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                                                        Volume 17, Number 7
                                                                May 2, 2007
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GEM 2007 Summer Workshops:
Workshop on "Physical Processes in the Cusps: Implications for Plasma
Transport and Energization"
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From: Karlheinz Trattner <trattner at spasci.com> and 
      Nick Omidi <omidi at adelphia.net>

The GEM 2007 Summer Workshop
June 17-22, 2007, Zermatt, Utah

Workshop on "Physical processes in the cusps: Implications for plasma 
transport and energization"

During the 2007 GEM Summer Workshop the "Transport at the dayside 
magnetopause and cusp" (TADMAC) focus group will hold sessions on the 
physical processes in the cusps. These sessions will focus on the nature of 
the physical processes occurring in the outer and the inner cusp and their 
role in particle acceleration and transport. This includes interaction of 
FTEs with the cusp, origin of the waves observed in the cusp and their role 
in particle scattering and acceleration, the source region of energetic ions 
and electrons observed in the cusp and ionospheric signatures of these 
processes such as Poleward Moving Auroral Forms. It is the ultimate goal of 
the workshop to enhance our understanding of the cusp physics, its coupling 
to other parts of the system such as the bow shock, magnetopause and the 
ionosphere and the important role it plays in dayside transport and 
energization. Observational and theoretical contributions to this session 
are hereby solicited. Questions related to these sessions should be directed 
to Karlheinz Trattner (trattner@mail.spasci.com) and Nick Omidi 
(omidi@adelphia.net). The GEM Workshop Website can be found at 
http://gem.rice.edu/~gem/gem2007


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