Dr Paul Bushby
Lecturer
- Email: paul.bushby@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 222 7298
- Website: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/paul.bushby/
- Address: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Herschel Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Research Interests
Astrophysical fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo theory.
Selected Publications
- Silvers LJ; Bushby PJ; Proctor MRE. Interactions between magnetohydrodynamic shear instabilities and convective flows in the solar interior. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 2009, 400(1), 337-345.
- Proctor MRE; Richardson KJ; Bushby PJ. Effects of fluctuation on mean-filed alpha-Omega dynamos. Magnetohydrodynamics 2009, 45(2), 145-154.
- Bushby PJ; Houghton SM; Proctor MRE; Weiss NO. Convective intensification of magnetic fields in the quiet Sun. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2008, 387(2), 698-706.
- Bushby PJ. Magnetic fields in the solar photosphere. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 2008, 366(1884), 4465-4476.
- P. J. Bushby;S. M. Tobias. On predicting the solar cycle using mean-field models. Astrophysical Journal 2007, 661(1), 1289-1296.
- Bushby PJ. Zonal flows and grand minima in a solar dynamo model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 371(2), 772-780.
Qualifications
BA, Mathematics, University of Cambridge (1999)
PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge (2003)
Previous Positions
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (2003 to 2007)
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
Undergraduate Teaching
MAS1102 Problem-Solving Techniques (Semester 1, 2009-2010)
MAS3118 Instabilities and Turbulence (Semester 2, 2009-2010)