Research articles
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Importance of far-side flux emergence for global non-potential models of the solar corona
- J. Reid, D. H. Mackay, and L. A. Upton
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (in prep.).
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Self-consistent Heating of the Magnetically Closed Solar Corona: Generation of Nanoflares and Response of the Plasma
- C. D. Johnston, L. K. S. Daldorff, J. A. Klimchuk, S. Sow Mondal, W. T. Barnes, J. E. Leake, J. Reid, and J. D. Parker
- Astrophysical Journal 994, 139 (2025).
- Submitted: 8 August 2025
- Accepted: 15 September 2025
- Published: 25 November 2025
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Quantifying when and where strong magnetic skew forms in a data-driven global non-potential model of the solar corona I: production and persistence of skew
- J. Reid, D. H. Mackay, and L. A. Upton
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 542(3), pp. 2184–2210 (2025).
- Submitted: 16 October 2024
- Accepted: 14 July 2025
- Published: 31 July 2025
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Coronal energy release by MHD avalanches: II. EUV line emission from a multi-threaded coronal loop
- G. Cozzo, J. Reid, P. Pagano, F. Reale, P. Testa, A. W. Hood, C. Argiroffi, A. Petralia, E. Alaimo, F. D'Anca, L. Sciortino, M. Todaro, U. Lo Cicero, M. Barbera, B. De Pontieu, and J. Martínez-Sykora
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 689, A184 (2024).
- Submitted: 7 May 2024
- Accepted: 5 June 2024
- Published: 16 September 2024
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The Thermodynamic Response of Heating at Coronal Null Points
- D. Johnson, A. W. Hood, P. J. Cargill, J. Reid, and C. D. Johnston
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 532(4), pp. 4261–4271 (2024).
- Submitted: 3 May 2024
- Accepted: 15 July 2024
- Published: 19 July 2024
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Coronal energy release by MHD avalanches: effects on a structured, active region, multi-threaded coronal loop
- G. Cozzo, J. Reid, P. Pagano, F. Reale, and A. W. Hood
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 678, A40 (2023).
- Submitted: 18 April 2023
- Accepted: 9 June 2023
- Published: 29 September 2023
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Self-consistent nanoflare heating in model active regions: MHD avalanches
- J. Reid, J. Threlfall, and A. W. Hood
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 518(1), pp. 1584–1600 (2023).
- Submitted: 2 March 2022
- Accepted: 1 November 2022
- Published: 7 November 2022
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Can Multi-Threaded Flux Tubes in Coronal Arcades Support a Magnetohydrodynamic Avalanche?
- J. Threlfall, J. Reid, and A. W. Hood
- Solar Physics 296, 120 (2021).
- Submitted: 9 April 2021
- Accepted: 15 July 2021
- Published: 16 August 2021
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Linking computational models to follow the evolution of heated coronal plasma
- J. Reid, P. J. Cargill, C. D. Johnston, and A. W. Hood
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 505(3), pp. 4141–4150 (2021).
- Submitted: 23 February 2021
- Accepted: 27 April 2021
- Published: 4 May 2021
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Phase mixing and wave heating in a complex coronal plasma
- T. A. Howson, I. De Moortel, and J. Reid
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 636, A40 (2020).
- Submitted: 17 December 2019
- Accepted: 5 March 2020
- Published: 13 April 2020
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Coronal energy release by MHD avalanches: Heating mechanisms
- J. Reid, P. J. Cargill, A. W. Hood, C. E. Parnell, and T. D. Arber
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 633, A158 (2020).
- Submitted: 1 November 2019
- Accepted: 14 December 2019
- Published: 24 January 2020
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Determining whether the squashing factor, Q, would be a good indicator of reconnection in a resistive MHD experiment devoid of null points
- J. Reid, C. E. Parnell, A. W. Hood, and P. K. Browning
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 633, A92 (2020).
- Submitted: 2 October 2019
- Accepted: 21 November 2019
- Published: 16 January 2020
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Magnetohydrodynamic waves in braided magnetic fields
- T. A. Howson, I. De Moortel, J. Reid, and A. W. Hood
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 629, A60 (2019).
- Submitted: 13 May 2019
- Accepted: 5 August 2019
- Published: 5 September 2019
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Coronal energy release by MHD avalanches: continuous driving
- J. Reid, A. W. Hood, C. E. Parnell, P. K. Browning, and P. J. Cargill
- Astronomy & Astrophysics 615, A84 (2018).
- Submitted: 1 December 2017
- Accepted: 23 March 2018
- Published: 18 July 2018
Conference proceedings
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Self-consistent nanoflare heating in model active regions: MHD avalanches in curved coronal arcades
- J. Reid, J. Threlfall, and A. W. Hood
- In: The Era of Multi-Messenger Solar Physics, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 18(S372), pp. 116–118.
- Submitted: 7 November 2022
- Accepted: 21 November 2022
- Published: 28 September 2023
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MHD avalanches in magnetized solar plasma: proliferation and heating in
coronal arcades
- J. Reid, J. Threlfall, and A. W. Hood
- In: 48th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Europhysics Conference Abstracts 46A, O4.J801.
- Submitted: 29 June 2022
- Published: 16 November 2022
Published conference abstracts
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MUSE EUV spectroscopy of a kink-unstable coronal loop system
- G. Cozzo, P. Pagano, F. Reale, J. Reid, A. W. Hood, C. Argiroffi, A. Petralia, E. Alaimo, F. D'Anca, L. Sciortino, M. Todaro, U. Lo Cicero, M. Barbera, P. Testa, and B. De Pontieu
- AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH54A-06 (2023).
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Self-consistent modelling of nanoflares: generation of heating and thermodynamic response in 3D MHD
- J. Reid, C. D. Johnston, J. Threlfall, and A. W. Hood
- EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU23-3475 (2023).
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MHD avalanches in truly curved coronal arcades: proliferation and heating
- J. Reid, J. Threlfall, and A. W. Hood
- EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU22-13141 (2022).
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Self-consistent modelling of nanoflares: generation of heating and thermodynamic response in 3D MHD
- J. Reid, J. Threlfall, C. D. Johnston, and A. W. Hood
- AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH12B-05 (2022).
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MHD Avalanches: Self-Consistent Heating in Model Active Regions
- J. Reid, J. Threlfall, A. W. Hood, and C. D. Johnston
- AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, SH15E-2065 (2021).
Doctoral thesis
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A Model for Solar Flares and Coronal Heating based on Magnetohydrodynamic Avalanches
- Supervisors: Alan Hood & Clare Parnell
- University of St Andrews
- Submitted: April 2020
- Viva voce: 11 August 2020
- Graduated: 1 December 2020
Undergraduate Honours dissertation
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2D MHD Equilibria
- Supervisor: Thomas Neukirch
- University of St Andrews
White papers
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UK White Paper on Magnetic Reconnection
- Alexander J. B. Russell
James A. McLaughlin, Philippa K. Browning, Jennifer Carter, Luca Franci, Heli Hietala, Andrew S. Hillier, Gunnar Hornig, David MacTaggart, Sarah A. Matthews, James McKevitt, Eric R. Priest, Jack Reid, Benjamin J. Snow, Julia Stawarz, Anthony R. Yeates, Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda, William Bate, Giulio Del Zanna, Jonathan Eastwood, Lucie M. Green, Anshu Kumari, Mike Lockwood, Thomas Neukirch, David I. Pontin, Andy Smith, Maria-Theresia Walach, and Peter Wyper
- UK Space Frontiers 2035: Astro, Planetary and Helio
- Submitted: 28 November 2025
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High Performance Numerical Modelling: a Key Driver of Successful Space Missions
- Andrew S. Hillier & Viktor Fedun
Tony D. Arber, Chris S. Brady, Paul Bushby, Laura Currie, Silvia Dalla, Guilio Del Zanna, Ravindra Desai, Malcolm Druett, Robertus Erdélyi, Thomas A. Howson, Timo L. M. Laitinen, Duncan H. Mackay, Sarah A. Matthews, James A. McLaughlin, Christopher J. M. Osborne, Alex G. M. Pietrow, Heather Ratcliffe, Jack Reid, Sergey Ruzheinikov, Benjamin J. Snow, Steve Tobias, Erwin Verwichte, and Laura Vuorinen
- UK Space Frontiers 2035: Astro, Planetary and Helio
- Submitted: 28 November 2025