Plenary session: Magnetic reconnection

Chair: Yasushi Ono, University of Tokyo

 9:30 - 10:00  Magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in space and the laboratory.

10:00 - 10:30  Spectroscopic Observations of Current Sheet Formation and Evolution.

10:30 - 11:00  Ion and electron heating characteristics of magnetic reconnection in high field flux tube merging experiments.

Magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in space and the laboratory

James Drake, University of Maryland, United States

Spectroscopic Observations of Current Sheet Formation and Evolution

Harry Warren, NRL, United States

Ion and electron heating characteristics of magnetic reconnection in high field flux tube merging experiments

Hiroshi Tanabe, Graduate school of frontier sciences, university of Tokyo, Japan

Mikhail Gryaznevich, Tokamak Energy Ltd., United Kingdom

Qinghong Cao, Graduate school of engineering, university of Tokyo, Japan

Haruaki Tanaka, Graduate school of frontier sciences, university of Tokyo, Japan

Tara Ahmadi, Graduate school of engineering, university of Tokyo, Japan

Moe Akimitsu, Graduate school of engineering, university of Tokyo, Japan

Chio-Zong Cheng, Institute of Space and Plasma Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Michiaki Inomoto, Graduate school of frontier sciences, university of Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Ono, Graduate school of frontier sciences, university of Tokyo, Japan