Biographical Data

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M.Opher, P. Liewer,  M.Velli, L. Bettarini,T.I.Gombosi, W. Manchester, D. L. DeZeeuw, G. Toth and I. Sokolov, Magnetic Effects at the Edge of the Solar System:
MHD Instabilites, the de Laval nozzle Effect and an Extended Jet, ApJ submitted for publication (2004).

M.Opher, P. Liewer, T.I.Gombosi, W. Manchester, D. L. DeZeeuw, I. Sokolov and  G. Toth, Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet, ApJL 591, 61-65 (2003).

W.B.Manchester VI, T. I. Gombosi, I. Roussev, M. Opher, D.L. DeZeeuw, G.Toth, I.Sokolov, K.G.Powell, and I.Roussev,
Three-dimensional MHD simulation of a flux rope driven CME, submitted for publication (2003).

M. Opher, G. J. Morales, J. N.Leauboff, Krook Collisional Models of the Kinetic Susceptibility, Phys.Rev.E, 66, 016407 (2002)

T.I.Gombosi, W.B.Manchester VI, M. Opher, D.L. DeZeeuw, G.Toth, I.Sokolov, K.G.Powell, and I.Roussev, 3D Global MHD Simulations of Flux Rope Driven
CME's, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 2001.

M. Opher, L. O. Silva, D. E. Dauger, V. K. Decyk and J. M. Dawson, Nuclear reaction rates and energy in stellar plasmas : The effect of highly damped modes, Phys. of Plasmas, 8, 2454 (2001)

M. Opher and R. Opher, Nuclear Reaction Rates in a Plasma: The Effect of Highly Damped Modes, astro-ph/00063262

M. Opher and R. Opher, Dynamic Screening in Thermonuclear Reactions, Astrophys.J. 535, p. 473 (2000).

M. Opher and R. Opher, Energy of a Plasma in the Classical Limit, Phys.Rev.Lett. 82, p. 4835 (1999).

O.D. Miranda, M. Opher and R. Opher, Generation of Seed Magnetic Fields by Primordial Supernovae, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 301, p. 547(1998).

M. Opher and R. Opher, Was The Electromagnetic Spectrum a Blackbody Spectrum in The Early Universe?, Phys.Rev.Lett 79, p. 2628, (1997).
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M. Opher and R. Opher,  The Magnetic Field Spectrum in a Plasma in Thermal Equilibrium in the Epoch of Primordial Nucleosynthesis, Phys.Rev.D 56, p. 3296, (1997).

M. Revzen, R. Opher, M. Opher and A. Mann, Kirchhoff's Theorem and the Casimir Effect, Europhys. Lett. 38, p. 245, (1997).

M. Revzen, R. Opher, M. Opher and A. Mann, Casimir's Entropy, J. Phys. A, 30, 7783 (1997).

M. Opher and R. Opher, Less Energy in the Early Universe,  Proceeedings of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, Eds.: J. Paul, T. Montmerle, and E. Aubourg (CEA Saclay) Proceedings (1998).

M. Opher and R. Opher,  Energy at the Epoch of Primordial Nucleosynthesis,  Proceedings of the 18th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics World Scientific Press, (1997).

M. Opher and R. Opher,  Energy in the Primordial Plasma,  Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories, Edited by Tsvi Piran and Remo Ruffini. World Scientific Publishers, 1999., p.1339.

M. Opher, R. Opher and O. D. Miranda,  Origin of The Magnetic Fields in Young Galaxies,  Young Galaxies and QSO Absorption-Line Systems, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 114, 1997, ed. Sueli M. Viegas, Ruth Gruenwald; Reinaldo R. de Carvalho p.129

M. Opher and R. Opher ,  Plasma Effects on Primordial Nucleosynthesis, Proceedings of the International Conference on Plasma Physics (1994).
 

• American Geophysical Society Fall Meeting (poster) San Francisco, December 5-10, 2002
• 34th Cospar Scientific Assembly, Houston, TX, 10-19 October 2002 (oral)
• Solar Wind X, X Congresso Internazionale sul Vento Solare (poster), Pisa, June 17-21, 2002
• ITP Workshop on Observational Challenges for the Next Decade of Solar MHD, Santa Barbara, January 16-18, 2002 (poster)
• American Geophysical Society Fall Meeting (poster) San Francisco, December 10-14, 2002
• 43nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma American Society, October 29-November 2, Long Beach, 2001 (poster)
• Astrophysical Dynamos, Aspen Center for Physics, Colorado, June, 8-18, 2000
• Galaxy Formation, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK, May, 14-18, 1999
• 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Paris, France, December, 14-18, 1998 (poster)
• International Congress on Plasma Physics ICPP Prague, Czech Republic, June 29 - July 3, 1998 (poster)
• 18th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., December, 15-20, 1996 (oral)
• International Conference on Plasma Physics, ICPP Foz de Iguaçu - PR, October 30 - November 4, 1994 (poster).

• "Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet", SRL, Caltech, DEcember 19, 2002
• "Nuclear Reaction Rates and the Contribution of Highly Damped Plasma Modes to Stellar Evolution and the Early Universe", Princeton Plasma Laboratory, December 2000, New Jersey
• "Nuclear Reaction Rates and Energy in the Plasma: The Effect of Highly Damped Modes", 42nd Annual APS Division of the Plasma Physics, October 23-27, 2000 Quebec, Canada.
• "Plasma Effects in the Early Universe", Plasma Group, Physics Department, University of California, March, 2000
• "Plasma Effects in the Early Universe", Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, March, 1999
• "Electromagnetic Fluctuations in the Early Universe", Institute of Theoretical Physics-IFT, Unesp, September, 1998
• "Plasma Effects in the Early Universe", Faculty of Physics, Technion, June, 1998
• "Electromagnetic Fluctuations in the Early Universe", Plasma Laboratory, Weizmann Institute, June, 1998

             Physics 1C: Electromagnetism (Summer 2000, UCLA Main Lecturer)

Astronomy:Nature of the Universe (2000,Spring UCLA Associate Lecturer) (Received a letter of commendation for excellence in teaching)

Mathematical Methods of Physics (1999, UCLA Associate Lecturer) (Received a letter of commendation for excellence in teaching)

Physics I and Physics II Laboratories (1991) (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Co-wrote (with Prof. J.M.Dawson and Dr.V. Decyk) research proposal on Numerical Investigation of Plasma Quantum Effects in Stellar Interiors submitted to the National Science Foundation (USA). - -

National Science Foundation - for Numerical Investigation of Plasma Quantum Effects in Stellar Interiors, co-authored with Prof. J.M.Dawson and Dr.V. Decyk) (2001-2003); declined

Marie Curie Individual Fellowship - European Commission Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Imperial College, London (2001-2003); declined

Lady Davis Fellowship Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Israel Institute ofTechnology, Haifa (    );declined

Post-Doctoral Fellowship,São Paulo Foundation for Research Support (FAPESP),1997-1998

Ph.D. Fellowship, São Paulo Foundation for Research Support (FAPESP), 1993-1997

M.Sc. Fellowship, São Paulo Foundation for Research Support (FAPESP), 1992-1993

Referee for Physical Review Letters, Astrophysical Journal