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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Study Groups." National Research Council. 2004. Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10993.
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Creation and Annihilation of Magnetic Fields

James L. Burch, Southwest Research Institute, Study Organizer

James F. Drake, University of Maryland

Michael Hesse, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Weijia Kuang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Eugene N. Parker, University of Chicago, Professor Emeritus

Formation of Structures and Transients

Judith T. Karpen, Naval Research Laboratory, Study Organizer

Charles W. Carlson, University of California, Berkeley

Robert L. Carovillano, Boston College

Robert E. Ergun, University of Colorado, Boulder

Thomas W. Hill, Rice University

Jack D. Scudder, University of Maryland

Plasma Interactions

Robert W. Schunk, Utah State University, Study Organizer

Tom Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul A. Cloutier, Rice University

Thomas L. Holzer, U.S. Geological Survey

David G. Sibeck, Johns Hopkins University

Richard A. Wolf, Rice University

NOTE: Affiliations listed were current at the time of the meetings of the study groups.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Study Groups." National Research Council. 2004. Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10993.
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Explosive Energy Conversion

George Siscoe, Boston College, Study Organizer

Spiro K. Antiochos, Naval Research Laboratory

Tom Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ferdinand V. Coroniti, University of California, Los Angeles

Terry G. Forbes, University of New Hampshire

Joachim Raeder, University of California, Los Angeles

Vytenis M. Vasyliunas, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie

Richard A. Wolf, Rice University

Energetic Particle Acceleration

Mary Hudson, Dartmouth College, Study Organizer

Steven Kahler, Air Force Research Laboratory

Martin A. Lee, University of New Hampshire

Robert P. Lin, University of California, Berkeley

Glenn M. Mason, University of Maryland

Barry H. Mauk, Johns Hopkins University

Frank B. McDonald, University of Maryland

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Study Groups." National Research Council. 2004. Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10993.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Study Groups." National Research Council. 2004. Plasma Physics of the Local Cosmos. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10993.
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