Dr Nicolas Horace Bian

Honorary Research Fellow (School of Physics & Astronomy)

R616 Level 6, Physics & Astronomy, Kelvin Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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Number of items: 52.

2018

Emslie, A. G., Bian, N. H. and Kontar, E. P. (2018) Energy deposition by energetic electrons in a diffusive collisional transport model. Astrophysical Journal, 862(2), 158. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaceaa)

Kontar, E.P. , Yu, S., Kuznetsov, A.A., Emslie, A.G., Alcock, B. , Jeffrey, N.L.S. , Melnik, V.N., Bian, N.H. and Subramanian, P. (2018) Publisher Correction: Imaging spectroscopy of solar radio burst fine structures. Nature Communications, 9, 146. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02464-6) (PMID:29323123) (PMCID:PMC5765264)

Bian, N., Emslie, A. G., Horne, D. and Kontar, E. P. (2018) Heating and cooling of coronal loops with turbulent suppression of parallel heat conduction. Astrophysical Journal, 852(2), 127. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9f29)

2017

Kontar, E.P. , Yu, S., Kuznetsov, A.A., Emslie, A.G., Alcock, B. , Jeffrey, N.L.S. , Melnik, V.N., Bian, N.H. and Subramanian, P. (2017) Imaging spectroscopy of solar radio burst fine structures. Nature Communications, 8, 1515. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01307-8) (PMID:29142220) (PMCID:PMC5688146)

Lyubchyk, O., Kontar, E.P. , Voitenko, Y.M., Bian, N.H. and Melrose, D.B. (2017) Solar plasma radio emission in the presence of imbalanced turbulence of kinetic-scale Alfvén waves. Solar Physics, 292(9), 117. (doi: 10.1007/s11207-017-1140-1)

Kontar, E.P. , Perez, J.E., Harra, L.K., Kuznetsov, A.A., Emslie, A.G., Jeffrey, N.L.S. , Bian, N.H. and Dennis, B.R. (2017) Turbulent kinetic energy in the energy balance of a solar flare. Physical Review Letters, 118(15), 155101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.155101) (PMID:28452537)

Bian, N. H., Emslie, A. G. and Kontar, E. P. (2017) The role of diffusion in the transport of energetic electrons during solar flares. Astrophysical Journal, 835(2), 262. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/262)

2016

Bian, N. H., Watters, J. M., Kontar, E. P. and Emslie, A. G. (2016) Anomalous cooling of coronal loops with turbulent suppression of thermal conduction. Astrophysical Journal, 833(1), 76. (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/833/1/76)

Bian, N. H., Kontar, E. P. and Emslie, A. G. (2016) Suppression of parallel transport in turbulent magnetized plasmas and its impact on the non-thermal and thermal aspects of solar flares. Astrophysical Journal, 824(2), 78. (doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/824/2/78)

2015

Kontar, E. P. , Jeffrey, N. L. S. , Emslie, A. G. and Bian, N. H. (2015) Collisional relaxation of electrons in a warm plasma and accelerated nonthermal electron spectra in solar flares. Astrophysical Journal, 809(1), 35. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/35)

Jeffrey, N. L. S. , Kontar, E. P. , Emslie, A. G. and Bian, N. H. (2015) The collisional relaxation of electrons in hot flaring plasma and inferring the properties of solar flare accelerated electrons from X-ray observations. In: 14th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Linear and Nonlinear Particle Energization throughout the Heliosphere and Beyond, Tampa, FL, USA, 20-24 Apr 2015, (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/642/1/012013)

2014

Bian, N. H., Emslie, A. G., Stackhouse, D. J. and Kontar, E. P. (2014) The formation of kappa-distribution accelerated electron populations in solar flares. Astrophysical Journal, 796(2), 142. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/142)

Bian, N. H., Kontar, E. P. and Ratcliffe, H. (2014) Resonance broadening due to particle scattering and mode coupling in the quasi-linear relaxation of electron beams. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 119(6), pp. 4239-4255. (doi: 10.1002/2013JA019664)

Jeffrey, N. L.S. , Kontar, E. P. , Bian, N. H. and Emslie, A. G. (2014) On the variation of solar flare coronal X-ray source sizes with energy. Astrophysical Journal, 787(1), 86. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/86)

Kontar, E.P. , Bian, N.H., Emslie, A.G. and Vilmer, N. (2014) Turbulent pitch-angle scattering and diffusive transport of hard x-ray-producing electrons in flaring coronal loops. Astrophysical Journal, 780(2), p. 176. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/176)

Gordovskyy, M., Browning, P.K., Kontar, E.P. and Bian, N.H. (2014) Particle acceleration and transport in reconnecting twisted loops in a stratified atmosphere. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 561, A72. (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321715)

2013

Gordovskyy, M., Browning, P.K., Kontar, E.P. and Bian, N.H. (2013) Effect of collisions and magnetic convergence on electron acceleration and transport in reconnecting twisted solar flare loops. Solar Physics, 284(2), pp. 489-498. (doi: 10.1007/s11207-012-0124-4)

Bian, N.H. and Kontar, E.P. (2013) Stochastic acceleration by multi-island contraction during turbulent magnetic reconnection. Physical Review Letters, 110(15), 151101. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.151101) (PMID:25167241)

2012

Ratcliffe, H., Bian, N.H. and Kontar, E.P. (2012) Density fluctuations and the acceleration of electrons by beam-generated langmuir waves in the solar corona. Astrophysical Journal, 761(2), p. 176. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/761/2/176)

Bian, N.H., Emslie, A.G. and Kontar, E.P. (2012) A classification scheme for turbulent acceleration processes in solar flares. Astrophysical Journal, 754(2), Art. 103. (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/754/2/103)

Kontar, E.P. , Ratcliffe, H. and Bian, N.H. (2012) Wave-particle interactions in non-uniform plasma and the interpretation of hard X-ray spectra in solar flares. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 539, A43. (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118216)

2011

Kontar, E.P. , Hannah, I.G. and Bian, N.H. (2011) Acceleration, magnetic fluctuations, and cross-field transport of energetic electrons in a solar flare loop. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 730, (doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/730/2/L22)

Bian, N.H. and Kontar, E.P. (2011) Parallel electric field amplification by phase mixing of Alfven waves. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 527, (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015385)

Bian, N.H., Kontar, E.P. and MacKinnon, A.L. (2011) Turbulent cross-field transport of non-thermal electrons in coronal loops: theory and observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 535(A18), (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117574)

2010

Bian, N.H. (2010) On-off intermittent regulation of plasma turbulence. Physics of Plasmas, 17(4), 044501. (doi: 10.1063/1.3368799)

Bian, N.H. and Kontar, E.P. (2010) A gyrofluid description of Alfvenic turbulence and its parallel electric field. Physics of Plasmas, 17(6), (doi: 10.1063/1.3439682)

Bian, N.H., Kontar, E.P. and Brown, J.C. (2010) Parallel electric field generation by Alfvén wave turbulence. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 519, (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014048)

2009

Bian, N.H. and Tsiklauri, D. (2009) Compressible hall magnetohydrodynamics in a strong magnetic field. Physics of Plasmas, 16(6), 064503-1-064503-4. (doi: 10.1063/1.3159862)

Hosseinpour, M., Bian, N.H. and Vekstein, G. (2009) Two-fluid regimes of the resistive and collisionless tearing instability. Physics of Plasmas, 16(1), 012104-1-012104-6. (doi: 10.1063/1.3068470)

2008

Bian, N.H. and Browning, P.K. (2008) Particle acceleration in a model of a turbulent reconnecting plasma: a fractional diffusion approach. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 687(2), L111-L114. (doi: 10.1086/593145)

Bian, N.H. and Tsiklauri, D. (2008) Mixing of shear Alfven wave packets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 489(3), pp. 1291-1295. (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078717)

Takeda, K., Agullo, O., Benkadda, S., Sen, A., Bian, N.H. and Garbet, X. (2008) Nonlinear viscoresistive dynamics of the m=1 tearing instability. Physics of Plasmas, 15(2), 022502. (doi: 10.1063/1.2839351)

2007

Bian, N.H. (2007) Magnetic reconnection via tearing instability in a rotating viscous fluid. Astronomische Nachrichten, 328(8), pp. 756-759. (doi: 10.1002/asna.200710805)

Bian, N.H. and Vekstein, G. (2007) Is the “out-of-plane” magnetic perturbation always a quadrupole in the Hall-mediated magnetic reconnection? Physics of Plasmas, 14(12), p. 120702. (doi: 10.1063/1.2820904)

Bian, N.H. and Vekstein, G. (2007) On the two-fluid modification of the resistive tearing instability. Physics of Plasmas, 14(7), 072107. (doi: 10.1063/1.2759893)

2006

Garcia, O.E., Bian, N.H. and Fundamenski, W. (2006) Radial interchange motions of plasma filaments. Physics of Plasmas, 13(8), Art. 082309. (doi: 10.1063/1.2336422)

Garcia, O.E., Bian, N.H., Naulin, V., Nielsen, A.H. and Rasmussen, J.J. (2006) Two-dimensional convection and interchange motions in fluids and magnetized plasmas. Physica Scripta, T122, pp. 104-124. (doi: 10.1088/0031-8949/2006/T122/014)

2005

Vekstein, G. and Bian, N.H. (2005) Forced magnetic reconnection at a neutral x-point. Astrophysical Journal, 632(2), L151-L154. (doi: 10.1086/497690)

Garcia, O.E., Bian, N.H., Naulin, V., Nielsen, A.H. and Rasmussen, J.J. (2005) Mechanism and scaling for convection of isolated structures in nonuniformly magnetized plasmas. Physics of Plasmas, 12(9), 090701. (doi: 10.1063/1.2044487)

Bian, N.H. and Vekstein, G. (2005) Energetics of forced magnetic reconnection in a visco-resistive plasma. Physics of Plasmas, 12(7), 072902. (doi: 10.1063/1.1938587)

Bian, N.H. and Garcia, O.E. (2005) Structures, profile consistency, and transport scaling in electrostatic convection. Physics of Plasmas, 12(4), Art. 042307. (doi: 10.1063/1.1867994)

Garcia, O.E. and Bian, N.H. (2005) Shear dispersion and turbulence decorrelation by differential rotation. Physics of Plasmas, 12(1), 014503. (doi: 10.1063/1.1828082)

2003

Garcia, O.E. and Bian, N.H. (2003) Publisher’s note: bursting and large-scale intermittency in turbulent convection with differential rotation [Phys. Rev. E 68, 047301 (2003)]. Physical Review E, 68(4), 049906(E). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.049906)

Garcia, O. and Bian, N.H. (2003) Bursting and large-scale intermittency in turbulent convection with differential rotation. Physical Review E, 68(4), 047301-1-047301-4. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.047301)

Garcia, O.E., Bian, N.H., Paulsen, J.-V., Benkadda, S. and Rypdal, K. (2003) Confinement and bursty transport in a flux-driven convection model with sheared flows. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 45(6), pp. 919-932. (doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/45/6/306)

Sarazin, Y. et al. (2003) Theoretical understanding of turbulent transport in the SOL. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 313-16, pp. 796-803. (doi: 10.1016/S0022-3115(02)01437-X)

Bian, N., Benkadda, S., Garcia, O.E., Paulsen, J.-V. and Garbet, X. (2003) The quasilinear behavior of convective turbulence with sheared flows. Physics of Plasmas, 10(5), pp. 1382-1388. (doi: 10.1063/1.1566442)

Bian, N., Benkadda, S., Paulsen, J.-V. and Garcia, O. E. (2003) Blobs and front propagation in the scrape-off layer of magnetic confinement devices. Physics of Plasmas, 10(3), p. 671. (doi: 10.1063/1.1541021)

Bian, N.H. and Garcia, O.E. (2003) Confinement and dynamical regulation in two-dimensional convective turbulence. Physics of Plasmas, 10(12), pp. 4696-4707. (doi: 10.1063/1.1625941)

2002

Benkadda, S., Beyer, P., Bian, N., Figarella, C.F., Garbet, X., Garcia, O. and Voitsekhovitch, I. (2002) The physics of E × B shear, zonal flows and streamers in tokamak edge turbulence. Contributions to Plasma Physics, 42(2-4), pp. 362-371. (doi: 10.1002/1521-3986(200204)42:2/4<362::AID-CTPP362>3.0.CO;2-X)

Benkadda, S., Beyer, P., Bian, N.H., Figarella, C., Garcia, O., Garbet, X., Ghendrih, P., Sarazin, Y. and Diamond, P.H. (2002) Bursty transport in tokamak turbulence: role of zonal flows and internal transport barriers. Nuclear Fusion, 41(8), pp. 995-1001. (doi: 10.1088/0029-5515/41/8/304)

2001

Garbet, X., Bourdelle, C., Hoang, G.T., Maget, P., Benkadda, S., Beyer, P., Figarella, C., Voitsekovitch, I., Agullo, O. and Bian, N.H. (2001) Global simulations of ion turbulence with magnetic shear reversal. Physics of Plasmas, 8(6), p. 2793. (doi: 10.1063/1.1367320)

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