Time：Dec 7 2011, 3:00 pm
Where：N415 Physics Building
​Title：The Interaction of Mars with the Solar Wind: Induced Magnetosphere and Ionospheric Ion Outflow

Time：Dec 28 7:00 pm
Where：208 Physics Building
Title：Generation of Kinetic Alfven Waves in Inhomogeneous Plasma Boundary Layers
Speaker：Yu Lin, Physics Department, Auburn University

Interplanetary shocks can create "killer electrons" in the near-Earth space environment within 15 minutes of the shock reaching the Earth's protective magnetic bubble. The underlying mechanism for this process has now been revealed as a result of a rare configuration of satellites, including Cluster, SOHO and Double Star