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Dear Colleagues,
We wish to draw your attention to the following session at the
European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) Rome September 19 - 25 ,
2010. the deadline for submission of abstracts is May 10th.
Session MG 8 Electrodynamics of induced magnetospheres (Convenor:
H.J. Opgenoorth, Co-Convenor: M. Lester)
The session deals with all aspects of the interaction of the upper
atmospheres of planets and planet-like bodies without intrinsic
magnetic field, but hosting atmospheres, and the surrounding plasma
and magnetic field of either the sun or a host planet - i.e. we
tentatively include the induced magnetospheres of Mars, Venus, Titan,
Europa and possibly even comets), as most such bodies are embedded
within a draped magnetic field of either the Solar wind or the host planet.
Variable conductivities in planetary ionospheres, which depend on
solar illumination, plasma transport, and/or particle precipitation,
together with convection, neutral winds and pressure gradients are
considered to give rise to dynamic plasma interaction through
currents and associated particle acceleration within the weak induced
surrounding magnetosphere, coupling to both the outer medium of Solar
wind or planetary host-magnetosphere, and the ionized upper
atmosphere. The small and weak magnetosphere around such bodies will
often itself be dynamically dependent on the conditions of the solar
wind or the plasma environment surrounding the host planet. Some
effects of these interactions, such as the expansion and contraction
of the magnetosphere, will commonly occur on short timescales whilst
others, for example planetary plasma loss to the solar wind, may
determine the long-term evolution of planetary atmospheres. These
interaction processes can be observed with the highest spatial and
temporal resolution at Earth, while observations at other planets and
moons show the application of these mechanisms to radically different
scenarios. Therefore studies conducted at different examples
throughout the solar system can, collectively, advance our knowledge
of the fundamental physical processes.
We invite papers dealing with the physics of any such non-magnetised
planet's or giant-planet moon's atmosphere interaction with the
surrounding plasma. While we expect most of these papers to be
strictly experimental, we particularly invite papers dealing with
more general theoretical or modeling aspects of such interaction.
Regards,
Hermann Opgenoorth (Convenor)
Mark Lester (Co-Convenor)
Prof Mark Lester
Head of Department and Professor of Solar Terrestrial Physics
Radio and Space Plasma Physics Group
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leicester
Leicester
LE1 7RH
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 116 2523580
Fax: +44 116 2523555
PA - Mrs Daxa Patel
Tel: +44 116 2523574
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