Richard Denton
Research Professor
Appointments
Research Professor
Area of Expertise
Magnetic reconnection,
Modeling magnetospheric density,
Alfven wave frequencies,
Wave particle interactions (EMIC, whistler),
Simulating magnetospheric MHD waves,
Anisotropic pressure evolution
Biography
I am a research professor. I work out of my home in Florida, but collaborate actively with researchers at Dartmouth such as Yi-Hsin Liu and Bengt Sonnerup.
Education
B.S. College of William and Mary
M.A. SUNY at Stony Brook
Ph.D. University of Maryland
Publications
Denton, Richard E., Yi-Hsin Liu, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Roy B. Torbert, Wenya Li, Stephen Fuselier, and James L. Burch (2022), Polynomial reconstruction of the magnetic field observed by multiple spacecraft with integrated velocity determination, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2022JA030512.
Denton, Richard E., Kazue Takahashi, Kyungguk Min, David P. Hartley, Yukitoshi Nishimura, and Matthew C. Digman (2022), Models for magnetospheric mass density and average ion mass including radial dependence, Front. Astron. Space Sci. 9:1049684. doi: 10.3389/fspas.2022.1049684.
Denton, R. E., R. B. Torbert, H. Hasegawa, K. J. Genestreti, R. Manuzzo, G. Belmont, L. Rezeau, F. Califano, R. Nakamura, J. Egedal, O. Le Contel, J. L. Burch, D. J. Gershman, I. Dors, M. R. Argall, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, and B. L. Giles (2021), Two-dimensional velocity of the magnetic structure observed on 11 July 2017 by the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2020JA028705.
Denton, R. E., R. B. Torbert, H. Hasegawa,,I.Dors, K. J. Genestreti, M. R. Argall, D. Gershman, O. Le Contel, J. L. Burch, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, B. L. Giles, and D. Fischer (2020), Polynomial reconstruction of the reconnection magnetic field observed by multiple spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2019JA027481.
Denton, R. E., L. Ofman, Y. Y. Shpritts, J. Bortnik, R. M. Millan, C. J. Rodger, C. L. da Silva, B. N. Rogers, M. K. Hudson, K. Liu, K. Min, A. Glocer, and C. Komar (2019), Pitch angle scattering of sub-Mev relativistic electrons by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, doi:10.1029/2018JA026384.
Denton, R. E. (2018), Electromagnetic Ion cyclotron wave fields in a realistic dipole field, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 123, doi: 10.1002/2017JA024886.
Speaking Engagements
I regularly make presentations at meetings like AGU and GEM, and present my reaearch to the Physics and Astronomy Department through plasma seminars.
Works in Progress
I am currently working on techniques to visualize magnetic reconnection structures using spacecraft observations and modeling of magnetospheric mass density.
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