Terry Hand

BSc 1st Class (Hons)

 Terry Hand

Postgraduate

Department of Physics

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I studied my undergraduate degree in astrophysics at Aberystwyth University, graduating in 2024. I achieved a 1st Honors, and I was the recipient of the David Travena prize. After graduating, I was awarded a position at Aberystwyth to study a PhD in plasma physics, which I am currently working towards. I also have connections with the Lifelong Learning department as a tutor, and in my spare time also tutor A-level students in physics and mathematics. 

My PhD is under the umbrella of “astrophysical plasma physics”. I am currently researching ways of better understanding turbulence in the Solar wind, specifically, better ways of estimating the Reynolds number in the plasma which is something that helps categorize the state of a fluid system. 

Phenomenological Evaluation of the Electron Density-Based Péclet Number of Near-Earth Solar Wind Turbulence. / Hand, T. J. E.; Roberts, O. W.; Li, X. et al.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Vol. 130, No. 12, e2025JA034360, 31.12.2025.

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