Academic homepage of Francis Casson (F.J. Casson)
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Currently: Currently: Researcher at CCFE
Former position: CFSA PhD Student
Former supervisor: Arthur Peeters
Topic: Turbulent transport in rotating tokamak plasmas
Background: Mathematical Physics MSci from The University of Nottingham
Research Interests
- Gyrokinetic theory and numerics (GKW)
- Anomalous transport of heat, impurities and momentum in tokamaks
- Strong rotation and non-inertial frames in tokamak plasmas
- Comparison of turbulence measurement and simulation
- High performance computing for gyrokinetics
Selected publications
- Gyrokinetic simulations including the centrifugal force in a rotating tokamak plasma
F.J. Casson, A.G. Peeters, C. Angioni, Y. Camenen, W.A. Hornsby, A.P. Snodin, and G. Szepesi
Physics of Plasmas, 17, 102305 (2010) (Abstract and Local Copy) - Anomalous parallel momentum transport due to E x B flow shear in a tokamak plasma
F.J. Casson, A.G. Peeters, Y. Camenen, W.A. Hornsby, A.P. Snodin, D. Strintzi and G. Szepesi
Physics of Plasmas, 16, 092303 (2009) (Abstract and Local Copy) - The nonlinear gyro-kinetic flux tube code GKW
A.G. Peeters, Y. Camenen, F.J. Casson, W.A. Hornsby, A.P. Snodin, D. Strintzi and G. Szepesi
Computer Physics Communications, 180, 2650 (2009) - Full List
Conferences and workshops
- Attended: Culham summer school July 2008
- Attended: Vienna WPI gyrokinetics workshop October 2008
- Attended: EFDA Goal orientated training in theory - Gyrokinetic theory and numerics IPP- November 2008
- Invited Talk: Warwick IOP satellite workshop 2009
"Anomalous momentum transport by symmetry breaking in tokamak plasmas" - Contributed Talk: IOP Plasma Physics 2010
"Linear gyrokinetic simulations including the centrifugal force in a strongly rotating tokamak plasma" - Talk: CCFE turbsim July 2010
"Gyrokinetic simulations including the centrifugal force in a strongly rotating tokamak plasma" - Poster: INI Gyrokinetics workshop 2010
"Gyrokinetic simulations of a strongly rotating tokamak plasma" - Invited Talk: Varenna-Lausanne Sep 2010
"Gyrokinetic turbulence in the presence of strong rotation"
Why fusion?
If not fusion?
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