Infinite Horizons: June 17th "Interplanetary Energetic Particles"
Speaker: Dr. Linghua Wang (Peking University, China)
4pm, Beijing time
Watch it on Zoom
We have the pleasure to host the next Infinite Horizons' seminar on June 17th, 2026. Our host will be Prof. Linghua Wang from Peking University and will talk about Interplanetary Energetic Particles.
Seminar's abstract:
Acceleration and transport of energetic particles is one of the fundamental research areas in space physics, astrophysics physics and plasma physics. The Sun and heliosphere serves as a huge natural laboratory for exploring the origin and physical nature of energetic particles in space. The Sun is capable of accelerating ions from tens of keV up to tens of GeV and electrons from tens of eV up to hundreds of MeVs in transient events such as flares and fast coronal mass ejections. These energized particles escaping into the interplanetary space are referred to as Solar Energetic Particle events. On the other hand, solar wind suprathermal particles are continuously present in the interplanetary space, even unaccompanied by significant interplanetary and/or solar activities, which thus could arise from a more ubiquitous source/acceleration process. In this talk, we will review recent results of interplanetary energetic particles including solar energetic particles and solar wind suprathemral particles, mainly from an observational perspective.
Zoom ID: 891 3564 3118
(Our Infinite Horizons seminars are usually host on the third Wednesday of the month)
About the speaker:
Dr. Linghua Wang is a "Boya" distinguished professor in the school of Earth and Space Sciences at Peking University, China. She obtained her PhD in physics from University of California at Berkeley, USA. She works in the fields of solar, heliospheric and space plasma physics from the experimental point of view. Her research aims at understanding the origin, acceleration and transport processes of solar energetic particles, solar wind suprathermal particles, and energetic neutral atoms. She received the China Young Female Scientist Award in 2015 and AAPPS-DDP young research award in 2017. She serves as an associate editor of JGR-space physics, science committee member of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), and ST section president of AOGS. She is also the Co-I for the Energetic Particle Detector (EPD) onboard Solar Orbiter and for the Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment (MPPE) onboard BepiColombo/MMO.
