DrRobertKingham

• 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

• Kinetic transport in the tokamak scape-off layer (SOL)

• Central Laser Facility,  Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK.
• National Ignition Facility,  LLNL,  US. 
• Culham Centre for Fusion Energy,  UK.

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

• 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)