Preliminary Program for WG 7 (Vesrion 1)
Particle
acceleration and transport
Main Questions:
Topic I: Signatures of particle acceleration before, during and after the flare (afterglow)
Topic II: A recapitulation of the constraints on accelerated particles (energetics, location, transport, spectral index and its evolution in time,É.)
Topic III: Is the role of magnetic topology important for the acceleration and transport of high energy particles?
Topic IV: What is the respective role of shocks and stochastic acceleration, with emphasis on their interrelation to energy release processes (reconnection)
Topic V: To what extent does the limitation of current observations determine our picture of the processes involved? Such observational limitations would include not only size-scale issues (both on sub-resolution and very large size scales) but also energy regimes to which observational access is difficult (non-thermal electrons at low energies in the presence of thermal plasma and ions below ~5 MeV). Although the properties of these particles are virtually unobserved, they may still play a major role in the energetics and the energy release.
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Wednesday AM I |
Organization and
start with a discussion on topic I (Informal presentations) |
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Wednesday PM I |
Topic II (transport
and high energy particle heating) |
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Wednesday PM II |
Topic II (transport
and high energy particle heating) |
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Thursday AM II |
Topic III (the role
of magnetic topology on particle acceleration) |
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Thursday PM I |
Topic III (the role
of magnetic topology in particle acceleration) |
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Thursday PM II |
Topic IV (joint
discussion with group 2?) |
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Friday AM I |
Join the session on
pre-event reconnection and particle acceleration |
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Friday AM II |
Host the session on
reconnection and particle acceleration in the magnetosphere |
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Friday PM I |
Topic V |
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Friday PM II |
Topic V |