2021 DPhil
projects in plasma physics and astrophysics (incl. lab astro)
PUBLICATIONS (see also Google
Scholar, NASA
ADS)
JOURNAL
OF PLASMA PHYSICS
PLASMA PHYSICS @ OXFORD
 MERTON
PHYSICS
TEACHING/LECTURE NOTES
- Ordinary Differential Equations (Paper CP3), 2018-present
- The
Oxford MMathPhys course:
- Oxford
Plasma Physics Study Group (en lieu of PG course) 2012-13
- Statistical
Physics, 2nd year (Paper A1), Oxford 2011-18
- Dimensional Analysis,
UNIQ Summer School, Oxford, 2011-present: webpage, notes (pdf, 480 kb; R. Fern's typed version)
- Advanced
Plasma Theory,
PG course, Imperial College, Spring 2008
- Plasma
Physics, PG lectures, Imperial
College 2006-11: improved version of the original notes (see sec 3)
- 3 Lectures on
KMHD and Pressure-Anisotropy-Driven Instabilities,
SWIFF School, Abbazia di Spineto, 6-7.06.12: notes
- Les Houches Schools on Plasma (Astro)Physics:
- 5
Lectures on Turbulence, 2nd International Conference
(School) on
Advanced Computing and Simulation, Cambridge, 25-29.06.07: notes
- CMPD/CMSO Winter School on Plasma Physics, UCLA:
- 2005
(Alfven-wave turbulence: see this
paper, pdf, 1.6 Mb),
- 2006
(magnetic stochasticity: notes,
pdf,
2 Mb),
- 2007 (GK turbulence: see this paper),
- 2008
(firehose and mirror instabilities:
see these notes or these notes for a much improved
version of the 2008 lecture),
- 2009
(dynamo: notes, pdf, 728 kb)
- MHD
and Turbulence, Maths
Part III, Cambridge, 2005L, 2005M, 2006M; the lecture notes are here; improved version of the original MHD lectures is here
- Some classic but hard to
get plasma papers
"ANY PUBLICITY IS GOOD PUBLICITY"
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These selected papers reflect my current
preoccupations:
- Plasma dynamo: speculations,
simulations,
experiments
- High-beta collisionless plasma dynamics and thermodynamics: turbulence, waves
- Galaxy clusters: turbulence and heating
- Kinetic plasma turbulence in phase space: numerical, theoretical, and even more theoretical
- ITG
turbulence, ETG turbulence, and sheared
turbulence in tokamaks: gyrokinetic theory, simulations
and experimental
measurements
- MHD turbulence: weak, critically
balanced, intermittent, reconnecting, decaying
- Energy partition (heating) by plasma turbulence: numerics, theory
RESEARCH
GROUP & COLLABORATORS:
- DPhil students:
- Michael Nastac (St John's, starting in Oct 2021; co-supervosor Prof Michael Barnes)
- Robbie Ewart (Balliol)
- Toby Adkins (Merton; co-supervisor Dr Colin Roach, UKAEA)
- David Hosking (Merton; co-supervisor Prof Steve Balbus)
- Plamen Ivanov (St John's; co-supervisor Dr
Anthony Field, UKAEA)
- MMathPhys studet:
- Other current Oxford collaborators:
- Prof Steve Balbus (New/Astro)
- Prof Michael Barnes (Univ/TP)
- Dr Anthony Field, Dr Colin Roach (UKAEA)
- Prof Gianluca Gregori (LMH/ALP)
- Prof Felix Parra (Worcester/TP)
- Current/recent external
collaborators:
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SEMINARS & CONFERENCES
Recent
- 5th workshop "Physics of the Intracluster Medium: Theory and Computation", Budapest, 4-6 March 2019
- Applied Mathematics Research Centre Seminar, Coventry University, 27 March 2019
- International Conference on High-Energy-Density Science, University College, Oxford 1-5 April 2019
- Plasma Seminar, University of Maryland, 12 April 2019
- Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Princeton, 15-17 April 2019
- Science Society, Eton College, 30 April 2019
- Balliol Undergraduate Research Physics Society, 8 May 2019
- "The multiple approaches to plasma physics: from laboratory to astrophysics", Les Houches School, 13-24 May, 2019
- Waves Côte d'Azur, Nice 4-7 June 2019
- 12th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 29 July-9 Aug, 2019
- Multiscale Phenomena in Plasma Astrophysics, KITP, Santa Barbara, 12 Aug -18 Oct 2019
- Plasma Seminar, Colorado University, Boulder, 27 Sept 2019
- Russian National Festival of Science, Moscow, 11 Oct 2020 [virtual] --- streaming here
- International Workshop on Laboratory Astrophysics with Intense Lasers, IIT, Hyderabad, India, 7-8 Dec 2020 [virtual]
Upcoming
- Virtual Nordic Dynamo Seminar, 2 Feb 2020
- 2nd JPP Frontiers in Plasma Physics Conference, Spineto, Tuscany, 5-7 May 2021
- High-Energy Plasma Phenomena in Astrophysics, Garching, 5-30 July 2021
- 13th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, TBA 2021
- Simons Symposium on Multi-Scale Physics, TBA
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Some memorable workshops at
Wolfgang Pauli Institute in Vienna and other places (including downloads of talks):
- Minicourse
"Turbulence: Concepts and Methods," WPI, Vienna, 8-10 Oct 2007 and Workshop
"Conceptual Aspects of Turbulence: Weak vs. Strong," WPI, Vienna, 10-12
Oct 2007
- Workshop/minicourse
"Conceptual Aspects of Turbulence: Mean Fields vs. Fluctuations," WPI,
Vienna, 11-15
Feb 2008
- (1st) Workshop/minicourse
"Kinetic
Equations, Numerical Approaches and Fluid Models for Plasma
Turbulence," WPI, Vienna, 15-19 Sept 2008
- (2nd) Working group
meeting "Kinetic Instabilities, Plasma Turbulence and Magnetic
Reconnection," WPI, Vienna, 16-20 Feb 2009
- (3rd)
Working
group meeting "Gyrokinetics
for ITER," WPI, Vienna, 15-26 March 2010
- Programme
on
Gyrokinetics in Laboratory and
Astrophysical Plasmas, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge,
19 July - 13 Aug 2010
- 4th
Fusion Theory Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 3-17 April 2011
- 5th
Fusion Theory Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 19-31 March 2012
- Gyrokinetic
Theory Working Group Meeting, CIEMAT, Madrid, 18-29 June 2012
(organised by F. Parra and I. Calvo)
- 6th
Gyrokinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 18-29 March 2013
- Stability,
Energetics and Turbulent Transport in Astrophysical, Fusion and Solar
Plasmas, Princeton, 8-12 April 2013 (organised by M. Kunz)
- 7th
(Astro)Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 24 March - 6
April 2014
- 2nd
Gyrokinetic Theory Working Group Meeting, CIEMAT, Madrid, 30 June-11
July 2014 (organised by I. Calvo and F. Parra)
- 8th
Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 20 July-2 Aug 2015
- 9th
Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 24 July-5 Aug 2016
- 3rd
Gyrokinetic Theory Working Group Meeting, CIEMAT, Madrid, 26-30 Sept
2016 (organised by I. Calvo, F. Parra et al.)
- 1st JPP Frontiers in Plasma Physics Conference, Spineto, Tuscany, 24-26 May 2017
- 10th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 17-28 July 2017
- 11th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 23 July-3 Aug 2018
- Simons Program on Plasma Physics and Astrophysics, NBIA, Copenhagen, 20 Aug-15 Sept 2018
- 4th Kinetic Theory Working Group Meeting, CIEMAT, Madrid 17-21 Sept 2018 (organised by I. Calvo, F. Parra et al.)
- 12th Plasma Kinetics Working Group Meeting, WPI, Vienna, 29 July-9 Aug 2019
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