Space Plasma Physics

Malaspina Research Group

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David Malaspina

About David

David Malaspina is an Assistant Professor in the Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Department at the University of Colorado and a researcher at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics.

He uses analysis of spacecraft data to investigate fundamental plasma physics processes within our solar system.

Research Areas

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Solar Wind

  • Plasma Waves in the Near-Sun Solar Wind

  • Radio Bursts and Langmuir Waves

  • Current Sheets
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Earth’s Magnetosphere

  • Cold Plasma Dynamics
  • Lightning-Generated Whistler Waves
  • Plasmaspheric Hiss
  • Plasma Waves and Boundaries
  • Kinetic Electric Field Structures
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Cosmic Dust

  • Interplanetary Dust near the Sun
  • Interstellar Dust
  • Dust detection by Electric Field Instruments
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Lunar Surface Plasma Physics

  • Lunar plasma sheath characterization
  • Lunar surface plasma waves
  • Lunar surface dust lofting
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Laboratory Plasma Physics

  • Hypervelocity dust impacts
  • Plasma Waves and Boundaries
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Spacecraft Charging

  • Charging in the near-Sun Environment
  • Charging by hypervelocity dust impacts
  • Charging by photoelectron cloud modification
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Earth’s Ionosphere

  • Joule Heating Measurements
  • Thermosphere-Ionosphere Coupling