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ENTER THE SPACE !
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Looking for
exciting opportunities to graduate ?
Being interested
in Space Plasma Theory and Simulation ?
Then: COME TO ALASKA AND JOIN THE
GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS !
Some examples of what we are working
on:
The interaction of the solar wind with
planetary magnetospheres...
...and the consequences
 (Astronomy picture of the day
archives)
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The interaction of the solar wind with
the Earth's magnetic field is an extraordinary important topic because
there may also be severe consequences for eveyday life...
The solar wind interacts with smaller bodies in our solar system, as
well...
We study these phenomena by the help of
numerical modeling and simulations of fully and partionally ionized
plasmas.
In addition we investigate the dynamics
of dusty plasmas, i.e. partionally ionized plasmas including a heavy
multiply charged dust component. Small dust grains are of importance in
the Earth"s mesosphere, but in space the dust "grains" can also be
meter-sized stones e.g. in planetary rings...
Here an artist's
view into Saturn's ring (painting by W.K. Hartmann).
A topic of
extraordinary importance with respect to the dynamics of dusty space
plasmas is the origin and evolution of our solar system and, of course,
extrasolar planetary systems.
(This artist's
view of the formation of our solar system was taken from
http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/jarrett/talks)
Interested to have
fun and to do your PhD in these fields ?
Then:
COME TO ALASKA
contact me
hew@gi.alaska.edu
And ...
it is a rumour,
that it is cold and dark in Alaska
