Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dartmouth


Hans-Reinhard Müller

Research Assistant 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

  • 2003-present: Research Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
  • 2001-present: 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 Recent Publications

"Heliospheric filtration of interstellar heavy atoms: Sensitivity to hydrogen background", H.-R. Müller and G.P. Zank, J. Geophys. Res. 109, submitted (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 And and epsilon Ind", 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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