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 Ravit Helled, Researcher


Alan Rubin  
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Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-156

Office:Geology 2707
Telephone:(310) 825-3118
Fax: (310) 825-2779
E-mail:rhelled@ess.ucla.edu
Web Site:http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~rhelled
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 Current Research Interests

 Giant Planet Formation, Planetary Structure and Evolution, Extrasolar Planets, Physics of Solar Systems.

 Education

 

Ph.D. (direct program), 2007. Tel-Aviv University, Dept. of Geophysics & Planetary Sciences
B.Sc., 2004. Tel-Aviv University, Dept. of Geophysics & Planetary Sciences, cum laude

 Selected Recent Publications

 Helled R. Schubert, G. & Anderson, J. D., Jupiter's Rotation Period Derived from Minimization of the Dynamic Heights of its Isobaric Surface. Icarus, submitted, 2008.
  Helled R. Schubert, G. & Anderson, J. D., Empirical Models of Pressure and Density in Saturn's Interior: Implications for the Helium Concentration, Its Depth Dependence, and Saturn's Precession Rate. Icarus, in press, 2008. (http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3691) .
  Helled R. & Schubert, G., Core Formation in Giant Gaseous Protoplanets. Icarus, in press, 2008. (http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2787)
  Helled R., Podolak M. & Kovetz, A., Grain sedimentation in a giant gaseous protoplanet. Icarus, 195, p. 863-870, 2008. (http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2435)
  Helled R., Podolak M. & Kovetz, A., Planetesimal capture in the disk instability model. Icarus, 185, p. 64-71, 2006. (http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0606726)

 
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