Dr Thomas Howson
Honorary Lecturer
- tah2@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- 215 MI
- Location
- Mathematical Institute
Research areas
The coronal heating problem - how are the high temperatures of the Sun's atmosphere maintained? Using numerical MHD codes, I investigate energy dissipation and wave propagation in the solar corona.
More information on my current research activities is available on my personal website.
Selected publications
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Open access
Identifying Alfvén wave modes in the solar corona
Enerhaug, E., Howson, T. A. & De Moortel, I., 11 Jan 2024, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 681, 7 p., L11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Open access
Heating and cooling in transversely oscillating coronal loops powered by broadband, multi-directional wave drivers
Howson, T. & De Moortel, I., 29 Jan 2023, In: Physics. 5, 1, p. 140-160 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
How numerical treatments of the transition region modify energy flux into the solar corona
Howson, T. A. & Breu, C. A., Nov 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526, 1, p. 499–511 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
(When) Can wave heating balance optically thin radiative losses in the corona?
De Moortel, I. & Howson, T. A., 14 Dec 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 941, 1, 10 p., 85.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
How transverse waves drive turbulence in the solar corona
Howson, T., 15 Feb 2022, In: Symmetry. 14, 2, 23 p., 384.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Propagating Alfvén waves in open structures with random structuring
Pascoe, D. J., De Moortel, I., Pagano, P. & Howson, T. A., 1 Oct 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 516, 2, p. 2181–2188 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The effects of driving time scales on coronal heating in a stratified atmosphere
Howson, T. A. & De Moortel, I., 24 May 2022, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 661, 14 p., A144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
A fast multi-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic formulation of the transition region adaptive conduction (TRAC) method
Johnston, C. D., Hood, A. W., De Moortel, I., Pagano, P. & Howson, T. A., Oct 2021, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 654, 16 p., A2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Forward modelling of heating within a coronal arcade
Fyfe, LE., Howson, TA. & De Moortel, I., Dec 2021, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 656, 15 p., A120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating coronal wave energy estimates using synthetic non-thermal line widths
Fyfe, L., Howson, T. A., De Moortel, I., Pant, V. & Van Doorsselaere, T., Dec 2021, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 656, 11 p., A56.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review