Staff Profile

Research Interests: 

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Astrophysical fluids and MHD, particularly applied to the interiors of stars and giant planets.

For more information see my website at : www.solarphysicist.com

Qualifications: 

Ph.D. 2006 Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

B.S. 1999 Physics and Astronomy, University of Arizona, Magna Cum Laude

Previous Positions: 

Assistant Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona, 2008-2014

NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, NCAR, Boulder 2006-2008

PHY1021 - Introductory Astrophysics

PHY3033 - Advanced Astrophysics

MAS3118 - Instabilities, Turbulence & Scaling

• Rogers TM, McElwaine JN. On the Chemical Mixing Induced by Internal Gravity Waves (IGW). The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2017, 848(1), L1.
• Rogers T. Constraints on the magnetic field strength of HAT-P-7 b and other hot giant exoplanets. Nature Astronomy 2017, 1, 0131.
• Rogers T, McElwaine JN. The Hottest Hot Jupiters May Host Atmospheric Dynamos. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2017, 841(2), L26.
• Aerts C, Simon-Diaz S, Bloemen S, Debosscher J, Papics PI, Bryson S, Still M, Moravveji E, Williamson MH, Grundahl F, MF Andersen, Antoci V, Palle PL, Christensen-Dalsgaard J, Rogers TM. Kepler sheds new and unprecedented light on the variability of a blue supergiant: Gravity waves in the O9.5Iab star HD 188209. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2017, 602, A32.
• Rogers TM. On the differential rotation of massive main-sequence stars. The Astrophysical Journal. Letters 2015, 815(2), L20.
• Aerts C, Rogers TM. Observational Signatures of Convectively Driven Waves in Massive Stars. Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015, 806(2), 1-5.
• Rogers TM, Komacek TD. Magnetic Effects in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal 2014, 794(2), 132.
• Rogers TM, Showman AP. Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of the Atmosphere of HD 209458b. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2014, 782(1), L4.
• Rogers TM, Lin DNC. On Tidal Dissipation of Obliquity. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2013, 769, L10.
• Rogers TM, Lin DNC, McElwaine JN, Lau HHB. Internal Gravity Waves in Massive Stars I: Angular Momentum Transport. The Astrophysical Journal 2013, 772, 21.
• Rogers TM, Lin DNC, Lau HHB. Internal Gravity Waves Modulate the Apparent Misalignment of Exoplanets around Hot Stars. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2012, 758, L6.
• Rogers TM. On Limiting the Thickness of the Solar Tachocline. ApJ 2011, 733, 12.
• Rogers TM. Toroidal Field Reversals and the Axisymmetric Tayler Instability. ApJ 2011, 735, 100.
• Rogers TM, MacGregor KB. On the interaction of internal gravity waves with a magnetic field – II. Convective forcing. MNRAS 2011, 410, 946.
• MacGregor KB, Rogers TM. Reflection and Ducting of Gravity Waves Inside the Sun. Solar Physics 2011.
• Rogers TM, MacGregor KB. On the interaction of internal gravity waves with a magnetic field – I. Artificial wave forcing. MNRAS 2010, 401, 191-196.
• Glatzmaier GA, Evonuk M, Rogers TM. Differential rotation in giant planets maintained by density-stratified turbulent convection. GAFD 2009.
• Rogers TM, MacGregor KB, Glatzmaier GA. Nonlinear Dynamics of Gravity Wave Driven Flows in the Solar Radiative Interior. MNRAS 2008.
• Rogers TM, Glatzmaier GA. Angular Momentum Transport by Gravity Waves in the Solar Interior. ApJ 2006, 653.
• Rogers TM, Glatzmaier GA, Jones CA. Numerical Simulations of Penetration and Overshoot in the Sun. ApJ 2006, 653, 765.
• Rogers TM, Glatzmaier GA. Gravity Waves in the Sun. MNRAS 2005, 364, 1135.
• Rogers TM, Glatzmaier GA. Penetrative Convection within the Anelastic Approximation. ApJ 2005, 620, 432.
• Rogers TM, Glatzmaier GA, Woosley SE. Simulations of two-dimensional turbulent convection in a density-stratified fluid. Phys. Rev E 2003, 67.
• Pinto PA, Eastman RG, Rogers TM. A Test for the Nature of the Type Ia Supernova Explosion Mechanism. ApJ 2001, 551, 231.
• Aerts C, Mathis S, Rogers TM. Angular Momentum Transport in Stellar Interiors. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 2019, 57, 35-78.
• Tkachenko A, Aerts C, Bowman DM, Van Reeth T, De Ridder J, Johnston CC, Pedersen MG, Burssens S, Michielsen M, Mombarg J, Sekaran S, Bjorklund R, Rogers TM, Edelmann PVF, Ratnasingam RP, Zwintz K, Kollmeier J, Johnson J, Rix HW, Tayar J. Gravity-wave asteroseismology of intermediate- and high-mass stars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 2019, 51(3), 198.
• Bowman DM, Burssens S, Pedersen MG, Johnston C, Aerts C, Buysschaert B, Michielsen M, Tkachenko A, Rogers TM, Edelmann PVF, Ratnasingam RP, Simón-Díaz S, Castro N, Moravveji E, Pope BJS, White TR, De Cat P. Low-frequency gravity waves in blue supergiants revealed by high-precision space photometry. Nature Astronomy 2019, 3, 760-765.
• Ratnasingam RP, Edelmann PVF, Rogers TM. Onset of non-linear internal gravity waves in intermediate-mass stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2019, 482(4), 5500-5512.
• Bowman DM, Aerts C, Johnston C, Pedersen MG, Rogers TM, Edelmann PVF, Simón-Díaz S, Van Reeth T, Buysschaert B, Tkachenko A, Triana SA. Photometric detection of internal gravity waves in upper main-sequence stars I. Methodology and application to CoRoT targets. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2019, 621, A135.
• Hindle AW, Bushby PJ, Rogers TM. Shallow-water Magnetohydrodynamics for Westward Hotspots on Hot Jupiters. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2019, 872(2), L27.
• Edelmann PVF, Ratnasingam RP, Pedersen MG, Bowman DM, Prat V, Rogers TM. Three-dimensional Simulations of Massive Stars. I. Wave Generation and Propagation. The Astrophysical Journal 2019, 876(1), 4.
• Ramiaramanantsoa T, Ratnasingam R, Shenar T, Moffat AFJ, Rogers TM, Popowicz A, Kuschnig R, Pigulski A, Handler G, Wade GA, Zwintz K, Weiss WW. A BRITE view on the massive O-type supergiant V973 Scorpii: Hints towards internal gravity waves or sub-surface convection zones. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2018, 480(1), 972-986.
• Pedersen MG, Aerts C, Papics PI, Rogers TM. The shape of convective core overshooting from gravity-mode period spacings. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2018, 614, A128.