Session GM1: Mini-conference on Shock Acceleration in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas I

Chair: Paulett Liewer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - Grand Salon KL

Tuesday, October 31, 2006
9:30AM - 10:00AM

 GM1.00001: Solar Energetic Particles -- A Radiation Hazard to Humans and Hardware in Space
R.A. Mewaldt

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
10:00AM - 10:30AM

 GM1.00002: Three-Dimensional Global Simulations of CME-Driven Shock Waves
Tamas Gombosi , Igor Sokolov , Ward Manchester , Jozsef Kota

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
10:30AM - 11:00AM

 GM1.00003: In-situ observations of collisionless shocks: A review of CLUSTER satellite observations of the Earth’s bow shock
Jonathan Eastwood

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
11:00AM - 11:30AM

 GM1.00004: Kinetic Alfven Waves and Electron Physics in Oblique Slow Shocks
Lin Yin , William Daughton , Dan Winske

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
11:30AM - 12:00PM

 GM1.00005: The Acceleration of Energetic Particles at and Near the Solar Wind Termination Shock
A.C. Cummings , E.C. Stone

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
12:00PM - 12:30PM

 GM1.00006: Solar Energetic Particles as a Laboratory for the Study of Shock Physics
Allan J. Tylka

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Session GM2: Mini-conference on Nuclear Renaissance I: Where is it Going and Where Does Fusion Fit In?

Chair: John M. Finn, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - Room 407-409

Tuesday, October 31, 2006
9:30AM - 10:15AM

 GM2.00001: Nuclear Energy Present and Future
I.H. Hutchinson

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
10:15AM - 11:00AM

 GM2.00002: Nuclear Energy's Renaissance
Andrew C. Kadak

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
11:00AM - 11:45AM

 GM2.00003: The Historic Growth and Subsequent Atrophy of the U.S. Nuclear Fission Technology and Supply Capability and Possible Lessons Learned for Fusion
M.F. Haynes

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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
11:45AM - 12:30PM

 GM2.00004: Key Technological Challenges for Fission Reactors and What It Means for Fusion
David Petti

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