ALEKSANDRE TAKTAKISHVILI

Biography

Present Position: Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

Research: Physics of plasmas and magnetosphere;Tearing instability and coalescence of magnetic islands; Particle motion, acceleration and dynamics in the Earth's magnetotail and at the magnetopause in the presence of magnetic turbulence

Degrees and Education

·  Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Abastumani Observatory, Tbilisi, Georgia, May 2001

·  Candidate of Physics and Mathetmatics (Ph.D), Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia, February, 1984

·  Post-graduate (Space Physics): under direction of Profs. A.A.Galeev and L.M.Zelenyi, Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, 1983

·  Undergraduate (Physics): Tbilisi State, University, Georgia, 1979

Relevant Publications

1.  Taktakishvili A., A. Greco, G. Zimbardo, P. Veltri , G. Cimino, L. M. Zelenyi, R. Lopez, The penetration of ions into the magnetosphere through the magnetopause turbulent current sheet. Annales Geophisique, vol.21, pp.1965-1973, 2003.

  1. Greco A., Taktakishvili A., G. Zimbardo , P. Veltri, G. Cimino, L. M. Zelenyi, R. Lopez, Ion transport and Levy random walk across the magnetopause in the presence of magnetic turbulence, Journal of Geophys. Research. , vol. 108, No. A11, 1395, doi:10.1029/2003JA010087, 2003.
  2. Taktakishvili A., A. Greco, G. Zimbardo, P. Veltri , G. Cimino, L. M. Zelenyi, R. Lopez, Magnetic fluctuation as a mechanism of ion penetration into the magnetosphere through the turbulent magnetopause, Submitted to Adv. Space. Res., 2003.