DrRobert Kingham
Associate Professor in Plasma Physics
Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5045-0216 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate Professor in Plasma PhysicsDepartment of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
- 020 7594 7637 (Work)
- 724, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Laser-Plasmas & ICF
Theoretical & computational
Fundamental aspects of LPI phenomena
Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)
High-power nanosecond duration & ultra-high intensity picosecond duration regimes
Experimental support: design & analysis
Electron transport
Non-local heat-flow
Fast-electron transport
Particle transport in turbulent magnetic-fields
Magnetic-field phenomena in laser-plasmas
Spontaneous B-field generation & instabilities
B-field dynamics due to transport (e.g. Nernst advection)
Interplay of magnetized transport with laser propagation
Inertial Confinement Fusion
Non-local transport in (magnetized) hohraums
Cone-guided fast-ignition , polar direct-drive, shock-ignition
Multi-dimensional simulation development
Vlasov-Fokker-Planck codes; IMPACT , IMPACTA , KALOS
(Magneto-)Hydrodynamic codes; CTC , PARAMAGNET , ODIN
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) effects in relativistic LPI
Torque of twisted light & AM transfer to plasma
Effects due to interaction with dense plasma
Magnetic Confinement Fusion
Kinetic transport in the tokamak scape-off layer (SOL)
Visiting Positions
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.
National Ignition Facility, LLNL, US.
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK.
Funding
Royal Society
Newton International Fellowship, supporting Dr Yin Shi (formerly of SIOM, China) on:"Laser-plasma interaction with a new twist: Exploring Orbital Angular Momentum effects"(April 2016, 2 years)
EPSRC
"CCP Flagship: A radiation-hydrodynamics code for the UK laser-plasma community", joint grant between Warwick, Imperial, York and STFC to develop the ODIN code. (April 2015, 3 years). [Grant no. EP/M01102X/1]
Current Team & Alumni
Current team
Stefan Mijin – PhD (year 4) – Modelling of Kinetic Effects in Parallel Transport in the Tokamak Scrape-Off Layer
Abetharan Antony – PhD (year 2) – Rad-Hydro modelling of hohlraum energtics including kinetically treated electrons
Dominic Power – PhD (year 1) – Incorporating molecular and impurity effects into kinetic parallel electron transport modelling of SOL detachment
Yinhong Liu – MSc summer project student – PIC simulations of exotic electron transport phenomena in ICF
Alumni
Henry Watkins – PhD (Nov. 2019) – Studies of Magnetised and Non-Local Transport in Laser- Plasma Interactions
Dominic Hill – PhD (Dec. 2018) – Kinetic Magnetized Transport in Ablating Laser-Produced Plasmas
Martin Read – PhD (Mar. 2016) – The role of magnetised transport effects on long-pulse laser-plasma beam dynamics
Brennig Williams – PhD (Dec. 2012) – Theory and modelling of fast electron transport in laser-plasma interactions
John Bissell – PhD (Jan. 2012) – Magnetized transport and instability in laser produced plasmas
William Hornsby – PhD (Jul. 2008) – Kinetic simulation of plasma transport in magnetic turbulence
Christopher Ridgers – PhD (Jul. 2008) – Magnetic Fields & Non-Local Transport in Laser Plasmas
Yin Shi – Royal Society Newton International Fellow (Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2018)
Christopher Ridgers – Postdoctoral Research Assistant (May. 2008 – Sept. 2010)
Alexander Thomas – Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Oct. 2006 – Mar. 2008)
Theoretical & computational
Fundamental aspects of LPI phenomena
Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)
High-power nanosecond duration & ultra-high intensity picosecond duration regimes
Experimental support: design & analysis
Electron transport
Non-local heat-flow
Fast-electron transport
Particle transport in turbulent magnetic-fields
Magnetic-field phenomena in laser-plasmas
Spontaneous B-field generation & instabilities
B-field dynamics due to transport (e.g. Nernst advection)
Interplay of magnetized transport with laser propagation
Inertial Confinement Fusion
Non-local transport in (magnetized) hohraums
Cone-guided fast-ignition , polar direct-drive, shock-ignition
Multi-dimensional simulation development
Vlasov-Fokker-Planck codes; IMPACT , IMPACTA , KALOS
(Magneto-)Hydrodynamic codes; CTC , PARAMAGNET , ODIN
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) effects in relativistic LPI
Torque of twisted light & AM transfer to plasma
Effects due to interaction with dense plasma
Magnetic Confinement Fusion
Kinetic transport in the tokamak scape-off layer (SOL)
Visiting Positions
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.
National Ignition Facility, LLNL, US.
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK.
Funding
Royal Society
Newton International Fellowship, supporting Dr Yin Shi (formerly of SIOM, China) on:"Laser-plasma interaction with a new twist: Exploring Orbital Angular Momentum effects"(April 2016, 2 years)
EPSRC
"CCP Flagship: A radiation-hydrodynamics code for the UK laser-plasma community", joint grant between Warwick, Imperial, York and STFC to develop the ODIN code. (April 2015, 3 years). [Grant no. EP/M01102X/1]
Current Team & Alumni
Current team
Stefan Mijin – PhD (year 4) – Modelling of Kinetic Effects in Parallel Transport in the Tokamak Scrape-Off Layer
Abetharan Antony – PhD (year 2) – Rad-Hydro modelling of hohlraum energtics including kinetically treated electrons
Dominic Power – PhD (year 1) – Incorporating molecular and impurity effects into kinetic parallel electron transport modelling of SOL detachment
Yinhong Liu – MSc summer project student – PIC simulations of exotic electron transport phenomena in ICF
Alumni
Henry Watkins – PhD (Nov. 2019) – Studies of Magnetised and Non-Local Transport in Laser- Plasma Interactions
Dominic Hill – PhD (Dec. 2018) – Kinetic Magnetized Transport in Ablating Laser-Produced Plasmas
Martin Read – PhD (Mar. 2016) – The role of magnetised transport effects on long-pulse laser-plasma beam dynamics
Brennig Williams – PhD (Dec. 2012) – Theory and modelling of fast electron transport in laser-plasma interactions
John Bissell – PhD (Jan. 2012) – Magnetized transport and instability in laser produced plasmas
William Hornsby – PhD (Jul. 2008) – Kinetic simulation of plasma transport in magnetic turbulence
Christopher Ridgers – PhD (Jul. 2008) – Magnetic Fields & Non-Local Transport in Laser Plasmas
Yin Shi – Royal Society Newton International Fellow (Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2018)
Christopher Ridgers – Postdoctoral Research Assistant (May. 2008 – Sept. 2010)
Alexander Thomas – Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Oct. 2006 – Mar. 2008)