Solar physics and plasma physics in space

2005.09-2010.07: Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Research Topic: ‘Fast magnetic reconnection in solar atmosphere’, Beijing Normal University, China.

2007.09-2009.09: Ph.D. research program about Plasma Physics in Space, Research Topic: ‘Linear Plasmoid Instability of Thin current Sheets with Shear Flow’,  University of New Hampshire, USA

2001.09-2005.07: B.S. in Theoretical Physics, Central China Normal University, China

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2020.11-now: Professor, Solar Physics Department, Yunnan Observatories, doing research and teaching.

2015.05-2020.10: Associate Professor, Solar Physics Department, Yunnan Observatories, doing research and teaching.

2010.09-2015.05: Research Assistant, Solar Physics Department, Yunnan Observatories, doing research.

2014.10-2014.12: Visiting Scholar, University of Potsdam, Germany

I used to be an assistant teacher in a class about "The basical theories and models of solar eruptions".

   

[1] Cheng, GuanChong, Ni, Lei, Chen, YaJie, Ziegler, Udo, Lin, Jun. The Ellerman bomb and ultraviolet burst triggered successively by an emerging magnetic flux rope. RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS[J]. 2021, 21(9): 163-179.

[2] Ni, Lei, Chen, Yajie, Peter, Hardi, Tian, Hui, Lin, Jun. A magnetic reconnection model for hot explosions in the cool atmosphere of the Sun. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS[J]. 2021, 646: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000620078900003.

[3] Ni, Lei, Ji, Hantao, Murphy, Nicholas A, JaraAlmonte, Jonathan. Magnetic reconnection in partially ionized plasmas. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCESnull. 2020, 476(2236): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000529232100001.
[4] Cai, Qiangwei, Shen, Chengcai, Ni, Lei, Reeves, Katharine K, Kang, Kaifeng, Lin, Jun. Multiband Study of a Bidirectional Jet Occurred in the Upper Chromosphere. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS[J]. 2019, 124(12): 9824-9846, https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000504372000001.
[5] Zhang, Q.M., Ni, Lei. Subarcsecond Blobs in Flare-related Coronal Jets. The Astrophysical Journal[J]. 2019, 870(2): https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaf391/pdf.
[6] Tian, Hui, Yurchyshyn, Vasyl, Peter, Hardi, Solanki, Sami K, Young, Peter R, Ni, Lei, Cao, Wenda, Ji, Kaifan, Zhu, Yingjie, Zhang, Jingwen, Samanta, Tanmoy, Song, Yongliang, He, Jiansen, Wang, Linghua, Chen, Yajie. Frequently Occurring Reconnection Jets from Sunspot Light Bridges. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2018, 854(2): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000425306100015.
[7] Ni, Lei, Lukin, Vyacheslav S. Onset of Secondary Instabilities and Plasma Heating during Magnetic Reconnection in Strongly Magnetized Regions of the Low Solar Atmosphere. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2018, 868(2): http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/18605.
[8] Zhao, TianLe, Ni, Lei, Lin, Jun, Ziegler, Udo. Numerical studies of the Kelvin-Hemholtz instability in a coronal jet. RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS[J]. 2018, 18(4): http://lib.cqvip.com/Qikan/Article/Detail?id=675473241.
[9] Ni, Lei, Lukin, Vyacheslav S, Murphy, Nicholas A, Lin, Jun. Magnetic reconnection in the low solar chromosphere with a more realistic radiative cooling model. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS[J]. 2018, 25(4): http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5018351.
[10] Ni, Lei, Lukin, Vyacheslav S, Murphy, Nicholas A, Lin, Jun. Magnetic Reconnection in Strongly Magnetized Regions of the Low Solar Chromosphere. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2018, 852(2): http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9edb.
[11] 倪蕾, 林隽. Large-Scale Current Sheets in Flares and CMEs. Geophysical Monograph Book Series - ELECTRIC CURRENTS IN GEOSPACE AND BEYONDnull. 2018, 235: 239-255, [12] Ni, Lei, Zhang, QingMin, Murphy, Nicholas A, Lin, Jun. Blob Formation and Ejection in Coronal Jets due to the Plasmoid and Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2017, 841(1): http://libir.pmo.ac.cn/handle/332002/23021.
[13] 叶景, 沈呈彩, 倪蕾, 林隽. 在天体物理研究中常用的计算程序ZEUS，ATHENA和NIRVANA的发展及应用. 天文学进展[J]. 2016, 34(4): 532-554, http://lib.cqvip.com/Qikan/Article/Detail?id=7000098515.
[14] Ni, Lei, Lin, Jun, Roussev, Ilia I, Schmieder, Brigitte. HEATING MECHANISMS IN THE LOW SOLAR ATMOSPHERE THROUGH MAGNETIC RECONNECTION IN CURRENT SHEETS. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2016, 832(2): http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/1762656.
[15] Ni, Lei, Lin, Jun, Mei, Zhixing, Li, Yan. NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE DETAILED ENERGY CONVERSION AND SPECTRUM STUDIES IN A CORONA CURRENT SHEET. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2015, 812(2): http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/1052230.
[16] Ni, Lei, Kliem, Bernhard, Lin, Jun, Wu, Ning. FAST MAGNETIC RECONNECTION IN THE SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE MEDIATED BY THE PLASMOID INSTABILITY. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2015, 799(1): http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/6274.
[17] Ni, Lei, Lin, Jun, Murphy, Nicholas A. Effects of the non-uniform initial environment and the guide field on the plasmoid instability. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS[J]. 2013, 20(6): http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4811144.
[18] Murphy, Nicholas A, Young, Aleida K, Shen, Chengcai, Lin, Jun, Ni, Lei. The plasmoid instability during asymmetric inflow magnetic reconnection. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS[J]. 2013, 20(6): http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4811470.
[19] Ni, Lei, Ziegler, Udo, Huang, YiMin, Lin, Jun, Mei, Zhixing. Effects of plasma beta on the plasmoid instability. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS[J]. 2012, 19(7): http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/1052125.
[20] Ni, Lei, Roussev, Ilia I, Lin, Jun, Ziegler, Udo. IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RESISTIVITY AND THERMAL CONDUCTION ON PLASMOID INSTABILITIES IN CURRENT SHEETS IN THE SOLAR CORONA. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL[J]. 2012, 758(1): http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/1052118.
[21] 倪蕾, 杨志良. 有剪切速度的Sweet-Parker薄电流片在非线性阶段的不稳定性研究. 空间科学学报. 2011, 31(4): 429-435, http://lib.cqvip.com/Qikan/Article/Detail?id=38431460.
[22] Ni, Lei, Germaschewski, Kai, Huang, YiMin, Sullivan, Brian P, Yang, Hongang, Bhattacharjee, Amitava. Linear plasmoid instability of thin current sheets with shear flow. PHYSICS OF PLASMAS[J]. 2010, 17(5): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000278182900010.
[23] Ni, Lei, Yang, Zhiliang, Wang, Hongbin. Fast magnetic reconnection with Cowling's conductivity. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE[J]. 2007, 312(3-4): 139-144, https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000251320500001.

Theory and numerical simulations about magnetic reconnection, instabilities and waves in solar atmosphere.

（1）RMHD Simulations of Magnetic reconnection in the low solar atmosphere   太阳耀斑和等离子体宇宙中的粒子加速   2021-11-18
（2）Magnetic reconnection and Plasma heating below the middle chromosphere   第四届亚太等离子体物理大会   2020-10-26
（3）Magnetic Reconnection in the partially ionized low solar atmosphere   第三届亚太等离子体物理大会   2019-11-04
（4）Magnetic reconnection in the low solar atmosphere: Numerical simulation   第13届“日出卫星”科学会议暨第15届“实验室和空间中的等离子体实验”   2019-09-03
（5）Magnetic reconnection in strongly magnetized regions of the low solar chromosphere within the reactive multi-fluid plasma-neutral model   第二届亚太等离子体物理会议   2018-11-11
（6）Magnetic Reconnection in strongly magnetized regions around the Solar TMR-Multi-fluid simulations   第九届太阳界面层成像光谱仪专题研讨会   2018-06-24
（7）Blob formation and ejection in coronal jets due to the Plasmoid and Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities   第一届中欧太阳物理会议   2017-05-15
（8）Magnetic Reconnection in the Low Solar Atmosphere   2017年度美日磁重联研讨会   2017-03-19
（9）Magnetic Reconnection in the Low Solar Atmosphere (2.5D numerical simulations)   2017-01-12
（10）The formation of common Ellerman Bombs and Hot Explosions by Magnetic Reconnection in the Low Solar Atmosphere    2016-07-31
（11）新浮磁流与背景磁场重联产生喷流的高精度数值模拟   全国太阳物理年会   2016-04-19
（12）The formation of common Ellerman Bombs and hot explosions by magnetic reconnection in the low solar atmosphere   2016-04-11
（13）Numerical Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection at around the temperature minimum region    2015-08-31
（14）Fast Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Chromosphere Mediated by Plasmoid Instabilities   2014-08-02

I have collaborated with Professor Hardi Peter in Max-planck-Institute, Professor Bernhard Kliem in Potsdam University in German, Dr. Nick Murphy in Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in USA and  professor Brigitte Schmieder in Meudon Observatory in France. Some interesting work has been done and published from our collaborations.

已指导学生

程冠冲  硕士研究生  070401-天体物理  

现指导学生

刘明玉  硕士研究生  070401-天体物理  

程冠冲  博士研究生  070401-天体物理