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Current Projects:
Interpretation of Ulysses observations at solar pole
Models of particle acceleration at astrophysical shock waves
Current LPL PhD students:
Vladimir Florenski
Current LPL postdocs:
Garry Webb
Josef Kota
Joe Giacalone
Classes taught:
PtyS 403/503 Physics
of the Solar System
PtyS 505a Planetary Physics
PtyS
556 Electrodynamics of Astrophysical Fluids
Selected Memberships/Committee Positions:
Member: AGU, IAU, International Academy of Astronautics, American Physical Society
NASA Space Physics Committee
Academy of Science Ad Hoc Cosmic
Ray Physics Committee
Spacecraft involvement:
Ulysses-- Interdisciplinary Scientist
Recent references:
Charged-particle motion in multidimensional magnetic-field turbulence. J.R. Jokipii (1994) Astrophys. J. Lett. 430, p. L137.
Diffusive shock acceleration in the presence of current sheets. J.R. Jokipii (1994) Astrophys. J. 429, p. 385.
Green's formula and variational principles for cosmic ray transport with application to rotating and shearing flow. J.R. Jokipii (1993) Astrophys. J. 424, p. 158.
Ion injection and acceleration at quasi-perpendicular shocks. J. Giacalone, J.R. Jokipii, and J. Kota (1994) J. Geophys. Res. (in press)
Galaxies and magnetic fields. J.R. Jokipii and E.H. Levy (1993) Nature 365, p. 19.
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