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Margaret Kivelson, Professor of Space Physics |
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Current Research Interest |
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| | Magnetospheric plasma physics of Earth and Jupiter (theory and data analysis), interaction of flowing plasmas with planets and moons (theory, data collection, data analysis). |
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Education |
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| | Ph.D., 1957, Harvard University |
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Selected Publications |
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| | | DuBois, D. F., V. Gilinsky, and M. G. Kivelson, Propagation
of electromagnetic waves in plasmas, Phys. Rev., 129, 2376, 1962. |
| | Kivelson, M. G., S. M. Kaye, and D. J. Southwood, The physics of
plasma injection events, in Dynamics of the Magnetosphere, (S. I. Akasofu, Editor),
D. Reidel, Dordrecht, Holland, 1979. | | | Kivelson, M.G.
and D.J. Southwood, Coupling of global magnetospheric MHD eigenmodes to field
line resonances, (IGPP Pub. #2557), J. Geophys. Res., 91(A4), 4345-4351, 1986.
| | | Kivelson, M. G., and D. J. Southwood, Coupling of
global magnetospheric MHD eigenmodes to field line resonances, J. Geophys. Res.,
91(A4), 4345-4351, 1986. | | | Kivelson, M.G., and
H.E. Spence, On the possibility of quasi-static convection in the quiet magnetotail,
(IGPP Pub. #3181), Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 1501, 1988. | | | Kivelson,
M. G., L. F. Bargatze, K. K. Khurana, D. J. Southwood, R. J. Walker, and P. J.
Coleman, Jr., Magnetic signatures near Galileo's closest approach to Gaspra, Science,
261, 331, 1993. | | | Chen, S.-H., M.G. Kivelson, J.T.
Gosling, R.J. Walker, and A.J. Lazarus, Anomalous aspects of magnetosheath flow
and of the shape and oscillation of the magnetopause during an interval of strongly
northward interplanetary magnetic field, (UCLA IGPP Pub. No. #3696) J. Geophys.
Res., 98, 5727, 1993. | | | Kivelson, M.G., L.F. Bargatze,
K.K. Khurana, D.J. Southwood, R.J. Walker, and P.J. Coleman, Jr., Magnetic signatures
near Galileo’s closest approach to Gaspra, (UCLA IGPP Pub. No. #3845), Science,
261, 331, 1993. | | | Kivelson, M.G., Z. Wang, S. Joy, K.K.
Khurana, C. Polanskey, D.J. Southwood, and R.J. Walker, Solar wind interaction
with small bodies: 2. What can Galileo’s detection of magnetic rotations tell
us about Gaspra and Ida. (IGPP Pub. No. 4194), Adv. In Space Res., 16, 59, 1995.
| | | Kivelson, M.G., and S.H. Chen, The magnetopause: Surface
waves and instabilities and their possible dynamical consequences, p. 257 in AGU
Monograph 90, Physics of Magnetopause, edited by P.Song and B.U.O. Sonnerup, AGU,
Washington, D.C., 1995 | | | Kivelson, M.G., and K.K. Khurana,
Models of flux ropes embedded in a Harris neutral sheet: Force free solutions
in low and high beta plasmas, (UCLA IGPP Pub. Number 4244), J. Geophys. Res.,
100, December 1995. | | | Kivelson, M.G., K.K. Khurana, R.J.
Walker, J.A. Linker, C.T. Russell, D.J. Southwood, and C. Polanskey, A magnetic
signature at Io: Initial report from the Galileo magnetometer, Science, 273, 337,
1996. | | | Kivelson, M.G., K.K. Khurana, C.T. Russell, R.J.
Walker, J. Warnecke, F.V. Coroniti, C. Polanskey, D.J. Southwood, and C. Schubert,
Discovery of Ganymede's magnetic field by the Galileo spacecraft, Nature, 384,
537, 1996. | | | Kivelson, M.G, K.K. Khurana, C.T. Russell,
and R.J. Walker, Intermittent short-duration plasma-field anomalies in the Io
plasma torus: Evidence for interchange in the Io plasma torus?, Geophys. Res.
Lett., 24, 2127, 1997. | | | Kivelson, M.G., K.K. Khurana,
F.V. Coroniti, S. Joy, C.T. Russell, R.J. Walker, J. Warnecke, L. Bennett, and
C. Polanskey, The magnetic field and magnetosphere of Ganymede, Geophys. Res.
Lett., 24, 2155, 1997. | | | Kivelson, M.G., M. Cao, R.L.
McPherron, and R.J. Walker, A possible signature of magnetic cavity mode oscillations
in ISEE spacecraft observations, J. Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, 49, 1079,
1997. | | | Kivelson, M.G., J. Warnecke, L. Bennett, S. Joy,
K.K. Khurana, J.A. Linker, C.T. Russell, R.J. Walker, and C. Polanskey, Ganymede’s
magnetosphere: Magnetometer overview, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 19,963, 1998. | | | Kivelson,
M.G., and F. Bagenal, Planetary magnetospheres, The Encyclopedia of the Solar
System, P. Weissman, L.-A. McFadden, and T. Johnson, Eds.-in-Chief, Academic Press,
pp. 477, 1998. | | | Kivelson, M.G., K.K. Khurana, D.J. Stevenson,
L. Bennett, S. Joy, C.T. Russell, R.J. Walker, C. Zimmer, and C. Polanskey, Europa
and Callisto: Induced or intrinsic fields in a periodically varying plasma environment,
J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4609, 1999. |
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Graduate Students |
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| | Janet Green jgreen@igpp.ucla.edu
http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/people/jgreen.html | | | Larry
Kepko lkepko@igpp.ucla.edu http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/people/lkepko.html | | | Scott
Thompson sthompson@igpp.ucla.edu http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/people/sthomp.html |
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Post Doc Students |
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| | Martin Volwerk mvolwerk@igpp.ucla.edu http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/people/mvolwerk.html | | | Christophe
Zimmer |
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