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)
Queen Kapiolani Hotel

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
18 Oct 2015
19 Oct 2015
20 Oct 2015
21 Oct 2015
22 Oct 2015
23 Oct 2015
AM
07:30 --- Breakfast ---
08:00
Registration (until 08:45) ()
08:45
Monday Morning 1 - Veronica Bindi (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US)) (until 10:35) ()
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 ---
11:00
Monday Morning 2 - Veronica Bindi (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US)) (until 12:10) ()
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)   ()
07:30 --- Breakfast ---
08:45
Tuesday Morning 1 -Prof. Marty Lee (University of New Hampshire) (until 10:25) ()
08:45 Voyager Observations in the Outer Heliosphere and Interstellar Medium - Dr 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 ---
10:40
Tuesday Morning 2 -Prof. Marty Lee (University of New Hampshire) (until 12:10) ()
10:40 The PAMELA experiment - Dr Mirko Boezio (INFN - Sezione di Trieste)   ()
11:25 Neutron monitors as a traditional tool to study cosmic rays variability - Ilya Usoskin (University of Oulu)   ()
09:00 --- Free Day ---
07:30 --- Breakfast ---
08:45
Thursday Morning 1 -Prof. Marius Potgieter (North - West University) (until 10:25) ()
08:45 The Theory of SEP Acceleration and Transport - Prof. Martin Lee (University of New Hampshire)   ()
09:35 Kinetic simulations of particle acceleration at collisionless shocks - Damiano Caprioli (Princeton University)   ()
10:25 --- Coffee Break ---
10:40
Thursday Morning 2 -Prof. Marius Potgieter (North - West University) (until 12:10) ()
10:40 SOLAR COSMIC RAY GROUND-LEVEL EVENT (GLE) ANISOTROPY - Dr Don Smart (SSSRC)   ()
11:25 Coronal mass ejections and large solar energetic particle events - Mr Pertti Makela (Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA)   ()
07:30 --- Breakfast ---
08:45
Friday Morning 1 -Dr Mirko Boezio (INFN - Sezione di Trieste) (until 10:25) ()
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 - Dr Gerald Share (University of Maryland)   ()
10:25 --- Coffee Break ---
10:40
Friday Morning 2 - Mirko Boezio (Universita e INFN, Trieste (IT)) (until 12:15) ()
10:40 Interpretation of Solar Flare Observations by Fermi-LAT and Other Instruments - Prof. Vahe' Petrosian (Stanford University)   ()
11:25 The space radiations as observed by the Energetic Particle Telescope - Dr Viviane Pierrard (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy)   ()
PM
16:00
Registration (until 21:00) ()
17:00 --- Aloha Cocktail ---
12:10 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Monday Afternoon 1 -Dr Allan Tylka (NASA GODDARD) (until 15:30) ()
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 - Dr Gary P Zank (Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and Department of Space Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville)   ()
15:30
Coffee Break (until 16:15) ()
15:30
Poster Session (until 16:15) ()
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 Diffusive Propagation of Galactic Cosmic Rays in a Two Halo Scenario - Nicola Tomassetti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))   ()
15:30 Diffusive shock acceleration and the coupled hydromagnetic wave excitation in the low corona - Mr Gen Li (University of New Hampshire)   ()
15:30 ESTIMATING POSSIBLE BACKGROUND SOURCES FOR AN ANTIDEUTERON COSMIC FLUX USING A MONTE CARLO GENERATOR - Mr Diego Gomez Coral (Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, D. F. 01000, Mexico.)   ()
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 Inter-Relationship of Solar and Interplanetary Phenomena During Solar Cycles 23 and 24 - Dr Ian Richardson (University of Maryland)   ()
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 Proton energy spectra during ground level enhancements as measured by EPHIN aboard SOHO - Patrick Kühl (University of Kiel)   ()
15:30 Solar Energetic Particle transport along meandering field lines and the interpretation of wide longitudinal events - Dr Frederic Effenberger (Stanford University)   ()
15:30 Study of Solar Energetic Particle Events for Support of Human and Robotic Spaceflight - Bryan Yamashiro (University of Hawaii at Manoa)   ()
15:30 The Neutron Monitor Database (NMDB) - Christian Steigies (Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)   ()
16:15
Monday Afternoon 2 -Dr Allan Tylka (NASA GODDARD) (until 17:45) ()
16:15 The Role of Solar and Solar Wind Forcing of Radiation Belt Particle Enhancements - Dr Daniel N. Baker (University of Colorado Boulder)   ()
17:00 Forbush Decreases: The View From Space - Dr Ian Richardson (University of Maryland)   ()
12:10 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Tuesday Afternoon 1 - Julia Hoffman (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US)) (until 15:45) ()
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 ---
15:45
Poster Session (until 16:30) ()
16:30
Tuesday Afternoon 2 -Dr Mercedes Paniccia (Université de Genève) (until 18:00) ()
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))   ()
12:10 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Thursday Afternoon 1 - Ilya Usoskin (University of Oulu) (until 15:30) ()
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 - Dr Georgia de Nolfo (NASA/GSFC)   ()
15:00 Geomagnetically trapped, albedo and solar particles: trajectory analysis and flux reconstruction with PAMELA - Dr Alessandro Bruno (INFN sezione di Bari; Department of Physics, University of Bari, Italy)   ()
15:30 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45
Thursday Afternoon 2 (until 18:00) ()
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 - Dr Richard Fisher (GSFC Heliophysics Sciience Division)   ()
16:25 Geomagnetic cutoff simulations for low-energy cosmic rays - Dr Philip von Doetinchem (University of Hawaii at Manoa)   ()
16:45 The Dynamic GLE Proton Spectrum of 2001 April 15 and 2005 January 20 - Dr 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 ---
12:15 --- Lunch ---
14:00
Friday Afternoon 1 (until 15:25) ()
14:00 Space Radiation, current status and next - Edward Semones (NASA)   ()
14:20 NASA galactic cosmic radiation environment model: Badhwar - O’Neill (2014) - Dr 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 ---
15:40
Friday Afternoon 2 - Veronica Bindi (University of Hawai'i at Manoa (US)) (until 18:00) ()
15:40 The Advanced Neutron Spectrometer for Manned Exploration - Dr 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   ()