SH21D:
Kappa Distributions: Theory and Applications in Space Plasmas II Posters

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Session ID#: 13396

Session Description:
Classical particle systems reside at thermal equilibrium with their velocity/energy distribution function stabilized into a Maxwell/Boltzmann form. On the contrary, collisionless and correlated particle systems, such as space and geophysical plasmas, are out of thermal equilibrium and characterized by a non-Maxwellian/Boltzmannian behavior, typically described by kappa distributions and combinations thereof. We welcome abstracts reporting on the progress of three major topics of contents. (A) Theoretical methods: Connection of kappa distributions with the background of non-extensive statistical mechanics, relation to thermodynamic processes, formulations and properties of isotropic and anisotropic kappa distributions. (B) Analytical plasma methods: effects of kappa distributions on various basic plasma topics, spanning linear/nonlinear plasma waves, solitons, shock waves, and dusty plasmas. (C) Applications in space plasmas: Usage and importance of kappa distributions in theoretical, simulation, and data analyses of space plasmas throughout the heliosphere and beyond.
Primary Convener:  George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Adolfo F. Vinas, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Peter H Yoon, University of Maryland College Park, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, College Park, United States and Thomas W Broiles, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Chairs:  Adolfo F. Vinas, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and George Livadiotis, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Peter H Yoon, University of Maryland College Park, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, College Park, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • NG - Nonlinear Geophysics
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

4468 Probability distributions, heavy and fat-tailed [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
7827 Kinetic and MHD theory [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7845 Particle acceleration [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7851 Shock waves [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Can the non-Maxwellian kappa-distributions be diagnosed in the solar corona? (133594)
Jaroslav Dudík1, Elena Dzifcakova1, Giulio Del Zanna2, Šimon Mackovjak3 and Helen E Mason4, (1)Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Prague, United States, (2)University of Cambridge, DAMTP, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (3)The Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska, Slovakia, (4)University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Natural time analysis and Tsallis non-additive entropy statistical mechanics. (144573)
Nicholas V Sarlis1, Efthimios S Skordas1 and Panayiotis Varotsos2, (1)National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece, (2)National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Solid Earth Physics Institute, Athens, Greece
Constarining kappa distribution in active regions at the sun using microwave gyroresonant radiation (194438)
Gregory D Fleishman1, Skanda Rao2, Ethan Cheung2, Gelu M Nita3 and Alexey A Kuznetsov4, (1)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Edison, NJ, United States, (2)Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains, NJ, United States, (3)New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, Edison, NJ, United States, (4)Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Irkutsk, Russia
Solar wind driven instability with non-Maxwellian distribution functions (158663)
Zahida Ehsan, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Physics, Lahore, Pakistan, Stefaan Poedts, KU Leuven, CmPA, Leuven, Belgium, Jovo Vranjes, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Kashif Arshad, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, Hassan A Shah, GC University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan and Philippe A Bourdin, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr, Graz, Austria
Generation of Kappa-like Distribution due to energization of charged particles by time-dependent chaotic magnetic field (164209)
Brahmananda Dasgupta1, Jacob Heerikhuisen2, M Sita Janaki3, Pankaj Shaw3, Subha Samanta3 and Cody James Doyale4, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Science, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Plasma Physics, Kolkata, India, (4)Colorado School of Mines,, Department of Physics, Golden, CO, United States
Critical Parameters for Landau Damping in non-Maxwellian Plasmas (176790)
Roberto Navarro1, Rodrigo A López2 and Jaime A Araneda1, (1)Univ. Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, (2)University of Chile, Physics, Santiago, Chile
Whistler-cyclotron spontaneous fluctuations. A proxy to identify thermal and non-thermal electrons? (191534)
Pablo S Moya1, Rodrigo A López1, Roberto Navarro2, Adolfo F. Vinas3, Victor Munoz1, Jaime A Araneda4 and Juan Alejandro Valdivia1, (1)University of Chile, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Santiago, Chile, (2)Univ. Concepcion, Departamento de Física, Concepcion, Chile, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Univ. Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile

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