SM11G:
Past, Present, and Future of Active Experiments in Space I

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Session ID#: 32974

Session Description:
Since the 1960s space active experiments have been performed to (1) probe basic plasma physics phenomena, (2) elucidate aspects of magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, and (3) understand how to control the effects of the environment on space assets. Recently, a renewed interest on active experiments has arisen, as called for in the 2012 Decadal Survey of the National Research Council, driven by important scientific and national security applications such as magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and radiation belt remediation.

This session aims at bringing together researchers interested in a broad area of active experiments in space, including ionospheric modification experiments using high-frequency ground facilities, relevant basic plasma physics, wave-particle and wave-wave interaction interactions, non-linear phenomena, generation of density irregularities and triggering large-amplitude responses in the strongly coupled magnetosphere-ionosphere system. Contributions ranging from historical perspectives on active experiments to what fundamental scientific questions and applications could be tackled by new active experiments are welcome.

Primary Convener:  Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Anatoly V Streltsov, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, Eliana Nossa, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States and Paul A Bernhardt, Naval Research Labs, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Eliana Nossa, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Gian Luca Delzanno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
Index Terms:

2403 Active experiments [IONOSPHERE]
7803 Active perturbation experiments [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7867 Wave/particle interactions [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7868 Wave/wave interactions [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Atmospheric Signatures and Effects of Space-based Relativistic Electron Beam Injection (245446)
Robert Andrew Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, Ennio R Sanchez, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Antti Kero, University of Oulu, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Sodankyla, Finland, Esa S Turunen, University of Oulu, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, Oulu, Finland and Daniel Robert Marsh, University of Leeds, School of Chemistry, Leeds, United Kingdom
PLASMA ANTENNA BASED ON SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (Invited) (221940)
Konstantinos Papadopoulos, University of Maryland College Park, Physics and Astronomy, College Park, MD, United States
Altitude-dependent Drift of a Chemical Release Cloud at Middle Latitudes (233016)
Todd Pedersen, Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Jeffrey M Holmes, Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States and Eric K Sutton, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM, United States
Electrodynamic Tethers and E-Sails as Active Experiment Testbeds and Technologies in Space (299005)
Brian E. Gilchrist1, Bruce M Wiegmann2, Les Johnson3, Sven Gunnar Bilen4, Linda Habash Krause5, Grant Miars1 and Omar Leon6, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Retired, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States, (5)NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, United States, (6)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Plasma Pancakes and Deep Cavities Generated by High Power Radio Waves from the Arecibo Observatory (266662)
Paul A Bernhardt1, Stanley J Briczinski Jr2, Kate Zawdie3, Joseph Huba1, Carl L Siefring4, Michael P Sulzer5, Eliana Nossa5, Nestor Aponte5, Phil Perillat5 and Natasha Jackson-Booth6, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States, (3)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, United States, (5)Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States, (6)QinetiQ, Malvern, United Kingdom
Preliminary results from the Arecibo Heating Experiment (HEX): HF to GNSS (207275)
Natasha Jackson-Booth1, Richard Penney1, Paul A Bernhardt2, Poppy L Martin1, Rachel Buckland1, Thomas Morton-Orr1, Eliana Nossa3 and Rachel Buckland1, (1)QinetiQ, Malvern, United Kingdom, (2)Naval Research Labs, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, United States

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