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Thomas W. Jones

Professor (Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics)

369 Phys/411 Walter, 624-8546/624-1699, email twj @ astro.umn.edu
Jones

PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 1984-; Chairman, Department of Astronomy, 1981-97.

Numerous committees, including chairmanships,over the years at the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute- six such committees during 2007-2008; several university-wide committees over the years addressing campus high performance computing needs; PI (2004) of the University of Minnesota proposal to NSF to join the US Teragrid; Numerous organizing committees over the years of international astrophysics workshops.

Research Areas
Theoretical and computational astrophysics, acceleration of cosmic rays, physics of diffusive shock acceleration, magnetohydrodynamics, supernova remnant dynamics, radio galaxy dynamics, galaxy clusters [Research Group Web Page]

Graduate Students and Postdoctorates

Konstantin Sapogin

Selected Publications

H. Kang & T. W. Jones, “Self-Similar Evolution of CR Modified Quasi-Parallel Plane Shocks,'', Astroparticle Physics (2007)

B. Field, S. M. O'Neill, T. Urness, V. Interrante, and T. W. Jones, “FieldVis: A Tool for Visualizing 3D Scalar and Vector Fields in Astrophysical Magnetohydrodynamic Flows,”, Computer Graphics and Applications (2007)

B. Field, S. M. O'Neill, T. Urness, V. Interrante, and T. W. Jones, “Strategies for Visualization of Multiple 2D Vector Fields, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (2006)

H. Kang & T. W. Jones, “Numerical Studies of Diffusive Shock Acceleration at Spherical Shocks”, Astroparticle Physics (2006)

S. M. O'Neill, I. L. Tregillis, T. W. Jones, and D. Ryu , “3D Simulations of MHD Jet Propagation Through Uniform and Stratified External Environments,”, AP (2005)

Education

B.S. (with highest honors), Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1967.
M.S., Physics, University of Minnesota, 1969.
Ph.D., Physics, University of Minnesota, 1972.