PhD Projects in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas

Space and Solar Plasma Physics

Space  and Astrophysical Plasma Physics

Research areas cover: the structure of collisionless shocks, including the Earth’s bow shock and interplanetary shocks; particle acceleration; kinetic waves and associated features; plasma turbulence. Theoretical work includes numerical self-consistent particle simulations and kinetic wave theory. Research areas cover: the structure of collisionless shocks, including the Earth’s bow shock and interplanetary shocks; particle acceleration; kinetic waves and associated features; plasma turbulence.

Solar Plasma Physics

Theoretical work includes numerical self-consistent plasma kinetic simulations and kinetic wave theory. Solar coronal heating problem; various wave modes in inhomogeneous space plasmas and collisionless magnetic reconnection; solar flares; particle acceleration by dispersive Alfven waves in the transversely inhomogeneous plasma in the context of solar flares and magnetoshperic physics, using particle-in-cell numerical simulation; large scale numerical simulations (Vlasov, Particle-in-Cell and Magnetohydrodynamic); theoretical modelling of radio emission from solar flare electrons and forthcoming radio data analysis of Type III solar radio bursts from Chilbolton LOFAR Station http://www.lofar-uk.org/.