Monday February 26, 2007

8:00 AM - M. Ashour-Abdalla: ISSS-8 Opening Remarks

Keynote Address – Chair: M. Ashour-Abdalla

8:10 AM - H. Matsumoto: The Impact of ISSS on Space Simulations

Solar Processes and the Solar Wind - Chairs: D. Schriver and B. Lembege

8:30 AM - J. Borovsky: The Texture of the Solar-Wind Plasma: Flux Tubes and Turbulence

9:10 AM - T. Magara and K. Shibata: MHD Simulations of Plasma Ejections in the Solar Atmosphere

9:35 AM - I. Roussev and I. Sokolov: Coupled 3D Numerical Investigations of Solar Eruptions and Energetic Particle Events
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10:15 AM - J. Huba: A Review of Non-Ideal MHD Processes
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10:55 AM - J. Linker, Z. Mikic, R. Lionello, P. Riley and S. Titov: Global MHD Models of the Solar Corona with Realistic Energy Transport

11:20 AM - T. I. Gombosi, G. Toth, I.V. Sokolov, D.L. De Zeeuw, Y. Ma, A.J. Ridley, K.C. Hansen and W.B. Manchester:New Adventures with the Space Weather Modeling Framework
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11:45 AM - A. Nagy and Y. Ma: The Interaction of Fast Moving Plasmas with Non-Magnetic Solar System Bodies

12:10 PM - S.P. Gary: Simulations and Observations of Ion and Electron Scattering in the Solar Wind

12:35 PM - Z. Ma: Reconnection rates in Hall MHD and Collisionless Plasmas

Tutorial on Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Simulations

2:00 PM - J. Lyon, C. Goodrich and N. Gross: MHD Simulations
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     Info on CismDX along with download info:
     http://www.bu.edu/cism/cismdx

Simulation Techniques - Chair: Y. Omura

7:30 PM - V. Decyk: Darwin Particle in Cell Models

7:55 PM - T. Umeda: Vlasov simulation of Beam-Plasma Interactions
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8:20 PM - T. Ogino and K. Fukazawa: Efficient MHD Code Using Scalar-Parallel Supercomputer and Its Application to the Earth’s Magnetosphere

8:45 PM - H. Usui, Y. Miyake, K. Imasato, Y. Omura, Y.O. Ueda, I. Shinohara, M. Okada and H. Matsumoto: Application of PIC simulations to the Analysis of Spacecraft-Plasma Interactions
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9:10 PM - H. Karimabadi: MineTool: An Automated Data Mining Method with Analytical Capabilities

Tuesday February 27, 2007

Bow Shock and Magnetopause - Chairs: M. Goldstein and J. Borovsky

8:00 AM - B. Lavraud: Earth’s magnetopause, cusps and magnetosheath

8:40 AM - J. Berchem: Large-scale topology of magnetic reconnectionat the dayside magnetopause:global MHD simulation results

9:05 AM - Z.Y. Pu, C.J. Xiao, X.G. Zhang, J. Wang, M.W. Dunlop, S.Y. Fu, X.Z. Zhou, Q.G. Zong, Z.X. Liu, X.G. Wang, C. Carr, E. Lueck, H. Reme, I. Dandouras, A. Fazakerley, P. Daly, Y. Wei, F. Pitout, M.G. Kivelson, J. Davies, C. Shen, H. Laakso, P. Escoubet, M.G.G.T. Taylor and C.J. Owen: Double Star & Cluster Observations of Magnetospheric Reconnection

9:30 AM - A. Otto: Simulation of Kelvin Helmholtz Modes and Induced Magnetic Reconnection

10:15 AM - Y. Omura: One-Dimensional Electromagnetic Particle Code

10:55 AM - B. Lembege: Turbulence at the Front of Quasi-Perpendicular Collisionless Shocks: How to Analyze with Simulations?
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11:20 AM -T. Hada and Y. Nariyuki: Nonlinear Interactions among Foreshock MHD Waves

11:45 AM - Y. Lin: 3-D Global Hybrid Simulation of the Processes in the Dayside Magnetosphere
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12:10 PM -R.L. Richard, M. El-Alaoui, M. Ashour-Abdalla and R.J. Walker: Solar Energetic Particle Entry into the Magnetosphere and Radiation Belt Formation
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12:35 PM - J. Jasperse and B. Basu: Anomalous Resistivity in Birkeland Current Regions: Fact or Fiction?  Important or Unimportant?

Tutorial on Particle in Cell (PIC) Simulations

2:00 PM - R. Sydora: Particle-in-Cell Method for High & Low Frequency Magnetized Plasma Dynamics
       Link to tutorial files:
       http://www.phys.ualberta.ca/~rsydora/ISSS8-Tutorial.htm

Wednesday February 28, 2007

Multi-scale Processes and Reconnection - Chairs: X. Deng and C. Goodrich

8:25 AM - M. Hesse: Magnetic Reconnection: A Cornerstone of Multiscale Dynamics
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9:05 AM - M. Goldstein: Cluster Observations of Earth's Magnetosphere

9:30 AM - J. Buechner: Simulation of Anomalous Resistivity
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10:15 AM - N. Omidi: Hybrid Simulations: Advances in the Past Quarter Century
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10:55 AM - T. Chang and C.-C. Wu: Complexity in Space Plasmas -- A Brief Conceptual Review
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11:20 AM - M.M. Kuznetsova, M. Hesse, L. Rastatter, G. Toth, D. De Zeeuw and T. Gombosi: Multi-Scale Simulations of Magnetospheric Dynamics

11:45 AM - T. Pulkkinen: What can global MHD simulations tell us about the magnetosphere?

12:10 PM - D. Cai, K.I. Nishikawa and B. Lembege: Visualization of Tangled Vector Field Topology and Global Bifurcation of Magnetospheric Dynamics

12:35 PM - R. Winglee: Multi-Scale/Multi-Fluid Simulations of Reconnection and Flux Ropes within the Terrestrial Magnetosphere
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Tutorial on Hybrid Simulations

2:00 PM - D. Krauss-Varban: Numerical Details, Current Applications, and Future Role of Hybrid Simulations
       Link to a zip file containing the tutorial file on the CDs:
       ISSS-8_hybrid_collection.zip
       Link to website you can download a free compiler fot Mac OSX:
       http://hpc.sourceforge.net/

Waves and Wave-Particle Interactions - Chair: S.P. Gary

7:30 PM - J.S. Pickett, L.-J. Chen, I.W. Christopher, P.M. Kintner, D.A. Gurnett, G.S. Lakhina, S.S. Ghosh, S.V. Singh, R.V. Reddy, D.L. Winningham, B. Lavraud and E. Lucek: Cluster and Polar Observations of Electrostatic Solitary Waves and How Theory and Simulations are Helping Us to Understand Them

7:55 PM - P. Canu, P. Decreau, S. Grimald, F. El-Lemdani Mazouz and W.S. Kurth: Plasma Waves Close to the Electron Plasma Frequency. Recent Observations at Earth and Saturn

8:20 PM - R. Anderson: The Relationship Between Quasi-periodic AKR and the Earth's Rotation

8:45 PM - A.V. Streltsov: Interactions between VLF electromagnetic waves and energetic electrons in the magnetosphere

9:10 PM - O. Santolik: Waves and Wave-Particle Interactions in the Inner Magnetosphere: Whistler-Mode Chorus Measured by the Cluster and Double Star Spacecraft.

Thursday March 1, 2007

Magnetotail - Chairs: M. Ashour-Abdalla and T. Pulkkinen

8:25 AM - R. Nakamura, Y. Asano, C.J. Owen and M. Fujimoto: Cluster Observation of Thin Current Sheets During Magnetotail Reconnection

8:50 AM - A.T.Y. Lui: Outstanding Issues in Magnetotail Dynamics That Simulations Can Address

9:30 AM - M. El-Alaoui, M. Ashour-Abdalla, J.M. Bosqued, R.L. Richard: Placing Magnetotail Current Sheet Structures in a Global Context

10:15 AM - G. Lapenta: Implicit Particle Simulations
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10:55 AM - P. Pritchett: PIC Simulations of Magnetotail Physics Beyond 2D Reconnection

11:20 AM - T.E. Moore, M.-C. Fok, A. Metallinou, D.C. Delcourt, J.A. Fedder and S. Slinker: Global Particle Dynamics in the Magnetosphere

11:45 PM - V. Peroomian, M. El-Alaoui and P. C:Son Brandt: The Storm-Time Ion Population of the Magnetotail
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12:10 PM - M.W. Chen, C.-P. Wang, M. Schulz and L.R. Lyons: Solar Wind Influence on MLT Dependence of Plasmasheet Conditions and the Effects on Stormtime Ring Current Formation

Friday March 2, 2007

Inner Magnetosphere and MI Coupling - Chairs: M. Chen and R. Walker

8:00 AM - D. Baker: Space Hazards and Space Weather
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8:40 AM - T. Karlsson: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

9:05 AM - J. Horwitz and W. Zeng: Ionospheric Plasma Transport Simulation-Based Formulaic Parameterization of O+ outflux Values Produced by Wave-Driven Transverse Ion Heating and Soft Electron Precipitation

9:30 AM - V.K. Jordanova: Self-Consistent Modeling of EMIC Wave Induced Diffusion in the Inner Magnetosphere

10:15 AM - C. Goodrich and A. Sussman: Coupled Modeling of the Solar Terrestrial Environment
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10:55 AM - A. Ridley: Global MHD Simulations and M-I Coupling
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11:20 AM - M. Lampe, G. Ganguli, W. Manheimer and G. Joyce: Hybrid and Slow-Timescale Simulation Techniques for Whistlers
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11:45 AM - Y. Katoh and Y. Omura: A Study on the Generation Process of Whistler-Mode Chorus Emissions by Self-Consistent Particle Code

12:10 PM - M. Schulz and M. Chen: Magnetospheric Bounce Averages and Their Use in Simulations of Particle Transport

12:35 PM - F. Toffoletto: Modeling the Inner Magnetosphere
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