PhD Studentship in Solar Plasma Physics at Queen Mary University of London
A PhD studentship, starting October 2014, is available for research on topics broadly related to: (i) The magnetic energy release in solar atmosphere (The Solar coronal heating problem) and (ii) Particle acceleration (e.g. in Solar flares or Earth magnetosphere Auroral zone). The research work mainly involves large-scale numerical simulations (Particle-in-Cell and Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)). Research areas available for PhD study include:
(1) Enhanced Dissipation of MHD waves in inhomogeneous plasmas;
(2) Collisionless magnetic reconnection;
(3) Particle acceleration by dispersive Alfven waves;
(4) Electron acceleration by Langmuir waves;
(5) Radio emission mechanisms from accelerated electrons;
(6) Radio data analysis of Type III solar radio bursts from the Chilbolton LOFAR Station;
The project is supervised by Dr David Tsiklauri at Queen Mary University of London
http://ph.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/
For PhD projects in other research areas please see
http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/phd/astronomy-unit-phd-programme
Value: 3.5-year PhD studentship: Tuition fees waiver and an annual stipend of circa £15,590.
Application deadline: 31st January 2014.
For further details and how to apply please follow the link:
http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/phd/how-apply
and
http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/~tsiklauri/aphd.html