Keith Moffatt

Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics, University of Cambridge

I’m Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

My research field is fluid mechanics in all its aspects, ranging from the micro scale, applicable to biological fluid mechanics in particular, to the macro scale interaction with magnetic fields, with relevance to planets, stars and galaxies.

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Publications

Moffatt, H. K. (2021). Some topological aspects of fluid dynamics. J. Fluid Mech. 914, 1–56.
Moffatt, H. K. & Dormy, E. (2019). Self-Exciting Fluid Dynamos. Cambridge University Press.
Lynden-Bell, D. & Moffatt, H. K. (2015). Flashpoint. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 452(1), 902–909.
Moffatt, H. K. (2012). Homogeneous turbulence: an introductory review. Journal of Turbulence, 13(1), N39.
Goldstein, R. E., Moffatt, H. K., Pesci, A. I., et al. (2010). Soap-film Möbius strip changes topology with a twist. PNAS, 107(51), 21979–21984.
Moffatt, H. K., Kida, S., & Ohkitani, K. (1994). Stretched vortices: the sinews of turbulence; high Reynolds number asymptotics. J. Fluid Mech, 259, 241–264.

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