David Cohen

Associate Professor of Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA 19081

student research group   -   papers   -   presentations   -   public  
-   personal   -   Lady of the Snakes   -   The Linguists      

 

 

images in Physics of Plasmas brochure
-   beta Crucis press release and Times article

 

 

 

My primary research interests (see links below) involve the interaction of matter with intense radiation fields, both in cosmic and laboratory settings. Areas I work in include radiation-driven stellar winds - material pushed off the surfaces of stars by starlight, stellar x-ray emission, and x-ray heated plasmas, including fusion plasmas. I study all of these using spectroscopy and numerical modeling.

 

In the spring semester 2010 I am teaching Astro 1,
Introductory Astronomy
. Information about astronomy
teaching and course offerings in our department
is available on the astronomy group webpage or in
greater detail in the course catalog.

 

 

Hot Star Winds

 
 

X-ray Astronomy

 
 

Laboratory Astrophysics

 
 

Inertial Confinement Fusion

 

 


cohen -at- astro -dot- swarthmore -dot- edu

last modified: January 10, 2010

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