Kai Germaschewski
My main field of interest is computational plasma physics.
Research Interests
- Computational Physics
- Magnetic Fusion Computation
- Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Research
- Plasma Physics
Courses Taught
- IAM 751/851: High-Performance Computing
- PHYS 407S: General Physics I Studio
- PHYS 408: General Physics II Recitation
- PHYS 615: Mechanics/Mathematical Phys I
- PHYS 806: Intro to Physics Rsch&Teaching
- PHYS 999: Doctoral Research
Selected Publications
Merlo, G., Dicorato, M., Allen, B., Dannert, T., Germaschewski, K., & Jenko, F. (2023). On the effect of negative triangularity on ion temperature gradient turbulence in tokamaks. Physics of Plasmas, 30(10). doi:10.1063/5.0167292
Payne, D. S., Farrugia, C. J., Torbert, R. B., Germaschewski, K., Rogers, A. R., & Argall, M. R. (2023). Erratum: “Origin and structure of electromagnetic generator regions at the edge of the electron diffusion region” [Phys. Plasmas <b>28</b>, 112901 (2021)]. Physics of Plasmas, 30(3). doi:10.1063/5.0143908
Donaghy, J., & Germaschewski, K. (2023). In search of a data-driven symbolic multi-fluid ten-moment model closure. Journal of Plasma Physics, 89(1). doi:10.1017/s0022377823000119
Agudelo Rueda, J. A., Verscharen, D., Wicks, R. T., Owen, C. J., Nicolaou, G., Germaschewski, K., . . . Domínguez, S. V. (2022). Energy Transport during 3D Small-scale Reconnection Driven by Anisotropic Plasma Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal, 938(1), 4. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac8667
Donaghy, J., & Germaschewski, K. (2022). Inference and De-noising of Non-gaussian Particle Distribution Functions: A Generative Modeling Approach. In Unknown Book (Vol. 13163, pp. 338-348). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95467-3_25
Fiksel, G., Fox, W., Bhattacharjee, A., Barnak, D. H., Chang, P. -Y., Germaschewski, K., . . . Nilson, P. M. (2014). Magnetic Reconnection between Colliding Magnetized Laser-Produced Plasma Plumes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 113(10). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.105003
Fox, W., Fiksel, G., Bhattacharjee, A., Chang, P. -Y., Germaschewski, K., Hu, S. X., & Nilson, P. M. (2013). Filamentation Instability of Counterstreaming Laser-Driven Plasmas. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111(22). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.225002
Chandran, B. D. G., Li, B., Rogers, B. N., Quataert, E., & Germaschewski, K. (2010). PERPENDICULAR ION HEATING BY LOW-FREQUENCY ALFVEN-WAVE TURBULENCE IN THE SOLAR WIND. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 720(1), 503-515. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/720/1/503
Zhu, P., Sovinec, C. R., Hegna, C. C., Bhattacharjee, A., & Germaschewski, K. (2007). Nonlinear ballooning instability in the near-Earth magnetotail: Growth, structure, and possible role in substorms. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 112(A6). doi:10.1029/2006JA011991
Grauer, R., Marliani, C., & Germaschewski, K. (1998). Adaptive mesh refinement for singular solutions of the incompressible Euler equations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 80(19), 4177-4180. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4177
Most Cited Publications