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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

T. D. Phan is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with specific work covering various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

Their main topics of study emphasize aspects of Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, Plasma Diagnostics and Applications, and Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research.

Their frequently published work appears in a range of scientific venues, notably:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Among recent publications, selected papers include:

  • "Sharp Alfvénic Impulses in the Near-Sun Solar Wind" (2020), published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "Electron Acceleration during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection" (2021), published in Physical Review Letters
  • "A Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft Discoveries" (2021), published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind" (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal
  • "A Solar Source of Alfvénic Magnetic Field Switchbacks: In Situ Remnants of Magnetic Funnels on Supergranulation Scales" (2021), published in The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with T. D. Phan include:

  • J. L. Burch
  • D. J. Gershman
  • S. D. Bale
  • J. F. Drake
  • B. L. Giles

T. D. Phan was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment

    H. Rème;C. Aoustin;J. M. Bosqued;I. Dandouras

  • The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients.

    S. D. Bale;K. Goetz;P. R. Harvey;P. Turin

  • Tail reconnection triggering substorm onset.

    Vassilis Angelopoulos;James P. McFadden;Davin Larson;Charles W. Carlson

  • Transport of solar wind into Earth's magnetosphere through rolled-up Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices

    H. Hasegawa;M. Fujimoto;T.-D. Phan;H. Rème

  • Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space.

    J. L. Burch;R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;T. D. Phan;L. J Chen

  • The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS)

    V. Angelopoulos;P. Cruce;A. Drozdov;E. W. Grimes

  • Highly structured slow solar wind emerging from an equatorial coronal hole

    S. D. Bale;S. T. Badman;J. W. Bonnell;T. A. Bowen

  • Evidence for electron acceleration up to approximately 300 keV in the magnetic reconnection diffusion region of earth's magnetotail.

    M. Øieroset;R. P. Lin;T. D. Phan;D. E. Larson

  • Evidence of diffusion regions at a subsolar magnetopause crossing.

    F. S. Mozer;S. D. Bale;T. D. Phan

  • The magnetosheath region adjacent to the dayside magnetopause: AMPTE/IRM observations

    T. D. Phan;G. Paschmann;W. Baumjohann;N. Sckopke

  • Electron magnetic reconnection without ion coupling in Earth's turbulent magnetosheath

    T. D. Phan;J. P. Eastwood;M. A. Shay;J. F. Drake

  • A magnetic reconnection X-line extending more than 390 Earth radii in the solar wind

    T. D. Phan;J. T. Gosling;M. S. Davis;R. M. Skoug

  • Extended magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause from detection of bi-directional jets

    T. D. Phan;L. M. Kistler;B. Klecker;G. Haerendel

  • First Results from the THEMIS Mission

    V. Angelopoulos;D. Sibeck;C. W. Carlson;J. P. McFadden

  • ELECTRON ACCELERATION BY MULTI-ISLAND COALESCENCE

    M. Oka;T.-D. Phan;S. Krucker;M. Fujimoto

  • Comprehensive study of the magnetospheric response to a hot flow anomaly

    D. G. Sibeck;N. L. Borodkova;S. J. Schwartz;C. J. Owen

  • Evidence for an Elongated (>60 Ion Skin Depths) Electron Diffusion Region during Fast Magnetic Reconnection

    T. D. Phan;J. F. Drake;M. A. Shay;F. S. Mozer

  • Ion heating resulting from pickup in magnetic reconnection exhausts

    J. F. Drake;M. Swisdak;T. D. Phan;P. A. Cassak

  • Magnetotail flow bursts: Association to global magnetospheric circulation, relationship to ionospheric activity and direct evidence for localization

    V. Angelopoulos;T. D. Phan;D. E. Larson;F. S. Mozer

  • Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space

    R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;J. L. Burch;T. D. Phan;M. Hesse;M. Hesse

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. Burch
James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Robert E. Ergun
Robert E. Ergun University of Colorado Boulder
James Drake
James Drake University of Maryland, College Park
Benoit Lavraud
Benoit Lavraud Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Vassilis Angelopoulos
Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
J. P. McFadden
J. P. McFadden University of California, Berkeley
J. T. Gosling
J. T. Gosling University of Colorado Boulder
F. S. Mozer
F. S. Mozer University of California, Berkeley
H. Rème
H. Rème Paul Sabatier University

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