SM13G:
The Impact of BBFs/Bubbles on the Plasmasheet, Ring Current, and Radiation Belts I

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Michael James Wiltberger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Andrei Runov, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Frank Toffoletto, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Viacheslav G Merkin, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States, Andrei Runov, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Michael James Wiltberger, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Frank Toffoletto, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
On the Contribution of Plasma Sheet Bubbles to the Storm-Time Ring Current Injection
Jian Yang, Frank Toffoletto, Richard Wolf and Stanislav Y Sazykin, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
1:55 PM
 
Asymmetric Braking and Dawnward Diversion of Dipolarization Fronts: Effects of Ion Reflection
Xuzhi Zhou1, Vassilis Angelopoulos2, Jiang Liu2, Andrei Runov2 and Dongxiao Pan1, (1)Peking University, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
2:10 PM
 
Variations of High-Energy Ions during Fast Plasma Flows and Dipolarization in the Plasma Sheet: Comparison Among Different Ion Species
Shinichi Ohtani, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, Masahito Nose, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto, Japan, Yukinaga Miyashita, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan and Anthony Lui, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
2:22 PM
 
Ion acceleration in dipolarization fronts
Joachim Birn, Space Science Institute, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Michael Hesse, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
2:34 PM
 
Statistical Characteristics of Particle Injections throughout the Equatorial Magnetotail
Christine Gabrielse, Vassilis Angelopoulos, Andrei Runov and Drew L Turner, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
2:49 PM
 
Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Energetic Ion Injections in the Inner Magnetosphere: Multi-Point Observations of a Substorm Event.
Matina Gkioulidou1, Shinichi Ohtani1, Donald G Mitchell1, Geoffrey D Reeves2, Aleksandr Y Ukhorskiy1, Drew L Turner3, Jesper W Gjerloev1,4, Masahito Nose5, Kiyokazu Koga6, Juan V Rodriguez7 and Louis J Lanzerotti8, (1)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)University of Bergen, Deparment of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (5)Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto, Japan, (6)JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan, (7)University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Edison, NJ, United States
3:04 PM
 
Propagating Dipolarization Fronts Earthward of 6 Earth Radii
David Malaspina1, Laila Andersson1, Robert Ergun1, John R Wygant2, John W Bonnell3, Craig Kletzing4, Geoffrey D Reeves5, Ruth M Skoug5,6 and Brian Larsen5, (1)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (6)Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
3:16 PM
 
Propagation of Pi2 Pulsations through the Braking Region: Results from UCLA and Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry Global MHD Simulations
Jodie Barker Ream1, Raymond J Walker2, Margaret Kivelson1, Maha Ashour-Abdalla3, Mostafa El-Alaoui4 and Michael James Wiltberger5, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)UCLA-IGPP, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)University of California Los Angeles, Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States
3:28 PM
 
Propagation of BBF Driven Pi1/2 Waves to the Inner Magnetosphere and the Ionosphere
Robert L Lysak1, Yan Song1, Murray D Sciffer2 and Colin L Waters3, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia, (3)University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia