| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Cosmic Dust: Its Formation and Evolution |
| Main Convener | Dr. Hiroshi Kimura (Hokkaido University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Masateru Ishiguro (Seoul National University, Korea, South) Dr. Ludmilla Kolokolova (University of Maryland, United States) Dr. Aigen Li (University of Missouri-Columbia, United States) Dr. Torsten Poppe (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany) Dr. Keiko Nakamura-Messenger (NASA Johnson Space Center, United States) |
| Session Description | A primary goal of this session is to find a consensus among experts in the formation and evolution of cosmic dust: where it comes from and where it goes. All kinds of cosmic dust such as intergalactic dust, interstellar dust, circumstellar dust, cometary dust, asteroidal dust, interplanetary dust, circumplanetary dust, stellar nebular condensates, presolar grains, interplanetary dust particles (extraterrestrial stratospheric particles), micrometeorites (polar ice particles), meteoroids, meteors, and regolith particles are the subject of discussion. The session will address interrelation between them and perceptions on the dust alteration through a variety of processing. This includes different methods of its determination (in-situ and laboratory measurements, astronomical observations, laboratory and numerical analogue simulations, theoretical modeling, etc.). However, the session is open for any other aspects of dust research. We plan to publish a special issue of Earth, Planets and Space (EPS) devoted to this session (see http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/index.html for more information on the journal EPS). |