International Heliophysical Year (IHY) Chapman Conference on Universal Heliophysical Processes; Savannah, Georgia; November 10-14, 2008

首席研究员将为参加2008年10月国际太阳物理年主办的关于宇宙太阳物理过程的会议的美国学生和英国科学家提供旅行支持。会议计划将围绕五类宇宙等离子体过程进行组织，这些过程在国家研究委员会的一份题为“本地宇宙的等离子体物理学”的报告中得到了严格的概述。该计划将在有限数量的受邀论文之后，由受邀主持人主持扩展讨论。该项目已被美国地球物理联盟（AGU）批准为查普曼会议，AGU工作人员将处理所有会议安排，注册和广告。使主要与会者能够出席会议，将有助于就空间物理学研究前沿的一个主题提出一个综合方案。该项目将有助于制定研究通用等离子体过程的策略，并提高学生的职业生涯。

The Principal Investigator will provide travel support for U.S. students and British scientists to participate in a conference on universal heliophysical processes, to be held in October 2008 as an activity under the auspices of the International Heliophysical Year. The conference program will be organized around five categories of universal plasma processes that are rigorously outlined in a report by the National Research Council, entitled "Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos." The program will feature extended discussions led by invited moderators following a limited number of invited papers. This project has been approved as a Chapman Conference by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and AGU staff will handle all meeting arrangements, registration, and advertising.Enabling the attendance of key conference participants will facilitate the presentation of a comprehensive program on a topic that lies at the forefront of research in space physics. This project will help develop strategies for studying universal plasma processes and enhance students' careers.