Misa Cowee's Homepage

I am a graduate student in the Earth & Space Sciences Department at UCLA, in the space physics PhD program.  My research focuses on the Io plasma torus.

• MS Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA, 2003
• BA Astrophysics, Williams College, 2001
  

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My undergraduate thesis, on the large-scale structure of the universe.

Publications:
"Fast Neutral Particles as Proves of the Extent of Io's Atmosphere", M.M. Cowee, Y.L. Wang, C.T. Russell, Planet. Space Sci., 14-15, 945-952, 2003.
"On the Possibility of Fast Neutral Production of the Inner Io Torus", M.M. Cowee, C.T. Russell, Y.L. Wang, D.A. Gurnett, J. Geophys. Res., 110:A9, Art. No. A09205, 2005.
"1D Hybrid Simulations of Planetary Ion-Pickup: Techniques and Verification", M.M. Cowee, R.J. Strangeway, C.T. Russell, D. Winske, J. Geophys. Res., in press 2006.

links:
Earth and Space Sciences Dept, UCLA
Williams College
Astronomy at Williams
Williams College Total Solar Eclipse Expedition, Romania 1999
Williams College Total Solar Eclipse Expedition, Zambia 2001

email:  mcowee@ucla.edu