Overview
Research Areas:
- Heliospheric Physics
- Kinetic plasma instabilities
- Wave-particle interactions
- Wave-wave interactions and turbulence
- Magnetic reconnection
- SW/comets interactions
Methodology:
- Numerical simulations (hybrid, kinetic)
- Data Analysis
Involvement in space missions:
- Co-I of MAG instrument on ESA Solar Orbiter
- Co-I of RPW instrument on ESA Solar Orbiter
International Collaborations
University of Florence, Italy (S. Landi, A. Verdini, E. Papini)
Observatoire de Paris, France (M. Maksimovic, O. Alexandrova, F. Pantellini, L. Bercic)
Astronomical Institute, Prague (P. Hellinger, S. Stverak)
Queen Mary University London (D. Burgess, C. Chen, L. Franci)
MSSL/UCL, London (D. Stansby)
IAPS/ASI, Rome (R. Bruno, R. D'Amicis, D. Perrone)
UCLA, US (M. Velli)
SSL Berkely (S. Bale)
International projects
Past funded collaboration projects:
EU FP7: Solar and Heliospheric Collisionless Kinetics (SHOCK) http://project-shock.eu/home/
ISSI group, Bern Non-Equilibrium Processes in the Solar Corona and their Connection to the Solar Wind