Publications of M. S. Wheatland

A list of publications authored or co-authored by M. S. Wheatland, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5100-2354

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 93 (refereed: 91)
No. of citations: 3467
First author papers: 33 (refereed: 31)

2024

  1. Superflare rate variability on M dwarfs [5]
    Crowley, James, Wheatland, Michael S. & Yang, Kai, MNRAS, 530, 457
  2. All-optical damping forces enhanced by metasurfaces for stable relativistic lightsail propulsion [1]
    Lin, Jadon Y., de Sterke, C. Martijn, Wheatland, Michael S., Song, Alex Y. & Kuhlmey, Boris T., Physical Review Applied, 22, 064028
  3. Relativistic damping of laser-beam-driven light sails [3]
    Mackintosh, Rhys, Lin, Jadon Y., Wheatland, Michael S. & Kuhlmey, Boris T., Physical Review Applied, 21, 064032
  4. Multi-epoch sampling of the radio star population with the Australian SKA Pathfinder [16]
    Pritchard, Joshua, Murphy, Tara, Heald, George, Wheatland, Michael S., Kaplan, David L., Lenc, Emil, O'Brien, Andrew & Wang, Ziteng, MNRAS, 529, 1258
  5. Complex Network View of the Sun's Magnetic Patches. I. Identification [3]
    Tajik, Zahra, Farhang, Nastaran, Safari, Hossein & Wheatland, Michael S., ApJS, 273, 1

2023

  1. A Statistical Search for a Uniform Trigger Threshold in Solar Flares from Individual Active Regions [2]
    Carlin, Julian B., Melatos, Andrew & Wheatland, Michael S., ApJ, 948, 76

2022

  1. Observed Rate Variations in Superflaring G-type Stars [10]
    Crowley, James, Wheatland, Michael S. & Yang, Kai, ApJ, 941, 193
  2. Self-Stabilization of Light Sails by Damped Internal Degrees of Freedom [15]
    Rafat, M. Z., Dullin, Holger R., Kuhlmey, Boris T., Tuniz, Alessandro, Luo, Haoyuan, Roy, Dibyendu, Skinner, Sean, Alexander, Tristram J., Wheatland, Michael S. & de Sterke, C. Martijn, Physical Review Applied, 17, 024016

2020

  1. Reconstructing Highly-twisted Magnetic Fields [2]
    Demcsak, Victor M., Wheatland, Michael S., Mastrano, Alpha & Yang, Kai E., Solar Physics, 295, 116
  2. On Measuring Divergence for Magnetic Field Modeling [9]
    Gilchrist, S. A., Leka, K. D., Barnes, G., Wheatland, M. S. & DeRosa, M. L., ApJ, 900, 136
  3. Self-consistent Nonlinear Force-Free Field Reconstruction from Weighted Boundary Conditions [5]
    Mastrano, A., Yang, K. E. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 295, 97
  4. Relative Magnetic Helicity Based on a Periodic Potential Field [4]
    Yang, Kai E., Wheatland, Michael S. & Gilchrist, Stuart A., ApJ, 894, 151
  5. A Flare-type IV Burst Event from Proxima Centauri and Implications for Space Weather [81]
    Zic, Andrew, Murphy, Tara, Lynch, Christene, Heald, George, Lenc, Emil, Kaplan, David L., Cairns, Iver H., Coward, David, Gendre, Bruce, Johnston, Helen, MacGregor, Meredith, Price, Danny C. & Wheatland, Michael S., ApJ, 905, 23

2019

  1. Flare Reconnection-driven Magnetic Field and Lorentz Force Variations at the Sun’s Surface [22]
    Barczynski, Krzysztof, Aulanier, Guillaume, Masson, Sophie & Wheatland, Michael S., ApJ, 877, 67
  2. Energy Balance in Avalanche Models for Solar Flares [15]
    Farhang, Nastaran, Wheatland, Michael S. & Safari, Hossein, ApJ, 883, L20
  3. Mapping Magnetic Field Lines for an Accelerating Solar Wind [6]
    Tasnim, S., Cairns, Iver H., Li, B. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 294, 155

2018

  1. Very narrow coronal mass ejections producing solar energetic particles [6]
    Bronarska, K., Wheatland, M. S., Gopalswamy, N. & Michalek, G., A&A, 619, A34
  2. Principle of Minimum Energy in Magnetic Reconnection in a Self-organized Critical Model for Solar Flares [19]
    Farhang, Nastaran, Safari, Hossein & Wheatland, Michael S., ApJ, 859, 41
  3. Nonlinear Force-free Modeling of Flare-related Magnetic Field Changes at the Photosphere and Chromosphere [6]
    Kleint, Lucia, Wheatland, Michael S., Mastrano, Alpha & McCauley, Patrick I., ApJ, 865, 146
  4. A Check on the Validity of Magnetic Field Reconstructions [4]
    Mastrano, A., Wheatland, M. S. & Gilchrist, S. A., Solar Physics, 293, 130
  5. A Generalized Equatorial Model for the Accelerating Solar Wind [11]
    Tasnim, S., Cairns, Iver H. & Wheatland, M. S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 1061
  6. Photospheric Response to a Flare [9]
    Wheatland, Michael S., Melrose, Donald B. & Mastrano, Alpha, ApJ, 864, 159

2017

  1. Sunspot and Starspot Lifetimes in a Turbulent Erosion Model [3]
    Litvinenko, Yuri E. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 834, 108
  2. Prediction of Solar Flares Using Unique Signatures of Magnetic Field Images [44]
    Raboonik, Abbas, Safari, Hossein, Alipour, Nasibe & Wheatland, Michael S., ApJ, 834, 11
  3. A Study of External Magnetic Reconnection that Triggers a Solar Eruption [23]
    Zhou, G. P., Zhang, J., Wang, J. X. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 851, L1

2016

  1. A Comparison of Flare Forecasting Methods. I. Results from the “All-Clear” Workshop [200]
    Barnes, G., Leka, K. D., Schrijver, C. J., Colak, T., Qahwaji, R., Ashamari, O. W., Yuan, Y., Zhang, J., McAteer, R. T. J., Bloomfield, D. S., Higgins, P. A., Gallagher, P. T., Falconer, D. A., Georgoulis, M. K., Wheatland, M. S., Balch, C., Dunn, T. & Wagner, E. L., ApJ, 829, 89
  2. Is Cyclotron Maser Emission in Solar Flares Driven by a Horseshoe Distribution? [22]
    Melrose, D. B. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 291, 3637
  3. Nonlinear force-free modeling of magnetic fields in flare-productive active regions [0]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Gilchrist, S. A., Solar and Stellar Flares and their Effects on Planets (Editors: Kosovichev, A. G., Hawley, S. L. & Heinzel, P.), IAU Symposium, 320, p. 167

2015

  1. The Influence of Spatial resolution on Nonlinear Force-free Modeling [84]
    DeRosa, M. L., Wheatland, M. S., Leka, K. D., Barnes, G., Amari, T., Canou, A., Gilchrist, S. A., Thalmann, J. K., Valori, G., Wiegelmann, T., Schrijver, C. J., Malanushenko, A., Sun, X. & Régnier, S., ApJ, 811, 107
  2. Modeling Sunspot and Starspot Decay by Turbulent Erosion [16]
    Litvinenko, Yuri E. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 800, 130
  3. Estimating Electric Current Densities in Solar Active Regions [3]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 290, 1147

2014

  1. Nonlinear Force-Free Modeling of the Corona in Spherical Coordinates [19]
    Gilchrist, S. A. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 289, 1153
  2. Using Coronal Loops to Reconstruct the Magnetic Field of an Active Region before and after a Major Flare [65]
    Malanushenko, A., Schrijver, C. J., DeRosa, M. L. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 783, 102
  3. Bulk Energization of Electrons in Solar Flares by Alfvén Waves [13]
    Melrose, D. B. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 289, 881

2013

  1. A Magnetostatic Grad-Rubin Code for Coronal Magnetic Field Extrapolations [20]
    Gilchrist, S. A. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 282, 283
  2. Transfer of Energy, Potential, and Current by Alfvén Waves in Solar Flares [8]
    Melrose, D. B. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 288, 223
  3. Origin and Use of the Laplace Distribution in Daily Sunspot Numbers [2]
    Noble, P. L. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 282, 565
  4. The state of nonlinear force-free magnetic field extrapolation [4]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Gilchrist, S. A., Journal of Physics Conference Series, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 440, p. 012037

2012

  1. Modeling a falling slinky [19]
    Cross, R. C. & Wheatland, M. S., American Journal of Physics, 80, 1051
  2. The Free Energy of NOAA Solar Active Region AR 11029 [24]
    Gilchrist, S. A., Wheatland, M. S. & Leka, K. D., Solar Physics, 276, 133
  3. Guiding Nonlinear Force-free Modeling Using Coronal Observations: First Results Using a Quasi-Grad-Rubin Scheme [53]
    Malanushenko, A., Schrijver, C. J., DeRosa, M. L., Wheatland, M. S. & Gilchrist, S. A., ApJ, 756, 153
  4. A Bayesian Approach to Forecasting Solar Cycles Using a Fokker-Planck Equation [11]
    Noble, P. L. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 276, 363

2011

  1. Alfvén solitons in a Fermionic quantum plasma [46]
    Keane, A. J., Mushtaq, A. & Wheatland, M. S., Physical Review E, 83, 066407
  2. Modeling the Sunspot Number Distribution with a Fokker-Planck Equation [7]
    Noble, P. L. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 732, 5
  3. Achieving Self-consistent Nonlinear Force-free Modeling of Solar Active Regions [32]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Leka, K. D., ApJ, 728, 112
  4. A current sheet traced from the Sun to interplanetary space [8]
    Zhou, G. P., Xiao, C. J., Wang, J. X., Wheatland, M. S. & Zhao, H., A&A, 525, A156

2010

  1. On The Brightness and Waiting-Time Distributions of a Type III Radio Storm Observed By Stereo/Waves [22]
    Eastwood, J. P., Wheatland, M. S., Hudson, H. S., Krucker, S., Bale, S. D., Maksimovic, M., Goetz, K. & Bougeret, J.-L., ApJ, 708, L95
  2. Time-Dependent Stochastic Modeling of Solar Active Region Energy [5]
    Kanazir, M. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 266, 301
  3. Evidence for Departure from a Power-Law Flare Size Distribution for a Small Solar Active Region [25]
    Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 710, 1324

2009

  1. A Critical Assessment of Nonlinear Force-Free Field Modeling of the Solar Corona for Active Region 10953 [343]
    De Rosa, Marc L., Schrijver, Carolus J., Barnes, Graham, Leka, K. D., Lites, Bruce W., Aschwanden, Markus J., Amari, Tahar, Canou, Aurélien, McTiernan, James M., Régnier, Stéphane, Thalmann, Julia K., Valori, Gherardo, Wheatland, Michael S., Wiegelmann, Thomas, Cheung, Mark C. M., Conlon, Paul A., Fuhrmann, Marcel, Inhester, Bernd & Tadesse, Tilaye, ApJ, 696, 1780
  2. Dynamics of a double pendulum with distributed mass [26]
    Rafat, M. Z., Wheatland, M. S. & Bedding, T. R., American Journal of Physics, 77, 216
  3. Monte Carlo Simulation of Solar Active-Region Energy [10]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 255, 211
  4. A Self-Consistent Nonlinear Force-Free Solution for a Solar Active Region Magnetic Field [61]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Régnier, S., ApJ, 700, L88

2008

  1. Nonlinear Force-Free Modeling of Coronal Magnetic Fields. II. Modeling a Filament Arcade and Simulated Chromospheric and Photospheric Vector Fields [201]
    Metcalf, Thomas R., De Rosa, Marc L., Schrijver, Carolus J., Barnes, Graham, van Ballegooijen, Adriaan A., Wiegelmann, Thomas, Wheatland, Michael S., Valori, Gherardo & McTtiernan, James M., Solar Physics, 247, 269
  2. Nonlinear Force-free Field Modeling of a Solar Active Region around the Time of a Major Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection [279]
    Schrijver, C. J., DeRosa, M. L., Metcalf, T., Barnes, G., Lites, B., Tarbell, T., McTiernan, J., Valori, G., Wiegelmann, T., Wheatland, M. S., Amari, T., Aulanier, G., Démoulin, P., Fuhrmann, M., Kusano, K., Régnier, S. & Thalmann, J. K., ApJ, 675, 1637
  3. Analysis and Packaging of Radiochemical Solar Neutrino Data: A Bayesian Approach [1]
    Sturrock, P. A. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 247, 217
  4. The Energetics of a Flaring Solar Active Region and Observed Flare Statistics [26]
    Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 679, 1621

2007

  1. Calculating and Testing Nonlinear Force-Free Fields [52]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 245, 251

2006

  1. Quantifying the Performance of Force-free Extrapolation Methods Using Known Solutions [7]
    Barnes, G., Leka, K. D. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 641, 1188
  2. Nonlinear Force-Free Modeling of Coronal Magnetic Fields Part I: A Quantitative Comparison of Methods [321]
    Schrijver, Carolus J., De Rosa, Marc L., Metcalf, Thomas R., Liu, Yang, McTiernan, Jim, Régnier, Stéphane, Valori, Gherardo, Wheatland, Michael S. & Wiegelmann, Thomas, Solar Physics, 235, 161
  3. Including Flare Sympathy in a Model for Solar Flare Statistics [32]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Craig, I. J. D., Solar Physics, 238, 73
  4. A Fast Current-Field Iteration Method for Calculating Nonlinear Force-Free Fields [44]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 238, 29
  5. A Rate-Independent Test for Solar Flare Sympathy [10]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 236, 313
  6. An Improved Virial Estimate of Solar Active Region Energy [18]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Metcalf, Thomas R., ApJ, 636, 1151

2005

  1. A Simple Dynamical Model for Filament Formation in the Solar Corona [30]
    Litvinenko, Yuri E. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 630, 587
  2. Combined and Comparative Analysis of Power Spectra [27]
    Sturrock, P. A., Scargle, J. D., Walther, G. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 227, 137
  3. Power-spectrum analyses of Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino data: Variability and its implications for solar physics and neutrino physics [42]
    Sturrock, P. A., Caldwell, D. O., Scargle, J. D. & Wheatland, M. S., Physical Review D, 72, 113004
  4. A statistical solar flare forecast method [61]
    Wheatland, M. S., Space Weather, 3, S07003
  5. Initial Test of a Bayesian Approach to Solar Flare Prediction [7]
    Wheatland, Michael S., Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 22, 153

2004

  1. Energy Balance in the Corona over the 22 Year Solar Cycle [3]
    Litvinenko, Yuri E. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 219, 265
  2. Parallel Construction of Nonlinear Force-Free Fields [45]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 222, 247
  3. Testing Circuit Models for the Energies of Coronal Magnetic Field Configurations [2]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Farvis, F. J., Solar Physics, 219, 109
  4. A Bayesian Approach to Solar Flare Prediction [90]
    Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 609, 1134

2003

  1. The Coronal Mass Ejection Waiting-Time Distribution [50]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 214, 361
  2. Toward a Reconnection Model for Solar Flare Statistics [12]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Craig, I. J. D., ApJ, 595, 458

2002

  1. Interpretation of Statistical Flare Data using Magnetic Reconnection Models [7]
    Craig, I. J. D. & Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 211, 275
  2. Understanding Solar Flare Waiting-Time Distributions [82]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Litvinenko, Y. E., Solar Physics, 211, 255
  3. Distribution of Flare Energies Based on Independent Reconnecting Structures [10]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 208, 33

2001

  1. Modeling the Rate of Occurrence of Solar Flares [9]
    Litvinenko, Yuri E. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 550, L109
  2. Metastable Magnetic Configurations and Their Significance for Solar Eruptive Events [73]
    Sturrock, Peter A., Weber, Mark, Wheatland, Michael S. & Wolfson, Richard, ApJ, 548, 492
  3. YOHKOH/HXT Evidence for a Hyperhot Loop-Top Source in The Pre-Impulsive Phase of a Loop Flare [9]
    Uchida, Y., Wheatland, M. S., Haga, R., Yoshitake, I. & Melrose, D., Solar Physics, 202, 117
  4. Rates of Flaring in Individual Active Regions [60]
    Wheatland, M. S., Solar Physics, 203, 87
  5. A Test to Confirm the Source of Energy for Solar Flares [2]
    Wheatland, M. S., Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 18, 351
  6. Energy Balance in the Flaring Solar Corona [36]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Litvinenko, Yuri E., ApJ, 557, 332

1998

  1. Apparent Latitudinal Modulation of the Solar Neutrino Flux [19]
    Sturrock, P. A., Walther, G. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 507, 978
  2. The Waiting-Time Distribution of Solar Flare Hard X-Ray Bursts [130]
    Wheatland, M. S., Sturrock, P. A. & McTiernan, J. M., ApJ, 509, 448
  3. Flare Frequency Distributions Based on a Master Equation [22]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Glukhov, S., ApJ, 494, 858

1997

  1. Search for Periodicities in the Homestake Solar Neutrino Data [56]
    Sturrock, P. A., Walther, G. & Wheatland, M. S., ApJ, 491, 409
  2. Coronal Heating and the Vertical Temperature Structure of the Quiet Corona [39]
    Wheatland, M. S., Sturrock, P. A. & Acton, L. W., ApJ, 482, 510

1996

  1. Avalanche Models of Solar Flares and the Distribution of Active Regions [17]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Sturrock, P. A., ApJ, 471, 1044

1995

  1. Energy Release in a Prominence-Loaded Flaring Loop [4]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Melrose, D. B., Solar Physics, 159, 137
  2. Interpreting YOHKOH Hard and Soft X-Ray Flare Observations [55]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Melrose, D. B., Solar Physics, 158, 283

1994

  1. Cross-field current closure below the solar photosphere [5]
    Wheatland, M. S. & Melrose, D. B., Australian Journal of Physics, 47, 361

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