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Research project
My project with the Montana State University solar physics REU is numerical simulations of magnetic reconnection on the sun. We are studying the parameters governing total energy release as flux tubes retract to equilibrium following magnetic reconnection events.
Background
At the University of Colorado at Boulder I work with Dr. Paul Romatschke in the Nuclear Theory group writing lattice kinetic theory simulations of the unitary Fermi gas. In the past I have done experimental physics and engineering research, during which, among other things, I became involved in numerical modeling of soft condensed matter systems and wrote a set of algorithms to automate image analysis from airborne imagers.
Interests
I am interested in computational physics, and particularly in kinetic theory and fluid dynamics. Some systems that I have become interested in through my research experiences are: quantum fluids (e.g. quark-gluon plasma, quantum gases) and magnetic reconnection in plasmas
Presentations
Midterm presentation : Simulating Energy Emission Spectra in Solar Flares
Resources
My in-progress E-portfolio for the Engineering Honors Program:
E-portfolio: Jasmine Brewer
