Heliophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC LEP Seminar

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. They 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 seminar."

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 2001 is:

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

  • 2 Auroral Breakups and Magnetotail Plasmoids: Polar/UVI and Geotail Observations (abstract)
    Akimasa Ieda, NRC at NASA/GSFC (bio)
    aki.ieda@gsfc.nasa.gov
  • 9 Investigation of Intermediate Layers in the Nighttime Ionosphere (abstract)
    Rebecca Bishop, University of Texas at Dallas (bio)
    rbishop@utdallas.edu
  • 16 July 14-16, 2000 Event: Polar Cap Size in Simulation and Ionospheric Image Data (abstract)
    Lutz Rastaetter, RITSS at NASA/GSFC (bio)
  • 23 Variable, Scalable Distributed High Performance Computing via the Internet or an Intranet (abstract)
    John Sadler, Parabon Computation, Inc.
  • 30 Low Energy Neutral Atoms as Seen from IMAGE (abstract)
    Tom Moore, NASA/GSFC (bio)
    Thomas.E.Moore@gsfc.nasa.gov

April 2001

  • 6 The Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics Education/Outreach Website (abstract)
    Ron Lepping, Diana Taggart and Michael Collier, NASA/GSFC
  • 13 Data-based Modeling of the Geomagnetosphere: Lessons, Challenges, Promises (abstract)
    Nikolai Tsyganenko, Raytheon ITSS at NASA/GSFC (bio)
    YS2NT@lepvx3.gsfc.nasa.gov
  • 20 Self Organisation and SOC in the magnetosphere and in laboratory plasma confinement devices (abstract)
    Sandra Chapman, University of Warwick, UK (bio)
  • 27 Geomagnetically induced currents (GIC)(Abstract)
    Antti Pulkkinen, FMI (bio)

May 2001

  • 2 (Note: Special Seminar on Wednesday Noon)
    Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Theory for Substorm Generation (Abstract)
    W. Lyatsky, University of New Brunswick, Canada and Polar Geophysical Institute, Russia (bio)
  • 4 "X-rayted" Adventures in Space: Results of the NEAR X-ray Spectrometer from Eros (abstract)
    Larry Nittler, Carnegie Institution of Washington (bio)
  • 11 Diamagnetic Stabilization of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection (abstract)
    Marc Swisdak, University of Maryland (bio)
  • 18 DEOS: Dynamics of the Equatorial Over SHAR Sounding Rocket Campaign in South India (abstract)
    Christian Steigies, NRC at NASA/GSFC (bio)
  • 25 Development of Spacecraft Borne Instrumentation and Analysis of Low Energy Ionospheric Outflow (abstract)
    Phillip Valek, Auburn University and Southwest Research Institute (bio)
  • 25 (1-2pm) AGU Practice Talks
    • 1:00 Lutz Rastaetter
      Magnetic Field line topology in MHD simulation compared to IMAGE and POLAR imaging data for the Bastille Day event
    • 1:15 Daniel Berdichevsky
      Estimation of interplanetary shock-normals using multispacecraft observations: Cases of shocks within minutes of magnetohydrodynamic discontinuities
    • 1:30 Moore, T E, M-C Fok, C J Pollock
      Dayside Component Reconnection
    • 1:45 Michael R. Collier
      IMAGE/LENA Observations of Neutral Atoms from the Solar Wind

June, 2001

  • 1 No seminar scheduled (AGU Meeting)
  • 8 The Flat Plasma Spectrometer - An Approach to Miniaturization with Aperture Enhancement (abstract)
    Fred A Herrero, NASA/GSFC

June - August 2001 SPECIAL SEMINARS

  • No regularly scheduled brown bag seminar in the summer.
  • Special seminar will be conducted as needed.
  • Regular seminar series will be resumed in September.
  • July 5 Thursday at Noon
    Multipoint Measurements of Field Aligned Current Density in the Auroral Zone (abstract)
    Yihua Zheng, University of New Hampshire (bio)
  • August 7 Tuesday at 11 AM
    On the Interactions of Coronal Shock Waves with Magnetic Clouds, Plasmoids and Coronal Streamers
    Sergey A. Grib, Pulkovo Central Astronomical Observatory, Saint-Petersburg, Russia




Space Physics Meetings

Year 2001




List of Federal Holidays - year 2001

  • 1 January - Monday - New Year's Day
  • 15 January - Monday - Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
  • 19 February - Monday - George Washington's Birthday
  • 28 May - Monday - Memorial Day
  • 4 July - Wednesday - Independence Day
  • 3 September - Monday - Labor Day
  • 8 October - Monday - Columbus Day
  • 12 November - Monday - Veterans Day
  • 22 November - Thursday - Thanksgiving Day
  • 25 December - Tuesday - Christmas




Information for Speakers and Visitors

Speakers interested in speaking at the Brown Bag Seminar are encouraged to contact the organizer, currently Guan Le (301-286-1087, Guan.Le@gsfc.nasa.gov). The duration of the seminar is typically one hour. with questions asked during and after the seminar. The audience is usually diverse, including scientists with interests ranging throughout the heliosphere (see the Laboratory homepage for a list of interests).


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Contact Us


General inquiries about the scientific programs at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center may be directed to the Office of Communications at 1.301.286.8955.