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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS TO "Magnetopause and Magnetosheath Processes of the 
Earth and Planets: Reconnection, Diffusion and Boundary Dynamics"
XXV IUGG General Assembly/IAGA Session A08.1, 28 June - 7 July 2011, 
Melbourne, Australia
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The magnetopause and its boundary layers are the prime sites of mass, 
momentum and energy transfer from the solar wind into the magnetosphere 
of the Earth and planets. Understanding the physics of these processes 
is central to magnetospheric physics. Observations of these regions are 
continuously ongoing owing to several dedicated spacecraft missions. 
Near-Earth space data are further supported by observations from ground 
based observatories. Lately, various planetary missions, such as VEX, 
Galileo, Cassini, have studied the magnetosheaths of Venus, Jupiter and 
Saturn, and found that, in principle, the same processes are taking 
place as near the Earth. New progresses in simulations (MHD, hybrid and 
kinetic) and theoretical knowledge allow the physics of reconnection and 
boundary layer processes to be elucidated as never before. This session 
invites contributions on a wide range of magnetopause-related topics, 
including observations of the structure of the magnetopause current 
layer, its boundary layers and their transient variations, the 
signatures of the various forms of plasma interactions, such as magnetic 
reconnection, and their relevance to solar wind-magnetosphere coupling. 
The basic physics of reconnection, plasma diffusion and boundary layer 
formation at the magnetopause, as well as the magnetosheath processes 
that influence magnetopause dynamics are highly relevant.

Invited speakers:
	Sarah Badman, JAXA, Japan
	Philip Pritchett, UCLA, USA
	Fouad Sarahoui, LPP - CNRS, France
	Quanqi Shi, Peking University, China

Contributions for oral and poster presentations are now solicited.

Important deadlines:
	Grant application: January 17, 2011
	Abstract submission: February 1, 2011
	Early bird registration: April 11, 2011

Conveners:
	Claire Foullon, University of Warwick, United Kingdom 
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	Charles J. Farrugia, University of New Hampshire, USA 
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	Benoit Lavraud, Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements - CNRS, 
Toulouse, France ([log in to unmask])
	Martin Volwerk, Space Research Insitute, Graz, Austria 
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For abstract submission, registration, and more information, see the 
meeting website:
<http://www.iugg2011.com>.

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