Staff profile
Overview
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Anthony Yeates
Professor, Applied & Computational Mathematics
PhD University of St Andrews

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor, Applied & Computational Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences | MCS2037 | +44 (0) 191 33 43075 |
Research interests
- Topology and reconnection of 3D magnetic fields
- Computational modelling of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field
- Solar dynamo models
Research groups
- Applied Mathematics
Publications
Journal Article
- Yeates, A.R., Cheung, M.C.M., Jiang, J., Petrovay, K. & Wang, Y.-M. (2023). Surface Flux Transport on the Sun. Space Science Reviews
- Xiao, D., Prior, C. B. & Yeates, A. R. (2023). Spherical winding and helicity. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 56(20): 205201.
- Yeates, A R & Bhowmik, P (2022). Automated driving for global non-potential simulations of the solar corona. The Astrophysical Journal 935(1): 13.
- Rice, Oliver E. & Yeates, Anthony R. (2022). Eruptivity Criteria for Two-dimensional Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Corona. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9: 849135.
- Bhowmik, P, Yeates, AR & Rice, OEKR (2022). Exploring the Origin of Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections with Magnetofrictional Simulations. Solar Physics 297(3): 41.
- Yeates, A. R. (2022). On the limitations of magneto-frictional relaxation. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 116(4): 305-320.
- Rice, Oliver E. K. & Yeates, Anthony R. (2021). Global Coronal Equilibria with Solar Wind Outflow. The Astrophysical Journal 923(1): 57.
- Mackay, D. H. & Yeates, A. R. (2021). A Comparison of Sparse and Non-sparse Techniques for Electric-Field Inversion from Normal-Component Magnetograms. Solar Physics 296(12): 178.
- Prior, Christopher B & Yeates, Anthony R (2021). Intrinsic winding of braided vector fields in tubular subdomains. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 54(46): 465701.
- Yeates, A.R., Russell, A.J.B. & Hornig, G. (2021). Evolution of Field Line Helicity in Magnetic Relaxation. Physics of Plasmas 28(8): 082904.
- Bhowmik, P. & Yeates, A. R. (2021). Two Classes of Eruptive Events During Solar Minimum. Solar Physics 296(7): 109.
- Chen, L., Yeates, A.R. & Russell, A.J.B. (2021). Optimal unstirred state of a passive scalar. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 911.
- Gonzi, S., Weinzierl, M., Bocquet, F.‐X., Bisi, M. M., Odstrcil, D., Jackson, B. V., Yeates, A. R., Jackson, D. R., Henney, C. J. & Nikolos Arge, C. (2021). Impact of Inner Heliospheric Boundary Conditions on Solar Wind Predictions at Earth. Space Weather 19(1).
- Gekelman, Walter, DeHaas, Tim, Prior, Christopher & Yeates, Anthony (2020). Using topology to locate the position where fully three-dimensional reconnection occurs. SN Applied Sciences 2(12).
- Valori, Gherardo, Démoulin, Pascal, Pariat, Etienne, Yeates, Anthony, Moraitis, Kostas & Linan, Luis (2020). Additivity of relative magnetic helicity in finite volumes. Astronomy & Astrophysics 643: A26.
- Stansby, David, Yeates, Anthony & Badman, Samuel (2020). pfsspy: A Python package for potential field source surface modelling. Journal of Open Source Software 5(54): 2732.
- Petrovay, Kristóf, Nagy, Melinda & Yeates, Anthony R. (2020). Towards an algebraic method of solar cycle prediction. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate 10: 50.
- Yeates, A. R. (2020). How good is the bipolar approximation of active regions for surface flux transport? Solar Physics 295(9): 119
- Yeates, AR (2020). The Minimal Helicity of Solar Coronal Magnetic Fields. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 898(2): L49.
- Hawkes, G. & Yeates, A. R. (2019). Hemispheric injection of magnetic helicity by surface flux transport. Astronomy and Astrophysics 631: A138.
- Whitbread, T, Yeates, A. R. & Munoz-Jaramillo, A. (2019). The need for active region disconnection in 3D kinematic dynamo simulations. Astronomy & Astrophysics 627: A168.
- Virtanen, I. O. I., Virtanen, I. I., Pevtsov, A. A., Bertello, L., Yeates, A. & Mursula, K. (2019). Reconstructing solar magnetic fields from historical observations IV. Testing the reconstruction method. Astronomy & Astrophysics 627: A11.
- Mackay, Duncan H., DeVore, C. Richard, Antiochos, Spiro K. & Yeates, Anthony R. (2018). Magnetic Helicity Condensation and the Solar Cycle. The Astrophysical Journal 869(1): 62.
- Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I., Yeates, Anthony R., Wyper, Peter F. & Higginson, Aleida K. (2018). Magnetic Structures at the Boundary of the Closed Corona: Interpretation of S-Web Arcs. The Astrophysical Journal 869(1): 60.
- Yeates, A. R. & Page, M. H. (2018). Relative field-line helicity in bounded domains. Journal of Plasma Physics 84(6): 775840602.
- Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. I., Yeates, A. R., Bushby, P. J. & Hornig, G. (2018). Estimating the Rate of Field Line Braiding in the Solar Corona by Photospheric Flows. The Astrophysical Journal 864(2): 157.
- Yeates, A. R., Amari, T., Contopoulos, I., Feng, X., Mackay, D. H., Mikic, Z., Wiegelmann, T., Hutton, J., Lowder, C. A., Morgan, H., Petrie, G., Rachmeler, L. A., Upton, L. A., Canou, A., Chopin, P., Downs, C., Druckmuller, M., Linker, J. A., Seaton, D. B. & Torok, T. (2018). Global Non-Potential Magnetic Models of the Solar Corona During the March 2015 Eclipse. Space Science Reviews 214: 99.
- Prior, C. & Yeates, A. (2018). Quantifying reconnective activity in braided vector fields. Physical Review E 98(1): 013204.
- Pagano, Paolo, Mackay, Duncan Hendry & Yeates, Anthony Robinson (2018). A new technique for observationally derived boundary conditions for space weather. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate 8: A26.
- Nandy, Dibyendu, Bhowmik, Prantika, Yeates, Anthony R., Panda, Suman, Tarafder, Rajashik & Dash, Soumyaranjan (2018). The Large-scale Coronal Structure of the 2017 August 21 Great American Eclipse: An Assessment of Solar Surface Flux Transport Model Enabled Predictions and Observations. The Astrophysical Journal 853(1): 72.
- Whitbread, T., Yeates, A.R., Muñoz-Jaramillo, A. & Petrie, G.J.D. (2017). Parameter optimization for surface flux transport models. Astronomy & Astrophysics 607: A76.
- Linker, J. A., Caplan, R. M., Downs, C., Riley, P., Mikic, Z., Lionello, R., Henney, C. J., Arge, C. N., Liu, Y., Derosa, M. L., Yeates, A. & Owens, M. J. (2017). The Open Flux Problem. The Astrophysical Journal 848(1): 70.
- Lowder, Chris & Yeates, Anthony (2017). Magnetic Flux Rope Identification and Characterization from Observationally Driven Solar Coronal Models. The Astrophysical Journal 846(2): 106.
- Virtanen, I. O. I., Virtanen, I. I., Pevtsov, A. A., Yeates, A. & Mursula, K. (2017). Reconstructing solar magnetic fields from historical observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics 604: A8.
- Yeates, A. R. (2017). Sparse reconstruction of electric fields from radial magnetic data. The Astrophysical Journal 836(1): 131.
- Yeates, A.R. & Hornig, G. (2016). The global distribution of magnetic helicity in the solar corona. Astronomy & Astrophysics 594: A98.
- Weinzierl, Marion, Mackay, Duncan H., Yeates, Anthony R. & Pevtsov, Alexei A. (2016). The Possible Impact of L5 Magnetograms on Non-Potential Solar Coronal Magnetic Field Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal 828(2): 102.
- Weinzierl, Marion, Yeates, Anthony R., Mackay, Duncan H., Henney, Carl J. & Arge, C. Nick (2016). A New Technique for the Photospheric Driving of Non-Potential Solar Coronal Magnetic Field Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal 823(1): 55.
- Gibb, G.P.S., Mackay, D.H., Jardine, M.M. & Yeates, A.R. (2016). Stellar coronal response to differential rotation and flux emergence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 456(4): 3624-3637.
- Edwards, S. J., Yeates, A. R., Bocquet, F.-X. & Mackay, D. H. (2015). Influence of Non-Potential Coronal Magnetic Topology on Solar-Wind Models. Solar Physics 290(10): 2791-2808.
- Yeates, A. R., Russell, A. J. B. & Hornig, G. (2015). Physical role of topological constraints in localized magnetic relaxation. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 471(2178): 20150012.
- Yeates, A.R., Baker, D. & van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. (2015). Source of a Prominent Poleward Surge During Solar Cycle 24. Solar Physics 290(11): 3189-3201.
- Russell, A.J.B., Yeates, A.R., Hornig, G. & Wilmot-Smith, A.L. (2015). Evolution of field line helicity during magnetic reconnection. Physics of Plasmas 22(3): 032106.
- Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Senkpeil, R.R., Windmueller, J.C., Amouzou, E.C., Longcope, D.W., Tlatov, A.G., Nagovitsyn, Y.A., Pevtsov, A.A., Chapman, G.A., Cookson, A.M., Yeates, A.R., Watson, F.T., Balmaceda, L.A., DeLuca, E.E. & Martens, P.C.H. (2015). Small-scale and global dynamos and the area and flux distributions of active regions, sunspot groups, and sunspots a multi-database study. Astrophysical journal 800(1): 48.
- Yeates, A. R. & Hornig, G. (2014). A complete topological invariant for braided magnetic fields. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 544(1): 012002.
- Prior, C.B. & Yeates, A.R. (2014). On the helicity of open magnetic fields. The Astrophysical Journal 787(2): 100.
- Yeates, A.R. (2014). Coronal Magnetic Field Evolution from 1996 to 2012: Continuous Non-potential Simulations. Solar Physics 289(2): 631-648.
- Yeates, A. R., Bianchi, F., Welsh, B. T. & Bushby, P. J. (2014). The coronal energy input from magnetic braiding. Astronomy & Astrophysics 564: A131.
- Rachmeler, L. A., Platten, S. J., Bethge, C., Seaton, D. B. & Yeates, A. R. (2014). Observations of a hybrid double-streamer/pseudostreamer in the solar corona. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 787(1): L3.
- Chian, A.C.-L., Rempel, E.L., Aulanier, G., Schmieder, B., Shadden, S.C., Welsch, B.T. & Yeates, A.R. (2014). Detection of coherent structures in photospheric turbulent flows. The Astrophysical Journal 786(1): 51.
- Yeates, A.R. & Hornig, G. (2013). Unique topological characterization of braided magnetic fields. Physics of Plasmas 20(1): 012102.
- Schrijver, C.J., Title, A.M., Yeates, A.R. & DeRosa, M.L. (2013). Pathways of Large-scale Magnetic Couplings Between Solar Coronal Events. The Astrophysical Journal 773(2): 93.
- Yeates, A.R. & Munoz-Jaramillo, A. (2013). Kinematic active region formation in a three-dimensional solar dynamo model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 436(4): 3366-3379.
- Yeates, A. R. & Mackay, D. H. (2012). Chirality of high-latitude filaments over Solar Cycle 23. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 753(2): L34.
- Yeates, A. R., Hornig, G. & Welsch, B. T. (2012). Lagrangian coherent structures in photospheric flows and their implications for coronal magnetic structure. Astronomy & Astrophysics 539: A1.
- Mackay, D. H. & Yeates, A. R. (2012). The Sun's Global Photospheric and Coronal Magnetic Fields: Observations and Models. Living Reviews in Solar Physics 9: 6.
- Wilmot-Smith, A. L., Pontin, D. I., Yeates, A. R. & Hornig, G. (2011). Heating of Braided Coronal Loops. Astronomy & Astrophysics 536: A67.
- Yeates, A. R. & Hornig, G. (2011). Dynamical constraints from field line topology in magnetic flux tubes. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 44(26): 265501.
- Yeates, AR & Hornig, G (2011). A Generalized Flux Function for Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection. Physics of Plasmas 18(10): 102118.
- Yeates, A. R., Attrill, G. D. R., Nandy, D., Mackay, D. H., Martens, P. C. H. & van Ballegooijen, A. A. (2010). Comparison of a global magnetic evolution model with observations of coronal mass ejections. The Astrophysical Journal 709(2): 1238-1248.
- Yeates, A. R., Constable, J. A. & Martens, P. C. H. (2010). Solar cycle variation of magnetic flux ropes in a quasi-static coronal evolution model. Solar Physics 263(1-2): 121-134.
- Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Nandy, D., Martens, P. C. H. & Yeates, A. R. (2010). A double-ring algorithm for modeling solar active regions: Unifying kinematic dynamo models and surface flux-transport simulations. The Astrophysical Journal 720(1): L20.
- Yeates, A. R., Hornig, G. & Wilmot-Smith, A. L. (2010). Topological constraints on magnetic relaxation. Physical Review Letters 105(8): 085002.
- Yeates, A. R., Mackay, D. H., van Ballegooijen, A. A. & Constable, J. A. (2010). A nonpotential model for the Sun's open magnetic flux. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 115(A9): A09112.
- Yeates, A. R. & Mackay, D. H. (2009). Modelling the global solar corona III: Origin of the hemispheric pattern of filaments. Solar Physics 254(1): 77-88.
- Yeates, A. R. & Mackay, D. H. (2009). Initiation of coronal mass ejections in a global evolution model. The Astrophysical Journal 699(2): 1024-1037.
- Yeates, A. R., Mackay, D. H. & van Ballegooijen, A. A. (2008). Evolution and distribution of current helicity in full-Sun simulations. The Astrophysical Journal: Letters 680(2): L165-L168.
- Yeates, A. R., Nandy, D. & Mackay, D. H. (2008). Exploring the physical basis of solar cycle predictions: Flux transport dynamics and persistence of memory in advection versus diffusion-dominated solar convection zones. The Astrophysical Journal 673(1): 544-556.
- Mackay, D. H., Gaizauskas, V. & Yeates, A. R. (2008). Where do solar filaments form? Consequences for theoretical models. Solar Physics 248(1): 51-65.
- Yeates, A. R., Mackay, D. H. & van Ballegooijen, A. A. (2008). Modelling the global solar corona II: Coronal evolution and filament chirality comparison. Solar Physics 247(1): 103-121.
- Yeates, A. R., Mackay, D. H. & van Ballegooijen, A. A. (2007). Modelling the global solar corona filament chirality observations and surface simulations. Solar Physics 245(1): 87-107.
Supervision students
Daining Xiao
2ACM
Oliver Rice
3ACM