Name: Solar Energetic Particles (SEP), Solar Modulation and Space Radiation: New Opportunities in the AMS-02 Era
Start: 2015-10-18T16:00:00-10:00
End: 2015-10-23T19:20:00-10:00
Location: Queen Kapiolani Hotel

Solar Energetic Particles (SEP), Solar Modulation and Space Radiation: New Opportunities in the AMS-02 Era

from Sunday 18 October 2015 (16:00) to Friday 23 October 2015 (19:20)

Monday 12 October 2015
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Wednesday 14 October 2015
Thursday 15 October 2015
Friday 16 October 2015
Saturday 17 October 2015
Sunday 18 October 2015

16:00

16:00 - 21:00

17:00 Aloha Cocktail
Aloha Cocktail
17:00 - 21:00

Monday 19 October 2015

07:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 08:45

08:00

08:00 - 08:45
08:45
08:45 - 10:35
Contributions

08:45 Welcome - Veronica Bindi (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))

08:50 Welcome - Vasilis Symros

09:00 NASA - NASA HQ

09:20 AMS-02 latest results - Veronica Bindi (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))

09:50 The total modulation of cosmic rays in the heliosphere - Marthinus Potgieter (North-West Uiversity)
10:35 Coffee Break + Group Photo
Coffee Break + Group Photo
10:35 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:10
Contributions

11:00 Geomagnetic Cutoff Rigidity Values are a Valuable Tool in Analyzing Cosmic Radiation Measurements on the Earth and in Near-Earth Space - Margaret Shea (SSSRC)

11:45 Cosmic Ray Modulation over the 22 Year Magnetic Cycle Observed by Neutron Monitors - Paul Evenson (Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA)
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Overview of Solar Energetic Particle Event Observations and Open Questions - Christina Cohen (Caltech)

14:45 Particle Acceleration in the inner Heliosphere: Diffusive Shock Acceleration and Quiet-Time Processes - Gary P Zank (Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and Department of Space Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville)
15:30

15:30 - 16:15
15:30 - 16:15
Contributions

15:30 Study of Solar Energetic Particle Events for Support of Human and Robotic Spaceflight - Bryan Yamashiro (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

15:30 Diffusive shock acceleration and the coupled hydromagnetic wave excitation in the low corona - Gen Li (University of New Hampshire)

15:30 Proton energy spectra during ground level enhancements as measured by EPHIN aboard SOHO - Patrick Kühl (University of Kiel)

15:30 Inter-Relationship of Solar and Interplanetary Phenomena During Solar Cycles 23 and 24 - Ian Richardson (University of Maryland)

15:30 Diffusive Propagation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in a Two Halo Scenario - Nicola Tomassetti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

15:30 Non-parametric determination of p and He interstellar fluxes from TOA cosmic ray data - David Alain Maurin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

15:30 Historic Record of Neutron Monitor Ground-level Count Rates at the Solar Minimum of Solar Cycle 23-24 - Jongil Jung (Chungnam National University)

15:30 The Neutron Monitor Database (NMDB) - Christian Steigies (Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)

15:30 Solar Energetic Particle transport along meandering field lines and the interpretation of wide longitudinal events - Frederic Effenberger (Stanford University)

15:30 Characteristic of the Neutron Monitor Settled in Daejeon, South Korea and Another NM to be Installed at Jang-Bogo Station in the Antarctic. - Jongil Jung (Chungnam National Uniyversity)

15:30 ESTIMATING POSSIBLE BACKGROUND SOURCES FOR AN ANTIDEUTERON COSMIC FLUX USING A MONTE CARLO GENERATOR - Diego Gomez Coral (Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, D. F. 01000, Mexico.)
16:15
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 The Role of Solar and Solar Wind Forcing of Radiation Belt Particle Enhancements - Daniel N. Baker (University of Colorado Boulder)

17:00 Forbush Decreases: The View From Space - Ian Richardson (University of Maryland)
Tuesday 20 October 2015

07:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 08:45
08:45
08:45 - 10:25
Contributions

08:45 Voyager Observations in the Outer Heliosphere and Interstellar Medium - John Richardson (M.I.T.)

09:35 Solar modulation of GCRs from the Balloon-Borne Experiment with a Superconducting Spectrometer (BESS) - Kenichi Sakai (NASA/GSFC/CRESST/UMBC)
10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 12:10
Contributions

10:40 The PAMELA experiment - Mirko Boezio (INFN - Sezione di Trieste)

11:25 Neutron monitors as a traditional tool to study cosmic rays variability - Ilya Usoskin (University of Oulu)
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:45
Contributions

14:00 Measurement of the time dependence of the cosmic ray electron and positron flux with the AMS Experiment - Stefan Schael (Rheinisch-Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE))

14:45 Precision Measurement of the Proton and Helium Fluxin Primary Cosmic Rays with AMS-02 - Nicola Tomassetti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

15:15 Ion Flux Measurement with the AMS-02 Experiment - Pierre Erwan Saouter (Universite de Geneve (CH))
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:30

Poster Session
Poster Session
15:45 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 Precise Measurement of the Monthly Proton Flux with AMS-02 on the ISS - Cristina Consolandi (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))

16:50 Solar modulation of proton LIS with spacecrafts, ballons and neutron monitors - Claudio Corti (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))

17:10 TIME DEPENDENCE OF THE COSMIC-RAY ELECTRON AND POSITRON SPECTRA MEASURED BY PAMELA EXPERIMENT DURING THE 23TH SOLAR MINIMUM - Riccardo Munini (INFN - Universita Studi Trieste)

17:30 Neutron Monitors and cosmic-ray data for solar modulation studies: systematic uncertainties and modulation level time series - David Alain Maurin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
Wednesday 21 October 2015

09:00 Free Day
Free Day
09:00 - 18:00
Thursday 22 October 2015

07:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 08:45
08:45
08:45 - 10:25
Contributions

08:45 The Theory of SEP Acceleration and Transport - Martin Lee (University of New Hampshire)

09:35 Kinetic simulations of particle acceleration at collisionless shocks - Damiano Caprioli (Princeton University)
10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 12:10
Contributions

10:40 SOLAR COSMIC RAY GROUND-LEVEL EVENT (GLE) ANISOTROPY - Don Smart (SSSRC)

11:25 Coronal mass ejections and large solar energetic particle events - Pertti Makela (Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA)
12:10 Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Galactic Cosmic Ray Proton Spectra during Solar Cycle 23 and 24 - Measurement Capabilities of the Electron Proton Helium Telescope on Board SOHO - Patrick Kühl (University of Kiel)

14:30 Magnetospheric Effects on High Energy Solar Particles: PAMELA Measurements - Georgia de Nolfo (NASA/GSFC)

15:00 Geomagnetically trapped, albedo and solar particles: trajectory analysis and flux reconstruction with PAMELA - Alessandro Bruno (INFN sezione di Bari; Department of Physics, University of Bari, Italy)
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:45
15:45
15:45 - 18:00
Contributions

15:45 Short-term Solar Activity Measured by AMS-02 - Kathryn Whitman (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US))

16:05 X Flares and AMS-02 SEP Events at the Maximum of Cycle 24 - Richard Fisher (GSFC Heliophysics Sciience Division)

16:25 Geomagnetic cutoff simulations for low-energy cosmic rays - Philip von Doetinchem (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

16:45 The Dynamic GLE Proton Spectrum of 2001 April 15 and 2005 January 20 - James M Ryan (University of New Hampshire)

17:05 Solar Protons above 500 MeV in Interplanetary Space and in the Sun’s Atmosphere - Allan Tylka (NASA-GSFC)
19:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Friday 23 October 2015

07:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
07:30 - 08:45
08:45
08:45 - 10:25
Contributions

08:45 Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of high-energy gamma-ray emission from behind-the-limb solar flares - Melissa Pesce-Rollins (INFN-Pisa)

09:30 Characteristics of Long Duration Gamma-Ray Flares - Gerald Share (University of Maryland)
10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 10:40
10:40
10:40 - 12:15
Contributions

10:40 Interpretation of Solar Flare Observations by Fermi-LAT and Other Instruments - Vahe' Petrosian (Stanford University)

11:25 The space radiations as observed by the Energetic Particle Telescope - Viviane Pierrard (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy)
12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:25
Contributions

14:00 Space Radiation, current status and next - Edward Semones (NASA)

14:20 NASA galactic cosmic radiation environment model: Badhwar - O’Neill (2014) - Ryan Rios (NASA Johnson Space Center)

14:40 GCR Simulator Development Status at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory - John Norbury (NASA)

14:55 Impact of AMS-II measurements on reducing GCR model uncertainties - John Norbury (NASA)

15:10 Validation of NASA Space Radiation Analysis Tools with ISS Radiation Environment Monitor (REM) Data - John Norbury (NASA)
15:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:25 - 15:40
15:40
15:40 - 18:00
Contributions

15:40 The Advanced Neutron Spectrometer for Manned Exploration - Mark Christl (Marshall Space Flight Center - Nasa)

16:00 The Space Radiation Environment on the Surface of Mars Measured with the RAD Instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory - Hassler Don (Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA & Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France)

16:20 Open discussion and final remarks