Name: Luke Drury
Title(s): Professor Emeritus
Email: Luke.Drury@dias.ie
Phone: +353 1 662 1333 ext 321
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Address: Astronomy & Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2, Ireland
Research Interests
Plasma physics, particle acceleration, gas dynamics, shock waves, cosmic ray origin.
Biographical Sketch
Luke Drury graduated from TCD in pure mathematics and experimental physics in 1975 and went on to study astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK obtaining his PhD in 1979 under the supervision of Dr John M. Stewart. He then worked in the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik in Heidelberg with Prof H. J. Voelk before returning to Ireland as Senior Professor in the then Cosmic Ray Section in 1986. He was President of the Royal Irish Academy from 2011 to 2014.
Selected Publications
- On normal modes of gas sheets and discs (1980) MNRAS 193 337
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- An introduction to the theory of diffusive shock acceleration of energetic particles in tenuous plasmas (1983) Rep. Prog. Phys. 46 973.
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- Simple adaptive grids for 1-D initial value problems (1987) J. Comp. Phys. 69 175 (with E. Dorf)
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- The gamma-ray visibility of supernova remnants. A test of cosmic ray origin (1994) A&A 287 959 (with F. Aharonian and H. J. Voelk)
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- Escaping the accelerator: how, when and in what numbers do cosmic rays get out of supernova remnants? (2011) MNRAS 415 1807
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Professor Luke Drury
Name: Luke Drury
Title(s): Professor Emeritus
Email: Luke.Drury@dias.ie
Phone: +353 1 662 1333 ext 321
Skype: Luke.Drury
Address: Astronomy & Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2, Ireland
Research Interests
Plasma physics, particle acceleration, gas dynamics, shock waves, cosmic ray origin.
Biographical Sketch
Luke Drury graduated from TCD in pure mathematics and experimental physics in 1975 and went on to study astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK obtaining his PhD in 1979 under the supervision of Dr John M. Stewart. He then worked in the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik in Heidelberg with Prof H. J. Voelk before returning to Ireland as Senior Professor in the then Cosmic Ray Section in 1986. He was President of the Royal Irish Academy from 2011 to 2014.
Selected Publications
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THE HEAVENS, a series of thought-provoking films exploring astronomy and the universe, introduced by Prof. @Luke_Drury, will be held every Monday in Nov 2018, The Music Room, Christ Church Cathedral. For more details please see christchurchcathedral.ie #DIASDublin #DIASDiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Colin Hogg, School of Cosmic Physics came up with the idea of weusemaths.ie it shows how maths is used in many ways, how it links back into the maths curriculum and how students can select CAO courses for a specific career.irishtimes.com/news/science/w… #DIASdiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Celebrate Samhain by joining DIAS for a DARK Matter day event: Don't be afraid of the dark #DIASDiscovers #darkmatterday #samhainagusscience samhainagusscience.eventbrite.ie Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
We are delighted to welcome Prof. @petertgallagher as the new head of astronomy & astrophysics @DIAS_Dublin. Prof. Gallagher is lead developer of (I-LOFAR) and has led some of the most significant Irish research projects in astrophysics dias.ie/2018/10/08/pet… … #DIASDublin Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Peter Gallagher appointed Head of Astronomy and Astrophysics at DIAS – DIAS dias.ie/2018/10/08/pet… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Welcome to @DIAS_Dublin twitter.com/petertgallaghe…
Irish astronomers set to gain access to the world’s most advanced ground-based astronomical telescopes following signature of Ireland’s Accession Agreement with ESO. We're looking forward to welcoming #Ireland! eso.org/public/news/es… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Great news for Ireland & comgratulations to our own Prof. Tom Ray. Official joining of ESO is a landmark moment for Irish astronomy siliconrepublic.com/innovation/ire… via @siliconrepublic #DIASDISCOVERS Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Prof. Tom Ray @DIAS_Dublin appointed Irish representative on the ESO Council twitter.com/willgoodbody/s…
Poster about NEMETODE meteor detection @DunsinkObs and how the data is used for citizen science and education. It has been set up in Pezinok for the start of the International Meteor Conference 2018! #meteors #meteorshower @nemetodemeteor Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Have you an interest in catastrophic natural events? Prof Chris Bean @DIAS_Dublin will give a discourse lecture on 'Recent insights into how the Earth works: embracing uncertainty' sponsored by @MHCLawyers on 25 Sept at 6pm. Book here ow.ly/Gxyc30lDgbL Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
29/8/18 #WomenInMathematics Day Ireland 2018 @UCDMathStat @WiMDI18 conference will feature a celebration of Dr Sheila Tinney’s work. Dr Tinney was the first female fellow of #DIASDublin & one of the first Research Associates at #DIASDublin More details: ucd.ie/mathstat/newsa… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
#DIASDublin Dunsink Observatory Opens Nights during @HeritageWeek Admission free but booking essential here bit.ly/1fIeOPq #heritageweek #ShareAStory #MakeAConnection #EYCH Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
#heritageweek Talk on DIAS Dunsink Observatory at Blanchardstown Library @fingallibraries by Sam Green from #DIASDublin Aug 23 @ 6:30pm heritageweek.ie/whats-on/event… #ShareAStory #MakeAConnection #EYCH Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Heritage Week at Dunsink Obsevatory twitter.com/DunsinkObs/sta…
Minister @JohnHalligan @EnterInnov at this morning's plaque unveiling, commemorating Thomas Grubb @DunsinkObs #DIASDiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Congratulations to @dias_astronomy researcher Rachel Garcia Lopez, who participated in the first successful test of Einstein's #GeneralRelativity near a supermassive black hole rte.ie/news/2018/0726… @ESO @RTEScienceTech #DIASDiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Want to be the first to know about #CultureNight news and 2018 programme announcements? Sign up to the newsletter: eepurl.com/Z2tcT Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Last night's @festofcuriosity Night Cycle to DIAS Dunsink Observatory @DunsinkObs for summer night stargazing with #DIASDublin @blackrockcastle @dublincycling bit.ly/2LzebsD #curiousdublin #Ireland #DIASDiscovers Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Supersharp images of planet #Neptune. New technique called laser tomography allows ESO to capture images from the ground at visible wavelengths that are sharper than those from #Hubble Credit: @ESO /P. Weibacher (AIP) socsi.in/XUQ4c Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics