SH21D:
Theory, Modeling, and Observations of Heliospheric Boundaries and Particle Acceleration Including Preparation for IMAP I

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Mihir Indrajit Desai, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States and Gary Paul Zank, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Conveners:  Mihir Indrajit Desai, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Gary Paul Zank, Univ of Alabama, Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Mihir Indrajit Desai, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) – Its Time Has Come!
Nathan Schwadron, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Justin Christophe Kasper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Richard A Mewaldt, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Eberhard Moebius, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, Merav Opher, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Harlan E. Spence, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Thomas Zurbuchen, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
8:15 AM
 
Potential of Energetic Neutral Helium Atoms to Resolve Structure of the Local Interstellar Medium within 0.1 Parsec
Pawel Swaczyna, Stan Grzedzielski and Maciej Bzowski, Space Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
8:30 AM
 
Warmer Local Interstellar Medium: Resolving the Ulysses-Ibex Enigma and the Promise of IMAP
David J McComas1,2, Maciej Bzowski3, Priscilla C Frisch4, Stephen Fuselier1,2, Marzena A. Kubiak3, Harald Kucharek5, Trevor Leonard5, Eberhard Moebius5, Nathan Schwadron5, Justyna M Sokol3, Pawel Swaczyna3 and Manfred Witte6, (1)Southwest Res Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics & Astronomy, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)Space Research Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, (4)University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (5)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (6)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
8:45 AM
 
Interstellar Mapping Probe: Scientific Challenges of the Mission
Nikolai V Pogorelov, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Science, Huntsville, AL, United States
9:00 AM
 
The Multi-fluid Nature of the Termination Shock
Bertalan Zieger1, Merav Opher1 and Gabor Toth2, (1)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
9:30 AM
 
Sustained Magnetic Connections from L1: IMAP Science with Planetary Transfers and Hohmann-Parker Resonance Orbits
Arik Posner, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Wolfgang Droege, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Jeffrey J Hayes, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, United States, Bernd Heber, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Dusan Odstrcil, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States and Robert Wicks, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
9:45 AM
 
Completing a Ground Truth View of the Global Heliosphere: What Does IMAP Tell Us?
William H Matthaeus, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States