FG: Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes

2023 GEM Summer Workshop
COmparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes (COMP) focus group will hold 2 stand-alone sessions and 2 joint sessions.

COMP Session 1 (10:30–12:00 Monday, June 12, Rm A)
Exploring the parameter space of magnetospheric physics
10:30   Overview of FG
10:40   Scene Setting Talk: magnetospheric dynamics and reconnection (Dan Gershman)
10:55   Grant Stephens: magnetic field modeling of Mercury, Earth, & Saturn
11:05   Ryan Dewey: Mercury's dawn-dusk magnetotail asymmetries and their relationship with magnetic activity
11:15   Xuanye Ma: Review of the KHI at the different planets

Open discussion: what are the big questions that can be addressed by exploring the vast physical parameter space within our solar system? (Co-chairs, Fran Bagenal, Bob Lysak)
11:25   Some elements to consider: Modeling capabilities; maturity of topic & data sets; relevance to comparative planetary needs/topics
11:55   Summary and future endeavors

COMP Session 2: MPEC-COMP Joint Session (10:30–12:00 Tuesday, June 13, Rm A)
10:30   Opening remarks
10:40   Bob Lysak: MI-coupling w/ emphasis on comparative processes between Earth & Jupiter
10:55   Jim Raines: Cusp precipitation at Mercury

COMP Session 3 (13:30–15:00 Tuesday, June 13, Rm Coa)
13:30   Summary & refined open questions from previous sessions
13:45   Lisa Winter: NSF talk on comparative planetary magnetosphere funding opportunities
13:55   Nithin Sivadas: Solar wind driving of planetary magnetospheres
14:05   Chuanfei Dong: Using Mercury and Ganymede to Learn Earth’s Responses to Extreme Space Weather Events
14:15   Jaya Joseph: ECH waves at Jupiter and some comparisons with Earth and Saturn
14:25–15:30   Open discussion on various topics (panel members: Co-chairs, Fran Bagenal, Bob Lysak)

• Ideas on how to best organize topics/goals to address the big questions
• Identify specific case events in various mission data sets & potential GEM challenges that will help enable the community to address the open questions
• Coordinating efforts and discussion of potential funding avenues for cross-divisional/disciplinary science

COMP Session 4: COMP-RB-DIP Joint Session (10:30–12:00 Wednesday, June 14, Rm A)
10:30   Opening remarks from FG leads
10:40   Scene Setting Talk: Radiation belt dynamics w/ emphasis on comparative source and acceleration processes (Peter Kollmann)
10:55   Sasha Drozdov: Modeling of Saturn’s radiation environment using the VERB code
11:05   Anthony Sciola: Comparing injections and interchange instability between Earth and Saturn
11:15   Anton Artemyev: Role of electron field-aligned streams in current sheet configuration in Jovian and Earth magnetotails
11:15–12:00   Open Discussion + Walk-in talks

Chairs

Focus Group Chairs

Name	Affiliation	Contact Details
George Clark	John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab	george.clark at jhuapl.edu
Wen Li	Boston University	wenli77 at bu.edu
Bob Marshall	University of Colorado Boulder	robert.marshall at colorado.edu
Dan Gershman	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	daniel.j.gershman at nasa.gov
Peter Delamere	University of Alaska Fairbanks	padelamere at alaska.edu
Shannon Curry	University of California, Berkeley	smcurry at berkeley.edu