Prof Thomas Neukirch
Professor
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 3713
- tn3@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- 331 MI
- Location
- Mathematical Institute
Research areas
My main research interest is the application of theoretical plasma physics methods to space and astrophysical plasma systems. This includes, for example, planetary magnetospheres, the solar atmosphere, magnetospheres of stars and compact objects. I have also done work on structure formation in galaxies and the interstellar medium.
Further information can be found on my personal website.
PhD supervision
- Sophie Boswell
Selected publications
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Open access
A detailed investigation of particle energisation mechanisms in models of collapsing magnetic traps
Mowbray, K., Neukirch, T. & Threlfall, J., 1 Jan 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536, 1, p. 609-623 15 p., stae2668.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An efficient method for magnetic field extrapolation based on a family of analytical three-dimensional magnetohydrostatic equilibria
Nadol, L. & Neukirch, T., 14 May 2025, In: Solar Physics. 300, 5, 23 p., 63.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
MHSXtraPy: a Python code for the extrapolation of magnetohydrostatic fields on the Sun using analytical solutions
Nadol, L. & Neukirch, T., 28 Nov 2025, In: RAS Techniques and Instruments. 4, 9 p., rzaf053.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Models of collisionless quasineutral solar wind current sheets
Boswell, S., Neukirch, T., Artemyev, A., Vasko, I. & Allanson, O., 13 Oct 2025, In: Solar Physics. 300, 10, 18 p., 142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The challenge to understand the zoo of particle transport regimes during resonant wave-particle interactions for given survey-mode wave spectra
Allanson, O., Ma, D., Osmane, A., Albert, J., Bortnik, J., Watt, C., Chapman, S., Spencer, J., Ratliff, D., Meredith, N., Elsden, T., Neukirch, T., Hartley, D., Black, R., Watkins, N. & Elvidge, S., 13 Mar 2024, In: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 11, 20 p., 1332931.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Three-dimensional solar active region magnetohydrostatic models and their stability using Euler potentials
Terradas, J. & Neukirch, T., Mar 2023, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 671, 15 p., A31.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coronal magnetic field extrapolation using a specific family of analytical 3D MHS equilibria
Nadol, L. M., Neukirch, T. & Wiegelmann, T., 27 Jun 2022. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Force-free collisionless current sheets: a systematic method for adding asymmetries
Nadol, L. M., Neukirch, T., Vasko, I., Artemyev, A. & Allanson, O. D., 27 Jun 2022. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Kinetic models of solar wind current sheets
Neukirch, T., Vasko, I., Artemyev, A. & Allanson, O., 1 Jul 2022. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Magnetohydrostatic modeling of the solar atmosphere
Zhu, X., Neukirch, T. & Wiegelmann, T., 1 Aug 2022, In: Science China Technological Sciences. 65, p. 1710-1726 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review