Publications of D. MacTaggart

A list of publications authored or co-authored by D. MacTaggart, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-2297-9312

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 45 (refereed: 45)
No. of citations: 519
First author papers: 21 (refereed: 21)

2026

  1. Investigating the Efficacy of Topologically Derived Time Series for Flare Forecasting. II. XGBoost Model [0]
    Williams, Thomas, Prior, Christopher B., MacTaggart, David, Aslam, O. P. M. & Bloomfield, D. Shaun, ApJ, 999, 87

2025

  1. The Source of the 2017 Cosmic-ray Half-year Modulation Event [0]
    Aslam, O. P. M., MacTaggart, D., Battiston, R., Potgieter, M. S. & Ngobeni, M. D., ApJ, 981, 174
  2. Relative magnetic helicity under turbulent relaxation [1]
    Lindberg, S. & MacTaggart, D., Journal of Mathematical Physics, 66, 043102
  3. The Magnetic Topology of AR13664 Leading to Its First Halo CME [5]
    MacTaggart, D., Williams, T. & Aslam, O. P. M., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2024JA033462
  4. On Field Line Slippage Rates in the Solar Corona [0]
    MacTaggart, David, Solar Physics, 300, 48
  5. On turbulent magnetic reconnection: fast and slow mean steady states [1]
    Stanish, S. & MacTaggart, D., Journal of Plasma Physics, 91, E49
  6. Investigating the Efficacy of Topologically Derived Time Series for Flare Forecasting. I. Data Set Preparation [2]
    Williams, Thomas, Prior, Christopher B. & MacTaggart, David, ApJ, 980, 102

2024

  1. Photospheric signatures of CME onset [7]
    Aslam, O. P. M., MacTaggart, D., Williams, T., Fletcher, L. & Romano, P., MNRAS, 534, 444
  2. Elastic jump propagation across a blood vessel junction [0]
    Spelman, Tamsin A., Onah, Ifeanyi S., MacTaggart, David & Stewart, Peter S., Royal Society Open Science, 11, 232000

2023

  1. ARTop: an open-source tool for measuring active region topology at the solar photosphere [7]
    Alielden, K., MacTaggart, D., Ming, Q., Prior, C. & Raphaldini, B., RAS Techniques and Instruments, 2, 398
  2. Differential Rotation in Convecting Spherical Shells with Non-Uniform Viscosity and Entropy Diffusivity [0]
    Gupta, Parag, MacTaggart, David & Simitev, Radostin D., Fluidika, 8, 288
  3. Relative magnetic helicity in multiply connected domains [6]
    MacTaggart, David & Valli, Alberto, Journal of Physics A Mathematical General, 56, 435701
  4. Deciphering the Pre-solar-storm Features of the 2017 September Storm From Global and Local Dynamics [11]
    Raphaldini, Breno, Dikpati, Mausumi, Norton, Aimee A., Teruya, Andre S. W., McIntosh, Scott W., Prior, Christopher B. & MacTaggart, David, ApJ, 958, 175

2022

  1. A study of global magnetic helicity in self-consistent spherical dynamos [0]
    Gupta, P., Simitev, R. D. & MacTaggart, D., Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116, 521
  2. Magnetic Winding as an Indicator of Flare Activity in Solar Active Regions [13]
    Raphaldini, Breno, Prior, Christopher B. & MacTaggart, David, ApJ, 927, 156
  3. Introduction [0]
    Simitev, Radostin D., MacTaggart, David, Teed, Robert & Candelaresi, Simon, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116, 235

2021

  1. Direct evidence that twisted flux tube emergence creates solar active regions [30]
    MacTaggart, D., Prior, C., Raphaldini, B., Romano, P. & Guglielmino, S. L., Nature Communications, 12, 6621
  2. Helicity and winding fluxes as indicators of twisted flux emergence [20]
    MacTaggart, D. & Prior, C., Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 115, 85
  3. 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 [2]
    Riello, Marianna, Purgato, Marianna, Bove, Chiara, Tedeschi, Federico, MacTaggart, David, Barbui, Corrado & Rusconi, Elena, Royal Society Open Science, 8, 210219

2020

  1. Magnetic winding: what is it and what is it good for? [21]
    Prior, Christopher & MacTaggart, David, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, 476, 20200483
  2. The effect of anisotropic viscosity on the nonlinear MHD kink instability [2]
    Quinn, James, MacTaggart, David & Simitev, Radostin D., Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, 83, 105131
  3. Prevalence of post-traumatic symptomatology and anxiety among residential nursing and care home workers following the first COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy [4]
    Riello, Marianna, Purgato, Marianna, Bove, Chiara, MacTaggart, David & Rusconi, Elena, Royal Society Open Science, 7, 200880
  4. Effects of Shell Thickness on Cross-Helicity Generation in Convection-Driven Spherical Dynamos [3]
    Silva, Luis, Gupta, Parag, MacTaggart, David & Simitev, Radostin D., Fluidika, 5, 245

2019

  1. Magnetic helicity in multiply connected domains [9]
    MacTaggart, D. & Valli, A., Journal of Plasma Physics, 85, 775850501
  2. The plasmoid instability in a confined solar flare [2]
    MacTaggart, David & Fletcher, Lyndsay, MNRAS, 486, L96
  3. Interpreting magnetic helicity flux in solar flux emergence [10]
    Prior, C. & MacTaggart, D., Journal of Plasma Physics, 85, 775850201

2018

  1. The non-modal onset of the tearing instability [4]
    MacTaggart, D., Journal of Plasma Physics, 84, 905840501

2017

  1. Field distribution of magnetograms from simulations of active region formation [2]
    Dacie, S., van Driel-Gesztelyi, L., Démoulin, P., Linton, M. G., Leake, J. E., MacTaggart, D. & Cheung, M. C. M., A&A, 606, A34
  2. Braginskii magnetohydrodynamics for arbitrary magnetic topologies: coronal applications [8]
    MacTaggart, D., Vergori, L. & Quinn, J., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 826, 615
  3. Optimal Energy Growth in Current Sheets [1]
    MacTaggart, David & Stewart, Peter, Solar Physics, 292, 148

2016

  1. Magnetohydrostatic modelling of stellar coronae [6]
    MacTaggart, D., Gregory, S. G., Neukirch, T. & Donati, J.-F., MNRAS, 456, 767
  2. The Pre-penumbral Magnetic Canopy in the Solar Atmosphere [11]
    MacTaggart, David, Guglielmino, Salvo L. & Zuccarello, Francesca, ApJ, 831, L4
  3. The emergence of braided magnetic fields [9]
    Prior, C. & MacTaggart, D., Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 110, 432

2015

  1. The magnetic structure of surges in small-scale emerging flux regions [26]
    MacTaggart, D., Guglielmino, S. L., Haynes, A. L., Simitev, R. & Zuccarello, F., A&A, 576, A4

2014

  1. On magnetic reconnection and flux rope topology in solar flux emergence [25]
    MacTaggart, D. & Haynes, A. L., MNRAS, 438, 1500

2013

  1. Non-symmetric magnetohydrostatic equilibria: a multigrid approach [4]
    MacTaggart, D., Elsheikh, A., McLaughlin, J. A. & Simitev, R. D., A&A, 556, A40

2012

  1. 3D MHD Flux Emergence Experiments: Idealised Models and Coronal Interactions [51]
    Hood, A. W., Archontis, V. & MacTaggart, D., Solar Physics, 278, 3
  2. Finite deformation in ideal magnetohydrodynamics [1]
    MacTaggart, D., A&A, 542, A97
  3. On the periodicity of oscillatory reconnection [55]
    McLaughlin, J. A., Thurgood, J. O. & MacTaggart, D., A&A, 548, A98
  4. On Signatures of Twisted Magnetic Flux Tube Emergence [22]
    Vargas Domínguez, S., MacTaggart, D., Green, L., van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. & Hood, A. W., Solar Physics, 278, 33

2011

  1. Flux emergence within mature solar active regions [21]
    MacTaggart, D., A&A, 531, A108

2010

  1. Simulating the "Sliding Doors" Effect Through Magnetic Flux Emergence [29]
    MacTaggart, David & Hood, Alan W., ApJ, 716, L219

2009

  1. Multiple eruptions from magnetic flux emergence [33]
    MacTaggart, D. & Hood, A. W., A&A, 508, 445
  2. On the emergence of toroidal flux tubes: general dynamics and comparisons with the cylinder model [44]
    MacTaggart, D. & Hood, A. W., A&A, 507, 995
  3. Can magnetic breakout be achieved from multiple flux emergence? [11]
    MacTaggart, D. & Hood, A. W., A&A, 501, 761

Created on Wed Apr 22 04:32:36 2026.