Ellen Zweibel
W. L. Kraushaar Professor
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Ph: 608-262-7921
Office: 6281 Chamberlin Hall
Research Interests:
I’m a theoretical astrophysicist with a specialty in plasma astrophysics.
Biography:
I did my undergraduate work in Mathematics, at U. Chicago, and my graduate work in Astrophysical Sciences, at Princeton. I was a faculty member at U. Colorado from 1980 to 2003, when I moved to Wisconsin. I'm jointly appointed with Physics, and am currently Director of the center for Magnetic Self-Organization.
My Publications
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The impact of recent advances in laboratory astrophysics on our understanding of the cosmos
Savin, D., Brickhouse, N., Cowan, J., Drake, R., Federman, S., et al., 2012
Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol. 75, Pages 036901
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The Plasma Physics of Cosmic Rays
Zweibel, E., 2012
Conference Proceedings in "APS April Meeting Abstracts" Pages 1002
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Gamma-ray Constraints on Cosmic Rays in Galactic Winds
Hu, K., Everett, J., Zweibel, E., 2011
Conference Proceedings in "American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #241.19" Pages
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Imada, S., Hara, H., Watanabe, T., Murakami, I., Harra, L., et al., 2011
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 743, Pages 57
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Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection in Partially Ionized Gases
Malyshkin, L., Zweibel, E., 2011
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 739, Pages 72
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