Understanding Radiation Environments at the Earth, the Gas Giants, and Beyond

Session ID#: 281260

Session Description:
Energetic charged particles are ubiquitous in the universe, and magnetized objects (planets, moons and some stars) are ideal laboratories for studying dynamics under relatively stable conditions. These energetic particles interact with a wealth of plasma waves that can have a broad range of impacts on the particle populations, leading to complex and diverse dynamics. Each system weighs these processes differently, enabling us to disentangle their effects while aiming to develop a universal understanding of space physics. Such comparisons are timely because recent spacecraft missions provide a wealth of measurements at Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons, and exploration of Uranus and Neptune is expected in the near future. This session invites presentations based on theory, simulations, or observations focusing on energetic charged particles, their fundamental processes in the radiation belts (including wave-particle and radial diffusion) and as part of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, moon surface weathering, or other relevant magnetospheric system interaction.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • P - Planetary Sciences
Index Terms:

2774 Radiation belts [MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS]
5719 Interactions with particles and fields [PLANETARY SCIENCES: FLUID PLANETS]
7859 Transport processes [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
7867 Wave/particle interactions [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Robert Colby Allen, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
Conveners:  Sarah K. Vines, Southwest Research Institute, Space Science Division, San Antonio, United States, Alexander Drozdov, Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States and Hong Zhao, Auburn University, Department of Physics, Auburn, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Rosalie Tezak, Auburn University, Auburn, United States