Scientific Program and Schedule

Invited speakers:

Earl Scime - Overview of MagNetUS Whitepaper Draft

Steve Vincena - Overview of the Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF)

Noah Hurst - Overview of basic plasma science research and facilities at the Wisconsin Plasma Physics Laboratory (WiPPL)

Saikat Chakraborty Thakur - Overview of the Magnetized Plasma Research Lab (MPRL) at Auburn University

Earl Scime - Kinetic Scale Velocity Distribution Function Measurements in the PHAse SPace MApping Experiment

Bill Amatucci (remote) - Modeling Space Plasma Processes in the NRL Space Physics Simulation Chamber

Rich Buttery (remote) - DIII-D Frontiers Experiments Overview

Jonathan Jara-Almonte (remote) - FLARE Overview

Joe Olson - Magnetic reconnection explored in the laboratory

Doug Endrizzi - Whistler wave and reflected ion dynamics ahead of super-Alfvenic pistons on the Big Red Ball

Jim Schroeder - Powering the Aurora: Experimental Measurement of the Acceleration of Electrons by Alfvén Waves

Peiyun Shi - Alfvénic modes excited by the kink instability in PHASMA

Bill Heidbrink - Fast Ion Physics on Large and Midscale Facilities

Ken Flanagan - High-β, Weakly Magnetized and Hall Dominated Plasma Couette Flow

Ethan Peterson - Studying Parker Spiral Dynamics in the Big Red Ball

Don Spong (remote) - Runaway electron driven whistler instabilities in tokamak plasmas

Saskia Mordijck - Drift-wave turbulence on LAPD

Craig Kletzing (remote) - Space Physics in the Laboratory

Li-Jen Chen (remote) - Multi-scale solitary structures in space and laboratory

Paul Bellan (remote) - Studying Astrophysical Jets in the Laboratory: why it can be done and what has been learned

Blakesley Burkhart (remote) - New Diagnostics of Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies

Kris Klein (remote) - Parker Solar Probe: Advancing Our Understanding of Plasma Processes in the Young Solar Wind

Rick Sydora (remote) - Experiments and theory on stimulated excitation of thermal diffusion waves in magnetized plasmas and their application

Adam Stanier (remote) - High-fidelity kinetic modeling of magnetic reconnection in laboratory experiments

Eva Kostadinova - Consolidating Efforts in Outreach and Workforce Development

Panel Discussion Topics:

Lessons from Past Centers and Networks

The Role of Facilities in MagNetUS

Being a User in MagNetUS

Guided discussion in Zoom Breakout Rooms