ISSI International Team

Nano Dust in the Solar System:

Formation, Interactions & Detection

Report on the Third Team Meeting

13. – 15. October 2010



Participants

Participating team members:
Andrzej Czechowski, Hsiang-Wen (Sean) Hsu, Yuki Kimura, Aigen Li, Ingrid Mann

Guest speaker: Geraint Jones, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London





Wednesday Ocobter 13, 2010
09:30
Arrival (find the room, check internet connection etc.)


10:00
General discussion
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00
Presentation by Yuki Kimura
Experiments on nucleation and condensation of NaCl

Presentation by Sean Hsu
Formation of nano-silica particles in an aqueous solution and its links to Saturnian stream particles and the moon Enceladus.

Group discusssion
Nano dust and “space technology “- possible technical applications of nano dust transport by radiation pressure.


18:00
Adjourn

 



Thursday October 14, 2010


9:30
Discussion of laboratory measurements and of nano dust in the interstellar medium.

Presentation by Yuki Kimura
Growth mechanism and singular phenomena of nanoparticles in view of the current solar system

Presentation by Aigen Li
Nano dust properties derived from interstellar medium observations and their implications for nanoparticles in the solar system


13:00 Lunch Break
14:00
Group discussion of nano dust detection with plasma wave measurements

Presentation by Andrzej Czechowski
Nano dust dynamics in the interplanetary medium

Group discussion on the possible influence of nano dust fluxes on interplanetary field enhancements


17:30
Adjourn

 

Friday October 15, 2010
09:30 Presentation by Geraint Jones
Nano dust measurement with the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer 

Presentation by Sean Hsu
Dynamical and compositional properties of Jovian and Saturnian stream particles
13:30
Lunch break


14:30

Group discussions on technical details concerning the book publication.

19:00
Adjourn