CONFERENCE THEME Energetic plasma phenomena in the Earth Sun System not only are challenging research topics for fundamental comprehension of physical processes in the plasma universe but also may bear important impacts to our daily societal functions focused by space weather research. In general, there are three different approaches to understand these energetic plasma phenomena. One approach is to examine the system with a kinetic description for individual particles, making use of the Boltzmann or Vlasov equations and the Maxwell’s equations. Another approach is to utilize the fluid equations and describe the system with fluid parameters. The third way is to use a system-wide approach with modern statistical tools to probe the intrinsic and perhaps universal characteristics of the system as representative of a broad class of systems in nature. All these approaches have their merits and limitations. Scientists engaged in research related to Earth Sun system exploration, including the laboratory experimentalists in plasma physics research, can benefit from learning from each other research results based on one of the above approaches or a combination of them. This symposium provides a forum for scientists to exchange knowledge on the energy coupling in space plasmas from observation, numerical simulation, and theory. This topic includes coupling between different plasma regimes in the Earth Sun system as well as energy coupling between particles and waves in energetic space plasma phenomena. | |
