Program
Monday, September 8, 2014
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Event |
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09:00 - 09:30
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Scope and Introduction of proceeding idea - Ch Helling |
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09:30 - 10:30
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Laboratory experimental research on dusty plasma - Alan Phelps |
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10:30 - 10:50
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Coffee break |
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10:50 - 11:30
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Experimental generation of volcanic lightning - Corrado Cimarelli |
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11:30 - 12:10
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Electrical charging in volcanic plumes - Keri Nicoll |
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12:10 - 12:40
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Precision charging of microparticles using the instability of evaporating charged liquid droplets - Euan Bennet |
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12:40 - 14:00
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Lunch break |
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14:00 - 15:00
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The multi-scale nature of lightning-like discharges in thunderstorms and in the lab - Ute Ebert |
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15:00 - 15:40
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Modelling sprite environments leading to beam production - Declan Diver |
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15:40 - 16:20
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Coupling between atmospheric layers in gaseous giant planets due to lightning-generated electromagnetic pulses - Alejandro Luque |
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16:20 - 16:40
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Ionization Waves in an MHD-Neutral Gas Interactions Simulation - Alasdair Wilson |
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16:40 - 17:00
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Tea break |
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17:30 - 19:30
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Poster pop-up, Poster session with Beer & Brezels - Poster pop-up and Poster session |
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
| Time |
Event |
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09:30 - 10:30
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Lunar Dust charging and implication for space exploration - Farideh Hoary |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee Break |
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11:00 - 11:45
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Charging processes on asteroids and the Moon - Karin Aplin |
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11:45 - 12:30
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Modelling of the chemical signature of upper atmospheric electrical discharges in Saturn - Francisco J. Gordillo-Vazquez |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:45
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Dynamical Models of Extrasolar Planets - Ian Dobbs-Dixon |
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14:45 - 15:30
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Climate models of the early Earth's and thunderstorm activity - Yuriy Serozhkin (can't come) |
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15:30 - 16:10
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What does a planet or exoplanet need to have a global electric circuit? - Michael Rycroft |
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16:10 - 16:40
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Detection of current flow in planetary atmospheres - Giles Harrison |
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16:40 - 17:00
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Tea break |
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18:30 - 21:00
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Conference Dinner - Dinner |
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
| Time |
Event |
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09:00 - 10:00
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Cosmic ray fluxes and atmospheric electricity - Yuri Stozhkov |
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10:00 - 10:10
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What is a Brown Dwarf? -- for non-Astronomers - Stuart Littlefair |
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10:10 - 10:40
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A Signature of Chromospheric Activity in Brown Dwarfs Revealed by Near-Infrared Spectra - Satoko Sorahana |
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10:40 - 11:00
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Coffee break |
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11:00 - 11:45
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Irradiated brown dwarf atmospheres - Sarah Casewell |
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11:45 - 12:30
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Flash ionization processes signature in coherent radio emission - Irena Vorgul |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:45
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Self-Sustained Ionization in Cool Atmosphere - Shu-ichiro Inutsuka |
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14:45 - 15:30
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Coulomb explosion of cloud particles in brown dwarf atmospheres: a source of patchy cloud coverage? - Craig Stark |
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15:30 - 16:15
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Observation of Protoplanetary Disk Lightning by Ion Lines - Takayuki Muranushi |
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16:15 - 16:35
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Atmospheric escape by magnetically driven wind from gaseous planets - Yuki Tanaka |
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16:35 - 17:00
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Tea break |
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
| Time |
Event |
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09:00 - 10:00
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Multi-wavelength observations of activity in ultracool dwarfs - Stuart Littlefair |
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10:00 - 10:30
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A strange lightning(?) event observed at the Pierre Auger Observatory - Alan Watson (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration) |
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10:30 - 11:00
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Coffee break |
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11:00 - 11:45
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High Energy Cosmic Rays and Short-Lived Plasmas in Planetary Atmospheres - Paul Rimmer |
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11:45 - 12:30
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Stellar magnetic fields and their impact on planets - Scott Gregory |
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch |
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14:30 - 16:00
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Whisky Tasting - Blair Atholl distillery |
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