Publication List and Links

Journal Articles
  1. J.D. Martin, M. Coppins, G.F. Counsell, Motion and lifetime of dust grains in a tokamak plasma, J. Nucl. Materials 337, 114 (2005).  DOI: .
  2. J.E. Allen, On the drag on an object immeresed in a flowing plasma: the control surface approach, J. Plasma. Phys., 73, 773 (2007). DOI:.
  3. T.G.M. Zimmermann, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, Fluid model of the boundary of a 1-D plasma under the influence of an oblique magnetic field for a wide range of collisionality, Phys. Plasmas 15, 072301 (2008).  DOI: .
  4. J.D. Martin, M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, G.F. Counsell, J.E. Allen, Modelling dust transport in tokamaks, EPL 83, 65001 (2008).  DOI: .
  5. T.G.M. Zimmermann, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, The effect of a magnetic field on a cylindrical object in a plasma, Phys. Plasmas 16, 043501 and 129905 (2009).  DOI: .
  6. M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, Dust grain charging in RF discharges, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 19, 025002 (2010).  DOI: .
  7. M. Coppins, Electrostatic breakup in a misty plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 065003 (2010).  DOI: .
  8. T.G.M. Zimmermann, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, Coaxial discharge with axial magnetic field: demonstration that the Boltzmann relation for electrons generally does not hold in magnetised plasmas, Physics of Plasmas 17, 022301 (2010).  DOI: .
  9. M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, Dust in tokamaks: an overview of the physical model of the Dust in TOKamaks (DTOKS) codePhysics of Plasmas 17, 042505 (2010).  DOI:.
  10. M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, The critical issues for modelling dust transport in tokamaks, Phys. Rev. E., 82, 026403 (2010).  DOI: .
  11. C.T.N. Willis, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, J.E. Allen, The effect of dust grain size on the floating potential of dust in a collisionless plasma, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., 19, 065022 (2010).  DOI: .
  12. G. De Temmerman, M. Bacharis, J. Dowling, S. Lisgo, Dust creation and transport in MAST, Nucl. Fusion 50, 105012 (2010).  DOI: .
  13. C.T.N. Willis, J.E. Allen, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, Wakes formed by dust grains in supersonically flowing plasmas, Phys. Rev. E., 84, 046410 (2011).  DOI: .
  14. C. Marmolino, M. Bacharis, J.E. Allen, U. De Angelis, C. Willis, Diffusion and stochastic heating of a dust cloud in tokamak edge plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 18, 103706 (2011), DOI: .
  15. C.T.N. Willis, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, J.E. Allen, Floating potential of large dust grains in a collisionless flowing plasma, Phys. Rev. E, 85, 036403 (2012), DOI: .
  16. M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, W. Fundamenski, J.E. Allen, Modelling of tungsten and beryllium dust in ITER, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 54, 085010 (2012), DOI:
  17. J.E . Allen, On supersonic plasma flow around an obstacle, J. Plasma Physics, Vol.79, Issue 3, p. 315-319 (2013). DOI: 
  18. N. Rizopoulou, A.P.L. Robinson, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, A kinetic study of the source–collector sheath system in a drifting plasma, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol., 22, 035003 (2013). DOI: 
  19.  D. M. Thomas, M. Coppins. Equilibrium probability distribution of a conductive sphere's floating charge in a collisionless, drifting Maxwellian plasma, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 023110 (2013). DOI:  
  20. R. N. Franklin, J. E. Allen, D. M. Thomas, M. S. Benilov, Plasmas generated by ultra-violet light rather than electron impact, Phys. Plasmas, 20, 123508 (2013). DOI:
  21. M. S. Benilov, D. M. Thomas. Asymptotic theory of double layer and shielding of electric field at the edge of illuminated plasma, Phys. Plasmas, 21, 043501 (2014). DOI:
  22. M. Bacharis, Floating potential of large dust grains with electron emission, Phys. Plasmas,  21, 074501 (2014). DOI: 
  23. N. Rizopoulou, A.P.L. Robinson, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, Electron Emission in a Source-Collector Sheath System: a kinetic study, Phys. Plasmas, 21, 10350 (2014). DOI:
  24. Sertoli M, Flanagan JC, Bacharis M, Kardaun O, Jarvinen A, Matthews GF, Brezinsek S, Harting D, Cackett A, Hodille E, Coffey IH, Lazzaro E, Putterich T, Impact of W events and dust on JET-ILW operation,  Journal of Nuclear Materials (2014).  
  25. Flanagan, Joanne; Sertoli, Marco; Bacharis, Minas; Matthews, Guy; de Vries, Peter; Widdowson, Anna; Coffey, Ivor; Arnoux, Gilles; Sieglin, Bernhard; Brezinsek, Sebastijan; Coenen, Jan; Marsen, Stefan; Craciunescu, Teddy; Murari, Andrea; Harting, Derek; Cackett, Alexandra; Hodille, Etienne, Characterising dust in JET with the new ITER-like wall, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 57(1), 014037 (2015). DOI:
  26. D. M. Thomas and J. E. Allen, Cylindrical plasmas generated by an annular beam of ultraviolet light Phys. Plasmas 22, 073507 (2015). DOI:
  27. N. Rizopoulou, A.P.L. Robinson, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, Charging of large dust grains in flowing plasmas, Phys. Rev. E. 91, 063103 (2015).  DOI:
  28. A. Uccello, G. Gervasini, F. Ghezzi, E. Lazzaro, M. Bacharis, J. Flanagan, G. Matthews, A. Järvinen, and M. Sertoli, Comparison of dust transport modelling codes in a tokamak plasma, Phys. Plasmas, 23, 102506 (2016). DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4964672
  29. J. T. Holgate and M. Coppins, Charging of nonspherical macroparticles in a plasma, Phys. Rev. E. 93, 1 (2016). DOI:
  30. D. M. Thomas and J. T. Holgate, A treecode to simulate dust-plasma interactions, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 59, 025002 (2016). DOI:
  31. J. E. Allen and J. T. Holgate, On the Bohm Criterion in the presence of a magnetic field, J.Nucl. Mater. Energy 12, 999 (2016). DOI:
  32. J. T. Jolgate and M. Coppins, Field-Induced and Thermal Electron Currents from Earthed Spherical Emitters, Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 044019 (2017). DOI:
  33. J. E. Allen and J. Gibson, The solitary hydromagnetic wave revisited: A demonstration of the jxB force in a collisionless plasma Phys. Plasmas 24, 042106 (2017). DOI:
  34. J. E. Allen and J. Gibson, The structure of the collisionless transient pinch Phys. Plasmas 24, 042111 (2017). DOI:
  35. X. Litaudon, S. Abduallev, M. Abhangi, P. Abreu, M. Afzal, K. M. Aggarwal, T. Ahlgren, J. H. Ahn, L. Aho-Mantila, N. Aiba, M. Airila, and others, Overview of the JET results in support to ITER Nucl. Fusion 57, 102001 (41pp) (2017).
  36. Y. O. Kazakov et al., Effcient generation of energetic ions in multi-ion plasmas by radio-frequency heating Nat. Phys. 13, 973 (2017).
  37. J. T. Holgate, M. Coppins and J. E. Allen, Electrohydrodynamic stability of a plasma-liquid interface, Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 024101 (2018). DOI:
  38. J. T. Holgate, and M. Coppins, Electron emission from electrically isolated spheres, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B Materials, Processing, Measurements, Phenomena. 36, 02C102 (2018). DOI:
Conference Proceedings
  1. J .D. Martin, M. Coppins, G.F. Councell, Dust grain temperature in a tokamak plasma 31st EPS Conferenc e on Plasma Phys. (London), Vol. 28G,  (2004).
  2. M. Coppins, The critical droplet size in a misty plasma31st EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (London), Vol. 28G,  (2004).
  3. J.D. Martin, M. Coppins, G.F. Counsell, J.E. Allen, Positive tungsten dust in tokamaks, AIP Conf. Proc., 7 99, 255 (2005).  DOI: .
  4. J.D. Martin, M. Coppins, G.F. Counsell, Modelli ng dust grain trajectories in MAST and ITER using plasma backgrounds from B2SOLPS5.033rd EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (Rome) Vol. 30I,  (2006).
  5. T.M.G. Zimmermann, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, Limiting behaviour of a magnetised presheath, Proc of 28 Int Conf. on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (Pragu e), p 335 (2007). 
  6. J.D. Martin, M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, G.F. Counsell, J.E. Allen, Dust in tokamaks: a comparison of d ifferent ion drag models< /strong>, 35th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (Hersonissos), Vol. 32D, (2008).
  7. M. Bacharis, D. Selemir , M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, < strong>Radio freq uency effects o n the charging of dus t grains, 35 t h EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (Hersonissos), Vol. 32D,  (2008).
  8. M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, W. Fundamenski, J.E. AllenDTOKS: tungsten and beryllium dust in ITER36th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (Sofia), Vol. 33E, (2009).
  9. M. Bacharis, M. Coppins, J.E. Allen, A novel approach for dust charging in RF discharges,36th EPS Conference on Plas ma Phys. (Sofia) , Vol. 33E,  (2009).
  10. C.T.N. Willis, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, J.E. Allen, The effect of particle size on the floating potential of dust in colisionless plasma36th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (Sofia), Vol.33E, P-1.104 (2009).
  11. C.T.N. Willis, M. Coppins, M. Bacharis, J.E. Allen, The floating potential of large dust grains in a collisionless, flowing plasma37th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. (Dublin), Vol. 33E, P-2.325 (2010).
  12. J.E. Allen, Supersonic plasma flow past an obstacle: a gas dynamic model, AIP Conference Proceedings 1397, 156, (6th I.C.P.D.P), (2011).
  13. D. M. Thomas, C. T. N. Willis, J. E. Allen, M. Coppins. The Bohm criterion for flowing plasmas, Europhysics Conference Abstracts, 36A, P1.4.10, XXI ESCAMPIG, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, July 10-14 (2012).
  14. N. Somboonkittichai and M. Coppins, Pressure of liquid metal droplets in tokamak plasmas, 39th EPS Conference & 16th Int. Congress on Plasma Physics, P4.082 (2012).
  15. D.M. Thomas, R.N. Franklin, Allen, J.E., Plasmas generated by ultra-violet irradiation, XXXI ICPIG (2013), PS3-048. 
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