Applied Mathematics Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Balance, gravity waves and jets in turbulent shallow water flows 

      Shipton, Jemma (University of St Andrews, 2009) - Thesis
      This thesis contains a thorough investigation of the properties of freely decaying turbulence in a rotating shallow water layer on a sphere. A large number of simulations, covering an extensive range of Froude and Rossby ...

    • Equilibrium and dynamics of collisionless current sheets 

      Harrison, Michael George (University of St Andrews, 2009-06-24) - Thesis
      In this thesis examples of translationally invariant one-dimensional (1D) Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) equilibria are investigated. The 1D VM equilibrium equations are equivalent to the motion of a pseudoparticle in a conservative ...

    • Magnetic skeletons and 3D magnetic reconnection 

      Haynes, Andrew L. (University of St Andrews, 2008-06-23) - Thesis
      The upper atmosphere of the sun, the solar corona, is approximately 1,000,000K hotter than the surface of the Sun, a property which cannot be explained by the normal processes of heat conduction and radiation. It is now ...

    • Solar flux emergence : a three-dimensional numerical study 

      Murray, Michelle J. (University of St Andrews, 2008-06) - Thesis
      Flux is continually emerging on the Sun, making its way from the solar interior up into the atmosphere. Emergence occurs on small-scales in the quiet Sun where magnetic fragments emerge, interact and cancel and on large-scales ...

    • The origin and dynamic interaction of solar magnetic fields 

      Wilmot-Smith, A.L. (University of St Andrews, 2008-06) - Thesis
      The dynamics of the solar corona are dominated by the magnetic field which creates its structure. The magnetic field in most of the corona is ‘frozen’ to the plasma very effectively. The exception is in small localised ...