Primary Convener:
Kathleen Hanley, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley

Convener:
Mei-Yun Lin, University of California Berkeley
Weijie Sun, University of California Berkeley
Jamey Szalay, Princeton University

Chair:
Mei-Yun Lin, University of California Berkeley
Weijie Sun, University of Michigan
Jamey Szalay, Princeton University

Heavy ions (i.e., not protons) within planetary environments serve as important tracers for a multitude of plasma phenomena, such as ionospheric outflow, moon-magnetosphere and surface-plasma interactions, mass loading and transport, magnetic reconnection, and wave instabilities. This session solicits studies focusing on (1) data-driven analyses to reveal the sources, evolution and controlling factors of heavy ion flows, (2) the use of theoretical models and numerical simulations to investigate how heavy ions contribute to plasma dynamics, and (3) new mission or instrumentation concepts that can measure the properties of heavy ion flows. We invite researchers from solar, magnetospheric and ionospheric physics, as well as planetary science. We highly encourage comparative studies of different planetary environments throughout the solar system, including but not limited to the inner planets, outer planets and their moons.

Index Terms
7845 Particle acceleration
7846 Plasma energization
7859 Transport processes
7867 Wave|particle interactions

Cross-Listed:
P - Planetary Sciences

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth

Suggested Itineraries:
Space Weather