FG: Comparative Planetary Magnetospheric Processes
Contents
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
| 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 |
