First-authored, refereed papers of D. MacTaggart


A list of first-authored, refereed publications of 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: 21
No. of citations: 296

2025

  1. 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
  2. On Field Line Slippage Rates in the Solar Corona [0]
    MacTaggart, David, Solar Physics, 300, 48

2023

  1. Relative magnetic helicity in multiply connected domains [6]
    MacTaggart, David & Valli, Alberto, Journal of Physics A Mathematical General, 56, 435701

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

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

2018

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

2017

  1. Braginskii magnetohydrodynamics for arbitrary magnetic topologies: coronal applications [8]
    MacTaggart, D., Vergori, L. & Quinn, J., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 826, 615
  2. 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

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. Finite deformation in ideal magnetohydrodynamics [1]
    MacTaggart, D., A&A, 542, A97

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


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