Profile

Career

BSc (Bristol), PhD (Oxford)

Summary of expertise

• X-ray scattering in plasmas
• Laboratory astrophysics

Research

Overview

Research Group: Plasma Physics and Fusion

Supervision

• Mr Iain Hall
• Mr Chris Gregory
• Mr Jonathan Howe

Publications

Full publications list

2008

JS GREEN, VM OVCHINNIKOV, RG EVANS, KU AKLI, H AZECHI, FN BEG, C BELLEI, RR FREEMAN, H HABARA, R HEATHCOTE, MH KEY, JA KING, KL LANCASTER, NC LOPES, T MA, AJ MACKINNON, K MARKEY, A MCPHEE, Z NAJMUDIN, P NILSON, R ONOFREI, R STEPHENS, K TAKEDA, KA TANAKA, W THEOBALD, T TANIMOTO, J WAUGH, L VAN WOERKOM, NC WOOLSEY, M ZEPF, JR DAVIES, PA NORREYS
Effect of laser intensity on fast-electron-beam divergence in solid-density plasmas
Physical Review Letters 100 015003 (2008)

2007

JS GREEN, KL LANCASTER, KU AKLI, CD GREGORY, FN BEG, SN CHEN, D CLARK, RR FREEMAN, S HAWKES, C HERNANDEZ-GOMEZ, H HABARA, R HEATHCOTE, DS HEY, K HIGHBARGER, MH KEY, R KODAMA, K KRUSHELNICK, I MUSGRAVE, H NAKAMURA, M NAKATSUTSUMI, N PATEL, R STEPHENS, M STORM, M TAMPO, W THEOBALD, L VAN WOERKOM, RL WEBER, MS WEI, NC WOOLSEY, PA NORREYS
Surface heating of wire plasmas using laser-irradiated cone geometries
Nature Physics 3 853-6 (2007)

2006

N. C. WOOLSEY, J. HOWE, D.M. CHAMBERS, C. COURTOIS, E. FORSTER, C.D. GREGORY, I.M. HALL, O. RENNER, AND I. USCHMANN.
Possible Langmuir oscillations in the He beta spectral profile.
J. Phys. IV 133, 989-991 (2006).

I.M. HALL, D.M. CHAMBERS, C. COURTOIS, E. FORSTER, C.D. GREGORY, J. HOWE, O. RENNER, I. USCHMANN, AND N. C. WOOLSEY.
Development of a test bed plasma and diagnostic methods for detailed K-shell spectroscopy.
J. Phys. IV 133, 1009-1011 (2006).

J. HOWE, D.M. CHAMBERS, C. COURTOIS, E. FORSTER, C.D. GREGORY, I.M. HALL, O. RENNER, I. USCHMANN, AND N. C. WOOLSEY.
Comparison of film detectors, charged-coupled devices, and imaging plates in x-ray spectroscopy of hot dense plasma.
Rev. Scient. Instrs. 77, 036105 (2006).

N. C. WOOLSEY, D.M. CHAMBERS, C. COURTOIS, E. FORSTER, C.D. GREGORY, I.M. HALL, J. HOWE, O. RENNER, AND I. USCHMANN.
Laser-induced effects on the aluminium He-beta transition.
J. Quant. Spect. Rad. Trans. 99, 680-689 (2006). [ external link ]

2005

D. RILEY, C. GREGORY, N. C. WOOLSEY, and others (17).
X-ray scattering from dense plasmas.
Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 47, B491-B501 (2005).

C. COURTOIS, A. D. ASH, D. M. CHAMBERS, R. A. D. GRUNDY, AND N. C. WOOLSEY.
Creation of a uniform high magnetic-field strength environment for laser-driven experiments.
J. Applied Phys. 98, 054913 (2005).

C. COURTOIS, N. C. WOOLSEY, and others (7).
Experiment on collisionless plasma interaction with applications to supernova remnant physics.
Astrophysics Space Science 298, 93-98 (2005).

C. D. GREGORY, A. D. ASH, D. M. CHAMBERS, C. COURTOIS, R. A. D. GRUNDY, AND N. C. WOOLSEY.
Interferometric measurements of the interaction of two plasmas in a transverse magnetic field.
Astrophysics Space Science 298, 389-393 (2005).

2004

N. C. WOOLSEY, C. COURTOIS, AND R. O. DENDY.
Laboratory plasma astrophysics simulation experiments using lasers.
Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 46, B397-B405 (2004).

J. D. DUTSON, J. WU, K. O'GRADY, N. C. WOOLSEY, Y. KUBOTA, AND C. L. PLATT.
Time dependence in perpendicular media with a soft underlayer.
IEEE Trans. On Magnetics 40, 2504-2506 (2004).

C. COURTOIS, N. C. WOOLSEY, and others (7).
Experiment on collisionless plasma interaction with applications to supernova remnant physics.
Phys. Plasmas 11, 3386-3393 (2004).

2002

R. O. DENDY, K. G. MCCLEMENTS, M. E. DIECKMANN, AND N. C. WOOLSEY.
Energetic particles in magnetic confinement systems, synergies beyond fusion.
Nuclear Fusion 42, 986-998 (2002).

N. C. WOOLSEY, R. G. EVANS, and others (14).
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Phys. Plasmas 9, 729-730 (2002).

2001

N. C. WOOLSEY, R. G. EVANS, and others (14).
Collisionless shock and supernova remnant simulations on VULCAN.
Phys. Plasmas 8, 2439-2445 (2001).