Muni Zhou （周慕霓）, Plasma Physicist

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• Zhou, M., Zhdankin, V., Kunz, M. W., Loureiro, N. F., & Uzdensky, D. A. (2023). Magnetogenesis in a collisionless plasma: from Weibel instability to turbulent dynamo. The Astrophysical Journal, 960(1), 12.
• Zhou, M., Liu, Z., & Loureiro, N. F. (2023). Electron heating in kinetic-Alfvén-wave turbulence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(23), e2220927120.
• Zhou, M., Liu, Z., & Loureiro, N. F. (2023). Spectrum of kinetic-Alfvén-wave turbulence: intermittency or tearing mediation?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524(4), 5468-5476.
• Catto, P. J., & Zhou, M. (2023). Helicon and lower hybrid current drive comparisons in tokamak geometry. Journal of Plasma Physics, 89(4), 905890405.
• Li, T. C., Liu, Y. H., Qi, Y., & Zhou, M. (2023). Extended magnetic reconnection in kinetic plasma turbulence. Physical Review Letters 131, 085201.
• Zhou, M., Zhdankin, V., Kunz, M. W., Loureiro, N. F., & Uzdensky, D. A. (2022). Spontaneous magnetization of collisionless plasma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(19), e2119831119.
• Zhou, M. (2022). Genesis, dynamics, and dissipation of turbulent magnetic fields (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
• Zhou, M., Wu, D. H., Loureiro, N. F., & Uzdensky, D. A. (2021). Statistical description of coalescing magnetic islands via magnetic reconnection. Journal of Plasma Physics, 87(6), 905870620.
• Bhat, P., Zhou, M., & Loureiro, N. F. (2021). Inverse energy transfer in decaying, three-dimensional, non-helical magnetic turbulence due to magnetic reconnection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2), 3074-3087.
• Zhou, M., Loureiro, N. F., & Uzdensky, D. A. (2020). Multi-scale dynamics of magnetic flux tubes and inverse magnetic energy transfer. Journal of Plasma Physics, 86(4), 535860401.
• Creely, A. J., Milanese, L. M., Tolman, E. A., Irby, J. H., Ballinger, S. B., Frank, S., … & White, A. E. (2020). Design study of a combined interferometer and polarimeter for a high-field, compact tokamak. Physics of Plasmas, 27(4).
• Zhou, M., Bhat, P., Loureiro, N. F., & Uzdensky, D. A. (2019). Magnetic island merger as a mechanism for inverse magnetic energy transfer. Physical Review Research, 1(1), 012004.
• Tinguely, R. A., Rosenthal, A., Simpson, R., Ballinger, S. B., Creely, A. J., Frank, S., … & White, A. E. (2019). Neutron diagnostics for the physics of a high-field, compact, Q≥ 1 tokamak. Fusion Engineering and Design, 143, 212-225.
• Zhou, M., & White, R. (2016). Collisional dependence of Alfvén mode saturation in tokamaks. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 58(12), 125006.