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Currently: Currently:

Former position: CFSA PhD Student

Former supervisor:

Topic: Turbulent transport in rotating tokamak plasmas

Funding: and

Background: MSci from The University of Nottingham


Research Interests

  • Gyrokinetic theory and numerics ()
  • 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


  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)
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Conferences and workshops

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  • Attended: EFDA Goal orientated training in theory - Gyrokinetic theory and numerics IPP- November 2008
  • Invited Talk:  "Anomalous momentum transport by symmetry breaking in tokamak plasmas"
  • Contributed Talk:  
    "Linear gyrokinetic simulations including the centrifugal force in a strongly rotating tokamak plasma"
  • Talk: CCFE turbsim July 2010
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