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This group specializes in experimental space plasma physics:
we build instruments, fly them in space, and work with the data to understand
the physics of the space around the Earth. Many of our instruments are
launched on rockets, so -- you guessed it -- we're rocket scientists! One
of our main interests is the auroral borealis. In fact, we just launched
the HIBAR rocket from Poker Flat, Alaska in February, 2003 that investigated
high frequency waves caused by auroral electrons. We lauched another that
that flew the previous winter (2002) to investigate Langmuir waves. We also work
on data from the Cluster spacecraft from the Electron Drift Instrument (EDI)
and the WideBand Data (WBD) instrument. On the ground, we are also
interested in investigating space plasma
plasma physics using laboratory devices and have an ongoing collaboration
with the UCLA group that runs the LArge Plasma Device.
Faculty
Staff
Graduate Students
- Aaron Brenneman
- Derek Thuecks
Former Graduate Students
-
Eric Dors
- Jason Hiner
- Carrie McGivern
Undergraduate Students
Former Undergraduate Students
Kathleen Lehman
Tony Boveia
Zack Conway
Carina Curto
Brian Metzger
Andy Cowan
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