NAME: | Dr. Frank C. Jones | |
DATE OF BIRTH: | July 30, 1932 | |
PRESENT POSITION: | Senior Scientist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics | |
RESEARCH AREA: | Cosmic Rays: | Theory of the origin and propagation, electromagnetic interactions, |
Stochastic physics: | Theories of diffusion of particles in random fields, plasma turbulence | |
Shock Acceleration: | The theory of acceleration of charged particles by shocks in collisionless plasmas | |
EDUCATION: | 1961 - Ph.D | University of Chicago |
1955 - M.S. | University of Chicago | |
1954 - B.A. | Rice University | |
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: | 2002-2003 |
Acting Associate Chief,
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics |
1993-1995 | Head, Theoretical High Energy Astrophysics Office | |
1977 | Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg, FRG | |
1965-1993 | Astrophysicist, AST, Laboratory for Theoretical Studies; Laboratory for Space Physics; Theoretical Studies Group; Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics | |
1963-1965 | NAS/NRC Research Associate, GSFC | |
1960-1963 | Instructor in Physics, Princeton
University. |
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: | American Physical Society
(Fellow)
American Astronomical Society American Geophysical Union American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow) Sigma Xi Federation of American Scientists International Astronomical Union |
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COMMITTEES: | 1999- | Chairman, ACCESS Theory Team |
1985 | Chairman, Publication Committee, 19th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf., San Diego, | |
Curriculum Task Force, Commission on Secondary Education, Maryland State Department of Education | ||
1978-1984 | Scientific Council; Maryland Academy of Sciences (Secretary 1979-1981; Vice-Chairman, 1981-1983 ) | |
1971-77 | GSFC Library Users Committee (Chairman) | |
1965-68, 1978-1982 | GSFC Scientific Colloqium Committee | |
BOOKS: | 19th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf.,
San Diego, Volumes 1-9, F. C. Jones (Chmn.), G. Mason, J.
Adams, Editors, 1985.
Tenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, (ed. with R. Ramaty) Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. Vol 375, 1980. |
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL DUTIES | Editor and Publisher,
COSNEWS, Newsletter of the Cosmic Ray Commission of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, 1987 - American Physical Society, Member, Committtee on Constitution and Bylaws 1996 - 1998 (Chair 1997) American Physical Society, Council Member, 1994-1997 American Physical Society, Astrophysics Division, Secretary/Treasurer, 1988 - 1992 American Physical Society, Astrophysics Division, Executive Committee, 1980 - 1982 |
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K-Capture Cosmic-Ray Secondaries and Reacceleration, Jones, F. C.,
Lukasiak, A., Ptuskin, V. S. and Webber, W. R., 2001, AdSpR, 27 737
Inverse Bremsstrahlung in Shocked Astrophysical Plasmas, Baring, M. G.,
Jones F. C., and Ellison , D. C., 2000, ApJ. 528, 776
Direct Acceleration of Pickup Ions at the Solar Wind
Termination Shock: the Production of Anomalous Cosmic Rays, Ellison, D.
C., Jones, F. C., and Baring, M. G., 1999, ApJ. 512, 403
Charged-Particle Motion in Electromagnetic Fields Having at Least
One Ignorable Spatial Coordinate, F. C. Jones, J.R. Jokipii and M. G.
Baring, 1998, Ap J. 509, 238
Anomalous Cosmic Rays, Klecker, B., Mewaldt, R. A., Bieber, J. W., Cummings, A. C., Drury, L. O'C., Giacalone, J., Jokipii, J. R., Jones, F. C., Krainev, M. B., Lee, M. A., le Roux, J. A., Marsden, R. G., McDonald, F. B., McKibben, R. B., Steenberg, C. D., Baring, M. G., Ellison, D. C., Lanzerotti, L. J.., Leske, R. A., Mazur, J. E., Moraal, H., Oetliker, M., Ptuskin,V. S., Selesnick R. S., and Trattner, K. J., 1998, Space Science Reviews, 83, 259
Non-Linear Particle Acceleration in Oblique Shocks, Ellison, D. C., Baring, M. G. and Jones, F. C. 1996, ApJ, 473, 1029
On Using the Weighted Slab Approximation in Studying the Problem of Cosmic-Ray Transport, Ptuskin, V. S., Jones, F. C. and Ormes, J. F. 1996, ApJ, 465, 972
Acceleration Rates and Injection Efficiencies in Oblique Shocks, Ellison, D. C., Baring, M. G., and Jones, F. C. 1995, ApJ, 453, 873
Monte Carlo Simulations of Particle Acceleration at Oblique Shocks: Including Cross-Field Diffusion, Baring, M. G., Ellison, D. C., and Jones, F. C. 1995, Adv. Space Res., 15, (8/9)397
Interactions in Hydrogen of Relativistic Neon to Nickel Projectiles: Totsl Charge-changing Cross Sections, The Transport Collaboration (incl. Jones, F. C.) 1994, Phys. Rev. C, 49, 3200
A Program to Measure New Energetic Particle Nuclear Interaction Cross Sections, The Transport Collaboration (incl. Jones, F. C.) 1994, Adv. Space Res., 14, (10)830
Monte Carlo Simulations of Particle Acceleration at Oblique Shocks, Baring, M. G., Ellison, D. C., and Jones, F. C. 1994, Ap. J. Suppl., 90, 547
A Theoretical Review of Diffusive Shock Acceleration, Jones, F. C. 1994, Ap. J. Suppl., 90, 561
The Injection and Acceleration of Particles in Oblique Shocks: a Unified Monte Carlo Description, Baring, M. G., Ellison, D. C., and Jones, F. C. 1993, Ap. J., 409, 327
The Plasma Physics of Shock Acceleration, Jones, F. C. & Ellison, D. C. 1991, Space Sci. Rev. 58 259.
First_Order Fermi Particle Acceleration by Relativistic Shocks, Ellison, D. C., Jones, F. C. & Reynolds, S. P. 1990, Ap. J., 360, 702.
The Generalized Diffusion-Convection Equation, Jones, F. C. 1990, Ap. J., 361, 162.
A Description of Electron heating With an Electrostatic Potential Jump in a Parallel, Collisionless, Fire Hose Shock, Ellison, D. C. & Jones, F. C. 1988, J. Geophys. Res. 93, 8749.
Non Coplanar Magnetic Fields, Shock Potentials and Ion Deflection, Jones, F. C. & Ellison, D. C. 1987, J. Geophys. Res. 92, 11205.
Propagation of The Phase of Solar Modulation, Forman, M., Jones, F. C. & Perko, J. S. 1986, J. Geophys. Res. 91, 2914.
Cosmic-Ray Modulation and the Anomalous Component, Jones, F. C. 1983, Rev. Geophys. and Space Phys. 21, 318.
On the Theory of Gamma-Ray Amplification Through Stimulated Annihilation Radiation (GRASAR), Ramaty, R., McKinley, J. M. & Jones, F.C. 1982, Astrophys. J. 256, 238.
Monte Carlo Simulation of Collisionless Shocks Showing Preferential Acceleration of High A/Z Particles, Ellison, D. C., Eichler, D. & Jones, F. C. 1981, Journal of Geophysics, 50, 110.
Collisions Between Grains in a Turbulent Gas, Völk, H. J., Jones, F. C., Morfill, G. E. & Röser, S. 1980, Astron. and Astrophys. 85, 316.
Induced Velocities of Grains Embedded in a Turbulent Gas, Völk, H. J., Jones, F. C., Morfill, G. E. & Röser, S, 1979, The Moon and the Planets 19, 221.
The Dynamical Halo and the Variation of Cosmic-Ray Path Length with Energy, Jones, F.C., 1979, Astrophys. J. 229, 747.
The History of Cosmic Rays in a Dynamical Halo: A Retrodictive Approach, Jones, F.C., 1978, Astrophys. J., 222, 1097.
Computer Simulation of the Velocity Diffusion of Cosmic Rays, Kaiser, T.B., Birmingham, T.J. & Jones, F.C., 1978, Phys. Fluids 21, 361.
The Partially Averaged Field Approach to Cosmic Ray Diffusion, Jones, F.C., Birmingham, T.J. & Kaiser, T.B. 1978, Phys. Fluids, 21, 347.
A Strictly Markovian Expansion for Plasma Turbulence Theory, Jones, F.C. 1978, J. Plasma Physics, 20, part 1, 87.
The Galactic Halo Question: New Size Constraints from Galactic Gamma-Ray Data, Jones, F.C. & Stecker, F.W. 1977, Astrophys. J. 217, 843.
When is Quasi-Linear Theory Exact?, Jones, F.C. & Birmingham, T.J. 1974, Plasma Phys. 17, 15.
A New Approach to Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Theory, Jones, F.C., Birmingham, T.J., Kaiser T.B. 1973, Phys. Rev. Lett. 31, 485.
Investigation of Resonance Integrals Occurring in Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Theory, Jones, F.C. Birmingham, T.J. & Kaiser, T.B. 1973, Astrophys. J. 180, L139.
Cosmic Rays in a Random Magnetic Field: Breakdown of the Quasilinear Derivation of the Kinetic Equation, Kaiser, T.B., Jones, F.C. & Birmingham, T.J. 1973, Astrophys. J. 180, 239.
Lorentz Invariant Formulation of Cherenkov Radiation by Tachyons, Jones, F.C. 1972, Phys. Rev. D., 2727.
Suprathermal Proton Bremsstrahlung by the Weizsacker-Williams Method, Jones, F.C. 1971, Astrophys. J., 169, 503.
A Dynamic Equation for Stochastic Magnetic Field Lines in the Galaxy, Jones, F.C. 1971, Astrophys. J., 169, 477.
Comments on 'On the Formation of Energy Spectra in Synchrotron Sources' by Donald B. Melrose, Tademaru, E., Newman, C.E. & Jones, F.C. 1971, Astrophysics and Space Science, 10, 453.
Identification of Moving Magnetic Field Lines II: Application to a Moving Non-Rigid Conductor, Jones, F.C., Birmingham, T.J. 1971, J. Geophys. Res., 76, 1849.
Examination of the 'Leakage Lifetime' Approximation in Cosmic-Ray Diffusion, Jones, F.C. 1970, Phys. Rev. D 2, 2787.
The Fluctuation of Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy and the Dimensionality of propagation, Jones, F.C. 1970, Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 21.
Statistical Mechanics of Supernovae, Jones, F.C. 1970, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Budapest, Hungary, 1969; Acta Physica Hungarica 29, Suppl. 1, 23.
Identification of Moving Magnetic Field Lines, Birmingham, T.J., Jones, F.C. 1968, J. Geophys. Res., 73, 5505.
Relativity, Heat and 'Fictitious' Forces, Jones, F.C. 1968, II Nuovo Cimento, Series X, 57B, 307.
Calculated Spectrum of Inverse-Compton Scattered Photons, Jones, F.C. 1968, Phys. Rev. 167, 1159.
Some General Properties of Radiation Processes as Related to 'Secondary' Cosmic Rays, Jones, F.C. 1968, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Calgary, Canada, Can. J. Phys. 46, S1003, .
On the Transverse Momentum Distribution of Secondary Particles from High-Energy Collisions, Jones, F.C. 1966, Il Nuovo Cimento 44, 1256.
Charge Ratio of Cosmic-Ray Electrons, Jones, F.C. 1965, Phys. Rev. Lett. 15, 512.
Inverse Compton Scattering of Cosmic-Ray Electrons, Jones, F.C. 1965, Phys. Rev., 137, B1306.
The Energy Spectrum of Galactic Electrons Produced by Cosmic-Rays, Jones, F.C. 1963, J. Geophys. Res., 68, 4399.
Cosmic Ray Production of Low-Energy Gamma-Rays, Jones, F.C. 1961, J. Geophys. Res., 66, 2029.
Design of a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Using the Phoswitch Technique for Rejection of Charged Particles, Jones, F.C. 1960, IRE Trans. on Nuclear Science, S-7,175.
The Modified Weighted Slab Technique: Description of the technique and Models, Jones, F. C., Ptuskin, V., Lukasiak, A. and Webber, W., 1999 26th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Salt Lake City 4, 215
The Modified Weighted Slab Technique: Results, Ptuskin, V., Lukasiak, A., Jones, F. C. and Webber, W., 1999, 26th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Salt Lake City 4, 291
The Production of Anomalous Cosmic Rays By the Solar Wind termination Shock, Jones, F. C., Baring, M. G., and Ellison, D. C., 1999, 26th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Salt Lake City 7, 456
Anomalous Cosmic Rays: Report of Working Group 3, Bieber, J. W., Cummings, A. C., Drury, L., Giacalone, J., Jokipii, J. R., Jones, F. C., Krainev,. M. B., Lee, M. A., Le Roux, J. A., Marsden, R. G., McDonald, F. B., McKibben, R. B. and Steenberg, C. D., 1998, Sp. Sci. Rev. 83, 259
Collisionless Shocks: Their Nature, How They Accelerate Charged Particles, and Their Limits, Jones, F. C., 1999, "New Vistas in Astrophysics", Series "Science and Culture -- Astrophysics", 1998 Erice Summer School in Cosmic-Ray Astrophysics, World Scientific, Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (in press)
The Role of the Cross Shock Potential in Perpendicular Shock Structure, Jones, F. C., 1997, 25th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Durban
The Role of Solar Wind Pick-up Ions in the Termination Shock Acceleration Process, Jones, F. C., Baring, M. G. and Ellison, D. C., 1997, 25th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Durban
Numerical Simulations and Analytic Theory of Cross-Field Transport, Jokipii, J. R., Giacalone, J., Jones, F. C. And Kóta, J. 1995, 24th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Rome
Next Step to Understanding Cosmic Ray Propagation, Ptuskin, V. S., Jones, F. C., Ormes, J. F. and Soutoul, A. Advanses in Space Research, (in Press, COSPAR '96)
On Using the Weighted Slab Approximation in Studying the Problem of Cosmic-Ray Transport, Ptuskin, V. S., Jones, F. C. and Ormes, J. F. 1995, 24th Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Rome
A Program to Measure New Energetic Particle Nuclear Interaction Cross Sections, The Transport Collaboration, Advances in Space Research, (In Press)
The Sensitivity of C - Si Cosmic Ray Source Abundances to the Nuclear Interaction Cross Sections, The Transport Collaboration, 1993, 23rd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Calgary
Systematics of Elemental Production Cross Sections from Neon to Nickel, The Transport Collaboration, 1993, 23rd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Calgary
Cross Field Diffusion and Shock Acceleration in Pulsar Winds, Harding, A. K., Jones, F. C. and DeJager, O. C., 1993, 23rd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Calgary
Features From Monte Carlo Simulations of Particle Acceleration at Oblique Shocks, Baring, M. G., Ellison, D. C. and Jones, F. C., 1993, 23rd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Calgary
Modeling Cross Field Diffusion in Monte Carlo Calculations of Shock Acceleration, Jones, F. C., Baring, M. G. and Ellison, D. C., 1993, 23rd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Calgary
Particle Acceleration in Modified Oblique Non-Relativistic Shocks, Baring, M. G., Ellison, D. C., and Jones, F. C., 1992, in Proc. of Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Plasmas, ed. Zank, G. P. and Gaiser, T. K., AIP Conf. Proc. 264, 177
A Review of Transport Theory, Jones, F. C., 1992, in Proc. of Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Plasmas, ed. Zank, G. P. and Gaiser, T. K., AIP Conf. Proc. 264, 71
A Green's Function Solution for the Spherical Diffusion Equation in the Presence of Energy Losses and Applications to Crablike Supernova Remnants, Reynolds, S. P. & Jones, F. C. 1991, 22nd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Dublin, 2, 400.
On the Necessity of Particle Escape in Steady-State Shock Acceleration, Ellison, D. C. & Jones, F. C. 1991, 22nd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Dublin, 2, 320.
A Heavy Ion Spectrometer System Used for the Measurement of Projectile Fragmentation of Relativistic Heavy Ions, The TRANSPORT Collaboration 1991, 22nd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Dublin, 2, 531.
Isotopic Production Cross-Sections from Projectile Fragmentation of Relativistic Heavy Ions, The TRANSPORT Collaboration 1991, 22nd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Dublin, 2, 300.
Best Approximation to the Ideal Weighted Slab Method, Jones, F. C. 1991, 22nd Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Dublin, 2, 268.
Static Versus Dynamical Cosmic-Ray Halos, Jones, F.C. 1991, in Proc. IAU Symp. 144, The Interstellar Disk-Halo Connection in Galaxies, p. 359, Kluwer, Dordrecht.
"Moments in the Life of a Scientist" by Bruno Rossi, Book review by Jones, F. C. 1991, Am. J. Phys, 59, 669.
R., Wefel, J. P. 1990, 21st Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Adelaide, 3, 420.
J. M., Testard, O., Waddington, C. J., Webber, W. R., Wefel, J. P., Wieman, H. H. 1990, 21st Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Adelaide, 3, 428.
Diffusive Shock Acceleration of Decay Positrons in Supernovae, Ellison, D. C., Jones, F. C., Ramaty, R. 1990, 21st Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Adelaide, 4, 68.
The Leaky Box: an Idea Whose Time is Up?, Jones, F. C., Crawford1, H. J., Engelage, J., Guzik, T. G., Mitchell, J. W., Waddington, C. J., Webber, W. R., Wefel, J. P. 1990, 21st Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Adelaide, 3, 333.
The Generalized Diffusion Convection Equation, Jones, F. C. 1990, 21st Intnl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Adelaide, 5, 292.
Overview of Modulation Theory, Jones, F. C. 1989, Invited Talk presented at the Symposium on the Outer Heliosphere, 21-24 May, 1989, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
The Plasma Physics of Shock Acceleration, Jones, F. C. 1988, Invited Talk presented at the American Physical Society Topical Conference on Plasma Astrophysics, 19-23 September, 1988, Santa Fe, NM.
Electron Heating in a Monte Carlo Model of a High Mach Number, Supercritical, Collisonless Shock, Ellison, D. C. & Jones, F. C. 1987, 20th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Moscow, 2, 167.
Energetics of the Shock Potential, Jones, F. C. & Ellison, D. C. 1987, 20th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf, Moscow. 3, 221.
Propagation of The Phase of Solar Modulation, Jones, F.C., Forman, M. & Perko, J. S. 1985, 19th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf., San Diego, 4, 400;.
Monte Carlo Simulation of Steady State Shock Structure Including Cosmic Ray Mediation and Particle Escape, Ellison, D. C., Jones, F. C. & Eichler, D. 1983, 18th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Bangalore, 2, 271.
Modulation Theory, Jones, F.C. 1983, Interplanetary Propagation, and Interplanetary Acceleration, 18th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Bangalore, 12, 379.
How Do Cosmic Rays Change their Energy in the Solar Wind?, Jones, F.C. 1983, 18th Intl. Cosmic Ray Conf., Bangalore, 3, 6.
On the Theory of Gamma-Ray Amplification Through Stimulated Annihilation Radiation (GRASAR) Jones, F. C., Ramaty, R. & McKinley, J. M. 1981, Proc. of the La Jolla Workshop on Gamma-Ray Transients.
Monte Carlo Simulation of Diffuse Ions at the Earth's Bow Shock, Ellison, D. C. & Jones, F. C. 1981, Proc. 17th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Paris, 2, 323.
Monte Carlo Simulation of Collisionless Shocks Showing Preferential Acceleration of High A/Z Particles, Ellison, D. C., Eichler, D. & Jones, F. C. 1981, presented at MPAE-Lindau Workshop on Acceleration of Particles by Shock Waves, October 1980.
The Matrix Approach to Cosmic-Ray Propagation Including Ionization Energy Loss, Jones, F.C. 1979, Proc. 16th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Kyoto, 2, 173.
The Galactic Halo Question: New Size Constraints from Galactic Gamma-Ray Data, Jones, F.C. & Stecker, F. W. 1977, Proc. 15th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Plovdiv, 2, 240.
Charged Particle Propagation in Strong Disordered Magnetic Fields, Jones, F.C. 1975, Proceedings of the 14th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Munich, 856.
Cosmic Ray Diffusion - Report of the Workshop in Cosmic Ray Diffusion Theory held at the Goddard Space Flight Center, May 16-17, 1974, Birmingham, T. J.and Jones, F.C. 1974, NASA TND 7873.
A New Approach to Cosmic-Ray Diffusion Theory, Jones, F.C., Kaiser, T. B. & Birmingham, T. J. 1973, Proceedings of the 13th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Denver, pp. 669.
Untitled Letter to the Editor of American Scientist on Cherenkov Radiation of Charged Tachyons, Jones, F.C. 1973, American Scientist 61, 520.
Untitled Letter to the Editor of Physics Today on Equation of Motion for Charged Tachyons, Jones, F.C. 1972, Physics Today, Sept. 1972, p. 15; also Nov. 1972, p. 15.
Cosmic Gamma Rays from Suprathermal Proton Bremsstrahlung, Jones, F.C. 1971, Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Hobart, Tasmania, Conference Papers , (University of Tasmania) 1, 97.
The Effect of Galactic Magnetic Field Line Wandering on Cosmic-Ray Parameters, Jones, F.C. 1971, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Hobart, Tasmania, Conf. Papers , (University of Tasmania) 1, 396.
An Autocorrelation Approach to the Brown-Twiss Interferometer, Jones, F.C. 1968, NASA TND 4480.
Review of 'Space Time Physics' by E. F. Taylor and J. A. Wheeler, Jones, F.C. 1967, Trans. AGU.
Charge Ratio of Cosmic-Ray Electrons, Jones, F.C. 1965, Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, London, pp. 444.
Secondary Galactic Electrons, Jones, F.C. 1963, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, Jaipur, India, 3, 399.
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