Plasma Physics Seminar
 
   
  Spring 2026 Schedule  
 
January 28th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


February 4th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


February 11th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


February 18th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


February 25th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


March 4th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


March 11th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


March 18th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Spring Break


March 25th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Emily Lichko, Naval Research Laboratory
Frequency-resolved local measurements of phase-space energization

In order to disentangle the competing kinetic-scale energy dissipation processes that are intrinsic to collisionless plasmas, like those found in space and astrophysical systems, it is critical to diagnose the local energy transfer that is occurring between fields and particles in both time and space. A relatively recent technique to resolve the local rate of energy transfer between the fields and particles is the field-particle correlation, which has resolved local energy transfer at a single point in space for a large variety of systems and physical processes. This work details an updated version of the field-particle correlation that includes for the first time a breakdown of the energy transfer in frequency space, as well as time and velocity space. In addition to the increase in available information, this new method more cleanly separates magnitude and phase information of the signal, resulting in an improvement of the temporal resolution. This new method is applied to Gkeyll simulations of electron Landau damping as a proof of concept, as well as Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) observations of Landau damping in the solar wind.
April 1st, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


April 8th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


April 15th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


April 22nd, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


April 29th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


May 6th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open


May 13th, Wed. 3:30PM
ERF 1207, Large Conference Room
Open