Physics of Space: Growth Points and Problems: Proceedings of the second “Rencontres de l’Observatoire”, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France

A Critical Review of Sun-Space Physics.- Acceleration and Transport of Energetic Charged Particles in Space.- Various Regimes of Cosmic Ray Diffusion in Turbulent Magnetic Fields.- Non Gaussian and Non Local Transport in the Earth’s Distant Magnetotail.- Acceleration and Transport of Particles in Collisionless Plasmas: Wakes due to the Interaction with Moving Bodies.- Observational Evidence of Dissipative Small Scale Processes: Geotail Spacecraft Observation and Simulation of Electrostatic Solitary Waves.- Instabilities and Formation of Coherent Structures.- Magnetic Turbulence and Ion Dynamics in the Magnetotail.- Statistical Mechanics of Stable States Far from Equilibrium: Thermodynamics of Turbulent Plasmas.- Magnetic Field Line Transport in the Heliosphere and Energetic Particle Propagation from Corotating Interaction Regions to High Heliographic Latitudes.- Magnetic Field Line Transport in Anisotropic Magnetic Turbulence: Anomalous, Quasilinear, and Percolative Regimes Versus the Kubo Number.- Damping Effects on Parametric Decays of Alfvén Waves.- Radio Wave Propagation in the Corona and the Interplanetary Medium.- Summary of Session 1 : Fundamental Processes in Space Physics from Macroscopic to Microscopic Scales.- Some Physical Processes in Dusty Plasmas.- Shear Induced Phenomena in Dusty Plasma Flows.- Generation of Supercooled Strongly-Coupled Plasma by Artificial Injection into Space.- Supernovae Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments on the CEA-Phébus Laser Facility.- A Simulation Method for Semicollisional Plasmas.- On the Magnetic Energy Avalanche in the Solar Atmosphere.- Hydrodynamics of the Solar Wind Expansion.- Kinetic Models of Solar and Polar Winds.- On the Exospheric Approach for the Solar Wind Acceleration.- Electron Temperature in the SolarWind from a Kinetic Collisionless Model: Application to High-Latitude Ulysses Observations.- Core, Halo and Strahl Electrons in the Solar Wind.- A Fokker-Planck Approach for the Expansion of the Fast Solar Wind: Why and How?.- Heliopause and Asteropauses.- Turbulence and Waves in the Solar Wind Formation Region and the Heliosphere.- Jets from Young Stars and Compact Objects Environments.- Radio Pulsars — What is to be Done.- Basics of Rotating Magnetospheres: Equilibrium and Stability.- The Physics and Chemistry of Sputtering by Energetic Plasma Ions.- The Atmosphere of Io: Abundances and Sources of Sulfur Dioxide and Atomic Hydrogen.- Two-Dimensional Non-Linear Alfvén Wings Generated by the Electrodynamic Interaction between Callisto and the Jovian Magnetosphere.- Magnetically-Driven Planetary Radio Emissions and Application to Extrasolar Planets.- Radio Observations of Ions in Comet Hale-Bopp.- Rapid Measurements of Solar Wind Ions with the Triana Plasmag Faraday Cup.- Quasi-Thermal Noise Diagnostics in Space Plasmas.- Quasi-Thermal Noise Spectra Measured by a Dipole Antenna in the Upper Hybrid Frequency Band.- Rosetta Mission Mutual Impedance Probe Modelling: The Short and Long Debye Length Plasma Cases.- Analytical Approach to Calculate Quasi-Thermal Noise Spectrum in Irregular Plasma.- Correlation Dependences Determined by Simultaneous Multispacecraft Observations of Solar Wind and IMF Structures.- Developments in Jovian Radio Emissions Tomography and Observations Techniques.- Radio Observations of Filaments at Metric and Decimetric Wavelengths.- Decametric Sounding of Near Earth Plasma: Correlation and Fractal Analysis of Scintillation Data.- The Heliosphere after Ullysses.- Major Unsolved Problems in Space Plasma Physics.- The Future of Space Science in the21st Century.- List of Participants.