Publications of Nicholas Brummell

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Nicholas Brummell, 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: 0000-0003-4350-5183

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 58 (refereed: 55)
No. of citations: 2296
First author papers: 12 (refereed: 12)

2026

  1. A Dynamo Confinement Scenario for the Solar Tachocline and Its Implications for Spin-down in the Radiative Spreading Regime [1]
    Matilsky, Loren I., Korre, Lydia & Brummell, Nicholas H., ApJ, 1005, 134
  2. Evaluating the Σ-effect Model of the Solar Hemispherical Helicity Bias via Direct Numerical Simulations [0]
    Noone Wade, Jacob B. & Brummell, Nicholas H., ApJ, 1000, 284

2025

  1. Dynamo Confinement of a Radiatively Spreading Solar Tachocline Revealed by Self-consistent Global Simulations [3]
    Matilsky, Loren I., Korre, Lydia & Brummell, Nicholas H., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 991, L1

2024

  1. The Relationship between Kinetic and Magnetic Helicity in Solar Active Regions [4]
    Liu, Yang, Komm, Rudolf, Brummell, Nicholas H., Hoeksema, J. Todd, Manek, Bhishek & Valori, Gherardo, ApJ, 971, 1
  2. On the Origin of Solar Hemispheric Helicity Rules: Rise of 3D Magnetic Flux Concentrations through a Background Magnetic Field [2]
    Manek, Bhishek & Brummell, Nicholas, ApJ, 971, 7
  3. Solar Tachocline Confinement by the Nonaxisymmetric Modes of a Dynamo Magnetic Field [12]
    Matilsky, Loren I., Brummell, Nicholas H., Hindman, Bradley W. & Toomre, Juri, ApJ, 962, 189
  4. The solar dynamo begins near the surface [44]
    Vasil, Geoffrey M., Lecoanet, Daniel, Augustson, Kyle, Burns, Keaton J., Oishi, Jeffrey S., Brown, Benjamin P., Brummell, Nicholas & Julien, Keith, Nature, 629, 769

2022

  1. The Rise of Buoyant Magnetic Structures through Convection with a Background Magnetic Field [5]
    Manek, Bhishek, Pontin, Christina & Brummell, Nicholas, ApJ, 929, 162

2021

  1. Double-diffusive Magnetic Layering [15]
    Hughes, D. W. & Brummell, N. H., ApJ, 922, 195
  2. On the dynamical interaction between overshooting convection and an underlying dipole magnetic field - I. The non-dynamo regime [6]
    Korre, L., Brummell, NH, Garaud, P. & Guervilly, C., MNRAS, 503, 362
  3. On the Origin of Solar Hemispherical Helicity Rules: Simulations of the Rise of Magnetic Flux Concentrations in a Background Field [10]
    Manek, Bhishek & Brummell, Nicholas, ApJ, 909, 72

2019

  1. Convective overshooting and penetration in a Boussinesq spherical shell [37]
    Korre, L., Garaud, P. & Brummell, N. H., MNRAS, 484, 1220
  2. Boussinesq convection in a gaseous spherical shell [0]
    Korre, L., Brummell, N. & Garaud, P., EAS Publications Series, EAS Publications Series, 82, p. 373

2018

  1. The Rise of a Magnetic Flux Tube in a Background Field: Solar Helicity Selection Rules [11]
    Manek, Bhishek, Brummell, Nicholas & Lee, Dongwook, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 859, L27
  2. A Self-consistent Model of the Solar Tachocline [18]
    Wood, T. S. & Brummell, N. H., ApJ, 853, 97

2017

  1. Weakly non-Boussinesq convection in a gaseous spherical shell [14]
    Korre, Lydia, Brummell, Nicholas & Garaud, Pascale, Physical Review E, 96, 033104

2015

  1. 2D or Not 2D: The Effect of Dimensionality on the Dynamics of Fingering Convection at Low Prandtl Number [31]
    Garaud, Pascale & Brummell, Nicholas, ApJ, 815, 42

2014

  1. Stoked nondynamos: sustaining field in magnetically non-closed systems [5]
    Byington, B. M., Brummell, N. H., Stone, J. M. & Gough, D. O., New Journal of Physics, 16, 083002

2013

  1. Effect of metallic walls on dynamos generated by laminar boundary-driven flow in a spherical domain [3]
    Guervilly, Céline, Wood, Toby S. & Brummell, Nicholas H., Physical Review E, 88, 053010

2012

  1. Self-consistent simulations of a von Kármán type dynamo in a spherical domain with metallic walls [2]
    Guervilly, Céline & Brummell, Nicholas H., Physical Review E, 86, 046317
  2. Transport by Meridional Circulations in Solar-type Stars [19]
    Wood, T. S. & Brummell, N. H., ApJ, 755, 99

2011

  1. The Effect of Small Scale Motion on an Essentially-Nonlinear Dynamo [0]
    Byington, Benjamin M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Tobias, Steven M., Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies (Editors: Brummell, Nicholas H., Brun, A. Sacha, Miesch, Mark S. & Ponty, Yannick), IAU Symposium, 271, p. 367
  2. The Evolution of a Double Diffusive Magnetic Buoyancy Instability [15]
    Silvers, Lara J., Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Proctor, Michael R. E., Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies (Editors: Brummell, Nicholas H., Brun, A. Sacha, Miesch, Mark S. & Ponty, Yannick), IAU Symposium, 271, p. 218
  3. Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 2 The formation of thermohaline staircases [94]
    Stellmach, S., Traxler, A., Garaud, P., Brummell, N. & Radko, T., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677, 554
  4. On the Generation of Organized Magnetic Fields [26]
    Tobias, S. M., Cattaneo, F. & Brummell, N. H., ApJ, 728, 153
  5. Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 1 Small-scale fluxes and large-scale instabilities [91]
    Traxler, A., Stellmach, S., Garaud, P., Radko, T. & Brummell, N., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677, 530

2010

  1. Dynamo efficiency in compressible convective dynamos with and without penetration [8]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Tobias, Steven M. & Cattaneo, Fausto, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 104, 565

2009

  1. Double-Diffusive Instabilities of a Shear-Generated Magnetic Layer [23]
    Silvers, Lara J., Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Proctor, Michael R. E., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 702, L14
  2. Constraints on the Magnetic Buoyancy Instabilities of a Shear-Generated Magnetic Layer [32]
    Vasil, Geoffrey M. & Brummell, Nicholas H., ApJ, 690, 783

2008

  1. Flux Pumping and Magnetic Fields in the Outer Penumbra of a Sunspot [26]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Tobias, Steven M., Thomas, John H. & Weiss, Nigel O., ApJ, 686, 1454
  2. On the Penetration of Meridional Circulation below the Solar Convection Zone [49]
    Garaud, P. & Brummell, N. H., ApJ, 674, 498
  3. Convective Dynamos with Penetration, Rotation, and Shear [36]
    Tobias, Steven M., Cattaneo, Fausto & Brummell, Nicholas H., ApJ, 685, 596
  4. A new method for fast transforms in parity-mixed PDEs: Part II. Application to confined rotating convection [5]
    Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Julien, Keith, Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 8017
  5. A new method for fast transforms in parity-mixed PDEs: Part I. Numerical techniques and analysis [5]
    Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Julien, Keith, Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 7999
  6. Magnetic Buoyancy Instabilities of a Shear-generated Magnetic Layer [37]
    Vasil, Geoffrey M. & Brummell, Nicholas H., ApJ, 686, 709

2006

  1. What is a flux tube? On the magnetic field topology of buoyant flux structures [25]
    Cattaneo, Fausto, Brummell, Nicholas H. & Cline, Kelly S., MNRAS, 365, 727
  2. On the fine structure of magnetic fields in sunspot penumbrae [10]
    Thomas, J. H., Weiss, N. O., Tobias, S. M. & Brummell, N. H., A&A, 452, 1089

2004

  1. The Origin of Penumbral Structure in Sunspots: Downward Pumping of Magnetic Flux [91]
    Weiss, Nigel O., Thomas, John H., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Tobias, Steven M., ApJ, 600, 1073

2003

  1. Dynamo Action Driven by Shear and Magnetic Buoyancy [61]
    Cline, Kelly S., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Cattaneo, Fausto, ApJ, 599, 1449
  2. On the Formation of Magnetic Structures by the Combined Action of Velocity Shear and Magnetic Buoyancy [28]
    Cline, Kelly S., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Cattaneo, Fausto, ApJ, 588, 630

2002

  1. Formation of buoyant magnetic structures by a localized velocity shear [32]
    Brummell, N., Cline, K. & Cattaneo, F., MNRAS, 329, L73
  2. Penetration and Overshooting in Turbulent Compressible Convection [182]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Clune, Thomas L. & Toomre, Juri, ApJ, 570, 825
  3. Magnetic flux pumping and the structure of a sunspot penumbra [16]
    Thomas, J. H., Weiss, N. O., Tobias, S. M. & Brummell, N. H., Astronomische Nachrichten, 323, 383
  4. Downward pumping of magnetic flux as the cause of filamentary structures in sunspot penumbrae [111]
    Thomas, John H., Weiss, Nigel O., Tobias, Steven M. & Brummell, Nicholas H., Nature, 420, 390

2001

  1. Linear and nonlinear dynamo properties of time-dependent ABC flows [31]
    Brummell, N. H., Cattaneo, F. & Tobias, S. M., Fluid Dynamics Research, 28, 237
  2. Transport and Storage of Magnetic Field by Overshooting Turbulent Compressible Convection [199]
    Tobias, Steven M., Brummell, Nicholas H., Clune, Thomas L. & Toomre, Juri, ApJ, 549, 1183

2000

  1. On the Flow Induced by Centrifugal Buoyancy in a Differentially-Heated Rotating Cylinder [9]
    Brummell, N., Hart, J. E. & Lopez, J. M., Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 14, 39

1998

  1. Linear and nonlinear dynamo action [18]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Cattaneo, Fausto & Tobias, Steven M., Physics Letters A, 249, 437
  2. Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation. II. Mean Flows and Differential Rotation [109]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Hurlburt, Neal E. & Toomre, Juri, ApJ, 493, 955
  3. Pumping of Magnetic Fields by Turbulent Penetrative Convection [122]
    Tobias, Steven M., Brummell, Nicholas H., Clune, Thomas L. & Toomre, Juri, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 502, L177

1996

  1. Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation. I. Flow Structure and Evolution [108]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Hurlburt, Neal E. & Toomre, Juri, ApJ, 473, 494

1995

  1. Turbulent Dynamics in the Solar Convection Zone [50]
    Brummell, Nicholas, Cattaneo, Fausto & Toomre, Juri, Science, 269, 1370
  2. Linear and nonlinear baroclinic instability with rigid sidewalls [10]
    Mundt, M. D., Brummell, N. H. & Hart, J. E., Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 291, 109

1993

  1. The effect of the Prandtl number on penetrative convection [2]
    Brummell, Nicholas H., Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 68, 115
  2. High Rayleigh number β-convection [38]
    Brummell, Nicholas H. & Hart, J. E., Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 68, 85

1991

  1. Turbulent Compressible Convection [260]
    Cattaneo, Fausto, Brummell, Nicholas H., Toomre, Juri, Malagoli, Andrea & Hurlburt, Neal E., ApJ, 370, 282

1990

  1. Turbulent Supersonic Convection in Three Dimensions [73]
    Malagoli, Andrea, Cattaneo, Fausto & Brummell, Nicholas H., The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 361, L33
  2. Three-dimensional compressible convection at low Prandtl numbers. [22]
    Toomre, Juri, Brummell, Nicholas, Cattaneo, Fausto & Hurlburt, Neal E., Computer Physics Communications, 59, 105

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