Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
Brown Bag Seminar
About the Seminar
The
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics (LEP) at NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center conducts weekly science seminars.
The seminars are held on Fridays at noon in the Conference Room (Room 8) in
Building 2
(map)
at Goddard. The topics cover the interests of the Laboratory,
including astrochemistry, interplanetary physics, planetary systems, planetary
magnetospheres, and electrodynamics. Since the seminar is conducted during
the lunch hour, the audience often brings their lunch, hence the moniker
"Brown Bag."
Have an Idea for a Speaker?
The seminar organizers are always appreciative of ideas for seminar speakers.
Please contact them EARLY to avoid scheduling conflicts.
Contact information is located below.
Schedule
The current schedule for the Spring 1999 is:
January 1999
February 1999
- 2 - TUESDAY seminar
Building 2 Conference Room (room 8) at noon
The MHD Structure of Coronal Streamers
Dr. Steve T. Suess, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, Alabama
(abstract)
Steve.Suess@msfc.nasa.gov
- 5
Space Physics in Classrooms and Living Rooms
Mike Carlowicz, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
mcarlowi@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 12
A New Way to Measure Absolute Spacecraft Potential in
Low Earth Orbit
Luke Goembel, Goembel Instruments, Baltimore, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
lukegoembel@toad.net
- 19
Shapes of Solar Wind Suprathermal Electron
Velocity Distributions
During the
4-5 February, 1998 Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection
Dr. Bill Feldman, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico
(abstract)
(bio)
wfeldman@lanl.gov
- 26
Coronal and Interplanetary Type II and Type III Radio
Bursts Associated with CMEs
Dr. Mike Reiner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
REINER@urap9.gsfc.nasa.gov
March 1999
- 5
Two Fluid Fast Solar Wind Models
Dr. Leon Ofman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
ofman@waves.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 9 - TUESDAY seminar
Building 2 Conference Room (room 8) at noon
ISEE Observations of the Magnetopause Boundary Layer
for Northward IMF
Dr. Guan Le, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
University of California, Los Angeles
(abstract)
(bio)
guan@igpp.ucla.edu
- 12
Helium-3 Enhancements and Unusual Ion Charge
State Composition in Coronal Mass Ejections
Dr. George Ho, JHU/APL, Laurel, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
george.ho@jhuapl.edu
- 15 - MONDAY seminar
Building 2 Conference Room (room 8) at 2 P.M.
Geotail Observations of Low Frequency Waves and High Speed
Earthward Flows During Substorm Onsets
in the Inner Magnetosphere
Kristine Sigsbee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(abstract)
(bio)
ksigsbee@belka.space.umn.edu
- 19
Solar Prominences in the Ultraviolet
Dr. Therese Kucera, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(bio)
kucera@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 26
CIR's
Dr. Keith Ogilvie, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
u2kwo@lepvax.nasa.gov
- 29 - MONDAY seminar
Building 2 Conference Room (room 8) at 2 P.M.
Sporadic Emission of 1 keV Field-Aligned Electrons from
the Magnetopause
Dr. Walter Heikkila, University of Texas, Dallas
(abstract)
(short abstract)
heikkila@utdssa.utdallas.edu
April 1999
- 2
Semi-Empirical Model of the Solar Corona and Solar Wind
Dr. Edward Sittler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
u2ecs@lepecs.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 7 - WEDNESDAY seminar
Building 2 Conference Room (room 8) at 1:30 P.M.
Dynamics of the Aurora and Associated Convection Currents in the
Cusp Region: Relationship with IMF Orientation
Dr. Per Even Sandholt, University of Oslo, Norway
(abstract)
(bio)
p.e.sandholt@fys.uio.no
- 9
What Makes Reconnection Tick?
Dr. Michael Hesse, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
hesse@gsfc.nasa.gov
- 16
Cosmic Synchrotron Masers
Professor Vladimir V. Zheleznyakov, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Novgorod, Russia
(abstract)
(bio)
zhelez@appl.sci-nnov.ru
Note: Professor Zheleznyakov will be visiting the LEP from 19 March
through 19 April. The contact is
Thejappa Golla.
- 23
The Role of Self-Organized Criticality in the Substorm
Phenomenon and
Its Relation to Localized Reconnection in the
Magnetospheric Plasma Sheet
Dr. Alex Klimas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
(bio)
alex@bokeh.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 30 CANCELLED due to illness in speaker's family
Local Variations of IMF at Earth's Bow Shock or
Earth's Bow Shock at Solar Minimum
Dr. Mona Kessel, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
KESSEL@ndadsb-f.gsfc.nasa.gov
In this talk's stead:
Highlights of the EGS Meeting
Dr. Thomas Moore/Dr. Michael Reiner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
May 1999
- 7
Electron Foreshock Observations
Dr. Richard Fitzenreiter, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
u3rjf@leprjf.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 11 - TUESDAY seminar
Special Joint 660/690 seminar
Building 2 Conference Room (room 8) at 3:30 P.M.
Superflares on Normal Solar-Type Stars
(abstract)
Dr. Bradley E. Schaefer, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
schaefer@grb2.physics.yale.edu
- 14
Simulations of solar wind turbulence
Dr. Melvyn Goldstein, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
u2mlg@phaethon.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 21
The Auroral Ion Fountain at Solar Minimum
Dr. Barbara Giles, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
(abstract)
bgiles@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov
- 28
AGU Practice Talks
- Dr. Venku Jayanti - Pickup ion dynamics at a quasi-perpendicular
interplanetary shock
vbj@ra.gsfc.nasa.gov
contact Michael R. Collier at
collier@lepjas.gsfc.nasa.gov to schedule yourself
Important Dates
List of Federal Holidays
- 1 January - Friday - New Year's Day/End of Kwanzaa
- 18 January - Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday Observed
- 15 February - Monday - Presidents' Day
- 31 May - Monday - Memorial Day Observed
- 5 July - Monday - 4th of July Observed
- 6 September - Monday - Labor Day
- 11 October - Monday - Columbus Day Observed
- 11 November - Thursday - Veterans Day
- 25 November - Thursday - Thanksgiving Day
- 24 December - Friday - Christmas Day Observed
Wish List - Unconfirmed - Hopefully this "semester"
Information for Speakers
Speakers interested in speaking at the Brown Bag Seminar are encouraged to
contact one of the organizers below. The duration of the seminar is an hour,
but the informal nature of the seminar often elicits questions from the
audience. Speakers are therefore asked to expect interruptions to take up
part of the hour. The audience generally includes scientists with interests
ranging throughout the heliosphere. (See above list of interests of the
Laboratory.) Therefore it is beneficial to include some background material
for those who may not be familiar with your topic.
Seminar Organizers
The seminar is organized by Code 692 under the direction of Dr. Thomas
E. Moore.
Michael R. Collier
(301-286-5256)
[me] is the
"Master of the Horse" for Dr. Tom Moore. Please contact me for further
information or to provide suggestions about the seminar because Tom has
enough to keep him busy.
- Note, however, that from 16 February 1999 through 25 February 1999,
Dr. Adam Szabo will
serve as LEP seminar contact.
- From 11 May 1999 through 14 May 1999,
Dr. Adam Szabo will
serve as LEP seminar contact.
- From 23 May 1999 through 28 May 1999,
Dr. Tom Moore will
serve as LEP seminar contact.
Other Web Sites
Fall 1998 seminar series
Fall 1999 seminar schedule
LENA hardware
LHEA Seminar Schedule
The SOHO Science Club
Seminar Series-Wednesdays at 3:30 in Building 26 Basement
Room G-10.
maintained by:
Michael R. Collier
last updated: 16 May 1999
