Scholarly Interest Report
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| Thomas W. Hill | | Professor | | Professor | | | | e-mail:hill@rice.edu | | | - B.A. (1967) Rice University
- M.S. (1971) Rice University
- Ph.D. (1973) Rice University
| | | | Primary Department | | Department of Physics and Astronomy | |  | | | | Department Affiliations | | | Department of Physics and Astronomy | | |
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| Research Areas | | | Space Plasma Physics, Planetary Magnetospheres | | |
| Teaching Areas | | | plasma physics, mathematical methods, electromagnetic theory, magnetospheric physics | | |
| Selected Publications | | | Articles | | | Hill, T. W., M. F. Thomsen, R. L. Tokar, A. J. Coates, G. R. Lewis, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, R. A. Baragiola, R. E. Johnson, Y. Dong, R. J. Wilson,G. H. Jones, J.-E. Wahlund, D. G. Mitchell, and M. Horányi, Charged nanograins in the Enceladus plume, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A05209, doi:10.1029/2011JA017218, 2012. | | | | | Liu, X., and T. W. Hill, Effects of finite plasma pressure on centrifugally driven convection in Saturn’s inner magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A07216, doi:10.1029/2012JA017827, 2012. | | | | | Pryor, W. R., A. M. Rymer, D. G. Mitchell, T. W. Hill, D. T. Young, J. Saur, G. H. Jones, S. Jacobsen, S. W. H. Cowley, B. H. Mauk, A. J. Coates, J. Gustin, D. Grodent, J.-C. Gérard, L. Lamy, J. D. Nichols, S. M. Krimigis, L. W. Esposito, M. K. Dougherty, A. J. Jouchoux, A. I. F. Stewart, W. E. McClintock, G. M. Holsclaw, J. M. Ajello, J. E. Colwell, A. R. Hendrix, F. J. Crary, J. T. Clarke, and X. Zhou, The Enceladus auroral footprint at Saturn, Nature, doi:10.1038/nature09928, 2011.
| | | | | Chen, Y., T. W. Hill, A. M. Rymer, and R. J. Wilson, Rate of radial transport of plasma in Saturn’s inner magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2010JA015412, 2010.
| | | | | Coates, A. J., A. Wellbrock, G. R. Lewis, G. H.Jones, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, J. H. Waite, R. E. Johnson, T. W. Hill, E. C. Sittler, Jr., Negative ions at Titan and Enceladus: recent results, Faraday Discussions, doi: 10.1039/C004700G2010, 2010.
| | | | | Dong, Y., T. W. Hill, B. D. Teolis, B. A. Magee, and J. H. Waite, The water vapor plumes of Enceladus, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A10204, doi:10.1029/2011JA016693, 2011.
| | | | | Liu, X., T. W. Hill, R. A. Wolf, S. Sazykin, R. W. Spiro, and H. Wu, Numerical simulation of plasma transport in Saturn's inner magnetosphere using the Rice Convection Model, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2010JA015859, 2010.
| | | | | Book chapters | | | Mauk, B. H., D. Hamilton, T. W. Hill, G. Hospodarsky, R. E. Johnson, C. Paranicas, E. Roussos, C. T. Russell, D. Shemansky, E. Sittler, and R. M. Thorne, Fundamental plasma processes in Saturn’s magnetosphere, Chap. 11, Saturn from Cassini-Huygens (M. Dougherty, L. Esposito, and S. M. Krimigis, eds.), Springer Verlag, Dordrecht, 2009. | | | | | Michell, D. G., J. F. Carbary, S. W. H. Cowley, T. W. Hill, and P. Zarka, The dynamics of Saturn’s magnetosphere, Chap.10, Saturn from Cassini-Huygens (M. Dougherty, L. Esposito, and S. M. Krimigis, eds.), Springer Verlag, Dordrecht, 2009. | | | | | Refereed Articles | | | Coates, A. J., G. H. Jones, G. R. Lewis, A. Wellbrock, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, R. E. Johnson, T. A. Cassidy, and T. W. Hill, Negative ions in the Enceladus plume, Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.013, 2009. | | | | | Jones, G. H., C. S. Arridge, A. J. Coates, G. R. Lewis, S. Kanani, A Wellbrock, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, R. L. Tokar, R. J. Wilson, T. W. Hill, R. E. Johnson, D. G. Mitchell, J. Schmidt, S. Kempf, U. Beckmann, C. T. Russell, Y. D. Jia, M. K. Dougherty, J. H. Waite, Jr., and B. A. Magee, Fine jet structure of electrically charged grains in Enceladus's plume, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2009GL038284, 2009. | | | | | Pontius, D. H., Jr., and T. W. Hill, Plasma mass loading from the extended neutral gas torus of Enceladus as inferred from the observed plasma corotation lag, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23103, doi:10.1029/2009GL041030, 2009. | | | | |
Rymer, A. M., B. H. Mauk, T. W. Hill, N. André, D. G. Mitchell, C. Paranicas, D. T. Young, H. T. Smith, A. M. Persoon, J. D. Menietti, G. B. Hospodarsky, A. J. Coates, and M. K. Dougherty, Cassini evidence for rapid interchange transport at Saturn, Plan. Space Sci., doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.010, 2009. | | | | | Chen, Y., and T. W. Hill, Statistical analysis of injection/dispersion events in Saturn's inner magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A07215, doi:10.1029/2008JA013166, 2008. | | | | | Hill, T. W., M. F. Thomsen, M. G. Henderson, R. L. Tokar, A. J. Coates, H. J. McAndrews, G. R. Lewis, D. G. Mitchell, C. M. Jackman, C. T. Russell, M. K. Dougherty, F. J. Crary, and D. T. Young, Plasmoids in Saturn's magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A01214, doi:10.1029/2007JA012626, 2008. | | | | | Rymer, A. M., B. H. Mauk, T. W. Hill, C. Paranicas, D. G. Mitchell, A. J.Coates, and D. T.Young, Electron circulation in Saturn's magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A01201, doi:10.1029/2007JA012589, 2008. | | | | | Wilson, R. J., R. L. Tokar, M. G. Henderson, T. W. Hill, M. F. Thomsen, and D. H. Pontius, Jr., Cassini Plasma Spectrometer thermal ion measurements in Saturn's inner magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A12218, doi:10.1029/2008JA013486, 2008. | | | | | Coates, A. J., F. J. Crary, D. T. Young, K. Szego, C. S. Arridge, Z. Bebesi, E. C. Sittler, Jr., R. E. Hartle, and T. W. Hill, Ionospheric electrons in Titan's tail: Plasma structure during the Cassini T9 encounter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24S05, doi:10.1029/2007GL030919, 2007. | | | | | Rymer, A. M., B. H. Mauk, T. W. Hill, C. Paranicas, N. Andr¿, E. C. Sittler, D. G. Mitchell, H. T. Smith, R. E. Johnson, A .J. Coates, D. T. Young, S. J. Bolton, M. F. Thomsen, and M. K. Dougherty, Electron sources in Saturn's magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A02201, doi:10.1029/2006JA012017, 2007.
| | | | | Wu, H., T. W. Hill, R. A. Wolf, and R. W. Spiro, Numerical simulation of fine structure in the Io plasma torus produced by the centrifugal interchange instability, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A02206, doi:10.1029/2006JA012032, 2007.
| | | | | Hill, T. W., Effect of the acceleration current on the centrifugal interchange instability, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A03214, doi:10.1029/2005JA011338, 2006. | | | | | Johnson, R. E., J. G. Luhmann, R. L. Tokar, M. Bouhram, J. J. Berthelier, E. C. Sittler, J. F. Cooper, T. W. Hill, H. T. Smith, M. Michael, M. Liu, F. J. Crary, and D. T. Young, Production, ionization and redistribution of O2 in Saturn¿s ring atmosphere, Icarus, 180, 393, 2006. | | | | | Ontiveros, P. A., S. M. Naehr, F. R. Toffoletto, and T. W. Hill, A flexible approach to modeling the storm-time Region 2 and magnetopause currents, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A09219, doi:10.1029/2006JA011634, 2006. | | | | | Pontius, D. H., Jr., and T. W. Hill, Enceladus: A significant plasma source for Saturn's magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A09214, doi:10.1029/2006JA011674, 2006. | | | | | Tokar, R. L., R. E. Johnson, T. W. Hill, D. H. Pontius, W. S. Kurth, F. J. Crary, D. T. Young, M. F. Thomsen, D. B. Reisenfeld, A. J. Coates, G. R. Lewis, E. C. Sittler, and D. A. Gurnett, The interaction of the atmosphere of Enceladus with Saturn’s plasma, Science, 311, 1409, doi: 10.1126/science.1121061, 2006. | | | | | Tokar, R. L., R. E. Johnson, T. W. Hill, D. H. Pontius, W. S. Kurth, F. J. Crary, D. T. Young, M. F. Thomsen, D. B. Reisenfeld, A. J. Coates, G. R. Lewis, E. C. Sittler, and D. A. Gurnett, The interaction of the atmosphere of Enceladus with Saturn¿s plasma, Science, 311, 1409, doi: 10.1126/science.1121061, 2006. | | | | |
Burch, J. L., J. Goldstein, T. W. Hill, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary, A. J. Coates, N. André, W. S. Kurth, and E. C. Sittler, Jr., Properties of local plasma injections in Saturn’s magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14S02, doi: 10.1029/2005GL022611, 2005.
| | | | | Hill, T. W., A. M. Rymer, J. L. Burch, F. J. Crary, D. T. Young, M. F. Thomsen, D. Delapp, N. André, A. J. Coates, and G. R. Lewis, Evidence for rotationally-driven plasma transport in Saturn’s magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14S10, doi:10.1029/2005GL022620, 2005. | | | | | Johnson, R. E., J. G. Luhmann, R. L. Tokar, M. Bouhram, J. J. Berthelier, E. C. Sittler, J. F. Cooper, T. W. Hill, H. T. Smith, M. Michael, M. Liu, F. J. Crary, and D. T. Young, Production, ionization and redistribution of O2 in Saturn’s ring atmosphere, Icarus, 180, 393, 2006. | | | | | Szego, K., et al., The global plasma environment of Titan as observed by Cassini Plasma Spectrometer during the first two close encounters with Titan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L20S05, doi:10.1029/2005GL022646, 2005. | | | | | Young D. T., et al. "Composition and dynamics of plasma in Saturn’s magnetosphere." Science, 307 (2005) : 1262-1266. | | | | | Young, D. T., et al. "Cassini Plasma Spectrometer investigation." Space Science Reviews, 114 (2004) : 1-112. | | | | | Hill, T. W., Magnetic moments at Jupiter, Nature, 415, 965, 2002. | | |
| Presentations | | | Invited Papers | | | Hill, T. W., Charged nanograins in the Enceladus Plume, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 3 December 2012. | | | | | "Tails of three planets." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 12, 2006) | | | | | Invited Talks | | | Hill, T. W., Charged nanograins in the Enceladus plume (P14B-04, Invited), Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. 2011. | | | | | Hill, T. W., "Radial plasma transport in Saturn's magnetosphere" (invited), American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15 December 2010. | | | | | Hill, T. W., Scale size of injection structures in Saturn's inner magnetosphere (invited), AGU Joint Assembly, June 2008. | | | | | author, presenter. "The "Hill model" revisited." Cross-Polar-Cap Potential Workshop, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor. (May 2008) | | | | | presenter. "Giant Planet Auroras and their Time Variations." NSF -- CEDAR, Santa Fe, NM. (June 30, 2005) | | | | | presenter. "Magnetospheric Physics at Saturn." American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA. (May 23, 2005) | | | | | presenter. "Rotationally-driven dynamics in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn." Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, University of Leicester, England. (August 11, 2005) | | | | | Other | | | Hill, T., R. Baragiola, A. Coates, F. Crary, Y. Dong, M. Horanyi, R. Johnson, G. Jones, G. Lewis, D. Mitchell, M. Thomsen, R. Tokar, R. Wilson, D. Young, and J.-E. Waylund, Charged nanograins in the Enceladus plume, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Boston, MA, 11-15 July, 2011. | | | | | Dong, Y., and T. W. Hill, Distribution of charged nanograins in the Enceladus plume (SM23D-03), Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. 2011. | | | | | Rymer, A., D. Mitchell, T. Hill, E. Kronberg, and N. Krupp, Saturn's magnetospheric period, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Boston, MA, 11-15 July, 2011. | | | | | Liu, X., and T. W. Hill, The growth of plasma convection in Saturn's inner magnetosphere, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Boston, MA, 11-15 July, 2011. | | | | | Dong, Y., T. Hill, B. Teolis, B. Magee, and H. Waite, The water vapor plumes of Enceladus, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Boston, MA, 11-15 July, 2011. | | | | | Rymer, A. M., B. H. Mauk, C. Paranicas, T. W. Hill, N. Sergis, P. Schippers, and D. T. Young, Plasma injection and circulation at Saturn, AGU Joint Assembly, June 2008. | | | | | presenter. "Observations of plasmoids in Saturn's magnetotail." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (Decemer 13, 2006) With M. F. Thomsen, M. G. Henderson, R. L. Tokar, and seven others | | | | | presenter. "Interchange Injection and Drift Dispersion of Hot Plasma in Saturn’s Magnetosphere." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 17, 2004) With Rymer, A. L., et al. | | | | | Posters | | | Dong, Y., and T. W. Hill, Charged Ice Grains in the Enceladus Plume, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 4 December 2012. | | | | | Liu, X., and T. W. Hill, Numerical simulation of the injection/dispersion signatures in Saturn’s inner magnetosphere, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 4 December 2012. | | | | | Liu, X., and T. W. Hill, Effects of finite plasma pressure on centrifugally driven convection in Saturn's magnetosphere (SM11A-1999), Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. 2011. | | | | | Livi, R., J. Goldstein, A. M. Rymer, T. W. Hill, and A. D. DeJong, Electron injections and associated moment analysis in Saturn's magnetosphere (SM11A-1998), Fall AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 Dec. 2011. | | | | | Rymer, A. M., D. G. Mitchell, T. W. Hill, E. Kronberg, and N. Krupp, "Saturn's global magnetospheric mode" (poster), American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14 December 2010. | | | | | Liu, X., T. W. Hill, R. A. Wolf, H. T. Smith, and Y. Chen, "The growth of plasma convection in Saturn's inner magnetosphere" (poster), American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14 December 2010. | | | | | Dong. Y., and T. Hill, Neutral H2O density in the Enceladus plume (poster), Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference, Cologne, Germany, July 27-31, 2009, | | | | | Hill, T. W., Y. Chen, H. Wu, R. E. Johnson, and B. H. Mauk, Injection Structures in Saturn's Inner Magnetosphere (poster), Saturn after Cassini-Huygens symposium, Imperial College, London, 28 July - 1 August, 2008. | | | | | Chen, Y., and T. W. Hill, Width of injection/dispersion events in Saturn's inner magnetosphere (poster), AGU Joint Assembly, June 2008. | | | | | presenter. "Variations of Jovian and Saturnian Auroras Induced by Changes of Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure." Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, University of Leicester, England. (August 8 - 12, 2005) With Gong, B | | | | | Seminar Speaker | | | "Saving the Io torus from itself." Rice University, Houston, TX. (September 18, 2006) | | | | | "The other kind of Magnetosphere." Boston University, Boston, MA. (April 6, 2006) | | | | | presenter. "CAPS finds the smoking gun of the centrifugal interchange instability at Saturn." Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX. (March 23, 2005) | | | | | Workshops | | | Hill, T. W., et al., "Charged nanograins from Enceladus", Cassini/MAPS Workshop, Annapolis, MD, 27-29 April 2011. | | | | | Liu, X., and T. W. Hill, "The growth of plasma convection in Saturn's inner magnetosphere", Cassini/MAPS Workshop, Annapolis, MD, 27-29 April 2011. | | | | | Dong, Y., and T. W. Hill, "The water vapor plumes of Enceladus", Cassini/MAPS Workshop, Annapolis, MD, 27-29 April 2011. | | | | | "Electron butterfly pitch-angle distributions: an alternative interpretation." University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. (November 14, 2006) | | |
| Supervised Theses & Dissertations | | | Han Wu, M.S. Numerical simulation of fine structure in the Io plasma torus. (2006) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
| | | Han Wu, Ph.D. Rice Convection Model Simulations of the Centrifugal Interchange Instability in the Magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn . (2009) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
| | | Yi Chen, Ph.D. Centrifugally Driven Radial Convection of Plasma in Saturn’s Inner Magnetosphere . (2010) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
| | | Xin Liu, Ph.D. Numerical simulation of plasma transport in Saturn's inner magnetosphere using the Rice Convection Model. (2013) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
| | | Yaxue Dong, Ph.D. A model for the neutral H2O density in the Enceladus plume. (2013) (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
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