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Session Proposal: Heavy Ions as Tracers and Regulators of Plasma Processes in the Solar System (AGU25)

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Heavy Ions as Tracers and Regulators of Plasma Processes in the Solar System

Session ID#: 248740

Session Description:
Heavy ions (i.e., not protons) within planetary environments serve as important tracers for a multitude of plasma phenomena, such as ionospheric outflow, moon-magnetosphere and surface-plasma interactions, mass loading and transport, magnetic reconnection, and wave instabilities. This session solicits studies focusing on (1) data-driven analyses to reveal the sources, evolution and controlling factors of heavy ion flows, (2) the use of theoretical models and numerical simulations to investigate how heavy ions contribute to plasma dynamics, and (3) new mission or instrumentation concepts that can measure the properties of heavy ion flows. We invite researchers from solar, magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, as well as planetary science. We highly encourage comparative studies of different planetary environments throughout the solar system, including but not limited to the inner planets, outer planets and their moons.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • P - Planetary Sciences
Index Terms:

7845 Particle acceleration [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7846 Plasma energization [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7859 Transport processes [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7867 Wave/particle interactions [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Kathleen Gwen Hanley, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Mei-Yun Lin, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, Weijie Sun, University of California Berkeley, Space Science Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Jamey R Szalay, Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, United States
 
Detection of negative carbon and oxygen pickup ions from dust orbiting Jupiter (1869238)
Frederic Allegrini1, Jamey R Szalay2, David J McComas2, Rob W Ebert3, Scott J Bolton3, George B Clark4, John E P Connerney5, William S Kurth6, Philippe Louarn7, Barry Mauk8, Angele Pontoni1, Joachim Saur9, Philip W Valek3, Jian-Zhao Wang10 and Robert J Wilson11, (1)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (5)Space Research Corporation, Annapolis, United States, (6)University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (7)CNRS - Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse, France, (8)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (9)University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, (10)University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (11)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
Heavy ions in the solar wind as tracers of solar sources and radial dynamics (Invited) (1891442)
Yeimy Rivera, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, United States
 
Temporal Variations of Jupiter's Plasma Disk Observed by Juno (Invited) (1897433)
Jianzhao Wang1, Fran Bagenal1, Robert J Wilson1, Licia C Ray2, Peter A Delamere3, Jeffrey P Morgenthaler4, Robert Ebert5,6, Philip W Valek5, Frederic Allegrini5,6 and Jamey R Szalay7, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (2)Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (4)Planetary Science Institute, Fort Kent, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, United States, (6)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, United States, (7)Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, United States
 
Tracing Lunar Metallic Ions into Earth’s Inner Magnetosphere (1904953)
Mei-Yun Lin, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Andrew R Poppe, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
 
Using He++ to Determine Solar Wind Access to the Plasma Sheet (1925106)
Lynn M Kistler1, Md Nayem Mia2, Christopher Mouikis1, Jing Liao1 and Michael Louis Stevens3, (1)University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States, (3)Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
Contribution of ionospheric ion outflows to the Earth’s magnetosphere: the effects of outflow temperatures and bulk flow speeds (1950919)
Xueyi Wang, Auburn University, Physics Department, Auburn, AL, United States, Chih-Ping Wang, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Christopher Mouikis, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States, Jing Liao, University of New Hampshire, Durham, United States, Yu Lin, Auburn University, Physics Department, Auburn, United States and Arnaud Masson, ESA, Villanueva De La Canada, Spain
 
Long-term Variations of He++ Ions in the Inner Magnetosphere: Observations by Arase LEP-i (1953579)
Yui Nishida1, Yoshizumi Miyoshi1, Kazushi Asamura2, Lynn M Kistler3 and Iku Shinohara4, (1)Nagoya University, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya, Japan, (2)ISAS, JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan, (3)Univ New Hampshire, Durham, United States, (4)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
 
Using Wind-STICS to Study Heavy Ions and Alpha Particles in Earth’s Magnetosphere (1961038)
Stephanie A Colón Rodríguez, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michael Warren Liemohn, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Jim M Raines, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
 
Impacts of Mid-Latitude Ionosphere-Thermosphere Electrodynamics on Ion Outflow During Geomagnetic Storm: HIDRA-TIEGCM Coupled Simulations (1969979)
Yu Hong, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, United States, Kevin H Pham, National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, United States and Roger H Varney, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States
 
Bi-ion Hybrid Resonant Frequency Observation and Ion Concentration Evaluation (1989346)
Xu Liu1, Shujie Gu1, Lunjin Chen1 and Maria Usanova2, (1)University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States, (2)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
Constraining Species-Dependent Ion Escape Trajectories in Induced Magnetospheres (1994658)
Ky Putnam1, Parker C Hinton1, Riku Jarvinen2, Robin Ramstad1 and Dave A Brain1, (1)Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (2)Finnish Meteorological Inst, Helsinki, Finland
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