David Cohen

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My primary research interests (see links below) involve the interaction of matter with intense radiation fields, both in cosmic and laboratory settings. Areas I work in include radiation-driven stellar winds — material pushed off the surfaces of stars by starlight — stellar x-ray emission, and x-ray heated plasmas, including fusion plasmas. I study all of these using spectroscopy and numerical modeling.

In Spring 2013 I will be teaching Astro 126: Stars in the
Interstellar Medium, Astro 61: Current Problems in
Astrophysics, and Astro 94: Exoplanet Research at the
Peter van de Kamp Observatory. Information about astronomy
teaching and course offerings in our department is available
on the astronomy group webpage or in greater detail in
the course catalog.

cohen -at- astro -dot- swarthmore -dot- edu

last modified: January 6, 2013

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