Position: research assistant

Research interests:

• Fundamental plasma physics: plasma modelling (kinetic theory, MHD, two fluid)
• Fusion plasmas: turbulence, zonal flows, GAMs
• Solar physics: coronal heating, observations of flares, CMEs, loop oscillations

List of publications:

Dura P., Hnat B., Robinson J. and Dendy R. O., 2012, Vorticity scaling and intermittency in drift-interchange plasma turbulence (accepted at Phys. Plasmas)   

Robinson J., Hnat B., Dura P., Kirk A., Tamain P. and the MAST team, Interaction between a low frequency electrostatic mode and resonant magnetic perturbations in MAST, 2012, (accepted at PPCF)

Copil P., Voitenko Y. and Goossens M., Torsional Alfven waves in current threads of the solar corona, A&A, 2010, 512, A17

Copil P., Voitenko Y. and Goossens M., Torsional Alfven waves in small-scale coronal structures A&A, 2008, 478, 921

Copil P., Voitenko Y. and Goossens M., Damping of torsional modes in the solar corona, AIPC, 2007, 895, 147

Voitenko, Y., Siversky, T., Copil, P. and Goossens, M., Magnetic interfaces in the solar atmosphere: waves, instabilities and energy release, 2006, cosp, 36.336

Voitenko, Y., Andries, J., Copil, P. and Goossens, M., Damping of phase-mixed slow magneto-acoustic waves: Real or apparent?, 2005, A&A, 437L, 47

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