56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

The collisionless interaction between electromagnetic waves and plasma particles is a fundamental mechanism at the heart of kinetic plasma physics and plays a key role in a wide variety of space and astrophysical plasma environments.  Exploring these interactions is particularly crucial to understanding the physics of Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts and to determining the transport of cosmic rays throughout the heliosphere. Yet the separate research communities addressing these different scientific problems rarely interact with each other or with the fundamental plasma physics community, even though the underlying physics has many commonalities.  The APS Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics (GPAP) is dedicated to fostering cross-disciplinary interaction among plasma physicists, space physicists, and astrophysicists.  We are sponsoring the Van Allen 100 Mini-Conference at the 2014 APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting in New Orleans to to encourage communication between plasma physicists and the space and astrophysical plasma communities dedicated to the study of both the physics of the Van Allen Radiation Belts and the transport of cosmic rays throughout the heliosphere and the Galaxy.

We request interested scientists to submit abstracts for contributed oral or poster presentations on:
1) Radiation Belt Physics
2) Cosmic Ray Transport
for the Van Allen 100 Mini-Conference. The abstracts should be submitted online at http://www.aps.org/units/dpp/meetings/annual/abstract.cfm before the submission deadline on July 11, 2014. Presenters must select mini-conference subject category 15.3 and include the brief mini-conference title "Van Allen 100" in the Special Instructions. Mini-conference presenters are allowed one additional first author paper submission in the regular technical program.