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Solar Physics - Astrophysics
United States

Biography

2010-present Science team member of Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO mission
2007-2016 Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston
2001-present Co-Investigator of RHESSI mission
2000-present Science team member of STEREO mission (SECCHI Team)
1998-present Astrophysicist, Lockheed-Martin, Advanced Technology Center, Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), Palo Alto, California
1998-01 Associate Scientist of HESSI mission
1998-02 Co-Investigator of Yohkoh mission
1996-98 Associate Research Scientist, Astronomy Department, University of Maryland (UMd)
1993-96 Assistant Research Scientist, Astronomy Department, University of Maryland (UMd)
1991-92 Research Associate, Astronomy Department, University of Maryland (UMd)
1989-91 Research Scientist, Universities Space Research Associates (USRA), NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
1988-89 Research Associate, Dept.of Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado (UC), Boulder, Colorado
1987-88 Post-Doc position, Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich
1983-87 Ph.D. Thesis in Astrophysics, Research assistant at the Group of Radioastronomy, Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich
1979-82 Assistant, Dept.of Physics, University of Zurich
1976-82 (M.S.) Diploma in Experimental Physics, University of Zurich
1967-74 (B.A.) Matura (Type A), Gymnasium St.Fidelis, Stans, Switzerland

Activities

Employment (1)

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center: Palo Alto, CA, US

1998 to present | senior physicist (Solar and Astropysics Laboratory)
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markus Aschwanden

Education and qualifications (1)

ETH-Bereich Hochschulen: Zurich, ZH, CH

1983 to 1987 | PhD (Institue of Astronomy)
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markus Aschwanden

Works (33)

Universal Constants in Self-organized Criticality Systems

The Astrophysical Journal
2025-02-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Testing the Universality of Self-organized Criticality in Galactic, Extragalactic, and Black Hole Systems

The Astrophysical Journal
2025-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Ersin Göǧüş
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Reconciling Power-law Slopes in Solar Flare and Nanoflare Size Distributions

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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The Fractality and Size Distributions of Astrophysical Self-Organized Criticality Systems

The Astrophysical Journal
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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The Poissonian Origin of Power Laws in Solar Flare Waiting Time Distributions

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Jay R. Johnson; Yosia I. Nurhan
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The Solar Memory from Hours to Decades

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Jay R. Johnson
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Correlation of the Sunspot Number and the Waiting-time Distribution of Solar Flares, Coronal Mass Ejections, and Solar Wind Switchback Events Observed with the Parker Solar Probe

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Thierry Dudok de Wit
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Finite System-size Effects in Self-organized Criticality Systems

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Self-organized Criticality in Stellar Flares

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Manuel Güdel
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. XII. Energy Scaling Laws

The Astrophysical Journal
2020-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. XI. Flare Magnitude Predictions of the GOES Class

The Astrophysical Journal
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. X. Petschek Reconnection Rate and Alfvén Mach Number of Magnetic Reconnection Outflows

The Astrophysical Journal
2020-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Torsional Alfvénic Oscillations Discovered in the Magnetic Free Energy during Solar Flares

The Astrophysical Journal
2020-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Tongjiang Wang
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Nonstationary Fast-driven, Self-organized Criticality in Solar Flares

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-12-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. IX. Refined Magnetic Modeling

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-10-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. VIII. The Low-energy Cutoff

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-08-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Eduard P. Kontar; Natasha L. S. Jeffrey
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Self-organized Criticality in Solar and Stellar Flares: Are Extreme Events Scale-free?

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. VII. Aerodynamic Drag in Coronal Mass Ejections

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Nat Gopalswamy
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Helical Twisting Number and Braiding Linkage Number of Solar Coronal Loops

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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Convection-driven Generation of Ubiquitous Coronal Waves

The Astrophysical Journal
2018-10-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Milan Gošic; Neal E. Hurlburt; Eamon Scullion
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Toward a Quantitative Comparison of Magnetic Field Extrapolations and Observed Coronal Loops

The Astrophysical Journal
2018-06-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Harry P. Warren; Nicholas A. Crump; Ignacio Ugarte-Urra; Xudong Sun; Markus J. Aschwanden; Thomas Wiegelmann
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Exoplanet Predictions Based on Harmonic Orbit Resonances

Galaxies
2017-09-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus Aschwanden; Felix Scholkmann
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. VI. Refined Energetics of Coronal Mass Ejections

The Astrophysical Journal
2017-09-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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The Width Distribution of Loops and Strands in the Solar Corona—Are We Hitting Rock Bottom?

The Astrophysical Journal
2017-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Hardi Peter
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Global Energetics of Solar Flares. V. Energy Closure in Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections

The Astrophysical Journal
2017-02-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Amir Caspi; Christina M. S. Cohen; Gordon Holman; Ju Jing; Matthieu Kretzschmar; Eduard P. Kontar; James M. McTiernan; Richard A. Mewaldt; Aidan O’Flannagain et al.
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GLOBAL ENERGETICS OF SOLAR FLARES. III. NONTHERMAL ENERGIES

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-11-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Gordon Holman; Aidan O’Flannagain; Amir Caspi; James M. McTiernan; Eduard P. Kontar
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GLOBAL ENERGETICS OF SOLAR FLARES. IV. CORONAL MASS EJECTION ENERGETICS

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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TRACING THE CHROMOSPHERIC AND CORONAL MAGNETIC FIELD WITH AIA, IRIS, IBIS, AND ROSA DATA

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-07-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Kevin Reardon; Dave B. Jess
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THE VERTICAL-CURRENT APPROXIMATION NONLINEAR FORCE-FREE FIELD CODE—DESCRIPTION, PERFORMANCE TESTS, AND MEASUREMENTS OF MAGNETIC ENERGIES DISSIPATED IN SOLAR FLARES

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2016-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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THRESHOLDED POWER LAW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF INSTABILITIES IN ASTROPHYSICS

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-11-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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MAGNETIC ENERGY DISSIPATION DURING THE 2014 MARCH 29 SOLAR FLARE

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-04-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden
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GLOBAL ENERGETICS OF SOLAR FLARES. I. MAGNETIC ENERGIES

The Astrophysical Journal
2014-11-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus J. Aschwanden; Yan Xu; Ju Jing
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Optimization of Curvilinear Tracing Applied to Solar Physics and Biophysics

Entropy
2013-07-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Markus Aschwanden; Bart De Pontieu; Eugene Katrukha
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