Roy Torbert

Roy Torbert
PROFESSOR
Space Science Center
Phone: (603) 862-1638
Office: Space Science Center, Morse Hall Rm 406, Durham, NH 03824
Website: Full profile: FindScholars@UNH
A headshot of Roy Torbert, a professor in the Space Science Center.

Education

  • Ph.D., Physics, University of California - Berkeley
  • B.A., Physics, Princeton University

Courses Taught

  • PHYS 407: General Physics I Recitation
  • PHYS 616: Mechanics/Mathematical Phys II
  • PHYS 999: Doctoral Research

Selected Publications

Li, W. Y., Graham, D. B., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Vaivads, A., André, M., Min, K., . . . Burch, J. L. (2020). Electron Bernstein waves driven by electron crescents near the electron diffusion region. Nature Communications, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13920-w

Farrugia, C. J., Lugaz, N., Vasquez, B. J., Wilson, L. B., Yu, W., Paulson, K., . . . Gratton, F. T. (2020). A Study of a Magnetic Cloud Propagating Through Large‐Amplitude Alfvén Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(6). doi:10.1029/2019ja027638

Hwang, K., Dokgo, K., Choi, E., Burch, J. L., Sibeck, D. G., Giles, B. L., . . . Strangeway, R. J. (2020). Magnetic Reconnection Inside a Flux Rope Induced by Kelvin‐Helmholtz Vortices. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(4). doi:10.1029/2019ja027665

Lee, S. H., Sibeck, D. G., Lin, Y., Guo, Z., Adrian, M. L., Silveira, M. V. D., . . . Sinha, A. K. (2020). Characteristics of Escaping Magnetospheric Ions Associated With Magnetic Field Fluctuations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(4). doi:10.1029/2019ja027337

Torbert, R. B., Dors, I., Argall, M. R., Genestreti, K. J., Burch, J. L., Farrugia, C. J., . . . Strangeway, R. J. (2020). A New Method of 3‐D Magnetic Field Reconstruction. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(3). doi:10.1029/2019gl085542

Burch, J. L., Moore, T. E., Torbert, R. B., & Giles, B. L. (2016). Magnetospheric Multiscale Overview and Science Objectives. Space Science Reviews, 199(1-4), 5-21. doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0164-9

Kletzing, C. A., Kurth, W. S., Acuna, M., MacDowall, R. J., Torbert, R. B., Averkamp, T., . . . Tyler, J. (2013). The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP. Space Science Reviews, 179(1-4), 127-181. doi:10.1007/s11214-013-9993-6

Ogilvie, K. W., Chornay, D. J., Fritzenreiter, R. J., Hunsaker, F., Keller, J., Lobell, J., . . . Gergin, E. (1995). SWE, a comprehensive plasma instrument for the WIND spacecraft. Space Science Reviews, 71(1-4), 55-77. doi:10.1007/bf00751326

MOZER, F. S., CATTELL, C. A., HUDSON, M. K., LYSAK, R. L., TEMERIN, M., & TORBERT, R. B. (1980). SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS AND THEORIES OF LOW ALTITUDE AURORAL PARTICLE-ACCELERATION. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 27(2), 155-213. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/

Mozer, F. S., Carlson, C. W., Hudson, M. K., Torbert, R. B., Parady, B., Yatteau, J., & Kelley, M. C. (n.d.). Observations of Paired Electrostatic Shocks in the Polar Magnetosphere. Physical Review Letters, 38(6), 292-295. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.38.292

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