HG2  Meteors, Orbital Debris, and Dusty Plasmas II

Friday, January 10  13:20-16:20  Room 245

Session Chairs:  Gurudas Ganguli, Jonathan Fentzke

13:20  HG2-1  STABILIZATION OF AN INJECTED CONDUCTING LAYER FOR ARTIFICIALLY ENHANCING DRAG ON ORBITAL DEBRIS

Russell B. Dahlburg*, David A. Kessler, Guru Ganguli

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC


13:40  HG2-2  GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY AND SHEAR STABILIZATION IN A DUSTY PLASMA LAYER

David A. Kessler*, Russell B. Dahlburg, Gurudas Ganguli

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


14:00  HG2-3  DUST MOBILIZATION ON SURFACES IN SPACE

Mihaly Horanyi*

U. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado


14:20  HG2-4  DEVELOPMENT OF THE DUST IMPACT MONITOR FOR EXPLORATION IN THE INNER HELIOSPHERE

Kirstyn M. Johnson*1, David Malaspina2, Zoltan Sternovsky1

1Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
2Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO


14:40  HG2-5  THE MAGNETIZED DUSTY PLASMA EXPERIMENT (MDPX) DEVICE: FIRST OBSERVATIONS

Edward Thomas*1, Ross K. Fisher1, Uwe Konopka1, Robert L. Merlino2, Marlene Rosenberg3

1Physics Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
3Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA


15:20  HG2-6  MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS ON A WELL-COLLIMATED DUSTY PLASMA SHEET FOR COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT APPLICATIONS

Eric D. Gillman*, Bill Amatucci

Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


15:40  HG2-7  INVESTIGATION OF MAGNETIZED DUSTY PLASMAS IN THE LABORATORY AND NEAR-EARTH SPACE ENVIRONMENT

Alireza Mahmoudian*, Wayne A. Scales, Haiyang Fu

Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg


16:00  HG2-8  CHARACTERIZATION OF METEOR HEAD ECHOES AND CORRESPONDING NON-SPECULAR TRAIL AS MEASURED BY A HIGH POWER LARGE APERTURE RADAR

Ana M. Tarano*, Jonathan Yee, Sigrid Close

Stanford University, Stanford