Recent spacecraft data are being investigated in an attempt to elucidate the mechanisms through which solar-wind, energy, momentum, and particles enter the Earth's magnetosphere. Topics include studies of the polar cusp, the magnetopause, the plasma sheet, the tail lobe, and the plasma mantle and various boundary layers. Such studies are conducted collaboratively using multipoint measurements of magnetic field, plasmas, and electromagnetic waves on a number of different spacecraft. Of special interest are the complex energy and momentum transfer processes that result in the formation and maintenance of the geomagnetic tail and embedded plasma sheet.

Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science:Heliophysics Science

Advisors:
Guan Le
guan.le-1@nasa.gov
301-286-1087

Adam Szabo
adam.szabo-1@nasa.gov
301-286-5726

David Gary Sibeck
David.G.Sibeck@nasa.gov
301-286-5998

Edward Sittler
Edward.C.Sittler@nasa.gov
301-286-9215

George V. Khazanov
George.V.Khazanov@nasa.gov
301-286-9742

John Dorelli
John.Dorelli@nasa.gov
301-286-9753

Larry Kepko
Larry.Kepko@nasa.gov
301-286-2728

Maria M. Kuznetsova
Maria.M.Kuznetsova@nasa.gov
301-286-9751

Yihua Zheng
Yihua.Zheng@nasa.gov
301-286-0111

Marilia Samara
marilia.samara@nasa.gov
301-286-2813

Hyunju Kim Connor
Hyunju.k.connor@nasa.gov
301.286.7417

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• Degree: Doctoral Degree.