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ASGARI-TARGHI, Mahboubeh Professor Space and Planetary Science Group Office: -804 E-mail: HP:
Research Field Astrophysics Current Research I am an astrophysicist, specializing in solar magnetic activity and plasma turbulence. My research seeks to understand how magnetic fields and turbulent plasma dynamics govern the structure and evolution of the solar atmosphere, from the photosphere to the corona, and how these processes drive the heating of the solar corona and the acceleration of the solar wind. Beyond the Sun, I extend these investigations to stellar environments and galactic magnetic fields, exploring how similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes influence energy transport, turbulence, and magnetic reconnection in broader astrophysical contexts. By combining numerical modeling, observational analysis, and theoretical plasma physics, my work aims to bridge the gap between small-scale turbulence and large-scale magnetic phenomena that shape both stellar and galactic systems. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DIBa0K8AAAAJ&hl=en Representative Publications 1. M Asgari-Targhi, AA Van Ballegooijen,The Astrophysical Journal 746 (1), 81,Model for Alfvén wave turbulence in solar coronal loops: heating rate profiles and temperature fluctuations 2. M Asgari-Targhi, AA Van Ballegooijen, SR Cranmer, EE DeLuca,The Astrophysical Journal 773 (2), 111,The spatial and temporal dependence of coronal heating by Alfvén wave turbulence 3. M Asgari-Targhi, AA Van Ballegooijen, S Imada,The Astrophysical Journal 786 (1), 28,Comparison of extreme ultraviolet imaging spectrometer observations of solar coronal loops with Alfvén wave turbulence models

ASGARI-TARGHI, Mahboubeh

Professor
Space and Planetary Science Group

Office: -804
E-mail:
HP:

Research Field

Astrophysics

Current Research

I am an astrophysicist, specializing in solar magnetic activity and plasma turbulence. My research seeks to understand how magnetic fields and turbulent plasma dynamics govern the structure and evolution of the solar atmosphere, from the photosphere to the corona, and how these processes drive the heating of the solar corona and the acceleration of the solar wind. Beyond the Sun, I extend these investigations to stellar environments and galactic magnetic fields, exploring how similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes influence energy transport, turbulence, and magnetic reconnection in broader astrophysical contexts. By combining numerical modeling, observational analysis, and theoretical plasma physics, my work aims to bridge the gap between small-scale turbulence and large-scale magnetic phenomena that shape both stellar and galactic systems.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DIBa0K8AAAAJ&hl=en

Representative Publications

1. M Asgari-Targhi, AA Van Ballegooijen,The Astrophysical Journal 746 (1), 81,Model for Alfvén wave turbulence in solar coronal loops: heating rate profiles and temperature fluctuations
2. M Asgari-Targhi, AA Van Ballegooijen, SR Cranmer, EE DeLuca,The Astrophysical Journal 773 (2), 111,The spatial and temporal dependence of coronal heating by Alfvén wave turbulence
3. M Asgari-Targhi, AA Van Ballegooijen, S Imada,The Astrophysical Journal 786 (1), 28,Comparison of extreme ultraviolet imaging spectrometer observations of solar coronal loops with Alfvén wave turbulence models