John Bryan Taylor

For other people named John Taylor, see John Taylor (disambiguation).

John Bryan Taylor
Born (1928-12-26) 26 December 1928 (age 95)
Birmingham, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics

John Bryan Taylor (born 26 December 1928)[1][2] is a British physicist known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application in the field of fusion energy. Notable among these is the development of the "Taylor state", describing a minimum-energy configuration that conserves magnetic helicity.[3][4] Another development was his work on the ballooning transformation, which describes the motion of plasma in toroidal (donut) configurations, which are used in the fusion field.[5][6] Taylor has also made contributions to the theory of the Earth's Dynamo, including the Taylor constraint.[7]

  1. ^ Hay, Jennifer (26 January 2009). "Eighty years young". ITER. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Taylor, Prof. John Bryan, (born 26 Dec. 1928), Fondren Professor of Plasma Theory, University of Texas at Austin, 1989–94; Chief Physicist, 1981–89, Consultant, 1994–2008, UKAEA Culham Laboratory | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U37121. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ Hart, G. W.; Janos, A.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Yamada, M. (1986). "Verification of the Taylor (minimum energy) state in a spheromak". The Physics of Fluids. 29 (6): 1994–1997. Bibcode:1986PhFl...29.1994H. doi:10.1063/1.865627. ISSN 0031-9171.
  4. ^ Diamond, P. H.; Malkov, M. (2003). "Dynamics of helicity transport and Taylor relaxation". Physics of Plasmas. 10 (6): 2322–2329. Bibcode:2003PhPl...10.2322D. doi:10.1063/1.1576390. ISSN 1070-664X.
  5. ^ Connor, J. W.; Hastie, R. J.; Taylor, J. B. (1978). "Shear, Periodicity, and Plasma Ballooning Modes". Physical Review Letters. 40 (6): 396–399. Bibcode:1978PhRvL..40..396C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.396.
  6. ^ Connor, J. W.; Taylor, J. B. (1987). "Ballooning modes or Fourier modes in a toroidal plasma?". The Physics of Fluids. 30 (10): 3180–3185. Bibcode:1987PhFl...30.3180C. doi:10.1063/1.866493. ISSN 0031-9171.
  7. ^ Taylor, J. B. 1963. "The magnetohydrodynamics of a rotating fluid and the Earth's dynamo problem,". Proc. R. Soc. London, A274: 274–283.