Marcelo López Fuentes

Solar Physics Group - Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA)

Address: CC 67, Suc 28, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phone:
(+54)-11-4781-6755
Fax:
(+54)-11-4786-8114
e-mail:
lopezf.at.iafe.uba.ar



Investigador Científico (Research Scientist), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentinian National Council for Scientific Research).

Scientific experience in other research centers:
    - Solar Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.
    - Solar Theory Section, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA.
    - Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), Observatoire de Paris, France.

Teaching: at Physics Department, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (College of Sciences), University of Buenos Aires.

Doctor de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciencias Físicas (PhD in Physics): October 2002.

Licenciado en Ciencias Físicas (MS in Physics): University of Buenos Aires, July 1998.

Research Interests:
    Solar Activity
    Solar Data Analysis
    Solar Magnetic Structures and Properties
    Magnetic Field Modeling
    Coronal Structure and Dynamics


Selected articles:

Study of magnetic flux emergence and related activity in active region NOAA 10314 
M. Poisson, M. C. López Fuentes, C. H. Mandrini. P. Démoulin, E. Pariat
2012, Advances in Space Research, in press
 
A simple model for the evolution of multi-stranded coronal loops 

M. C. López Fuentes, J. A. Klimchuk
2010, Astrophysical Journal, 719, 591
 
Are constant loop widths an artifact of the background and the spatial resolution? 

M. C. López Fuentes, P. Démoulin, J. A. Klimchuk
2008, Astrophysical Journal, 673, 586
 
The temporal evolution of coronal loops observed by GOES-SXI

M. C. López Fuentes, J. A. Klimchuk, C. H. Mandrini
2007, Astrophysical Journal, 657, 1127
 
The magnetic structure of coronal loops observed by TRACE
M. C. López Fuentes, J. A. Klimchuk, P. Démoulin
2006, Astrophysical Journal, 639, 459

Study of bi-orthogonal modes in magnetic butterflies
P. D. Mininni, M. López Fuentes, C.H. Mandrini, D. O. Gómez
2004, Solar Physics, 219, 367

Magnetic twist and writhe of active regions: On the origin of deformed flux tubes
M. C. López Fuentes, P. Démoulin, C.H. Mandrini, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, A. A. Pevtsov

2003, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 397, 305

The magnetic helicity budget of a CME prolific active region
L. M. Green, M. C. López Fuentes, C.H. Mandrini, P. Démoulin, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi
2002, Solar Physics, 208, 43

A Relationship Between Transition Region Brightenings, Abundances, and Magnetic Topology
L. Fletcher, M. C. López Fuentes, C.H. Mandrini, B. Schmieder, P. Démoulin, H. Mason, P. Young, N. Nitta
2001, Solar Physics, 203, 255

The Counter Kink Rotation of a Non-Hale Active Region
M. C. López Fuentes, P. Démoulin, C.H. Mandrini, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi
2000, Astrophysical Journal, 544, 540