Prof Eric Priest

Prof Eric Priest

Emeritus Professor

Email
erp@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
123 MI
Location
Mathematical Institute

 

Research areas

As former Head of the Solar Theory Research Group in the Division of Applied Mathematics my theoretical research is on many aspects of magnetic field interactions with a fluid or plasma, especially the solar atmosphere but also including astrophysics, the solar wind and the Earth's Magnetosphere.

In particular, I am interested in magnetic instabilities, magnetic waves, magnetic equilibria and the conversion of magnetic energy to heat by magnetic reconnection. Much of this basic theory may have applications in the theory of the behaviour of electrically conducting liquids and of astrophysical plasmas.

Recently, I have been working on the nature of magnetic helicity, heating the solar atmosphere by flux cancellation and the physical effects of ambipolar diffusion

For further information, see the

and Eric Priest's home page 

and his home email eric.r.priest@gmail.com

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Howson, T. A., De Moortel, I. & Priest, E. R., 1 May 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 539, 2, p. 1820-1833 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Russell, A. J. B., McLaughlin, J., Browning, P., Carter, J., Franci, L., Hietala, H., Hillier, A., Hornig, G., MacTaggart, D., Matthews, S., McKevitt, J., Priest, E., Reid, J., Snow, B., Stawarz, J., Yeates, A., Rueda, J. A. A., Bate, W., Zanna, G. D. & Eastwood, J. & 8 others, Green, L., Kumari, A., Lockwood, M., Neukirch, T., Pontin, D., Smith, A., Walach, M.-T. & Wyper, P., 12 Dec 2025, (UKSA Frontiers 2035 White Papers).

    Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  • Open access
    Mondal, S., Srivastava, A. K., Pontin, D. I., Yuan, D. & Priest, E. R., 7 Mar 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal. 963, 2, 15 p., 139.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Pontin, D. I., Priest, E. R., Chitta, L. P. & Titov, V. S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal. 960, 1, 19 p., 51.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Priest, E. R. & Pontin, D. I., Nov 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534, 4, p. 3133-3142 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Cheng, X., Priest, E. R., Li, H. T., Chen, J., Aulanier, G., Chitta, L. P., Wang, Y. L., Peter, H., Zhu, X. S., Xing, C., Ding, M. D., Solanki, S. K., Berghmans, D., Teriaca, L., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Zhukov, A. N., Guo, Y., Long, D., Harra, L. & Smith, P. J. & 4 others, Rodriguez, L., Verbeeck, C., Barczynski, K. & Parenti, S., 25 Apr 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 2372.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  • Priest, E., 13 Apr 2023, Oxford dictionary of national biography. Cannadine, D. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Open access
    Chitta, L. P., Solanki, S. K., del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Woch, J., Calchetti, D., Gandorfer, A., Hirzberger, J., Kahil, F., Valori, G., Orozco Suárez, D., Strecker, H., Appourchaux, T., Volkmer, R., Peter, H., Mandal, S., Aznar Cuadrado, R., Teriaca, L., Schühle, U., Berghmans, D. & Verbeeck, C. & 2 others, Zhukov, A. N. & Priest, E. R., 1 Oct 2023, In: apjl. 956, 1, 10 p., L1.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Priest, E., 1 Jun 2023, In: Zygon. 58, 2, p. 384-404 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Priest, E., Henrich, J., Deane-Drummond, C. & Meyers, M. A., 1 Jun 2023, In: ´Ü²â²µ´Ç²Ô®. 58, 2, p. 378-383 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review