FAST AURORALWORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Sunday, August 30, 1998
Continental breakfast in Split Rock Room- 8am
Workshop begins in Gooseberry Room - 9am
9am - Welcome - Chuck Carlson
9:10 - Organizational details - Cindy Cattell
9:20 - Session I - Auroral acceleration microphysics
Session IA -Upward current region - moderator Craig Kletzing
9:20- F. Mozer - Parallel electric fields in the auroral acceleration region
10:10- J. McFadden - FAST observations of ion beams, auroral acceleration and density cavities
11:00- Coffee break
11:15- M. Temerin- Theory of parallel electric fields
Lunch in dining room - 12:00
1pm - Session IB - Downward current region -
1pm - C. Carlson -FAST Observations of Upward Electron Beams
1:50 - R. Ergun - Electric Fields and Waves in the Downward Current Region
2:40 - G. Marklund - Viking and Freja Observations of black aurora and ionospheric closure
3:30- Coffee break
3:45 - Session I Moderated discussion
Banquet - Dining Room - 7pm
Monday, August 31, 1998
Continental breakfast in Split Rock Room- 8 am
Workshop begins in Gooseberry Room - 9 am
9am- Session II - Auroral mesoscale physics - J. McFadden -moderator
9am - W. Lotko - FAST observations and theory of field line resonances
9:50 - R. Lysak - Alfven waves and the auroral density cavity
10:40 - Coffee break
11:05 - H. Nielson - Auroral forms and inferred physical processes
11:55 - Session II Moderated discussion
1 pm- break for lunch, hiking, sightseeing
7pm - Session IIIA - AKR and density cavities - R. Ergun - moderator
7:00 - R. Strangeway - Auroral Kilometric Radiation and the Cyclotron Maser Instability:Observational Evidence
7:30 - P. Pritchett - Theory and simulation of AKR
8:00 - T. Karlsson - Simulations of cavity formation and electric field growth in the return current region
8:30 - Session IIIA Moderated discussion
Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Continental breakfast in Split Rock Room- 8 am
Workshop begins in Gooseberry Room - 9 am
9am -Session IIIB - Ion waves and heating - R. Bergmann - moderator
9am- D. Klumpar - Historical perspectives on ion heating and new FAST views
9:50 - C. Chaston - FAST observations of ion waves
10:40 - coffee break
10:55 - M. Andre - Ion energization and outflow-Some mechanisms.
11:45 - Session IIIB Moderated discussion
12:30 - Lunch in dining room
1:30 - Session IV - Cusp - W. Peterson - moderator
1:30 - R. Pfaff -
2:00- J. Clemmons
2:30 - Moderated discussion
2:50 - Poster session
4pm - Sum up panel - Marklund, Carlson, Mozer
Wednesday, September 2, 1998 - FAST SCIENCE WORKING TEAM MEETING
7:30 - Continental Breakfast
8:30 - SWT meeting begins
2pm - Formal SWT meeting adjourns. Breakout science discussions, etc can continue