Dr. Michael Hesse

NASA/GSFC, Code 696
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-8224
Fax: (301) 286-1648
Email: Michael.Hesse@nasa.gov

PRESENT POSITION:

Astrophysicist, Electrodynamics Branch
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

EDUCATION:

Diplom Physiker (M.S.), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, 1985
Dr. rer. nat., Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, 1988

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Numerical modeling of magnetotail dynamics; Plasmoid formation and evolution; Plasma stability theory; Analytical theory of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection; Theory and modeling of collisionless magnetic reconnection; Remote sensing of magnetospheric plasma populations; MHD, hybrid and full particle code development; Data analysis and supporting theory

EXPERIENCE:

Past Employment
1991 -- Collaborator, Space Plasma Physics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1991 - 1993 -- Principal Scientist, Hughes ST Systems Corporation
1988 - 1991 -- Postdoctoral Fellow, SST-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory
1985 - 1988 -- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Research Associate), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Project Science
1998 -- Member Community Coordinated Modeling Center Government Consortium
1997 -- Modeling Working Group Member, Air Force Space Command - NASA Partnership Council
1996 -- Project Scientist, EQUATOR-S
1996 -- Deputy Project Scientist, POLAR/GGS

Service
1997 -- NSF/GEM GGCM Steering Committee Member
1996 -- NSF/GEM Campaign Co-Coordinator (GGCM Development)
1993 -- NSF/GEM Steering Committee Member
1993-1997 -- NSF/GEM Working Group Co-Chair (Quantitative Substorm Models)

HONORS:

1996 - GSFC Outstanding Performance Award
1995 - GSFC Outstanding Performance Award
1994 - GSFC Outstanding Performance Award
1993 - GSFC Outstanding Performance Award
1988 -- 1990 Los Alamos National Laboratory: Director's Postdoctoral Fellow

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Hesse, M. and D. Winske, Electron dissipation in collisionless magnetic reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 1998.
  2. Hesse, M., J. Birn, and R. A. Hoffman, On the Mapping of Ionospheric Convection into the Magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9543, 1997.
  3. Hesse, M., J. Birn, M. Kuznetsova, and J. Dreher, A simple model for core field generation during plasmoid evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 10797, 1996.
  4. Hesse, M., The magnetotail's role in magnetospheric dynamics: Engine or exhaust pipe, US National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994, Rev. Geophys. Suppl., 675, 1995.
  5. Hesse, M., and J. Birn, MHD simulations of magnetotail instability for localized resistivity, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 8565, 1994.
  6. Hesse, M., and D. Winske, Hybrid simulations of collisionless ion tearing, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1207, 1993.
  7. Hesse, M., and J. Birn, Three-dimensional MHD modeling of magnetotail dynamics for different polytropic indices, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 3965, 1992.
  8. Hesse, M., and J. Birn, Plasmoid evolution in an extended magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 5683, 1991.
  9. Hesse, M., J. Birn, and K. Schindler, A self- consistent resistive fluid theory of electrostatic double layers including charge separation and magnetic and velocity shear, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18929, 1990.
  10. Hesse, M. and K. Schindler, A theoretical foundation of general magnetic reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 5559, 1988.

Last Modified: 21 July 1998

Curator: Jennifer Kalb, Raytheon STX
Email: Jennifer.H.Kalb@gsfc.nasa.gov

Responsible NASA Representative: Dr. Michael Hesse
Email: michael.hesse@gsfc.nasa.gov