Barrett N. Rogers Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth since 2001

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ph.D. 1991
• Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth: M.S. 1986
• Dartmouth: A.B. 1984

Experience

• 2005-present: Associate Professor of Physics, Dartmouth College
• 2001-2005: Assistant Professor of Physics, Dartmouth College
• 2000-2001: Associate Research Scientist, University of Maryland, College Park
• 1997-2000: Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland, College Park
• 1994-1997: Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park
• 1992-1994: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, MIT

Honors and Awards

• Huntington Award for Newly-Tenured Faculty, Dartmouth College, 2005
• Myers Faculty Fellowship Award, Dartmouth College, 2005
• D.O.E. Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship
• A. M. Lockett Memorial Award for Theoretical Physics, MIT
• Haseltine Physics Prize, Dartmouth College
• Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Contact Information

• Office: 246 Wilder
• Telephone: (603) 646-0186
• E-mail: barrett.rogers@dartmouth.edu

Research Interests

Theoretical and computational plasma physics, space and astrophysical plasmas, controlled fusion, magnetic reconnection, plasma turbulence.

Selected Recent Publications

"Gyrokinetic simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection", B. N. Rogers, S. Kobayashi, W. Dorland, T. Tatsuno, J. Drake, Phys. Plasmas 14 (2007)

"Gyrokinetic simulations of particle transport, plasma turbulence and zonal flows in a closed field line geometry", P. Ricci, B. Rogers, B. Dorland, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 245001 (2006)

"Formation of secondary magnetic islands during magnetic reconnection", J. Drake, M. Swisdak, K. Schoeffler, B. N. Rogers and S. Kobayashi, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 33, L13105, doi:10.1029/2006GL025957 (2006)

"The scaling of forced magnetic reconnection", B. Sullivan, B. N. Rogers and M. A. Shay, Phys. of Plasmas {\bf 12}, 122312 (2005)

"Non-curvature-driven Modes in a Transport Barrier", B. N. Rogers and W. Dorland, Phys. Plasmas {\bf 12}, 062511 (2005)

"Structure of the magnetic reconnection diffusion region from four-spacecraft observations", A. Vaivads, Y. Khotyaintsev, B. N. Rogers, M. Andre, P. Decreau, A. Retino, G. Paschmann, T. Phan, S. C. Buchert, M. W. Dunlop, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (10): Art. No. 105001 (2004)

"Turbulence in low-$\beta$ Magnetic Reconnection", N. Ferraro and B. N. Rogers, Phys. of Plasmas 11 (9): 4382-4389 (2004)

"Signatures of collisionless magnetic reconnection", B. N. Rogers, R. E. Denton and J. F. Drake, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. A3, 10.1029/2002JA009699 (2003)

"Diamagnetic suppression of component magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause", M. Swisdak, B. N. Rogers, J. F. Drake, and M. A. Shay, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108, No. A5, pp. 23-1, 1218, 10.1029/2002JA009726 (2003)

"Formation of electron holes and particle energization during magnetic reconnection", J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, C. Cattell, M. A. Shay, B. N. Rogers, A. Zeiler, Science, vol. 299, p. 873 (2003)

"The Role of Dispersive Waves in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection", B. N. Rogers, R. E. Denton, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 87, 195004 (2001)

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