Staff profile

• Computational modelling of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field
• Solar dynamo models
• Topology and reconnection of 3D magnetic fields

Chapter in book

• Yeates, A. R., & Berger, M. A. (2024). Introduction to Field Line Helicity. In K. Kuzanyan, N. Yokoi, M. K. Georgoulis, & R. Stepanov (Eds.), Helicities in Geophysics, Astrophysics and Beyond (3-16). American Geophysical Union. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119841715.ch1

Journal Article

• Yeates, A. R., Bertello, L., Pevtsov, A. A., & Pevtsov, A. A. (in press). Latitude Quenching Nonlinearity in the Solar Dynamo. The Astrophysical Journal,
• Yeates, A., Cheung, M., Jiang, J., Petrovay, K., & Wang, Y.-M. (online). Surface Flux Transport on the Sun. Space Science Reviews, 219, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00978-8
• Aslanyan, V., Scott, R. B., Wilkins, C. P., Meyer, K. A., Pontin, D. I., & Yeates, A. R. (2024). A New Field Line Tracer for the Study of Coronal Magnetic Topologies. The Astrophysical Journal, 971(2), Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad55ca
• Yeates, A. R. (2024). The Sun’s Non-Potential Corona over Solar Cycle 24. Solar Physics, 299(6), Article 83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-024-02328-5
• Mursula, K., Pevtsov, A. A., Asikainen, T., Tähtinen, I., & Yeates, A. R. (2024). Transition to a weaker Sun: Changes in the solar atmosphere during the decay of the Modern Maximum. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 685, Article A170. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449231
• Aslanyan, V., Meyer, K. A., Scott, R. B., & Yeates, A. R. (2024). A Near-half-century Simulation of the Solar Corona. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 961(1), Article L3. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad1934
• 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
• Rice, O. E. K., & Yeates, A. R. (2023). Eruptivity Criteria for Solar Coronal Flux Ropes in Magnetohydrodynamic and Magnetofrictional Models. Astrophysical Journal, 955(2), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acefc1
• 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
• Yeates, A., & Bhowmik, P. (2022). Automated driving for global non-potential simulations of the solar corona. Astrophysical Journal, 935(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7de4
• Bhowmik, P., Yeates, A., & Rice, O. (2022). Exploring the Origin of Stealth Coronal Mass Ejections with Magnetofrictional Simulations. Solar Physics, 297(3), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-022-01974-x
• Rice, O. E., & Yeates, A. R. (2022). Eruptivity Criteria for Two-dimensional Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Corona. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, Article 849135. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.849135
• Yeates, A. (2022). On the limitations of magneto-frictional relaxation. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116(4), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2021.2021197
• Rice, O. E., & Yeates, A. R. (2021). Global Coronal Equilibria with Solar Wind Outflow. Astrophysical Journal, 923(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2c71
• Mackay, D., & Yeates, A. (2021). A Comparison of Sparse and Non-sparse Techniques for Electric-Field Inversion from Normal-Component Magnetograms. Solar Physics, 296(12), Article 178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-021-01924-z
• 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
• Yeates, A., Russell, A., & Hornig, G. (2021). Evolution of Field Line Helicity in Magnetic Relaxation. Physics of Plasmas, 28(8), Article 082904. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0059756
• Chen, L., Yeates, A., & Russell, A. (2021). Optimal unstirred state of a passive scalar. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 911, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.1154
• Gonzi, S., Weinzierl, M., Bocquet, F., Bisi, M., Odstrcil, D., Jackson, B., Yeates, A., Jackson, D., Henney, C., & Nikolos Arge, C. (2021). Impact of Inner Heliospheric Boundary Conditions on Solar Wind Predictions at Earth. Space Weather, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020sw002499
• Bhowmik, P., & Yeates, A. (2021). Two Classes of Eruptive Events During Solar Minimum. Solar Physics, 296(7), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-021-01845-x
• Valori, G., Démoulin, P., Pariat, E., Yeates, A., Moraitis, K., & Linan, L. (2020). Additivity of relative magnetic helicity in finite volumes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 643, Article A26. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038533
• Yeates, A. (2020). How good is the bipolar approximation of active regions for surface flux transport?. Solar Physics, 295(9), Article 119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-020-01688-y
• Yeates, A. (2020). The Minimal Helicity of Solar Coronal Magnetic Fields. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 898(2), Article L49. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aba762
• Stansby, D., Yeates, A., & Badman, S. (2020). pfsspy: A Python package for potential field source surface modelling. The Journal of Open Source Software, 5(54), https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02732
• Petrovay, K., Nagy, M., & Yeates, A. R. (2020). Towards an algebraic method of solar cycle prediction. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 10, Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2020050
• 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
• Hawkes, G., & Yeates, A. (2019). Hemispheric injection of magnetic helicity by surface flux transport. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 631, Article A138. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201936475
• Whitbread, T., Yeates, A., & Munoz-Jaramillo, A. (2019). The need for active region disconnection in 3D kinematic dynamo simulations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 627, Article A168. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935986
• Virtanen, I., Virtanen, I., Pevtsov, A., Bertello, L., Yeates, A., & Mursula, K. (2019). Reconstructing solar magnetic fields from historical observations : IV. Testing the reconstruction method. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 627(A11), Article A11. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935606
• Mackay, D. H., DeVore, C. R., Antiochos, S. K., & Yeates, A. R. (2018). Magnetic Helicity Condensation and the Solar Cycle. Astrophysical Journal, 869(1), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaec7c
• Scott, R. B., Pontin, D. I., Yeates, A. R., Wyper, P. F., & Higginson, A. K. (2018). Magnetic Structures at the Boundary of the Closed Corona: Interpretation of S-Web Arcs. Astrophysical Journal, 869(1), Article 60. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaed2b
• Yeates, A., & Page, M. (2018). Relative field-line helicity in bounded domains. Journal of Plasma Physics, 84(6), Article 775840602. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377818001204
• Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D., Yeates, A., Bushby, P., & Hornig, G. (2018). Estimating the Rate of Field Line Braiding in the Solar Corona by Photospheric Flows. Astrophysical Journal, 864(2), Article 157. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad8bc
• Yeates, A., Amari, T., Contopoulos, I., Feng, X., Mackay, D., Mikic, Z., Wiegelmann, T., Hutton, J., Lowder, C., Morgan, H., Petrie, G., Rachmeler, L., Upton, L., Canou, A., Chopin, P., Downs, C., Druckmuller, M., Linker, J., Seaton, D., & Torok, T. (2018). Global Non-Potential Magnetic Models of the Solar Corona During the March 2015 Eclipse. Space Science Reviews, 214, Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0534-1
• 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
• Pagano, P., Mackay, D. H., & Yeates, A. R. (2018). A new technique for observationally derived boundary conditions for space weather. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 8, Article A26. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2018012
• Nandy, D., Bhowmik, P., Yeates, A. R., Panda, S., Tarafder, R., & Dash, S. (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. Astrophysical Journal, 853(1), Article 72. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa1eb
• Whitbread, T., Yeates, A., Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., & Petrie, G. (2017). Parameter optimization for surface flux transport models. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 607, Article A76. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730689
• Linker, J., Caplan, R., Downs, C., Riley, P., Mikic, Z., Lionello, R., Henney, C., Arge, C., Liu, Y., Derosa, M., Yeates, A., & Owens, M. (2017). The Open Flux Problem. Astrophysical Journal, 848(1), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8a70
• Lowder, C., & Yeates, A. (2017). Magnetic Flux Rope Identification and Characterization from Observationally Driven Solar Coronal Models. Astrophysical Journal, 846(2), Article 106. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa86b1
• Virtanen, I., Virtanen, I., Pevtsov, A., Yeates, A., & Mursula, K. (2017). Reconstructing solar magnetic fields from historical observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 604, Article A8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730415
• Yeates, A. (2017). Sparse reconstruction of electric fields from radial magnetic data. Astrophysical Journal, 836(1), Article 131. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5c84
• Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2016). The global distribution of magnetic helicity in the solar corona. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 594, Article A98. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629122
• Weinzierl, M., Mackay, D. H., Yeates, A. R., & Pevtsov, A. A. (2016). The Possible Impact of L5 Magnetograms on Non-Potential Solar Coronal Magnetic Field Simulations. Astrophysical Journal, 828(2), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/828/2/102
• Weinzierl, M., Yeates, A. R., Mackay, D. H., Henney, C. J., & Arge, C. N. (2016). A New Technique for the Photospheric Driving of Non-Potential Solar Coronal Magnetic Field Simulations. Astrophysical Journal, 823(1), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/823/1/55
• Gibb, G., Mackay, D., Jardine, M., & Yeates, A. (2016). Stellar coronal response to differential rotation and flux emergence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(4), 3624-3637. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2920
• Yeates, A., Baker, D., & van Driel-Gesztelyi, L. (2015). Source of a Prominent Poleward Surge During Solar Cycle 24. Solar Physics, 290(11), 3189-3201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-015-0660-9
• Edwards, S., Yeates, A., Bocquet, F.-X., & Mackay, D. (2015). Influence of Non-Potential Coronal Magnetic Topology on Solar-Wind Models. Solar Physics, 290(10), 2791-2808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-015-0795-8
• Yeates, A., Russell, A., & Hornig, G. (2015). Physical role of topological constraints in localized magnetic relaxation. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471(2178), Article 20150012. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2015.0012
• Russell, A., Yeates, A., Hornig, G., & Wilmot-Smith, A. (2015). Evolution of field line helicity during magnetic reconnection. Physics of Plasmas, 22(3), Article 032106. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4913489
• Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Senkpeil, R., Windmueller, J., Amouzou, E., Longcope, D., Tlatov, A., Nagovitsyn, Y., Pevtsov, A., Chapman, G., Cookson, A., Yeates, A., Watson, F., Balmaceda, L., DeLuca, E., & Martens, P. (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), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/800/1/48
• Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2014). A complete topological invariant for braided magnetic fields. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 544(1), Article 012002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/544/1/012002
• 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
• Rachmeler, L., Platten, S., Bethge, C., Seaton, D., & Yeates, A. (2014). Observations of a hybrid double-streamer/pseudostreamer in the solar corona. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 787(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/787/1/l3
• Yeates, A., Bianchi, F., Welsh, B., & Bushby, P. (2014). The coronal energy input from magnetic braiding. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 564, Article A131. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323276
• Chian, A.-L., Rempel, E., Aulanier, G., Schmieder, B., Shadden, S., Welsch, B., & Yeates, A. (2014). Detection of coherent structures in photospheric turbulent flows. Astrophysical Journal, 786(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/1/51
• Yeates, A. (2014). Coronal Magnetic Field Evolution from 1996 to 2012: Continuous Non-potential Simulations. Solar Physics, 289(2), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-013-0301-0
• Yeates, A., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1818
• Schrijver, C., Title, A., Yeates, A., & DeRosa, M. (2013). Pathways of Large-scale Magnetic Couplings Between Solar Coronal Events. Astrophysical Journal, 773(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/773/2/93
• Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2013). Unique topological characterization of braided magnetic fields. Physics of Plasmas, 20(1), Article 012102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773903
• Yeates, A., Hornig, G., & Welsch, B. (2012). Lagrangian coherent structures in photospheric flows and their implications for coronal magnetic structure. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 539, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201118278
• Mackay, D., & Yeates, A. (2012). The Sun's Global Photospheric and Coronal Magnetic Fields: Observations and Models. Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 9, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.12942/lrsp-2012-6
• Yeates, A., & Mackay, D. (2012). Chirality of high-latitude filaments over Solar Cycle 23. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 753(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/753/2/l34
• Wilmot-Smith, A., Pontin, D., Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2011). Heating of Braided Coronal Loops. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 536, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117942
• Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2011). A Generalized Flux Function for Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection. Physics of Plasmas, 18(10), Article 102118. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3657424
• Yeates, A., & Hornig, G. (2011). Dynamical constraints from field line topology in magnetic flux tubes. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 44(26), https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/26/265501
• Yeates, A., Mackay, D., van Ballegooijen, A., & Constable, J. (2010). A nonpotential model for the Sun's open magnetic flux. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 115(A9), https://doi.org/10.1029/2010ja015611
• Muñoz-Jaramillo, A., Nandy, D., Martens, P., & Yeates, A. (2010). A double-ring algorithm for modeling solar active regions: Unifying kinematic dynamo models and surface flux-transport simulations. Astrophysical Journal, 720(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/720/1/l20
• Yeates, A., Constable, J., & Martens, P. (2010). Solar cycle variation of magnetic flux ropes in a quasi-static coronal evolution model. Solar Physics, 263(1-2), 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-010-9546-z
• Yeates, A., Attrill, G., Nandy, D., Mackay, D., Martens, P., & van Ballegooijen, A. (2010). Comparison of a global magnetic evolution model with observations of coronal mass ejections. Astrophysical Journal, 709(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/709/2/1238
• Yeates, A., Hornig, G., & Wilmot-Smith, A. (2010). Topological constraints on magnetic relaxation. Physical Review Letters, 105(8), Article 085002. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.085002
• Yeates, A., & Mackay, D. (2009). Initiation of coronal mass ejections in a global evolution model. Astrophysical Journal, 699(2), Article 1024-1037. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/699/2/1024
• Yeates, A., & Mackay, D. (2009). Modelling the global solar corona III: Origin of the hemispheric pattern of filaments. Solar Physics, 254(1), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-008-9276-7
• Yeates, A., Mackay, D., & van Ballegooijen, A. (2008). Evolution and distribution of current helicity in full-Sun simulations. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 680(2), L165-L168. https://doi.org/10.1086/590057
• Mackay, D., Gaizauskas, V., & Yeates, A. (2008). Where do solar filaments form? Consequences for theoretical models. Solar Physics, 248(1), 51-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-008-9127-6
• Yeates, A., Nandy, D., & Mackay, D. (2008). Exploring the physical basis of solar cycle predictions: Flux transport dynamics and persistence of memory in advection versus diffusion-dominated solar convection zones. Astrophysical Journal, 673(1), 544-556. https://doi.org/10.1086/524352
• Yeates, A., Mackay, D., & van Ballegooijen, A. (2008). Modelling the global solar corona II: Coronal evolution and filament chirality comparison. Solar Physics, 247(1), 103-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-007-9097-0
• Yeates, A., Mackay, D., & van Ballegooijen, A. (2007). Modelling the global solar corona : filament chirality observations and surface simulations. Solar Physics, 245(1), 87-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-007-9013-7