MOP 2005 Scientific Programme

Please find a PDF copy of the abstract book at the link below:

MOP 2005 Abstract Book (~800KB)

 The scientific programme for MOP 2005 will, as with previous MOP meetings, cover a wide range of topics within the field of planetary magnetospheres and we have tried to reflect this diversity within the Science Programme Committee:

  • Michèle Dougherty (Imperial College)
  • Emma Bunce (University of Leicester)
  • Fran Bagenal (University of Colorado)
  • Jean-Claude Gérard (University of Liège)
  • Norbert Krupp (Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research)
  • Michael Mendillo (Boston University)
  • Linda Spilker (JPL)
  • Hunter Waite (University of Michigan).


    • The main purpose of the conference is to better our understanding of the physical processes which control the magnetospheres of the four giant planets, often with reference to the Earth's magnetosphere, and perhaps to other astrophysical objects.      Continuing deliberations on the more mature results at Jupiter in the post-Galileo era will play an important rôle at this meeting.  In addition, with the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission at Saturn, we look forward to discussions based on this new data, as well as comparisons with data from the Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft. Topics to be covered include:

  • auroral processes
  • magnetospheric dynamics
  • inner magnetosphere/radiation belts
  • magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupling
  • solar wind interaction
  • rings and moons, and their interactions with magnetospheres
  • sources of magnetospheric plasmas
  • plasma micro-physics
  • atmospheric modelling
  • theoretical modelling
  • internal field modelling
  • comparative magnetospheres
  • future missions.


    • In addition to the contributed talks there will be a number of invited presentations, which generally cover a broader range of material than their contributed counterparts, and are intended to provide a review of the status of various key topics within the field. Invited speakers are listed below:

  • A. Bhardwaj
  • R. H. Brown
  • J. T. Clarke
  • J. E. P. Connerney
  • S. W. H. Cowley
  • F. J. Crary
  • T. E. Cravens
  • R. Ergun
  • J.-C. Gérard
  • T. W. Hill
  • M. G. Kivelson
  • W. S. Kurth
  • F. M. Neubauer
  • W. R. Paterson
  • J. D. Richardson
  • N. M. Schneider
  • D. J. Southwood