Publications 2025 –

Refereed publications since 2020.

This list is updated a few times per year. For the latest information, please visit https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/organisations/solar-and-magnetospheric-theory-group/publications/

SMTG affiliated authors are listed in boldface

AUTHOR(S)TITLE
2026 
Daley‑Yates, S., Beckmann, R.S., McCallum, L., Jardine, M.M., Cameron, A.C.,WASP-12, shrouded in mystery or just cold gas?
Mackay, D.H.Similarities and differences between non-linear force-free fields produced by evolution and extrapolation techniques
2025 
Breu, C.A., De Moortel, I., Peter, H. & Solanki, S.K.Effect of numerical resolution on synthetic observables of simulated coronal loops
Elsden, T.Ultra low frequency waves of Earth’s magnetosphere
Howson, T.A., De Moortel, I., Priest, E.R.Coronal heating driven by random foot point motions: the effects of magnetic field topology
Mowbray, K., Neukirch, T. & Threlfall, J.A detailed investigation of particle energisation mechanisms in models of collapsing magnetic traps
Nadol, L., Neukirch, T.An efficient method for magnetic field extrapolation based on a family of analytical three-dimensional magnetohydrostatic equilibria
Russell, A.J.B.Flux-rope-mediated turbulent magnetic reconnection
Pesce-Rollins, M., MacKinnon, A., Klein, K.-L., Russell, A.J.B., Hudson, H., Warmuth, A., Wiegelmann, T., Masson, S., Parnell, C., Nitta, N.V., Omodei, N.,Ion-rich acceleration during an eruptive flux rope event in a multiple null-point configuration
Wright, A. N., Elsden, T., Degeling, A., Mann, I. R., Ozeke, L., Yeoman, T., Sandhu, J. & Takahashi, K.Poloidal field line resonances driven by a fast wave
Kumar, A., Howson, T.A., Pagano, P., De Moortel, I.,Alfvén wave propagation, reflection and trapping in the solar wind
Elsden, T., Southwood, D.J., Allanson, O., Archer, M.O., Hartinger, M.D., Wright, A.N.,Theory and modeling of large scale plasmapause surface waves
Osmane, A., Sandhu, J.K., Elsden, T., Allanson, O., Turc, L.,Radial diffusion driven by spatially localized ULF waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere
Mowbray, K., Neukirch, T., Threlfall, J.,A detailed investigation of particle energisation mechanisms in models of collapsing magnetic traps
Cargill, P.J., Hood, A.W., Johnson, D.,Heating and cooling at a coronal magnetic null
Klowss, J.J., Mackay, D.H.,Investigating the possible contribution of helicity condensation to the ambient increase in solar open flux
Nadol, L., Neukirch, T.,MHSXtraPy: a Python code for the extrapolation of magnetohydrostatic fields on the Sun using analytical solutions
Lörinčík, J., Polito, V., Kerr, G.S., Hayes, L.A., Russell, A.J.B.,Probing progression of heating through the lower flare atmosphere via high-cadence IRIS spectroscopy
Reid, J., Mackay, D.H., Upton, L.A.,Quantifying when and where strong magnetic skew forms in a data-driven global non-potential model of the solar corona I: production and persistence of skew
Johnston, C.D., Daldorff, L.K.S., Klimchuk, J.A., Mondal, S.S., Barnes, W.T., Leake, J.E., Reid, J., Parker, J.D.,Self-consistent heating of the magnetically closed solar corona: generation of nanoflares, thermodynamic response of the plasma and observational signatures
Russell, A.J.B., Polito, V., Testa, P., De Pontieu, B., Belov, S.A.,Solar flare ion temperatures