosmic Ray Particles and Maximally Rotating Black Holes?
28 Sep Nat Gopalswamy Solar Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center On the Role of Shocks in Understanding Solar and Heliospheric Phenomena
19 Oct Igor Moskalenko
(Talk Slides) 		Stanford University Recent advances in astrophysics of cosmic rays and gamma-ray astronomy
02 Nov Lindsay Glesener University of Minnesota Studying Small-Scale Energy Release in Solar Flares
16 Nov Carter Hall Department of Physics, University of Maryland LZ: A laboratory search for particulate dark matter
23 Nov John Paquette NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The D/H Ratio in Cometary Dust

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2020

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
10 Feb Vladimir S. Ptuskin IZMIRAN, Russia Acceleration of cosmic rays in magnetic circumstellar bubbles
24 Feb Peter Yoon IPST, University of Maryland Theoretical Model of Solar Type III Radio Bursts
02 Mar Sylvain Veilleux Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland The Cool Side of Galactic Winds

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2019

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
09 Sep Jacob Smith NASA GSFC and CRESST/University of Maryland, College Park CubeSats and Multi-Messenger Time Domain Astronomy
16 Sep James Klimchuk Heliophysics Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Onset of Magnetic Reconnection
23 Sep Qile Zhang Department of Physics, University of Maryland Particle Heating and Turbulence in Low Beta Reconnection with a Guide Field
21 Oct Peter Shawhan Department of Physics, University of Maryland LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Findings So Far, and Current Events
28 Oct Kristina Nyland Naval Research Lab New Advancements in our Understanding of AGN Feedback from the VLA and Beyond
11 Nov Alexander Moiseev NASA Goddard Space Flight Center New Mission Concept: Investigation of the Galactic Center in energy range 0.1 - 10 MeV with the Galactic Center Explorer
18 Nov Pieter Mumm NIST Center for Neutron Research Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2019

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
11 Mar Andrey Beresnyak Naval Research Lab Nonlinear dynamo in the intracluster medium
25 Mar Louis Barbier NASA HQ Technosignatures - NASA's search for intelligent life
08 Apr Nat Gopalswamy Solar Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Source of High-Energy Protons Responsible for Neutral Pion Gamma-Ray Continuum from the Sun
22 Apr Brian Wood Naval Research Lab A STEREO Survey of Earth-directed CMEs
29 Apr Jordan Goodman Department of Physics, University of Maryland New Results from the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2018

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
10 Sep Joseph Helmboldt Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory Mapping Disturbances within the Ionosphere and Plasmasphere with Low-frequency Radio Interferometry
24 Sep Prof. Dale R. Gary Department of Physics New Jersey Institute of Technology Dynamic Measurement of Electron Acceleration and Coronal Magnetic Fields in Solar Flares
01 Oct Massimo Ricotti Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland The Origin of Old Globular Clusters and Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies and Implications on the Reionization Epoch
15 Oct Richard Mushotzky NASA GSFC and Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite
29 Oct Gareth Roberg-Clark Department of Physics, University of Maryland Wave generation and heat flux suppression in astrophysical plasma systems
05 Nov Justin Finke Space Science division, Naval Research Laboratory The gamma-ray determination of the Universe's star formation history
12 Nov Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland What is the physical origin of the Fermi bubbles?
19 Nov Eileen Meyer University of Maryland, Baltimore County The continuing mystery of multiple spectral components in Jets from Black Holes
03 Dec Marc Swisdak University of Maryland Magnetic Reconnection at Earth's Magnetopause: The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission and Kinetic Simulations

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2018

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
12 Feb Demos Kazanas NASA Goddard Space Flight Center MHD Accretion Disk Winds as X-Ray Absorbers Across the Black Hole Mass Scale
26 Feb Daniel Berdichevsky NASA Goddard Space Flight Center A thermodynamics interpretation of electrons density and temperature description in the Sun's corona
05 Mar Simona Giacintucci Naval Research Laboratory Relativistic electrons in the sloshing cores of galaxy clusters: observations of radio minihalos
02 Apr Haihong Che NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland What are the Open Problems and Opportunities in the Study of Solar Radio Bursts
23 Apr Greg Sullivan Department of Physics, University of Maryland The South Pole IceCube Neutrino Detector and the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
30 Apr Natalia Buzulukova NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Extreme Space Weather Events and Their Effects and Impacts

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2017

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
11 Sep Carter Hall University of Maryland Down-to-earth searches for cosmological dark matter with LUX and LZ
02 Oct Jordan A. Goodman Department of Physics, University of Maryland A New Look at the TeV Sky with the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory
23 Oct Peter Shawhan University of Maryland The latest gravitational-wave discovery from LIGO and Virgo
30 Oct Nat Gopalswamy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Origin and Consequences of Large Solar Energetic Particle Events
13 Nov Matthew E. Hill Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory New Measurements of Suprathermal Ions, Energetic Particles, and Cosmic Rays in the Outer Heliosphere from the New Horizons PEPSSI Instrument
20 Nov Elizabeth Hays NASA Goddard Space Flight Center High-energy gamma rays from particle accelerators in the Galaxy
04 Dec Alice Harding NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Millisecond Pulsars, Positrons and the Galactic Bulge

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2017

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
06 Feb Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN, Moscow, Russia Inverse Problem for Transport of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays in Expanding Universe
13 Feb Youngsoo Yoon Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, Korea A Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay using Mo-100, AMoRE
27 Mar Ke Fang University of Maryland Perspectives of finding the sources of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos
10 Apr Alexander Moiseev NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Perspectives in MeV Astronomy: All-Sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO)
17 Apr Dennis Papadopoulos University of Maryland On the Physics of Upper Hybrid Turbulence
01 May Thomas Mernik University of Maryland Observing Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays from Space with the JEM-EUSO Telescope

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2016

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
12 Sep Don Reames IPST, University of Maryland, College Park Taking the Temperature of Solar Energetic Particles
19 Sep Muhammad Sarfraz Government College (GC) University, Lahore, Pakistan On Quasilinear Kinetic Model of Electromagnetic Electron Cyclotron and Electron Firehose Instabilities in Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Solar Wind Plasmas
03 Oct Peter Biermann MPIfR, Bonn; KIT, Karlsruhe; Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Univ. of Bonn Massive star explosions, cosmic rays and gravitational waves
31 Oct Jan V. Sengers Institute for Physical Science and Technology University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Fluctuations in liquids on earth and in space
07 Nov Li-Jen Chen Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Goddard Space Flight Center The Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission: Observations of magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause
14 Nov Marc Swisdak UMD The development of turbulence during magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause
05 Dec James A. Klimchuk Goddard Space Flight Center Current Sheet Proliferation, Turbulence, and the Heating of the Magnetically-Closed Solar Corona

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2016

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
01 Feb Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN, Russia Where Are Cosmic Ray Pevatrons?
08 Feb Ryun-Young Kwon George Mason University and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The role of solar supernova-shaped shock waves in longitudinal properties of widespread solar energetic particle events
29 Feb Joel C. Rynes Assistant Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security Advancing Technological Capabilities to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
07 Mar Abaz Kryemadhi Messiah College Study of Silicon Photomultipliers coupled to LYSO crystals as a compact photon detector
21 Mar Ulrich Kolberg
Steffen Krakau 		  "On the beam induced quasi-instability transformation of the damped aperiodic mode in the IGM" "Plasma effects on extragalactic ultra-high energy cosmic ray hadron beams in cosmic voids"
28 Mar James Drake University of Maryland A Heliosphere with Jets
11 Apr Terri Brandt NASA GSFC Galactic Cosmic Rays: From Earth to Sources
25 Apr Jason Link NASA GSFC & CRESST/USRA Current and Future Measurements of Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Rays.
02 May Alexa J. Halford NASA GSFC and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College The Little Mission that could: BARREL observations of a solar storm

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2015

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2015

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
23 Feb Vladimir Ptuskin Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN) Type IIn Supernovae as Sources of High Energy Neutrinos
09 Mar Peter Yoon IPST, University of Maryland Plasma Emission by Nonlinear Electromagnetic Processes
23 Mar Dennis Bodewits Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland Catching a Comet: First results from the Rosetta mission
30 Mar Prof. Merav Opher Boston University MAGNETIZED JETS DRIVEN BY THE SUN: THE STRUCTURE OF THE HELIOSPHERE REVISITED
20 Apr Douglas P. Hamilton Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland The Origin of Titan and Hyperion
11 May Dr. Heli Hietala Imperial College London Ion temperature anisotropies in magnetotail reconnection jets

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2014

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
03 Nov Daniel Berdichevsky Goddard Space Flight Center On a few properties of very dilute matter frozen in space magnetic fields
10 Nov Marc Swisdak University of Maryland Double Layers, Electron Heat Flux Suppression, Driving the Solar Wind
17 Nov Shri Kanekal NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Dynamical Radiation Belts: New results from the Van Allen Probes mission
24 Nov Aram Vartanyan University of Maryland Whistler Wave Generation by Continuous High Frequency Heating of the Upper Ionosphere
01 Dec Mei-Ching Fok Goddard Space Flight Center The Comprehensive Inner Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Model
08 Dec Joel Dahlin University of Maryland Electron Heating and Acceleration in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2014

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
10 Feb Xiangdong Ji Department of Physics, University of Maryland Recent status of PandaX experiment
24 Mar Keith Strong and Julia Saba NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Univ. of Maryland Astronomy Dept. The Solar Cycle Conundrum
31 Mar James Klimchuk NASA GSFC Why is the Solar Corona So Hot?
07 Apr Ken McCracken IPST University of Maryland A Study of the Cosmic Radiation and the Heliomagnetic Magnetic Fields during the Maunder Minimum of Solar Activity
14 Apr Peter Yoon IPST, University of Maryland Understanding the Origin of Non-Maxwellian Charged-Particle Distribution in Space
21 Apr Nat Gopalswamy Solar Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Space Weather Consequences of the Weak Solar Activity Cycle 24
28 Apr Greg Sullivan Physics Department University of Maryland Recent Results on the Observation of High Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos from IceCube
05 May Donald V. Reames IPST, University of Maryland Element Abundances in Solar Energetic Particles: Two Physical Processes, Two Abundance Patterns
12 May Nicolas Picot-Clemente IPST, University of Maryland Measurement of Galactic Cosmic-Ray Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes with BESS-Polar II

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2013

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
16 Sep Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN, Russia Propagation of Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy
30 Sep Don Ellison North Carolina State University Particle Acceleration in Supernova Remnant Shocks
07 Oct Ke Fang University of Chicago The Mysterious sources of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays
21 Oct Matthew Hill Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Voyager 1 Observations of Large Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropies in Interstellar Space
04 Nov Alex Glocer Goddard Space Flight Center Modeling the Earth's Space Environment System
11 Nov Matthew H. Burger Morgan State University/GESTAR and NASA/GSFC MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere
25 Nov Brian Anderson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Lessons from our Innermost Planet: Mercury's Magnetosphere and Magnetic Field
02 Dec Erik Blaufuss University of Maryland Recent Results from IceCube
13 Dec Diego Casadei University of Applied Science of North-West Switzerland X-ray imaging with space detectors based on the moiré effect
03 Oct Tim Felten Ruhr-Universität Bochum Spontaneously Emitted Fluctuations in Unmagnetized Plasmas

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2013

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
25 Feb Dr. Yuichi Otsuka Nagoya University, Japan Airglow and GPS observations of ionospheric disturbances: Activity of Nagoya University
04 Mar Dr. John Krizmanic CRESST/USRA/NASA/GSFC Phase Fresnel Lens Development for X-ray & Gamma-ray Astronomy
11 Mar Cancelled   CANCELLED
25 Mar Dr. Sohyun Park Penn State Structure formation in a nonlocally modified gravity model
01 Apr Dr. Neil Gehrels NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Adventures in Time Domain Astronomy
08 Apr Dr. John Mitchell NASA/Goddard Sapce Flight Center Measuring Antimatter over Antarctica
22 Apr Dr. Sasha Ukhorskiy Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Van Allen Probes: Resolving Fundamental Physics with Practical Consequences
06 May Dr. Peter Biermann Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany GALACTIC WIND HAZE

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2012

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
10 Sep Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN, Russia Origin and Propagation of Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays
24 Sep Daniel B. Berdichevsky Independent Scholar Force Balance in the Evolution of a Class of ICMEs
22 Oct Jan V. Sengers Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Thermal fluctuations in fluids on earth and in space
12 Nov Amaal A. Mohamed Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC., 20064, USA The Interaction between Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and Coronal Holes (CHs) during the Solar Cycle 23 and its Geomagnetic Consequences
19 Nov Joseph Westlake Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Composition of Titan's Ionospheric Outflow: Mass Resolved INMS Observations of Exospheric Ions From the T40 Flyby
26 Nov Marc Swisdak IREAP, University of Maryland Signatures of Heliopause Crossings
10 Dec Matthew E. Hill Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Voyager 1 Transition to Interstellar Space
01 Oct Peter Kollmann Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Sources, sinks, and transport of energetic particles in Saturn's magnetosphere

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2012

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
06 Feb Reinhard Schlickeiser The Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany Focused acceleration of cosmic rays: A new universal first-order Fermi mechanism
13 Feb Rogelio A. Caballero-Lopez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico The modulation of galactic cosmic-ray electrons in the heliosheath
05 Mar Jan V. Sengers IPST, University of Maryland Reflections on ethics and science
12 Mar George Gloeckler University of Maryland and University of Michigan Acceleration of particles in the heliosphere and beyond by the pumping mechanism
26 Mar Dr. Sabrina Savage GSFC Re-interpretation of Supra-Arcade Downflows in Solar Flares
09 Apr Galina Korotova University of Maryland Bow Shock Motion, and a Transient Event at the Magnetopause: THEMIS Observations.
16 Apr Harm Moraal North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Atmospheric Cosmic-Ray Measurements in the 21st Century
23 Apr Kenneth McCracken Jellore, Australia Periodic variations of the cosmic radiation over the past 9,400 years, and their correlation with solar system phenomena
30 Apr Robert D. DiFabio University of Maryland Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Suprathermal (3-220 keV/e) Ion Composition in Saturn’s Equatorial Magnetosphere
07 May David Angelaszek University of Maryland Ph.D Preliminary Research Presentation: Measurement of Cosmic Ray Nuclei with the Cosmic Ray Energetic and Mass (CREAM) Experiment.

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2011

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
12 Sep W. Vernon Jones
Senior Scientist for Suborbital Research 		NASA Headquarters Some Impacts of Astro2010 and the Budget Outlook on Astrophysics
19 Sep Ryunyoung Kwon NASA Goddard Space Flight Center An observation of EUV waves as a counterpart of propagating fast-mode waves high above the solar surface (1.5-3 solar radius) observed by STEREO SECCHI COR1
26 Sep Nicolas PICOT-CLEMENTE University of Maryland, Institute for Physical Science and Technology Search for magnetic monopoles with the ANTARES underwater neutrino telescope
24 Oct Dennis Papadopoulus University of Maryland, Departments of Physics and Astronomy Using Space as a Non-linear Plasma Laboratory
31 Oct Peter Biermann Max-Planck-Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany A Common Origin of Galactic and Extragalactic Cosmic Rays
07 Nov Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN, Russia Acceleration of Galactic Cosmic Rays in Supernova Remnants
21 Nov Matthew E. Hill Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Puzzling out the Heliosheath Observations from the Voyager Probes
12 Dec Taeksu Shin Department of Physics, Hampton University Transition Radiation Performance Study from ATLAS TRT

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2011

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
14 Feb Alexander Malinin University of Maryland TRD-II status and the CREAM recovery in Antarctica
28 Feb Mr. Yi-Hsin Liu University of Maryland The kinetic structure of collisionless slow shocks
18 Apr Yong-Jae Moon NASA GSFC & Kyung Hee University, Korea How to Predict Space Weather using Solar Data
25 Apr Young Soo Yoon University of Maryland Cosmic ray Proton and Helium spectra above TeV from CREAM-I and CREAM-III Flights
02 May Chee K. Ng George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Effects of Self-Amplified Alfvén Waves in the Shock Acceleration and Transport of Solar Energetic Particles
09 May Dr. Timothy Gray Swarthmore College Magnetic fluctuation studies on SSX: merging and selective decay
02 Jun Kenneth G. McCracken University of Maryland, Visiting Research Scientist is being considered for appointment to Senior Research Scientisit in the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park. The Temporal Variability of the Cosmic Radiation and Solar Activity Over the Past 10,000 Years

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2010

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
13 Sep Spiro Antiochos Goddard Space Flight Center The Dynamic Connection Between the Sun and Heliosphere
20 Sep Alexis Rouillard Naval Research Laboratory Comparing White Light Images from STEREO with in Situ Measurements of the Solar Wind during the Recent Solar Minimum
27 Sep Dr. Michael Swisdak University of Maryland Breaking magnetic field lines during reconnection
01 Nov R. Decker Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Low-energy Charged Particles at Voyagers 1 and 2 in the Heliosheath
08 Nov Donald Reames IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, MD The Anatomy of Solar Energetic Particle Events: Reservoirs, Onsets, and the Streaming Limit
15 Nov James Drake University of Maryland Is the magnetic field in the outer heliosphere laminar I: reconnection dynamics, particle acceleration and post-reconnection bubbles
22 Nov Merav Opher George Mason University Is the magnetic field in the outer heliosphere laminar II: the global structure of the sector region and observations from Voyager

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2010

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
22 Feb Jay Cummings NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomy Technology in Homeland Security
01 Mar Peter Yoon University of Maryland, Institute for Physical Science and Technology "Non-Extensive Entropy and Turbulent Quasi-Equilibrium for Space Plasmas"
08 Mar Glenn Mason Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Energetic particle activity at 1 AU during the current Solar Minimum
22 Mar David Sibeck NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Bursts of Magnetic Reconnection: the signatures of Flux Transfer Events on the Earth's dayside and flank magnetopause
29 Mar Judith Lean Naval Research Laboratory Solar Cycles and the Sun-Earth System
19 Apr Eileen Chollet Caltech A Multi-Point Perspective on the Solar Wind at a Small Scale
26 Apr John Keller Goddard Space Flight Center Recent Highlights from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission
10 May Robert F. Cahalan Head of NASA/Goddard’s Climate and Radiation Branch Temperature Responses to Spectral Solar Variability on Decadal Time Scales

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2009

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
14 Sep James F. Drake University of Maryland A New Mechanism for the Generation of Anomalous Cosmic Rays
21 Sep Ray Fermo University of Maryland A Statistical Model of Magnetic Islands in a Large Current Layer
28 Sep Nahee Park University of Chicago TeV electron measurements with the CREST experiment
05 Oct Daniel B. Berdichevsky Goddard Space Flight Center The Global Interplanetary Shock Scenario
19 Oct Neil Sheeley NRL "What's So Peculiar about the Current Sunspot Minimum?"
26 Oct Vladimir Ptuskin Russian Academy of Science (IZMIRAN) Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Supernova Remnants and Transport in Galactic Magnetic Fields
02 Nov Dean Pesnell Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) What Is Solar Minimum and Why Should We Care?
16 Nov Ken Schatten A.I. Solutions The Sun's Dynamo: Standard Model, Prediction Methods, + New Ideas
23 Nov Phillip C. Chamberlin NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Connecting the Sun to the Earth Through Solar Irradiance
30 Nov     NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED
07 Dec Ken McCracken IPST, University of Maryland Cosmic Ray Modulation Over the Past 10,000 Years

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2009

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
02 Feb Dr. Marc Swisdak University of Maryland Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Wind and at the Heliopause
09 Feb Alexander Malinin University of Maryland A New Transition Radiation Detector for the CREAM experiment
09 Mar Jordan Goodman University of Maryland New TeV Gamma Sources and a Surprising Cosmic Ray Anisotropy - Recent Results from Milagro
13 Apr Prof. Anatoly Spitkovsky Princeton University Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Shocks
20 Apr William M. Farrell Goddard Space Flight Center Mars Dust Storms, Electric Fields, and Associated Chemistry
27 Apr Fouad Sahraoui NASA/GSFC, LPP/CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique Dispersive cascade and dissipation of solar wind turbulence at electron scales: recent observations and theoretical modeling
04 May David G Sibeck Goddard Space Flight Center THEMIS and Substorms
18 May Alexander Moiseev CRESST/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and University of Maryland First results on the high energy cosmic ray electron spectrum from Fermi LAT

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2008

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
08 Sep Rosemary Killen University of Maryland The MESSENGER Mission: Results from the first flyby and anticipated future science
15 Sep Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Ray Accelerators
29 Sep Hoseok Ahn University of Maryland Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) Long-Duration Balloon Experiment
06 Oct D. S. Burnett CalTech The Genesis Mission. Status and First Results on Solar Wind Composition
27 Oct Merav Opher George Mason University Pinning Down the Direction and Magnitude of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field
03 Nov Peter Yoon University of Maryland Toward a fully kinetic theory of solar wind turbulence
24 Nov George Gloeckler University of Michigan Composition of the Inner Source of Pickup Ions and Mercury’s Plasma Environment: Results from MESSENGER’s first two Mercury flybys and the Cruise Phase in Between
01 Dec Matthew E. Hill The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The New Jovian Magnetotail: Results from New Horizons
06 Oct Marco Casolino INFN and University of Rome Tor Vergata Cosmic ray matter and anti-matter research in space with Pamela Experiment
22 Oct Robert P. Lin Physics Department and Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley Particle Acceleration and Explosive Energy Release by the Sun

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2008

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
04 Feb Michael A. Coplan University of Maryland A New Way of Detecting Neutrons, Atomic and Nuclear Physics Meet
11 Feb James F. Drake University of Maryland Ion pickup and acceleration in magnetic reconnection exhausts
25 Feb Patrick Hughes University of Maryland Efficient Surface Conversion for Neutral Atom Detection
10 Mar William D. Dorland University of Maryland Small-Scale Electromagnetic Fluctuations in the Solar Wind
24 Mar John Richardson MIT Plasma Observations from Voyager: From Earth to the Heliosheath
31 Mar Leonard F. Burlaga Heliophysics Science Division, NASA/GSFC Magnetic Fields in the Termination Shock, Heliosheath and Solar Wind
07 Apr Robert B. Decker Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Voyager 2 at the Termination Shock: Energetic Particle Perspective
14 Apr Michael L. Kaiser GSFC New Views of the Sun and Inner Solar System from STEREO
21 Apr Dave Sibeck GSFC New results from THEMIS
24 Apr Janet Luhmann Space Science Laboratory, University of California Berkeley The Stereo Mission's Quest To Understand Space Weather And The Solar Cycle So Far
28 Apr Scott Nutter Northern Kentucky University CREST: The Cosmic Ray Electron Synchrotron Telescope
05 May H. Todd Smith Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Neutral Particle Environment Inside Saturn's Magnetosphere

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Fall 2007

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
10 Sep Joseph A. Nuth GSFC Laboratory Astrophysics is Not an Oxymoron
17 Sep Aaron Roberts GSFC The Complexity of the Heliospheric Magnetic Field: Fisk vs Parker
01 Oct Antonio Codino INFN and U. of Perugia, Italy A Solution of the Knee and Ankle Problem in the Cosmic Ray Spectrum
15 Oct Antoinette Galvin University of New Hampshire Approach to Solar Minimum: The STEREO Perspective
22 Oct James Carbary Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Adventures at Saturn – New results from the Cassini/MIMI instrument
29 Oct Kara Hoffman University of Maryland The IceCube Neutrino Observatory
05 Nov Ralph L. McNutt, Jr. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory MESSENGER Results from Venus Flyby 2
26 Nov Jack Tueller GSFC Hard X-ray Surveys: A census of Black Holes
03 Dec Russell A. Howard Naval Research Laboratory The SECCHI Experiment on the STEREO Mission

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2007

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
29 Jan Andrew Smith University of Maryland Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy
26 Feb Jay Zwally GSFC Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet: Responses to Climate Warming?
05 Mar James A. Slavin Goddard Space Flight Center MESSENGER: Exploring Mercury’s Magnetosphere
12 Mar Mel Goldstein Goddard Space Flight Center MHD Simulations of the Solar Wind
02 Apr Menelaos Sarantos University of Maryland An automated detection scheme for ICME identification from in situ data
09 Apr 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 Apr Robert F. Pfaff Goddard Space Flight Center Electric Field and Plasma Density Measurements of the Turbulent Low and Mid-Latitude Ionosphere
23 Apr Vladimir Ptuskin IZMIRAN Cosmic Ray Origin in SNR Shocks and Transport in the Galaxy
30 Apr Gerry Share University of Maryland and NRL High-Energy Solar Observations: RHESSI Highlights/Anticipating GLAST
07 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)
18 Sep D. Aaron Roberts NASA GSFC Lots of Things We Don't Know About Solar Wind Turbulence
25 Sep James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute Magnetospheric Multiscale--The Reconnection Mission
02 Oct Ken McCracken IPST, University of Maryland Long-Term Changes in the Cosmic Radiation and the Heliomagnetic Field; 1428-200
13 Oct J. Randy Jokipii University of Arizona
Special Friday Seminar:
New Insights into the Solar-Wind Termination
16 Oct Chris Paranicas Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory The Inner Magnetosphere of Saturn as Revealed by the Cassini Spacecraft
23 Oct Gordon D. Holman NASA GSFC Results from X-Ray Observations of Solar Flares with the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)
30 Oct Frank McDonald University of Maryland Where were the Anomalous Cosmic Rays When Voyager 1 Crossed the Termination Shock
06 Nov Nahee Park Visiting researcher at the University of Maryland,<br />Ph.D. student at Ewha Womans University Measuring the charge of high energy cosmic-ray particles in the CREAM experiment
13 Nov John Krizmanic NASA GSFC The Orbiting Wide-angle Light collectors (OWL) Experiment: Observing Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays from Space
20 Nov MooHyun Lee IPST, University of Maryland Performance of the CREAM calorimeter
27 Nov Matthew Hill Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory The Tangle of Ion Populations in the Termination Foreshock and Heliosheath
04 Dec Fred Ipavich University of Maryland Solar Wind Heavy Ion Systematics

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Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminars for Spring 2006

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION TOPIC (click link for abstract)
30 Jan George Gloeckler University of Maryland Acceleration of low-energy Ions in the quiet-time Solar Wind and at the Termination Shock
06 Feb Alexandre Malinin IPST Astroparticle physics with AMS experiment
13 Feb 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
27 Feb Mark Shappirio GSFC Ion Mass Spectrometry at Saturn: Results, discoveries, and lessons learned
06 Mar Neil Gehrels Goddard Space Flight Center Gamma Ray Burst Discoveries by the Swift Mission
27 Mar Paul Cassak University of Maryland Catastrophe Model for the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection
03 Apr John Clem Bartol Institute, University of Delaware Observations of the Charge-Sign Dependence in Solar Modulation
10 Apr Dennis Papadopoulos University of Maryland The Lower Ionosphere as an Active Medium and its Applications to Radiation Belt Control and Underground Exploration
17 Apr Glenn Mason Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Coronal holes, jets, and the origin of 3He-rich solar particle events
24 Apr Lucy McFadden University of Maryland Update of Deep Impact Results
01 May Hilary Cane University of Tasmania Classes of SEP Events
08 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)
12 Sep Peter Biermann Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and University of Bonn, Germany Overview of Galactic Cosmic Rays, Status and Next Steps
19 Sep Merav Opher George Mason University Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Termination Shock: Explaining the Voyager Results
26 Sep George Simnett University of Birmingham Observational Insights Into Solar Particle Acceleration To Relativistic Energies And The Relevance To Flare Energetics
03 Oct Stephane Coutu Penn State University Highest Energy Physics with Auger
17 Oct James F. Drake University of Maryland A Fermi mechanism for the production of energetic electrons during magnetic reconnection
24 Oct Michael F. A'Hearn University of Maryland Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1
07 Nov Ramin Sina University of Maryland Cosmic-ray Antiprotons in the Galaxy
14 Nov Adam Szabo Goddard Space Flight Center Is there still something we do not know about Interplanetary Shocks?
21 Nov Peter H. Yoon University of Maryland Self-consistent generation of suprathermal electrons (kappa distribution) by beam-plasma interaction
28 Nov Robert B. Decker Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory The Voyager Spacecraft at the Termination Shock

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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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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