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Dr. Lynn B Wilson III

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Dr. Lynn B Wilson III

  • RESEARCH AST, FIELDS AND PARTICLES
  • Additional Roles: Physicist
  • 301.286.6487
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 672
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Brief Bio

     I started my work in space plasma physics at Saint John's University [Collegeville, MN] while working on my senior thesis [Advisor:  J. Crumley].  My thesis, titled:  A Theoretical Approach to Analyzing the Size and Shape of Solitary Waves, examined the possible shapes of electrostatic BGK electron phase-space holes assuming a Gaussian potential.  I was accepted into the graduate program at the University of Minnesota and participated in a summer research fellowship prior to the start of term continuing my work on solitary waves.  I worked for C.A. Cattell, J. Crumley's former doctoral advisor.

    I started to officially work for Dr. Cattell after my first year of course work on waveform observations in and around collisionless shock waves.  I was appointed an RA for my second year as a graduate student and won the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, which funded my work from Sep. 2007 through May 2010.  I applied for both the NASA Postdoctoral Program and the Living With a Star Heliophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in early 2010.  I was awarded a fellowship for the later, but was later offered a permanent position as a civil servant at NASA, which I accepted.  I won the Dr. Leonard F. Burlaga/Arctowski Medal Fellowship in the summer of 2010 to fund the rest of my graduate career.

    I defended my dissertation, titled:  The microphysics of collisionless shocks, in Sep. 2010.  Three days later, my fiance and I drove to Maryland from MInnesota to start my new career at NASA.

    I continue to work on wave-particle microphysics and have helped with updating the calibration [in collaboration with Berkeley SSL] of an electrostatic analyzer on the Wind spacecraft.

     

    Research Interests

    Large amplitude whistler mode waves in the radiation belts

    I am interested in the properties of large amplitude whistler mode waves in the terrestrial radiation belts because they may play important roles in global radiation belt dynamics.

    Energy dissipation in collisionless shocks

    Collisionless shock waves are a ubiquitous phenomena in space.  They are observed in situ around planets in our solar system and in front of transient solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections.  Collisionless shocks are thought to produce some of the highest energy cosmic rays and are known to be efficient accelerators of particles in our solar system.  Their capacity to accelerate particles and induce large magnetic effects in both the terrestrial magnetic field and our power grids make collisionless shocks a topic of considerable interest.

    Shock waves are the result of a process called nonlinear wave steepening that has reached the point where the steepening is balanced by some form of energy dissipation.  In a collisional fluid (like our atmosphere), energy dissipation is accomplished by irreversibly transferring the bulk kinetic energy of the flow into random kinetic energy (i.e. heat) through binary particle collisions.  In a collisionless medium, this type of energy dissipation cannot limit wave steepening.

    One of the theorized energy dissipation mechanisms is anomalous resistivity, due to wave-particle interactions.  Here, the waves create effective collisions with the particles involved in creating the currents in the ramp of a collisionless magnetized shock wave.  These anomalous collisions limit the current (i.e. relative drift between electrons and ions), thus limit the wave steepening.

    Other forms of energy dissipation are thought to occur, including wave dispersion, particle reflection, and reversible macroscopic effects.  I am also interested in particle reflection and dispersive effects in collisionless shock waves.

    Wave-Particle Interactions

    Wave-particle interactions is a generalized way to express the study of energy/momentum transfer between electromagnetic fields and charged particles.  I study these processes by examining data from instruments that measure electric and magnetic fields combined with data from particle detectors.  Using these data, in addition to theory, I can infer and sometimes definitively show evidence of wave-particle interactions.

    These processes are important, as they are thought to play a role in:

    1. coronal heating;
    2. solar flare particle acceleration;
    3. particle acceleration at collisionless shocks; and
    4. particle heating at collisionless shocks.

    Particle Acceleration

    I am interested in understanding how transient ion foreshock phenomena (TIFP) can locally accelerate particles.  Some examples of TIFP include:

    1. short large amplitude magnetic structures or SLAMS;
    2. hot flow anomalies or HFAs; and
    3. foreshock bubbles or FBs.

    The reasons are many fold, but a natural extension is for high energy shock acceleration.  In particular, I am referring to the type of shock acceleration that involves a particle bouncing back-and-forth across the shock reflecting off of localize scattering centers, called diffusive shock acceleration or DSA.  If we can show evidence that small-scale (compared to the bow shock, for instance) phenomena can locally accelerate particles, then it supports some shock acceleration theories (e.g., DSA) used to explain the origin of the observed high energy cosmic rays.

    I have already shown that SLAMS can locally accelerate ions [e.g., Wilson et al., 2013b], but now my colleagues and I are interested in looking at whether similar structures can locally accelerate electrons.  If so, then this may help explain some of the synchrotron radiation observed in supernova remnants and other astrophysical phenomena.

    Shock Acceleration

    I am interested in and currently working on multiple projects investigating particle acceleration at collisionless shock waves, both electrons and ions.  We are looking into whether the traditional theories of shock acceleration can explain observations and when they cannot, whether other processes are responsible (e.g., Can small-scale waves pre-energize particles sufficiently to inject them into higher order acceleration processes?).

    Kinetic Theory

    I developed software to model the solar wind velocity distribution functions (VDFs) as the sum of three functional forms.  Since the solar wind is a nonequilibrium, weakly collisional, kinetic gas the VDF is not a single, isotropic structure.  In such gases, the particles stream through/past each other with little-to-no interaction on short temporal/spatial scales.  Thus, modeling the VDF as a superposition of multiple components is justified.  The interesting thing is that the core electrons, traditionally modeled as a bi-Maxwellian, turn out to be better modeled by a bi-self-similar distribution, which is associated with inelasticity in coarse grain media and propagation through porous media.  The model functions and methodology are described in Wilson et al. [2019a] and the dataset Wilson et al. [2019b].

    Current Projects

    Wind Spacecraft

    I work on the following projects related to the Wind spacecraft:

    1. I continue to write/update IDL libraries used to analyze and calibrate data from the Wind 3DP, MFI, and WAVES instruments
    2. I work to keep the Wind spacecraft Wikipedia page updated at:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIND_(spacecraft)
    3. I work to keep the Wind spacecraft home page updated at:
      http://wind.nasa.gov
    4. I continue to publish results using data from the Wind spacecraft
    5. David Malaspina (at LASP) and I created a dust impact database from the WAVES time domain sampler (TDS) receiver waveform capture data, publicly available from CDAWeb at http://cdaweb.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html/
    6. I am working with the University of Minnesota WAVES group to create a final archive for the WAVES TDS waveform captures for the entire mission

    THEMIS Spacecraft

    1. Contribute to and help to update TDAS (now called SPEDAS) software
    2. Examine energy dissipation mechanisms in collisionless shocks
    3. Examine particle acceleration by
    4. Examine energy dissipation mechanisms in magnetic reconnection

    Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission

    I am currently working with several groups on wave and particle data analysis of heating and acceleration in both reconnection regions and at collisionless shock waves.

    Parker Solar Probe

    Determine the acceleration and evolution of the solar wind by examining particle velocity distribution functions simultaneously observed with electromagnetic fields.

    Kinetic Theory

    I developed software to model the solar wind velocity distribution functions (VDFs) as the sum of three functional forms. Since the solar wind is a nonequilibrium, weakly collisional, kinetic gas the VDF is not a single, isotropic structure. In such gases, the particles stream through/past each other with little-to-no interaction on short temporal/spatial scales. Thus, modeling the VDF as a superposition of multiple components is justified. The interesting thing is that the core electrons, traditionally modeled as a bi-Maxwellian, turn out to be better modeled by a bi-self-similar distribution, which is associated with inelasticity in coarse grain media and propagation through porous media. The model functions and methodology are described in Wilson et al. [2019a] and the dataset Wilson et al. [2019b].

    Positions/Employment

    5/2006 - 8/2007

    Research Assistant

    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    9/2007 - 9/2010

    Research Fellow

    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
    9/2010 - Present

    Research Astrophysicist

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    2012 - 6/2016

    Deputy Project Scientist

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center

    deputy project scientist for the Wind spacecraft

    6/2016 - Present

    Wind Project Scientist

    NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
    5/2018 - Present

    Team Leader

    International Space Science Institude, Bern, Switzerland

    ISSI Team Leader for Resolving the Microphysics of Collisionless Shock Waves (no funding)

    1/2019 - Present

    GEM Focus Group Leader

    Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM), N/A

    GEM Focus Group Leader for Particle Heating and Thermalization in Collisionless Shocks in the MMS Era (no funding)

    Teaching Experience

    Sep 2005 - May 2006    Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, MInneapolis, MN

    Sep 2002 - May 2005    Teaching Assistant, Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN

    Education

    Ph.D. (Space Plasma Physics), Sep. 2010, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    B.A. (Physics), May 2005, Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN

    Professional Societies

    American Geophysical Union, 2006 - Present
    European Geosciences Union, 2011 - Present
    American Physical Society, 2011 - Present
    American Institute Of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 2016 - Present

    Professional Service

    Committee Member, 2015
    Strategic Planning Committee, Heliophysics Science Division

    SHINE Steering Committee 2018--Present

    Session Convener
    Meeting: 2012 Fall AGU Meeting
    Title:  "Wave-Particle Interactions and Collisionless Shocks"

    Meeting:  2014 Fall AGU Meeting
    Title:  "Twenty years of Wind observations"

    Meeting:  2016-2019 Fall AGU Meetings
    Title:  "Collisionless Shock Waves in Astrophysical Plasmas"

    Meeting: 2019 Fall AGU Meeting
    Title: "A Quarter Century of Wind observations"

    Journal Referee 2011-Present
    - Advances in Space Research
    - Annales Geophysicae
    - Astrophysics & Space Science
    - The Astrophysical Journal Letters
    - The Astrophysical Journal
    - Geophysical Research Letters
    - Journal of Plasma Physics
    - Journal of Geophysical Research
    - Nature
    - Physics of Plasmas
    - Planetary and Space Science
    - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics
    - Space Science Reviews
    - Geophysical Monograph Series

    Awards

    • 2019 NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
    • 2016 Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing – Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics [Mar. 2017]
    • Code 670 Peer Award [Aug 2016]
    • Dr. Leonard F. Burlaga/Arctowski Medal Fellowship [Summer 2010]
    • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, Heliophysics Division [Sep 2007 - May 2010]

    Grants

    01/01/2015 - 12/31/2016 ROSES H-GI ODDE, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH14ZDA001N-HGI

    A Dust Impact Database for the Wind Spacecraft

    ; Co-I
    10/01/2015 - 09/30/2016 Science Innovation Fund, NASA

    Non-Maxwellian Electron Distributions and X-Ray Spectra of Galaxy Clusters

    ; Co-I
    03/01/2016 - 02/28/2019 Heliophysics Supporting Research Program, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH15ZDA001N-HSR

    Electron Acceleration by Transient Ion Foreshock Phenomena

    ; PI
    03/01/2016 - 02/28/2019 Heliophysics Supporting Research Program, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH15ZDA001N-HSR

    The true origin of the heliospheric ion suprathermal tail

    ; Co-I
    06/01/2018 - 05/31/2021 Heliophysics Supporting Research, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH17ZDA001N-HSR

    Interpreting spacecraft observations of accelerated particles via ab-initio simulations

    ; Co-I
    04/01/2018 - 03/31/2021 Heliophysics Supporting Research, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH17ZDA001N-HSR

    Plasma heating across the bow shock: How particle distribution functions revolutionize the current understanding

    ; Co-I
    05/15/2018 - 04/30/2020 ISSI 2018, International Space Science Institute

    Resolving the Microphysics of Collisionless Shock Waves

    ; Team Leader
    10/01/2018 - 09/30/2019 Heliophysics Innovation Fund, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    Electron Energy Partition at Collisionless Shock Waves

    ; PI
    06/01/2018 - 05/31/2021 Heliophysics Supporting Research, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH17ZDA001N-HSR

    Interpreting spacecraft observations of accelerated particles via ab-initio simulations

    ; Co-I
    04/01/2018 - 03/31/2021 Heliophysics Supporting Research, NASA, NASA NRA #: NNH17ZDA001N-HSR

    Plasma heating across the bow shock: How particle distribution functions revolutionize the current understanding

    ; Co-I
    04/01/2019 - 03/31/2024 GEM Focus Group, NSF

    Particle Heating and Thermalization in Collisionless Shocks in the MMS Era

    ; Team/Group Leader (PI)
    10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020 Heliophysics Innovation Fund, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    Continuation of: Electron Energy Partition at Collisionless Shock Waves

    ; PI

    Special Experience

    IDL Programming:

    TPLOT (TDAS and/or SPEDAS):

    I rewrote and commented a significant fraction of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory IDL library called TPLOT as a standalone software library for the Wind/3DP instrument.  The software has helped in data analysis in multiple refereed publications.  I am currently working to integrate these updates into the TDAS/SPEDAS software libraries.

    Calibration:

    I wrote IDL software to calibrate and/or calculate efficiencies for an electrostatic analyzer and a dipole wire electric field antenna on the Wind spacecraft.

    Beam Fitting Routines:

    I wrote a library of routines that help a user isolate and fit a bi-Maxwellian velocity distribution function to a secondary beam population from an array of input IDL structures, each of which define a velocity distribution from an electrostatic analyzer instrument (e.g., 3DP from Wind or ESA from THEMIS).

    Distribution Fitting Routines:

    I wrote a library of routines that use a nonlinear least-squares algorithm to fit solar wind electron velocity distributions to multiple different model functions allowing for inputs from Wind/3DP, THEMIS/ESA, or MMS/FPI.

    Frame Transformation Routines:

    I wrote a library of routines that allow a user to interactively change the frame of reference in which a 3D particle velocity distribution is shown.  This allows one to change from, say, the level-2 velocity frame to the frame where the peak phase space density is centered on the origin in velocity space.

    Adaptive Interval Minimum Variance Analysis Routines:

    These routines perform minimum variance analysis (MVA) and automatically determine which subintervals have the best results.  These routines save a tremendous amount of time from the usual iterative method of zoom-in then zoom-out until one finds a good interval on which to perform MVA.

    Rankine-Hugoniot Relations:

    I wrote a standalone IDL library that numerically solves the Rankine-Hugoniot relations and returns a shock normal unit vector, an upstream shock normal speed (in spacecraft and shock rest frame), a downstream shock normal speed (in shock rest frame), and an array of all possible unit normal chi-squared results for testing minimum results.

    Velocity Distribution Function Fitting Routines:

    I wrote a series of routines that fit particle velocity distribution functions (VDF) to the sum of three, user-defined model functions.  The routines determine the number density, bulk flow velocity, and thermal speeds (parallel and perpendicular to the quasi-static magnetic field) of the three components within the VDF.  For solar wind electrons, the three components are the core, halo, and beam/strahl.  The details of the software can be found at https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.01476.

    Mathematica:

    I wrote a set of Mathematica packages for dispersion relation tests, visualizations of several phenomena (e.g., cyclotron resonance or nonlinear wave steepening), numerical estimates of critical Mach numbers, cold plasma and two-fluid dispersion solvers and analytical tests for numerical IDL routines.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Wilson, L. B., L.-J. Chen, S. Wang, et al. S. J. Schwartz, D. L. Turner, M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, A. Osmane, D. Caprioli, S. D. Bale, M. P. Pulupa, C. S. Salem, and K. A. Goodrich. 2019. "Electron Energy Partition across Interplanetary Shocks. I. Methodology and Data Product." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 243 (8): 26 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/1538-4365/ab22bd]

    Lario, D., L. Berger, R. B. Decker, et al. R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, L. B. Wilson, J. Giacalone, and E. C. Roelof. 2019. "Evolution of the Suprathermal Proton Population at Interplanetary Shocks." The Astronomical Journal, 158 (1): 12 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/1538-3881/ab1e49]

    Wilson, L. B., L.-J. Chen, S. Wang, et al. S. J. Schwartz, D. L. Turner, M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, A. Osmane, D. Caprioli, S. D. Bale, M. P. Pulupa, C. S. Salem, and K. A. Goodrich. 2019. "Supplement to: Electron energy partition across interplanetary shocks." Zenodo, 28: 75806 [Full Text (Link)] [10.5281/zenodo.2875806]

    Ofman, L., A. Koval, L. Wilson, and A. Szabo. 2019. "Understanding the Role of α Particles in Oblique Heliospheric Shock Oscillations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124 (4): 2393-2405 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2018ja026301]

    Goodrich, K. A., R. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, et al. L. B. Wilson, A. Johlander, D. Newman, F. D. Wilder, J. Holmes, J. Burch, R. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. Lindqvist, R. Strangeway, D. Gershman, and B. Giles. 2019. "Impulsively Reflected Ions: A Plausible Mechanism for Ion Acoustic Wave Growth in Collisionless Shocks." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124: (Accepted) [10.1029/2018ja026436]

    Wang, S., L.-J. Chen, N. Bessho, et al. M. Hesse, L. B. Wilson, B. Giles, T. E. Moore, C. T. Russell, R. B. Torbert, and J. L. Burch. 2019. "Observational Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection in the Terrestrial Bow Shock Transition Region." Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (2): 562-570 [10.1029/2018gl080944]

    Goodrich, K. A., R. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, et al. L. B. Wilson, D. Newman, F. D. Wilder, J. Holmes, A. Johlander, J. Burch, R. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. Lindqvist, R. Strangeway, C. Russell, D. Gershman, B. Giles, and L. Andersson. 2018. "MMS Observations of Electrostatic Waves in an Oblique Shock Crossing." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123 (11): 9430-9442 [10.1029/2018ja025830]

    Lario, D., L. Berger, L. B. Wilson, et al. R. B. Decker, D. K. Haggerty, E. C. Roelof, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, and J. Giacalone. 2018. "Flat Proton Spectra in Large Solar Energetic Particle Events." Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1100: 012014 [10.1088/1742-6596/1100/1/012014]

    Collinson, G., L. B. Wilson, N. Omidi, et al. D. Sibeck, J. Espley, C. M. Fowler, D. Mitchell, J. Grebowsky, C. Mazelle, S. Ruhunusiri, J. Halekas, R. Frahm, T. Zhang, Y. Futaana, and B. Jakosky. 2018. "Solar Wind Induced Waves in the Skies of Mars: Ionospheric Compression, Energization, and Escape Resulting From the Impact of Ultralow Frequency Magnetosonic Waves Generated Upstream of the Martian Bow Shock." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123 (9): 7241-7256 [10.1029/2018ja025414]

    Turner, D. L., L. B. Wilson, T. Z. Liu, et al. I. J. Cohen, S. J. Schwartz, A. Osmane, J. F. Fennell, J. H. Clemmons, J. B. Blake, J. Westlake, B. H. Mauk, A. N. Jaynes, T. Leonard, D. N. Baker, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, D. J. Gershman, L. Avanov, B. L. Giles, R. B. Torbert, J. Broll, R. G. Gomez, S. A. Fuselier, and J. L. Burch. 2018. "Autogenous and efficient acceleration of energetic ions upstream of Earth’s bow shock." Nature, 561 (7722): 206-210 [10.1038/s41586-018-0472-9]

    Giagkiozis, S., L. B. Wilson, J. L. Burch, et al. O. Le Contel, R. E. Ergun, D. J. Gershman, P.-A. Lindqvist, L. Mirioni, T. E. Moore, and R. J. Strangeway. 2018. "Statistical Study of the Properties of Magnetosheath Lion Roars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123 (7): 5435-5451 [10.1029/2018ja025343]

    Chen, L.-J., S. Wang, L. Wilson, et al. S. Schwartz, N. Bessho, T. Moore, D. Gershman, B. Giles, D. Malaspina, F. Wilder, R. Ergun, M. Hesse, H. Lai, C. Russell, R. Strangeway, R. Torbert, A. F.-Vinas, J. Burch, S. Lee, C. Pollock, J. Dorelli, W. Paterson, N. Ahmadi, K. Goodrich, B. Lavraud, O. Le Contel, Y. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, S. Boardsen, H. Wei, A. Le, and L. Avanov. 2018. "Electron Bulk Acceleration and Thermalization at Earth’s Quasiperpendicular Bow Shock." Physical Review Letters, 120 (22): 225101 [10.1103/physrevlett.120.225101]

    Wilson III, L. B., M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, et al. K. G. Klein, B. A. Maruca, S. D. Bale, T. A. Bowen, M. P. Pulupa, and C. S. Salem. 2018. "The Statistical Properties of Solar Wind Temperature Parameters Near 1 au." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 236 (2): 41 [10.3847/1538-4365/aab71c]

    Liu, M., Y. D. Liu, Z. Yang, L. B. Wilson, and H. Hu. 2018. "Kinetic Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Propagating inside a Coronal Mass Ejection." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 859 (1): L4 [10.3847/2041-8213/aac269]

    Livadiotis, G., M. I. Desai, and L. B. Wilson. 2018. "Generation of Kappa Distributions in Solar Wind at 1 au." The Astrophysical Journal, 853 (2): 142 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/1538-4357/aaa713]

    Horaites, K., S. Boldyrev, L. B. Wilson, A. F. Viñas, and J. Merka. 2018. "Kinetic theory and fast wind observations of the electron strahl." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474 (1): 115-127 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1093/mnras/stx2555]

    Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, A. Szabo, et al. M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, C. A. Cattell, and V. V. Krasnoselskikh. 2017. "Revisiting the structure of low-Mach number, low-beta, quasi-perpendicular shocks." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122 (9): 9115-9133 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2017ja024352]

    Liu, T. Z., S. Lu, V. Angelopoulos, H. Hietala, and L. B. Wilson. 2017. "Fermi acceleration of electrons inside foreshock transient cores." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122 (9): 9248-9263 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2017ja024480]

    Osmane, A., D. L. Turner, L. B. Wilson, A. P. Dimmock, and T. I. Pulkkinen. 2017. "Subcritical Growth of Electron Phase-space Holes in Planetary Radiation Belts." The Astrophysical Journal, 846 (83): 8 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa8367]

    Liu, T. Z., V. Angelopoulos, H. Hietala, and L. B. Wilson III. 2017. "Statistical study of particle acceleration in the core of foreshock transients." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122 (7): 7197-7208 [10.1002/2017ja024043]

    Oka, M., L. B. Wilson, T. D. Phan, et al. A. J. Hull, T. Amano, M. Hoshino, M. R. Argall, O. L. Contel, O. Agapitov, D. J. Gershman, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, C. Pollock, J. C. Dorelli, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, Y. Saito, L. A. Avanov, W. Paterson, R. E. Ergun, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, and P. A. Lindqvist. 2017. "Electron Scattering by High-frequency Whistler Waves at Earth’s Bow Shock." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 842 (2): L11 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/2041-8213/aa7759]

    Wang, S., L.-J. Chen, M. Hesse, et al. L. B. Wilson, N. Bessho, D. J. Gershman, R. E. Ergun, T. D. Phan, J. L. Burch, J. C. Dorelli, B. Giles, R. B. Torbert, C. J. Pollock, C. T. Russell, R. Strangeway, L. Avanov, B. Lavraud, and T. E. Moore. 2017. "Parallel electron heating in the magnetospheric inflow region." Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (10): 4384-4392 [10.1002/2017gl073404]

    Malaspina, D. M., and L. B. Wilson III. 2016. "A Database of Interplanetary and Interstellar Dust Detected by the Wind Spacecraft." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121 (10): 9369-9377 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2016ja023209]

    Wilson, L., D. Sibeck, D. Turner, et al. A. Osmane, D. Caprioli, and V. Angelopoulos. 2016. "Relativistic Electrons Produced by Foreshock Disturbances Observed Upstream of Earth’s Bow Shock." Physical Review Letters, 117 (21): 215101 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.215101]

    Kanekal, S. G., D. N. Baker, J. F. Fennell, et al. A. Jones, Q. Schiller, I. G. Richardson, X. Li, D. L. Turner, S. Califf, S. G. Claudepierre, L. B. Wilson, A. Jaynes, J. B. Blake, G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, C. A. Kletzing, and J. R. Wygant. 2016. "Prompt acceleration of magnetospheric electrons to ultrarelativistic energies by the 17 March 2015 interplanetary shock." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 121 (8): 7622-7635 [10.1002/2016ja022596]

    Wicks, R. T., R. L. Alexander, M. Stevens, et al. L. B. Iii, P. S. Moya, A. Viñas, L. K. Jian, D. A. Roberts, S. O’Modhrain, J. A. Gilbert, and T. H. Zurbuchen. 2016. "A PROTON-CYCLOTRON WAVE STORM GENERATED BY UNSTABLE PROTON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS IN THE SOLAR WIND." The Astrophysical Journal, 819 (1): 6 [10.3847/0004-637x/819/1/6]

    Wilson, L. B. 2016. "Low Frequency Waves at and Upstream of Collisionless Shocks." Geophysical Monograph Series, In: Low-Frequency Waves in Space Plasmas, 216: Hoboken, NJ: 269-291, ISBN: 9781119055006. [10.1002/9781119055006.ch16]

    Osmane, A., L. B. Wilson, L. Blum, and T. I. Pulkkinen. 2016. "ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MICROBURSTS AND NONLINEAR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES IN PLANETARY RADIATION BELTS." The Astrophysical Journal, 816 (2): 51 [10.3847/0004-637x/816/2/51]

    Kempf, Y., D. Pokhotelov, O. Gutynska, et al. L. B. Wilson, B. M. Walsh, S. von Alfthan, O. Hannuksela, D. G. Sibeck, and M. Palmroth. 2015. "Ion distributions in the Earth's foreshock: Hybrid-Vlasov simulation and THEMIS observations." J. Geophys. Res., 120: 3684-3701 [10.1002/2014JA020519]

    Tang, X., C. Cattell, R. Lysak, et al. L. B. Wilson, L. Dai, and S. Thaller. 2015. "THEMIS observations of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves and associated ion heating near the Earth’s dayside magnetopause." J. Geophys. Res., 120: 3380-3392 [10.1002/2015JA020984]

    Muzamil, F. M., C. J. Farrugia, R. B. Torbert, et al. P. R. Pritchett, F. S. Mozer, J. D. Scudder, C. T. Russell, P. E. Sandholt, W. F. Denig, and L. B. Wilson. 2014. "Structure of a reconnection layer poleward of the cusp: Extreme density asymmetry and a guide field." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119 (9): 7343-7362 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2014JA019879]

    Wilson, L. B., D. G. Sibeck, A. W. Breneman, et al. O. Le Contel, C. Cully, D. L. Turner, V. Angelopoulos, and D. M. Malaspina. 2014. "Quantified energy dissipation rates in the terrestrial bow shock: 2. Waves and dissipation." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119 (8): 6475-6495 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2014JA019930]

    Wilson, L. B., D. G. Sibeck, A. W. Breneman, et al. O. Le Contel, C. Cully, D. L. Turner, V. Angelopoulos, and D. M. Malaspina. 2014. "Quantified energy dissipation rates in the terrestrial bow shock: 1. Analysis techniques and methodology." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119 (8): 6455-6474 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2014JA019929]

    Yu, W., C. J. Farrugia, N. Lugaz, et al. A. B. Galvin, E. J. Kilpua, H. Kucharek, C. Möstl, M. Leitner, R. B. Torbert, K. C. Simunac, J. G. Luhmann, A. Szabo, L. B. Wilson, K. W. Ogilvie, and J. A. Sauvaud. 2014. "A Statistical Analysis of Properties of Small Transients in the Solar Wind 2007-2009: STEREO and Wind Observations." Journal of Geophysical Research, 119 (2): 689-708 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2013JA019115]

    Malaspina, D. M., M. Horanyi, A. Zaslavsky, et al. K. Goetz, L. B. Wilson, and K. Kersten. 2014. "Interplanetary and interstellar dust observed by the Wind/WAVES electric field instrument." Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (2): 266-272 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2013GL058786]

    Yu, W., C. J. Farrugia, N. Lugaz, et al. A. B. Galvin, E. K. Kilpua, H. Kucharek, C. Mostl, M. Leitner, R. B. Torbert, K. D. Simunac, J. G. Luhmann, A. Szabo, L. B. Wilson, K. W. Ogilvie, and J. A. Sauvaud. 2014. "A statistical analysis of properties of small transients in the solar wind 2007-2009: STEREO andWind observations." JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 119: 689-708 [10.1002/2013JA019115]

    Tang, X., C. A. Cattell, J. Dombeck, et al. L. Dai, L. B. Wilson, A. W. Breneman, and A. Hupach. 2013. "THEMIS observations of the magnetopause electron diffusion region: Large amplitude waves and heated electrons." Geophys. Res. Lett., 40: 2884-2890 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/grl.50565]

    Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, D. G. Sibeck, et al. A. Szabo, C. A. Cattell, J. C. Kasper, B. A. Maruca, M. Pulupa, C. S. Salem, and M. Wilber. 2013. "Shocklets, SLAMS, and field-aligned ion beams in the terrestrial foreshock." J. Geophys. Res., 118: 957-966 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2012JA018186]

    Malaspina, D. M., D. L. Newman, L. B. Wilson, et al. K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, and K. Kersten. 2013. "Electrostatic Solitary Waves in the Solar Wind: Evidence for Instability at Solar Wind Current Sheets." J. Geophys. Res., 118: 591-599 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/jgra.50102]

    Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, A. Szabo, et al. A. W. Breneman, C. A. Cattell, K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, K. Kersten, J. C. Kasper, B. A. Maruca, and M. Pulupa. 2013. "Electromagnetic waves and electron anisotropies downstream of supercritical interplanetary shocks." J. Geophys. Res., 118: 5-16 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2012JA018167]

    Collinson, G. A., L. B. Wilson, D. G. Sibeck, et al. N. Shane, T. L. Zhang, T. E. Moore, A. J. Coates, and S. Barabash. 2012. "Short large-amplitude magnetic structures (SLAMS) at Venus." Journal of Geophysical Research, 117 (A10): A10221 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2012JA017838]

    Breneman, A., C. A. Cattell, J. R. Wygant, et al. K. Kersten, L. B. Wilson, L. Dai, C. Colpitts, P. J. Kellogg, K. Goetz, and A. Paradise. 2012. "Explaining polarization reversals in STEREO wave data." Journal of Geophysical Research, 117: A04317 [10.1029/2011JA017425]

    Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, A. Szabo, et al. A. Breneman, C. A. Cattell, K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, K. Kersten, J. C. Kasper, B. A. Maruca, and M. Pulupa. 2012. "Observations of Electromagnetic Whistler Precursors at Supercritical Interplanetary Shocks." Geophysical Research Letters, 39: L08109 [10.1029/2012GL051581]

    Cattell, C. A., A. W. Breneman, K. Goetz, et al. P. J. Kellogg, K. Kersten, J. R. Wygant, L. B. Wilson, M. D. Looper, J. B. Blake, and I. Roth. 2012. "Large-Amplitude Whistler Waves and Electron Acceleration in the Earth’s Radiation Belts: A Review of STEREO and Wind Observations." Geophys. Monogr. Ser., 199: 41-51 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2012GM001322]

    Kellogg, P. J., C. A. Cattell, K. Goetz, S. J. Monson, and L. B. Wilson. 2011. "Large amplitude whistlers in the magnetosphere observed with Wind-Waves." Journal of Geophysical Research, 116: 9224 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2010JA015919]

    Wilson, L. B., C. A. Cattell, P. J. Kellogg, et al. J. R. Wygant, K. Goetz, A. Breneman, and K. Kersten. 2011. "The properties of large amplitude whistler mode waves in the magnetosphere: Propagation and relationship with geomagnetic activity." Geophysical Research Letters, 38: 17107 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2011GL048671]

    Cattell, C. A., J. Dombeck, A. Preiwisch, et al. S. Thaller, P. Vo, L. B. Wilson, J. R. Wygant, S. B. Mende, H. U. Frey, R. Ilie, and G. Lu. 2011. "Observations of a high-latitude stable electron auroral emission at ~16 MLT during a large substorm." Journal of Geophysical Research, 116: 7215 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2010JA016132]

    Breneman, A., C. A. Cattell, J. R. Wygant, et al. K. Kersten, L. B. Wilson, S. Schreiner, P. J. Kellogg, and K. Goetz. 2011. "Large-amplitude transmitter-associated and lightning-associated whistler waves in the Earth's inner plasmasphere at L < 2." Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (A6): A06310 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2010JA016288]

    Kersten, K., C. A. Cattell, A. Breneman, et al. K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, J. R. Wygant, L. B. Wilson, J. B. Blake, M. D. Looper, and I. Roth. 2011. "Observation of relativistic electron microbursts in conjunction with intense radiation belt whistler-mode waves." Geophysical Research Letters, 38: L08107 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2011GL046810]

    Wilson, L. B., C. A. Cattell, P. J. Kellogg, et al. K. Goetz, K. Kersten, J. C. Kasper, A. Szabo, and M. Wilber. 2010. "Large-amplitude electrostatic waves observed at a supercritical interplanetary shock." J. Geophys. Res., 115 (A12): 12104 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2010JA015332]

    Kellogg, P. J., C. A. Cattell, K. Goetz, S. J. Monson, and L. B. Wilson. 2010. "Electron trapping and charge transport by large amplitude whistlers." Geophysical Research Letters, 37: 20106 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2010GL044845]

    Breneman, A., C. A. Cattell, S. Schreiner, et al. K. Kersten, L. B. Wilson, P. J. Kellogg, K. Goetz, and L. K. Jian. 2010. "Observations of large-amplitude, narrowband whistlers at stream interaction regions." J. Geophys. Res., 115 (A8): A08104 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2009JA014920]

    Wilson, L. B., C. A. Cattell, P. J. Kellogg, et al. K. Goetz, K. Kersten, J. C. Kasper, A. Szabo, and K. Meziane. 2009. "Low-frequency whistler waves and shocklets observed at quasi-perpendicular interplanetary shocks." Journal of Geophysical Research, 114: 10106 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2009JA014376]

    Wilson, L. B., C. A. Cattell, P. J. Kellogg, et al. K. Goetz, K. Kersten, J. C. Kasper, A. Szabo, and K. Meziane. 2009. "Low-frequency whistler waves and shocklets observed at quasi perpendicular interplanetary shocks." Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114: [10106-10.1029/2009JA014376]

    Wilson, L. B., C. A. Cattell, P. J. Kellogg, et al. K. Goetz, K. Kersten, L. Hanson, R. MacGregor, and J. C. Kasper. 2007. "Waves in Interplanetary Shocks: A Wind/WAVES Study." Physical Review Letters, 99: 041101 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.041101]

    Talks, Presentations and Posters

    Invited

    Nonthermal electron velocity distributions at interplanetary shocks near 1 AU

     7 / 1 / 2019

    10th Korean Astrophysics Workshop (KAW10): Astrophysics of High-Beta Plasma in the ICM, on Jul. 1–4, 2019, Busan, South Korea

    Electron energy partition across interplanetary shocks near 1 AU

     6 / 3 / 2019

    The Plasma Physics of the Magnetosphere, on Jun. 2–7, 2019, Pollenzo, Italy

    Electron energy partition across interplanetary shocks near 1 AU

     4 / 15 / 2019

    Research Seminar, Apr. 15, 2019, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

    The Structure of Low Mach Number, Low Beta, Quasi-perpendicular Collisionless Shocks

     7 / 15 / 2018

    COSPAR 42nd Assembly, July 14–22, 2018, Pasadena, California

    The Structure of Low Mach Number, Low Beta, Quasi-perpendicular Collisionless Shocks

     6 / 3 / 2018

    AOGS-AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, pp. ST06–A002, June 3–8, 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii

    The Physics of Collisionless Shock Waves

     4 / 13 / 2018

    Colloqium for the Department of Physics at Swarthmore College, Apr. 13, 2018

    The Structure of Low Mach Number, Low Beta, Quasi-perpendicular Collisionless Shocks

     2 / 20 / 2018

    LANL Plasma Physics Seminar, Seminar for the Center of Space and Earth Science in Los Alamos National Laboratory, Feb. 20, 2018

    The structure of low Mach number, low beta, quasi-perpendicular shocks

     1 / 7 / 2018

    Fundamental Physical Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics, Jan. 7–13, 2018, Kona, Hawaii

    Relativistic electrons generated locally within transient ion foreshock phenomena

     12 / 12 / 2017

    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, pp. SM24A–01, Dec. 11–15, 2017, New Orleans, LA

    Electron acceleration by whistler waves at collisionless shocks

     11 / 7 / 2017

    2017 JSI Workshop, Nov. 6–9, 2017, Cosmic Accelerators: Understanding Nature’s High- energy Particles and Radiation

    Relativistic electrons produced by foreshock disturbances observed upstream of the Earth’s bow shock

     11 / 13 / 2017

    The Magnetosphere New Tools, New Thinking, New Results, Nov. 12–17, 2017, Puerto Varas, Chile

    Relativistic electrons generated locally within transient ion foreshock phenomena

     9 / 27 / 2017

    University of Maryland Plasma Physics Seminar

    Relativistic electrons produced by foreshock disturbances observed upstream of the Earth’s bow shock

     4 / 25 / 2017

    Invited talk and also highlighted by the meeting organizers at the 2017 EGU General Assembly, Apr. 23-28, 2017, held in Vienna, Austria

    Shock Acceleration: An Unexpected Discovery Addresses a ∼60 Year Old Question

     4 / 21 / 2017

    Invited talk for the "Heliophysics Director’s Seminar" presentations for the Sciences and Exploration Directorate Director, Apr. 21, 2017, Goddard Space Flight Center

    Relativistic electrons produced by foreshock disturbances

     3 / 24 / 2017

    10th International Nonlinear Wave and Chaos Workshop Mar. 20–24, 2017, held in San Diego, CA

    Unexpected Discovery in Shock Acceleration: Answers to a 60 Year Old Question

     12 / 8 / 2016

    Invited talk for the SMD Monthly Status Review presentations for the Science Mission Directorate, Dec. 8, 2016, NASA Headquarters

    Heliophysics Data Production and Use

     11 / 18 / 2016

    Invited talk for the "Heliophysics Director’s Seminar" presentations for the Sciences and Exploration Directorate Director, Nov. 18, 2016, Goddard Space Flight Center

    Unexpected Discovery in Shock Acceleration: Answers to a 60 Year Old Question

     10 / 17 / 2016

    Invited talk for the "Science in 7" Presentations for the Sciences and Exploration Directorate Executive Council, Oct. 17, 2016, Goddard Space Flight Center

    Relativistic electrons produced by foreshock disturbances

     7 / 11 / 2016

    Invited talk for the 4th Cluster-THEMIS Workshop, Nov. 7-12, 2016, Palm Springs, CA

    Relativistic electrons produced by foreshock disturbances

     4 / 15 / 2016

    Astroplasmas Seminar, Apr. 15, 2016, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

    Energy dissipation at the terrestrial bow shock

     3 / 29 / 2016

    Friends of the Magnetosphere (FOM) Seminar, Mar. 29, 2016, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder

    Relativistic electrons produced by foreshock disturbances

     3 / 31 / 2016

    LASP Science Seminar, Mar. 31, 2016, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder

    Energy dissipation at the terrestrial bow shock

     10 / 12 / 2015

    Presented at Cluster 25th Workshop held in Venice, Italy, Oct. 12-15, 2015.

    Do magnetospheric scientists take the magnetosheath for granted?

     9 / 7 / 2015

    Presented at Unsolved Problems of Magnetospheric Physics held in Scarborough, UK, Sep. 6-12, 2015.

    Particle Acceleration through Wave-Particle Interactions

     9 / 10 / 2015

    Presented at Unsolved Problems of Magnetospheric Physics held in Scarborough, UK, Sep. 6-12, 2015.

    Particle acceleration through wave-particle interactions 4 / 14 / 2015
    Accelerating Cosmic Ray Comprehension, Apr. 13–16, 2015, Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics, Princeton, NJ.
    Collisionless Shock Waves and Wave-Particle Interactions (plenary) 11 / 4 / 2014
    2014 LWS Science Meeting: Evolving Solar Activity and Its Influence on Space and Earth, Nov. 2–6, 2014, Portland, Oregon.
    Collisionless shocks in the interplanetary medium (lecture) 11 / 11 / 2014
    8th Korean Astrophysics Workshop on Astrophysics, Nov. 10–13, 2014, Jeju Island, Korea.
    Wave-particle interactions at collisionless shock waves 11 / 11 / 2014
    8th Korean Astrophysics Workshop on Astrophysics, Nov. 10–13, 2014, Jeju Island, Korea.
    Quantified Energy Dissipation Rates in the Terrestrial Bow Shock 11 / 17 / 2014
    APL Space Physics Seminar, Nov. 17, 2014, John's Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
    Wave Activity within the Ramp of Collisionless Shock Waves: Recent Results 7 / 31 / 2014
    AOGS 11th Annual Meeting
    July 28 - Aug. 1, 2014
    Sapporo, Japan
    Quantified Energy Dissipation Rates in the Terrestrial Bow Shock 6 / 5 / 2013
    8th European Workshop on Collisionless Shocks
    June 4-7, 2013
    Paris, France
    Shocklets, SLAMS, and field-aligned ion beams in the terrestrial foreshock 6 / 5 / 2013
    8th European Workshop on Collisionless Shocks
    June 4-7, 2013
    Paris, France
    Observations of Electromagnetic Whistler Precursors at Supercritical Interplanetary Shocks 6 / 7 / 2013
    8th European Workshop on Collisionless Shocks
    June 4-7, 2013
    Paris, France
    Observations of Electromagnetic Whistler Precursors at Supercritical Interplanetary Shocks 9 / 28 / 2012
    Space Physics Seminar
    University of California at Los Angeles
    Observations of Electromagnetic Whistler Precursors at Supercritical Interplanetary Shocks 5 / 1 / 2012
    Space Physics Seminar
    Dartmouth College
    Observations of Electromagnetic Whistler Precursors at Supercritical Interplanetary Shocks 3 / 7 / 2012
    Space Physics Seminar
    University of Minnesota

    The properties of large amplitude whistler mode waves in the magnetosphere:  propagation and relationship with geomagnetic activity

     10 / 21 / 2011

    RBSP Science Working Group Meeting
    Applied Physics Laboratory
    Oct. 20-21, 2011

    Selected Public Outreach

    2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival 4 / 2012 - 4 / 2012
    http://www.usasciencefestival.org I volunteered for half a day to speak to and interact with attendees that stopped by the Heliophysics Division booth.
    3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival 4 / 2014 - 4 / 2014
    http://www.usasciencefestival.org I volunteered for an entire day to speak to and interact with attendees that stopped by the Heliophysics Division booth.
    4th USA Science & Engineering Festival 4 / 2016 - 4 / 2016
    http://www.usasciencefestival.org

    I volunteered for an entire day to speak to and interact with attendees that stopped by the Heliophysics Division booth.

    5th USA Science & Engineering Festival 4 / 2018 - 4 / 2018
    https://usasciencefestival.org

    I volunteered for an entire day to speak to and interact with attendees that stopped by the Heliophysics Division booth.

    Science Panel Discussion for the National Space Club Scholars Program and the GSFC High School Internship Program 7 / 2012 - 7 / 2012
     The panel discussed our various pathways from our childhood to NASA and all the obstacles we overcame. The idea is to give the young audience ideas and help for becoming a scientist and potentially working at NASA.
    Science Panel Discussion for the National Space Club Scholars Program and the GSFC High School Internship Program 7 / 2013 - 7 / 2013
     The panel discussed our various pathways from our childhood to NASA and all the obstacles we overcame. The idea is to give the young audience ideas and help for becoming a scientist and potentially working at NASA.
    Transforming the Middle School Science Classroom to Inspire Achievement: A CTY Curricular Collaboration 11 / 2015 - 11 / 2015
    http://cty.jhu.edu/ctycurricularcollab/

    The event was held at the Johns Hopkins Mount Washington Conference Center in Baltimore, MD on Nov. 20 and 21, 2015.  Dr. Wilson was invited to participate as a content expert for the development of a generalized 8th grade course on Forces and Motion accessible to schools with a wide range of financial capacities.

    Lunch with Jr. Academy of Science Students 2 / 2016 - 2 / 2016

    Informal discussion about possible career choices with high school students in the Jr. Academy of Science

    Brief Bio

     I started my work in space plasma physics at Saint John's University [Collegeville, MN] while working on my senior thesis [Advisor:  J. Crumley].  My thesis, titled:  A Theoretical Approach to Analyzing the Size and Shape of Solitary Waves, examined the possible shapes of electrostatic BGK electron phase-space holes assuming a Gaussian potential.  I was accepted into the graduate program at the University of Minnesota and participated in a summer research fellowship prior to the start of term continuing my work on solitary waves.  I worked for C.A. Cattell, J. Crumley's former doctoral advisor.

    I started to officially work for Dr. Cattell after my first year of course work on waveform observations in and around collisionless shock waves.  I was appointed an RA for my second year as a graduate student and won the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, which funded my work from Sep. 2007 through May 2010.  I applied for both the NASA Postdoctoral Program and the Living With a Star Heliophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in early 2010.  I was awarded a fellowship for the later, but was later offered a permanent position as a civil servant at NASA, which I accepted.  I won the Dr. Leonard F. Burlaga/Arctowski Medal Fellowship in the summer of 2010 to fund the rest of my graduate career.

    I defended my dissertation, titled:  The microphysics of collisionless shocks, in Sep. 2010.  Three days later, my fiance and I drove to Maryland from MInnesota to start my new career at NASA.

    I continue to work on wave-particle microphysics and have helped with updating the calibration [in collaboration with Berkeley SSL] of an electrostatic analyzer on the Wind spacecraft.

     

    Publications

    Refereed

    Wilson, L. B., L.-J. Chen, S. Wang, et al. S. J. Schwartz, D. L. Turner, M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, A. Osmane, D. Caprioli, S. D. Bale, M. P. Pulupa, C. S. Salem, and K. A. Goodrich. 2019. "Electron Energy Partition across Interplanetary Shocks. I. Methodology and Data Product." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 243 (8): 26 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/1538-4365/ab22bd]

    Lario, D., L. Berger, R. B. Decker, et al. R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, L. B. Wilson, J. Giacalone, and E. C. Roelof. 2019. "Evolution of the Suprathermal Proton Population at Interplanetary Shocks." The Astronomical Journal 158 (1): 12 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/1538-3881/ab1e49]

    Wilson, L. B., L.-J. Chen, S. Wang, et al. S. J. Schwartz, D. L. Turner, M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, A. Osmane, D. Caprioli, S. D. Bale, M. P. Pulupa, C. S. Salem, and K. A. Goodrich. 2019. "Supplement to: Electron energy partition across interplanetary shocks." Zenodo 28 75806 [Full Text (Link)] [10.5281/zenodo.2875806]

    Ofman, L., A. Koval, L. Wilson, and A. Szabo. 2019. "Understanding the Role of α Particles in Oblique Heliospheric Shock Oscillations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 124 (4): 2393-2405 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2018ja026301]

    Goodrich, K. A., R. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, et al. L. B. Wilson, A. Johlander, D. Newman, F. D. Wilder, J. Holmes, J. Burch, R. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. Lindqvist, R. Strangeway, D. Gershman, and B. Giles. 2019. "Impulsively Reflected Ions: A Plausible Mechanism for Ion Acoustic Wave Growth in Collisionless Shocks." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (Accepted) 124 [10.1029/2018ja026436]

    Wang, S., L.-J. Chen, N. Bessho, et al. M. Hesse, L. B. Wilson, B. Giles, T. E. Moore, C. T. Russell, R. B. Torbert, and J. L. Burch. 2019. "Observational Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection in the Terrestrial Bow Shock Transition Region." Geophysical Research Letters 46 (2): 562-570 [10.1029/2018gl080944]

    Goodrich, K. A., R. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, et al. L. B. Wilson, D. Newman, F. D. Wilder, J. Holmes, A. Johlander, J. Burch, R. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. Lindqvist, R. Strangeway, C. Russell, D. Gershman, B. Giles, and L. Andersson. 2018. "MMS Observations of Electrostatic Waves in an Oblique Shock Crossing." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123 (11): 9430-9442 [10.1029/2018ja025830]

    Lario, D., L. Berger, L. B. Wilson, et al. R. B. Decker, D. K. Haggerty, E. C. Roelof, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, and J. Giacalone. 2018. "Flat Proton Spectra in Large Solar Energetic Particle Events." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1100 012014 [10.1088/1742-6596/1100/1/012014]

    Collinson, G., L. B. Wilson, N. Omidi, et al. D. Sibeck, J. Espley, C. M. Fowler, D. Mitchell, J. Grebowsky, C. Mazelle, S. Ruhunusiri, J. Halekas, R. Frahm, T. Zhang, Y. Futaana, and B. Jakosky. 2018. "Solar Wind Induced Waves in the Skies of Mars: Ionospheric Compression, Energization, and Escape Resulting From the Impact of Ultralow Frequency Magnetosonic Waves Generated Upstream of the Martian Bow Shock." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123 (9): 7241-7256 [10.1029/2018ja025414]

    Turner, D. L., L. B. Wilson, T. Z. Liu, et al. I. J. Cohen, S. J. Schwartz, A. Osmane, J. F. Fennell, J. H. Clemmons, J. B. Blake, J. Westlake, B. H. Mauk, A. N. Jaynes, T. Leonard, D. N. Baker, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, D. J. Gershman, L. Avanov, B. L. Giles, R. B. Torbert, J. Broll, R. G. Gomez, S. A. Fuselier, and J. L. Burch. 2018. "Autogenous and efficient acceleration of energetic ions upstream of Earth’s bow shock." Nature 561 (7722): 206-210 [10.1038/s41586-018-0472-9]

    Giagkiozis, S., L. B. Wilson, J. L. Burch, et al. O. Le Contel, R. E. Ergun, D. J. Gershman, P.-A. Lindqvist, L. Mirioni, T. E. Moore, and R. J. Strangeway. 2018. "Statistical Study of the Properties of Magnetosheath Lion Roars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123 (7): 5435-5451 [10.1029/2018ja025343]

    Chen, L.-J., S. Wang, L. Wilson, et al. S. Schwartz, N. Bessho, T. Moore, D. Gershman, B. Giles, D. Malaspina, F. Wilder, R. Ergun, M. Hesse, H. Lai, C. Russell, R. Strangeway, R. Torbert, A. F.-Vinas, J. Burch, S. Lee, C. Pollock, J. Dorelli, W. Paterson, N. Ahmadi, K. Goodrich, B. Lavraud, O. Le Contel, Y. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, S. Boardsen, H. Wei, A. Le, and L. Avanov. 2018. "Electron Bulk Acceleration and Thermalization at Earth’s Quasiperpendicular Bow Shock." Physical Review Letters 120 (22): 225101 [10.1103/physrevlett.120.225101]

    Wilson III, L. B., M. L. Stevens, J. C. Kasper, et al. K. G. Klein, B. A. Maruca, S. D. Bale, T. A. Bowen, M. P. Pulupa, and C. S. Salem. 2018. "The Statistical Properties of Solar Wind Temperature Parameters Near 1 au." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 236 (2): 41 [10.3847/1538-4365/aab71c]

    Liu, M., Y. D. Liu, Z. Yang, L. B. Wilson, and H. Hu. 2018. "Kinetic Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Propagating inside a Coronal Mass Ejection." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 859 (1): L4 [10.3847/2041-8213/aac269]

    Livadiotis, G., M. I. Desai, and L. B. Wilson. 2018. "Generation of Kappa Distributions in Solar Wind at 1 au." The Astrophysical Journal 853 (2): 142 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/1538-4357/aaa713]

    Horaites, K., S. Boldyrev, L. B. Wilson, A. F. Viñas, and J. Merka. 2018. "Kinetic theory and fast wind observations of the electron strahl." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 474 (1): 115-127 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1093/mnras/stx2555]

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    Tang, X., C. Cattell, R. Lysak, et al. L. B. Wilson, L. Dai, and S. Thaller. 2015. "THEMIS observations of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves and associated ion heating near the Earth’s dayside magnetopause." J. Geophys. Res. 120 3380-3392 [10.1002/2015JA020984]

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    Wilson, L. B., D. G. Sibeck, A. W. Breneman, et al. O. Le Contel, C. Cully, D. L. Turner, V. Angelopoulos, and D. M. Malaspina. 2014. "Quantified energy dissipation rates in the terrestrial bow shock: 2. Waves and dissipation." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 119 (8): 6475-6495 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2014JA019930]

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    Malaspina, D. M., M. Horanyi, A. Zaslavsky, et al. K. Goetz, L. B. Wilson, and K. Kersten. 2014. "Interplanetary and interstellar dust observed by the Wind/WAVES electric field instrument." Geophysical Research Letters 41 (2): 266-272 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2013GL058786]

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    Tang, X., C. A. Cattell, J. Dombeck, et al. L. Dai, L. B. Wilson, A. W. Breneman, and A. Hupach. 2013. "THEMIS observations of the magnetopause electron diffusion region: Large amplitude waves and heated electrons." Geophys. Res. Lett. 40 2884-2890 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/grl.50565]

    Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, D. G. Sibeck, et al. A. Szabo, C. A. Cattell, J. C. Kasper, B. A. Maruca, M. Pulupa, C. S. Salem, and M. Wilber. 2013. "Shocklets, SLAMS, and field-aligned ion beams in the terrestrial foreshock." J. Geophys. Res. 118 957-966 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2012JA018186]

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    Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, A. Szabo, et al. A. W. Breneman, C. A. Cattell, K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, K. Kersten, J. C. Kasper, B. A. Maruca, and M. Pulupa. 2013. "Electromagnetic waves and electron anisotropies downstream of supercritical interplanetary shocks." J. Geophys. Res. 118 5-16 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2012JA018167]

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    Kersten, K., C. A. Cattell, A. Breneman, et al. K. Goetz, P. J. Kellogg, J. R. Wygant, L. B. Wilson, J. B. Blake, M. D. Looper, and I. Roth. 2011. "Observation of relativistic electron microbursts in conjunction with intense radiation belt whistler-mode waves." Geophysical Research Letters 38 L08107 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2011GL046810]

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