David Cohen

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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 fall semester 2009 I am teaching Astro 16,
Modern Astrophysics and, along with Prof. Amy Bug,
Astro/Phys 5, Spacetime, Quanta, and Cosmology.
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.

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

last modified: September 4, 2009

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