Magnetized plasmas are ubiquitous in the Universe, with examples being astrophysical jets and accretion disks, the solar corona, the solar wind, planetary magnetospheres, and the interstellar medium. Our research group focuses on three distinct processes that characterize the lifetime of a magnetized plasma: generation of magnetic fields, relaxation of plasma systems, and explosion resulting from magnetic to wave/kinetic energy conversion. The resultant fundamental aspects are relevant to next-generation laboratory plasma systems such as nuclear fusion devices and particle accelerators.

Theoretical frameworks that describe magnetized plasmas can be divided into four main branches, in order of increasing accuracy and decreasing simplicity: (i) magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD), (ii) multi-fluid description, (iii) Vlasov-Maxwell or Boltzmann description, and (iv) single-particle description. We use all four frameworks as needed, choosing the most appropriate model for the system in question. We perform numerical simulations to verify our models, and compare them to observations and/or experiments if possible.