Publications of David I. Pontin ordered by citations


A list of publications authored or co-authored by David I. Pontin, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations. Publications above the horizontal line count towards the h-index.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-1089-9270

Number of papers: 78
No. of citations: 2250

129 Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection regimes: A review
Pontin, D. I., 2011, Advances in Space Research, 47, 1508
126 Three-dimensional null point reconnection regimes
Priest, E. R. & Pontin, D. I., 2009, Physics of Plasmas, 16, 122101
96 On the nature of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection
Priest, E. R., Hornig, G. & Pontin, D. I., 2003, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 108, 1285
91 Current sheet formation and nonideal behavior at three-dimensional magnetic null points
Pontin, D. I., Bhattacharjee, A. & Galsgaard, K., 2007, Physics of Plasmas, 14, 052106
82 Kinematic reconnection at a magnetic null point: fan-aligned current
Pontin, D. I., Hornig, G. & Priest, E. R., 2005, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 99, 77
80 On the Nature of Reconnection at a Solar Coronal Null Point above a Separatrix Dome
Pontin, D. I., Priest, E. R. & Galsgaard, K., 2013, ApJ, 774, 154
79 Current amplification and magnetic reconnection at a three-dimensional null point: Physical characteristics
Pontin, D. I. & Galsgaard, K., 2007, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 112, A03103
79 Dynamics of braided coronal loops. II. Cascade to multiple small-scale reconnection events
Pontin, D. I., Wilmot-Smith, A. L., Hornig, G. & Galsgaard, K., 2011, A&A, 525, A57
76 The chemical evolution of elliptical galaxies with stellar and QSO dust production
Pipino, A., Fan, X. L., Matteucci, F., Calura, F., Silva, L., Granato, G. & Maiolino, R., 2011, A&A, 525, A61
72 Magnetic reconnection: MHD theory and modelling
Pontin, David I. & Priest, Eric R., 2022, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 19, 1
69 Three-dimensional Oscillatory Magnetic Reconnection
Thurgood, Jonathan O., Pontin, David I. & McLaughlin, James A., 2017, ApJ, 844, 2
68 Dynamics of braided coronal loops. I. Onset of magnetic reconnection
Wilmot-Smith, A. L., Pontin, D. I. & Hornig, G., 2010, A&A, 516, A5
59 Kinematic reconnection at a magnetic null point: spine-aligned current
Pontin, D. I., Hornig, G. & Priest, E. R., 2004, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 98, 407
53 Non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets
Wyper, P. F. & Pontin, D. I., 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 082114
53 Magnetic Braiding and Parallel Electric Fields
Wilmot-Smith, A. L., Hornig, G. & Pontin, D. I., 2009, ApJ, 696, 1339
47 Magnetic Braiding and Quasi-Separatrix Layers
Wilmot-Smith, A. L., Hornig, G. & Pontin, D. I., 2009, ApJ, 704, 1288
46 Current singularities at finitely compressible three-dimensional magnetic null points
Pontin, D. I. & Craig, I. J. D., 2005, Physics of Plasmas, 12, 072112
45 Dynamic topology and flux rope evolution during non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets
Wyper, P. F. & Pontin, D. I., 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 102102
40 Generalised models for torsional spine and fan magnetic reconnection
Pontin, D. I., Al-Hachami, A. K. & Galsgaard, K., 2011, A&A, 533, A78
40 Observable Signatures of Energy Release in Braided Coronal Loops
Pontin, D. I., Janvier, M., Tiwari, S. K., Galsgaard, K., Winebarger, A. R. & Cirtain, J. W., 2017, ApJ, 837, 108
39 Heating of braided coronal loops
Wilmot-Smith, A. L., Pontin, D. I., Yeates, A. R. & Hornig, G., 2011, A&A, 536, A67
36 Dynamics and waves near multiple magnetic null points in reconnection diffusion region
Deng, X. H., Zhou, M., Li, S. Y., Baumjohann, W., Andre, M., Cornilleau, N., Santolík, O., Pontin, D. I., Reme, H., Lucek, E., Fazakerley, A. N., Decreau, P., Daly, P., Nakamura, R., Tang, R. X., Hu, Y. H., Pang, Y., Büchner, J., Zhao, H., Vaivads, A., Pickett, J. S., Ng, C. S., Lin, X., Fu, S., Yuan, Z. G., Su, Z. W. & Wang, J. F., 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A07216
36 Theory of magnetic reconnection in solar and astrophysical plasmas
Pontin, D. I., 2012, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A, 370, 3169
35 Steady state reconnection at a single 3D magnetic null point
Galsgaard, K. & Pontin, D. I., 2011, A&A, 529, A20
35 A fully magnetohydrodynamic simulation of three-dimensional non-null reconnection
Pontin, D. I., Galsgaard, K., Hornig, G. & Priest, E. R., 2005, Physics of Plasmas, 12, 052307
33 Current accumulation at an asymmetric 3D null point caused by generic shearing motions
Galsgaard, K. & Pontin, D. I., 2011, A&A, 534, A2
32 Why Are Flare Ribbons Associated with the Spines of Magnetic Null Points Generically Elongated?
Pontin, David, Galsgaard, Klaus & Démoulin, Pascal, 2016, Solar Physics, 291, 1739
28 Current sheets at three-dimensional magnetic nulls: Effect of compressibility
Pontin, D. I., Bhattacharjee, A. & Galsgaard, K., 2007, Physics of Plasmas, 14, 052109
28 The Effect of Reconnection on the Structure of the Sun's Open-Closed Flux Boundary
Pontin, D. I. & Wyper, P. F., 2015, ApJ, 805, 39
27 SOTE: A Nonlinear Method for Magnetic Topology Reconstruction in Space Plasmas
Liu, Y. Y., Fu, H. S., Olshevsky, V., Pontin, D. I., Liu, C. M., Wang, Z., Chen, G., Dai, L. & Retino, A., 2019, ApJS, 244, 31
26 Magnetic reconnection at 3D null points: effect of magnetic field asymmetry
Al-Hachami, A. K. & Pontin, D. I., 2010, A&A, 512, A84
26 The Structure of Current Layers and Degree of Field-line Braiding in Coronal Loops
Pontin, D. I. & Hornig, G., 2015, ApJ, 805, 47
23 Dynamic Three-dimensional Reconnection in a Separator Geometry with Two Null Points
Pontin, D. I. & Craig, I. J. D., 2006, ApJ, 642, 568
22 On the periodicity of linear and nonlinear oscillatory reconnection
Thurgood, J. O., Pontin, D. I. & McLaughlin, J. A., 2019, A&A, 621, A106
21 The Imprint of Intermittent Interchange Reconnection on the Solar Wind
Wyper, Peter F., DeVore, C. R., Antiochos, S. K., Pontin, D. I., Higginson, Aleida K., Scott, Roger, Masson, Sophie & Pelegrin-Frachon, Theo, 2022, ApJ, 941, L29
21 Braided magnetic fields: equilibria, relaxation and heating
Pontin, D. I., Candelaresi, S., Russell, A. J. B. & Hornig, G., 2016, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 58, 054008
20 Lagrangian Relaxation Schemes for Calculating Force-free Magnetic Fields, and Their Limitations
Pontin, D. I., Hornig, G., Wilmot-Smith, A. L. & Craig, I. J. D., 2009, ApJ, 700, 1449
19 Magnetic Structures at the Boundary of the Closed Corona: Interpretation of S-Web Arcs
Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I., Yeates, Anthony R., Wyper, Peter F. & Higginson, Aleida K., 2018, ApJ, 869, 60
19 The Parker problem: existence of smooth force-free fields and coronal heating
Pontin, David I. & Hornig, Gunnar, 2020, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 17, 5
17 On the Magnetic Squashing Factor and the Lie Transport of Tangents
Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I. & Hornig, Gunnar, 2017, ApJ, 848, 117
16 Current Singularities in Line-tied Three-dimensional Magnetic Fields
Craig, I. J. D. & Pontin, D. I., 2014, ApJ, 788, 177
14 Vortex line topology during vortex tube reconnection
McGavin, P. & Pontin, D. I., 2018, Physical Review Fluids, 3, 054701
14 Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a current-vortex sheet at a 3D magnetic null
Wyper, P. F. & Pontin, D. I., 2013, Physics of Plasmas, 20, 032117
13 Reconnection of vortex tubes with axial flow
McGavin, P. & Pontin, D. I., 2019, Physical Review Fluids, 4, 024701
12 Magnetic reconnection and the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in the solar corona
Howson, T. A., De Moortel, I. & Pontin, D. I., 2021, A&A, 656, A112
12 Spine-fan reconnection. The influence of temporal and spatial variation in the driver
Wyper, P. F., Jain, R. & Pontin, D. I., 2012, A&A, 545, A78
12 On the Formation of Current Sheets in Response to the Compression or Expansion of a Potential Magnetic Field
Pontin, D. I. & Huang, Y. -M., 2012, ApJ, 756, 7
12 Effects of Pseudostreamer Boundary Dynamics on Heliospheric Field and Wind
Aslanyan, V., Pontin, D. I., Wyper, P. F., Scott, R. B., Antiochos, S. K. & DeVore, C. R., 2021, ApJ, 909, 10
12 Magnetic Structures at the Boundary of the Closed Corona: A Semi-automated Study of S-Web Morphology
Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I. & Wyper, Peter F., 2019, ApJ, 882, 125
11 Implosive Collapse about Magnetic Null Points: A Quantitative Comparison between 2D and 3D Nulls
Thurgood, Jonathan O., Pontin, David I. & McLaughlin, James A., 2018, ApJ, 855, 50
11 Mimetic Methods for Lagrangian Relaxation of Magnetic Fields
Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. & Hornig, G., 2014, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 36, B952
11 Non-thermal line broadening due to braiding-induced turbulence in solar coronal loops
Pontin, D. I., Peter, H. & Chitta, L. P., 2020, A&A, 639, A21
11 Is Flare Ribbon Fine Structure Related to Tearing in the Flare Current Sheet?
Wyper, P. F. & Pontin, D. I., 2021, ApJ, 920, 102
11 Magnetic Field Relaxation and Current Sheets in an Ideal Plasma
Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. I. & Hornig, G., 2015, ApJ, 808, 134
9 Do Current and Magnetic Helicities Have the Same Sign?
Russell, A. J. B., Demoulin, P., Hornig, G., Pontin, D. I. & Candelaresi, S., 2019, ApJ, 884, 55
9 The Dynamic Formation of Pseudostreamers
Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I., Antiochos, Spiro K., DeVore, C. Richard & Wyper, Peter F., 2021, ApJ, 913, 64
9 Estimating the Rate of Field Line Braiding in the Solar Corona by Photospheric Flows
Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. I., Yeates, A. R., Bushby, P. J. & Hornig, G., 2018, ApJ, 864, 157
8 Spatially Separated Electron and Proton Beams in a Simulated Solar Coronal Jet
Pallister, Ross, Wyper, Peter F., Pontin, David I., DeVore, C. Richard & Chiti, Federica, 2021, ApJ, 923, 163
7 Resistively-limited current sheet implosions in planar anti-parallel (1D) and null-point containing (2D) magnetic field geometries
Thurgood, Jonathan O., Pontin, David I. & McLaughlin, James A., 2018, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 072105
7 A comparison of methods for finding magnetic nulls in simulations and in situ observations of space plasmas
Olshevsky, V., Pontin, D. I., Williams, B., Parnell, C. E., Fu, H. S., Liu, Y., Yao, S. & Khotyaintsev, Y. V., 2020, A&A, 644, A150
7 Quantifying the tangling of trajectories using the topological entropy
Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. I. & Hornig, G., 2017, Chaos, 27, 093102
7 Parallel Plasma Loops and the Energization of the Solar Corona
Peter, Hardi, Chitta, Lakshmi Pradeep, Chen, Feng, Pontin, David I., Winebarger, Amy R., Golub, Leon, Savage, Sabrina L., Rachmeler, Laurel A., Kobayashi, Ken, Brooks, David H., Cirtain, Jonathan W., De Pontieu, Bart, McKenzie, David E., Morton, Richard J., Testa, Paola, Tiwari, Sanjiv K., Walsh, Robert W. & Warren, Harry P., 2022, ApJ, 933, 153
6 Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Generation by Flux Cancellation Reconnection
Pontin, D. I., Priest, E. R., Chitta, L. P. & Titov, V. S., 2024, ApJ, 960, 51
6 Effects of Field-line Topology on Energy Propagation in the Corona
Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. I. & Hornig, G., 2016, ApJ, 832, 150
5 A Framework for Understanding the Topology of Complex Coronal Structures
Pontin, D. I., Priest, E. R. & Longcope, D. W., 2003, Solar Physics, 212, 319
5 The Dynamic Coupling of Streamers and Pseudostreamers to the Heliosphere
Aslanyan, V., Pontin, D. I., Higginson, A. K., Wyper, P. F., Scott, R. B. & Antiochos, S. K., 2022, ApJ, 929, 185
5 Reconnection-generated Plasma Flows in the Quasi-separatrix Layer in Localized Solar Corona
Mondal, Sripan, Srivastava, Abhishek K., Mishra, Sudheer K., Sangal, K., Kayshap, Pradeep, Guo, Yang, Pontin, David I., Uritsky, Vadim M., Ofman, Leon, Wang, Tongjiang & Yuan, Ding, 2023, ApJ, 953, 84
4 Proton acceleration at tearing coronal null-point current sheets
Pallister, R., Pontin, D. I. & Wyper, P. F., 2019, A&A, 622, A207
4 The Dynamic Structure of Coronal Hole Boundaries
Aslanyan, V., Pontin, D. I., Scott, R. B., Higginson, A. K., Wyper, P. F. & Antiochos, S. K., 2022, ApJ, 931, 96
3 Topological constraints in the reconnection of vortex braids
Candelaresi, S., Hornig, G., Podger, B. & Pontin, D. I., 2021, Physics of Fluids, 33, 056101
2 Magnetic reconnections as the underlying cause of spontaneous generation and annihilation of three-dimensional magnetic nulls
Maurya, Yogesh Kumar, Bhattacharyya, Ramit & Pontin, David I., 2023, Physics of Plasmas, 30, 022901
1 Exact Nonlinear Decomposition of Ideal-MHD Waves Using Eigenenergies
Raboonik, Abbas, Tarr, Lucas A. & Pontin, David I., 2024, ApJ, 967, 80
1 Generation and annihilation of three dimensional magnetic nulls in extrapolated solar coronal magnetic field: data-based Implicit Large Eddy simulation
Maurya, Yogesh Kumar, Bhattacharyya, Ramit & Pontin, David I., 2024, Physica Scripta, 99, 075017
0 A New Field Line Tracer for the Study of Coronal Magnetic Topologies
Aslanyan, Valentin, Scott, Roger B., Wilkins, Chloe P., Meyer, Karen A., Pontin, David I. & Yeates, Anthony R., 2024, ApJ, 971, 137
0 Heating in the solar atmosphere at a fin current sheet driven by magnetic flux cancellation
Priest, Eric R. & Pontin, David I., 2024, MNRAS, 534, 3133
0 Exploring the generation and annihilation of three-dimensional nulls through MHD simulations in initially chaotic magnetic field devoid of nulls
Maurya, Yogesh Kumar, Bhattacharyya, Ramit, Pontin, David I. & Kumar, Sanjay, 2024, Physics of Plasmas, 31, 074502
0 Magnetic field line braiding in the solar atmosphere
Candelaresi, S., Pontin, D. I. & Hornig, G., 2017, Fine Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere (Editors: Vargas Dominguez, S., Kosovichev, A. G., Antolin, P. & Harra, L.), IAU Symposium, 327, p. 77
0 Magnetic reconnection
Pontin, David I., Wyper, Peter F. & Priest, Eric R., 2024, Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in Solar Plasmas (Editors: Srivastava, Abhishek Kumar, Goossens, Marcel & Arregui, Inigo), p.345


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