Wayne Roberge

Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy

About

Current interests: evolution of ices in the interstellar medium and solar nebula; computer simulations of multifluid, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shock waves; analytic and numerical methods for multifluid MHD; physics of interstellar dust. Funding history: NASA, NSF, NIST, Semiconductor Research Corp. and others.

Research

Primary Research Focus
origin of life

Publications

The following is a selection of recent publications in Scopus. Wayne Roberge has 22 indexed publications in the subjects of Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Multidisciplinary.

Argon diffusion in Apollo 16 impact glass spherules: Implications for <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>39</sup>Ar dating of lunar impact events
David J. Gombosi, Suzanne L. Baldwin, E. Bruce Watson, Timothy D. Swindle, John W. Delano, Wayne G. Roberge
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
, 148
, 2015
, pp.251-268
.
Reexamination of induction heating of primitive bodies in protoplanetary disks
Raymond L. Menzel, Wayne G. Roberge
Astrophysical Journal
, 776
, 2013
.
Molecular line emission from multifluid shock waves. I. numerical methods and benchmark tests
Glenn E. Ciolek, Wayne G. Roberge
Astrophysical Journal
, 768
, 2013
.
Driven waves in a two-fluid plasma
W. G. Roberge, Glenn E. Ciolek
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
, 382
, 2007
, pp.717-732
.
Multifluid, magnetohydrodynamic shock waves with grain dynamics. II. Dust and the critical speed for C shocks
Glenn E. Ciolek, Wayne G. Roberge, Telemachos Ch Mouschovias
Astrophysical Journal
, 610
, 2004
, pp.781-800
.
A Test Case for the Organic Refractory Model of Interstellar Dust
S. S. Shenoy, D. C.B. Whittet, J. E. Chiar, A. J. Adamson, W. G. Roberge, G. E. Hassel
Astrophysical Journal
, 591
, 2003
, pp.962-967
.
Time-dependent, multifluid, magnetohydrodynamic shock waves with grain dynamics. I. Formulation and numerical tests
Glenn E. Ciolek, Wayne G. Roberge
Astrophysical Journal
, 567
, 2002
, pp.947-961
.
The size distribution of dust toward hd 210121 as determined from extinction
K. A. Larson, M. J. Wolff, W. G. Roberge, D. C.B. Whittet, L. He
Astrophysical Journal
, 532
, 2000
, pp.1021-1028
.
Region-of-interest microtomography for component inspection
Andrew R. Kalukin, Denis T. Keane, Wayne G. Roberge
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
, 46
, 1999
, pp.36-41
.
Davis-Greenstein alignment of oblate spheroidal grains
W. G. Roberge, A. Lazarian
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
, 305
, 1999
, pp.615-630
.

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