MMS targets the fundamental physics that drives magnetic reconnection, energy conversion, particle acceleration, mass/energy transport, and turbulence and will continue its unique role within NASA’s Heliophysics System Observatory during the 3rd extended mission. Five sessions are planned centered around the science objectives of the 3rd MMS extended mission. Additional science sessions are available for all other science topics.
Session Topics
# | Name | Institution | Talk Title | Relevant Science Topic(s) - see numbers above |
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1 | Neha Pathak | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Science, University of Colorado Boulder | Evidence of a Non-Orthogonal X-Line in Guide-Field Magnetic Reconnection | 4. Reconnection |
2 | Jim Burch | SwRI | Parallel Electric Fields and Compressive Heating in Magnetotail Reconnection | 4. Reconnection |
3 | Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti | CLaSP, University of Michigan | Magnetospheric Time History in Storm-Time Magnetic Flux Dynamics | 3. Storms/Extreme events/Multi-scale |
4 | Owen Roberts | Austrian Academy of Sciences | Case study of a magnetosheath jet | 8. Other science topics |
5 | Gangkai Poh | NASA GSFC/CUA | Statistical Analysis of 3-second waves observed by MMS in the Earth's foreshock | 8. Other science topics |
6 | Brandon Burkholder | NASA GSFC/UMBC | Can magnetotail reconnection occur when the solar wind is sub-alfvenic? Case study of the April 2023 Storm | 3. Storms/Extreme events/Multi-scale |
7 | Naoki Bessho | UMCP/NASA GSFC | Island betatron acceleration in magnetic flux ropes in the Earth's bow shock | 5. Particle acceleration |
8 | Joo Hwang | SwRI | Electron energization at a two-step dipolarziation front | 5. Particle acceleration |
9 | Scott Boardsen/Guan Le | UMBC/GSFC | Event Study of ICW and Drift Mirror Waves observed by both MMS and Geotail while separated by a few wavelengths. | 8. |
10 | Sohom Roy | University of Delaware | Investigating the scale-dependent conversion of turbulent energy in the magnetosheath | 6. Turbulence |
11 | Subash Adhikari | West Virginia University | Kinetic Reconnection and Associated Turbulence: A Scale Filtering Approach | 6. Turbulence |
12 | Marit Oieroset | UC Berkeley | Scaling of ion bulk heating produced by reconnection in the low Beta and high Alfvén speed regime of Earth’s magnetotail | 4. Reconnection |
13 | Rachel Rice | UMCP/NASA GSFC | Comparing magnetopause boundary layers in storm time | 3. Storms |
14 | Sanjay Chepuri | University of Iowa | Testing Adiabatic Models of Energetic Particle Acceleration at Dipolarization Fronts | 5. Particle acceleration |
15 | Harry Arnold | JHU/APL | PIC simulations of overstretched ion scale current sheets applicable to the magnetotail | 4. Reconnection |
16 | Steve Petrinec | Lockheed-Martin | MMS String-of-Pearls Formation: Science Regions of Interest (SROIs) | 2. String-of-Pearls |
17 | Li-Jen Chen | NASA/GSFC | Earth's dynamic filamentary Alfven wings driven by the 2023 April CME | 3. Storms/extreme events |
18 | Yi Qi | LASP, CU Boulder | Investigation of a magnetic reconnection event with extraordinarily high particle energization in magnetotail turbulence | 4. Reconnection / 5. Particle acceleration |
19 | Savvas Raptis | JHU/APL | Transient phenomena in forehsock, shock, and magnetosheath – Expectations from large separation campaign | 7. Shocks / 2. Formation |
20 | Young Dae Yoon/Thom Moore | 3rd Rock Research | Reconnection Enabled by Plasma Beta | 4. Reconnection |
21 | Dominic Payne | UMCP/IREAP | Energy Exchange Mechanisms Associated with the Equilibration of Sheared Magnetic Fields | 4. Reconnection/6. Turbulence |
22 | Jonathan Ng | UMCP/GSFC | Electron acceleration near a magnetic null in shock turbulence | 4. |
23 | Kevin Genestreti | SwRI | Physics controlling the reconnection rate: magnetotail case study | 4. Reconnection |
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25 | Yi-Hsin Liu | Dartmouth | Modeling electron-only reconnection rate | 4. Reconnection |
26 | Jason Beedle | CUA/NASA GSFC | Parallel Current in the Diffusion Regions: Comparing Statistical Results, Case Studies, and 2.5D PIC Simulations | 4. Reconnection |
27 | Jason Beedle | CUA/NASA GSFC | Current structures in the vicinity of the magnetopause during the magnetosphere transformation into Alfvén wings and recovery | 3. Storms/extreme events |
28 | Gabor Toth | University of Michigan | Magnetospheric Applications of the MHD with Adaptively Embedded PIC model | 4. Reconnection |
29 | Hasan Barbhuiya | WVU | Insights from Pressure-Strain Interaction about Magnetic Reconnection | 4. Reconnection |
30 | Hanying Wei | UCLA | Entangled flux ropes in the magnetosheath and in the solar wind | 4. Reconnection/8. Other topic |
31. | Marc Swisdak | University of Maryland | Magnetic Reconnection on a Klein Bottle | 4. Reconnection |
32. | Chris Riley | KBR/NASA GSFC | Mission and Flight Dynamics Operations Status (est. 30 minutes) |
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33. | Trevor Williams | NASA GSFC | String-of-pearls formation | 2. Formation |
34. | Robert Ergun | University of Colorado, Boulder | Science Goals of the Large Separation Campaign (Must schedule Wednesday am) | 2. Formation |
35. | Harsha Gurram | UMD/ NASA GSFC | 3D Ion Distribution Functions from Earth's Alfven Wings | 3. Storms/extreme events |
36. | Haoming Liang | UMD/GSFC | Impact of out-of-plane flow shear on asymmetric reconnection and implication to flank magnetopause reconnection | 4. reconnection |
37 | Kyunghwan Dokgo | SwRI | Rising tone whistler waves near the electron-scale reconnection | 4. Reconnection 8. |
38 | Richard Denton | Dartmouth | Determining the orientation of a magnetic reconnection X line and implications for a 2D coordinate system | 4. Reconnection |
39 | Anthony Sciola | JHU/APL | The contribution of BBFs to plasma energization and transport to the stormtime ring current | 5 |
40 | Michael Hesse | NASA ARC | What do we Know About the Reconnection Electric Field? (Please schedule on Wednesday) | 4. Reconnection |
41 | Bill Paterson | NASA GSFC | HERMES on Gateway: Science Objectives and Coordination With Other Missions | 8. |
42 | Alex Chasapis | LASP - CU Boulder | Observations of turbulence and dissipation during the unbiased magnetosheath campaign | 6. Turbulence |
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