Philip H. Scherrer
Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Experience:
A.B. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1968.
Ph.D. Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 1973.
Professor, Department of Physics and W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, 1995 - present
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, 1987- 1995.
Senior Research Associate, Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, 1979-1987.
Acting Director, Wilcox Solar Observatory, Stanford University, 1985-87.
Research Associate in Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, 1974-1979.
Member:
American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Astronomical Union, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
Selected Activities and Awards:
Principal Investigator on the Solar Oscillations Investigation - Michelson Doppler Imager program for SOHO (NASA-ESA), "Dynamic Observations of Solar Magnetic and Velocity Fields" (NSF), "Geomagnetic Disturbances" (ONR), and "Structure of Solar Magnetic and Velocity Fields" (NASA).
Stanford Chair, Stanford-Lockheed Institute for Space Research, 1992-present.
Member, Physics Department Admissions Committee, 1996-present.
Member, HEPL Administrative Committee, 1989-present.
Member, SOHO Science Working Team, 1987-present.
Member, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Observatories Visiting Committee, 1993-1997.
Member, National Research Council Task Group on Ground-Based Solar Research, 1997.
Appreciation Award for Completion of MDI on SOHO from GSFC and ISTP, 1994.
Member, Applied Physics Admissions Committee, 1990-1994.
Member, Office of Naval Research Space Science Committee, 1992-1993.
Chair, SOHO Helioseismology Working Group.
Member, STSP Science Working Team.
Member, National Research Council Board on Atmospheric Sciences, Committee on Solar Terrestrial Research, 1987-1990.
Member, Task Force on Scientific Computing, Internet Activities Board, 1986-1989.
Member NASA Helioseismology Steering Committee, 1984-1986.
Member NASA Solar Oscillations Science Working Group, 1983-1984.
Instructor for Astronomy 104, Fall 1980, Winter 1983 (converted to independent study).
Reporter for Division IV topic 4 of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, 1981-1983.
Guest of U.S.S.R. Academy of Science, June 1979.
U.S. - U.S.S.R. exchange scientist June-August, 1975.
Guest Observer at Hale Observatories, 1970-1975
Author or co-author of over 100 papers in astronomical and geophysical journals; has presented over 80 contributed and invited papers at conferences and symposia and departmental seminars.
Taeil Bai
Biography
Taeil Bai was born in Korea on July 16, 1945. Bai received his B.S. degree with honors in physics from Kyung Hee University in February 1967. He served in the Korean army as a lieutenant from 1967 through 1969, and worked as a Teaching Assistant at Kyung Hee University from 1970 to 1972.
Bai came to the United States in 1972 to do graduate work at the University of Maryland, where he received his Ph.D. in May 1977. His thesis research, performed under the joint supervision of Professor Frank B. McDonald and Dr. Reuven Ramaty, was on high-energy phenomena of solar flares.
From 1977 to 1978, Dr. Bai worked at Goddard Space Flight Center, primarily with Dr. Ramaty. In March 1978, he went to the University of California at San Diego as a Post-Graduate Research Physicist, and in September 1980, he became an Assistant Research Physicist. At UCSD, he worked mainly with Dr. Hugh S. Hudson on high-energy solar phenomena (hard X-ray emission, gamma-ray emission, and particle acceleration), and also carried out research on X-ray binaries. Dr. Bai received the first Donald E. Billings Award of the University of Colorado in 1978.
In September 1982, Dr. Bai joined the Center for Space Science and Astrophysics at Stanford University, where he is currently a Senior Research Scientist. Analyzing MDI data, he has been studying plasma flows in active regions.
Dr. Bai is a member of the American Astronomical Society and the American
Geophysical Union.
John G. Beck
Education:
Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles. 1997.
M.S. in Physics, California State University, Northridge. 1991.
B.S. in Physics, University of California, Los Angeles. 1988.
Positions Held:
Research Associate, May 1997 to Present, Solar Oscillations Investigation, Stanford University, California.
Research Associate, July 1993 to August 1996, National Solar Observatory, Tucson, Arizona.
Research Assistant, June 1992 to June 1993, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Teaching Associate, September 1991 to June 1992, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Part-time Instructor, September 1991 to June 1993, Department of Earth and Space Science, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California.
Part-time Instructor, February 1991 to December 1991, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, California.
Research Associate, December 1988 to August 1991, Department of Occupational Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
Fellowships Received:
SOI Graduate Student Fellowship July 1993 to August 1996.
Publications:
Beck, J.G., Duvall, T.D., Jr., Scherrer, P.H. Long-lived Giant Cells Detected at the Solar Surface. Nature (accepted), 1998.
Beck, J.G. Large Scale Solar Velocities on Time Scales up to Thirty Days. Ph.D. Thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997.
Beck, J.G., Hill, F., Ulrich, R.K. A Study of the Background Solar Velocity Spectrum Using GONG Data. Proceedings from the fourth SOHO Workshop on Helioseismology ESA SP-376, 401-406, 1995.
Beck, J.G., Ulrich, R.K., Hill, F. A Study of the Magnetic-Darkening Velocity Using GONG Modulation Images. Proceedings from GONG `94: Helio- and Astero-Seismology from the Earth and Space ASP Conference Series, 76, 296-302, 1994.
Beck, J.G., Chapman, G.A. A Study of the Contrast of Sunspots from Photometric Images. Solar Physics 146, 49-60, 1993.
Reports and Posters:
Beck, J.G., Hill, F. Persistent Convective features on The Solar Surface. Solar Physics Division Meeting, AAS, 1997.
Beck, J.G., Hill, F. Modeling Non-Linearities of the GONG Instrument. GONG 96 Workshop, 1996.
Beck, J.G., Ulrich, R.K., Hill, F. Merging GONG and IRIS Solar Oscillation
Observations. IRIS Workshop, 1996.
Richard S. Bogart
Curriculum Vitae
Born Nov. 25, 1948
B.S. Physics, Stanford University, Apr. 1971
Ph.D. Astronomy, Cornell University, Jun. 1978
Thesis Title: Dynamics of the Solar Convective Envelope
Member:
American Astronomical Society, plus Solar Physics Division
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Usenix Association
American Geophysical Union
Committees:
NASA Space Science Data System, Technical Working Group, 1997--present
NASA Space Physics Data System, Coordination Working Group (Solar Physics Discipline Coordinator), 1993--1997
Professional Experience:
Research Physicist, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University 1982--present (on staff of Wilcox Solar Observatory, 1985--present)
N.R.C. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NASA-Ames Research Center, 1979--81
Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Astrogeophysics, University of Colorado, 1979
Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1978--79
Research Interests and Activities:
Dynamics of Solar and Stellar Convection Zones; Large-Scale Solar Velocities and Rotation; Organization of Solar Activity; Computer Applications (Numerical Methods, Data Management, Communications) in Astrophysics. Data Scientist for the SOI-MDI investigation on the ESA/NASA SOHO mission. Solar Discipline Coordinator, NASA Space Physics Data System. Organizer of SolarMail, SolarNews, and SolarData.
Selected Bibliography:
(senior author unless otherwise noted *)
"Flows and Horizontal Displacements from Ring Diagrams," (with J. Schou*) Ap. J. Letters, 1998, in press.
"Automated Recognition and Characterization of Solar Active Regions Based on the SOHO/MDI Images," (with J.M. Pap*, M. Turmon, S. Mukhtar, R. Ulrich, C. Frohlich and Ch. Wehrli) 31st ESLAB Symposium, ed. B. Fleck & A. Wilson, ESA-SP-415, 1998, in press.
"Plane-Wave Analysis of SOI Data," (with L.A. Discher de Sá, I. González Hernández, J. Patrón Recio, D.A. Haber, J. Toomre, F. Hill, E.J. Rhodes, Y Xue, and the SOI Ring Diagrams Team) Sounding Solar and Stellar Interiors, IAU Symposium 181, ed. J. Provost & F.-X. Schmider, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 111--118, 1997.
Rock I. Bush
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Physics 1983 University of California at Berkeley
M.A. in Physics 1976 University of California at Berkeley
B.S. in Physics 1974 University of Wyoming
Professional Employment
1991 - present Senior Research Scientist, SOI Program Manager, Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1989 - 1991 Research Associate, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1985 - 1988 Research Associate, STAR Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1984 Postdoctoral Affiliate, STAR Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1983 Research Assistant, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1982 Research Stipendiary, Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, West Germany
Professional and Honor Societies
American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa
Recent Publications
Time-Distance Helioseismology with the MDI Instrument: Initial Results, T. L. Duvall, Jr., A. G. Kosovichev, P. H. Scherrer, R. S. Bogart, R. I. Bush, C. DeForest, J. T. Hoeksema, J. Schou, J. L. R. Saba, T. D. Tarbell, A. M. Title, C. J. Wolfson, and P. N. Milford, Solar Physics, 170, pp. 63-73, 1997.
Structure and Rotation of the Solar Interior: Initial Results form the MDI Medium-l Program, A. G. Kosovichev, J. Schou, P. H. Scherrer, R. S. Bogart, R. I. Bush, J. T. Hoeksema, J. Aloise, L. Bacon, A. Burnette, C. DeForest, P. M. Giles, K. Leibrand, R. Nigam, M. Rubin, K. Scott, S. D. Williams, S. Basu, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, W. Dappen, E. J. Rhodes, Jr., T. L. Duvall, Jr., R. Howe, M.J. Thompson, D. O. Gough, T. Sekii, J. Toomre, T. D. Tarbell, A. M. Title, D. Mathur, M. Morrison, J. L. R. Saba, C. J. Wolfson, I. Zayer, and P. N. Milford, Solar Physics, 170, pp. 43-61, 1997.
The Solar Oscillations Investigation - Michelson Doppler Imager, P. H. Scherrer, R. S. Bogart, R. I. Bush, J. T. Hoeksema, A. G. Kosovichev, J. Schou, W. Rosenberg, L. Springer, T. D. Tarbell, A. Title, C. J. Wolfson, I. Zayer, and the MDI Engineering Team, Solar Physics, 162, pp. 129-188, 1995.
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Biographical sketch:
Christensen-Dalsgaard received his M.Sc. degree from Aarhus University, Denmark, in 1975, and his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cambridge University in 1978. After postdoctoral periods at Institut d'Astrophysique, Liege, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, and NORDITA, Copenhagen, he returned to the Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, where he has been since 1984, from 1996 as Research Professor in Helio- and Asteroseismology. Since 1994 he has in addition been associate director of the Theoretical Astrophysics Center under the Danish National Research Foundation. From 1988 he has been an Affiliate Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Main areas of research:
Christensen-Dalsgaard's research activities have been concerned with various aspects of the structure of solar and stellar interiors, and of helioseismic and asteroseismic investigations of the properties of the Sun and other stars. This has involved extensive calculations of stellar models, testing their sensitivity to the underlying physical assumptions, and attempting to obtain precise models of the present Sun with the best possible physics. Furthermore, Christensen-Dalsgaard has taken part in the development and testing of methods for helioseismic inversion and has applied these methods to infer the structure and rotation of the solar interior.
Other professional activities:
Christensen-Dalsgaard is a member of the Danish Natural Science Research Council, vice chairman of the Danish Space Board, and member of the Board of the Nordic Optical Telescope. He was a member of the NASA Science Working Group on the Measurement of Solar Oscillations from Space (1984 - 1986), and the European Space Agency SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Phase A Study Team (1984 - 1986). He was a member of the European Southern Observatory Scientific and Technical Committee (1988 - 1992). Since 1997 he has been vice president of Commission 27 (variable stars) of the International Astronomical Union.
Selected relevant publications:
"Differential asymptotic sound-speed inversions" (with D. O. Gough & M. J. Thompson), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 238, 481 - 502 (1989).
"Some aspects of the theory of solar oscillations" Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics, 62, 123 - 152 (1991).
"Solar oscillations and the equation of state" (with W. Dappen), Astron. Astrophys. Rev., 4, 267 - 361 (1992).
"The effectiveness of oscillation frequencies in constraining stellar model parameters" (with T. M. Brown, B. Mihalas & R. L. Gilliland), Astrophys. J., 427, 1013 - 1034 (1994).
"The phase function for stellar acoustic oscillations - III. The solar case" (with F. Perez Hernandez), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 269, 475 - 492 (1994).
"Testing a solar model: the forward problem" in: Proc. VI IAC Winter School "The structure of the Sun", eds. T. Roca Cortes & F. Sanchez, Cambridge University Press, 47 - 139 (1996).
"The current state of solar modeling" (with W. Dappen, S. V. Ajukov, et al.), Science, 272, 1286 - 1292 (1996).
"Equation of state and helioseismic inversions" (with S. Basu), Astron. Astrophys., 322, L5 - L8 (1997).
"Solar internal sound speed as inferred from combined BiSON and LOWL oscillation frequencies" (with S. Basu, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, G. R. Isaak, R. New, J. Schou, M. J. Thompson & S. Tomczyk), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 291, 243 - 251 (1997).
"Turbulence in astrophysics. Stars" (with V. M. Canuto), Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 30, 167 - 198 (1998).
Thomas L. Duvall, Jr.
Education: Institution Degree Year Confirmed
Johns Hopkins University B.A. 1972
Stanford University M.A. 1975
Stanford University Ph.D. 1978
Professional Experience:
1977-1979 Kitt Peak National Observatory
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
1979-present Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Position: Astrophysicist
Professional Highlights:
NSF Antarctic Service Medal, 1982
NASA/NSO/Bartol Antarctic expeditions (1981-82, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994-5)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1990
Mount Duvall named by US Board on Geographic Names at 78S22,162E31, 1996
Selected publications:
"Long-lived Giant Cells Detected at the Solar Surface", J.G. Beck, T.L. Duvall Jr., & P.H. Scherrer, Nature, in press, 1998.
"A Subsurface Flow of Material from the Sun's Equator to its Poles", P.M. Giles, T.L. Duvall Jr., & P.H. Scherrer, Nature 390, 52-54, 1997.
"Downflows under sunspots detected by helioseismic tomography", T.L. Duvall Jr., S. D'Silva, S.M. Jefferies, J.W. Harvey, J. Schou, Nature 379, 235-237, 1996.
"Time-Distance Helioseismology", T.L. Duvall Jr., S.M. Jefferies, J.W. Harvey, M.A. Pomerantz, Nature 362, 430-432, 1993.
"Asymmetries of Solar Oscillation Line Profiles", T.L. Duvall Jr., S.M. Jefferies, J.W. Harvey, Y. Osaki, M.A. Pomerantz, Astrophys. J. 410, 829-836, 1993.
"Latitude and Depth Variation of Solar Rotation," T. L. Duvall, Jr., J. W. Harvey and M. A. Pomerantz, Nature 321, 500, 1986.
"A Dispersion Law for Solar Oscillations," T. L. Duvall, Jr., Nature 300, 242-243, 1982.
Douglas Gough, FRS
Condensed Curriculum Vitae
Born: 8 February 1941, Stourport, Worcestershire, England
Education: University of Cambridge, England; B.A. 1962, M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1966
Current appointments
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Cambridge
Deputy Director, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Honorary Professor of Astronomy, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Fellow Adjoint, JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder
Fellowships, associate appointments
1965 NSF Summer Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1967--69 Visiting Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
1977--78 Astronome Titulaire Associe des Observatoires de France
1978--83 Science Research Council Senior Fellow
1984--85 Professeur Associe de l'Universite de Toulouse
1990 Scientific Coordinator, ITP, Univ. California at Santa Barbara
1994 Visiting Scholar, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
1996, 97 Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Stanford University
Prizes, Lectureships, etc.
Gravity Research Foundation Prize (shared with F.W.W. Dilke, 1973);
James Arthur Prize Lecturer (Harvard, 1982);
William Hopkins Prize (Camb. Phil. Soc., 1984);
Sir Joseph Larmor Lecturer (Camb. Phil. Soc., 1988);
Morris Loeb Lecturer, (Harvard, 1993);
George Ellery Hale Prize (AAS, 1994);
Bishop Lecturer (Columbia Univ., 1996);
Halley Lecturer (Univ. Oxford, 1996)
Professional Societies
Royal Astronomical Society: Junior Member (1963--66), Fellow (1966--)
American Astronomical Society: Member (1964--73), Member of Solar Physics Division (1990--)
International Astronomical Union: Member (1970--)
Astronomical Society of India: Member (1993--)
Royal Society: Fellow (1997--)
Institute of Physics: Fellow (1997--)
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters: Foreign Member (1998--)
Editorial Boards:
Solar Physics (1983--);
Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics (1985--93);
Inverse Problems (1997--);
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Institute of Physics (1997--)
Space Science Committees:
ESA Consultant (DISCO: 1981--83, SOHO: 1983--85, PRISMA: 1991--93, STARS: 1993--96);
NASA Mission Consultant (1983--86);
SERC Space Science Programme Board (1986--89);
SERC Astronomy and Planetary Science Grants Committee (1987--90)
International conferences organized
1975 IBM Conference on Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge
1981 IAU Colloquium 66 on Solar and Stellar Oscillations (with A.B. Severny), Crimea
1985 NATO ASW on Seismology of the Sun and the distant Stars, Cambridge
1990 Challenges to Theories of the Structure of moderate-mass Stars (with J. Toomre), Santa Barbara
1993 Sixth IRIS Workshop, Cambridge
1997 Local Helioseismology, Cambridge
David H. Hathaway
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1951 August 29, Bangor, Maine, USA.
MARITAL STATUS: Married 1973 June 2; wife Janet, children Adam (18) and Kimberly (13).
Education:
Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Colorado, 1979.
M.S., Physics, University of Colorado, 1975.
B.S., Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, 1973.
Awards and Honors:
NASA/MSFC Outstanding Performance Awards, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996.
NASA Certificates of Appreciation, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995.
NASA Group Achievement Award, 1992, 1996, 1997.
NSF Fellowships, Honorable Mention, 1973.
Massachusetts Senatorial Honor Scholarships, 1969-1973.
Phi Beta Kappa Membership, 1973.
University of Massachusetts Freshman Physics Award, 1970.
Professional Societies:
American Astronomical Society (1976-Present)
Solar Physics Division, AAS (1987-Present)
Vice-Chairperson (1991-1992)
SPD Committee (1992-1994)
Secretary (1988-1991)
Media Liaison (1990-1996)
Nominating Committee Chair (1992)
Division for Planetary Sciences, AAS (1981-present)
American Geophysical Union (1997-Present)
International Astronomical Union (1984-Present)
Sigma Xi (1984-Present)
Current Position:
Group Leader: Solar Physics Group, Physics and Astronomy Division, Space Sciences Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama 35812. Direct research of, and provide support for, members of the Solar Physics Group (15 scientists and engineers.)
J. Todd Hoeksema, Ph.D.
History, Education, and Professional Experience
Born Rochester, Minnesota, September 14, 1956.
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, B.A. with Honors in Physics and Mathematics, 1978.
Stanford University, Dept. of Applied Physics, M.S., 1980; Ph.D., 1984.
Research Associate, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, 1984-1989.
Assistant a l'Observatoire, Observatoire de Nice, France, Spring, 1985.
Senior Research Scientist, W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory /Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, 1989-present.
Memberships
American Astronomical Society, Solar Physics Division
American Geophysical Union, Space Physics and Aeronomy Division
International Astronomical Union, Commission 10
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
American Scientific Affiliation
Selected Activities and Awards
Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, JGR-Space Physics, 1997.
Associate Editor, JGR-Space Physics, 1997-1999.
Chairman, NSO's SOLIS Advisory Group, 1997-1999.
Scientific Director, Stanford SOLAR Center, 1996 - present.
Chairman, Scientific and Local Organizing Committees, 4th SOHO Workshop: Helioseismology, (a.k.a. GONG '95); "Hero of the GONG" Citation, 1995.
Project Astro Visiting Astronomer, J.L. Stanford Middle School 1994-6; Hoover Elementary, 1997-8.
Co-chair, IACG Workshop Splinter Group on Coronal and Solar Wind Structure and Evolution, 1994.
Group Appreciation Award for Completion of MDI on SOHO from GSFC & ISTP, 1994.
Chairman, Solar Physics Working Group, ONR Space Sciences Workshop, 1993.
Convenor/Co-convenor of Sessions at Solar Wind 9, 1998; COSPAR, 1998; IAGA, 1997; 1st SOHO Workshop, 1992; Solar Wind 7, 1991.
Member, Editor Search Committee for JGR-Space Physics, 1991 - 1992.
Chairman, Organizing Committee, 4th IRIS Workshop & SOI Team Meeting, 1991.
Member IRIS, since 1985.
Member, NASA's Solar Physics MOWG, 1990-1992.
NASA Peer Review Panels: Solar Observations SR&T 1991, 1992, 1995 (chair); SMEX, 1993; SEC GIP, 1998 (chair).
Chairman, GONG Low-Frequency Team since 1990; member GONG since 1987.
Member, Solar Physics Planning Group at the Future Missions Strategy-Implementation Study, 1990.
Member, COSPAR ISC Sub-commissions D.1 and E.2; Vice-chair E.2, 1998-2002.
Publications and Papers Presented
Author or co-author of more than 100 papers published in astronomical and geophysical journals and of more than 200 contributed and invited lectures at conferences, symposia, and seminars.
Profile
Primary interests include the large-scale solar and coronal magnetic fields, solar velocity fields and rotation, helioseismology, the physics of the Sun and the interplanetary medium, and solar-terrestrial relations.
Laboratory experience:
SOHO/SOI-MDI Stanford Instrument Scientist, 1988-present; Operation and maintenance of the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford, 1978-present; programming of laboratory mini computers and PCs; scientific analysis and UNIX system programming; design and construction of equipment to measure solar magnetic and velocity fields.
S.G. Korzennik
Education:
1990 Ph.D. in Astronomy, Department of Astronomy, U.C.L.A. "Seismic Analysis of the Sun from Intermediate and High Degree p-Modes". Advisor: R.K. Ulrich.
1982 Engineering, Applied Physics (Ingenieur Civil Physicien), Universite Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Ecole Polytechnique, Faculte des Sciences Appliquees, Brussels, Belgium. Master thesis at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (U.L.B.): "Study of a magnetic configuration realizing a theta-pinch."
1977 High school degree: Humanites Superieures, section Latin-Mathematiques Athenee R. Catteau, Brussels, Belgium.
Positions Held:
1990 - Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
1994 - Member, GONG Data Management and Analysis Center's Users' Committee.
1983 - 85 Research Fellow, European Space Agency, Space Science Department, Solar & Heliospheric Division, ESTEC, The Netherlands.
Professional Society Memberships:
American Astronomical Society, European Physical Society
Related Publications
1. J., Schou, H.M., Antia, S., Basu, R.S., Bogart, R.I., Bush, S.M., Chitre, J., Christensen- Dalsgaard, M.P., Di Mauro, W.A., Dziembowski, A., Eff-Darwich, D.O., Gough, D.A., Haber, J.T., Hoeksema, R., Howe, S.G., Korzennik, A.G., Kosovichev, R.M., Larsen, F.P., Pijpers, P.H., Scherrer, T., Sekii, T.D., Tarbell, A.M., Title, M.J., Thompson, and J., Toomre, 1998, "Helioseismic studies with SOI-MDI of differential rotation in the solar envelope", 1998, ApJ, in press.
2. S. Korzennik, M.J. Thompson, J. Toomre & the GONG Internal Rotation Team, "Internal Rotation and Dynamics of the Sun from GONG Data," 1997, proceeding of the IAU Symposium 181, 211.
3. F. Hill, P.B. Stark, R.T. Stebbins, E.R. Anderson, H.M. Antia, T.M. Brown, T.L. Duvall, Jr., D.A. Haber, J.W. Harvey, D.H. Hathaway, R. Howe, R.P. Hubbard, H.P. Jones, J.R. Kennedy, S.G. Korzennik, A.G. Kosovichev, J.W. Leibacher, K.G. Libbrecht, J.A. Pintar, E.J. Rhodes, Jr., J. Schou, M.J. Thompson, S. Tomczyk, C.G. Toner, R. Toussaint, W.E. Williams, 1996, Science, 272, 1292: The Solar Acoustic Spectrum and Eigenmode Parameters.
4. M.J. Thompson, J Toomre, E.R. Anderson, H.M. Antia, G. Berthomieu, D. Burtonclay, S.M. Chitre, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, T. Corbard, M. DeRosa, C.R. Genovese, D.O. Gough, D.A. Haber, J.W. Harvey, F. Hill, R. Howe, S.G. Korzennik, A.G. Kosovichev, J.W. Leibacher, F.P. Pijpers, J. Provost, E.J. Rhodes, Jr., J. Schou, T. Sekii, P.B. Stark, P.R. Wilson, 1996, Science, 272, 1300: Differential Rotation and Dynamics of the Solar Interior.
5. Korzennik, S.G., Noyes, R.W., Brown, T.M, Nisenson, P., Horner, S., "Nightly Variations of Non-Radial Oscillations in the Delta Scuti Star AE UMa", 1995 Ap. J. Letters, in press.
6. Korzennik, S.G., Rhodes, E.J., Jr., and Johnson, N.M., Rose, P., Cacinni, A., "On the Deter- mination of the Solar Rotation," 1995, in GONG 1994: Helio- and Astero-Seismology from Earth and Space, in press.
7. Korzennik, S. G., Noyes, R. W., Ziskin, V., 1995, in GONG 1994: Helio- and Astero- Seismology from Earth and Space, "Local Helioseismology: Analysis of Localized Time-Distance Diagrams from Quiet and Active Regions", eds.: Ulrich, Rhodes & Däppen, ASP Conf Series, Vol. 76, 268.
8. Rhodes, E.J., Jr., Cacciani, A., Korzennik, S.G., Ulrich R.K., 1993, Astrophys. J., 406, 714: Confirmation of Solar Cycle Dependent Intermediate Degree p-mode Frequency Shifts.
9. Goode, P.R., W. A. Dziembowski, S.G. Korzennik, and E.J. Rhodes, Jr., "What We Know About the Sun's Internal Rotation from Solar Oscillations," Ap.J., 367, 649-657, 1991.
10. Korzennik, S.G., R.K. Ulrich, "Seismic Analysis of the Solar Interior I.: Can Opacity Changes Improve the Theoretical Frequencies?" Ap.J., 339, 1144-1155, 1989.
Alexander G. Kosovichev
Curriculum Vitae
Degrees: D. Sc., Physics and Mathematics, (Astrophysics), 1990, Leningrad State University
Ph. D., Physics and Mathematics, 1980, Moscow State University
M.S., Physics, 1975, Novosibirsk State University
Employment:
1994 -- present: Senior Research Scientist, W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Lab, Stanford Univ.
1990-1994: Senior Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.
1979-1990: member of the scientific staff of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory:
Committees, membership:
Scientific Organizing Committee of the SOHO-IV/GONG'98 Workshop (Boston, 1998)
Scientific Organizing Committee of the GONG'94 Conference (Los Angeles, 1994)
Scientific Organizing Committee of the SOHO-IV Workshop "Helioseismology" (Pacific Grove, 1995)
Associate Investigator, European Space Agency (ESA) (PRISMA: 1991-93; STARS: 1993-94)
Associate Investigator on SOI (Solar Oscillations Investigation) on ESA-NASA mission SOHO
Member of the International Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG)
Coordinator of Structure Inversions Research Teams for GONG and SOI
Referee for Astrophys. Journal, Astrophys. J. Lett., Monthly Not. Roy. Astron. Soc., Solar Physics, and Journal of Plasma Physics
Member of the American Astronomical Society
Member of the International Astronomical Union
Recent invited talks and lectures:
"Time-Distance Helioseismology," COSPAR General Assembly, Nagoya, 1998.
"Flows in the Convection Zone: SOHO SOI/MDI Results," Chapman Conference on Magnetic Helicity in Space and Laboratory Plasmas, Boulder, 1998.
"Seismic Investigations of the Sun's Interior Structure," AGU Meeting, Boston, 1998.
"Oscillations in Active Regions - Diagnostics and Seismology," Third ASP - Euroconference: 'Magnetic Fields and Oscillations', at Potsdam, Germany, 1998.
Recent publications:
X-RAY FLARE SPARKS QUAKE INSIDE THE SUN, A. G. Kosovichev and V.V. Zharkova, Nature, v. 393, p.317 (1998)
RANDOM DAMPING AND FREQUENCY REDUCTION OF THE SOLAR F MODE. T. L. Duvall Jr., A. G. Kosovichev, and K. Murawski, Astrophys. J. Lett. (1998) in press
MEASURING SUN'S EIGENFREQUENCIES FROM VELOCITY AND INTENSITY HELIOSEISMIC SPECTRA. R. Nigam and A. G. Kosovichev, Astrophys. J. Lett. (1998) in press
SOLAR CYCLE ONSET SEEN IN SOHO/MDI SEISMIC DATA. W. A. Dziembowski, P. R. Goode, M. P. DiMauro, A. G. Kosovichev, and J. Schou, Astrophys. J. (1998) in press
ASYMMETRY AND FREQUENCIES OF LOW-DEGREE P-MODES AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE SUN'S CORE. T.Toutain, T. Appourchaux, C. Frohlich, A. G. Kosovichev, R. Nigam, and P. H. Scherrer, Astrophys. J. Lett., in press (1998).
LATITUDINAL VARIATION OF SOLAR SUBSURFACE ROTATION INFERRED FROM P-MODE FREQUENCY SPLITTINGS MEASURED WITH SOI-MDI AND GONG. A. C. Birch and A. G. Kosovichev, Astrophys. J. Lett., v.503, L187 (1998)
THE ADIABATIC EXPONENT IN THE SOLAR CORE. J. R. Elliott and A. G. Kosovichev Astrophys. J. Lett., v.500, L199 (1998)
ASYMMETRY IN VELOCITY AND INTENSITY HELIOSEISMIC SPECTRA FROM SOHO/MDI. R. Nigam, A. G. Kosovichev, P. H. Scherrer, and J. Schou, Astrophys. J. Lett., v.495, L115 (1998)
Jeffrey R. Kuhn
Resume
Born: 1 Nov. 1957: Columbus, Ohio
Mailing Address:
Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Dr., Honolulu, HI, 96822
Electronic Mail:
kuhn@rocky.pa.msu.edu
Telephone:
517-353-2986
Education:
Ph.D. (Physics) Princeton - January 1981
M.S. (Physics) Princeton - June 1979
B.A. (Physics and Mathematics) Kalamazoo College - June 1977
Awards and Honors:
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1986)
Shenstone Prize (1980, from Princeton for "outstanding work in experimental physics")
Hornbeck Prize (1977, from Kalamazoo for "outstanding Senior Thesis")
Experience:
Professor, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii (Aug 1998 - )
Astronomer, NOAO/National Solar Observatory, (Jan. 1993 - July 1998)
Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Mich. State Univ. (Sept. 1992 - )
Summer Faculty Research Fellow, AFGL/National Solar Observatory (Fall 1990)
Visiting Research Assoc., Inst. Theor. Physics, Santa Barbara (Spring 1990)
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Mich. State Univ. (Sept. 1986 - 92)
Assistant Professor, Physics, Princeton University (Sept. 1982 - Aug. 1986)
Instructor, Physics, Princeton University (Sept. 1981 - Sept. 1982)
Lecturer, Physics, Princeton University (Jan. 1981 - Sept. 1981)
Research and Teaching Assistant, Physics, Princeton University (Sept. 1977 - Jan. 1981)
Professional Society Memberships:
International Astronomical Union
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society
John W. Leibacher
Curriculum Vitae
Positions:
1983 - Astronomer, National Solar Observatory
1988 - 1993 Director, National Solar Observatory
1976 - 1982 Research Scientist, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory
1973 - 1975 Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Physique Stellaire et Planètaire
1971 - 1972 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
1971 Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University
Other Professional Experience:
1996 Parker Lecture, American Geophysical Union
1995 James Arthur Lecture, Harvard University
1995 - Chair, Member, Hale Prize Nominating Committee, AAS/SPD
1995 - Chair, Member, Space Sciences Visiting Committee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1993 - 1998 Member, Space Science Advisory Committee, Office of Space Sciences, NASA
1990 - 1996 Member, Editorial Board, Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics
1988 - 1991 Member, NASA Advisory Council, Space Physics Sub-committee
1987 - Co-Investigator, Michelson Doppler Imager on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
1986 - 1990 Member, Space Science (Studies) Board, National Academy of Sciences
1984 - Project Director/Scientist, Global Oscillation Network Group ( GONG )
1984 - 1986 Chair, Management and Ops. Working Group, NASA Solar & Heliospheric Physics Office
1983 - Co-Investigator, Solar Optical Universal Polarimater, on Spacelab II
1982 - Member, Editorial Board, Solar Physics
1980 - Co-Investigator, Coordinated Filtergraph Spectrograph, on the Solar Optical Telescope
1976 - Co-Investigator, Soft X-Ray Polychromator, on the Solar Maximum Mission
1974 - Co-Investigator, Multi-Channel Ultra-Violet Spectrometer, on the Orbiting Solar Obs.
Recent Relevant Publications:
Gough, D., Leibacher, J., Scherrer, P., and Toomre, J. 1996, Science, 272, 1281-1283: "Perspectives in Helioseismology"
Harvey, J.W., and co-authors including Leibacher, 1996, Science, 272, 1284-1286: "The Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) Project"
Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., and co-authors including Leibacher, 1996, Science, 272, 1286-1292: "The Current State of Solar Modeling"
Hill, F., and co-authors including Leibacher, 1996, Science, 272, 1292-195: "The Solar Acoustic Spectrum and Eigenmode Parameters"
Gough, D.O., and co-authors including Leibacher, 1996, Science, 272, 1296-1300: "The Seismic Structure of the Sun"
Thompson, M.J., and co-authors including Leibacher, 1996, Science, 272, 1300-1305: "Differential Rotation and Dynamics of the Solar Interior"
Hathaway, D., and co-authors including Leibacher, 1996, Science, 272, 1306-1309: "GONG Observations of Surface Flows"
Leibacher, J.W. 1997, in Sounding Solar and Stellar Interiors, IAU Symp. 181, eds. F.-X. Schmider and J. Provost, 1-11: "Helioseismology"
Anderson, E. and co-authors including Leibacher, J. W., 1997, in Sounding Solar and Stellar Interiors, IAU Symp. 181, eds. F.-X. Schmider and J. Provost, 151: "The Seismic Structure of the Sun from GONG"
Harvey, J. W., Hill, F., Komm, R., Leibacher, J. W., Pohl, B., and the GONG 1998, in New Eyes to See Inside the Sun and Stars, IAU Symp. 185, ed. F.-L. Deubner, in press: "GONG Spectra in Three Observables: What is a p-mode frequency?"
R.W. Noyes
Education:
1957 Haverford College, B.A., Physics
1963 California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Physics
Current Positions:
1962 - Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
1973 - Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University
1986 - Member, Science Advisory Committee, Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG)
1989 Member, Editorial Board, Solar Physics
Past Positions: (Partial List)
1968-69 Member, Solar Physics Working Group, Astronomy Missions Board, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1970-72 Member, Solar Physics Panel of the Astronomy Survey Committee, National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
1973-76 Member, Physical Sciences Committee of NASA
1973-80 Associate Director, Solar and Stellar Physics Division Center for Astrophysics
1975-76 Chairman, Solar Physics Division, AAS
1975-78 Member, Board of Trustees, UCAR
1982-85 President, Commission 12 (Radiation and Structure of the Solar Atmosphere), International Astronomical Union
1986-89 Chairman, AURA Board of Trustees
1988-92 Member, NAS Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee (Bahcall Committee) and Vice-chair, Solar Panel
Professional Society Memberships:
American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, International Academy of Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected Fellow, 1988)
Related Publications:
1995 Nightly Variations of Nonradial Oscillations in the Delta Scuti Star AE Ursae Majoris. S.G. Korzennik, R.W. Noyes, T. Brown, P. Nisenson, and S. Horner, Ap.J. Letters, 443, L25-28
1995 Vorticity and Divergence in the Solar Photosphere. Yi Wang, R.W. Noyes, T.D. Tarbell, and A.M. Title, Ap.J., 447, p. 419-427
1997 A Radial Velocity Search for p-mode Pulsations in eta Bootis, T. Brown, T. Kennelly, S. Korzennik, P. Nisenson, R. Noyes, S. Horner, Ap. J., 475, 322
1997 Radii and Distances of Cepheids: I. Method and Measurement Errors, M. Krockenberger, D. Sasselov, R. Noyes, Ap. J., 479, 875
1997 The AFOE Program of Extra-Solar Planet Research, R. Noyes, S. Jha, S. Korzennik, M. Krockenberger, P. Nisenson, T. Brown, E. Kennelly, S. Horner, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Series, 119, 119
1997 A Planet Orbiting the Star Rho Coronae Borealis, R. Noyes, S. Jha, S. Korzennik, M. Krock- enberger, P. Nisenson, T. Brown, T. Kennelly, S. Horner, Ap. J., 483, L111
1997 Exoplanet Research with the AFOE, S. Korzennik, P. Nisenson, R. Noyes, S. Jha, M Krock- enberger, T. Brown, E. Kennelly, S. Horner, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conf. Series, In Press
Edward J. Rhodes, Jr.
Biography
Education:
N.S.F. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1977-1978
Ph.D., Sept. 1977, Department of Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles
M.A., June 1971, Department of Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles
Graduate Study, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968-1969
B.S., June 1968, Magna Cum Laude, Department of Physics, University of California at Los Angeles
Awards:
NASA Certificate of Recognition for the Creative Development of a Technical Innovation, April 1983
Mortar Board Honor Society Teaching Excellence Award, USC, March 1983
Honor Society Memberships:
Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, (President of USC Chapter, 1988-present), Sigma Pi Sigma
Professional Society Memberships:
International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union
Spacecraft Instrument Team Membership:
Co-Investigator on Michelson Doppler Imager Experiment for SOHO Mission, March 1988 to present
Current Positions:
Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Sept. 1993 to date; previously Assistant and Associate Professor, Sept. 1979 to Aug. 1993
Astronomer, Space Physics Research Element, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, October 1983 to present
Recent Relevant Papers:
Rhodes, E.J., Jr.: 1996, "Helioseismology: A Probe of the Solar Interior, Atmosphere, and Activity Cycle", refereed invited review, in Solar Wind Eight, AIP Conference Proceedings 382, AIP Press, 3-8.
Kosovichev, A. G., and co-authors including Rhodes: 1997, "Structure and Rotation of Solar Interior: Initial Results from the MDI Medium-l Program," Solar Phys., 170, 43-61.
Rhodes, E.J., Jr., et al.: 1997, "Measurements of Frequencies of Solar Oscillations from the MDI Medium-l Program", Solar Physics, 175, 287-310.
Rhodes, E. J., Jr., et al: 1997, "Measurements of Frequencies of Solar Oscillations from the MDI Medium-l Program," in The First Results from SOHO, B. Fleck and Z. Svestka, eds., 287-310.
Kosovichev, A. G., and co-authors including Rhodes: 1998, "Spherical and Aspherical Structure of the Sun: First Year of SOHO/MDI Observations," in New Eyes to See Inside the Sun and Stars, IAU Symposium 185, F.-L. Deubner, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, and D. Kurtz, eds., 157-164.
Rhodes, E. J., Jr., et al.: 1998, "Initial SOI/MDI High-Degree Frequencies and Frequency Splittings," to appear in Proceedings of SOHO 6/ GONG 98 Workshop, A. Wilson, ed., (ESA Publications: Noordwijk, The Netherlands), in press.
Rhodes, E. J. Jr., et al.: 1998, The Comparison of Simultaneous SOI/MDI and Mt. Wilson 60-Foot Tower Power Spectra and P-Mode Parameters," to appear in Proceedings of SOHO 6/ GONG 98 Workshop, A. Wilson, ed., (ESA Publications: Noordwijk, The Netherlands), in press.
Rosenthal, C. S., and co-authors including Rhodes: 1998, "Tests of Convective Frequency Effects with SOI/MDI High-Degree Data," to appear in Proceedings of SOHO 6/ GONG 98 Workshop, in press.
Roca Cortes, T., and E. J. Rhodes, Jr.: 1998, "Report from Working Group Session 1: Resonant Mode characterization," to appear in Proceedings of SOHO 6/ GONG 98 Workshop, in press.
Jesper Schou
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
BSc. (Equivalent) in Mathematics and Physics, University of Aarhus, June 1987.
Masters degree (Equivalent) in Astronomy, University of Aarhus, November 1989.
PhD. in Astronomy, University of Aarhus, May 1993.
Employment:
Visitor Caltech January 1990 - February 1990.
Workshop Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 1990 - June 1990.
Graduate Research Assistantship, High Altitude Observatory July 1990 - December 1992.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, January 1993 - December 1993.
Research Associate, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, January 1994 - present.
Memberships etc.:
American Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
GONG Data Management and Analysis Center Users Committee, 1995-present
Carolus Josephus Schrijver
Personal: Born August 19, 1958 in Baarn, The Netherlands; Dutch nationality, Permanent resident of the U.S.A.
Current Position: since January 1995, Astrophysicist, Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, Ca.
Previous Positions:
1991- 1994 Fellow Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, at the Astronomical Institute of the Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands
1989- 1991 Research Fellow, European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
1986-1988 Research Associate, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1987 Visiting Scientist, Sac. Peak Observatory, New Mexico
1987 Visiting Scientist, Lockheed Palo Alto Res. Lab., California
1982-1986 Ph.D. student, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Education:
Sep. 1986 Ph.D. Astrophysics (summa cum laude), University of Utrecht. Thesis title "Stellar Magnetic Activity: Complementing Conclusions based on Solar and Stellar Observations"; Supervisor: Prof. C. Zwaan
Sep. 1982 Final university examination (summa cum laude), University of Utrecht
Sep. 1978 Intermediate university examination (summa cum laude), University of Utrecht
Research Area/Interests:
Solar/stellar physics: solar atmospheric (magnetic) activity, stellar (magnetic) activity, patterns in and dynamics of photospheric magnetic fields, helio-asteroseismology, coronal X--ray spectroscopy, stellar evolution and rotation, acoustic heating
Publications (published or in press):
47 research articles in refereed journals; 1 conference proceedings (editor); monograph on stellar activity, in preparation with C. Zwaan; 14 invited reviews in conference proceedings; 29 published contributed papers to conference proceedings; 4 popular astronomy articles
Memberships/Co-Investigator on major proposals
Co--Investigator on NASA Small Explorer Mission TRACE
Member of the Task Group on Ground-based Solar Research of the National Academy of Sciences
Member of the Editorial Board of Solar Physics 1994--...
Member of the Advisory Board of Astronomische Nachrichten 1996--...
Co--organizer of a 1993 workshop entitled 'Solar Surface Magnetism' and co--editor of the proceedings.
Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the 9th Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, held in Florence 1995
Member of the Activity Working Team for ESA's PRISMA Phase A Study and member of the study team for the subsequent STARS Assessment Study.
Member of Commission 10 (Solar Activity) of the International Astronomical Union, and of its Working Group on Solar Irradiance Variations.
Theodore D. Tarbell
Senior Staff Scientist, Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Lab
Education
Ph.D., Physics, 1976, California Institute of Technology
A. B. Physics, 1971, Harvard University
Experience
1976-present Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory.
Performs research in solar physics and image processing, specializing in high resolution observations of magnetic and velocity fields in the solar atmosphere. Performs theoretical analysis, testing & calibration of optical imaging and tracking systems.
Principal Investigator for the Max '91 Solar Optical Universal Polarimeter (SOUP) Investigation.
Co-Investigator on the Orbiting Solar Laboratory (OSL) Coordinated Filtergraph and Spectrograph, the Spacelab 2 Flight of SOUP (July, 1985), the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) for SoHO, and the TRACE Small Explorer.
1971-76 Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Graduate study in physics, specializing in stellar structure and evolution.
Professional Activities
Principal Investigator, Lockheed Independent Research Projects in Adaptive Optics, Image Analysis and Solar Physics, 1980-95
Principal Investigator, NASA Studies of the Photosphere and Chromosphere at High Resolution, 1991-98
Member, NSF Global Oscillations Network Group, 1987-
Member, NASA Solar Physics Management Operations Working Group, 1986-92
Member, Committee on Solar and Space Physics of the Space Studies Board, 1987-90
Member, National Solar Observatory Users Committee, 1988-90
Member, Advisory Committee of AAS Solar Physics Division, 1992-94
Some Recent Publications
"The Solar Oscillations Investigation - Michelson Doppler Imager" (with P. Scherrer et al.), Solar Physics, Vol. 162, 1995, p. 129.
"Michelson Doppler Imager Performance Characteristics" (with I. Zayer et al.), in GONG `94: Helio- and Asteroseismology From the Earth and Space, ed. R. Ulrich, 1994.
"The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE)" (with A. Title et al.), in SoHO III Workshop Proceedings, ed. M. Dreyer, 1994.
"The Magnetic and Velocity Geometry of Simple Sunspots" (with A. Title et al.), Astrophys. J., Vol. 403, 1993, p. 780.
"Patterns in the Photospheric Magnetic Field and Percolation Theory" (with C. Schrijver et al.), Astron. & Astrophys., Vol. 253, 1992, p. L1.
Michael J. Thompson
Biographical sketch
Thompson received his B.A. degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1981, and his Ph.D. in astrophysics (also from Cambridge) in 1988. Between 1987 and 1990 he held postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University, Denmark, at the High Altitude Observatory, Boulder CO, and at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara CA. Since 1990 he has been in the Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK, as a Lecturer and more recently as Reader in Mathematics and Astronomy.
Main areas of research
Thompson's main research interests are in the structure and dynamics of the interior of the Sun and other stars, and in helio- and asteroseismology. His early work was on the effect of rotation and magnetic fields on stellar oscillations, and this continues to be a major interest, together with using oscillation data to constrain the rotation and magnetic fields of stellar interiors. Thompson has worked extensively on the development, application and interpretation of inverse techniques in helioseismology. Major applications have been to studying the hydrostatic structure of the Sun and its internal rotation.
Other professional activities
Thompson is an Associate Investigator on SOI-MDI on the SOHO satellite, and co-leader with J. Toomre of the Internal Rotation team in that project. He has served on the Data Users Committee of the Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG), of which he is a member. He is on the editorial board of Astronomical \& Astrophysical Transactions; a member of the International Astronomical Union and of the European Astronomical Society; and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is currently, with D. Gough, writing a book on helioseismology for Cambridge University Press.
Selected publications:
"The effect of rotation and a buried magnetic field on stellar oscillations" (with D. O. Gough), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 242, 25 - 55 (1990).
"A comparison of methods for inverting helioseismic data" (with J. Christensen-Dalsgaard & J. Schou), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 242, 353 - 369 (1990).
"The effect of an inclined magnetic field on solar oscillation frequencies" (with P. R. Goode), Astrophys. J. 395, 307 - 315 (1992).
"Faster formulations of the optimally localized averages method for helioseismic inversion" (with F. P. Pijpers), Astron. Astrophys. 262, L33 - L36 (1992).
"On comparing helioseismic two-dimensional inversion methods" (with J. Schou & J. Christensen-Dalsgaard), Astrophys. J., 433, 389 - 416 (1994).
"Helioseismic estimation of convective overshoot in the Sun" (with M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro & J. Christensen-Dalsgaard), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 276, 283 - 292 (1995).
"Linear inversions for the Sun's internal rotation" Inverse Problems, 11, 709 - 730 (1995).
"Measurement of the rotation rate in the deep solar interior" (with S. Tomczyk & J. Schou), Astrophys. J., 448, L57 - L60 (1995).
"Differential rotation and dynamics of the solar interior" (with J. Toomre et al.), Science, 272, 1300 - 1305 (1996).
"Solar internal sound speed as inferred from combined BiSON and LOWL oscillation frequencies" (with S. Basu et al.), Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 291, 243 - 251 (1997).
"Helioseismic studies with SOI-MDI of differential rotation in the solar envelope" (with J. Schou et al.), Astrophys. J., submitted.
Alan M. Title
Consulting Physicist, Solar and Astrophysics Department, Advance Technology Center, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
Professor and Co-Director Stanford-Lockheed Institute for Space Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Education
Ph.D., Physics, 1966, California Institute of Technology
B. A., Mathematics, 1960, University of California, Los Angeles
Current Projects
Principal Investigator, TRACE Small Explorer Mission. 1993 - present
Principal Investigator, Solar Lite, 1994- present
Principal Investigator, Michelson Vector Magnetograph, 1995- present
Co-Investigator responsible for science instrument, MDI for SOHO, 1988-present
Committees
Executive Committee of Space Science Board
Executive Panel NRC Astrophysics Decadal Survey
NRC Study Task Group on Solar Physics
Selected Publications
P. C. Martens, N. E. Hurlburt, A.M. Title, L. Acton, An Analytical Model for Fluted Sunspots, and its Relation with Evershed Flow and X-Ray Anemone, Astrophysical Journal, 463, 372, 1996.
Title, A. M. and Berger, T. E., Double Gaussian Models of Bright Points or Why Bright Points are Usually Dark, Astrophysical Journal, 463, 797, 1996
T. E. Berger and A. M. Title, On the Dynamics of Small Scale Magnetic Elements, Astrophysical Journal, 463, 365, 1996
L.H. Strouss, G.B.Schramer, T.D.Tarbell, A. M. Title, C. Zwaan, Phenomena in an emerging active region. I. Horizontal Dynamics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 306, 947, 1996.
C.J. Schrijver, R. A. Shine, N. E. Hurlburt, H.J. Hagenaar, A. M. Title, L.H. Strouss, S.M. Jefferies, T.L. Duval. J.W. Harvey, A.R. Jones, Dynamics of the Chromospheric Network: Mobility, Dispersal, and Difusion Coefficients, Astrophysical Journal, 468, 921, 1996
J. T. Hagenaar, C. J. Schrijver, A. M. Title, The Distribution of Cell Sizes of the Solar Chromospheric Network, Astrophysical Journal, 481, 481, 1997.
K.P. Topka, T. D. Tarbell, A.M. Title, Properties of the Smallest Magnetic Elements II: Irradiance Variations Due to Active Region Faculae, Astrophysical Journal, 484,479, 1997
T. E. Berger, M.G. Lofdahl, R.A. Shine, A. M. Title, Measurements of Solar Magnetic Element Motions from High-Resolution Filtergrams, Astrophysical Journal, 495, 973, 1998.
C. J. Schrijver, A. M. Title, K.L. Harvey, N.R. Scheeley Jr., Y-M. Wang, G. H. J. den Oord, R. A. Shine, T. D. Tarbell, N. E. Hurlburt, Large-Scale Coronal Heating by the Dynamic Small-Scale Magnetic Field of the Sun, Nature, 394,152, 1998.
Juri Toomre
Biographical Sketch:
Toomre received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in aeronautics and astronautics in 1963, and then went to England as a Marshall Scholar to receive a Ph.D. from Trinity College, University of Cambridge in applied mathematics in 1967. Since 1975 Toomre has been a professor of astrophysics in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, and a fellow of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), University of Colorado, Boulder.
Main Research Areas:
Toomre's research and teaching centers on astrophysical fluid dynamics (AFD), with particular emphasis on nonlinear theories for compressible convection in stars, and in studying nonlinear dynamical systems exhibiting multiple bifurcations and chaos. Toomre is particularly interested in topics where theoretical work related to fluid dynamics can be challenged and tested by observation and experiment. He is active in turbulence theory and simulation, with extensive experience in the use of vector supercomputers, massively parallel machines, high-speed networks, archival storage systems, and major visualization systems. Toomre has sustained interests in helioseismology, using observations of the frequency-splitting of five-minute oscillations of the sun to search for subphotospheric flows, large-scale structures and differential rotation in the convection zone; inverse theory has been developed to interpret the data. Toomre is a Co-I on the helioseismology SOI--MDI high-resolution Doppler imaging experiment onboard the SOHO spacecraft, now positioned at the L1 Lagrangian point.
Professional Activities:
Toomre has been on the board of directors of AURA (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, operating the National Optical Astronomy Observatories). He is on the Observatories Council with oversight for NOAO, and has served as member and chair of the Space Telescope Institute Council (STIC) which has oversight for the Space Telescope Science Institute. Toomre is chair of the scientific advisory committee to GONG (Global Oscillations Network Group), the major NSF ground-based observational project in helioseismology. He is co-leader of the dynamics and inversion team of GONG, and co-leader of the rotation inversion team on SOI--MDI.
Selected Publications:
"Magnetic Fields Interacting with Nonlinear Compressible Convection", Astrophys. J. 327, 920--932 (1988), with N.E. Hurlburt.
"Seismic Observations of the Solar Interior," Ann. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 29, 627--684 (1991), with D.O. Gough.
"Ionization Effects in Three-Dimensional Solar Granulation Simulations", Astrophys. J. 408, L53--L56 (1993), with M.P. Rast, A. Nordlund and R.F. Stein.
"Penetration Below a Convection Zone", Astrophys. J. 421, 245--260 (1994), with N.E. Hurlburt, J.M. Massaguer, J.-P. Zahn.
"Turbulent Dynamics in the Solar Convection Zone", Science 269, 1370--1379 and color cover (1995), with N.H. Brummell, F. Cattaneo.
"Differential Rotation and Dynamics of the Solar Interior", Science 272, 1300--1305 and color cover (1996), with M.J. Thompson and the GONG inversion team.
"Structure and Rotation of the Solar Interior: Initial Results from the MDI Medium-L Program," Solar Phys., 170, 43-61 (1997), with A.G. Kosovichev et al. (SOI Inversion Teams).
"Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation ~II: Mean Flows and Differential Rotation", Astrophys. J., 493, 955--969 (1998), with N.H. Brummell, N.E. Hurlburt.
Roger K. Ulrich
Biographical Sketch
Education:
B.S. June, 1963 - Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. June, 1968 - Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
History of Employment:
Research Fellow, Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1968-69
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, July 1, 1969 - June 30, 1973, University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Astronomy, July 1, 1973 - June 30, 1977, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor of Astronomy, July 1, 1977 - current, University of California, Los Angeles
Committee Service:
Solar Physics Working Group, Field Committee, 1980;
Advocacy Panel for Solar Physics, National Academy of Science Solar Physics Study, 1981 - 1983;
Member Committee on Space Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Space Science Board, National Academy of Science, 1987 - 1989;
Member GONG Science Advisory Council 1985 - present;
Member Committee on Solar and Space Physics of the Space Science Board, National Academy of Science, 1993 - 1996.
Related Publications:
Ulrich, R.K., Boyden, J.E., Webster, L., Snodgrass, H.B., Padilla, S.P., Gilman P. and Shieber, T.; Solar Rotation Measurements at Mt. Wilson V. Reanalysis of 21 Years of Data;1988; Solar Phys; 117; 291
Snodgrass, H.B. and Ulrich, R.K.; Rotation of Doppler Features in the Solar Photosphere; 1989; ApJ; 351; 309
Ulrich, R.K., Webster, L., Boyden, J.E., Magnone, N. and Bogart, R.S.;A System for Line Profile Studies at the 150-Foot Tower on Mount Wilson;1991; Solar Phys; 135; 211-241
Ulrich, R.K.; The Controversial Sun; 1993; A. Baglin and W.W. Weiss; Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 137, Inside the Stars; Ast. Soc. Pacific; San Franscisco; 25-42
Ulrich, R.K., Rhodes, E.J., Jr. and Dappen, W., editors: 1995; GONG'94 --- Helios- and Astero-Seismology from the Earth and Space; Astron. Soc. of Pacific, 688 pages
Ulrich, R.K. and Bertello, L.; Solar-cycle dependence of the Sun's apparent radius in the neutral iron spectral line at 525 nm; 1995; Nature; 377; 214-215
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Arthur B. C. Walker, II
Education:
1953 - 57 B.S. in Physics (honors), Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH
1957 - 62 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Professional History:
1962-65 Active duty with the U.S. Air Force Air Force Weapons Laboratory. Developed rocket and satellite experiments to measure Van Allen radiation belts
1965 - 74 Space Physics Laboratory of The Aerospace Corporation. Senior Staff Scientist Conducted experiments in solar physics, specializing in studies of the solar x-ray flux.
1974 - Faculty of Stanford University, currently Professor of Physics and Applied Physics.
Training of Ph.D. Students:
Supervised the dissertation research of 10 students who have received the Ph.D.; currently supervises the research of 5 Ph.D. candidates.
Research:
Dr. Walker's research has concentrated on the development of x-ray astronomical instrumentation for the spectroscopic study of high temperature low density astrophysical plasmas on space borne platforms. At The Aerospace Corporation, he developed rocket and satellite instruments for the study of the solar corona, including Bragg crystal spectrometers flown on the Air Force OV1-10 and OV1-17 satellites, resulting in several of the earliest high resolution astronomical x-ray spectral observations, and the first astronomical identification of x-ray dielectronic recombination lines. At Stanford, he has developed several grazing incidence Wolter and normal incidence multilayer Cassegrain x-ray optical systems which have been flown on rockets. He lead the group that obtained the first high resolution normal incidence multilayer optics x-ray image of the sun. He has also studied the abundance structure of the ISM. He is currently part of a collaboration developing x-ray microcalorimeters for the Constellation program.
Service:
Dr. Walker has served on or chaired a number of NASA, NSF, and National Academy of Science Committees on national research policies and priorities. In 1986, President Reagan appointed Dr. Walker to the Presidential Commission on the "Space Shuttle Challenger Accident".
Major Scientific Projects:
Dr. Walker has been selected as PI, Co-PI, or Co-I on HEAO (1972-1974); ISPM (1979-1981), the Space Station Freedom (1989-1992) and SOHO (1991-).
Selected Publications:
"Observation and Modeling of the Transition Region on the Sun: I." (H. M. Oluseyi, A. B. C. Walker, II, J. Porter, R. B. Hoover, T. W. Barbee Jr), submitted to Astrophys. J. 1998
"Observation and Modeling of Soft X-ray Bright Points II." (C. C. Kankelborg, A. B. C. Walker II., T. W. Barbee, R. B. Hoover), Astrophysical Journal 491, 952 1998
"Chromospheric and Coronal Structure of Polar Plumes " (M. J. Allen, A .B. C. Walker, II., H. Oluseyi, R. B. Hoover, T. W. Barbee, Jr.) Solar Physics 175, 1997
"Observation and Modeling of Soft x-ray Bright Points" (C. C. Kankelborg, A. B. C. Walker II., T. W. Barbee and R. B. Hoover), Astrophysical Journal 466, 529, 1996
Xuepu Zhao
Education:
Graduated from Space Physics Section, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, 1957-1963 (There was no degree system in China before 1980)
Teaching Experience:
Lecturer, Peking University 1963-1984
Associate Professor, Peking University 1985-1989 (The promotion system in China does not work regularly)
Ionospherical Physics 1964-1965
Electrodynamics 1971-1973
University Physics 1974, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1987
Magnetohydrodynmics and Solar Wind 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986
Research Experience:
Visiting scholar and scientist, High Altitude Observatory worked with Drs. A. J. Hundhausen and T. E. Holzer 22 months from Sept. 1979 to July 1981 on the subjects of: Three-dimensional structure of the solar wind plasma and interplanetary magnetic fields; The acceleration and thermal anisotropy of the solar wind plasma;
Visiting scientist, Stanford University: worked with Dr. J. M. Wilcox 5 months from Aug. 1981 to Dec. 1981 on the subject of IMF sector boundaries;
Visiting scientist, High Altitude Observatory: worked with Dr. A. J. Hundhausen 15 months from Oct. 1987 to Dec. 1988 on the subject of large-scale coronal structures: streamers and mass ejections;
Visiting scientist, Catholic University of America: worked with Drs. Y. C. Whang and K. W. Ogilvie 19 months from Jan. 1989 to July 1990 on the subject of Modeling the heating and acceleration of the solar wind minor ions across interplanetary fast shocks and coronal slow shocks; slow shocks;
Visiting Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University: worked with Drs. P. H. Scherrer and J. T. Hoeksema 12 months from Aug. 1990 to July 1991 on the subject of structure and dynamics of solar and heliomagnetic fields
Research Associate, Solar Observatories Group, W.W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University on the subject of interrelationship of the solar magnetic field, the corona, the solar wind, and heliosphere August 1, 1991 --