School of Mathematics & Statistics

Raphaldini, B., Dikpati, M., Norton, A. A., Teruya, A. S. W., McIntosh, S. W., Prior, C. B., MacTaggart, D. (2023) Deciphering the pre-solar-storm features of the 2017 September storm from global and local dynamics. Astrophysical Journal, 958, (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acfef0)

Gupta, P., MacTaggart, D., Simitev, R. D. (2023) Differential rotation in convecting spherical shells with non-uniform viscosity and entropy diffusivity. Fluids, 8, (doi: 10.3390/fluids8110288)

MacTaggart, D., Valli, A. (2023) Relative magnetic helicity in multiply connected domains. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 56, (doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/acfd6c)

Teed, R. J., Dormy, E. (2023) Solenoidal force balances in numerical dynamos. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 964, (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2023.332)

Simitev, R. D., Al dawoud, A., Aziz, M. H.N., Myles, R., Smith, G. L. (2023) Phenomenological analysis of simple ion channel block in large populations of uncoupled cardiomyocytes. Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 40, pp. 175-198. (doi: 10.1093/imammb/dqad001)

Al Sariri, T., Simitev, R. D., Penta, R. (2023) Optimal heat transport induced by magnetic nanoparticle delivery in vascularised tumours. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 561, (doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111372)

Alielden, K., MacTaggart, D., Ming, Q., Prior, C., Raphaldini, B. (2023) ARTop: an open-source tool for measuring active region topology at the solar photosphere. RAS Techniques and Instruments, 2, pp. 398-407. (doi: 10.1093/rasti/rzad029)

Gupta, P., Simitev, R.D., MacTaggart, D. (2022) A study of global magnetic helicity in self-consistent spherical dynamos. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116, pp. 521-536. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2022.2137878)

Lachaud, Q., Aziz, M. H. N., Burton, F. L., Macquaide, N., Myles, R. C., Simitev, R. D., Smith, G. L. (2022) Electrophysiological heterogeneity in large populations of rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular Research, 118, pp. 3112-3125. (doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvab375)

Aziz, M. H.N., Simitev, R. D. (2022) Estimation of parameters for an archetypal model of cardiomyocyte membrane potentials. International Journal of Bioautomation, 26, pp. 255-272. (doi: 10.7546/ijba.2022.26.3.000832)

Simitev, R. D., MacTaggart, D., Teed, R., Candelaresi, S. (2022) Introduction. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116, pp. 235-236. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2022.2107377)

Quinn, J. J., Simitev, R. D. (2022) Flute and kink instabilities in a dynamically twisted flux tube with anisotropic plasma viscosity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512, pp. 4982-4992. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac704)

Raphaldini, B., Prior, C. B., Mactaggart, D. (2022) Magnetic winding as an indicator of flare activity in solar active regions. Astrophysical Journal, 927, (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4df9)

Mactaggart, D. (2022) Magnetic winding: theory and applications. AGU Books, Wiley

Huethorst, E., Mortensen, P., Simitev, R. D., Gao, H., Pohjolainen, L., Talman, V., Ruskoaho, H., Burton, F. L., Gadegaard, N., Smith, G. L. (2022) Conventional rigid 2D substrates cause complex contractile signals in monolayers of human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. Journal of Physiology, 600, pp. 483-507. (doi: 10.1113/JP282228)

Faraco, D., Lindberg, S., MacTaggart, D., Valli, A. (2022) On the proof of Taylor’s conjecture in multiply connected domains. Applied Mathematics Letters, 124, (doi: 10.1016/j.aml.2021.107654)

Candelaresi, S., Hornig, G., MacTaggart, D., Simitev, R. D. (2021) On self and mutual winding helicity. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 103, (doi: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2021.106015)

Riello, M., Purgato, M., Bove, C., Tedeschi, F., MacTaggart, D., Barbui, C., Rusconi, E. (2021) Effectiveness of self-help plus (SH+) in reducing anxiety and post-traumatic symptomatology among care home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled trial. Royal Society Open Science, 8, (doi: 10.1098/rsos.210219)

MacTaggart, D., Prior, C., Raphaldini, B., Romano, P., Guglielmino, S.L. (2021) Direct evidence that twisted flux tube emergence creates solar active regions. Nature Communications, 12, (doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26981-7)

Teed, R. J., Latter, H. N. (2021) Axisymmetric simulations of the convective overstability in protoplanetary discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507, pp. 5523-5541. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2311)

Quinn, J., MacTaggart, D., Simitev, R. D. (2021) Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and collapse of a twisted magnetic nullpoint with anisotropic viscosity. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 650, (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140460)

Aziz, M. H.N., Simitev, R. D. (2021) Code for Estimation of Parameters for an Archetypal Model of Cardiomyocyte Membrane Potentials. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4568662)

Mortensen, P., Gao, H., Smith, G., Simitev, R. D. (2021) Action potential propagation and block in a model of atrial tissue with myocyte-fibroblast coupling. Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 38, pp. 106-131. (doi: 10.1093/imammb/dqaa014)

Simitev, R. D., Busse, F. H. (2021) Onset of inertial magnetoconvection in rotating fluid spheres. Fluids, 6, (doi: 10.3390/fluids6010041)

Mather, J. F., Simitev, R. D. (2021) Regimes of thermo-compositional convection and related dynamos in rotating spherical shells. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 115, pp. 61-84. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2020.1762875)

Mortensen, P., Gao, H., Smith, G., Simitev, R. D. (2021) Addendum: Action potential propagation and block in a model of atrial tissue with myocyte-fibroblast coupling. Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 38, pp. 292-298. (doi: 10.1093/imammb/dqab005)

Da Silva Costa, A., Mortensen, P., Hortigon-Vinagre, M. P., van der Heyden, M. A. G., Burton, F. L., Gao, H., Simitev, R. D., Smith, G. L. (2021) Electrophysiology of hiPSC-cardiomyocytes co-cultured with HEK cells expressing the inward rectifier channel. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, (doi: 10.3390/ijms22126621)

Mactaggart, D., Prior, C. (2021) Helicity and winding fluxes as indicators of twisted flux emergence. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 115, pp. 85-124. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2020.1740925)

MacTaggart, D., Prior, C. (2021) Magnetic winding – a key to unlocking topological complexity in flux emergence. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1730, (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1730/1/012013)

Silva, L., Gupta, P., Mactaggart, D., Simitev, R. (2020) Effects of shell thickness on cross-helicity generation in convection-driven spherical dynamos. Fluids, 5, (doi: 10.3390/fluids5040245)

Prior, C., Mactaggart, D. (2020) Magnetic winding: what is it and what is it good for? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476, (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0483)

Quinn, J., MacTaggart, D., Simitev, R. (2020) The effect of anisotropic viscosity on the nonlinear MHD kink instability. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 83, (doi: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2019.105131)

Riello, M., Purgato, M., Bove, C., Mactaggart, D., Rusconi, E. (2020) Prevalence of post-traumatic symptomatology and anxiety among residential nursing and care home workers following the first COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy. Royal Society Open Science, 7, (doi: 10.1098/rsos.200880)

MacTaggart, D., Valli, A. (2019) Magnetic helicity in multiply connected domains. Journal of Plasma Physics, 85, (doi: 10.1017/S0022377819000576)

Hori, K., Teed, R. J., Jones, C.A. (2019) Anelastic torsional oscillations in Jupiter's metallic hydrogen region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 519, pp. 50-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.042)

MacTaggart, D., Fletcher, L. (2019) The plasmoid instability in a confined solar flare. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, pp. L96-L100. (doi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slz068)

Prior, C., MacTaggart, D. (2019) Interpreting magnetic helicity flux in solar flux emergence. Journal of Plasma Physics, 85, (doi: 10.1017/S0022377819000229)

Teed, R.J., Jones, C.A., Tobias, S.M. (2019) Torsional waves driven by convection and jets in Earth’s liquid core. Geophysical Journal International, 216, pp. 123-129. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy416)

Silva, L. A.C., Mather, J. F., Simitev, R. D. (2019) The onset of thermo-compositional convection in rotating spherical shells. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 113, pp. 377-404. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2019.1640875)

MacTaggart, D. (2019) The tearing instability of resistive magnetohydrodynamics. Springer

(2019) Topics in Magnetohydrodynamic Topology, Reconnection and Stability Theory. 591, (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16343-3)

MacTaggart, D. (2018) The non-modal onset of the tearing instability. Journal of Plasma Physics, 84, (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818001009)

Silva, L. A.C., Simitev, R. D. (2018) Pseudo-spectral Code for Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Thermo-compositional Convection and Dynamos in Rotating Spherical Shells. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1311203)

Silva, L. A.C., Simitev, R. D. (2018) Spectral Code for Linear Analysis of the Onset of Thermo-compositional Convection in Rotating Spherical Fluid Shells. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1307245)

Simitev, R. D., Busse, F. H. (2018) Flows and dynamos in a model of stellar radiative zones. Journal of Plasma Physics, 84, (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000612)

Hori, K., Teed, R.J., Jones, C.A. (2018) The dynamics of magnetic Rossby waves in spherical dynamo simulations: a signature of strong-field dynamos? Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 276, pp. 68-85. (doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.07.008)

Mortensen, P., Bin Noor Aziz, M. H., Gao, H., Simitev, R. D. (2018) Modelling and Simulations of Electrical Propagation in Transmural Slabs of Scarred Left Ventricular Tissue.

Teed, R., Hori, K., Tobias, S., Jones, C. A. (2017) Observation and Excitation of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Numerical Models of Earth's Core.

Dacie, S., van Driel-Gesztelyi, L., Démoulin, P., Linton, M.G., Leake, J.E., MacTaggart, D., Cheung, M.C.M. (2017) Field distribution of magnetograms from simulations of active region formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 606, (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201730767)

MacTaggart, D., Stewart, P. (2017) Optimal energy growth in current sheets. Solar Physics, 292, (doi: 10.1007/s11207-017-1177-1)

MacTaggart, D., Vergori, L., Quinn, J. (2017) Braginskii magnetohydrodynamics for arbitrary magnetic topologies: coronal applications. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 826, pp. 615-635. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.463)

Teed, R. J., Proctor, M. R. E. (2017) Quasi-cyclic behaviour in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467, pp. 4858-4864. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx421)

Shumaylova, V., Teed, R. J., Proctor, M. R.E. (2017) Large-to small-scale dynamo in domains of large aspect ratio: kinematic regime. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466, pp. 3513-3518. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw3379)

Labrosse, N., Bownes, J., Forrest, D., MacTaggart, D., McGookin, E., Poet, R., Ray, S., Fischbacher-Smith, M., Jackson, M., McEwan, M., Pringle Barnes, G., Sheridan, N. (2017) Preparing for the Journey: Supporting Students to Make Successful Transitions Into and Out of Taught Postgraduate Study.

Simitev, R. D., Busse, F. H. (2017) Baroclinically-driven flows and dynamo action in rotating spherical fluid shells. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 111, pp. 369-379. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2017.1361945)

Teed, R. (2017) Identifying MHD Waves in Numerical Models of the Geodynamo.

Teed, R. (2017) Nonlinear Properties of the Shear Dynamo Model.

Bownes, J., Labrosse, N., Forrest, D., Mactaggart, D., Senn, H., Fischbacher-Smith, M., Jackson, M., McEwan, M., Pringle Barnes, G., Sheridan, N., Biletskaya, T. (2017) Supporting students in the transition to postgraduate taught study in STEM subjects. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 5, pp. 3-11. (doi: 10.14297/jpaap.v5i2.280)

MacTaggart, D., Guglielmino, S. L., Zuccarello, F. (2016) The pre-penumbral magnetic canopy in the solar atmosphere. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 831, (doi: 10.3847/2041-8205/831/1/L4)

Prior, C., MacTaggart, D. (2016) The emergence of braided magnetic fields. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 110, pp. 432-457. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2016.1216552)

Teed, R., Proctor, M. R.E. (2016) Destruction of large-scale magnetic field in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458, pp. 2885-2889. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw490)

Matsui, H. et al. (2016) Performance benchmarks for a next generation numerical dynamo model. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17, pp. 1586-1607. (doi: 10.1002/2015GC006159)

MacTaggart, D., Gregory, S., Neukirch, T., Donati, J.-F. (2016) Magnetohydrostatic modelling of stellar coronae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456, pp. 767-774. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2714)

Teed, R. (2016) Excitation of Torsional Waves in the Earth's Core.

Bezekci, B., Idris, I., Simitev, R.D., Biktashev, V.N. (2015) Semianalytical approach to criteria for ignition of excitation waves. Physical Review E, 92, (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042917)

Hori, K., Jones, C.A., Teed, R.J. (2015) Slow magnetic Rossby waves in the Earth's core. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 6622-6629. (doi: 10.1002/2015GL064733)

Teed, R. J., Jones, C. A., Tobias, S. M. (2015) The transition to Earth-like torsional oscillations in magnetoconvection simulations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 419, pp. 22-31. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.045)

MacTaggart, D., Guglielmino, S.L., Haynes, A.L., Simitev, R., Zuccarello, F. (2015) The magnetic structure of surges in small-scale emerging flux regions. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 576, (doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424646)

Simitev, R. D., Kosovichev, A. G., Busse, F. H. (2015) Dynamo effects near transition from solar to anti-solar differential rotation. Astrophysical Journal, 810, (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/810/1/80)

Argungu, M., Bayram, S., Brook, B., Chakrabarti, B., Clayton, R. H., Daly, D. M., Dyson, R. J., Holloway, C., Manhas, V., Naire, S., Shearer, T., Simitev, R. D. (2015) Modelling Afferent Nerve Responses to Bladder Filling.

Busse, F.H., Simitev, R.D. (2015) Planetary dynamos. Elsevier B.V.

Teed, R., Jones, C., Tobias, S. (2015) Torsional Waves Operating in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations.

Busse, F. H., Simitev, R. D. (2014) Quasi-geostrophic approximation of anelastic convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 751, pp. 216-227. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2014.293)

Marti, P., Schaeffer, N., Hollerbach, R., Cebron, D., Nore, C., Luddens, F., Guermond, J.L., Aubert, J., Takehiro, S., Sasaki, Y., Hayashi, Y., Simitev, R., Busse, F.H., Vantieghem, S., Jackson, A. (2014) Full sphere hydrodynamic and dynamo benchmarks. Geophysical Journal International, 197, pp. 119-134. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt518)

Mactaggart, D., Haynes, A. L. (2014) On magnetic reconnection and flux rope topology in solar flux emergence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438, pp. 1500-1506. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt2285)

Jackson, A., Sheyko, A., Marti, P., Tilgner, A., C'ebron, D., Vantieghema, S., Simitev, R., Busse, F., Zhan, X., Schubert, G., Takehiro, S., Sasaki, Y., Hayashi, Y.-Y., Ribeiro, A., Nore, C., Guermond, J.-L. (2014) A spherical shell numerical dynamo benchmark with pseudo vacuum magnetic boundary conditions. Geophysical Journal International, 196, pp. 712-723. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt425)

Teed, R. J., Jones, C. A., Tobias, S. M. (2014) The dynamics and excitation of torsional waves in geodynamo simulations. Geophysical Journal International, 196, pp. 724-735. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt432)

Christie, M., Nandi, M., Borg, Y., Carapella, V., Mirams, G., Aston, P., Bayram, S., Simitev, R., Siggers, J., Chakrabarti, B. (2014) Mathematical Modelling of Heart Rate Changes in the Mouse.

Teed, R., Jones, C., Tobias, S. (2014) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations.