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David Alexander
Associate Professor

Anthony Chan
Professor

 Paul  Cloutier
Professor

Arthur Few
Professor

Thomas Hill 
Professor
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Patricia Reiff
Professor

Stanislav Sazykin
Faculty Fellow

Frank Toffoletto
Associate Professor

 Richard Wolf
Emeritus Professor

  


Research Highlights of Space Physics Faculty

•  Theory and simulations of radiation belt dynamics (Chan)

•  Quasilinear theory and wave-particle interactions (Chan)

•  Particle acceleration and transport in solar flares (Alexander)

•  Prominence dynamics, activity and eruption (Alexander)

•  Reconstruction of 3D coronal magnetic field (Alexander)

•  Emergence of sunspot magnetic fields and coronal helicity injection (Alexander)

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Magnetic field lines and surfaces of constant plasma pressure in Earth's magnetosphere, calculated using the RCM-Friction code (a version of the Rice Convection Model which has been merged with a magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium code).

 

A composite image showing a fast coronal mass ejection (from SOHO/LASCO) and a He 304 image (from SOHO/EIT). Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are the most energetic phenomena in the solar system and a major source of Space Weather.

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