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. 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

March 1999

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

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"

  • Dr. Martin Lee

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

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.