| Date |
Author + Title |
Description |
| 2000/1/5-8 |
ACE2000 Symposium, Indian Wells, CA, USA |
Reviews and discussions on galactic, interplanetary, and anomalous cosmic rays. |
| 2000/1/28 |
B. Saikia, Pulsational mode of a gravitational collapse and its impact on the star formation. |
Review and discussion of a recent preprint by Dwivedi et al (Ap.J, 2000). |
| 2000/2/4 |
Y. Kuramitsu, Chaotic phenomena in wave-particle interactions. |
Discussion on stochasticity of motion of a charged particle as it interacts with a few electromagnetic waves. |
| 2000/2/18 |
T. Hada, Inverse scattering transform (IST) for an Alfven system. |
Intuitive discussion of the IST and its applications. |
| 2000/2/25 |
S. Matsukiyo, Observational study of a decay instability in the solar wind. |
Review of an article by Spangler et al. (Phys. Plasmas 1997). |
| 2000/2/29-3/3 |
Magnetic Reconnection Symposium 2000, U. Tokyo |
Introduction and discussions on recent developments on the magnetic reconnection studies. |
| 2000/2/25 |
F. Otsuka, Quasi-linear formulation of particle diffusion processes. |
Review of the quasi-linear theory on relaxation processes and its application to the cross-field transport problem of cosmic rays. |
| 2000/4/14 |
B. Lefebvre, Dynamical and statistical properties of a small set of interacting waves. |
Electrostatic (Langmuir) turbulence measured in space plasmas quite generally exhibit singular unidimensional spectra rather than broadband isotropic ones. Decay instability in the same system is clearly distinguished by smaller entropy and attractor's dimension. |
| 2000/4/21 |
T. Nagata, On solar neutrino oscillations; M. Onishi, Stars, galaxies, and universe. |
Brief introduction and discussion of undergraduate topics by new grad students (Part 1). |
| 2000/4/28 |
D. Koga, Plasma response at auroral break-ups. |
Plasma response at auroral break-up events. |
| 2000/5/12 |
E. Yamamoto, Reproduction of I-type cosmic spherules; A. Okazaki, An analysis of stress field around a crack. |
Brief introduction and discussion of undergraduate topics by new grad students (Part 2). |
| 2000/5/19 |
B. Saikia, Magneto- gravitational instability of self- gravitating dusty plasma |
Review of Chhajlani and Parihar, Ap. J. 422, 746, 1994. |
| 2000/5/25 |
Y. Kuramitsu, Soliton acceleration. |
Acceleration and heating of charged particles as they interact with electromagnetic solitary waves. |
| 2000/6/08 |
B. Lefebvre, Equilibrium statistical mechanics of non-integrable NLS. |
1. Review of equilibrium statistical mechanics, 2. Review of NLS, 3. Equilibrium(?) statistical mechanics of non-integrable NLS systems. |
2000/6/15 and
2000/6/22 |
All members
. |
Practice session for SGEPSS Spring 2000. |
| 2000/6/25-28 |
SGEPSS Spring 2000, Tokyo |
Spring annual meeting of the Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences. |
| 2000/7/3 |
T. Hada, Alfven turbulence
. |
Generation of Alfven solitons, turbulence, and shock waves in a driven dnls system. |
| 2000/7/16-22 |
COSPAR, Warsaw, Poland |
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| 2000/7/26-28 |
Workshop 'Frontiers in plasma sciences', Toki |
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| 2000/8/22-24 |
STE simulations Workshop, Kyoto |
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| 2000/9/22 |
S. Matsukiyo, EM instabilities in a relativistic plasma
. |
Recent developments on the phase transition-like behaviors of EM instabilities in a relativistic plasma. |
| 2000/9/27-29 |
COSPAR colloquim, Wang-li, Taiwan |
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| 2000/10/2-6 |
The first S-Ramp conference, Sapporo |
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| 2000/10/10 |
V. Krassnoselskikh (CNRS/Orleans), Lecture 1.
. |
Weakly relativistic plasma cavity as a source of auroral kilometric radiation |
| 2000/10/10 |
V. Krassnoselskikh (CNRS/Orleans), Lecture 2.
. |
Parametric instabilities of Langmuir waves in the
presence of external density fluctuations |
| 2000/10/17 |
B. Lembege (CNRS/Paris)
. |
Numerical simulation of 2-d collisionless shock waves |
| 2000/10/27 |
Y. Kuramitsu, Particle acceleration: simple models
. |
Simple statistical models are proposed to explain some distinct properties of the soliton acceleration process. |
| 2000/11/06 |
F. Otsuka, Quasi-two-dimensional fluctuations in the solar wind
. |
Discussions on "Evidence for the presence of quasi-two-dimensional nearly incompressible fluctuations in the solar wind" by Matthaeus et al (JGR, 1990) and "Anisotropy in MHD turbulence due to a mean magnetic field" by Shebalin et al (JPP, 1983). |
| 2000/11/10 |
S. Ohtani (A.P.L., Johns Hopkins Univ.)
. |
Space weather forecasting, and current and future issues of magnetospheric observations, Regular seminar series at Gept. Geophys., Kyushu Univ. |
| 2000/11/17 |
D. Koga, Wavelet transforms and their applications
. |
Discussions on "Wavelet transforms and their applications to turbulence", by M. Farge, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech, 1992. |
| 2000/11/24 |
B. Saikia, Gravitational instabilities in a proto-planetary disk
. |
Discussions on "Gravitational instabilities in a proto-planetary disk including the effects of magnetic fields" by Noh, Vishniac, and Cochran, 1994. |
| 2000/11/24 |
M. Onishi, Structure of collisionless perpendicular shocks
. |
Review of Leroy et al (JGR 1982) etc. |