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Adolfo NOT APPLICABLE Figueroa Vinas

Senior Research Scientist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, Estados Unidos

Major research interests include studying plasma kinetic and MHD physics of the solar wind, heliosphere, shock waves, MHD and kinetic simulation of plasma instabilities and turbulence associated with space, solar and astrophysical plasmas.

Physics, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Estados Unidos, 1980
Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO. Puerto Rico, 1972
Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO. Chile, 1970

Assistant Professor Part Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO

Science

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

1972 - 1974

Senior Research Scientist Full Time

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, Maryland, Estados Unidos

2000 - At present
Astrophysicist (Staff Scientist) at the Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics Full Time

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, Maryland, Estados Unidos

1980 - 2000
Research Assistant Part Time

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Boston, Estados Unidos

1975 - 1979

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor: Claudio da Silva (UERJ, Brasil, NASA-GSFC), Nieves-Chinchilla, T. (U Alcala de Henares, Spain, NASA/GSFC, CUA), Pavan, J. (U Pelotas, Brasil, NASA/GSFC), Maneva Y. (K.U. Leuven, NASA/GSFC), Moya P. S. (U Chile, Santiago/Chile, NASA/GSFC), Navarro R. (U de Chile, Santiago-Chile), Lopez R. (U de Chile, Santiago-Chile).

NASA Special Act-Individual

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Estados Unidos, 2008

NASA Special Act-Individual – August 26, 2008.
NASA Special Act-Individual

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Estados Unidos, 2007

NASA Special Act-Individual Award, May 21, 2007.
NASA/GSFC Performance Award

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Chile, 2007

NASA/GSFC Performance Award, July 13, 2007
NASA/GSFC 25 Year Service Award

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Chile, 2005

NASA/GSFC 25 Year Service Award – November 2005.
NASA Group Achievement Award (Cluster Science Team)

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Chile, 2004

NASA Group Achievement Award (Cluster Science Team) – August 24, 2004.
NASA/GSFC Performance Award

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Chile, 1996

NASA/GSFC Performance Award. December-1996.
NASA/GSFC Special Act Award – MCAT

NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Chile, 1995

NASA/GSFC Special Act Award – MCAT, September 28, 1995.
The House of Representatives of the Government of Puerto Rico Award Certificate

The House of Representatives of the Government of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, 1990

The House of Representatives of the Government of Puerto Rico Award Certificate, February 15, 1990.


Kinetic transverse dispersion relation for relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with Maxwell-Juttner velocity distribution functions Lopez R.; Moya P.; Muñoz, V; Viñas, A.; Valdivia JA Article ISI PHYSICS OF PLASMAS (2014)
Large-amplitude electromagnetic waves in magnetized relativistic plasmas with temperature Muñoz, V; Asenjo F.A.; Dominguez M.; López R.A.; Valdivia, J. A.; Viñas, A.; Hada, T Article ISI SCOPUS NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS (2014)
NASA Computational Case Study: Modeling Planetary Magnetic and Gravitational Fields Simpson, David G.; Viñas, Adolfo F. Article COMPUTING IN SCIENCE ENGINEERING (2014)
Open boundary particle-in-cell simulation of dipolarization front propagation Klimas, Alex; Hwang, Kyoung-Joo; Viñas, Adolfo F.; Goldstein, Melvyn L. Article Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2014)
Particle-in-cell simulation for parametric decays of a circularly polarized Alfven wave in relativistic thermal electron-positron plasma Lopez R.; Muñoz, V; Viñas, A.; Valdivia JA Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICS OF PLASMAS (2014)
RECONSTRUCTION OF A BROADBAND SPECTRUM OF ALFVENIC FLUCTUATIONS Viñas, Adolfo F.; Moya, Pablo. S.; Araneda, Jaime A.; Maneva, Yana G. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2014)
Solar Wind Thermally Induced Magnetic Fluctuations Navarro R.; Moya P.; Muñoz, V; Araneda, J.; Viñas, A.; Valdivia JA Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2014)
The role of higher-order modes on the electromagnetic whistler-cyclotron wave fluctuations of thermal and non-thermal plasmas Viñas, Adolfo F.; Moya, Pablo. S.; Navarro, Roberto; Araneda, Jaime A. Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICS OF PLASMAS (2014)
Theory of electromagnetic fluctuations for magnetized multi-species plasmas Navarro R.; Araneda, J.; Muñoz, V; Moya P.; Viñas, A.; Valdivia JA Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICS OF PLASMAS (2014)
Two-dimensional hybrid models of H + -He ++ expanding solar wind plasma heating Ofman, L.; Viñas, A.-F.; Maneva, Y Article Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2014)
Wave-particle interactions during a dipolarization front event Hwang, K.-J.; Goldstein, M. L.; F-Vinas, A; Schriver, D.; Ashour-Abdalla, M. Article Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2014)
WEAK TURBULENCE CASCADING EFFECTS IN THE ACCELERATION AND HEATING OF IONS IN THE SOLAR WIND Moya, PS; Navarro R.; Vinas, AF; Muñoz, V; Valdivia JA Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2014)
Characteristics of the Taylor microscale in the solar wind/foreshock: magnetic field and electron velocity measurements Gurgiolo, C.; Goldstein, M. L.; Matthaeus, W. H.; Viñas, A.; Fazakerley, A. N. Article Annales Geophysicae (2013)
SOLAR WIND STRAHL BROADENING BY SELF-GENERATED PLASMA WAVES Pavan, J.; Viñas, A.-F.; Yoon, P H; Ziebell, L.F.; Gaelzer, R Article The Astrophysical Journal (2013)
Turbulent heating and acceleration of He ++ ions by spectra of Alfvén-cyclotron waves in the expanding solar wind: 1.5-D hybrid simulations Maneva Y.G.; Viñas, A.-F.; Ofman, L. Article Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2013)
Computational and theoretical study of the wave-particle interaction of protons and waves Moya, P. S.; Viñas, A.-F.; Muñoz, V; Valdivia, J. A. Article ISI SCOPUS Annales Geophysicae (2012)
Direct observations of the formation of the solar wind halo from the strahl Gurgiolo, C.; Goldstein, M. L.; Viñas, A.-F.; Fazakerley, A. N. Article Annales Geophysicae (2012)
Hybrid models of solar wind plasma heating Ofman, L.; Vinas, AF; Moya, PS Article ISI SCOPUS Annales Geophysicae (2011)
Observations of electron vorticity in the inner plasma sheet Gurgiolo, C.; Goldstein, M. L.; Viñas, A.-F.; Matthaeus, W. H.; Fazakerley, A. N. Article Annales Geophysicae (2011)
First measurements of electron vorticity in the foreshock and solar wind Gurgiolo, C.; Goldstein, M. L.; Viñas, A.-F.; Fazakerley, A. N. Article Annales Geophysicae (2010)
A mechanism for electrostatic solitary structures in the Earth's magnetosheath Lakhina, G. S.; Singh S.V.; Kakad, A. P.; Goldstein, M. L.; Viñas, A.-F.; Pickett, J. S. Article Journal of Geophysical Research (2009)
Magnetic Field Profiles Within Magnetic Clouds: A Model-Approach Nieves-Chinchilla, T.; Viñas, A.-F.; Hidalgo M. A. Article Earth, Moon, and Planets (2009)
Spherical harmonic analysis of particle velocity distribution function: Comparison of moments and anisotropies using Cluster data Viñas, Adolfo F.; Gurgiolo, Chris Article Journal of Geophysical Research (2009)
Acoustic κ-density fluctuation waves in suprathermal κ function fluids Collier, Michael R.; Roberts, Aaron; Viñas, Adolfo Article ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH (2008)
Asymmetric Solar Wind Electron Superthermal Distributions Gaelzer, R; Ziebell, L.F.; Viñas, A.-F.; P. H. Yoon,; C.-M. Ryu5 Article ISI, SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2008)
Proton core heating and beam formation via parametrically unstable Alfven-cyclotron waves Araneda, JA; Marsch E.; Vinas, AF Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2008)
Solar wind electron distribution functions inside magnetic clouds Nieves-Chinchilla, Teresa; Viñas, Adolfo F. Article Journal of Geophysical Research (2008)
Collisionless damping of parametrically unstable Alfven waves Araneda, JA; Marsch E.; Vinas, AF Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Geophysical Research (2007)
Tsallis distributions of magnetic field strength variations in the heliosphere: 5 to 90 AU Burlaga, L.F.; F-Vinas, A; Wang C. Article Journal of Geophysical Research (2007)
Two-dimensional hybrid model of wave and beam heating of multi-ion solar wind plasma Ofman, L.; Viñas, A.-F. Article Journal of Geophysical Research (2007)
Tsallis Statistics of the Magnetic Field in the Heliosheath Burlaga, L.F.; Viñas, A.-F.; Ness, N. F.; Acuña, M. H. Article THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2006)
Dispersion characteristics for plasma resonances of Maxwellian and Kappa distribution plasmas and their comparisons to the IMAGE/RPI observations Viñas, Adolfo F. Article Journal of Geophysical Research (2005)
Titan interaction with Saturn's magnetosphere: Voyager 1 results revisited Sittler, E.C.; Hartle, R.E.; Viñas, A.-F.; Johnson, R.E.; Smith, H.T.; Mueller-Wodarg, I. Article ISI, SCOPUS Journal of Geophysical Research (2005)
Triangle for the entropic index q of non-extensive statistical mechanics observed by Voyager 1 in the distant heliosphere Burlaga, L.F.; Viñas, A.-F. Article Physica A: statistical mechanics and its applications (2005)
Proton core temperature effects on the relative drift and anisotropy evolution of the ion beam instability in the fast solar wind Araneda, JA; Vinas, AF; Astudillo, HF Article ISI Journal of Geophysical Research (2002)


Electromagnetic ion/beam instabilities in the fast solar wind: Proton core temperature anisotropy effects on the relative drift speed and ion heating Araneda, JA; F-Vinas, A; Astudillo, HF ConferencePaper FIRST LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS AND VII MEXICAN SCHOOL OF PARTICLES AND FIELDS (2003)