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James F. Drake

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For other persons named James Drake, see James Drake (disambiguation)
James F. Drake
Born (1947-06-26) June 26, 1947 (age 76)
Pasadena, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles  (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
Known forFast magnetic reconnection
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland
Websiteterpconnect.umd.edu/~drake/

James F. Drake (born June 26, 1947) is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in plasma physics.[1] He is known for his studies on plasma instabilities[2][3] and magnetic reconnection[4][5] for which he was awarded the 2010 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics by the American Physical Society.[6]

Early life and career

Drake studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he received his bachelor's degree in 1969 and received his doctorate in 1975. In 1977, he went to the University of Maryland, where he has been a professor since 1987.

He dealt with laser-plasma interaction and plasma turbulence.[7] He is known for explaining the mechanisms of the rapid reconnection of magnetic field lines and the resulting particle accelerations in astrophysical plasmas (for example on the sun).[8] In computer simulations with Amitava Bhattacharjee and Michael Hesse (NASA), he was able to demonstrate the explosive nature of the dynamics of the magnetic fields, for example in solar flares.[9]

Honors and awards

In 1986, Drake was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society.[10] He was subsequently awarded the 2010 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for "pioneering investigations of plasma instabilities in magnetically-confined, astrophysical and laser-driven plasmas; in particular, explication of the fundamental mechanism of fast reconnection of magnetic fields in plasmas; and leadership in promoting plasma science".[6]

He also received a Senior US Research Scientist Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Drake, James (James F.)". history.aip.org. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Drake, J. F.; Kaw, P. K.; Lee, Y. C.; Schmid, G.; Liu, C. S.; Rosenbluth, Marshall N. (1974). "Parametric instabilities of electromagnetic waves in plasmas". The Physics of Fluids. 17 (4): 778–785. Bibcode:1974PhFl...17..778D. doi:10.1063/1.1694789. ISSN 0031-9171.
  3. ^ Drake, J. F.; Lee, Y. C. (1977). "Kinetic theory of tearing instabilities". The Physics of Fluids. 20 (8): 1341–1353. Bibcode:1977PhFl...20.1341D. doi:10.1063/1.862017. ISSN 0031-9171.
  4. ^ Birn, J.; Drake, J. F.; Shay, M. A.; Rogers, B. N.; Denton, R. E.; Hesse, M.; Kuznetsova, M.; Ma, Z. W.; Bhattacharjee, A.; Otto, A.; Pritchett, P. L. (2001). "Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) Magnetic Reconnection Challenge". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 106 (A3): 3715–3719. Bibcode:2001JGR...106.3715B. doi:10.1029/1999JA900449. ISSN 2156-2202.
  5. ^ Drake, J. F.; Swisdak, M.; Che, H.; Shay, M. A. (2006). "Electron acceleration from contracting magnetic islands during reconnection". Nature. 443 (7111): 553–556. Bibcode:2006Natur.443..553D. doi:10.1038/nature05116. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 17024088. S2CID 4427833.
  6. ^ a b "2010 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Price, L.; Swisdak, M.; Drake, J. F.; Cassak, P. A.; Dahlin, J. T.; Ergun, R. E. (2016). "The effects of turbulence on three-dimensional magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause". Geophysical Research Letters. 43 (12): 6020–6027. arXiv:1604.08172. Bibcode:2016GeoRL..43.6020P. doi:10.1002/2016GL069578. ISSN 1944-8007. S2CID 119293728.
  8. ^ Drake, J. F.; Cassak, P. A.; Shay, M. A.; Swisdak, M.; Quataert, E. (2009). "A Magnetic Reconnection Mechanism for Ion Acceleration and Abundance Enhancements in Impulsive Flares". The Astrophysical Journal. 700 (1): L16–L20. Bibcode:2009ApJ...700L..16D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/L16. ISSN 1538-4357. S2CID 45087759.
  9. ^ "Unlocking Secrets of Magnetic Fields' Power". terpconnect.umd.edu. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  10. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

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