Andrew Hillier's Homepage

Welcome to my homepage.

About Me

I am a third year PHD student of Kyoto University. My current research interests is in Solar MHD simulations ranging from work relating to the comparison of simulation data with prominence observations to understand the magnetic field structure, to work on the Solar Dyanmo (not really got far with this though). I have had one paper accepted so far, but working on a few more at the moment.

I am from England and studied Maths (MMath) at Leeds University before I came to Japan. I spent two years teaching English at Naruo High School in Nishinomiya before I entered Kyoto University. I really enjoyed teaching and I miss being able to talk to the students everyday.

Taiyouzasshikai

This year (2010-2011), I will be the organiser of the Solar seminar which is held every Monday between 1pm and 3pm in the Dept. of Astronomy. To find out more, please check out the website here

My TA work

If you are interested in finding out more on the lectures I help teach, you will find the links below.

Click here for 電磁気学 lecture information.
Click here for the 'English for scientific writing' lecture information.
Click here for the 'Scientific English' lecture information.

My Research

I have uploaded a few movies, both observations and simulations, that are connected with my research. Please take a look.

Observations

Click here for XRT movie
Click here for EIT movie
Click here for EIS movie

Simulations

(sorry that the labelling is so unclear)

Click here for a reconnection movie
Click here for another reconnection movie
Click here for a movie of the linear growth of the tearing instability
Click here for file 1
Click here for file 2
Click here for file 3
Click here for file 4
Click here for a movie of a bubble rising into a solar prominence that is perturbed to undergo the Rayleigh-Taylor instability.
Click here for random pert 1
Click here for random pert 2
Click here for random pert 3
Click here for random pert 4
Click here for random pert 5
Click here for random pert 6
Click here for random pert 6 still
Click here for random pert 6
Click here for a movie of the tearing instability in a prominence (simulation)

Download the old Lorentz festival posters here:
Click here for Poster 1
Click here for Poster 2
Click here for Poster 3