Bruce Goldstein
Address:
4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 169-506
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone:
818.354.7366
Fax:
818.354.8895
Member of:
Science Division
IEP Technical
Education
- B. A., Mathematics, magna cum laude, Brown University (1965)
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971)
Professional Experience
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1971 - present)
- Deputy Manager, Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section (2002 - present)
- Element Lead, Space Physics Element (2000-2002)
- Ulysses Mission Deputy Project Scientist (1985-2002)
- Solar Probe Study Scientist (1978-1979)
- NASA HQ Lunar Science Program Office (1976-1977)
- Co-Investigator Ulysses Mission plasma spectrometer
- Co-Investigator Giotto Mission ion mass spectrometer
Research Interests
- Solar wind properties in general, with emphasis on latitudinal and solar cycle properties made possible by the Ulysses SWOOPS plasma experiment
- Numerical modeling of evolution of solar wind particle distribution functions
- Waves and instabilities in the solar wind
Selected Awards
- NASA Exceptional Service Award (2000)
- NASA special recognition award for participating as a Principal Investigator in the Lunar Program
- NASA Certificate of Recognition for development of an ion mass spectrometer
Selected Publications
- Suess, S. T., G. Poletto, M. Romoli, M. Neugebauer, B. E. Goldstein, and G. Simnett, The May 1997 SOHO-Ulysses Quadrature, , J. Geophys. Res., 105, 25033, 2000
- Buti, B., P. C. Liewer, B. E. Goldstein, M. Velli, and T. Hada, Hybrid Simulations of Collapse of Alfvenic Wave Packets, Phys. Plasmas, 7, 3998, 2000
- Goldstein, B. E., M. Neugebauer, L. D. Zhang, and S. P. Gary, Observed constraint on proton/proton relative velocities in the solar wind, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 , 53, 2000.
- McComas, D. J., B. L. Barraclough, H. O. Funsten, J. T. Gosling, E. Santiago-Munoz, R. M. Skoug, B. E. Goldstein, M. Neugebauer, P. Riley, and A. Balogh, Solar Wind Observations over Ulysses' first full polar orbit, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 10419, 2000
- Winterhalter, D., Smith, E. J. ; Neugebauer, M. ; Goldstein, B. E.; Tsurutani, B. T., The latitudinal distribution of solar wind magnetic holes, Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 1615, 2000
- Buti, B., B. E. Goldstein, and P. C. Liewer, Ion Holes in the Slow Solar Wind: Hybrid Simulations, Geophys. Res. Letts., 28, 91, 2001
- Gary, S. P., B. E. Goldstein, and J. T. Steinberg, Helium Ion Acceleration and Heating by Alfvem/Cyclotron Fluctuations in the Solar Wind, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24955, 2001
- Liewer, P. C., M. Velli, and B. E. Goldstein, Alfven wave propagation and ion-cyclotron interactions in the expanding solar wind: One-dimensional hybrid simulations, JGR, 106, 29261, 2001
- Sanderson, T. R.., R. G. Marsden, C. Tranquille, A. Balogh, R. J. Forsyth, B. E. Goldstein, J. T. Gosling, and K. L. Harvey, The influence of the Sun's magnetic field on energetic particles at high heliospheric latitudes, Geophys. Res. Letts., 28, 4525, 2001
- Reisenfeld, D. B., S.P. Gary, J.T. Gosling, D.J. McComas, J.T. Steinberg, B.E. Goldstein, and M. Neugebauer, Helium energetics in the high-latitude solar wind: Ulysses observations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 5693, 2001.
- Neugebauer, M., B.E. Goldstein, D. Winterhalter, E.J. Smith, R.J. MacDowall, and S.P. Gary, Ion distributions in large magnetic holes in the fast solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 5635, 2001.
- Buti, B., B. T. Tsurutani, M. Neugebauer, and B. E. Goldstein, Generation Mechanism for Magnetic Holes in the Solar Wind, Geophys. Res. Letts., 28, 1355, 2001
- Moullard, O., R. G. Marsden, T. R. Sanderson, C. Tranquille, R. J. Forsyth, and B. E. Goldstein, Energetic ions observed at low to high latitudes in the southern heliosphere during declining and rising solar activity, Space Sci. Rev. 97 (1-4): 289, 2001
- McComas, D. J., H. A. Elliott, J. T. Gosling, D. B. Reisenfeld, R. M. Skoug, B. E. Goldstein, M. Neugebauer, and A. Balogh, Ulysses' second fast-latitude scan: Complexity near solar maximum and the reformation of polar coronal holes, Geophys. Res. Letts., 29, 9, 4-1, 10.1029/2001GL014164, 2002
- Gary, S. Peter; Goldstein, Bruce E.; Neugebauer, Marcia, Signatures of wave-ion interactions in the solar wind: Ulysses observations, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 107, A8, SSH 4-1, 2002
- Tsurutani, B. T.; Dasgupta, B.; Galvan, C.; Neugebauer, M.; Lakhina, G. S.; Arballo, J. K.; Winterhalter, D., Goldstein, B. E.; Buti, B.Phase-steepened Alfven waves, proton perpendicular energization and the creation of magnetic holes and magnetic decreases: The ponderomotive force, Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 24, 86-1, 2002
- D. J. McComas, H. A. Elliott, N. A. Schwadron, J. T. Gosling, R. M. Skoug,, and B. E. Goldstein , The three-dimensional solar wind around solar maximum, Geophys. Res. Letts, 30, 1517, 2003
- Gary, S. Peter; Yin, Lin; Winske, Dan; Ofman, Leon; Goldstein, Bruce E.; Neugebauer, Marcia, Consequences of proton and alpha anisotropies in the solar wind: Hybrid simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), Volume 108, Issue A2, pp. SSH 3-1, 2003
- Buti, B., and Goldstein, B. E., Alfven waves: Unresolved issues, Adv. Space Res., 32, 291, 2003
- Moldwin, M. B., P.C. Liewer, N. Crooker, J. F. Fennell, J. Feynman, H. O. Funsten, B. E. Goldstein, J. T. Gosling, J. E. Mazur, V. J. Pizzo, C. T. Russell, and J. Weygand, Heliospheric Constellation: Understanding the structure and evolution of the solar wind, in Solar Wind Ten: Proceedings of the Tenth International Solar Wind Conference, M. Velli, R. Bruno, and F. Malara ed., 842-845, 2003.
- Neugebauer, M., P. C. Liewer, B. E. Goldstein, X. Zhou, and J. T. Steinberg, "Solar wind stream interaction regions without sector boundaries," J. Geophys. Res., 109 (A10), Art. No. A10102 Oct 9, 2004.