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Dr. T. X. Zhang

Research Interests

Theoretical and numerical model developments, data and measurement analyses, and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and particle simulations of solar-terrestrial and astrophysical plasma processes

  1. Solar-Terrestrial Physics: Solar 3He-rich events, Coronal hole heating, Solar wind, Corona mass ejections (CMEs), CME-driven shocks, Fermi and shock accelerations, and Particle/MHD simulations.
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Electric redshift, Quasars, Redshift-distance relation, Five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory, Scalar field interactions, Stellar and supermassive black holes, Cosmological model.
  3. Plasma Physics: Plasma limiters, Antennas, Propulsions, and Heating for fusion.

Contact
Office: 122 V. M. Chambers Bld.
Phone: (256) 372-8106
E-Mail: tianxi.zhang@aamu.edu
Recent Publications
  1. Zhang, T. X., Electric Redshift and Quasars, Astrophys. J. Letters, 636, L61, 2006.
  2. Zhang, T. X., Wang, J. X., and Tan, A., Solar 3He-Rich Events and Abnormal Enhancements of Heavy-Ion Isotopes Accelerated in Two-Stages, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A12111, 2005.
  3. Wu, S. T., Zhang, T. X., Dryer, M., Feng, X. S., and Tan, A., The Role of Magnetic Reconnection in CME Acceleration, Space Sci. Rev., 121, 33, 2005
  4. Zhang, T. X., Wu, S. T., Altgilbers, L. L., and Tracy, Radiations Mechanisms of Pulsed Dielectric Plasma Antennas, Trans. Aeronaut. Astronaut. Soc Rep. Chin., 37, 1, 2005.
  5. Zhang, T. X., Wang, J. X., and Xiao, C. J., Resonant Heating of Ions By Parallel Propagating Alfven Waves in Solar Coronal Holes, Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys., 5, 285, 2005.
  6. Wu, S. T., Zhang, T. X., Tandberg-Hansen, E., Liu Y., Feng, X. S., and Tan, A., Numerical Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Experiments for Testing the Physical Mechanisms of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) Acceleration, Solar Phys., 225, 157, 2005.
  7. Zhang, T. X., An Explanation for Huge Enhancements of Ultraheavy Ions in Solar 3He-Rich Events, Astrophys. J. Letters, 617, L77, 2004.
  8. Zhang, T. X., and Wang, J. X. Double-Power-Law Energy Spectra of Electrons from Solar 3He-Rich Events, Astrophys. J. Letters, 613, L165, 2004.
  9. Zhang, T. X., and Li, B., A Kinetic Model for Resonant Heating of Particles by Alfven Waves in a Laboratory Plasma, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 11, 2272, 2004.
  10. Zhang T. X., Preferential Heating of O+5 and Mg+9 by H-Cyclotron Waves Generated by a Global MHD Mode in Solar Coronal Holes, Astrophys. J. Letters, 597, L69, 2003.
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