Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Member of the School Teaching and Learning Committee
Teaching and Curriculum Coordinator for Applied Maths

Qualifications

PhD in 1982, Dr. Hab. in 1993

Memberships

Royal Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, LOFAR UK Consortium

Research Interests

Interstellar medium, Astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics, Dynamo theory

Other Expertise

Prehistoric population dynamics, Radiocarbon dating for prehistory

Research Roles

Participant in the LOFAR:UK Consortium, www.lofar.org, www.lofar-uk.org/

Postgraduate Supervision

Andrew Fletcher (1998-2002), Andrew P. Snodin (2001-8), Anthony J. Mee (2002-7), S. Louise Wilkin (2003-7), Kate Davison (2004-8), Andrew W. Baggaley (2006-10), Andrew Smith (2007-11), Fred A. Gent (2008-12), Kavita Gangal (2010-14)

Funding

2006–10: Coordinator, FP6 Project NEST-028192 FEPRE, “The formation of Europe: prehistoric population dynamics and the roots of socio-cultural diversity”, fepre.mas.ncl.ac.uk , EUR 849,964

2008–11: Co-Investigator, STFC short-term visitors programme ST/F003080/1, 10,545.

2009–12: Co-Investigator, Leverhulme Trust Grant F/00 125/AD, “Mathematical models for the developed Neolithic”, £137,960.

2011–13: Co-Investigator, Royal Society International Joint Project “The origin and observational signatures of cosmic magnetic fields”, £12,000.

2011–14: Co-Investigator, Leverhulme Trust Grant RPG-097, “Quantitative morphology of interstellar gas in the Milky Way”, £133,902

Undergraduate Teaching

MAS1141/MAS2141

• Chamandy L, Subramanian K, Shukurov A. Galactic spiral patterns and dynamo action - I. A new twist on magnetic arms. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2013, 428(4), 3569-3589.
• Gent FA, Shukurov A, Sarson GR, Fletcher A, Mantere MJ. The supernova-regulated ISM - II. The mean magnetic field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 2013, 430(1), L40-L44.
• Baggaley AW, Sarson GR, Shukurov A, Boys RJ, Golightly A. Bayesian inference for a wave-front model of the neolithization of Europe. Physical Review E 2012, 86(1), 016105.
• Baggaley AW, Barenghi CF, Shukurov A, Sergeev YA. Coherent vortex structures in quantum turbulence. Europhysics Letters 2012, 98(2), 26002.
• Baggaley AW, Boys RJ, Golightly A, Sarson GR, Shukurov A. Inference for population dynamics in the Neolithic period. Annals of Applied Statistics 2012, 6(4), 1352-1376.
• Mao SA, McClure-Griffiths NM, Gaensler BM, Brown JC, van Eck CL, Haverkorn M, Kronberg PP, Stil JM, Shukurov A, Taylor AR. New constraints on the galactic halo magnetic field using rotation measures of extragalactic sources toward the outer galaxy. Astrophysical Journal 2012, 755(1), 21.
• Fletcher A, Beck R, Shukurov A, Berkhuijsen EM, Horellou C. Magnetic fields and spiral arms in the galaxy M51. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2011, 412(4), 2396-2416.
• VanEck CL, Brown JC, Stil JM, Rae K, Mao SA, Gaensler BM, Shukurov A, Taylor AR, Haverkorn M, Kronberg PP, McClure-Griffiths NM. Modeling the Magnetic Field in the Galactic Disk Using New Rotation Measure Observations from the Very Large Array. Astrophysical Journal 2011, 728(2), 97.
• Mao SA, Gaensler BM, Haverkorn M, Zweibel EG, Madsen GJ, McClure-Griffiths NM, Shukurov A, Kronberg PP. A Survey of Extragalactic Faraday Rotation at High Galactic Latitute: the Vertical Magnetic Field of the Milky Way Toward the Galactic Poles. Astrophysical Journal 2010, 714(2), 1170-1186.
• Dolukhanov P, Mazurkevich A, Shukurov A. Early pottery makers in Eastern Europe: Centres of Origins, Subsistence and Dispersal. In: Zvelebil, M; Jordan, P, ed. Ceramics before Farming: The Dispersal of Pottery among Prehistoric Eurasian Hunter-Gatherers. USA: Left Coast Press, 2010, pp.237-254.
• Baggaley AW, Shukurov A, Barenghi CF, Subramanian K. Fluctuation dynamo based on magnetic reconnections. Astronomische Nachrichten 2010, 331(1), 46-62.
• Patterson MA, Sarson GR, Sarson HC, Shukurov A. Modelling the Neolithic transition in a heterogeneous environment. Journal of Archaeological Science 2010, 37(11), 2929-2937.
• Mizeva IA, Sokoloff DD, Fletcher A, Frick PG, Shukurov A. Contour-Crossing Statistics for Small Scale Structure on Radio Polarized Intensity Maps of the Interstellar Medium. Astronomy Reports 2009, 53(10), 879-885.
• Fletcher A, Korpi M, Shukurov A. Dynamically dominant magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar medium. In: Cosmic Magnetic Fields: from Planets, to Stars and Galaxies. 2009, Puerto Santiago, Tenerife, Spain: Cambridge University Press.
• Davison K, Dolukhanov PM, Sarson GR, Shukurov A, Zaitseva GI. Multiple sources of the European Neolithic: Mathematical modelling constrained by radiocarbon dates. Quaternary International 2009, 203(1-2), 10-18.
• Davison K, Dolukhanov PM, Sarson GR, Shukurov A, Zaitseva GI. Multiple sources of the European Neolithic: mathematical modelling constrained by radiocarbon dates. In: Dolukhanov, PM; Sarson, GR; Shukurov, A, ed. The East European Plain on the Eve of Agriculture. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2009, pp.246.
• Feugier FG, Dolukhanov PM, Sarson GR, Shukurov A. Population spread along self-organised paths. In: Dolukhanov, PM; Sarson, GR; Shukurov, A, ed. The East European Plain on the Eve of Agriculture. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2009, pp.246.
• Baggaley A, Barenghi C, Shukurov A, Subramanian K. Reconnecting flux-rope dynamo. Physical Review E 2009, 80(5), 055301.
• Baggaley AW, Barenghi CF, Shukurov A. Stretching in a model of a turbulent flow. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 2009, 238(4), 365-369.
• Dolukhanov PM, Sarson GR, Shukurov AM, ed. The East European Plain on the Eve of Agriculture. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2009.
• Dolukhanov PM, Shukurov A, Davison K, Sarson G, Gerasimenko NP, Pashkevich GA, Vybornov AA, Kovalyukh NN, Skripkin VV, Zaitseva GI, Sapelko TV. The Spread of the Neolithic in the South East European Plain: Radiocarbon Chronology, Subsistence, and Environment. In: Radiocarbon: 5th International Symposium on Radiocarbon and Archaeology. 2009, Zurich, Switzerland: University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences.
• Dolukhanov P, Shukurov A, Davison K, Sarson G, Gerasimenko N, Pashkevich G, Vybornov A, Kovalyukh N, Skripkin V, Zaitseva G, Sapelko T. The spread of the neolithic in the south east european plain: Radiocarbon chronology, subsistence, and environment. Radiocarbon 2009, 51(2), 783-793.
• Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Course 4 Astrophysical dynamos. Les Houches Summer School Proceedings 2008, 88, 251-299.
• Shukurov A, Stepanov R, Sokoloff D. Dynamo action in Möbius flow. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 2008, 78(2), 025301.
• Davison K, Dolukhanov PM, Sarson GR, Shukurov A, Zaitseva GI. A pan-European model of the Neolithic. Documenta Praehistorica 2007, 34, 139-154.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. Depolarization canals and interstellar turbulence. In: Sky Polarisation at Far-Infrared to Radio Wavelengths: The Galactic Screen Before the Cosmic Microwave Background. 2007, Orsay, France: EDP Sciences.
• Dolukhanov PM, Mazurkevich AN, Shukurov A. Early pottery makers in Eastern Europe: centres of origin, subsistence and dispersal. In: Jordan, P; Zvelebil, M, ed. Origins of Ceramics and Hunter Gatherers of Northern Eurasia. London: UCL Press, 2007.
• Dolukhanov PM, Shukurov AM, Arslanov KA, Subetto DA, Zaitseva GI, Djinoridze EN, Kuznetsov DD, Ludikova AV, Sapelko TV, Savelieva LA. Evolution of waterways and early human settlements in the eastern Baltic area: Radiocarbon-based chronology. In: 19th International Radiocarbon Conference. 2007, Oxford, UK: Radiocarbon, University of Arizona.
• Sur S, Shukurov A, Subramanian K. Galactic dynamos supported by magnetic helicity fluxes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2007, 377(2), 874-882.
• Moss D, Snodin AP, Englmaier P, Shukurov A, Beck R, Sokoloff DD. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies V. Modelling NGC 1365. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2007, 465(1), 157-170.
• Wilkin SL, Barenghi CF, Shukurov A. Magnetic structures produced by the small-scale dynamo. Physical Review Letters 2007, 99(13), -.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. Canals in Milky Way radio polarization maps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 371(1), L21-L25.
• Subramanian K, Shukurov A, Haugen NEL. Evolving turbulence and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 366(4), 1437-1454.
• Shukurov A, Sokoloff D, Subramanian K, Brandenburg A. Galactic dynamo and helicity losses through fountain flow. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2006, 448(2), L33-L36.
• Snodin AP, Brandenburg A, Mee AJ, Shukurov A. Simulating field-aligned diffusion of a cosmic ray gas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 373(2), 643-652.
• Moss D, Shukurov A. Stars, bars and magnetic fields. Astronomy & Geophysics 2006, 47(2), 6.
• Shukurov A, Subramanian K, Haugen NEL. The origin and evolution of cluster magnetism. In: International Conference on Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Magnetism. 2006, Bologna, Italy: Astronomische Nachrichten, Wiley-Blackwell.
• Davison K, Dolukhanov P, Sarson GR, Shukurov A. The role of waterways in the spread of the Neolithic. Journal of Archaeological Science 2006, 33(5), 641-652.
• Shukurov A. Introduction to galactic dynamos. In: E. Dormy, ed. Mathematical Aspects of Natural Dynamos. Paris: EDP Press, 2005.
• Beck R, Ehle M, Fletcher A, Harnett J, Shoutenkov V, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Magnetic fields and mass inflow in central regions of barred galaxies. In: The Evolution of Starbursts: the 331st Wilhelm and Else Heraeus seminar. 2005, Bad Honnef, Germany: American Institute of Physics.
• Beck R, Fletcher A, Shukurov A, Snodin A, Sokoloff DD, Ehle M, Moss D, Shoutenkov V. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2005, 444(3), 739-U65.
• Beck R, Fletcher A, Shukurov A, Snodin A, Sokoloff DD, Ehle M, Moss D, Shoutenkov V. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies IV. NGC 1097 and NGC 1365. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2005, 444(3), 739-765.
• Shukurov A. Mesoscale Magnetic Structures in Spiral Galaxies. In: Wielebinski, R., Beck, R, ed. Cosmic Magnetic Fields. Berlin–Heidelberg: Springer, 2005, pp.113-135.
• Timofeev VI, Zaitseva GI, Dolukhanov PM, Shukurov AM. Radiocarbon Chronology of the Neolithic in Northern Eurasia. St Petersburg, Russia: Teza, 2005.
• Dolukhanov PM, Shukurov AM, Tarasov PE, Zaitseva GI. Reply to Y. V. Kuzmin, S. G. Keates (Journal of Archaeological Science 31 (2004) 141-143). Journal of Archaeological Science 2005, 32(7), 1125-1130.
• Dolukhanov P, Shukurov A, Gronenborn D, Sokoloff D, Timofeev V, Zaitseva G. The chronology of Neolithic dispersal in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Archaeological Science 2005, 32(10), 1441-1458.
• Moss D, Shukurov A. Accretion disc dynamos opened up by external magnetic fields. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2004, 413(2), 403-414.
• Dolukhanov PM, Shukurov AM, Gronenborn D, Zaitseva GI, Timofeev VI, Sokoloff DD. K statistike radiouglerodnoi chronologii rannego neolitha Yuga vostochnoi i centralinoi Evropy. Archeologicheskie Zapiski 2004, 3.
• Dolukhanov P, Shukurov A. Modelling the Neolithic dispersal in northern Eurasia. Documenta Praehistorica 2004, 31, 35-47.
• Willis AP, Shukurov A, Soward AM, Sokoloff D. Non-local effects in the mean-field disc dynamo: II - Numerical and asymptotic solutions. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2004, 98(4), 345-363.
• von Rekowski B, Brandenburg A, Dobler W, Shukurov A. Outflows from dynamo-active protostellar accretion discs. Astrophysics and Space Science 2004, 292(1-4), 493-500.
• Sarson GR, Nordlund A, Gudiksen B, Shukurov A, Brandenburg A. Self-regulating supernovae heating in interstellar medium simulations. Astrophysics and Space Science 2004, 292(1-4), 267-272.
• Shukurov A, Sarson GR, Nordlund A, Gudiksen B, Brandenburg A. The effects of spiral arms on the multi-phase ISM. Astrophysics and Space Science 2004, 289(3-4), 319-322.
• Fletcher A, Berkhuijsen EM, Beck R, Shukurov A. The magnetic field of M 31 from multi-wavelength radio polarization observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2004, 414(1), 53-67.
• Shukurov A, Berkhuijsen EM. Faraday ghosts: Depolarization canals in the Galactic radio emission. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2003, 342(2), 496-500.
• Von Rekowski B, Brandenburg A, Dobler W, Shukurov A. Structured outflow from a dynamo active accretion disc. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2003, 398(3), 825-844.
• Beck R, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D, Wielebinski R. Systematic bias in interstellar magnetic field estimates. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2003, 411(2), 99-107.
• Dolukhanov P, Shukurov A, Gronenborn D, Timofeev VI, Zaitseva GI, Sokoloff DD. An improved chronology for the neolithic of Central and Eastern Europe. In: Radiocarbon and Archaeology: fourth international symposium. 2002, St Catherine's College, Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology.
• Dolukhanov P, Shukurov A. Colonisation of Northern Eurasia by early modern humans as viewed through the evidence of radiocarbon dating. In: Radiocarbon and Archaeology: fourth international symposium. 2002, St Catherine's College, Oxford: Oxford University School of Archaeology.
• Dolukhanov PM, Shukurov AM, Tarasov PE, Zaitseva GI. Colonization of Northern Eurasia by modern humans: Radiocarbon chronology and environment. Journal of Archaeological Science 2002, 29(6), 593-606.
• Beck R, Shoutenkov V, Ehle M, Harnett JI, Haynes RF, Shukurov A, Sokoloff DD, Thierbach M. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies - I. The atlas. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2002, 391(1), 83-102.
• Dobler W, Shukurov A, Brandenburg A. Nonlinear states of the screw dynamo. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 2002, 65(3), 036311/1-036311/13.
• Shukurov A. On the origin of galactic magnetic fields. Astrophysics and Space Science 2002, 281(1-2), 285-288.
• Moss D, Beck R, Shukurov A. Summary of the discussion. Highlights of Astronomy 2002, 12, 745-748.
• Shukurov A. The origin of magnetic fields in elliptical galaxies. Highlights of Astronomy 2002, 12, 731-732.
• Stepanov R, Frick P, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Wavelet tomography of the Galactic magnetic field - I. The method. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2002, 391(1), 361-368.
• Moss D, Shukurov A. Galactic dynamos with captured magnetic flux and an accretion flow. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2001, 372(3), 1048-1063.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. Hydrostatic equilibrium in a magnetized, warped Galactic disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2001, 325(1), 312-320.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D, Beck R, Fletcher A. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies. II. Dynamo models. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2001, 380(1), 55-71.
• Dolukhanov P, Sokoloff D, Shukurov A. Radiocarbon chronology of upper palaeolithic sites in eastern Europe at improved resolution. Journal of Archaeological Science 2001, 28(7), 699-712.
• Frick P, Stepanov R, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Structures in the rotation measure sky. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2001, 325(2), 649-664.
• Bardou A, Von Rekowski B, Dobler W, Brandenburg A, Shukurov A. The effects of vertical outflows on disk dynamos. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2001, 370(2), 635-648.
• Gabov AS, Sokoloff DD, Shukurov A. Turbulent diamagnetism and Galactic Dynamo. In: Dynamo and Dynamics, a mathematical challenge. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 2001, pp.233-237.
• von Rekowski B, Brandenburg A, Dobler W, Shukurov A. Two-dimensional disk dynamos with vertical outflows into a halo. In: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Dynamo and Dynamics, a Mathematical Challenge. 2001, Cargese, France: Springer.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Accretion and galactic dynamos. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2000, 358(3), 1142-1150.
• Shukurov A. Global magnetic structures in spiral galaxies: evidence for dynamo action. In: Berkhuijsen, EM; Beck, R; Walterbos RAM, ed. The Interstellar Medium In M31 And M33, 232 WE-Heraeus Seminar (Berichte Aus Der Astronomie). Germany: Shaker Verlag, 2000, pp.191-200.
• Shukurov A, Moran JM. High-resolution maser studies of galactic nuclei - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A - Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 2000, 358(1767), 797-810.
• Shukurov A, Pudritz RE, Mirabel IF, Uchida Y, Roxburgh IW, Barker K, Lynden-Bell D, Brandenburg A, Blandford RD. Jets from accretion discs - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A - Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 2000, 358(1767), 756-758.
• Frick P, Beck R, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D, Ehle M, Kamphius J. Magnetic and optical spiral arms in the galaxy NGC 6946. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2000, 318, 925-937.
• Blandford RD, Mirabel IF, Pudritz RE, Shukurov A, Harflaftis E. Magnetism in microquasars - Discussion. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2000, 358(1767), 851-851.
• Priklonsky V, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D, Soward A. Non-local effects in the mean-field disc dynamo: I. An asymptotic expansion. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2000, 93(1-2), 97-114.
• Lynden-Bell D, Blandford RD, Falle S, Mirabel IF, Uchida Y, Shukurov A, Priest ER, Mestel L. Quasar jets and their fields - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A 2000, 358(1767), 827-829.
• Beck R, Lyne A, Lynden-Bell D, Ruderman M, Shukurov A, Graham-Smith F, Mestel L, Blandford RD. The magnetic fields of neutron stars - Discussion. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2000, 358(1767), 839-840.
• Fletcher A, Beck R, Berkhuijsen EM, Shukurov A. The regular magnetic fields of M31 and M33, from radio polarization observations. In: The Interstellar Medium in M31 and M33: Proceedings 232. WE-Heraeus Seminar. 2000, Bad Honnef, Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag.
• Shukurov A. A dynamic interstellar medium: recent numerical simulations. In: Plasma Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Astrophysics: proceedings of the International Conference. 1999, Kraków, Poland: Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University.
• Korpi MJ, Brandenburg A, Shukurov A, Tuominen I, Nordlund A. A supernova-regulated interstellar medium: Simulations of the turbulent multiphase medium. Astrophysical Journal 1999, 514(2), L99-L102.
• Korpi MJ, Brandenburg A, Shukurov A, Tuominen I. Evolution of a superbubble in a turbulent, multi-phased and magnetized ISM. Astronomy and Astrophysics 1999, 350(1), 230-239.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Galactic dynamos driven by magnetic buoyancy. Astronomy & Astrophysics 1999, 343, 120-131.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Galactic dynamos driven by magnetic buoyancy. Astronomy and Astrophysics 1999, 343(1), 120-131.
• Dolukhanov P, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Improved radiocarbon chronology and the Neolithisation of Europe. Revue d'Archeometrie 1999, 26, 133-136.
• Beck R, Ehle M, Shoutenkov V, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Magnetfelder fütten Schwarzes Loch. Sterne und Weltraum 1999, 6-7, 534-535.
• Beck R, Ehle M, Shoutenkov V, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Magnetic field as a tracer of sheared gas flow in barred galaxies. Nature 1999, 397(6717), 324-327.
• Beck R, Ehle M, Shoutenkov V, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Magnetic fields as a tracer of sheared gas flow in barred galaxies. Nature 1999, 397(6717), 324-327.
• Dobler W, Brandenburg A, Shukurov A. Pressure-driven outflow and magneto-centrifugal wind from a dynamo active disc. Kraków, Poland: Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, 1999.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. The role of magnetic fields in Galactic hydrostatic equilibrium. In: Plasma Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Astrophysics: proceedings of the International Conference. 1999, Kraków, Poland: Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Boundary effects and propagating, magnetic fronts in disc dynamos. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1998, 89(3-4), 285-308.
• Sokoloff DD, Bykov AA, Shukurov A, Berkhuijsen EM, Beck R, Poezd AD. Depolarization and Faraday effects in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 1998, 299(1), 189-206.
• Shukurov A. Magnetic spiral arms in galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 1998, 299(1), L21-L24.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff DD, Berkhuijsen EM, Beck R. The nature of the magnetic belt in M31. Astronomy and Astrophysics 1998, 335(2), 500-509.
• Sanchez-Salcedo FJ, Brandenburg A, Shukurov A. Turbulence and magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science 1998, 263(1-4), 87-90.