Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dartmouth


Hans-Reinhard Müller

Research Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

at Dartmouth since 2003

 H.-R. Mueller

Education

  • Dartmouth College: Ph.D. 1997
  • Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany: M.S. 1992
  • Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany: B.S. 1987

Experience

  • 2009-present: Research Associate Professor, Dartmouth College
  • 2008-present: Research Scientist, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama at Huntsville
  • 2003-2008: Research Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
  • 2001-2008: Assistant Research Physicist, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Riverside
  • 2002: Research Associate, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware
  • 1998-2001: Postdoctoral Scientist, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware

Memberships

  • American Geophysical Union
  • Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Contact Information

Research Interests

Global simulations of the multispecies heliosphere/local interstellar medium system. Modeling techniques include Boltzmann particle codes and (magneto-) hydrodynamic multifluid codes. Modeling of different boundary conditions, also time varying. Application of model results to heliospheric observations such as stellar Ly-alpha absorption spectra, solar Ly-alpha backscatter radiation, and ENA imaging of the heliosphere. Modeling of similar astrophysical systems, and comparison to observations. Code development to extension to three spatial dimensions, six phase space dimension, and parallel programming techniques.

Selected Publications

"Comparing various multi-component global heliosphere models," H.-R. Müller, V. Florinski, J. Heerikhuisen, V.V. Izmodenov, K. Scherer, D. Alexashov, and H.-J. Fahr, Astronomy Astrophys.491, 43-51 (2008)
"Three-dimensional simulation of the dynamical heliosphere," L.A. Labun and H.-R. Müller, J. Geophys. Res. 112 (A9), A09105, doi: 10.1029/2007JA012256 (2007)
"Heliospheric response to different possible interstellar environments," H.-R. Müller, P.C. Frisch, V. Florinski and G.P. Zank, Astrophys. J. 647, 1491 (2006)
"New mass loss measurements from astrospheric Ly-a absorption," B.E. Wood, H.-R. Müller, G.P. Zank, J.L. Linsky, and S. Redfield, Astrophys. J. Lett. 628, L143-L146 (2005)
"Heliospheric filtration of interstellar heavy atoms: Sensitivity to hydrogen background", H.-R. Müller and G.P. Zank, J. Geophys. Res. 109 (A7), A07104, doi: 10.1029/2003JA010269 (2004).
"The dynamical heliosphere", G.P. Zank and H.-R. Müller, J. Geophys. Res. 108 (A6), 1240, 10.1029/2002JA009689 (2003).
"Modeling the ISM - stellar wind interactions of lambda Andromedae and epsilon Indi", H.-R. Müller, G.P. Zank, and B.E. Wood, Astrophys. J. 551, 495 – 506 (2001).
"Hydrogen Lyman-alpha absorption predictions by Boltzmann models of the heliosphere", B.E. Wood, H.-R. Müller, and G.P. Zank, Astrophys J. 542, 493-503 (2000).
"Self-Consistent Hybrid Simulations of the Interaction of the Heliosphere with the Local Interstellar Medium", H.-R. Müller, G.P. Zank, and A.S. Lipatov, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 27419 (2000).

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