Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Carl Richard DeVore

(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS AND PARTICLES)

Carl Richard DeVore's Contact Card & Information.
Email: c.richard.devore@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.7537
Org Code: 674
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 674
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


C. Richard DeVore joined the Space Weather Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in April 2013. Prior to that, since May 1983 he had been a research physicist in the Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics at the Naval Research Laboratory. His research has focused on developing numerical algorithms for hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics, implementing them on vector and parallel computers, and applying them to studies of the Sun, as well as to other areas of plasma science. His algorithms and software for obtaining accurate, robust, and flux-conserving solutions to the MHD equations, in particular, are in wide use by colleagues at NASA, across the US, and around the world. He has applied these numerical tools to the slowly evolving, large-scale solar magnetic field and to dynamical events at smaller scales.


Dr. DeVore has acted as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on numerous NASA research programs in theoretical and computational solar science. He has served on review panels for NASA and other agencies, and as a reviewer for journals including Nature, ApJ, A&A, Solar Physics, GRL, JGR, and the Journal of Computational Physics. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society and the American Geophysical Union, and he is a Fellow of the American Physical Society in Computational Physics.


Dr. DeVore received a NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and a GSFC Robert H. Goddard Honor Award in 2019 for his work on understanding the physics of solar eruptions. He also received a GSFC RHG Honor Award for Mentoring in 2024. Previously, he received the University of Colorado's Donald E. Billings Award in Astro-Geophysics in a national competition in 1984 and the University of Louisville's Donald M. Bennett Award in Physics in 1977.

 

Positions/Employment


Research Astrophysicist

Space Weather Laboratory, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt MD 20771

April 2013 - Present



Research Physicist

Laboratory for Advanced Computational Physics, Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics, Naval Research Laboratory - Washington DC 20375

May 1983 - April 2013


Education


PhD Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1986
MA Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1983
BS Physics, University of Louisville, 1977

Professional Societies


American Astronomical Society

2000 - Present


American Geophysical Union

1982 - Present


American Physical Society

Fellow

1977 - Present

Selected Publications


Refereed

2024. "A Model for Flux Rope Formation and Disconnection in Pseudostreamer Coronal Mass Ejections." Astrophysical Journal 975 168 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad7941] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Direct Imaging of a Prolonged Plasma/Current Sheet and Quasiperiodic Magnetic Reconnection on the Sun." Astrophysical Journal 973 74 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad63a2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Solar Eruptions in Nested Magnetic Flux Systems." Astrophysical Journal 966 27 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad2eaa] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Double Power-law Formation by Sequential Particle Acceleration." Astrophysical Journal 965 6 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad2e8b] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Large-scale Coronal Dimming Foreshadowing a Solar Eruption on 2011 October 1." Astrophysical Journal 961 218 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad1603] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Self-similar Outflows at the Source of the Fast Solar Wind: A Smoking Gun of Multiscale Impulsive Reconnection?." Astrophysical Journal Letters 955 L38 [10.3847/2041-8213/acf85c] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "The Role of Magnetic Shear in Reconnection-driven Flare Energy Release." Astrophysical Journal 955 34 [10.3847/1538-4357/acebeb] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "New Evidence on the Origin of Solar Wind Microstreams/Switchbacks." Astrophysical Journal Letters 951 L15 [10.3847/2041-8213/acd54e] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Interchange reconnection dynamics in a solar coronal pseudo-streamer." Astronomy & Astrophysics 675 A55 [10.1051/0004-6361/202245611] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind." Astrophysical Journal 945 28 [10.3847/1538-4357/acaf6c] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Nonlinear Fast Magnetosonic Waves in Solar Prominence Pillars." Astrophysical Journal 944 210 [10.3847/1538-4357/acb13b] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Plasmoids, Flows, and Jets during Magnetic Reconnection in a Failed Solar Eruption." Astrophysical Journal 943 156 [10.3847/1538-4357/acaea4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "The Imprint of Intermittent Interchange Reconnection on the Solar Wind." Astrophysical Journal Letters 941 L29 [10.3847/2041-8213/aca8ae] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "STITCH: A Subgrid-scale Model for Energy Buildup in the Solar Corona." Astrophysical Journal 941 79 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac9e5a] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Remote Sensing of Coronal Forces during a Solar Prominence Eruption." Astrophysical Journal 935 47 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac74b4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Quasi-periodic Energy Release and Jets at the Base of Solar Coronal Plumes." Astrophysical Journal 933 21 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac6c24] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Variability of the Reconnection Guide Field in Solar Flares." Astrophysical Journal 932 94 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac6e3d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Kink Oscillation of a Flux Rope During a Failed Solar Eruption." Astrophysical Journal Letters 932 L9 [10.3847/2041-8213/ac6e3e] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Correlated Spatio-temporal Evolution of Extreme-Ultraviolet Ribbons and Hard X-Rays in a Solar Flare." Astrophysical Journal 926 218 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac4028] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Spectral Power-law Formation by Sequential Particle Acceleration in Multiple Flare Magnetic Islands." Astrophysical Journal 925 191 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac39a5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Spatially Separated Electron and Proton Beams in a Simulated Solar Coronal Jet." Astrophysical Journal 923 163 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac2e6d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Modeling a Coronal Mass Ejection from an Extended Filament Channel. I. Eruption and Early Evolution." Astrophysical Journal 914 39 [10.3847/1538-4357/abf9a9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "The Dynamic Formation of Pseudostreamers." Astrophysical Journal 913 64 [10.3847/1538-4357/abec4f] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "A Model for the Coupled Eruption of a Pseudostreamer and Helmet Streamer." Astrophysical Journal 909 54 [10.3847/1538-4357/abd9ca] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Effects of Pseudostreamer Boundary Dynamics on Heliospheric Field and Wind." Astrophysical Journal 909 10 [10.3847/1538-4357/abd6e6] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "From Pseudostreamer Jets to Coronal Mass Ejections: Observations of the Breakout Continuum." Astrophysical Journal 907 41 [10.3847/1538-4357/abca8b] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Plumelets: Dynamic Filamentary Structures in Solar Coronal Plumes." Astrophysical Journal 907 1 [10.3847/1538-4357/abd186] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Numerical Simulation of Helical Jets at Active Region Peripheries." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 490 3679 [10.1093/mnras/stz2674] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "First Detection of Plasmoids from Breakout Reconnection on the Sun." Astrophysical Journal Letters 885 L15 [10.3847/2041-8213/ab45f9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Escape of Flare-accelerated Particles in Solar Eruptive Events." Astrophysical Journal 884 143 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab4515] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "The Role of Magnetic Helicity in Coronal Heating." Astrophysical Journal 883 26 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab3afd] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Modeling a Carrington-scale Stellar Superflare and Coronal Mass Ejection from Kappa Ceti." Astrophysical Journal 880 97 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab287e] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "A Model for Energy Buildup and Eruption Onset in Coronal Mass Ejections." Astrophysical Journal 879 96 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab262a] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Multiwavelength Study of Equatorial Coronal-hole Jets." Astrophysical Journal 873 93 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab04af] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Magnetic Helicity Condensation and the Solar Cycle." Astrophysical Journal 869 62 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaec7c] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Simulated Encounters of the Parker Solar Probe with a Coronal-hole Jet." Astrophysical Journal 866 14 [10.3847/1538-4357/aadb41] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "A Model for Coronal Hole Bright Points and Jets Due to Moving Magnetic Elements." Astrophysical Journal 864 165 [10.3847/1538-4357/aad9f7] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "The Role of Twist in Kinked Flux Rope Emergence and Delta-spot Formation." Astrophysical Journal 864 89 [10.3847/1538-4357/aad68c] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Evidence for the Magnetic Breakout Model in an Equatorial Coronal-hole Jet." Astrophysical Journal 854 155 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaab4f] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Power-law Statistics of Driven Reconnection in the Magnetically Closed Corona." Astrophysical Journal 853 82 [10.3847/1538-4357/aaa0d9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "A Breakout Model for Solar Coronal Jets with Filaments." Astrophysical Journal 852 98 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa9ffc] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "The Mechanism for the Energy Buildup Driving Solar Eruptive Events." Astrophysical Journal Letters 851 L17 [10.3847/2041-8213/aa9e0a] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Formation of Heliospheric Arcs of Slow Solar Wind." Astrophysical Journal 840 L10 [10.3847/2041-8213/aa6d72] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "A Universal Model for Solar Eruptions." Nature 544 452 [10.1038/nature22050] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Reconnection-Driven Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in a Simulated Coronal-Hole Jet." Astrophysical Journal 837 123 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa5cb9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Dynamics of Coronal Hole Boundaries." Astrophysical Journal 837 113 [10.3847/1538-4357/837/2/113] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "The Role of Magnetic Helicity in Structuring the Solar Corona." Astrophysical Journal 835 85 [10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/85] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Electron Acceleration in Contracting Magnetic Islands during Solar Flares." Astrophysical Journal 835 48 [10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/48] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Coronal Jets Simulated with the Global Alfvén Wave Solar Model." Astrophysical Journal 834 123 [10.3847/1538-4357/834/2/123] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Reconnection-Driven Coronal-Hole Jets with Gravity and Solar Wind." Astrophysical Journal 834 62 [10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/62] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "A Model for Straight and Helical Solar Jets: II. Parametric Study of the Plasma Beta." Astronomy & Astrophysics 596 A36 [10.1051/0004-6361/201629109] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "A Model for Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 121 10677 [10.1002/2016ja023432] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Three-Dimensional Simulations of Tearing and Intermittency in Coronal Jets." Astrophysical Journal 827 4 [10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Solar Coronal Jets: Observations, Theory, and Modeling." Space Science Reviews 201 1 [10.1007/s11214-016-0260-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Simulations of Solar Jets Confined by Coronal Loops." Astrophysical Journal 820 77 [10.3847/0004-637X/820/1/77] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Magnetic-Island Contraction and Particle Acceleration in Simulated Eruptive Solar Flares." Astrophysical Journal 820 60 [10.3847/0004-637x/820/1/60] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "A Model for Straight and Helical Solar Jets: I. Parametric Studies of the Magnetic Field Geometry." Astronomy and Astrophysics 573 A130 [10.1051/0004-6361/201424209] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Filament Channel Formation via Magnetic Helicity Condensation." Astrophysical Journal 809 137 [10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/137] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Numerical Simulations of Helicity Condensation in the Solar Corona." Astrophysical Journal 805 61 [10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/61] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "A Model for the Electrically Charged Current Sheet of a Pulsar." Astrophysical Journal 801 109 [10.1088/0004-637X/801/2/109] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Ionized Plasma and Neutral Gas Coupling in the Sun's Chromosphere and Earth's Ionosphere/Thermosphere." Space Science Reviews 184 107-172 [10.1007/s11214-014-0103-1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "Global-Scale Consequences of Magnetic Helicity Injection and Condensation on the Sun." Astrophysical Journal 784 164 [10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/164] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Polarimetric Properties of Flux Ropes and Sheared Arcades in Coronal Prominence Cavities." Solar Physics 288 617-636 [10.1007/s11207-013-0325-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "A Model for the Escape Of Solar Flare Accelerated Particles." Astrophysical Journal 771 82 [10.1088/0004-637X/771/2/82] [Journal Article/Letter]

2013. "Numerical Simulations of Dome-Shaped EUV Waves from Different Active-Region Configurations." Solar Physics 284 515-539 [10.1007/s11207-013-0302-z] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "The Mechanisms for the Onset and Explosive Eruption of Coronal Mass Ejections and Eruptive Flares." Astrophysical Journal 760 81 [10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/81] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "The Effects of Wave Escape on Fast Magnetosonic Wave Turbulence in Solar Flares." Astrophysical Journal 757 72 [10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/72] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Dome-Shaped EUV Waves from Rotating Active Regions." Astrophysical Journal Letters 747 L21 [10.1088/2041-8205/747/2/L21] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Formation and Evolution of a Multi-Threaded Solar Prominence." Astrophysical Journal 746 30 [10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/30] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Interchange Reconnection and Coronal-Hole Dynamics." Astrophysical Journal 714 517 [10.1088/0004-637X/714/1/517] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Formation and Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Current Sheets in the Solar Corona." Astrophysical Journal 718 72 [10.1088/0004-637X/718/1/72] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Three-Dimensional Modeling of Quasi-Homologous Solar Jets." Astrophysical Journal 714 1762 [10.1088/0004-637X/714/2/1762] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Reconnection-Driven Dynamics of Coronal-Hole Boundaries." Astrophysical Journal 707 1427 [10.1088/0004-637X/707/2/1427] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Rotation of Coronal Mass Ejections During Eruption." Astrophysical Journal 697 1918 [10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1918] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "A Model for Solar Polar Jets." Astrophysical Journal 691 61 [10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/61] [Journal Article/Letter]

2009. "Patchy Reconnection in a Y-Type Current Sheet." Earth Planets and Space 61 573 [10.1186/BF03352925] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Homologous Confined Filament Eruptions via Magnetic Breakout." Astrophysical Journal 680 740 [10.1086/588011] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Topological Evolution of a Fast Magnetic Breakout Coronal Mass Ejection in Three Dimensions." Astrophysical Journal 683 1192 [10.1086/589738] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Structure and Dynamics of the Sun's Open Magnetic Field." Astrophysical Journal 671 936 [10.1086/522489] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Solar Prominence Merging." Astrophysical Journal 646 1349 [10.1086/505020] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "Slip-Running Reconnection in Quasi-Separatrix Layers." Solar Physics 238 347 [10.1007/s11207-006-0230-2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Prominence Formation by Thermal Nonequilibrium in the Sheared-Arcade Model." Astrophysical Journal 635 1319 [10.1086/497531] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Magnetic Reconnection Models of Prominence Formation." Astrophysical Journal 634 1395 [10.1086/491641] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Solar Prominence Interactions." Astrophysical Journal 629 1122 [10.1086/431721] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Magnetic Free Energies of Breakout Coronal Mass Ejections." Astrophysical Journal 628 1031 [10.1086/431141] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "A Numerical Study of the Breakout Model for Coronal Mass Ejection Initiation." Astrophysical Journal 614 1028 [10.1086/423887] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "Coronal Magnetic Field Relaxation by Null-Point Reconnection." Astrophysical Journal 575 578 [10.1086/341193] [Journal Article/Letter]

2002. "Prominence Magnetic Dips in Three-Dimensional Sheared Arcades." Astrophysical Journal 567 L97 [10.1086/339436] [Journal Article/Letter]

2000. "Dynamical Formation and Stability of Helical Prominence Magnetic Fields." Astrophysical Journal 539 954 [10.1086/309275] [Journal Article/Letter]

2000. "Magnetic Helicity Generation by Solar Differential Rotation." Astrophysical Journal 539 944 [10.1086/309274] [Journal Article/Letter]

1999. "A Model for Solar Coronal Mass Ejections." Astrophysical Journal 510 485 [10.1086/306563] [Journal Article/Letter]

1998. "Two-Dimensional MHD Simulations of the Solar Wind Interaction with Comet Halley." Acta Astronomica 48 803 [Journal Article/Letter]

1998. "Dynamic Responses to Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Arcades." Astrophysical Journal 495 491 [10.1086/305252] [Journal Article/Letter]

1996. "Numerical Simulations of Driven MHD Waves in Twisted Coronal Loops." Solar Physics 167 181 [10.1007/BF00146336] [Journal Article/Letter]

1996. "Reconnection-Driven Current Filamentation in Solar Arcades." Astrophysical Journal Letters 460 L73 [10.1086/309965] [Journal Article/Letter]

1996. "Numerical Simulations of MHD Wave Excitation in Bounded Plasma Slabs." Planetary and Space Science 44 253 [10.1016/0032-0633(95)00114-X] [Journal Article/Letter]

1995. "The Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Chromospheric Eruptions." Astrophysical Journal 450 422 [10.1086/176152] [Journal Article/Letter]

1991. "Flux-Corrected Transport Techniques for Multidimensional Compressible Magnetohydrodynamics." Journal of Computational Physics 92 142 [10.1016/0021-9991(91)90295-V] [Journal Article/Letter]

1991. "Coronal Current-Sheet Formation: The Effect of Asymmetric and Symmetric Shears." Astrophysical Journal 382 327 [10.1086/170720] [Journal Article/Letter]

1990. "On the Formation of Current Sheets in the Solar Corona." Astrophysical Journal Letters 356 L67 [10.1086/185751] [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Implications of a Strongly Peaked Polar Magnetic Field." Solar Physics 124 1 [10.1007/BF00146515] [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Nonlocal Thermal Transport in Solar Flares, II. Spectroscopic Diagnostics." Astrophysical Journal 338 1184 [10.1086/167269] [Journal Article/Letter]

1989. "Ionization Efficiency due to Primary and Secondary Photoelectrons: A Numerical Model." Annales Geophysicae 7 83 [Journal Article/Letter]

1987. "Simulations of the Sun's Polar Magnetic Fields during Sunspot Cycle 21." Solar Physics 108 47 [10.1007/BF00152076] [Journal Article/Letter]

1987. "Nonlinear Evolution of Radiation-Driven Thermally Unstable Fluids." Astrophysical Journal 315 385 [10.1086/165142] [Journal Article/Letter]

1987. "The Decay of the Large-Scale Solar Magnetic Field." Solar Physics 112 17 [10.1007/BF00148484] [Journal Article/Letter]

1987. "Nonlocal Thermal Transport in Solar Flares." Astrophysical Journal 320 904 [10.1086/165608] [Journal Article/Letter]

1986. "Simulations of the Gross Solar Magnetic Field during Sunspot Cycle 21." Solar Physics 106 251 [10.1007/BF00158496] [Journal Article/Letter]

1986. "The Origin of the 28- to 29-Day Recurrent Patterns of the Solar Magnetic Field." Solar Physics 104 425 [10.1007/BF00159092] [Journal Article/Letter]

1986. "The Decay of the Mean Solar Magnetic Field." Solar Physics 103 203 [10.1007/BF00147824] [Journal Article/Letter]

1985. "Numerical Simulations of Large-Scale Solar Magnetic Fields." Australian Journal of Physics 38 999 [Journal Article/Letter]

1985. "Simulations of Magnetic-Flux Transport in Solar Active Regions." Solar Physics 102 41 [10.1007/BF00154036] [Journal Article/Letter]

1985. "Simulations of the Mean Solar Magnetic Field during Sunspot Cycle 21." Solar Physics 98 219 [10.1007/BF00152457] [Journal Article/Letter]

1984. "The Concentration of the Large-Scale Solar Magnetic Field by a Meridional Surface Flow." Solar Physics 92 1 [10.1007/BF00157230] [Journal Article/Letter]