Hi,

I joined CSPAR (Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research) at UAHuntsville as a research assistant in January 2011. My present research is related to theoretical and computational space plasma and astrophysics. I presently work on the transport of high energy particles in our solar system in the presence of strong turbulence. The turbulence is assumed to have a 2d structured component, magnetic islands/vortices, and an Alfvenic (noise) or slab component. The scattering and the diffusion coefficients both parallel and perpendicular to the background field are derived from test-particle simulations. My present research interests also include the study of supra-thermal particles (PUI, ACR, SEP, CR) transport and acceleration.

Some of my previous / ongoing research activities are:

• Heliospheric physics: Turbulence / Heliosphere formation and dynamics / Magnetic reconnection / Solar wind - LISM interaction/ Pick-up ions (PUI) and Energetic neutral atoms (ENA) transport.
• Computational physics: Numerical analysis, algorithms, development of tools (codes) to investigate different physical phenomena. Some of these approaches are: Fokker-Planck / Vlasov; Hydrodynamics/Magneto-Hydrodynamic; Monte Carlo; PIC. Large scale parallel simulations.
• Astrophysics: Jets; Galaxy cluster dynamics; Interaction of the intra-cluster medium with AGN jets (cooling flow clusters); AGN feedback; Supernova and SNR evolution.
• Plasma physics/Fusion research: Non-local electron transport / Effects related to non-Maxwellian electron velocity distribution function/ Instabilities / Supra-thermal electron transport / Atomic physics.

CV+Publications

Research Background

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Dr. Fathallah Alouani Bibi,
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR)
320 Sparkman Drive, NSSTC
Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
Tel: (256)961-7479 / Email: fb0006@uah.edu