Staff profile

• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Topological constraints

Journal Article

• Massoni, S. C., Evans, N. J., Hantke, I., Fenton, C., Torpey, J. H., Collins, K. M., Krysztofinska, E. M., Muench, J. H., Thapaliya, A., Martínez-Lumbreras, S., Hart Ferrell, S., Slater, C., Wang, X., Fekade, R., Obwar, S., Yin, S., Vazquez, A., Prior, C. B., Turgay, K., Isaacson, R. L., & Camp, A. H. (2025). MdfA is a novel ClpC adaptor protein that functions in the developing. Genes & Development, 39, 510-523. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.352498.124
• Rice, O., & Prior, C. (2025). Investigating the Effects of Atmospheric Stratification on Coronal Active Region Field Modeling. The Astrophysical Journal, 981(1), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adb1ae
• Williams, T., Prior, C. B., & MacTaggart, D. (2025). Investigating the Efficacy of Topologically Derived Time Series for Flare Forecasting. I. Data Set Preparation. The Astrophysical Journal, 980(1), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ada600
• Xiao, D., Prior, C. B., & Yeates, A. R. (2025). Winding and magnetic helicity in periodic domains. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 481(2307), Article 20240152. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2024.0152
• 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(2), Article 175. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acfef0
• Bale, A., Rambo, R., & Prior, C. (2023). The SKMT Algorithm: A method for assessing and comparing underlying protein entanglement. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(11), Article e1011248. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011248
• Xiao, D., Prior, C. B., & Yeates, A. R. (2023). Computation of Winding-Based Magnetic Helicity and Magnetic Winding Density for SHARP Magnetograms in Spherical Coordinates. Solar Physics, 298(10), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-023-02211-9
• Xiao, D., Prior, C., & Yeates, A. (2023). Spherical winding and helicity. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 56(20), Article 205201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/accc17
• 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(1), 398-407. https://doi.org/10.1093/rasti/rzad029
• Panter, J., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Prior, C. (2022). A minimal model of elastic instabilities in biological filament bundles. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 19(194), Article 20220287. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0287
• Raphaldini, B., Prior, C. B., & MacTaggart, D. (2022). Magnetic Winding as an Indicator of Flare Activity in Solar Active Regions. Astrophysical Journal, 927(2), Article 156. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4df9
• Prior, C., & Wyper, P. (2022). An exact threshold for separator bifurcation. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116(4), 321-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2022.2085696
• Prior, C. B., & Yeates, A. R. (2021). Intrinsic winding of braided vector fields in tubular subdomains. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 54(46), Article 465701. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ac2ea3
• MacTaggart, D., Prior, C., Raphaldini, B., Romano, P., & Guglielmino, S. (2021). Direct evidence that twisted flux tube emergence creates solar active regions. Nature Communications, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26981-7
• Sierzega, Z., Wereszczynski, J., & Prior, C. (2021). WASP: a software package for correctly characterizing the topological development of ribbon structures. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 1527. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80851-8
• MacTaggart, D., & Prior, C. (2021). Helicity and winding fluxes as indicators of twisted flux emergence. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 115(1), https://doi.org/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(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1730/1/012013
• Fradkin, L., Djakou, A., Prior, C., Darmon, M., Chatillion, S., & Calmon, P.-F. (2020). The alternative Kirchhoff Approximation in Elastodynamics with applications in ultrasonic non-destructive testing. Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal, 62(4), 406-422. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1446181120000036
• Prior, C., Hawkes, G., & Berger, M. (2020). Spatial scales and locality of magnetic helicity. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635, Article A95. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936675
• Prior, C., Davies, O. R., Bruce, D., & Pohl, E. (2020). Obtaining Tertiary Protein Structures by the ab Initio Interpretation of Small Angle X-ray Scattering Data. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 16(3), 1985-2001. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01010
• Prior, C., & MacTaggart, D. (2020). Magnetic winding: what is it and what is it good for?. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476(2242), Article 20200483. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0483
• Gekelman, W., DeHaas, T., Prior, C., & Yeates, A. (2020). Using topology to locate the position where fully three-dimensional reconnection occurs. SN Applied Sciences, 2(12), https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03896-4
• Prior, C., & MacTaggart, D. (2019). Interpreting magnetic helicity flux in solar flux emergence. Journal of Plasma Physics, 85(2), Article 775850201. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377819000229
• Prior, C., & Gourgouliatos, K. (2019). Observational signatures of magnetic field structure in relativistic AGN jets. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, Article A122. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834469
• Prior, C., & Yeates, A. (2018). Quantifying reconnective activity in braided vector fields. Physical Review E, 98(1), Article 013204. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.98.013204
• Prior, C., & MacTaggart, D. (2016). The emergence of braided magnetic fields. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 110(5), 432-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2016.1216552
• Prior, C., & Yeates, A. (2016). Twisted versus braided magnetic flux ropes in coronal geometry. II. Comparative behaviour. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 591, Article A16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201528053
• Prior, C., & Neukirch, S. (2016). The extended polar writhe: a tool for open curves mechanics. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 49(21), Article 215201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/49/21/215201
• Prior, C., & Yeates, A. (2016). Twisted versus braided magnetic flux ropes in coronal geometry. I. Construction and relaxation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 587, Article A125. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527231
• Prior, C., Moussou, J., Chakrabarti, B., Jensen, O., & Juel, A. (2016). Ribbon curling via stress relaxation in thin polymer films. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(7), 1719-1724. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514626113
• Prior, C. (2014). Helical Birods: An Elastic Model of Helically Wound Double-Stranded Rods. Journal of Elasticity, 117(2), 231-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-014-9472-7
• Prior, C., & Yeates, A. (2014). On the helicity of open magnetic fields. Astrophysical Journal, 787(2), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/787/2/100
• Prior, C., & Berger, M. (2012). On the shape of force-free field lines in the solar corona. Solar Physics, 278(2), 323-345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-9938-3
• Prior, C., & Majumdar, A. (2012). Stability estimates for a twisted rod under terminal loads: a three-dimensional study. Journal of Elasticity, 109(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-012-9371-8
• Prior, C., & Goriely, A. (2012). The fourier transform of tubular densities. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 45(22), https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/45/22/225208