PhD Projects Supervised

Ahdab Althukair, "The study of main-sequence star super-flare frequency, peculiar super-flares and empirical relations between stellar activity and rotation periods", 2018 -- 2023, PhD Awarded 2023, Queen Mary University of London; 

Related publications:

1. A. K. Althukair, D. Tsiklauri,"Prediction of short stellar activity cycles using derived and established empirical relations between activity and rotation periods". Res. Astron. Astrophys.  23, 115015 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/acf6b2, https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04038; PDF-file.

2. A. K. Althukair, D. Tsiklauri,"New cases of super-flares on slowly rotating solar-type stars and large amplitude superflares in G- and M-type main-sequence stars"  Res. Astron. Astrophys.  23, 105010 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/acee51, https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02292; PDF-file.

3. A. K. Althukair, D. Tsiklauri,"Main-sequence star super-flares based on entire Kepler data", Res. Astron. Astrophys. 23, 085017 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/acdc09, https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.10224; PDF-file.


Callum Boocock, 2017--2022, PhD Awarded July 2022, "MHD Wave simulations in realistic three-dimensional Solar Atmospheric Structures", Queen Mary University of London

Related publications:

1. C. Boocock, D. Tsiklauri, "Enhanced Phase Mixing of Torsional Alfvén Waves in Stratified and Divergent Solar Coronal Structures, Paper II: Nonlinear Simulations", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 510, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 2618–2627, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3592; https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.03724; PDF-file.

2. C. Boocock, D. Tsiklauri, "Enhanced Phase Mixing of Torsional Alfvén Waves in Stratified and Divergent Solar Coronal Structures, Paper I: Linear Solutions", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 510, Issue 2, February 2022, Pages 1910–1922, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3535; https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.00571; PDF-file.

3. M. Stangalini, R. Erdélyi, C. Boocock, D. Tsiklauri, C. J. Nelson, D. Del Moro, F. Berrilli, M. B. Korsós, “Torsional Oscillations in a Magnetic Pore in the Solar Photosphere”, Nature Astronomy 10 May (2021) DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01354-8. Related press release from QMUL https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2021/se/scientists-catch-exciting-magnetic-waves-in-action.html, PDF-file.

4. Boocock, C.; Kusano, K.; Tsiklauri, D., "The Effects of Oscillations and Collisions of Emerging Bipolar Regions on the Triggering of Solar Flares", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 900, Issue 1, id.65, 9 pp., September 2020, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aba61a, arXiv:2009.05457, PDF-file (local).

5. C.M. Boocock and D. Tsiklauri, "A simple and accurate potential magnetic field calculator for solar physics applications using staggered grids", Astron. Astrophys., 625, A47 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834684, arXiv:1903.10546, PDF-file.

Jan Graf von der Pahlen, 2012--2016, PhD Awarded July 2017, "Collisionless magnetic reconnection in X-point collapse", Queen Mary University of London

Related publications:

1. J. Graf von der Pahlen, D. Tsiklauri, "The role of electron inertia and reconnection dynamics in a stressed X-point collapse with a guide field", Astron. Astrophys. 595, A84 (2016), PDF-file.

2. J. Graf von der Pahlen, D. Tsiklauri, "The effects of ion mass variation and domain size on octupolar out-of-plane magnetic field generation in collisionless magnetic reconnection", Phys. Plasmas 22, 032905 (2015), PDF-file.

3. J. Graf von der Pahlen, D. Tsiklauri, "Octupolar out-of-plane magnetic field structure generation during collisionless magnetic reconnection in a stressed X-point collapse", Phys. Plasmas 21, 060705 (2014), PDF-file, Movie 1.

4. J. Graf von der Pahlen, D. Tsiklauri, "The effect of guide-field and boundary conditions on collisionless magnetic reconnection in a stressed X-point collapse", Phys. Plasmas 21, 012901 (2014), PDF-file, Movie 1, Movie 2, Movie 3, Movie 4, Movie 5, Movie 6.

Roman Pechhacker, 2010--2013, PhD Awarded July 2014, "Numerical and theoretical modelling of radio emission from solar flare electrons", Queen Mary University of London

Related publications:

1. R. Pechhacker, D. Tsiklauri, "3D particle-in-cell simulation of electron acceleration by Langmuir waves in an inhomogeneous plasma", Phys. Plasmas 21, 012903 (2014), PDF-file, Movie 1, Movie 2, Movie 3, Movie 4, Movie 5.

2. R. Pechhacker, D. Tsiklauri, "Electron cyclotron maser emission mode coupling to the z-mode on a longitudinal density gradient in the context of solar type III bursts", Phys. Plasmas 19, 110702 (2012), PDF-file, Movie 1, Movie 2.

3. R. Pechhacker, D. Tsiklauri, "The effect of electron beam pitch angle and density gradient on solar type III radio bursts", Phys. Plasmas 19, 112903 (2012), PDF-file, Movie 1, Movie 2, Movie 3, Movie 4, Movie 5, Movie 6, Movie 7.

4. D. Tsiklauri, R. Pechhacker, "Heating of solar chromosphere by electromagnetic wave absorption in a plasma slab model", Phys. Plasmas 18, 042901 (2011); PDF-file.

Phil D. Smith, 2006--2009, PhD Awarded 2009, University of Salford