Troy Carter (physicist)

Last updated
Troy Carter
Born
Troy Alan Carter

(1973-07-31) July 31, 1973 (age 50)
Education North Carolina State University (B.S., B.S.),
Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.)
Awards
Scientific career
Fields Plasma physics
Institutions UCLA
Thesis Experimental Studies of Fluctuations In a Reconnecting Current Sheet  (2001)
Doctoral advisor Masaaki Yamada
Russell Kulsrud

Troy Alan Carter (born July 31, 1973) [1] is an American plasma physicist and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. [2] He was co-awarded the 2002 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research for his work on driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma. [3] [4]

Contents

Early life and career

Carter received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in physics and a B.S. in nuclear engineering from North Carolina State University in 1995. [5] He then received a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 1997 and 2001 respectively, where he was supervised by Masaaki Yamada and Russell Kulsrud. [3] [6] [7] Upon graduation, Carter was awarded a Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship from the US Department of Energy and pursued his postdoctoral work at UCLA. [8]

In 2002, Carter became a faculty member at UCLA's department of physics and astronomy. He was assistant professor until 2008 where he was promoted to associate professor, and was later promoted to full professor in 2011. [9] In 2016, he became the director of the Basic Plasma Science Facility and oversaw the renewal of the facility funding from the National Science Foundation. [10] [11] In 2017, he became a director of the Plasma Science and Technology Institute at UCLA. [12] [13]

Honors and awards

In 2002, Carter was jointly awarded the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research with Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada and Scott Hsu for "the experimental investigation of driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma. In this work, careful diagnostic studies of the current sheet structure, dynamics and associated wave activity provide a comprehensive picture of the reconnection process." [3]

In 2014, Carter was inducted as a fellow of the American Physical Society. [14]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magnetic reconnection</span> Process in plasma physics

Magnetic reconnection is a physical process occurring in electrically conducting plasmas, in which the magnetic topology is rearranged and magnetic energy is converted to kinetic energy, thermal energy, and particle acceleration. Magnetic reconnection involves plasma flows at a substantial fraction of the Alfvén wave speed, which is the fundamental speed for mechanical information flow in a magnetized plasma.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Large Plasma Device</span>

The Large Plasma Device is an experimental physics device located at UCLA. It is designed as a general purpose laboratory for experimental plasma physics research. The device began operation in 1991 and was upgraded in 2001 to its current version. The modern LAPD is operated as the primary device for a national collaborative research facility, the Basic Plasma Science Facility, which is supported by the US Department of Energy, Fusion Energy Sciences and the National Science Foundation. Half of the operation time of the device is available to scientists at other institutions and facilities who can compete for time through a yearly solicitation.

Eric Ronald Priest is Emeritus Professor at St Andrews University, where he previously held the Gregory Chair of Mathematics and a Bishop Wardlaw Professorship.

The James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics is an annual American Physical Society (APS) award that is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of the Plasma Physics. It was established in 1975 by Maxwell Technologies, Inc, in honor of the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell. It is currently sponsored by General Atomics. The prize includes a $10,000 USD monetary award and recognition at the annual American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics conference.

John Myrick Dawson was an American computational physicist and the father of plasma-based acceleration techniques. Dawson earned his degrees in physics from the University of Maryland, College Park: a B.S. in 1952 and Ph.D. in 1957. His thesis "Distortion of Atoms and Molecules in Dense Media" was prepared under the guidance of Zaka Slawsky.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liu Chen (physicist)</span> American physicist

Liu Chen is an American theoretical physicist who has made original contributions to many aspects of plasma physics. He is known for the discoveries of kinetic Alfven waves, toroidal Alfven eigenmodes, and energetic particle modes; the theories of geomagnetic pulsations, Alfven wave heating, and fishbone oscillations, and the first formulation of nonlinear gyrokinetic equations. Chen retired from University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 2012, assuming the title professor emeritus of physics and astronomy.

Francis F. Chen is a Chinese-born American plasma physicist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steven Cowley</span> British theoretical physicist

Sir Steven Charles Cowley is a British theoretical physicist and international authority on nuclear fusion and astrophysical plasmas. He has served as director of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) since 1 July 2018. Previously he served as president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, since October 2016. and head of the EURATOM / CCFE Fusion Association and chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

Chandrashekhar "Chan" Janardan Joshi is an Indian-American experimental plasma physicist. He is known for his pioneering work in plasma-based particle acceleration techniques for which he won the 2006 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.

Miklos Porkolab (born March 24, 1939) is a Hungarian-American physicist specializing in plasma physics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ron Giovanelli</span> Physicist and solar researcher

Ronald Gordon Giovanelli, DSc, FAA was an Australian solar researcher, astronomer and physicist, who contributed to the fields of astrophysics, solar physics, radiative transfer, and astronomical optics. His career spanned more than 40 years, commencing prior to World War II. Giovanelli was the recipient of the 1949 Edgeworth David Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales for the discipline of astrophysics, which recognises distinguished contributions by scientists under the age of 35 years old in their respective fields. He was also elected into the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science in 1962 for his contributions in the field of physics.

Walter Gekelman is a plasma physics professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and an elected fellow of the American Physical Society. He is known to have developed and constructed numerous meter-long devices to study fundamental plasma processes under laboratory conditions, the largest of which is the Large Plasma Device.

James F. Drake is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in plasma physics. He is known for his studies on plasma instabilities and magnetic reconnection for which he was awarded the 2010 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics by the American Physical Society.

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Ryutov is a Russian theoretical plasma physicist.

John D. Lindl is an American physicist who specializes in inertial confinement fusion (ICF). He is currently the chief scientist of the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Masaaki Yamada is a Japanese plasma physicist known for his studies on magnetic reconnection.

Warren Bicknell Mori is an American computational plasma physicist and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was awarded the 2020 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for his contributions to the theory and computer simulations of non-linear processes in plasma-based acceleration using kinetic theory, as well as for his research in relativistically intense lasers and beam-plasma interactions.

Amitava Bhattacharjee is a theoretical plasma physicist and a professor at Princeton University. He was awarded the 2022 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for his work on dusty plasmas and fundamental plasma processes such as magnetic reconnection, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and dynamo actions, as well as his contributions in connecting laboratory plasmas to astrophysical plasmas.

Hantao Ji is a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University. He received the John Dawson Award in 2002 for his work on magnetic reconnection. He is also a fellow of the American Physical Society.

Robert Anderson Ellis Jr. was an American physicist and head of experimental projects at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

References

  1. ↑ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Troy Carter". www.physics.ucla.edu. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "2002 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ Ji, Hantao; Carter, Troy; Hsu, Scott; Yamada, Masaaki (2001). "Study of local reconnection physics in a laboratory plasma". Earth, Planets and Space. 53 (6): 539–545. Bibcode:2001EP&S...53..539J. doi: 10.1186/BF03353267 . ISSN   1880-5981.
  5. ↑ "BIOGRAPHIES OF FESAC MEMBERS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Graduate Theses | Princeton Program in Plasma Physics". plasma.princeton.edu. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  7. ↑ Carter, Troy Alan (2001) Experimental Studies of Fluctuations In a Reconnecting Current Sheet, Ph.D. Thesis
  8. ↑ "Taming turbulence in plasmas: from magnetic fusion energy to black hole accretion disks, Dr. Troy Carter, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA". Clemson University. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  9. ↑ Carter, Davis. "Short Resume" (PDF). Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  10. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#1561912 - Basic Plasma Science Facility Renewal". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Troy Carter". Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. September 22, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Appendix D: Committee Member Biographical Information". Plasma Science: Enabling Technology, Sustainability, Security, and Exploration. The National Academies Press. 2021. doi:10.17226/25802. ISBN   978-0-309-67760-8. S2CID   219808013.
  13. ↑ "Plasma Science and Technology Institute | UCLA Physics & Astronomy". psti.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  14. ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.