YK
Member Since 1988
Yuan-Kuen Ko
Astrophysicist, US Naval Research Laboratory
Professional Experience
US Naval Research Laboratory
Astrophysicist
2008 - Present
Education
University of Maryland
Doctorate
1993
AGU Abstracts
Comparing In-situ Solar Wind Measurements to Remote Observations of Source Region Properties
SOLAR ORBITER: SUN–INNER HELIOSPHERE CONNECTIONS II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Micah J. Weberg, Kalman J. Knizhnik, Elena Provorn...
The orbit and diverse instrument set of Solar Orbiter (SolO) provides unique insight into solar wind origination and propagation. Using the GAMERA mod...
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Coronal Hole Boundary Region: Multiple Facets and Connection to the Slow Solar Wind
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE I POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 10 december 2024
Yuan-Kuen Ko, Karin Muglach, Pete Riley, Yi-Ming W...
It is commonly recognized that the coronal hole boundary region is where the slow solar wind is formed by more than one physical process. The physical...
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Modeling of Ionization and Recombination Process in Plasma with Arbitrary Non-Maxwellian Electron Distribution
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE I POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 10 december 2024
Chengcai Shen, Xiaocan Li, Yuan-Kuen Ko, John Raym...
In various astronomical environments involving energetic particles, the non-Maxwellian distributions of electrons exhibiting high-energy tails can sig...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2022
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee