Hi, I'm Rachael Filwett, an Assistant Professor at Montana State University.
My research interests are in ion particle acceleration and transport. I use data and models to examine how particles that are accelerated at the sun and at shocks (or in other compressive events) move throughout interplanetary space. I'm interested in tracing their origins and understanding the exact mechanisms of how that acceleration happens, and how we can trace that using heavy ion species. I am also interested in energetic particle entrance and its trapping in terrestrial and gas giant magnetospheres. I also am interested in developing next-generation particle instruments that can be miniaturized for use on SmallSats while still providing high mass and energy resolution.
I also have a lot of interest in making space physics more available, both as a scientific discipline to the public and through work that makes the field more inclusive.
Please contact me for further information about my research or interest in collaboration.
My research interests are in ion particle acceleration and transport. I use data and models to examine how particles that are accelerated at the sun and at shocks (or in other compressive events) move throughout interplanetary space. I'm interested in tracing their origins and understanding the exact mechanisms of how that acceleration happens, and how we can trace that using heavy ion species. I am also interested in energetic particle entrance and its trapping in terrestrial and gas giant magnetospheres. I also am interested in developing next-generation particle instruments that can be miniaturized for use on SmallSats while still providing high mass and energy resolution.
I also have a lot of interest in making space physics more available, both as a scientific discipline to the public and through work that makes the field more inclusive.
Please contact me for further information about my research or interest in collaboration.
Publications
No{\'e} Lugaz, Christina O Lee, Nada Al-Haddad, Robert J Lillis, Lan K Jian, David W Curtis, Antoinette B Galvin, Phyllis L Whittlesey, Ali Rahmati, Eftyhia Zesta, others
Space Science Reviews, vol. 220, Springer Netherlands Dordrecht, 2024, p. 73
Robert C Allen, Sarah E Gibson, Ian Hewins, Sarah K Vines, Liying Qian, Giuliana de Toma, Barbara J Thompson, Mary Hudson, Christina O Lee, Rachael J Filwett, others
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, vol. 128, 2023, pp. e2023JA031361
The Solar Wind at Mesoscales—Revealing the Missing Link
Robert C Allen, Evan J Smith, Brian J Anderson, Joe Borovsky, George C Ho, Lan Jian, S{\"a}m Krucker, Susan Lepri, Gang Li, Stefano Livi, others
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, vol. 55, 2023, p. 008
The Future of Heliophysics Research through Targeted use of Constellations
Robert C Allen, Sarah K Vines, Rachael Filwett, David Malaspina, Stefano A Livi, Bennett A Maruca, Christina O Lee, Daniel Verscharen, Javier Rodr{\'\i}guez-Pacheco, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber, others
Heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers, vol. 55, American Astronomical Society, 2023, pp. 1--12
The case for studying other planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres in Heliophysics
Ian J Cohen, Chris Arridge, Abigail Azari, Chris Bard, George Clark, Frank Crary, Shannon Curry, Peter Delamere, Ryan M Dewey, Gina A DiBraccio, others
arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11690, 2023
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Projects
Ion Access to the Inner Equatorial Magnetosphere
Using data from Van Allen Probes, GOES, MMS, ACE, and particle tracing models I am studying the cutoff rigidities of solar energetic particles.
Living with a Star Focused Science Team: Suprathermal Particles that Seed Energetic Particles
Suprathermal Particles Property Scaling from the Near-Sun region to 1 AU
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