Research groups in the department

A PhD student working with a plasma beam for the deposition of magnetic thin films.

A PhD student working with a plasma beam for the deposition of magnetic thin films.

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A view of the interior of the Joint European Torus (JET) with (right) and without (left) a fusion plasma.

The interior of the Joint European Torus (JET) with and without a fusion plasma. Image: EFDA-JET

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The Department of Physics has 29 academic staff members, 27 postdoctoral Research Fellows and 22 support staff.

The research interests of the Department span a wide range, within both physics and the interactions of physics with other disciplines. The research groups have international recognition, and each group regularly publishes papers in major journals and presents papers at international conferences.

The Department has manycollaborations with other research groups in the UK and abroad, and contacts with industrial researchers.

Featured research

Simulation of laser-driven, ablated plasma flows in collisionless shock experiments on OMEGA and the NIF

Posted on Monday 22 April 2013

Computer modelling to scale shocks associated with huge and long-lived astronomical objects.


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Two-dimensional charge trapping in metal-oxide materials

Towards Reality in Nanoscale Materials VI, Levi Finland

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The department's major research groups are:

Condensed Matter Physics

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy in IrMn3.

The Condensed Matter Physics group at York creates and studies a variety of advanced materials and nanostructures, combining state-of-the-art experimental, theoretical and computational techniques and facilities.

Nuclear Physics

The microball charged particle array, located at the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago.

The Nuclear Physics group primarily focuses on experimental studies concerning various aspects of the structure of nuclei and nuclear processes, including reactions of relevance to nuclear astrophysics.

Plasma Physics
& Fusion

Image of the fusion plasma inside the spherical tokamak (MAST) in Culham.

The Plasma Physics & Fusion group mainly focusses its efforts towards tokamak and laser-plasma research relevant to fusion, as well as plasma applications in astro/solar physics and extreme ultra-violet lasers.