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Peter Wyper, PhD University of Sheffield


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Assistant Professor, Magnetohydrodynamics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 43108
Room number: CM122

(email at peter.f.wyper@durham.ac.uk)

Research Groups

Department of Mathematical Sciences

  • Applied & Computational Mathematics
  • Applied & Computational Mathematics: Magnetohydrodynamics

Research Interests

  • Numerical simulations of solar eruptions.
  • 3D reconnection and topology change.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  • Aslanyan, V., Pontin, D. I., Wyper, P. F., Scott, R. B., Antiochos, S. K. & DeVore, C. R. (2021). Effects of Pseudostreamer Boundary Dynamics on Heliospheric Field and Wind. The Astrophysical Journal 909(1): 10.
  • Kumar, Pankaj, Karpen, Judith T., Antiochos, Spiro K., Wyper, Peter F., DeVore, C. Richard & Lynch, Benjamin J. (2021). From Pseudostreamer Jets to Coronal Mass Ejections: Observations of the Breakout Continuum. The Astrophysical Journal 907(1): 41.
  • Uritsky, V. M., DeForest, C. E., Karpen, J. T., DeVore, C. R., Kumar, P., Raouafi, N. E. & Wyper, P. F. (2021). Plumelets: Dynamic Filamentary Structures in Solar Coronal Plumes. The Astrophysical Journal 907(1): 1.
  • Doyle, L., Ramsay, G., Doyle, J. G., Wyper, P. F., Scullion, E., Wu, K. & McLaughlin, J. A. (2019). Exploring Flaring Behaviour on Low Mass Stars, Solar-type Stars and the Sun. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 15(S354): 384-319.
  • Kumar, Pankaj, Karpen, Judith T., Antiochos, Spiro K., Wyper, Peter F. & DeVore, C. Richard (2019). First Detection of Plasmoids from Breakout Reconnection on the Sun. The Astrophysical Journal 885(1): L15.
  • Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I. & Wyper, Peter F. (2019). Magnetic Structures at the Boundary of the Closed Corona: A Semi-automated Study of S-Web Morphology. The Astrophysical Journal 882(2): 125.
  • Kumar, Pankaj, Karpen, Judith T., Antiochos, Spiro K., Wyper, Peter F., DeVore, C. Richard & DeForest, Craig E. (2019). Multiwavelength Study of Equatorial Coronal-hole Jets. The Astrophysical Journal 873(1): 93.
  • Wyper, Peter F, DeVore, C Richard & Antiochos, Spiro K (2019). Numerical Simulation of Helical Jets at Active Region Peripheries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 490(3): 3679-3690.
  • Doyle, Lauren, Wyper, Peter F., Scullion, Eamon, McLaughlin, James A., Ramsay, Gavin & Doyle, J. Gerard (2019). Observations and 3D Magnetohydrodynamic Modeling of a Confined Helical Jet Launched by a Filament Eruption. The Astrophysical Journal 887(2): 246.
  • Pallister, R., Pontin, D. I. & Wyper, P. F. (2019). Proton acceleration at tearing coronal null-point current sheets. Astronomy & Astrophysics 622: A207.
  • Wyper, P. F., DeVore, C. R. & Antiochos, S. K. (2018). A Breakout Model for Solar Coronal Jets with Filaments. The Astrophysical Journal 852(2): 98.
  • Wyper, P. F., DeVore, C. R., Karpen, J. T., Antiochos, S. K. & Yeates, A. R. (2018). A Model for Coronal Hole Bright Points and Jets Due to Moving Magnetic Elements. The Astrophysical Journal 864(2): 165.
  • Kumar, Pankaj, Karpen, Judith T., Antiochos, Spiro K., Wyper, Peter F., DeVore, C. Richard & DeForest, Craig E. (2018). Evidence for the Magnetic Breakout Model in an Equatorial Coronal-hole Jet. The Astrophysical Journal 854(2): 155.
  • Scott, Roger B., Pontin, David I., Yeates, Anthony R., Wyper, Peter F. & Higginson, Aleida K. (2018). Magnetic Structures at the Boundary of the Closed Corona: Interpretation of S-Web Arcs. The Astrophysical Journal 869(1): 60.
  • Wyper, Peter F., Antiochos, Spiro K. & DeVore, C. Richard (2017). A universal model for solar eruptions. Nature 544(7651): 452-455.
  • Higginson, A. K., Antiochos, S. K., DeVore, C. R., Wyper, P. F. & Zurbuchen, T. H. (2017). Dynamics of Coronal Hole Boundaries. The Astrophysical Journal 837(2): 113.
  • Higginson, A. K., Antiochos, S. K., DeVore, C. R., Wyper, P. F. & Zurbuchen, T. H. (2017). Formation of Heliospheric Arcs of Slow Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 840(1): L10.
  • Knizhnik, K. J., Antiochos, S. K., DeVore, C. R. & Wyper, P. F. (2017). The Mechanism for the Energy Buildup Driving Solar Eruptive Events. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 851(1): L17.
  • Wyper, P. & DeVore, C.R. (2016). Simulations of Solar Jets Confined by Coronal Loops. The Astrophysical Journal 820(1): 77.
  • Wyper, P., DeVore, C.R., Karpen, J.T. & Lynch, B.J. (2016). Three-Dimensional Simulations of Tearing and Intermittency in Coronal Jets. The Astrophysical Journal 827(1): 4.
  • Wyper, P. & Hesse, M. (2015). Quantifying three dimensional reconnection in fragmented current layers. Physics of Plasmas 22(4): 042117.
  • Pontin, D. & Wyper, P. (2015). The Effect of Reconnection on the Structure of the Sun's Open-Closed Flux Boundary. The Astrophysical Journal 805(1): 39.
  • Wyper, P. & Pontin, D. (2014). Dynamic topology and flux rope evolution during non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets. Physics of Plasmas 21(10): 102102.
  • Wyper, P. & Pontin, D. (2014). Non-linear tearing of 3D null point current sheets. Physics of Plasmas 21(8): 082114.
  • Wyper, P. & Pontin, D. (2013). Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a current-vortex sheet at a 3D magnetic null. Physics of Plasmas 20(3): 032117.
  • Wyper, P. & Jain, R. (2013). Reconnection at three dimensional magnetic null points: Effect of current sheet asymmetry. Physics of Plasmas 20(5): 052901.
  • Wyper, P., Jain, R. & Pontin, D. (2012). Spine-fan reconnection. The influence of temporal and spatial variation in the driver. Astronomy & Astrophysics 545: A78.
  • Wyper, P. & Jain, R. (2011). Torsional magnetic reconnection: The effects of localizing the non-ideal (ηJ) term. Journal of Plasma Physics 77(06): 843-855.
  • Wyper, P. & Jain, R. (2010). Torsional magnetic reconnection at three dimensional null points: A phenomenological study. Physics of Plasmas 17(9): 092902.

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