2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the understanding of shocks, particle acceleration and plasma turbulence, and to studies of the solar wind, corona, interplanetary shocks and global heliospheric structure
2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
His primary scientific interests are in Solar wind, Astrophysics, Heliosphere, Interstellar medium and Computational physics. His research in Solar wind intersects with topics in Magnetohydrodynamics, Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and Proton. His work carried out in the field of Astrophysics brings together such families of science as Shock wave, Magnetic field and Interplanetary spaceflight.
His Heliosphere study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Energetic neutral atom, Bow shocks in astrophysics, Interplanetary magnetic field and Spectral line, Astronomy. The concepts of his Interstellar medium study are interwoven with issues in Earth's orbit, Ionization and Boundary. His Computational physics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Particle acceleration, Geophysics, Field line, Current sheet and Pickup Ion.
His scientific interests lie mostly in Solar wind, Heliosphere, Astrophysics, Computational physics and Mechanics. His Solar wind research incorporates elements of Turbulence, Magnetohydrodynamics and Shock wave. His Heliosphere research includes elements of Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Energetic neutral atom, Bow shocks in astrophysics and Interstellar medium.
Gary P. Zank combines subjects such as Spectral line and Absorption with his study of Astrophysics. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Charged particle, Interplanetary magnetic field, Pickup Ion, Magnetic reconnection and Space physics. Gary P. Zank has researched Mechanics in several fields, including Volume and Classical mechanics.
Gary P. Zank mostly deals with Solar wind, Computational physics, Turbulence, Heliosphere and Mechanics. The various areas that he examines in his Solar wind study include Magnetohydrodynamics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Current and Ion. His Interstellar medium and Cosmic ray investigations are all subjects of Astrophysics research.
His Computational physics study incorporates themes from Magnetic flux, Magnetic reconnection, Particle acceleration, Magnetic field and Space physics. His studies in Turbulence integrate themes in fields like Field, Compressibility and Plasma. His studies deal with areas such as Acceleration, Interplanetary spaceflight and Shock as well as Heliosphere.
Gary P. Zank mainly focuses on Solar wind, Turbulence, Computational physics, Heliosphere and Mechanics. His Solar wind research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Astrophysics, K-epsilon turbulence model, Aerospace engineering, Ion and Magnetic reconnection. His work on Cosmic ray as part of general Astrophysics research is often related to Global structure, thus linking different fields of science.
He has included themes like Field, Whistler, Compressibility and Magnetohydrodynamics in his Turbulence study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Energetic neutral atom, Shock wave, Coronal mass ejection, Interstellar medium and Interplanetary magnetic field in addition to Heliosphere. His Mechanics research integrates issues from Firehose instability, Classical mechanics and Tensor.
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INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
G.P. Zank.
Space Science Reviews (1999)
New Mass Loss Measurements from Astrospheric Lyman-alpha Absorption
Brian E. Wood;Hans-Reinhard Mueller;Gary P. Zank;Jeffrey L. Linsky.
arXiv: Astrophysics (2005)
Measured Mass Loss Rates of Solar-like Stars as a Function of Age and Activity
Brian E. Wood;Hans-Reinhard Mueller;Gary P. Zank;Jeffrey L. Linsky.
arXiv: Astrophysics (2002)
Global observations of the interstellar interaction from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)
D. J. McComas;D. J. McComas;Fredric Allegrini;Fredric Allegrini;Peter Andreas Bochsler;M. Bzowski.
Science (2009)
NONLINEAR COLLISIONLESS PERPENDICULAR DIFFUSION OF CHARGED PARTICLES
W. H. Matthaeus;G. Qin;J. W. Bieber;G. P. Zank.
The Astrophysical Journal (2003)
Measured Mass‐Loss Rates of Solar‐like Stars as a Function of Age and Activity
Brian E. Wood;Hans-Reinhard Müller;Hans-Reinhard Müller;Gary P. Zank;Jeffrey L. Linsky.
The Astrophysical Journal (2002)
New Mass-Loss Measurements from Astrospheric Lyα Absorption
B. E. Wood;H.-R. Müller;H.-R. Müller;G. P. Zank;J. L. Linsky.
The Astrophysical Journal (2005)
Interstellar pickup ions and quasi‐perpendicular shocks: Implications for the termination shock and interplanetary shocks
G. P. Zank;H. L. Pauls;I. H. Cairns;G. M. Webb.
Journal of Geophysical Research (1996)
Particle acceleration and coronal mass ejection driven shocks: A theoretical model
G. P. Zank;W. K. M. Rice;C. C. Wu.
Journal of Geophysical Research (2000)
Evolution of turbulent magnetic fluctuation power with heliospheric distance
G. P. Zank;W. H. Matthaeus;C. W. Smith.
Journal of Geophysical Research (1996)
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