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University of Iowa: Iowa City, IA, US

2013-05-01 to present | Associate Professor (Physics and Astronomy)
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Gregory Howes

University of Iowa: Iowa City, IA, US

2008-06-01 to 2013-04-30 | Assistant Professor (Physics and Astronomy)
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Gregory Howes

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2004-08-01 to 2008-07-31 | Visiting Assistant Professional Research Astronomer (Astronomy)
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Education and qualifications (5)

University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

1997-09-01 to 2004-10-04 | Ph.D., Physics (Physics and Astronomy)
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Gregory Howes

University of California Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA, US

1997-09-01 to 1998-12-31 | M.S., Physics (Physics and Astronomy)
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Gregory Howes

Victoria University of Wellington: Wellington, NZ

1995-02-01 to 1995-11-30 | Dip.App.Sci., Geophysics (Research School of Earth Sciences)
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Gregory Howes

California Institute of Technology: Pasadena, CA, US

1992-09-01 to 1994-06-17 | B.S., Applied Physics (Applied Physics)
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Gregory Howes

Occidental College: Los Angeles, CA, US

1989-09-01 to 1994-06-17 | B.A., 3/2 Combined Physics and Liberal Arts (Physics)
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Gregory Howes

Research resources (1)

Kinetic Turbulence in Laboratory, Space, and Astrophysical Plasmas

Works (48)

MMS Observations of the Velocity-space Signature of Shock-drift Acceleration

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2025-02-20 | Journal article
Contributors: P. Montag; G. G. Howes; D. McGinnis; A. S. Afshari; M. J. Starkey; M. I. Desai
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The kinetic analog of the pressure–strain interaction

Physics of Plasmas
2024-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: S. A. Conley; J. Juno; J. M. TenBarge; M. H. Barbhuiya; P. A. Cassak; G. G. Howes; E. Lichko
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The fundamental parameters of astrophysical plasma turbulence and its dissipation: non-relativistic limit

Journal of Plasma Physics
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes
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Direct observation of ion cyclotron damping of turbulence in Earth’s magnetosheath plasma

Nature Communications
2024-10-07 | Journal article
Contributors: A. S. Afshari; G. G. Howes; J. R. Shuster; K. G. Klein; D. McGinnis; M. M. Martinović; S. A. Boardsen; C. R. Brown; R. Huang; D. P. Hartley et al.
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The velocity-space signature of transit-time damping

Journal of Plasma Physics
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Rui Huang; Gregory G. Howes; Andrew J. McCubbin
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Evidence for surprathermal electron burst intensification due to inverted-V precipitation

2024-08-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Connor Feltman; Gregory Gershom Howes; Scott Randolph Bounds; David Michael Miles; Craig Kletzing; Kenton Greene; Robert M. Broadfoot; John W. Bonnell; Roger A. Roglans
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New Regime of Inertial Alfvén Wave Turbulence in the Auroral Ionosphere

Physical Review Letters
2024-07-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Francesca Di Mare; Gregory G. Howes
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Electron energization in reconnection: Eulerian vs Lagrangian perspectives

Physics of Plasmas
2024-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason M. TenBarge; James Juno; Gregory G. Howes
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Physics of the Aurora: Laboratory Measurements of Electron Acceleration by Inertial Alfven Waves (Final Technical Report)

2023-12-22 | Report
Contributors: Gregory Howes
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Characterizing the velocity-space signature of electron Landau damping

Journal of Plasma Physics
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah A. Conley; Gregory G. Howes; Andrew J. McCubbin
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Vol. 55, Issue 3 (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers)

Bulletin of the AAS
2023-07-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes; Paul Cassak; Christopher Chen; Colby Haggerty; James Juno; Kristopher Klein; Jason TenBarge; Jaye Verniero; Daniel Verscharen; Lynn Wilson
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Isolation and phase-space energization analysis of the instabilities in collisionless shocks

Journal of Plasma Physics
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: C.R. Brown; J. Juno; G.G. Howes; C.C. Haggerty; S. Constantinou
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Phase-space Energization of Ions in Oblique Shocks

The Astrophysical Journal
2023-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: James Juno; Collin R. Brown; Gregory G. Howes; Colby C. Haggerty; Jason M. TenBarge; Lynn B. Wilson III; Damiano Caprioli; Kristopher G. Klein
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Observing particle energization above the Nyquist frequency: An application of the field-particle correlation technique

Physics of Plasmas
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah A. Horvath; Gregory G. Howes; Andrew J. McCubbin
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Characterizing velocity–space signatures of electron energization in large-guide-field collisionless magnetic reconnection

Physics of Plasmas
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrew J. McCubbin; Gregory G. Howes; Jason M. TenBarge
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A field-particle correlation analysis of magnetic pumping

Physics of Plasmas
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: P. Montag; Gregory G. Howes
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The Effect of Equatorial noise on the Proton Density Structure of the Inner Van Allen Belt

2022-01-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Jayasri Joseph; Allison Jaynes; Gregory Howes; David Hartley; Maria Usanova
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The Importance of Electron Landau Damping for the Dissipation of Turbulent Energy in Terrestrial Magnetosheath Plasma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: A. S. Afshari; G. G. Howes; C. A. Kletzing; D. P. Hartley; S. A. Boardsen
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The Effect of Equatorial Noise on the Proton Density Structure of the Inner Van Allen Belt

2021-12-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Jayasri Joseph; Allison N Jaynes; Gregory Gershom Howes; Maria E. Usanova; David Paul Hartley
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High Mach Number Quasi‐Perpendicular Shocks: Spatial Versus Temporal Structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: N. Omidi; M. Desai; C. T. Russell; G. G. Howes
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A field–particle correlation analysis of a perpendicular magnetized collisionless shock

Journal of Plasma Physics
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: James Juno; Gregory G. Howes; Jason M. TenBarge; Lynn B. Wilson, III; Anatoly Spitkovsky; Damiano Caprioli; Kristopher G. Klein; Ammar Hakim
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Laboratory measurements of the physics of auroral electron acceleration by Alfvén waves

Nature Communications
2021-06-07 | Journal article
Contributors: J. W. R. Schroeder; G. G. Howes; C. A. Kletzing; F. Skiff; T. A. Carter; S. Vincena; S. Dorfman
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Determining Threshold Instrumental Resolutions for Resolving the Velocity‐Space Signature of Ion Landau Damping

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: J. L. Verniero; G. G. Howes; D. E. Stewart; K. G. Klein
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PATCH: Particle Arrival Time Correlation for Heliophysics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: J. L. Verniero; G. G. Howes; D. E. Stewart; K. G. Klein
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Dependence of Solar Wind Proton Temperature on the Polarization Properties of Alfvénic Fluctuations at Ion-kinetic Scales

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: L. D. Woodham; R. T. Wicks; D. Verscharen; J. M. TenBarge; G. G. Howes
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Electron Landau damping of kinetic Alfvén waves in simulated magnetosheath turbulence

Physics of Plasmas
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah A. Horvath; Gregory G. Howes; Andrew J. McCubbin
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Plasma Turbulence at Comet 67P/Churyumov‐Gerasimenko: Rosetta Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: S. Ruhunusiri; G. G. Howes; J. S. Halekas
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Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field–particle correlations: Alfvén-ion cyclotron turbulence

Journal of Plasma Physics
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristopher G. Klein; Gregory G. Howes; Jason M. TenBarge; Francesco Valentini
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Electron Landau Damping of Turbulence in the Terrestrial Magnetosheath Plasma

2020-08-25 | Other
Contributors: Arya S Afshari; Gregory Gershom Howes; Craig A. Kletzing; David Paul Hartley; Scott A. Boardsen
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Plasma Waves near the Electron Cyclotron Frequency in the Near-Sun Solar Wind

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2020-02-03 | Journal article
Contributors: David M. Malaspina; Jasper Halekas; Laura Berčič; Davin Larson; Phyllis Whittlesey; Stuart D. Bale; John W. Bonnell; Thierry Dudok de Wit; Robert E. Ergun; Gregory Howes et al.
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Collisionless energy transfer in kinetic turbulence: field–particle correlations in Fourier space

Journal of Plasma Physics
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Tak Chu Li; Gregory G. Howes; Kristopher G. Klein; Yi-Hsin Liu; Jason M. TenBarge
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Evidence for electron Landau damping in space plasma turbulence

Nature Communications
2019-02-14 | Journal article
Contributors: C. H. K. Chen; K. G. Klein; G. G. Howes
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Laboratory space physics: Investigating the physics of space plasmas in the laboratory

Physics of Plasmas
2018-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes
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Nonlinear energy transfer and current sheet development in localized Alfvén wavepacket collisions in the strong turbulence limit

Journal of Plasma Physics
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: J. L. Verniero; G. G. Howes; K. G. Klein
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Spatially localized particle energization by Landau damping in current sheets produced by strong Alfvén wave collisions

Journal of Plasma Physics
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes; Andrew J. McCubbin; Kristopher G. Klein
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The Alfvénic nature of energy transfer mediation in localized, strongly nonlinear Alfvén wavepacket collisions

Journal of Plasma Physics
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: J. L. Verniero; G. G. Howes
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Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field–particle correlations: gyrokinetic turbulence

Journal of Plasma Physics
2017-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Kristopher G. Klein; Gregory G. Howes; Jason M. TenBarge
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The development of magnetic field line wander by plasma turbulence

Journal of Plasma Physics
2017-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes; Sofiane Bourouaine
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The development of magnetic field line wander in gyrokinetic plasma turbulence: dependence on amplitude of turbulence

Journal of Plasma Physics
2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Sofiane Bourouaine; Gregory G. Howes
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A prospectus on kinetic heliophysics

Physics of Plasmas
2017-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes
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Linear theory and measurements of electron oscillations in an inertial Alfvén wave

Physics of Plasmas
2017-03 | Journal article
Contributors: J. W. R. Schroeder; F. Skiff; G. G. Howes; C. A. Kletzing; T. A. Carter; S. Dorfman
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Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field–particle correlations: Vlasov–Poisson plasmas

Journal of Plasma Physics
2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes; Kristopher G. Klein; Tak Chu Li
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ENERGY DISSIPATION AND LANDAU DAMPING IN TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLASMA TURBULENCE

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2016-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Tak Chu Li; Gregory G. Howes; Kristopher G. Klein; Jason M. TenBarge
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THE DYNAMICAL GENERATION OF CURRENT SHEETS IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMA TURBULENCE

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2016-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Gregory G. Howes
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MEASURING COLLISIONLESS DAMPING IN HELIOSPHERIC PLASMAS USING FIELD–PARTICLE CORRELATIONS

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-07-29 | Journal article
Contributors: K. G. Klein; G. G. Howes
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Measurements of the nonlinear beat wave produced by the interaction of counterpropagating Alfvén waves

Physics of Plasmas
2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: D. J. Drake; G. G. Howes; J. D. Rhudy; S. K. Terry; T. A. Carter; C. A. Kletzing; J. W. R. Schroeder; F. Skiff
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Preface to Special Topic: Van Allen 100, Waves and Particles in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas

Physics of Plasmas
2015-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: G. G. Howes
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A dynamical model of plasma turbulence in the solar wind

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2015-05-13 | Journal article
Contributors: G. G. Howes
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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