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My research emphasizes a fundamental theoretical understanding of the dynamics of plasmas in the Earth's magnetosphere, as well as in other planetary magnetospheres, the solar wind, and other astrophysical environments. I am particularly interested in the dynamics of the Earth's auroral regions. In these regions, strong currents flow along the magnetic field ("field-aligned currents") that are dissipated in the ionosphere and by accelerating the particles that produce the aurora. Changes in these current systems are mediated by waves called Alfven waves, which correspond to transverse fluctuations of the geomagnetic field. Although Alfven waves were first studied using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) theory, I have approached them using a more complete kinetic theory; thus, these waves are sometimes called kinetic Alfven waves. Such waves can directly accelerate electrons into the ionosphere to produce the aurora. In addition, we are studying the ways in which these waves can evolve into quasi-static parallel electric fields that are known to be associated with discrete auroral arcs. These studies lead to an overall understanding of ultra-low-frequency (ULF) waves in the magnetosphere, especially the eigenmodes that can form due to the inhomogeneous nature of the magnetospheric plasma. Parallel electric fields are also necessary for the process called magnetic reconnection, which refers to the reorganization of the magnetic topology in thin current sheets. We study the dynamics of these processes as well. ULF waves are also important in Jupiter's magnetosphere, where they are driven by the motion of Jupiter's moon Io. Alfven waves may also be responsible for processes in the solar corona, such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and the heating of the corona to millions of degrees.
This work also benefits from collaboration with Senior Researcher Dr. Yan Song. Her work emphasizes the fundamental theory of particle acceleration and magnetic reconnection, emphasizing a dynamical approach that improves upon the quasi-steady descriptions often used to discuss these phenomena.
This work also benefits from collaboration with Senior Researcher Dr. Yan Song. Her work emphasizes the fundamental theory of particle acceleration and magnetic reconnection, emphasizing a dynamical approach that improves upon the quasi-steady descriptions often used to discuss these phenomena.
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Alfvén Waves Across Heliophysics Geophysical Monograph Seriespp.163-176, (2024)
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (2022)
Space Science Reviewsno. 1 (2021)
Space science reviewsno. 4 (2021)
Alessandro Moirano,Alessandro Mura,Alberto Adriani,Vincent Dols,Bertrand Bonfond,Jack H. Waite,Vincent Hue,Jamey R. Szalay,Ali H. Sulaiman,Bianca M. Dinelli,Federico Tosi,Francesca Altieri,Andrea Cicchetti,Gianrico Filacchione,Davide Grassi,Alessandra Migliorini,Maria L. Moriconi,Raffaella Noschese,Giuseppe Piccioni,Roberto Sordini,Diego Turrini,Christina Plainaki,Giuseppe Sindoni,Stefano Massetti,Robert L. Lysak,Stavro L. Ivanovski,Scott J. Bolton
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