Status:
Professor Emeritus of Engineering Science. Visiting Professor in Physics, Imperial College, London.
Research groups:
Address
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Recent Publications:
Simulated dynamics of a plasma-sheath-liquid interface
New Journal of Physics
issue 6
volume 21
(4 June 2019)
The Bennett pinch for non-relativistic electrons
Journal of Plasma Physics
issue 6
volume 84
page 905840609-
(26 November 2018)
Electrohydrodynamic stability of a plasma-liquid interface
Applied Physics Letters
issue 2
volume 112
(8 January 2018)
The structure of the collisionless transient pinch
Physics of Plasmas
volume 24
page 042111-
(10 April 2017)
The solitary hydromagnetic wave revisited: A demonstration of the force in a collisionless plasma
Physics of Plasmas
volume 24
page 042106-
(1 April 2017)
Research interests:
- Dusty Plasmas
- Plasma boundaries and the Bohm criterion
- Plasmas created by ultra-violet light
- Magnetic confinement revisited.
References (to illustrate the above topics)
- Allen, J.E., On supersonic flow around an obstacle, 2013, J. Plasma Phys., 79, 315.
- Allen, J.E., The plasma boundary in a magnetic field, 2008, Contrib. Plasma Phys., 48, 400.
- Franklin, R.N. et al, Plasmas generated by ultra-violet light rather than electron impact, 2013, Phys. Plasmas, 20, 123508.
- Allen, J.E., The Bennett pinch revisited, 2010, 37th E.P.S. Conference on Plasma Physics, E.C.A., 34 A, P4.181.