SM44A:
Effects of Suprathermal Electrons in Space Plasmas I

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  George V Khazanov, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Primary Conveners:  George V Khazanov, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Co-conveners:  Viviane Pierrard, IASB-BIRA, Brussels, Belgium, Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and John Dorelli, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  George V Khazanov, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
 
The Role and Implications of Non-Thermal Distributions in the Solar Corona/Wind
Jack D Scudder, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
4:15 PM
 
The Importance of Suprathermal Electrons in the Solar Wind
Nicole Meyer-Vernet1, Gaetan LE CHAT1,2, Filippo G E Pantellini1, Karine Issautier1 and Michel Moncuquet1, (1)CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, Meudon, France, (2)CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse Cedex 09, France
4:30 PM
 
Suprathermal Electrons in the Plasma Environments of Mars and Venus
Dave A Brain, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
4:45 PM
 
Data-Model Comparison Investigations of Thermospheric Density and Composition Influences on High-Altitude Photoelectron Fluxes at Mars
Shaosui Xu1, Michael Warren Liemohn1, Stephen W Bougher1 and David L Mitchell2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
5:00 PM
 
Prompt Ion Outflows and Artificial Ducts during High-Power HF Heating at HAARP: Effect of Suprathermal Electrons?
Evgeny V Mishin, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, United States and Gennady M Milikh, Univ Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
5:15 PM
 
The role of superthermal electrons in high latitude ionospheric outflows
Alex Glocer1, George V Khazanov1, Michael Warren Liemohn2, Gabor Toth3 and Tamas I Gombosi4, (1)NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
5:30 PM
 
5:45 PM
 
Investigation of sounding rocket observations of field-aligned currents and electron temperature
Ian J Cohen1, Marc Lessard1, Matthew D Zettergren2, Jøran Moen3, Kristina A Lynch4 and John Michael Heavisides1, (1)University of New Hampshire (UNH), Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space (EOS), Durham, NH, United States, (2)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (3)University of Oslo, Department of Physics, Oslo, Norway, (4)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States