Publications



Review Papers
Miesch, M. S. 2004Large-Scale Dynamics in the Convection Zone and Tachocline Living Reviews in Solar Physics, http://solarphysics.livingreviews.org, in press
Thompson, M. J., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Miesch, M. S. & Toomre, J. 2003The Internal Rotation of the Sun Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 41, 599-643
Miesch, M. S. 2000The Coupling of Solar Convection and Rotation Solar Physics, 192, 59-89


Solar and Stellar Convection
Brun, A. S, Miesch, M. S. & Toomre, J. 2004 Global-Scale Turbulent Convection and Magnetic Dynamo Action in the Solar Envelope Astrophysical Journal, in press
Elliott, J. R., Miesch, M. S. & Toomre, J. 2000 Turblent Solar Convection and its Coupling with Rotation: The Effect of Prandtl Number and Thermal Boundary Conditions on the Resulting Differential Rotation Astrophysical Journal, 533, 546-556
Miesch, M. S., Elliott, J. R., Toomre, J., Clune, T. C., Glatzmaier, G. A. & Gilman, P. A. 2000Three-Dimensional Spherical Simulations of Solar Convection: Differential Rotation and Pattern Evolution Achieved with Laminar and Turbulent States Astrophysical Journal, 532, 593-615
Miesch, M. S., Brandenburg, A. & Zweibel, E. G. 2000 Nonlocal Transport in Turbulent Penetrative Convection Physical Review E, 61, 457-467
Clune, T. C., Elliott, J. R., Miesch, M. S., Toomre, J. & Glatzmaier, G. A. 1999 Computational Aspects of a Code to Study Rotating Turbulent Convection in Spherical Shells Parallel Computing, 25, 361-380


The Solar Tachocline
Gilman, P. A. & Miesch, M. S. 2004 Limits to Penetration of Meridional Circulation Below the Solar Convection Zone Astrophysical Journal, 611, 568-574
Miesch, M. S. & Gilman, P. A. 2004 Thin-Shell Magnetohydrodynamic Equations for the Solar Tachocline Solar Physics, 220, 287-305
Miesch, M. S. 2003 Numerical Modeling of the Solar Tachocline. II. Forced Turbulence with Imposed Shear Astrophysical Journal, 586, 663-684
Miesch, M. S. & Gilman, P. A. 2002 Angular Momentum Transport in the Solar Tachocline SOLMAG: Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere, Euroconference and IAU Colloquium 188 (ESA SP-505, October 2002), ed. H. Sawaya-Lacoste (ESA Publications Division: Noordwijk), p. 509-512
Miesch, M. S. 2001 Numerical Modeling of the Solar Tachocline. I. Freely Evolving Stratified Turbulence in a Thin, Rotating Spherical Shell Astrophysical Journal, 562, 1058-1075


Interstellar Clouds
Miesch, M. S., Scalo, J. M. & Bally, J. 1999 Velocity Field Statistics in Star-Forming Regions. I. Centroid Velocity Observations Astrophysical Journal, 524, 895-922
Miesch, M. S. & Scalo, J. M. 1995 Exponential Tails in the Centroid Velocity Distributions of Star-Forming Regions Astrophysical Journal Letters, 450, L27-L30
Miesch, M. S. & Zweibel, E. G. 1994 Shock Propagation and the Generation of Magnetohydrodynamic Wave Fields in Inhomogeneous Molecular Clouds Astrophysical Journal, 432, 622-640
Miesch, M. S. & Bally, J. 1994 Statistical Analysis of Turbulence in Molecular Clouds Astrophysical Journal, 429, 645-671


Chemical Physics
Evans, J. W. & Miesch, M. S. 1991 Characterizing Kinetics Near a First-Order Catalytic Poisoning Transition Physical Review Letters, 66, 833-836
Evans, J. W. & Miesch, M. S. 1991 Catalytic Reaction Kinetics Near a First-Order Poisoning Transition Surface Science, 245, 401-410


Education and Public Outreach
Gibson, S. E. & Miesch, M. S. 2002 The Sun Space Sciences: Macmillan Science Library, ed. P. Dasch, (Macmillan Reference USA: New York), p. 201-205


PhD Thesis
Miesch, M. S. 1998 Turbulence and Convection in Stellar and Interstellar Environments University of Colorado
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