Sharon Sessions

  Sharon Sessions
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Physics
  New Mexico Tech
  801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
  (505) 835-5798
  Workman 353

 
 
  Office Hours: M 2-3 & F 11-12
 
  current course webpages:
  Physics 121 General Physics I
 
  previously taught courses:
  Physics 121 General Physics I
  Physics 444 Solid State Physics
  Physics 505 Advanced Dynamics
  Physics 508 Statistical Mechanics
  Physics 515 Quantum Mechanics I
  Physics 516 Quantum Mechanics II
 
 
 
Publications
 
 
  • Sharon L. Sessions, Satomi Sugaya, David J. Raymond and Adam H. Sobel (2009),
        Multiple equilibria in a cloud resolving model using the weak temperature gradient approximation,
        Journal of Geophysical Research , submitted October 2009. PDF of draft; Supplement (PDF)
     
  • David J. Raymond, Sharon Sessions, Adam Sobel, Zeljka Fuchs (2009),
        The Mechanics of Gross Moist Stability,
        Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Vol. 1, Art. #9, 20 pp., doi:10.3894/JAMES.2009.1.9,
        Published 26 August 2009.
     
  • Patton F. S., G. D. Bothun, S. L. Sessions (2008),
        An electric force facilitator in descending vortex tornadogenesis,
        Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D07106, doi:10.1029/2007JD009027,
        Published 9 April 2008.
     
  • David J. Raymond, Sharon L. Sessions, Zeljka Fuchs (2007),
        A theory for the spinup of tropical depressions,
        Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 133, Issue 628,
        Date: October 2007 Part A, Pages: 1743-1754.
     
  • Raymond D. J., S. L. Sessions (2007),
        Evolution of convection during tropical cyclogenesis,
        Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L06811, doi:10.1029/2006GL028607,
        Published 31 March 2007.
     
  • Sharon L. Sessions, D. Belitz, T. R. Kirkpatrick, and Maria Teresa Mercaldo (2003),
        Weak Localization Effects at the Quantum Ferromagnetic Transition,
        Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 72, 171-172, Suppl. A.
     
  • Sharon L. Sessions and Dietrich Belitz (2003),
        Quantum critical behavior in disordered itinerant ferromagnets: Instability of the ferromagnetic phase,
        Physical Review B 68, 054411, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.054411
        Published 19 August 2003. PDF
     
  • D. Belitz, T. R. Kirkpatrick, Maria Teresa Mercaldo, and Sharon L. Sessions (2001),
        Quantum critical behavior in disordered itinerant ferromagnets: Logarithmic corrections to scaling,
        Physical Review B, 63, 174428, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.174428.
        Published 11 April 2001. PDF
     
  • D. Belitz, T. R. Kirkpatrick, Maria Teresa Mercaldo, and Sharon L. Sessions (2001),
        Local field theory for disordered itinerant quantum ferromagnets,
        Physical Review B, 63, 174427, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.174427.
        Published 11 April 2001. PDF
     
     

     
     
      Interesting links
     
      Atmosphere, Weather & Climate
     
      socorro radar
      realclimate.org
      climateprediction.net
      Simulation of Coastal Upwelling
      Real-Time Weather Data
      Sea surface temperature data
     
      Other stuff
     
      Dr. Darkmatter's electronic universe
      USGS Streamflow data for New Mexico Rivers