Isabelle Connor

This matters because recent calculations by Evan Scannapieco and Philipp Grete show that the mass density statistics are sensitive to the choice of St in the turbulence box models, and it’s these St=1 models that have been used frequently to infer properties about the ISM.

Pretty much every local interstellar plasma turbulence model has used St = 1, ie the decorrelation time of the Fourier driving is set to equal the outer scale eddy turnover. This is generally not true supernova driven models, with St closer to 1/4, invariant of galaxy model:

It was 🎉 paper day 🎉 a couple of days ago and I forgot I post about it. @itsizzyconnor and I led a study on understanding the Strouhal number from first principles in blast wave driven turbulence (supernova in a galactic disk): arxiv.org/abs/2605.03768

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and a reminder that your worth extends far beyond any single moment. @itsizzyconnor | @Movember

@astro_magnetism Thank you for the highlight, James😆 learning from the best!

Congrats @itsizzyconnor on her first, first author paper submission — a momentous task for anyone, let alone an undergraduate student who has had to learn everything from interacting and running huge compute jobs on supercomputers to turbulence theory itself! Izzy is amazing! 🤩

🚨Paper day🚨work led by @UCSCscience undergrad., Isabelle Connor (@itsizzyconnor) we show that supernovae-driven turbulence exhibits universal power law scalings across different galactic models, ISMs, and SNe seeding prescriptions. arxiv.org/abs/2509.01653

This doesn’t only suggest that SNe driven turbulence has a unique Fourier footprint compared to vanilla K41 turbulence, but that the underlying velocity fluctuations are universal across galaxy and ISM variability, invariant to the underlying phase structure of the plasma 🤯🤯

Further, we show that we under a simple transformation, we can stitch turbulence spectrum between galaxies, revealing a k^-3/2 power law that connects the turbulence in the galactic wind to the disk, suggesting the existence of a cascade that extends many gaseous scales heights.

Isabelle Connor (@itsizzyconnor) olympic rhythmic gymnast and astrophysics student from @ucsc is visiting the @CITA_ICAT to investigate supernova driven turbulence together with CITA/Princeton University turbulence expert Dr. James Beattie (@astro_magnetism) Beattie.

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Yesterday, President Biden and the First Lady welcomed @TeamUSA to the White House to celebrate their accomplishments in the Olympics and Paralympics.

Knowing when you’re not OK: Izzy Connor knew she wasn’t — and luckily, she had someone to tell bit.ly/3KP29th via @MarkConley on how a U.S. Olympian turned @UCSC astrophysics major is facing #Mentalhealth challenges

@astroenrico @WhiteHouse @NSF @Jodyji @msoaresfurtado @ohdearz @DeanaTanguay @ucsc @UCSCscience Congratulations this is so incredible!!!

Great article about @itsizzyconnor, UC Santa Cruz’s first Olympian in the school’s 56 year history!

Up next in Tokyo: Rhythmic Gymnastics! 🌟 This Summer Games is especially significant for the discipline, as the 🇺🇸 boasts their largest field of rhythmic gymnasts in program history ➡️ 2 individuals and a 5-member group! #Tokyo2020

Get by with a little help from my friends! 🎶 The gymnasts of @TeamUSA brought energy and solidarity to the floor each day, fueled by their teammates, coaches and staff! Your support for one another was truly uplifting! #StrongerTogether | @Olympics

UCSC Olympian’s golden dream: Help destigmatize the mental health conversation in sports, society bit.ly/2VbQEIb via @MarkConley

UC Santa Cruz student to compete in Tokyo Olympics ksbw.com/article/uc-san…