Christian Gabriel Theiler
EPFL SPC-PB
PPB 313 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://spc.epfl.ch/
EPFL SB SPC-TCV
PPB 313 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://spc.epfl.ch/
Web site: Web site: https://sph.epfl.ch/
Biography
Christian Theiler obtained his Master’s degree in physics from ETH Zurich in 2007 and his PhD from EPFL in 2011. He then joined MIT as a postdoctoral associate to work on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak. In 2014, he returned to EPFL as a EUROfusion fellow, to join the TCV tokamak team. Two years later, he was named Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Plasma Physics at EPFL. Christian’s research focuses on tokamak boundary physics and related diagnostic techniques. He has contributed to the understanding of the formation, propagation, and control of turbulent plasma structures, called blobs, and gained new insights on the structure of transport barriers in the plasma periphery in different high-confinement regimes. His current research focuses on detachment physics and turbulence characteristics in conventional and alternative divertor magnetic geometries. In 2024, Christian was promoted to Associate Professor at EPFL.Distinctions and awards:
- Winner of the 2020 IAEA Nuclear Fusion Award- Winner of an SNSF Eccellenza Grant (2019-2023)
- PI for a EUROfusion Enabling Research Grant (2019-2020)
- Young Scientist Award of the IUPAP Commission on Plasma Physics, 2015
- EUROfusion postdoctoral fellowship (2014-2016)
- SNSF advanced postdoctoral mobility grant (2014)
- Finalist, EPFL Doctorate Award 2013
- Itoh Project Prize in Plasma Turbulence 2009: Highly Commended
- Diploma in physics with distinction from ETH
Publications
Infoscience publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2024
Validation of SOLPS-ITER simulations against the TCV-X21 reference case
Nuclear Fusion. 2024-05-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ad3562.Comparison of detachment in Ohmic plasmas with positive and negative triangularity
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2024-06-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ad3c1c.Modelling of power exhaust in TCV positive and negative triangularity L-mode plasmas
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2024-06-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ad3c19.Parallel flows as a key component to interpret Super-X divertor experiments
Nuclear Fusion. 2024. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ad2a2a.The effect of plasma shaping on high density H-mode SOL profiles and fluctuations in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2024-02-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ad1a56.2023
Model-based impurity emission front control using deuterium fueling and nitrogen seeding in TCV (vol 63, 026006, 2023)
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-06-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/accfac.Numerical study of fully baffled Super-X L-mode discharges on TCV
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2023-02-07. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2023.101383.The X-Point radiating regime at ASDEX Upgrade and TCV
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2023-02-03. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2023.101376.Numerical study of divertor detachment in TCV H-mode scenarios
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2023-12-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ad06c7.The role of plasma-atom and molecule interactions on power & particle balance during detachment on the MAST Upgrade Super-X divertor
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-12-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/acf946.Systematic design of a multi-input multi-output controller by model-based decoupling: a demonstration on TCV using multi-species gas injection
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-10-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/acee0f.Performance assessment of a tightly baffled, long-legged divertor configuration in TCV with SOLPS-ITER
Nuclear Fusion. 2023. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ace45f.Investigating the impact of the molecular charge-exchange rate on detached SOLPS-ITER simulations
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-07-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/acd394.Estimating cross-field particle transport at the outer midplane of TCV by tracking filaments with machine learning
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-07-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/acdae5.Analysis techniques for blob properties from gas puff imaging data
Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2023-03-01. DOI : 10.1063/5.0133506.Validation of 2D T e and n e measurements made with Helium imaging spectroscopy in the volume of the TCV divertor
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-03-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/acb5b0.Power exhaust and core-divertor compatibility of the baffled snowflake divertor in TCV
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2023-03-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/acad26.Model-based impurity emission front control using deuterium fueling and nitrogen seeding in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2023-02-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aca620.2022
Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-04-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac369b.Dependence of scrape-off layer profiles and turbulence on gas fuelling in high density H-mode regimes in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2022. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac8234.Gas puff imaging on the TCV tokamak
Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2022-12-01. DOI : 10.1063/5.0126398.Improved heat and particle flux mitigation in high core confinement, baffled, alternative divertor configurations in the TCV tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-12-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac94e5.Tracking blobs in the turbulent edge plasma of a tokamak fusion device
Scientific Reports. 2022-10-28. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-21671-w.X-point and divertor filament dynamics from gas puff imaging on TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-10-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac8692.New insights on divertor parallel flows,E x B drifts, and fluctuations from in situ, two-dimensional probe measurement in the Tokamak a Configuration Variable
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-09-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac82fd.Validation of edge turbulence codes against the TCV-X21 diverted L-mode reference case
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-09-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac4cde.A spectroscopic inference and SOLPS-ITER comparison of flux-resolved edge plasma parameters in detachment experiments on TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2022. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac7813.Evidence on the effects of main-chamber neutrals on density shoulder broadening
Physics Of Plasmas. 2022-06-01. DOI : 10.1063/5.0090260.2020 Nuclear Fusion prize acceptance speech
Nuclear Fusion. 2022-01-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac3520.Validation of edge turbulence codes in a magnetic X-point scenario in TORPEX
Physics of Plasmas. 2022. DOI : 10.1063/5.0064522.2021
Detachment in conventional and advanced double-null plasmas in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2021-11-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac27c6.The role of plasma-molecule interactions on power and particle balance during detachment on the TCV tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 2021-10-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ac1dc5.SOLPS-ITER validation with TCV L-mode discharges
Physics Of Plasmas. 2021-08-01. DOI : 10.1063/5.0056216.Divertor closure effects on the TCV boundary plasma
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2021-06-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2021.100977.A fast-reciprocating probe array for two-dimensional measurements in the divertor region of the Tokamak a configuration variable
Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2021-04-01. DOI : 10.1063/5.0043523.A study of the influence of plasma-molecule interactions on particle balance during detachment
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2021-03-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2021.100922.Measurement of the 2D emission profiles of hydrogen and impurity ions in the TCV divertor
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2021-03-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2020.100858.Impact of the new TCV baffled divertor upgrade on pedestal structure and performance
Nuclear Materials and Energy. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2021.100933.Real-time feedback control of the impurity emission front in tokamak divertor plasmas
Nature Communications. 2021-02-17. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-21268-3.H-mode scrape-off layer power width in the TCV tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 2021-02-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/abd147.Suppression of first-wall interaction in negative triangularity plasmas on TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2021-03-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/abdb95.Initial TCV operation with a baffled divertor
Nuclear Fusion. 2021-01-11. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/abd196.2020
Comparison of high density and nitrogen seeded detachment using SOLPS-ITER simulations of the tokamak a configuration variable
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2020-12-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/abbcc5.Experimental verification of X-point potential well formation in unfavorable magnetic field direction
Nuclear Materials and Energy. 2020-11-06. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2020.100839.Numerical investigation of optimal divertor gas baffle closure on TCV
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2020-11-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/abb24f.Scrape-off layer transport and filament characteristics in high-density tokamak regimes
Nuclear Fusion. 2020-01-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab423e.Nitrogen-seeded divertor detachment in TCV L-mode plasmas
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2020-03-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ab6b00.Development of a real-time algorithm for detection of the divertor detachment radiation front using multi-spectral imaging
Nuclear Fusion. 2020-06-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab8183.Separating the roles of magnetic topology and neutral trapping in modifying the detachment threshold for TCV
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2020-03-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ab69bb.TCV heating and divertor upgrades
Nuclear Fusion. 2020-01-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab4c56.Scrape Off Layer (SOL) transport and filamentary characteristics in high density tokamak regimes
Nuclear Fusion. 2020. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab423e.2019
Validation of the ICRF antenna coupling code RAPLICASOL against TOPICA and experiments
Nuclear Fusion. 2019-04-01. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aaf455.ELM-induced cold pulse propagation in ASDEX Upgrade
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2019-04-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aaf9c3.Langmuir probe electronics upgrade on the tokamak a configuration variable
Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2019-08-01. DOI : 10.1063/1.5108876.An improved understanding of the roles of atomic processes and power balance in divertor target ion current loss during detachment
Nuclear Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab4251.Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: from conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond
Nuclear Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab25cb.SOLPS-ITER simulations of the TCV divertor upgrade
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2019-07-05. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ab2b1f.A locked mode indicator for disruption prediction on JET and ASDEX upgrade
Fusion Engineering And Design. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.021.A Variable Structure Control Scheme Proposal for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable
Complexity. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1155/2019/2319560.Progress toward divertor detachment on TCV within H-mode operating parameters
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/ab140e.Dependence on plasma shape and plasma fueling for small edge-localized mode regimes in TCV and ASDEX Upgrade
Nuclear Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab2211.Thermal, electromagnetic and structural analysis of gas baffles for the TCV divertor upgrade
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2019-03-07. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.02.125.Blob velocity scaling in diverted tokamaks: A comparison between theory and simulation
Physics of Plasmas. 2019-03-01. DOI : 10.1063/1.5080675.Pedestal structure and energy confinement studies on TCV
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aae7bd.Conduction-based model of the Scrape-Off Layer power sharing between inner and outer divertor in diverted low-density tokamak plasmas
Nuclear Materials and Energy. 2019-03-22. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2019.03.020.2018
The effect of the secondary x-point on the scrape-off layer transport in the TCV snowflake minus divertor
Nuclear Fusion. 2018-12-05. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aaee1b.The multi-spectral imaging diagnostic
Review of Scientific Instruments. 2018. DOI : 10.1063/1.5058224.Development of helium electron cyclotron wall conditioning on TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2018. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa9d2b.Filamentary velocity scaling validation in the TCV tokamak
Physics of Plasmas. 2018. DOI : 10.1063/1.5038019.Impurity seeding for suppression of the near scrape-off layer heat flux feature in tokamak limited plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2018. DOI : 10.1063/1.5023201.Analysis of wall-embedded Langmuir probe signals in different conditions on the Tokamak à Configuration Variable
Review of Scientific Instruments. 2018. DOI : 10.1063/1.5022459.Dependence of the L-Mode scrape-off layer power fall-off length on the upper triangularity in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2018. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aaaef7.Experimental observations of modes with geodesic acoustic character from the core to the edge in the TCV tokamak
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2018. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aaa71d.Impact of the plasma geometry on divertor power exhaust: experimental evidence from TCV and simulations with SolEdge2D and TOKAM3X
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2018. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aa857b.Divertor power load studies for attached L-mode single-null plasmas in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2018. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa986b.2017
Detachment evolution on the TCV tokamak
Nuclear Materials and Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2016.10.020.TCV experiments towards the development of a plasma exhaust solution
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa82c2.TCV divertor upgrade for alternative magnetic configurations
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2017.02.013.Effect of plasma geometry on divertor heat flux spreading: MONALISA simulations and experimental results from TCV
Nuclear Materials And Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2016.10.003.Physics and performance of the I-mode regime over an expanded operating space on Alcator C-Mod
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa8570.Overview of progress in European medium sized tokamaks towards an integrated plasma-edge/wall solution
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa6084.Modification of SOL profiles and fluctuations with line-average density and divertor flux expansion in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa7db3.Exploring drift effects in TCV single-null plasmas with the UEDGE code
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aa7c8e.Understanding and suppressing the near Scrape-Off Layer heat flux feature in inboard-limited plasmas in TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa84e0.Spectroscopic investigations of divertor detachment in TCV
Nuclear Materials and Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.nme.2017.01.004.Poloidal asymmetry in the narrow heat flux feature in the TCV scrape-off layer
Physics of Plasmas. 2017. DOI : 10.1063/1.4985075.Overview of the TCV tokamak program: scientific progress and facility upgrades
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa6412.Results from recent detachment experiments in alternative divertor configurations on TCV
Nuclear Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/aa5fb7.Radial localization of edge modes in Alcator C-Mod pedestals using optical diagnostics
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6587/aa52e5.2016
The physics mechanisms of the weakly coherent mode in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak
Physics of Plasmas. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4972088.Multi-device studies of pedestal physics and confinement in the I-mode regime
Nuclear Fusion. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/56/8/086003.Quantitative comparison of electron temperature fluctuations to nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations in C-Mod Ohmic L-mode discharges
Physics Of Plasmas. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4945620.X-Point Effect on Plasma Blob Dynamics
Physical Review Letters. 2016. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.105001.Blob dynamics in the TORPEX experiment: a multi-code validation
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2016. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/58/4/044005.2015
Quasi-coherent fluctuations limiting the pedestal growth on Alcator C-Mod: experiment and modelling
Nuclear Fusion. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/55/5/053003.Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations of the I-mode high confinement regime and comparisons with experiment
Physics Of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4921150.Improved confinement in high-density H-modes via modification of the plasma boundary with lower hybrid waves
Physics Of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4920964.Poloidal asymmetries in edge transport barriers
Physics Of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4918353.Electromagnetic turbulent structures: A ubiquitous feature of the edge region of toroidal plasma configurations
Physics Of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4906869.ADX: a high field, high power density, advanced divertor and RF tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/55/5/053020.Plasma turbulence, suprathermal ion dynamics and code validation on the basic plasma physics device TORPEX
Journal Of Plasma Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/S0022377815000161.Approaching the investigation of plasma turbulence through a rigorous verification and validation procedure: A practical examplea)
Physics of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4919276.2014
Edge-localized mode avoidance and pedestal structure in I-mode plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4872220.Observation of Edge Instability Limiting the Pedestal Growth in Tokamak Plasmas
Physical Review Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.115001.Inboard and outboard radial electric field wells in the H- and I-mode pedestal of Alcator C-Mod and poloidal variations of impurity temperature
Nuclear Fusion -Original Edition-. 2014. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/54/8/083017.20 years of research on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak
Physics Of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4901920.Pre-sheath density drop induced by ion-neutral friction along plasma blobs and implications for blob velocities
Physics Of Plasmas. 2014. DOI : 10.1063/1.4862778.2013
In–out impurity density asymmetry in the pedestal region of Alcator C-Mod
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/12/122002.Development of the gas puff charge exchange recombination spectroscopy (GP-CXRS) technique for ion measurements in the plasma edge
Review of Scientific Instruments. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4821084.Imaging of molybdenum erosion and thermography at visible wavelengths in Alcator C-Mod ICRH and LHCD discharges
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/55/12/125010.An assessment of ion temperature measurements in the boundary of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak and implications for ion fluid heat flux limiters
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/55/9/095010.Effects of LHRF on toroidal rotation in Alcator C-Mod plasmas
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/9/093015.Overview of experimental results and code validation activities at Alcator C-Mod
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/10/104004.Fluctuating zonal flows in the I-mode regime in Alcator C-Mod
Physics of Plasmas. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4803914.Pedestal structure and stability in H-mode and I-mode: a comparative study on Alcator C-Mod
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/4/043016.Overview of the RFX-mod fusion science programme
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/10/104018.Basic investigations of electrostatic turbulence and its interaction with plasma and suprathermal ions in a simple magnetized toroidal plasma
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/6/063013.2012
Simulation of plasma turbulence in scrape-off layer conditions: the GBS code, simulation results and code validation
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/54/12/124047.Potential of a plasma bound between two biased walls
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4745863.Properties of convective cells generated in magnetized toroidal plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4740056.Convective cells and blob control in a simple magnetized plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2012. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.065005.2011
Three-Dimensional Imaging of a Radially Propagating Plasma Blob Using Conditional Sampling Techniques
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2011. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2011.2162254.Blob current structures in TORPEX plasmas: experimental measurements and numerical simulations
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2011. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124016.Blob motion and control in simple magnetized plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3562944.Methodology for turbulence code validation: Quantification of simulation-experiment agreement and application to the TORPEX experiment
Physics of Plasmas. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3559436.Direct two-dimensional measurements of the eld-aligned current associated with plasma blobs
Physical Review Letters. 2011. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.245001.Practical solutions for reliable triple probe measurements in magnetized plasmas
Review of Scientific Instruments. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3516045.Blob-induced toroidal momentum transport in simple magnetized plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3559462.Existence of subsonic plasma sheaths
Physical Review E. 2011. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.016406.2010
Imaging of turbulent structures and tomographic reconstruction of TORPEX plasma emissivity
Physics of Plasmas. 2010. DOI : 10.1063/1.3523052.Electrostatic instabilities, turbulence and fast ion interactions in the TORPEX device
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2010. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/52/12/124020.2009
Observation of a critical pressure gradient for the stabilization of interchange modes in simple magnetized toroidal plasmas
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3204704.Cross-field plasma blob motion in an open magnetic field line configuration
Physical Review Letters. 2009. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.065001.Langmuir probe-based observables for plasma-turbulence code validation and application to the TORPEX basic plasma physics experiment
Physics of Plasmas. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3082698.2008
Cross-field transport by instabilities and blobs in a magnetized toroidal plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.045001.Dynamics of plasma blobs in a shear flow
Physical Review Letters. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.115005.The role of the density gradient on intermittent cross-field transport events in a simple magnetized toroidal plasma
Physics of Plasmas. 2008. DOI : 10.1063/1.2901188.Experimental Observation of the Blob-Generation Mechanism from InterchangeWaves in a Plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.055004.2007
Statistical properties of electrostatic turbulence in toroidal magnetized plasmas
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2007. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S26.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Physics
PhD Students
Durr-Legoupil-Nicoud Garance Hélène Salomé, García Herreros Sergio, Hamm Daniele, Lee Ming Yin Kenneth, Morgan Riccardo Ian, Wang Yinghan,Past EPFL PhD Students
De Oliveira Hugo , Gorno Sophie Danielle Angelica , Offeddu Nicola , Wüthrich Curdin Tobias ,Courses
General physics : fluids and electromagnetism
The course covers two important chapters of physics: physics of fluids and electromagnetism. An introduction to the physics of waves is also given in order to study the solutions of the equations of hydrodynamics and Maxwell's equations.
Plasma I
Following an introduction of the main plasma properties, the fundamental concepts of the fluid and kinetic theory of plasmas are introduced. Applications concerning laboratory, space, and astrophysical plasmas are discussed throughout the course.