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Member Since 1985
Fran Bagenal
Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Professional Experience
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Senior Research Scientist
1989 - Present
University of Colorado Boulder
Professor, Astro & Planetary Sciences
1999 - 2015
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1981
Honors & Awards
James Van Allen Lecture
Received December 2018
Union Fellow
Received January 2006
Publications
Investigating Boundary Layer Properties at Jupiter's Dawn Magnetopause
We survey crossings of Jupiter's dawn magnetopause during the Juno prime mission to identify and characterize Jupiter's magnetopause boundary layer...
August 21, 2024
Electron Beams at Europa
July 04, 2024
AGU Abstracts
A 3D Model of the Io Plasma torus and Model Comparisons with Observations
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR PLANETARY SCIENCES III
planetary sciences | 25 january 2024
Edward G. Nerney, Fran Bagenal, Robert J. Wilson, ...
We present an empirical Io plasma torus model derived from in-situ plasma measurements (Voyager), from spectral fitting of UV observations (Cassini), ...
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Parallel Electron Beams at Io: Numerical Simulations of the Dense Plasma Wake
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR SPA: MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS III
spa-magnetospheric physics | 24 january 2024
Vincent J. Dols, William R. Paterson, Fran Bagenal
In 1995, the Galileo spacecraft traversed the wake of Io at ~ 900 km altitude. The instruments onboard detected intense bi-directional field-aligned e...
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Bridging the Energy Gap: Solar Wind Data from PEPSSI and SWAP on New Horizons
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF HELIOPHYSICS THROUGH IN SITU OBSERVATIONS OF THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Ralph L. McNutt, David J. McComas, Matthew E. Hill...
The New Horizons spacecraft, launched in 2006, continues to return unprecedented charged particle data from the outer heliosphere. The Pluto Energetic...
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Volunteer Experience
2017 - 2018
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
2015 - 2016
Chair
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
2013 - 2014
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
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