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Chung-Sang Ng （吴仲生）

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ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1861-5356

ISI Citations:

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-2980-2011

https://publons.com/researcher/2782382/chung-sang-ng/publications/

Google Scholar Citations:

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DQHk1LwAAAAJ

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCypeWzF9dqWAt-iOFyE690A/videos

Some of my codes: https://github.com/chungsangng

Work Experience

2008 -- present Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks

2013 -- 2014 Visiting Researcher (sabbatical), Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

2003 -- 2008 Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

2006 -- 2008 Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland University College

2002 -- 2003 Associate Research Scientist, The University of Iowa

1996 -- 2002 Assistant Research Scientist, The University of Iowa

1994 -- 1996 Research Investigator, The University of Iowa

1989 -- 1994 Research/Teaching Assistant, Auburn University

1988 -- 1989 Full-time Teaching Assistant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

1986 -- 1988 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Education

1994 Ph.D. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA

1988 M.Phil. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

1986 B.S. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Research Interests

Main area: Theoretical/computational plasma physics, with applications in space and fusion plasmas. Topics (main results/publications -- see list below): MHD turbulence (show general existence of 3-wave interaction [11], derive scaling of weak turbulence [13,18,25], confirm IK spectrum and local anisotropy in 2D MHD simulations [29,30,37], show importance of background inhomogeneity in compressible turbulence [14,22], show consistency of IK energy cascade with solar wind heating observations [43]), heating of the solar corona (analytical and computational support of the Parker's theory [17], developing new computational scheme [40,41], show that heating rate is independent of dissipation mechanism with random footpoint motion [39,45,49], and relate to complex systems [52,55,56]), heating of the solar wind [43,46] and giant magnetospheres [57,59,60,62,64,65,67], Landau damping (show a complete discrete spectrum which tends to Landau's roots in weak collision limit [21,31,35,54,66], support experimental work [24,28]), BGK modes (exact 3D Vlasov solutions [33], 2D Vlasov-Maxwell solutions [35,44,63], stability studies [48], and in dusty plasmas [in preparation]), magnetic reconnection (analytic support of simulations of solar corona [9], and lab plasmas [32,36], systems with multiple magnetic null points [42] or turbulence [47]), dusty plasmas (simulations of void [34,38], waves [53]), field-line resonances in ionosphere/magnetosphere (analysis [23] and simulations [ongoing work]), hydrodynamic singularities (possible Euler singularity in a model [10], and the highly-symmetric Kida flow [12,27]), free-electron laser (describe an oscillator by the Ginzburg-Landau model [19-20], study mode competition [15-16], and application in whistler waves in the magnetosphere [50]), mode conversion in fusion plasmas (new method in calculating scattering parameters [5,6], emission [7,8]), tokamak physics [58,61], classical electrodynamics (new method of calculating radiation energy from a point charge [4], radiation from a moving source in media [2,3], axially enhanced radiation in plasmas [1] and biaxial media [26], GPU computing [51]).

3D turbulent reconnection with magnetic null points:

3D turbulent reconnection with null points

Grants

Principal Investigator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award NNX15AU61G, Heating of the Solar Wind and Corona by Imbalanced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, $228,765, 9/1/2015 - 8/31/2017.

Principal Investigator: Alaska NASA EPSCoR RID Seed Grant (NNX13AB28A), Observation of Kinetic Flux Ropes during the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission, $29,900, 5/1/2015 – 4/30/2016.

Co-Investigator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award NNX14AM27G (PI: P. Delamere), Large-scale radial plasma transport and heating in planetary magnetosphere, $739,697, 6/1/2014 – 5/31/2017 (one month per year).

Principal Investigator: National Natural Science Foundation of China grant 41128004, Theory and Simulations of Multi-dimensional Electron Phase Space Holes in Plasmas, 200,000.00 CN¥ (~$31,339.12), 01/01/2012 -- 12/31/2013.

Principal Investigator: US Air Force Subcontract UOA43S Under Contract FA8718-09-C-OOS2, Dynamics of Interchange Instability in the Presence of Finite Larmor Radius Effects and Collisions with Neutrals, $37,900.00, 07/20/2011 – 12/20/2011.

Principal Investigator: National Science Foundation Award PHY-1004357, Nonlinear Studies of a Weakly Collisional Plasma: Landau Damping and 3D BGK Modes, $435,000, 09/01/2010 -- 08/31/2013.

Principal Investigator: National Science Foundation Award AGS-0962477, SHINE: Self-Consistent Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Corona, $383,718, 04/01/2010 -- 03/31/2013.

Principal Investigator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award NNX08BA71G, Heating and Acceleration of the Solar Wind and Corona by Anisotropic MHD and Hall MHD Turbulence, $370,909, 09/01/2008 -- 08/31/2011.

Principal Investigator: National Science Foundation Award AST-0434322, Spectral Element Method for the Study of Current Sheets in Astronomical Magnetic Fields, $449,789, 10/01/2004 -- 09/30/2008.

Principal Investigator: Grants of HPC resources from the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program, 2,480,000 total CPU hours of allocation since October, 2008 to present.

Teaching Experience

2019 PHYS 471F Nuclear and Particle Physics (Upper undergraduate level)

2018/20/22 PHYS 612 Mathematical Physics II (Graduate level)

2017/19/21 PHYS 611 Mathematical Physics I (Graduate level)

2017-now Advising one Physics MS student

2016-2019 Advising one Space Physics PhD student

2016 PHYS 672 Magnetospheric Physics (Graduate level)

2015/17 PHYS 472G Solar Physics (Upper undergraduate level)

2012/16 PHYS 622 Statistical Mechanics (Graduate level)

2013 Advised one undergraduate student research

2011 PHYS 673 Space Physics (Graduate level)

2011/13/15/17/19/21 PHYS 632 Electromagnetic Theory II (Graduate level)

2010/11/12 PHYS 471C Space and Auroral Physics (Upper undergraduate level)

2010/12/14/16/18/20 PHYS 631 Electromagnetic Theory I (Graduate level)

2010 Advise two graduate students on their research for master degrees (one graduated in 2012)

2009 PHYS 626 Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

2009 direct a research project for a graduate student during the summer

2009/10 PHYS 301 Introduction To Mathematical Physics

2007/08 Support and advise a graduate student on PhD research (at UNH, and continue remotely from UAF; Graduated in September 2011)

2007 NSCI 100 Introduction to Physical Science (online course with UMUC)

2006 Took a course to learn the online teaching system at UMUC

2006 PHYS/EOS 940. Physics of Fluids (Graduate level at UNH)

2005/07 PHYS 407 General Physics I (Lower undergraduate level/calculus at UNH)

2005 PHYS/EOS 712/812 Introduction to Space Plasma Physics (Upper undergraduate/Graduate level at UNH)

2004 PHYS 401 Introduction to Physics I (Lower undergraduate level/noncalculus at UNH)

2004 PHYS 407R General Physics I Recitation (Lower undergraduate level/calculus at UNH)

1986-1994 Statistical Mechanics Recitation, Modern Physics Recitation, Quantum Mechanics Recitation, Nuclear Physics Lab, Modern Physics Lab, Optics Lab, Electronics Lab, E &M Lab, General Physics Labs

Partial List of Invited/Selected Talks in Conferences/Workshops

2016 Invited talk: Simulations and Transport Models for Imbalanced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, ASTRONUM2016 - 11th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Monterey, California, June 6-10.

2015 Invited talk: Exact Vlasov Solutions for Kinetic Flux Ropes Generated during Magnetic Reconnection, 2015 AGU Chapman Conference, Fairbanks, AK, September 28 – October 2.

2014 Invited talk: Surface Currents during a Major Disruption, 2014 Theory and Simulation of Disruptions Workshop, Princeton, NewJersey, July 9-11.

2014 Invited talk: From the Parker Model to Turbulent Heating of the Solar Corona, 9th AnnualInternational Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2014), Long Beach, CA, June 23-27.

2013 Invited talk: MHD Turbulence and the Heating of the Solar Wind, given at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, on August 19.

2013 Invited talk: Distribution of Nanoflares as Spatially Resolved Current Sheets in the Solar Corona, 12th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Outstanding Problems in Heliosphysics: from Coronal Heating to the Edge of the Heliosphere, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, April 15-19.

2012 Invited talk: Energy Distribution of Nanoflares in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating, 11th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: The Space Radiation Environment, Palm Springs, California, March 19-23.

2011 Invited talk: Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection in High-Lundquist Number Two-Dimensional Resistive MHD Simulations, The 8th International Cambridge Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection2011, Durham, NH, August 15-19. (see one simulation)

2011 Invited talk: Stability Studies of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes using PIC Simulations, the 7th Joint Meeting of the Chinese Physicists Worldwide and International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Physics (OCPA7), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 1-5. (see an electron density hole in a stable 2D BGK mode vs an oscillatory hole in a non-BGK mode)

2011 Invited talk: Large-Scale High-Lundquist Number Reduced MHD Simulations of the Solar Corona using GPU Accelerated Machines, ASTRONUM-2011 - the 6th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Valencia, Spain, June 13-17.

2011 Invited talk: Electrostatic Structures in Space Plasmas: Properties of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes, 10th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Physics of the Heliosphere: A 10-year Retrospective, Maui, Hawaii, March 13- 18.

2010 Invited talk: High Lundquist Number Resistive MHD Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection: Searching for Secondary Island Formation, ASTRONUM-2010 - the 5th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, San Diego, California, June 13-18.

2010 Invited talk: The Effect of Magnetic Turbulence Energy Spectra and Pickup Ions onThe Heating of the Solar Wind, 9th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Pickup Ions Throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond, Maui, Hawaii, March14 - 19.

2009 Invited talk: Three Dimensional Simulations of the Parker's Model of Solar Coronal Heating: Lundquist Number Scaling due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion, ASTRONUM-2009 -- the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, June 29th - July 3rd, 2009, Chamonix, France.

2008 Invited talk: A Comparison of Spectral Element and Finite Difference Methods Using Statically Refined Nonconforming Grids for the MHD Island Coalescence Instability Problem, ASTRONUM-2008 --the 3rd International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

2007 Selected talk: The Effect of Magnetic Turbulence Energy Spectral Scaling on the Heating of the Solar Wind, Living With a Star Science Workshop 2007, Boulder, Colorado

2007 Invited talk: Anisotropic MHD Turbulence, Sixth IGPP Annual International Astrophysics Conference on "Turbulence and Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas" in Honolulu, Hawaii

2005 Invited talk: Weakly Collisional Landau Damping and 3D BGK Modes: New Results on Old Problems, 47th Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, Colorado

2003 Invited talk: Four-field model for dispersive field-line resonances, 7th Workshop on the Interrelationship between Plasma Experiment in Laboratory and Space (IPELS) in Whitefish, Montana

2002 Invited talk: Anisotropic MHD turbulence in the interstellar medium and the solar wind, 44th Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Orlando, Florida

2002 Invited talk: Non-equilibriumand current sheet formation in line-tied magnetic fields, Mini-Conference on Singularities in Fluids and Plasmas, 44th Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Orlando, Florida

1999 Invited talk: Anisotropic MHD turbulence spectra due to the weak interaction of shear-Alfven wave packets, Mini-Conference on Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium and Solar Wind, 41st Annual Meeting, APS Division of Plasma Physics, Seattle, Washington

1998 Selected talk: Interaction of shear-Alfven wave packets: implication for anisotropic MHD turbulence in the interstellar medium, Interstellar Turbulence, Guillermo Haro International Program, Puebla, Mexico.

Twist in Parker's current sheet (theory vs simulation)

twist in Parker's current sheet (simulation)

Refereed Publications (as of 6/10/22, 1,168 total citations according to ISI – h-index: 17; 1531 citations according to Google Scholar – h-index: 19)

See: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-2980-2011 or https://publons.com/researcher/2782382/chung-sang-ng/publications/ using ISI data, and

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DQHk1LwAAAAJ

For publication files, it is best to follow links in my ORCID page.

[67] C. S. Ng, B. R. Neupane, P. A. Delamere, and P. A. Damiano, A Turbulent Heating Model Combining Diffusion and Advection Effects for Giant Planet Magnetospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL096662 (2022).

[66] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Landau Modes are Eigenmodes of Stellar Systems in the Limit of Zero Collisions, Astrophys. J., 923, 271 (2021).

[65] B. R. Neupane, P. A. Delamere, X. Ma, C. S. Ng, B. L. Burkholder, and P. A., Damiano, On The Nature of Turbulent Heating and Radial Transport in Saturn's Magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 126, e2020JA027986 (2021).

[64] P. A. Delamere, C. S. Ng, P. A., Damiano, B. R. Neupane, J. R. Johnson, B. L. Burkholder, X. Ma, and K. Nykyri, Kelvin–Helmholtz‐Related Turbulent Heating at Saturn's Magnetopause Boundary, Journal of Geophysical Research, 126, e2020JA028479 (2021).

[63] C. S. Ng, Kinetic Flux Ropes: Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes for the Vlasov-Poisson-Ampère System, Physics of Plasmas, 27, 022301, DOI: 10.1063/1.5126705, [arxiv: 1909.02149] (2020).

[62] B. L. Burkholder, P. A. Delamere, J. R. Johnson, and C. S. Ng, Identifying Active Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices on Saturn’s Magnetopause Boundary, Geophysical Research Letters, 47(1), e2019GL084,206, DOI:10.1029/2019GL084206 (2020).

[61] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Response to “Comment on ‘Surface currents associated with external kink modes in tokamak plasmas during a major disruption’” [Phys. Plasmas, 26, 054701 (2019)], Physics of Plasmas, 26, 054702 (2019).

[60] P. A. Damiano, P. A. Delamere, B. Stauffer, C. S. Ng, and J. R. Johnson, Kinetic simulations of electron acceleration by dispersive scale Alfvén waves in Jupiter's magnetosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 3043– 3051 (2019).

[59] C. S. Ng, P. A. Delamere,V. Kaminker, and P. A. Damiano, Radial Transport and Plasma Heating in Jupiter’s Magnetodisc, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 6611–6620 [arxiv: 1802.05360] (2018).

[58] C. S. Ng, and A.Bhattacharjee, Surface Currents Associated with External Kink Modes in Tokamak Plasmas during a Major Disruption, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 102520 [arxiv: 1707.06104] (2017).

[57] V. Kaminker, P. A. Delamere, C. S. Ng, T. Dennis, A. Otto, and X. Ma, Local time dependence of turbulent magnetic fields in Saturn's magnetodisc, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 3972-3984 (2017).

[56] C. S. Ng and L. Lin, Distribution of Nanoflares as Spatially Resolved Current Sheets in the Solar Corona, ASP Conf. Ser., 484, 162 (2014).

[55] L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Current Sheet Statistics in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating, ASP Conf. Ser., 474, 159 [arxiv: 1302.0567] (2013).

[54] C. Black, K. Germaschewski, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, Discrete Kinetic Eigenmode Spectra of Electron Plasma Oscillations in Weakly Collisional Plasma: A Numerical Study, Phys. Plasmas, 20, 012125 (2013).

[53] A. S. Bains, M. Tribeche, and C. S. Ng, Dust-acoustic wave modulation in the presence of q-nonextensive electrons and/or ions in dusty plasma, Astrophys. Space Sci, 343, 621 (2013).

[52] C. S. Ng and L. Lin, Energy Distribution of Nanoflares in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating, AIP Conf. Proc., 1500, 38 (doi: 10.1063/1.4768742) [arxiv: 1206.4736] (2012).

[51] L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, The Reduced Magnetohydrodynamics Coronal Tectonics Code: Implementation on GPU Accelerated Machines, ASP Conference Series, 459, 222 (aspbooks: 34094) [arxiv: 1109.6038] (2012).

[50] A. R. Soto Chavez, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, Chorus Wave Amplification: A Free Electron Laser in the Earth's Magnetosphere, Phys. Plasmas, 19, 010701 (2012).

[49] C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, High-Lundquist Number Scaling in Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Parker's Model of Solar Coronal Heating due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion, Astrophys. J., 747, 109 (doi: 10.1088/0004-637x/747/2/109) [arxiv: 1106.0515] (2012).

[48] C. S. Ng, S. J. Soundararajan, and E. Yasin, Electrostatic Structures in Space Plasmas: Stability of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes, AIP Conf. Proc. 1436, 55 (doi: 10.1063/1.4723590) [arxiv: 1106.4073] (2012).

[47] C. S. Ng, and S. Ragunathan, High-Lundquist Number Resistive MHD Simulations of Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection with Secondary Island Formation and Enhanced Reconnection Rate, ASP Conference Series, 444, 124 (aspbooks: 33201) [http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0521](2011). (see an animation of one simulation)

[46] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, D. Munsi, P. A. Isenberg, and C. W. Smith, The Effect of Magnetic Turbulence Energy Spectra and Pickup Ions on the Heating of the Solar Wind, AIP Conf. Proc., 1302, 174 (doi: 10.1063/1.3529966) [arxiv: 1106.0528] (2010).

[45] C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Parker's Model of Solar Coronal Heating: Lundquist Number Scaling due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion, ASP Conference Series, 429, 201 (2010) (aspbooks: 31501).

[44] C. S. Ng and A. Bhattacharjee, Response to "Comment on 'Weakly collisional Landau damping and three-dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal modes: New results on old problems'", Phys. Plasmas 17, 054701 (2010) (doi: 10.1063/1.3383080).

[43] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, D. Munsi, P. A. Isenberg, and C. W. Smith, Kolmogorov versus Iroshnikov-Kraichnan spectra: Consequences for ion heating in the solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A02101 (2010) (doi: 10.1029/2009ja014377).

[42] X. H. Deng, M. Zhou, S. Y. Li, W. Baumjohann, M. Andre, N. Cornilleau, O. Santolik, D. I. Pontin, H. Reme, E. Lucek, A. N. Fazakerley, P. Decreau, P. Daly, R. Nakamura, R. X. Tang, Y. H. Hu, Y. Pang, J. Buchner, H. Zhao, A. Vaivads, J. S. Pickett, C. S. Ng, X. Lin, S. Fu, Z. G. Yuan, Z. W. Su, and J. F. Wang, Dynamics and waves near multiple magnetic null points in reconnection diffusion region, J. Geophys. Res., 114, (doi: 10.1029/2008ja013197) (2009).

[41] C. S. Ng, D. Rosenberg, K. Germaschewski, A. Pouquet, and A. Bhattacharjee, A Comparison of spectral element and finite difference methods using statically refined nonconforming grids for the MHD island coalescence instability problem, ASP Conference Series, 406, 255 (2009) (aspbooks: 29793).

[40] C. S. Ng, D. Rosenberg, K. Germaschewski, A. Pouquet, and A. Bhattacharjee, A Comparison of Spectral Element and Finite Difference Methods Statically Refined Nonconforming Grids for the MHD Island Coalescence Instability Problem, Astrophys. J. Suppl., 177, 613 (2008). [arxiv: 0711.3868] (doi: 10.1086/588139)

[39] C. S. Ng and A. Bhattacharjee, A Constrained Tectonics Model for Coronal Heating, Astrophys. J., 675, 899 (2008) (doi: 10.1086/525518).

[38] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, S. Hu, Z. W. Ma, and K. Avinash, Generalizations of a nonlinear fluid model for void formation in dusty plasmas, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 49, 1583 (doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/49/9/015).

[37] C. S. Ng and A. Bhattacharjee, Anisotropic MHD Turbulence, AIP Conf. Proc., 932, 137 (2007) (doi: 10.1063/1.2778956).

[36] K. Germaschewski, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, The Magnetic Reconnection Code: an AMR-based fully implicit simulation suite, ASP Conf. Ser., 359, 151 (2006) (aspbooks: 3758).

[35] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, and F. Skiff, Weakly Collisional Landau Damping and Three-Dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes: New Results on Old Problems, Phys. Plasmas, 13, 055903 (2006) (doi: 10.1063/1.2186187).

[34] A. Bhattacharjee, C. S. Ng, K. Avinash, S. Hu, and Z. W. Ma, Nonlinear Theory and Simulation of Void Formation in Dusty Plasmas, AIP Conf. Proc. 799 145 (2005) (doi: 10.1063/1.2134586).

[33] C. S. Ng and A. Bhattacharjee, Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes in a Three-Dimensional Plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 245004 (2005) (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.245004).

[32] A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski, and C. S. Ng, Current Singularities: Drivers of Impulsive Reconnection, Phys. Plasmas, 12, 042305 (2005) (doi: 10.1063/1.1872893).

[31] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, and F. Skiff, Complete Spectrum of Kinetic Eigenmodes for Plasma Oscillations in a Weakly Collisional Plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 065002 (2004) (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.065002).

[30] A. Bhattacharjee and C. S. Ng, Anisotropic MHD Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium and Solar Wind, AIP Conf. Proc., 679, 433 (2003) (doi: 10.1063/1.1618628).

[29] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski, and S. Galtier, Anisotropic Fluid Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium and the Solar Wind, Phys. Plasmas, 10, 1954 (2003) (doi: 10.1063/1.1567291).

[28] F. Skiff, H. Gunell, A. Bhattacharjee, C. S. Ng, and W. A. Noonan, Electrostatic Degrees of Freedom in Non-Maxwellian Plasma, Phys. Plasmas, 9, 1931 (2002) (doi: 10.1063/1.1462031).

[27] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Sufficient condition for finite-time singularity and tendency towards self-similarity in a high-symmetry flow, in "TUBES, SHEETS and SINGULARITIES in FLUID DYNAMICS", K. Bajer, and H. K. Moffatt (Eds.) (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2002) pp. 317-328 (doi: 10.1007/0-306-48420-x_38).

[26] H. M. Lai, B. Y. Xu, and C. S. Ng, Unusual 1/r-Dependent Radiation Intensity in any Biaxial Crystal, Phys. Rev. E, 64, 016606 (2001) (doi: 10.1103/physreve.64.016606).

[25] A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, Random Scattering and Anisotropic Turbulence of Shear-Alfven Wave Packets, Astrophys. J., 548, 318 (2001) (doi: 10.1086/318692).

[24] F. Skiff, C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, W. A. Noonan, and A. Case, Wave-particle Interaction, Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion, 42, B27 (2000) (doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/42/12b/303).

[23] A. Bhattacharjee, C. A. Kletzing, Z. W. Ma, C. S. Ng, N. F. Otani, and X. Wang, Four-Field Model for Dispersive Field-Line Resonances: Effects of Coupling between Shear-Alfven and Slow Modes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3281 (1999) (doi: 10.1029/1999gl003628).

[22] A. Bhattacharjee, C. S. Ng, S. Ghosh, and M. L. Goldstein, A Comparative Study of Four-Field and Fully Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Solar Wind, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 24835 (1999) (doi: 10.1029/1999ja900327).

[21] C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, and F. Skiff, Kinetic Eigenmodes and Discrete Spectrum of Plasma Oscillations in a Weakly Collisional Plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett., 83, 1974 (1999) (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.83.1974).

[20] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Ginzburg-Landau Model for a Long-Pulse Low-Gain Free-Electron Laser Oscillator, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A, 429, 88, (1999) (doi: 10.1016/s0168-9002(99)00077-7).

[19] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Ginzburg-Landau Model and Single-Mode Operation of a Free-Electron Laser Oscillator, Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 2665 (1999) (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.82.2665).

[18] A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, Reduced Models of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Interstellar Medium and the Solar Wind, in "Nonlinear MHD waves and turbulence: proceedings of the workshop, held in Nice, France, 1-4 December 1998", T. Passot, P.-L. Sulem (eds.) (Springer, Berlin, 1999) pp. 182-197 (doi: 10.1007/3-540-47038-7_7).

[17] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Non-Equilibrium and Current Sheet Formation in Line-Tied magnetic Fields, Phys. Plasmas, 5, 4028 (1998) (doi: 10.1063/1.873125).

[16] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Ginzburg-Landau Model for Mode Competition and Single-Mode Operation of a Free-Electron Laser, Phys. Rev. E., 58, 3826 (1998) (doi: 10.1103/physreve.58.3826).

[15] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Ginzburg-Landau Model for a Free-Electron Laser: From Single Mode to Spikes, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A., 407, 34 (1998) (doi: 10.1016/s0168-9002(97)01363-6).

[14] A. Bhattacharjee, C. S. Ng, and S. R. Spangler, Weakly Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Solar Wind and the Interstellar Medium, Astrophys. J., 494, 409 (1998) (doi: 10.1086/305184).

[13] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Scaling of Anisotropic Energy Spectra Due to the Weak Interaction of Shear-Alfven Wave Packets, Phys. Plasmas, 4, 605 (1997) (doi: 10.1063/1.872158).

[12] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Sufficient Condition for a Finite-Time Singularity in a High-Symmetry Euler Flow: Analysis and Statistics, Phys. Rev. E, 54, 1530 (1996) (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.54.1530).

[11] C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee, Interaction of Shear Alfven Wave Packets: Implication for Weak MHD Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas, Astrophys. J., 465, 845 (1996) (DOI: 10.1086/177468).

[10] A. Bhattacharjee, C. S. Ng and Xiaogang Wang, Finite-Time Vortex Singularity and Kolmogorov Spectrum in a Symmetric Three Dimensional Spiral Model, Phys. Rev. E, 52, 5110 (1995) (doi: 10.1103/physreve.52.5110).

[9] Z. W. Ma, C. S. Ng, Xiaogang Wang, and A. Bhattacharjee, Dynamics of Current Sheet Formation and Reconnection in Two Dimensional Coronal Loops, Phys. Plasmas, 2, 3184 (1995) (doi: 10.1063/1.871150).

[8] C. S. Ng, V. F. Shvets and D. G. Swanson, Inhomogeneous Cyclotron Emission Source for the Five Branch Mode Conversion Problem, Phys. Plasmas, 2, 1791 (1995) (doi: 10.1063/1.871478).

[7] D. G. Swanson and C. S. Ng, Modification of Emission from the X-mode at the Third Electron Cyclotron Harmonic from Mode Conversion and Reflection, Phys. Plasmas, 2, 599 (1995) (doi: 10.1063/1.871462).

[6] C. S. Ng and D. G. Swanson, Analytic Calculation of the Certain Scattering Parameters from a Mode Conversion Analysis of X-mode--O-mode Coupling, Phys. Plasmas, 1, 3751 (1994) (doi: 10.1063/1.870849).

[5] C. S. Ng and D. G. Swanson, Analytic Calculation of the Nonzero Fast Wave Reflection Coefficient from the Tunneling Equation with Absorption, Phys. Plasmas, 1, 815 (1994) (doi: 10.1063/1.870938).

[4] Chung-Sang Ng, Energy Conservation of a Uniformly Accelerated Point Charge, Phys. Rev. E, 47, 2038 (1993) (doi: 10.1103/physreve.47.2038) .

[3] H. M. Lai and C. S. Ng, Analytic Expressions for Far Fields and Radiation Fluxes Caused by a Moving Source in some Anisotropic Dispersive Media, Phys Fluids B, 2, 1968 (1990) (doi: 10.1063/1.859580).

[2] H. M. Lai and C. S. Ng, Relation Between Emitted and Received Powers from a Moving Radiating Source in a Medium, Astro. Lett. and Communications, 28, 27 (1990) (adsabs: 1990ApL%26C..28...27L).

[1] H. M. Lai, C. S. Ng, and S. S. Tong, Axially Enhanced Far Field and Radiation Flux in a Magnetoplasma, Phys. Rev. A, 40, 959 (1989) (doi: 10.1103/physreva.40.959).

Non-refereed Publications

[N2] C. S. Ng, Rutherford Scattering Made Simple (1993).

[N1] C. S. Ng, WKB - Not So Bad After All, [http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1065] (1992).

Some Recent Presentations

2019 UAF-Journal Club: A Sanity Check on the WKB Method

2018 UAF-Journal Club: A possible finite-time singularity in a highly symmetric solution of the Euler equation

2017 UAF-Journal Club: Does a uniformly accelerated point charge radiate?

2016 UAF-Journal Club: MHD Turbulence and the Heating of the Solar Wind

2015 UAF-Journal Club: Painlevé paradox

2014 UAF-JournalClub: Another fusion talk: my experience at PPPL

2013 PPPL-Helio-Seminar: MHD Simulations of the Parker Model of Solar Coronal Heating

2012 UAF-JournalClub: Energy Distribution of Nanoflares in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating

2011 UAF-Journal Club: Electrostatic Structures in Space Plasmas

2010 UAF-Journal Club: Random Walk on the Surface of the Sun

2010 UAF-Journal Club: What do I get from giving a Journal Club talk? How about publishing a paper on it!

2008 UAF-JournalClub: Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Mode in Two or Three Dimensions

2007 CMSO general meeting: Solar Wind Heating by MHD Turbulence

2006 APS/DPP meeting: Three-dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal modes in a multi-species plasma: Void solutions in a dusty plasma?

2006 APS/DPP meeting: Spectral-element adaptive refinement magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the island coalescence instability

2005 AGU Fall meeting: Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection Near a 3D Magnetic Null

2005 APS/DPP meeting: Theory and Simulation of a Nonlinear Fluid Model for Void Formation in Dusty Plasmas

2005 UNH-Space Science Center Seminar: Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) Modes in a Three Dimensional Unmagnetized Plasma

2005 UAH- Physics Colloquium: Non-Equilibrium and Current Sheet Formation in Line-Tied Magnetic Fields: Heating of the Solar Corona

2004 APS/DPP meeting: Theory and Simulation of a Nonlinear Fluid Model for Void Formation in Dusty Plasmas

2003 APS/DPP meeting: Complete Spectrum of Kinetic Eigenmodes for Plasma Oscillations in a Weakly Collisional Plasma

Services

2016 – present: Alaska Space Grant Program affiliate member for CNSM of UAF.

2016 – present: member of the Undergraduate SLOA Committee for the Physics Department.

2015 – present: member of the Program Review Committee for the Physics Department.

2011 -- 2013: Senator of the Faculty Senate representing CNSM of UAF.

2009 -- present: help coordinating Physics Journal Club.

2009 -- present: member of the Publication Committee of the American Physical Society/Division of Plasma Physics.

2009 -- 2013: member of graduate committees for graduate students at UAF.

2009 -- 2011: Senator Alternate representing CNSM of UAF.

2009: member of the search committee for a new faculty position at Physics/GI at UAF.

2008 -- 2011: external member of a graduate committee for a graduate student at UNH.

2008 -- 2012: chair of search committees for Postdoctoral Research Fellows at UAF.

2007 -- 2008: direct an undergraduate research project for a summer exchange student from India at UNH for two summers

2004 -- 2006: coordinator of the Graduate Student Journal Club at UNH.

2004: participate in the Project SMART (Science and Mathematics Achievement through Research Training) at UNH.

2004: scientific proof-reader of the textbook: Introduction to Plasma Physics: With Space and Laboratory Applications, by D. A. Gurnett and A. Bhattacharjee, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Regularly served as Referee/Reviewer/Panelist: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review, Journal of Geophysical Research, New Journal of Physics, etc; as well as judges for local science fairs/competitions.

Dissertations

1994 Ph.D. dissertation, Auburn University: Analytic Calculations of Certain Scattering Parameters from Mode Conversion Equations (advisor: D. G. Swanson)

1988 M. Phil. thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Characteristics of Far Field and Energy Flow Due to a Moving Radiation Source in Various Media

(advisor: H. M. Lai) (In memory of late Professor Tom Stix: see his Examiner's report, and the citations of our works in his classic book, Waves in Plasmas)

Computing Skills

Machines: Supercomputers, Vax, Workstations, PC, Macintosh

Languages: MPI, Fortran, Pascal, Mathematica, Macsyma, Unix Shell

Libraries: NAG, TV80, NCAR Graphics, IDL, SAS

Experience: MHD simulations, Integral Equation, ODE Solvers, 3D Ray Tracing, Minimization, Finite Difference, Finite Elements, Symbolic Calculation Typesetting: TeX, LaTeX, REVTeX

Honors

1994 The Outstanding Research Award, Physics Department, Auburn University

(for the best research by a student in that year).

1990 The First Year Graduate Physics Award, Physics Department, Auburn University

(for the best academic performance).

Membership

Phi Kappa Phi

The American Physical Society

American Geophysical Union

Partial List of Conference Presentations

[A168] 2021 C. S. Ng, B. R. Neupane, P. A. Delamere, and P. A. Damiano, “Turbulent Heating of the Giant Planet Magnetospheres Considering Both Diffusion and Advection Effects”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021, abstract# SM43B-08 (2021).

[A167] 2021 C. S. Ng, “Three-Dimensional Small-Scale Kinetic Structure in a Finite Magnetic Field”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021, abstract# SH44B-07 (2021).

[A166] 2021 J. McClung, K. Germaschewski, and C. S. Ng, “Particle-In-Cell Simulations to Study the Stability of Two-Dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021, abstract# SH45C-2393 (2021).

[A165] 2021 P. A. Delamere, J. Johnson, P. A. Damiano, C. S. Ng, X. Ma, and K. Nykyri, “Elucidating the ion heating mechanism in hybrid simulations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2021, abstract# SM43B-05 (2021).

[A164] 2021 A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, “Is the Landau Theory Important for Stellar Dynamics?”, 2021 Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, abstract# BO06.00001 (2021).

[A163] 2021 J. McClung, K. Germaschewski, and C. S. Ng, “Particle-In-Cell Simulations to Study the Stability of Two-Dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes”, 2021 Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, abstract# CP11.00023 (2021).

[A162] 2021 C. S. Ng, “Three-Dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes in a Finite Magnetic Field”, 2021 Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, abstract# CP11.00024 (2021).

[A161] 2020 C. S. Ng, and H. Tang, “Kinetic Flux Rope Solutions with Non-Boltzmann Electron and Ion Distributions”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, abstract#SM019-0017 (2020).

[A160] 2020 C. S. Ng, and H. Tang, “Kinetic Flux Rope Solutions with both Electron and Ion Effects”, 2020 Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, abstract# GP15.001 (2020).

[A 159] 2019 P. A. Delamere, H. K. Connor, D. L. Hampton, M. Conde, H. Zhang, C. S. Ng, and P. A. Damiano, “Exploring space physics under the aurora borealis: The University of Alaska Fairbanks Space Physics graduate program”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #ED43C-1113 (2019).

[A 158] 2019 B. R. Neupane, P. A. Delamere, B. Zhang, C. S. Ng, and X. Ma, “Electron Density and Temperature Fluctuations in Saturn’s Magnetosphere: Implication for Transport”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #SM33E-3259 (2019)

[A157] 2019 P. A. Delamere, C. S. Ng, P. A. Damiano, B. R. Neupane, B. L. Burkholder, K. Nykyri, X. Ma, J. Johnson, and “Turbulent plasma heating associated with the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019, abstract #SM33E-3265 (2019).

[A156] 2018 P. A. Delamere, B. L. Burkholder, B. R. Neupane, J. Johnson, P. A. Damiano, X. Ma, K. Nykyri, and C. S. Ng, “Transport properties as a function of plasma beta in the giant planet magnetospheres”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #SM52A-02 (2018).

[A155] 2018 C. S. Ng, H. Tang, “Kinetic Flux Rope Solutions for Realistic Election/Ion Temperature Ratios”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #SM13B-2870 (2018).

[A154] 2017 C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, P. Bolgert, and J. Breslau, “Surface Currents during a Major Disruption”, presented in 20th Anniversary Workshop For The NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering, Arlington, Virginia, January 9 – 11 (2017).

[A153] 2016 C. S. Ng, and T. J. Dennis, “Comparison between Simulations and Transport Models for Imbalanced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence”, Abstract SH41A-2525, 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 12-16 Dec. (2016).

[A152] 2016 C. S. Ng, and T. J. Dennis, “Simulations and Transport Models for Imbalanced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence”, 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., JP10.00086, San Jose, CA, Oct. 31-Nov. 4 (2016).

[A151] 2016 C. S. Ng, and T. J. Dennis, “Simulations and Transport Models for Imbalanced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence”, ASTRONUM 2016 - 11th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Monterey, California, 6-10 June (2016).

[A150] 2016 C. S, Ng, “Observation of Kinetic Flux Ropes during the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission”, Alaska Space Grant and NASA EPSCoR Education and Research Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, 15-16 April (2016).

[A149] 2015 C. S, Ng, “Possible Properties of Kinetic Flux Ropes Generated by Magnetic Reconnection”, Abstract SM51A-2560, 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec. (2015).

[A148] 2015 Bishwa Neupane, Peter Delamere, C. S. Ng, and Vitaliy Kaminker, “On asymmetries of turbulent magnetic fluctuations in Jupiter's and Saturn's magnetospheres”, Abstract SM31C-2520, 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec. (2015).

[A147] 2015 Vitaliy Kaminker, C. S. Ng, Peter Delamere, and Bishwa Neupane, “A New Model for Turbulent Heating of Jupiter’s Magnetosphere”, Abstract SM31C-2519, 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 14-18 Dec. (2015).

[A146] 2015 C. S, Ng, “Exact Vlasov Solutions for Kinetic Flux Ropes Generated during Magnetic Reconnection”, 2015 AGU Chapman Conference, Fairbanks, AK, September 28 – October 2 (2015).

[A145] 2014 T. J. Dennis, and C. S. Ng, “Coronal Heating: Parker Model or Turbulence, or Both?”, Abstract SH13C-4137 presented at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec. (2014).

[A144] 2014 C. S, Ng, “Exact Vlasov Solutions of Kinetic Flux Ropes”, Abstract SM13C-4184 presented at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec. (2014).

[A143] 2014 P. Bolgert, C. S. Ng, J. Breslau, and A. Bhattacharjee, “Surface Currents during a Major Disruption”, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., BP8.00012 (2014).

[A142] 2014 C. S, Ng, “Two-Dimensional Current Carrying Bernstein- Greene-Kruskal (BGK) Modes for the Vlasov-Poisson-Ampere System”, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., JP8.00086 (2014).

[A141] 2014 C. S. Ng, and T. J. Dennis, “Unifying the Parker and the Turbulence Models of Solar Coronal Heating”, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., PM10.00003 (2014).

[A140] 2014 C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, J. Breslau, and P. Bolgert, “Surface Currents during a Major Disruption”, 2014 Theory and Simulation of Disruptions Workshop, Princeton, New Jersey, July 9-11 (2014).

[A139] 2014 C. S. Ng, and T. J. Dennis, “From the Parker Model to Turbulent Heating of the Solar Corona”, 9th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2014), Long Beach, CA, June 23-27 (2014).

[A138] 2014 T. J. Dennis, and C. S. Ng, “From the Parker Model to Turbulent Heating of the Solar Corona”, SHINE Conference 2014, Telluride, CO, June 23rd- 27th (2014).

[A137] 2014 C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, and J. Breslau, “Surface Currents during a Major Disruption”, 2014 International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, San Diego, CA, March 24-26 (2014).

[A136] 2013 T. J. Dennis, C. S. Ng, and L. Lin, “Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Parker Model of Coronal Heating Using Four-Field Equations”, Abstract SH33A-2047 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec. (2013).

[A135] 2013 C. S, Ng, “Non Axisymmetric Three-Dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) Modes”, 55th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., YP8.83 (2013).

[A134] 2013 C. S. Ng and L. Lin, “Distribution of Nanoflares in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating”, SHINE Conference 2013, Buford, GA, June 24-28 (2013).

[A133] 2013 T. J. Dennis, C. S. Ng, and L. Lin, “3-D Simulations of Turbulent and Non-Turbulent Hall Magnetic Reconnection Via the Four-Field Equations”, SHINE Conference 2013, Buford, GA, June 24-28 (2013).

[A132] 2013 L. Lin and C. S. Ng, “Distribution of Nanoflares as Spatially Resolved Current Sheets in the Solar Corona”, 12th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Outstanding Problems in Heliosphysics: from Coronal Heating to the Edge of the Heliosphere, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, April 15-19 (2013).

[A131] 2012 C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, “Nanoflare and Current Sheet Distributions in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating”, Abstract SH33D-2254 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec. (2012).

[A130] 2012 C. S. Ng, T. J. Dennis, and L. Lin, “Interaction Between Flux Ropes in Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Solar Corona”, 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., UM9.2 (2012).

[A129] 2012 C. S. Ng and S. J. Soundararajan, “Stability Studies of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes using PIC Simulations”, 1st International Workshop on Ionospheric Turbulence, Dayton, OH, August 7-9 (2012).

[A128] 2012 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

“Current Sheet Statistics in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating”,

7th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM-2012),

Big Island, HI, June 24-29 (2012).

[A127] 2012 C. S. Ng, and L. Lin,

“Energy Distribution of Nanoflares in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Coronal Heating”,

11th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: The Space Radiation Environment,

Palm Springs, California, March 19-23 (2012).

[A126] 2011 E. S. Yasin, C. S. Ng, and L. Lin,

“Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Interaction Between Flux Ropes in the Solar Corona”,

Abstract SH51A-1991 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. (2011).

[A125] 2011 C. S. Ng, S. J. Soundararajan, and E. Yasin,

“Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Two-dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) Modes and Electrostatic Structures”,

Abstract SM13A-2029 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. (2011).

[A124] 2011 A. S. Bains, C. S. Ng, and L.-J. Chen,

“Three-dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal (BGK) Modes in a Finite Magnetic Field”,

Abstract SM13A-2030 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. (2011).

[A123] 2011 V. I. Sotnikov, B. Himed, I. Paraschiv, E. S. Yasin, C. S. Ng, B. Oliver, and T. A. Mehlhorn,

“Scattering of high-frequency electromagnetic waves in the presence of interchange instability in a finite-beta plasma”,

Abstract SM13A-2031 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. (2011).

[A122] 2011 A. R. Soto Chavez, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng,

“Whistler Wave Amplification: A Free Electron Laser in the Earth's Magnetosphere”,

Abstract SM13B-2055 presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 5-9 Dec. (2011).

[A121] 2011 C. S. Ng, S. J. Soundararajan, and E. Yasin,

“Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Two-dimensional Electrostatic Structures”,

53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 56 (16), JO5.00011 (2011).

[A120] 2011 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

“GPU Accelerated Reduced MHD Simulations: An Application to Magnetic Island Coalescence in 3D Line-Tied Geometry”,

53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 56 (16), NP9.00024 (2011).

[A119] 2011 A. R. Soto Chavez, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng,

“Whistler Wave Amplification: A Free Electron Laser in the Earth's Magnetosphere”,

53rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 56 (16), UO5.00013 (2011).

[A118] 2011 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

“GPU Accelerated Reduced MHD Simulations of Coronal Loops”,

the 22nd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas (ICNSP '2011),

Long Branch, New Jersey, September 7-9 (2011).

[A117] 2011 C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, “Reduced MHD Simulations of the Heating of the Solar Corona --- New Physics in the High-Lundquist Number Regime”, The 8th International Cambridge Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection 2011, Durham, NH, August 15-19 (2011).

[A116] 2011 C. S. Ng, and S. Ragunathan,

“Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection in High-Lundquist Number Two-Dimensional Resistive MHD Simulations”,

invited talk presented in The 8th International Cambridge Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection 2011,

Durham, NH, August 15-19 (2011).

[A115] 2011 C. S. Ng, S. J. Soundararajan, and E. Yasin,

"Stability Studies of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes using PIC Simulations",

invited talk presented in the 7th Joint Meeting of the Chinese Physicists Worldwide

and International Conference on Physics Education and Frontier Physics (OCPA7),

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, August 1-5.

[A114] 2011 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"High-Lundquist Number Simulations of Solar Coronal Heating using GPU Accelerated Machines",

SHINE Conference 2011, Snowmass, Colorado, July 11-15.

[A113] 2011 C. S. Ng, S. J. Soundararajan, and E. Yasin,

"Stability Studies of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes using Particle-in-Cell Simulations",

2011 CEDAR-GEM Joint Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 26-July 1.

[A112] 2011 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"Large-Scale High-Lundquist Number Reduced MHD Simulations of the Solar Corona using GPU Accelerated Machines",

invited talk presented in ASTRONUM-2011 -

the 6th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows,

Valencia, Spain, June 13-17.

[A111] 2011 C. S. Ng, E. Yasin, and S. J. Soundararajan,

"Electrostatic Structures in Space Plasmas: Properties of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes",

invited talk presented in the 10th Annual International Astrophysics Conference:

A 10-year Retrospective, Maui, Hawaii, March 13 - March 18.

[A110] 2011 C. S. Ng and S. J. Soundararajan,

"Electrostatic Structures in Space Plasmas: Studies of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes",

Chapman Conference: The Relationship Between Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes,

Fairbanks, Alaska, February 27 - March 4.

[A109] 2010 S. Ragunathan, and C. S. Ng,

"High-Lundquist Number Resistive MHD Simulations of Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection with Secondary Island Formation and Enhanced Reconnection Rate",

2010 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Abstract SM51C-1836 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

[A108] 2010 C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"High-Lundquist Number Scaling Analysis on the Parker's Model of Solar Coronal Heating due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion",

2010 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Abstract SH31C-1809 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

[A107] 2010 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"Large-scale Reduced MHD Simulations of Coronal Heating via GPGPUs",

2010 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Abstract IN44A-05 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 13-17 Dec.

[A106] C. S. Ng, and S. J. Soundararajan,

"Two-dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes in a Magnetized Plasma: Exact Solutions and Particle-in-Cell Simulations",

52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Chicago, Illinois,

Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 55 (15), BP9.00028, 36 (2010).

[A105] 2010 L. Lin, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng,

"High-Lundquist Number Numerical Simulations of Coronal Heating: Reduced MHD via GPGPUs",

52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Chicago, Illinois,

Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 55 (15), NP9.00119, 226 (2010).

[A104] 2010 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"Reduced MHD via GPGPUs applied to Coronal Heating",

workshop on Advanced Computationial Capabilities for Exploration in Heliophysical Sciences (ACCEHS),

Boulder, Colorado, August 16-18 (2010).

[A103] 2010 C. S. Ng, and S. Ragunathan,

"High Lundquist Number Resistive MHD Simulations of Laminar or Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection: Conditions for Secondary Island Formation and Fast Reconnection",

2010 SHINE Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 26-30 (2010).

[A102] 2010 C. S. Ng, and S. Ragunathan,

"Secondary Island Formation in Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection in Resistive MHD under Laminar or Turbulent Conditions",

2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 22–25 June, Taipei, Taiwan,

Eos Trans. AGU, 91(26), West. Pac. Geophys. Meet. Suppl., Abstract SPA31B-109 (2010).

[A101] 2010 C. S. Ng, and S. Ragunathan,

"High Lundquist Number Resistive MHD Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection: Searching for Secondary Island Formation",

invited talk presented in the 5th Annual International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM),

San Diego, California, June 13-18 (2010).

[A100] 2010 C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, P. A. Isenberg, D. Munsi, and C. W. Smith,

"The Effect of Magnetic Turbulence Energy Spectra and Pickup Ions on The Heating of the Solar Wind",

invited talk presented in the 9th Annual International Astrophysics Conference:

Pickup Ions Throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond, Maui, Hawaii, March 14 - March 19 (2010).

[A99] 2010 C. S. Ng,

"Heating and Acceleration of the Solar Wind and Corona by Anisotropic MHD and Hall MHD Turbulence",

University of Alaska Computational Science Symposium, Fairbanks, AK, February 15‐26 (2010).

[A98] 2009 C. Black, A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski, and C. S. Ng,

"Anomalous Resistivity Generated by the Current Driven Ion Acoustic Instabilities in Weakly Collisional Plasmas",

2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SM21A-1557 (2009).

[A97] 2009 C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, B. Bigot, and Y. Ponty,

"Scale-Dependent Alignment of Velocity and Magnetic Fluctuations in Anisotropic MHD Turbulence",

2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SM41C-08 (2009).

[A96] 2009 D. L. Rosenberg, C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Pouquet,

"A Comparison of Spectral Element and Finite Difference Methods for MHD",

2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SM41C-06 (2009).

[A95] 2009 S. Ragunathan, and C. S. Ng,

"Searching for Secondary Island Formation in Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection in Resistive MHD",

2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California,

Eos Trans. AGU, 90 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract SM43B-1768 (2009).

[A94] 2009 C. Black, A. Bhattacharjee, K. Germaschewski, and C. S. Ng,

"Anomalous Resistivity Generated By Ion Acoustic Instabilities in Weakly Collisional Plasmas",

51st Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, Georgia,

Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 54 (15), GP8.00128, 128 (2009).

[A93] 2009 C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"The Tectonics Model of Coronal Heating: Unsteady Dynamics and Scaling in Statistical Steady State",

51st Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Atlanta, Georgia,

Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., 54 (15), GM9.00002, 133 (2009).

[A92] 2009 C. S. Ng,

"Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection Near a 3D Magnetic Null",

a talk presented in the 2009 Cambridge Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection,

August 7th -12th, 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska.

[A91] 2009 C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"Parker’s Model of Solar Coronal Heating: Lundquist Number Scaling due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion in Three Dimensional Simulations",

a talk presented in 2009 The Dynamics of Complex Systems: Viewing the World from a New Perspective ,

August 4th - 6th , 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska.

[A90] 2009 L. Lin, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"Parker’s Model of Solar Coronal Heating: Lundquist Number Scaling due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion in Three Dimensional Simulations",

a poster presented in the 2009 Solar Heliospheric and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE) Workshop,

August 3rd -7th, 2009, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

[A89] 2009 C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee,

"Three Dimensional Simulations of the Parker’s Model of Solar Coronal Heating: Lundquist Number Scaling due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion", invited talk presented in the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM),

June 29th - July 3rd, 2009, Chamonix , France.

[A88] 2009 C. S. Ng, and L.-J. Chen,

"3D BGK Modes in Finite Magnetic Field as Electrostatic Solitary Waves in Space Plasmas",

a poster presented in the 2009 Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Workshop,

June 21st -26th , 2009 at the Snowmass Conference Center in Snowmass, Colorado.

[A87] 2009 C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, P. A. Isenberg, D. Munsi, and C. W. Smith,

"The Effect of Magnetic Turbulence Energy Spectra on the Heating of the Solar Wind",

a talk presented in the Fairbanks Workshop on Plasma Entry and Transport in the Magnetosphere,

March 8th -13th, 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska.

[A86] 2008 C. S. Ng, and L.-J. Chen,

"3D BGK Modes in Finite Magnetic Field as Electrostatic Solitary Waves in Space Plasmas",

2008 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

Eos Trans. AGU, 89 (53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NG31B-1199 (2008).

[A85] 2008 C. Black, K. Germaschewski, C. S. Ng, and A. Bhattacharjee,

The Effect of Weak Collisions on the Plasma Wave Echo