Research interests

Plasma physics, particularly magnetically confined plasmas in tokamaks; simulation of turbulence and Edge Localised Modes (ELMs), and methods to control them such as Resonant Magnetic Perturbations (RMPs).

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Dr Ben Dudson

Lecturer in Tokamak Plasma Physics
Plasma Physics and Fusion Group
Physics Department
University of York
< bd512 at york dot ac dot uk>


Research

I joined the York group in 2007 as a post-doc, and started a lectureship in April 2009. My research is in magnetically confined fusion, particularly modelling of turbulence and plasma eruptions in tokamaks, and comparison with experiments on the Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST). As part of the modelling work, I lead development of the BOUT++ plasma simulation code, in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the USA.

Students

MSc course in Fusion energy which started in Oct 2009. See teaching

Curriculum Vitae

April 2009 - present Lecturer in tokamak plasma physics, at the University of York
Feb 2007 - April 2009 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, studying "Explosive instabilities in tokamaks". University of York
Oct 2003 - Jan 2008 DPhil, "Edge turbulence in the Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak", Trinity College Oxford and UKAEA Fusion. Accepted April 2008
Oct 1999 - June 2003 Physics MSci (1st), Imperial College London

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