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2007

Current and Vortex Singularities: Drivers of Impulsive Reconnection in Plasmas and Fluids, A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski and C. S. Ng, Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Calspace-IGPP/UCR Conference, March 27-31, 2006.

Magnetic Reconnection: Collisionless Dynamics and Three-Dimensional Geometry, Review Presentation , A. Bhattacharjee, 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 30 – November 3, 2006.

Intermediate nonlinear evolution of a line-tied g-mode, P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, C. Sovinec, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, Invited Paper at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society, Denver, Colorado, October 30November 3, 2006.

Vortex and Current Singularities, Minisymposium on Fluid Dynamics and Plasma Physics,K. Germaschewski, A. Bhattacharjee, R. Grauer, and C. S. Ng 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society, Tampa Bay, Florida, November 19-21, 2006.

Weakly Compressible MHD Turbulence in the Solar Wind: Scaling of Density and Anisotropic Magnetic Fluctuation Spectra, A. Bhattacharjee, C.-S. Ng, C. Smith, and B. Vasquez. 6 th Annual International Astrophysics Conference, IGPP-UCR, Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas, March 16-22, 2007,

Role of Collisionless Reconnection in Magnetospheric Substorms and Solar Flares: a Comparative Study, A. Bhattacharjee, The CAWSES Workshop on Comparative Study of Solar Flares and Magnetospheric Substorms as a Basis for Space Weather Research, March 18-20, 2007 Fairbanks, Alaska.

Fast Reconnection and its Nonlinear Stabilization in Laboratory and Space Plasmas, A. Bhattacharjee, 2007 US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, St. Michaels, Maryland, March 26-29, 2007.

Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysical Jets, and Extra-galactic Magnetic Fields ,H. Li, Fifth Joint Meeting of Chinese Physicists Worldwide OCPA5 International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Research, June 27-30, 2006, at Taipei, Taiwan.

Cosmic Magnetic Fields: Helicity Injection by Supermassive Black Holes, Galaxies and Laboratory , H. Li, The Joint Meeting of International Symposium on Fusion Energy Science & The 5th Workshop on Nonlinear Plasmas Sciences, HangZhou, China, Oct. 23-25, 2006

Astrophysical Jets H. Li, APS DPP conference,Nov. 2006

Dissipation and Spectral Energy Transfer in the Relaxation of a 3-D Force-Free Magnetic Sheet Pinch , H. Li, at Gyrokinetic Simulation of Ion and Electron Temperature Gradient-Driven Transport: Physics Mechanisms Behind the Transport Coefficient, UCSD, Jan 10-12,

Observing Cosmic Magnetic Fields in Clusters and Inter-galactic Medium using Long Wavelength Arrays , H. Li,Radio Surveys, Science and Techniques, at Institute of Advanced Studies, Los Alamos, NM, April 18, 2007 H. Li, Modeling current carrying plasma stability using high energy density plasma experiments at the meeting High Energy Density Physics for Collisionless Relativistic Plasmas, Rice University, Houston, TX, May 14-16, 2007

H. Li gave a talk at the meeting Extragalactic Jets: Theory and Observation from Radio to Gamma Ray, Girdwood, Alaska May 21-24, 2007

Spectrum of MHD Turbulence at Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas ,S. Boldyrev, Israel, May 21-26, 2006.

On non-Gaussian statistics of the electron-density distribution in the ISM at Small ionized and neutral structures in the diffuse interstellar medium S. Boldyrev, NRAO, Socorro, May 2126, 2006.

Spectrum of MHD Turbulence: theory, modeling, observations S. Boldyrev, 48 th Annual Meeting of DPP of APS, November 2006.

Recent results on MHD Turbulence, Center for Theoretical Astrophysics ,S. Boldyrev, Berkeley, April 30, 2007

Plasma heating and flow dynamics during 3D reconnection events in SSX, M. Brown, Invited Talk, Magnetic Reconnection 2007, St. Michaels, MD, Mar. 2007.

3D reconnection and flow dynamics in the SSX experiment, M. Brown, Invited Talk, Current Trends in International Fusion Research, Washington, DC, Mar. 2007.

Flow dynamics and heating of spheromaks in SSX,M. Brown, Invited Talk, Innovative Confinement Concepts, College Park, MD, Feb. 2007.

High velocity plasma jets and 3D magnetic structure in the Swarthmore reconnection experiment M. Brown, invited Talk, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Dec. 2006.

Flow dynamics of spheromaks in SSX M. Brown, US/Japan Workshop on Physics of Compact Toroid Plasmas, opening talk and conference organizer, Swarthmore College, Nov. 2006.

Undergraduate Plasma Physics Research at the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment M. Brown, Invited Talk, Gordon Conference, Physics Research and Education: Electromagnetism, Mount Holyoke College, MA, June, 2006.

Stellar Polarization: Diagnostics of Flow Geometry, Mass Concentrations and Magnetic Fields in the Winds of Hot Stars J. Cassinelli, presentation at a meeting at the Univesity of Glasgow to honor the research of John C. Brown, Jan. 24 to 28, 2007

Ion Heating During Reconnection Events in MST, Invited Talk, April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, 2006.

Transport of parallel momentum during reconnection events in the MST Reversed Field Pinch G. Fiksel, A.F. Almagri, D. Craig, D.J. Den Hartog, F. Ebrahimi, C.C. Hegna, V.V. Mirnov, J.S. Sarff, S.C. Prager, Transport of parallel momentum during reconnection events in the MST Reversed Field Pinch

The role of resistivity on line-tying kink modes E. Evstatiev, G. L. Delzanno, J. M. Finn, APS Division of Plasma Physics Conference, Philadelphia, Nov. 2006.

Hydrodynamic Stability of Quasi-Keplerian Flows at Large Reynolds Numbers Turbulence Group Seminar H. Ji, UCAR, Boulder, CO, October 19, 2006

Laboratory Study of Magnetic Reconnection: Interplay between Local Dynamics and Global Boundary , H. Ji, International Symposium on Fusion Energy Science Zhejiang University, Hanzhou, China, October 23-25, 2006.

Laboratory Study of Magnetic Reconnection: Local Dynamics and Effects of Global Boundary , H. Ji, AGU 2006 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 13, 2006.

Laboratory Study of Effects of Global Boundary and Local Collisionality on MagneticReconnection , H. Ji, US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, St. Michaels, March 26 2007

Laboratory Studies of Angular Momentum Transport in Astrophysically Relevant Flows , H. Ji,APS April Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, April 14-17, 2007

The Large Scale Magnetic Field of the Milky Way, MHD Turbulence as Foreground for CMB Polarization Studies , A. Lazarian, International Conference, Princeton, May, 2007

What Astronomers Want to Know about Compressible MHD Turbulence, A. Lazarian ,invited talk at Harvard Center for Theory and Computations, April 19, 2007

MHD Turbulence in Astrophysical Settings , A. Lazarian, 6>th International Conference on Turbulence and Non-linear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas, March, 2007

Spectrum of Turbulence from Spectral Lines , A. Lazarian, 18th International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes, June, 2006

Tracing Magnetic Fields with Polarimetry A. Lazarian, Symposium on Polarimetry and Light Scattering, St. Petersburg, June, 2006

Magnetic Reconnection Studies at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment , C. A. Romero-Talamás, Briefing to the Physics and Advanced Technology Directorate Review Committee, LLNL, April 2007.

The search for reconnection and helicity during formation of a bounded spheromak C. A. Romero-Talamás, Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, February 2007.

Magnetic Reconnection Studies at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment , C. A. Romero-Talamás, LLNL Physics and Advanced Technologies Postdoc Symposium, December 2006.

Indications of neutral and plasma flows at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment , C. A. Romero-Talamás, US-Japan Compact Torus Workshop, Swarthmore, PA, November 2006.

Visualization of experimental and numerical data at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment ,C. A. Romero-Talamás, 13th Annual Signal and Imaging Sciences Workshop, Livermore, CA, November 2006.

MHD stability control in alternate confinement concept experiments ,E.B. Hooper, 48 th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.

The Role of a Conducting Shell on the Stability of the Line-Tied Kink in the Rotating Wall Machine, Will Bergerson et al., Workshop on Active Control of MHD Stability, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Nov. 6-8, 2006. [discussed line-tied kink physics in RWM]

Linear and nonlinear Hall reconnection, US-Japan workshop on magnetic reconnection , T. Tharp, Maryland, March, 2007.

Magnetic self-organization in MST and links to astrophysics , J. Sarff, IPELS 2007, Cairns, Australia, August 2007

Magnetic Flux Transport through a Turbulent Accretion Disk , D. A. Uzdensky & H. Spruit, CMSO General Meeting, Chicago, August (2006).

Magnetically-Dominated Jets inside Collapsing Stars as a Model for Gamma-Ray Bursts and Supernova Explosions , D. Uzdensky, Invited Talk at the 48 >th Annual APS DPP Meeting Philadelphia, October 2006

Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysical Plasmas , D. Uzdensky, Invited Talk CMSO special meeting on Magnetic Reconnection, PPPL, Princeton, May 9, 2007.

Progress in understanding magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space astrophysical plasmas , M. Yamada, APS invited tutorial talk, Philadelphia, Oct. 2006

Recent results from study of magnetic reconnection in laboratory plasmas and application to space physics , M. Yamada, Workshop on cross boundary physics, Nagoya, Nov. 2006

Laboratory Study of Magnetic Reconnection, US-Japan Workshop on comparativestudy of solar flare and magnetosphere substorm , M. Yamada, Fairbanks Alaska, March 26, 2007.

Magnetic self-organization in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas , S. Prager, First Asian Symposium on plasma astrophysics, Beijing, China, June, 2007.

2006

Recent Development of Research on Magnetic Reconnection and Magnetic Self-organization in Laboratory and Space Astrophysical Plasmas, M. Yamada, A plenary talk in the Kiev ICPP meeting (2006).

Study of Fundamental Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma, H. Ji, Symposium on relationship between plasma science in nature and in laboratory, Nagoya, February 6-7, 2006.

Laboratory Astrophysics: Hydrodynamic Results from Princeton Magnetorotational Instability Experiment\rq\rq, H. Ji, Mathematical Science Seminar, New Jersey Institute of Technology, March 27, 2006.

Study of Fundamental Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma, H. Ji, APS April Meeting, Dallas, April 22-25, 2006.

Initial Hydrodynamic Results from Princeton Magnetorotational Instability Experiment, H. Ji, Joint seminar of Statistical Physics Laboratory and Radio Astronomy Laboratory of Ecole Normale Superieure at Paris, France, May 5, 2006.

Turbulent Reconnection, A. Lazarian, European Geoscience Union Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April, 2006

Stochastic Reconnection, A. Lazarian, Harry Petschek Symposium on Magnetic Reconnection, College Park, USA, March, 2006

Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysical Systems, Dmitri A. Uzdensky, invited talk at the Harry S. Petschek Symposium, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, March 23, 2006.

On Non-Gaussian Statistics of the Electron density Distribution in the ISM, S. Boldyrev, Small Ionized and Neutral Structures in the Diffuse Interstallar Medium, May 21-24, 2006, AOC, Socorro.

Experimental observation of the Hall MHD effects in MRX, Y. Ren, Petschek Symposium at University Maryland, March (2006)

Spectrum of MHD turbulence, S. Boldyrev, Dynamical Processes in Space Plasmas, Israel, Dead Sea, May 6-15, 2006.

Lectures on Magnetic Reconnection, A. Bhattacharjee, Center for Multiscale Plasma Dynamics/Center for Magnetic Self-Organization Winter School 2006 on the Physics of Magnetic Reconnection, UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, January 9-14, 2006.

Current Sheets in Line-Tied Systems: Structure and Stability, A. Bhattacharjee, Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection in Line-Tied Systems, Center for Magnetic Self-Organization, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, March 2-3, 2006 (Collaborators: J. Dorelli, K. Germaschewski, J. Greene, S. Hu, C. S. Ng, and P. Zhu).

Role of Nonlinear Ballooning Modes and Magnetic Reconnection at Substorm Onset, A. Bhattacharjee, Eighth International Conference on Substorms, Banff, Canada, March 27-31, 2006 (Collaborators: L.-J. Chen, M. Fillingim, K. Germaschewski, R. Lin, Z. W. Ma, C. Mouikis, K. Sigsbee, G. Parks, and P. Zhu).

Current and Vortex Singularities: Drivers of Impulsive Reconnection in Plasmas and Fluids, Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows , A. Bhattacharjee, Calspace-IGPP/UCR Conference, March 27-31, 2006 (Collaborators: K. Germaschewski and C. S. Ng).

M. Brown has given invited talks through the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Distinguished Lecture Program at 15 institutions: Dickinson College (3/1/04), Lawrence University (4/7/04), Vassar College (11/8/04), Bucknell University (2/1/05), Reed College (2/16/05), Loyola University (4/14/05), Kansas 10/17/05, Ohio Northern 10/19/05, Colorado 11/9/05, St. Olafs 11/10/05, College of New Jersey 2/1/06, Trinity College 3/10/06, Iowa State University 3/20/06, Wake Forest 4/21/06, Auburn 4/22/06.

Angular-momentum transport in accretion flows, J. Goodman, session on “Laboratory astrophysics: Dynamo and the magnetorotational instability,” American Physical Society Meeting, Dallas, TX, 23 April 2006.

High velocity plasma jets and 3D magnetic structure in the Swarthmore reconnection experiment', M. Brown, American Physical Society April Meeting, Dallas, TX, Apr. 2006

Novel Spheromak Configurations, M. Brown, Innovative Confinement Concepts, Austin, TX, Feb. 2006.

Ion Heating During Reconnection Events in MST, D. Craig, April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, 2006.

Feedback Stabilization of Tearing Modes in RFPs with a Resistive Wall above the Ideal Wall Limit, J. Finn, Innovative Confinement Concepts 2006 Workshop, Austin, TX, Feb 2006.

 

2005

 

Self-Organization in Magnetized Plasmas, M. Brown, American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Distinguished Lecture Program, presentations at Vassar College (11/8/04), Bucknell University (2/1/05), Reed College (2/16/05), Lawrence University (4/7/04) and Loyola University (4/14/05).

Three dimensional kinetic effects in SSX, M. Brown, US/Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Merging, and Magnetic Jets, Awaji-shima Island, Japan, March, 2005.

Two Fluid Effects on 3D Reconnection in the SSX Experiment with Comparisons to Space Data, M. Brown, American Physical Society- Division of Plasma Physics meeting, Denver, Oct. 2005.

Two fluid effects on reconnection in the SSX experiment, M. Brown, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

A spectral finite elements method for MHD, F. Cattaneo, RAS meeting, London, UK, Feb. 2005

Challenges to the theory of astrophysical plasmas, F. Cattaneo, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

Measurement of Hall Effects During Reconnection in the Madison Symmetric Torus, D.Craig Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2005.

Reconnection and Transport in MST, D. Craig, Easter Meeting on Stability and Confinement of Magnetized Plasmas, Turin, Italy, March, 2005

Ion Heating in the MST plasma experiment, G. Fiksel, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

Study of magnetorotational instability in a short Couette flow of liquid gallium, H. Ji, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

Ion Heating During Reconnection Events in MST, D. Craig, April Meeting of the American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, 2006.

Novel Spheromak Configurations: Dipole Trapped and m=1 Tilted, M. Brown, US/Japan Workshop on Physics of Compact Toroid Plasmas Himeji, Japan, Sept. 2005.

The Princeton Magnetorotational Instability Experiment, J. Goodman et al., Physics of Astrophysical Outflows and Accretion Disks, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, May 27, 2005.

Hall Dynamo In Cylindrical Reversed Field Pinch, V. Mirnov, 2005 IEA Reversed Field Pinch Workshop Madison, WI, September 26-28, 2005

Properties of MHD Turbulence, A. Lazarian, Symposium on Small Ionized and Neutral Sturctures in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium, Soccoro, USA, May, 2005

Two fluid effects on reconnection in the SSX experiment,M. Brown, IPELS 2005Tromso, Norway, July 2005.

Three-dimensional kinetic effects in SSX, M. Brown, Magnetic Reconnection 2005US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Merging, and Magnetic Jets, Awajishima Island, Japan, March 2005.

Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Galaxy Clusters, A. Lazarian, The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism, Bologna, Italy, September, 2005

The Magneto-Rotational Instability and turbulent angular momentum, Cattaneo, F., Fischer, P., Obabko, A., Supercomputing Conference 2005, LBNL Booth, Seattle, WA. November 12-18, 2005.

Study of Magnetorotational Instability in a Short Couette Flow of Liquid Gallium, H. Ji, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space (July 4-8 2005 at Tromso, Norway).

Kinetic Approach to microscopic-macroscopic coupling in fusion plasmas, G. Lapenta, 47th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, Colorado, October 24-28, 2005.

Magnetic Fields from Quasars and AGN Jets and Their Impact on IGM, H. Li, at The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism, Sept. 2005, Bologna, Italy

Laboratory Studies of Magnetic Reconnection, M. Yamada, AGU 2005 Fall meeting (San Francisco, Dec. 2005)

Experimental Study of Two-fluid Effects on Magnetic Reconnection in Laboratory Plasma, M. Yamada, 8th IPELS meeting, Tromso, Norway, (2005)

A New Method of Analyzing Line-Tied Kink Modes, E. Evstatiev, 11th IEA RFP Workshop, Sept 2005.

Experimental Study of the Effects of Boundary Conditions and Guide Field on Magnetic Reconnection, Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas General Meeting, Princeton, NJ, Oct. 7, 2005

Multi-Scale Modeling of Collisionless Plasmas: From Fusion to Astrophysics, A. Bhattacharjee, Symposium on the Future of Integrated Modeling (in Honor of Professor Arnold Kritz’s 70th Birthday), Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, July 19-20, 2005 (Collaborators: K. Germaschewski, Z. W. Ma, C. S. Ng, and P. Zhu).

Current and Vortex Singularities: Drivers of Impulsive Reconnection in Plasmas and Fluids , A. Bhatttacharjee, Mini-Conference on Reconnection and Turbulence in Fluids and Plasmas, 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society, Denver, Colorado, October 24-28, 2005 (Collaborators: K. Germaschewski and C. S. Ng).

Electromagnetic drift instability in the lower-hybrid frequency range in the reconnection layer, H. Ji, US/Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Awaji-shima, Japan, March 2005.

Anomalous resistivity and the observed fluctuations in MRX, R. Kulsrud, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

Study of the Effects of Boundary Conditions and Two-Fluid MHD Physics on Magnetic Reconnection in MRX, A. Kuritsyn, American Physics Society, Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2005.

Properties of Compressible Magnetic Turbulence, A. Lazarian, Nonlinear Cosmology: Turbulence and Fields, Trieste, Italy, May, 2005.

Stochastic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration, A. Lazarian, US/Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Awaji-shima, Japan, March, 2005.

Cross-fertilization research: examples from the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization, S. Prager, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

Reconnection and ion heating in a laboratory plasma, S. Prager, US/Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Awaji-shima, Japan, March 2005.

Nonlinear dynamics of trapped electron mode turbulence, P.W. Terry, SciDAC Conference on Plasma Turbulence, Laguna Beach, California, Feb. 2005.

Study of two-fluid MHD physics of magnetic reconnection in laboratory and space plasmas, M. Yamada, 8th International Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, Tromso, Norway, July 4-8, 2005.

Laboratory Studies of the Physics of Two-Fluids MHD for Magnetic Reconnection, M. Yamada, US/Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Awaji-shima, Japan, March 2005.

Laboratory Studies of the Physics of Two-Fluids MHD for Magnetic Reconnection, M. Yamada, Workshop on Multiscale Processes in Fusion Plasmas, Los Angeles, Jan, 2005.

Magnetic reconnection in line tied systems, E. Zweibel, U.S/Japan workshop on magnetic reconnection, Awaji-shima, Japan, March, 2005.

 

2004

 

Self-Organization in Magnetized Plasmas, M. Brown, presented at multiple universities as a Distinguished Lecturer for the APS Division of Plasma Physics for 2004.

Radio-wave propagation in the interstellar medium with non-Gaussian density fluctuations, S. Boldyrev, 2004 DPP/APS Meeting, Savannah GA, Nov. 2004

Challenges to the theory of astrophysical dynamos, F. Cattaneo, 2004 DPP/APS Meeting, Savannah, GA, Nov. 2004.

Astrophysical dynamos, F. Cattaneo, Newton Institute Meeting, UK, Cambridge, Oct. 2004

Small-scale dynamos, F. Cattaneo, Newton Institute Meeting, Cambridge, UK, Sept. 2004.

The generation of surface magnetic fields, F. Cattaneo, Cospar meeting, Paris, France, July 2004.

Ion Heating in MST, D. Craig, International Workshop on Reversed Field Pinch Research, Padua, Italy, May, 2004.

Measurement of Current Density Fluctuations, Torque, Hall Dynamo by Faraday Rotation, W. Ding, 15th Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, April, 2004.Recent Results from MRX and Magnetic Self-Organization, M. Yamada, Kyoto Symposium on Magnetic Reconnection, March, 2004.

Using ADAS for CHERS and MSE analysis on the MST reversed field pinch, D. Den Hartog, Atomic Data Analysis Structure Workshop, Cadarache, France, September, 2004.

Fast Ion Confinement, G. Fiksel, International Workshop on Reversed Field Pinch Research, Padua, Italy, May, 2004.

The Nature of Turbulence in Protoplanetary Disks, J. Goodman, Third Harvard-Smithsonian Conference on Theoretical Astrophysics: Astrophysics of Planetary Systems, May 17-20, 2004.

Laboratory Study of Plasma Space/Astrophysics: Magnetic Reconnection and Magneto Rotational Instability, H. Ji, 3rd Workshop of Chinese Academy of Sciences on Plasma Physics and Fusion Research (July 2004 at Hefei, China).

Study of Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma and Its Implication to Solar Flares, H. Ji, First Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting (July 2004 at Singapore).

Study of Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma, H. Ji, International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Research (4th Oversea Chinese Physicist Association Meeting), Shanghai, China, June 2004.

Magnetic Reconnection, Turbulence, and Collisionless Shock, H. Ji, 5th International Workshop on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Tucson, Arizona, March, 2004.

Study of Magnetic Reconnection in Laboratory and its Implications to Solar Flares, H. Ji Summer School: The Sun as a Plasma Laboratory, Beijing, China, May, 2004.

Study of Magnetorotational Instability in Liquid Galliumm: GaMRIX, H. Ji, International Workshop on MHD Couette Flow: Experiments and Simulations, Catania, Italy, February, 2004.

An Electromagnetic Drift Instability in the MRX and its Importance for Magnetic Reconnection, R. Kulsrud, 2004 APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Savanna, Oct. 2004.

Properties of Compressible MHD Turbulence, A. Lazarian, Taiwan Workshop on MHD, Taipei, December, 2004.

Astrophysical Reconnection, A. Lazarian, Plasma Processes in Galaxies and in Clusters of Galaxies, Cracow, Poland, September, 2004.

Compressible MHD Turbulence, A. Lazarian, Diffuse Matter in the Galaxy: Observations Confront Theory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, August, 2004.

Stochastic Reconnection in Partially Ionized Gas, A. Lazarian, Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Fields in Large Scale Structure, Pusan, Korea, August, 2004

Statistics of MHD Turbulence, A. Lazarian, Plasma Physics School, Trieste, Italy, July, 2004.

Obtaining Turbulence Statistics from Spectral Line Data, A. Lazarian, Penetrating Bars through Masks of Cosmic Dust, South Africa, June, 2004.

Turbulent Reconnection, A. Lazarian, Magnetic Fields in the Universe, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, November, 2004.

Dynamo-Free Plasmas, R. O’Connell, International Workshop on Reversed Field Pinch Research, Padua, Italy, May, 2004.

Magnetic self-organization in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas, S. Prager, Workshop on Theoretical Plasma Physics, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, June, 2004.

Dynamo Effects in MHD: Single-Fluid and Two-Fluid, J. Sarff, International Workshop on Reversed Field Pinch Research, Padua, Italy, May, 2004.

Magnetic reconnection and self-organization in Reversed Field Pinch laboratory plasmas, J. Sarff, The Magnetized Plasma in Galaxy Evolution, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 2004 (http://www.oa.uj.edu.pl/konferencje/2004mpige/)

Laboratory Studies of the Physics of Two-Fluids MHD Physics for Magnetic Reconnection, M. Yamada, AGU 2004 Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 2004.

Study of Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Experiment, M. Yamada, Magnetic Fields in the Universe, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, Nov. 2004.

Two-dimensional anomalous magnetic reconnection, 2004 DPP/APS Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, November, 2004.

Lectures on Magnetic Self-Organization, ????, presented at International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Workshop on Theoretical Plasma Physics, Trieste, Italy, July, 2004.

Study of Magnetic Reconnection in Laboratory Plasmas and Space Terrestrial Observations, M. Yamada, APS April Meeting, Denver, April, 2004.

Laboratory Studies of the Physics of Magnetic Reconnection and the Self-Organization of Space Astrophysical Plasmas, M. Yamada, Sun-Earth Connection Meeting, Kona, Hawaii, February, 2004.

Galactic dynamos & their relation to stellar dynamos, E. Zweibel, Workshop on solar and stellar dynamo theory, Univ. Leeds & Isaac Newton Institute, Leeds, UK, December 13 2004.

Magnetic fields at high redshift, E. Zweibel, Workshop on Cosmic Rays and Structure Formation, Busan, Korea, August 19, 2004

Magnetic fields in the universe, E. Zweibel, review talk at the 2004 DPP/APS Meeting, Savannah, November, 2004.

 

2003

 

Comparison of Laboratory Measurement of Electromagnetic Waves During Reconnection with Theory, Simulations and Space Observations, M. Yamada for H. Ji, Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Fall, 2003.

Magnetic Fluctuations and Fine Structure in MRX, S. Terry, Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Fall, 2003.

Reconnection Studies at SSC, US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Merging, and Magnetic Jets, Catalina, CA, November, 2003.

Magnetic Fluctuations and Resistivity Enhancement in Magnetic Reconnection Experiment, H. Ji, US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Catalina, CA, November, 2003.

Stochastic Magnetic Reconnection, A. Lazarian, US-Japan Symposium on Magnetic Reconnection, Catalina Island, November, 2003.

Spontaneous and Forced Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma, S. Prager, US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Merging, and Jets, Catalina, CA, November, 2003.

Laboratory Studies of Physics of Magnetic Self-Organization and Application to Astrophysics, M. Yamada, Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, APS, Albuquerque, NM, October, 2003.

Self-Organization in SSC Merging Experiments, M. Brown, Mini-Conference on Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics, Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Albuqerque, NM, October, 2003.

Core Magnetic Field Fluctuations and Current Profile Dynamics in the MST Reversed Field Pinch, W. Ding, Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, APS, Albuquerque, NM, October, 2003.

Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas , Mini-Conference on Laboratory Plasma Astrophysics, Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, APS, Albuquerque, NM, October, 2003.

Astrophysics in a Laboratory, M. Brown, Boston Chapter of Swarthmore Alumni Association, Museum of Science, Boston, October, 2003.

Magnetic Fluctuations and Resistivity Enhancement in a Laboratory Experiment, H. Ji, International Symposium on Plasmas In Laboratory and in the Universe: New Insights and New Challenges, Como, Italy, 2003.

Magnetic Reconnection in Astrophysics, E. Zweibel, Meeting of the American Physical Society, May, Denver, CO .

Note: the above invited talks do not include the talks CMSO members have presented at CMSO workshops or the seminars and colloquia presented at universities and national laboratories.


 
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