Publications of Nicholas Brummell ordered by citations


A list of publications authored or co-authored by Nicholas Brummell, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-4350-5183

Number of papers: 58
No. of citations: 2296

260 Turbulent Compressible Convection
Cattaneo, Fausto, Brummell, Nicholas H., Toomre, Juri, Malagoli, Andrea & Hurlburt, Neal E., 1991, ApJ, 370, 282
199 Transport and Storage of Magnetic Field by Overshooting Turbulent Compressible Convection
Tobias, Steven M., Brummell, Nicholas H., Clune, Thomas L. & Toomre, Juri, 2001, ApJ, 549, 1183
182 Penetration and Overshooting in Turbulent Compressible Convection
Brummell, Nicholas H., Clune, Thomas L. & Toomre, Juri, 2002, ApJ, 570, 825
122 Pumping of Magnetic Fields by Turbulent Penetrative Convection
Tobias, Steven M., Brummell, Nicholas H., Clune, Thomas L. & Toomre, Juri, 1998, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 502, L177
111 Downward pumping of magnetic flux as the cause of filamentary structures in sunspot penumbrae
Thomas, John H., Weiss, Nigel O., Tobias, Steven M. & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2002, Nature, 420, 390
109 Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation. II. Mean Flows and Differential Rotation
Brummell, Nicholas H., Hurlburt, Neal E. & Toomre, Juri, 1998, ApJ, 493, 955
108 Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation. I. Flow Structure and Evolution
Brummell, Nicholas H., Hurlburt, Neal E. & Toomre, Juri, 1996, ApJ, 473, 494
94 Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 2 The formation of thermohaline staircases
Stellmach, S., Traxler, A., Garaud, P., Brummell, N. & Radko, T., 2011, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677, 554
91 The Origin of Penumbral Structure in Sunspots: Downward Pumping of Magnetic Flux
Weiss, Nigel O., Thomas, John H., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Tobias, Steven M., 2004, ApJ, 600, 1073
91 Dynamics of fingering convection. Part 1 Small-scale fluxes and large-scale instabilities
Traxler, A., Stellmach, S., Garaud, P., Radko, T. & Brummell, N., 2011, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677, 530
73 Turbulent Supersonic Convection in Three Dimensions
Malagoli, Andrea, Cattaneo, Fausto & Brummell, Nicholas H., 1990, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 361, L33
61 Dynamo Action Driven by Shear and Magnetic Buoyancy
Cline, Kelly S., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Cattaneo, Fausto, 2003, ApJ, 599, 1449
50 Turbulent Dynamics in the Solar Convection Zone
Brummell, Nicholas, Cattaneo, Fausto & Toomre, Juri, 1995, Science, 269, 1370
49 On the Penetration of Meridional Circulation below the Solar Convection Zone
Garaud, P. & Brummell, N. H., 2008, ApJ, 674, 498
44 The solar dynamo begins near the surface
Vasil, Geoffrey M., Lecoanet, Daniel, Augustson, Kyle, Burns, Keaton J., Oishi, Jeffrey S., Brown, Benjamin P., Brummell, Nicholas & Julien, Keith, 2024, Nature, 629, 769
38 High Rayleigh number β-convection
Brummell, Nicholas H. & Hart, J. E., 1993, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 68, 85
37 Convective overshooting and penetration in a Boussinesq spherical shell
Korre, L., Garaud, P. & Brummell, N. H., 2019, MNRAS, 484, 1220
37 Magnetic Buoyancy Instabilities of a Shear-generated Magnetic Layer
Vasil, Geoffrey M. & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2008, ApJ, 686, 709
36 Convective Dynamos with Penetration, Rotation, and Shear
Tobias, Steven M., Cattaneo, Fausto & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2008, ApJ, 685, 596
32 Formation of buoyant magnetic structures by a localized velocity shear
Brummell, N., Cline, K. & Cattaneo, F., 2002, MNRAS, 329, L73
32 Constraints on the Magnetic Buoyancy Instabilities of a Shear-Generated Magnetic Layer
Vasil, Geoffrey M. & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2009, ApJ, 690, 783
31 2D or Not 2D: The Effect of Dimensionality on the Dynamics of Fingering Convection at Low Prandtl Number
Garaud, Pascale & Brummell, Nicholas, 2015, ApJ, 815, 42
31 Linear and nonlinear dynamo properties of time-dependent ABC flows
Brummell, N. H., Cattaneo, F. & Tobias, S. M., 2001, Fluid Dynamics Research, 28, 237
28 On the Formation of Magnetic Structures by the Combined Action of Velocity Shear and Magnetic Buoyancy
Cline, Kelly S., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Cattaneo, Fausto, 2003, ApJ, 588, 630
26 On the Generation of Organized Magnetic Fields
Tobias, S. M., Cattaneo, F. & Brummell, N. H., 2011, ApJ, 728, 153
26 Flux Pumping and Magnetic Fields in the Outer Penumbra of a Sunspot
Brummell, Nicholas H., Tobias, Steven M., Thomas, John H. & Weiss, Nigel O., 2008, ApJ, 686, 1454
25 What is a flux tube? On the magnetic field topology of buoyant flux structures
Cattaneo, Fausto, Brummell, Nicholas H. & Cline, Kelly S., 2006, MNRAS, 365, 727
23 Double-Diffusive Instabilities of a Shear-Generated Magnetic Layer
Silvers, Lara J., Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Proctor, Michael R. E., 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 702, L14
22 Three-dimensional compressible convection at low Prandtl numbers.
Toomre, Juri, Brummell, Nicholas, Cattaneo, Fausto & Hurlburt, Neal E., 1990, Computer Physics Communications, 59, 105
19 Transport by Meridional Circulations in Solar-type Stars
Wood, T. S. & Brummell, N. H., 2012, ApJ, 755, 99
18 Linear and nonlinear dynamo action
Brummell, Nicholas H., Cattaneo, Fausto & Tobias, Steven M., 1998, Physics Letters A, 249, 437
18 A Self-consistent Model of the Solar Tachocline
Wood, T. S. & Brummell, N. H., 2018, ApJ, 853, 97
16 Magnetic flux pumping and the structure of a sunspot penumbra
Thomas, J. H., Weiss, N. O., Tobias, S. M. & Brummell, N. H., 2002, Astronomische Nachrichten, 323, 383
15 The Evolution of a Double Diffusive Magnetic Buoyancy Instability
Silvers, Lara J., Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Proctor, Michael R. E., 2011, Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies (Editors: Brummell, Nicholas H., Brun, A. Sacha, Miesch, Mark S. & Ponty, Yannick), IAU Symposium, 271, p. 218
15 Double-diffusive Magnetic Layering
Hughes, D. W. & Brummell, N. H., 2021, ApJ, 922, 195
14 Weakly non-Boussinesq convection in a gaseous spherical shell
Korre, Lydia, Brummell, Nicholas & Garaud, Pascale, 2017, Physical Review E, 96, 033104
12 Solar Tachocline Confinement by the Nonaxisymmetric Modes of a Dynamo Magnetic Field
Matilsky, Loren I., Brummell, Nicholas H., Hindman, Bradley W. & Toomre, Juri, 2024, ApJ, 962, 189
11 The Rise of a Magnetic Flux Tube in a Background Field: Solar Helicity Selection Rules
Manek, Bhishek, Brummell, Nicholas & Lee, Dongwook, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 859, L27
10 Linear and nonlinear baroclinic instability with rigid sidewalls
Mundt, M. D., Brummell, N. H. & Hart, J. E., 1995, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 291, 109
10 On the Origin of Solar Hemispherical Helicity Rules: Simulations of the Rise of Magnetic Flux Concentrations in a Background Field
Manek, Bhishek & Brummell, Nicholas, 2021, ApJ, 909, 72
10 On the fine structure of magnetic fields in sunspot penumbrae
Thomas, J. H., Weiss, N. O., Tobias, S. M. & Brummell, N. H., 2006, A&A, 452, 1089
9 On the Flow Induced by Centrifugal Buoyancy in a Differentially-Heated Rotating Cylinder
Brummell, N., Hart, J. E. & Lopez, J. M., 2000, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 14, 39
8 Dynamo efficiency in compressible convective dynamos with and without penetration
Brummell, Nicholas H., Tobias, Steven M. & Cattaneo, Fausto, 2010, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 104, 565
6 On the dynamical interaction between overshooting convection and an underlying dipole magnetic field - I. The non-dynamo regime
Korre, L., Brummell, NH, Garaud, P. & Guervilly, C., 2021, MNRAS, 503, 362
5 A new method for fast transforms in parity-mixed PDEs: Part II. Application to confined rotating convection
Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Julien, Keith, 2008, Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 8017
5 A new method for fast transforms in parity-mixed PDEs: Part I. Numerical techniques and analysis
Vasil, Geoffrey M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Julien, Keith, 2008, Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 7999
5 The Rise of Buoyant Magnetic Structures through Convection with a Background Magnetic Field
Manek, Bhishek, Pontin, Christina & Brummell, Nicholas, 2022, ApJ, 929, 162
5 Stoked nondynamos: sustaining field in magnetically non-closed systems
Byington, B. M., Brummell, N. H., Stone, J. M. & Gough, D. O., 2014, New Journal of Physics, 16, 083002
4 The Relationship between Kinetic and Magnetic Helicity in Solar Active Regions
Liu, Yang, Komm, Rudolf, Brummell, Nicholas H., Hoeksema, J. Todd, Manek, Bhishek & Valori, Gherardo, 2024, ApJ, 971, 1
3 Dynamo Confinement of a Radiatively Spreading Solar Tachocline Revealed by Self-consistent Global Simulations
Matilsky, Loren I., Korre, Lydia & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 991, L1
3 Effect of metallic walls on dynamos generated by laminar boundary-driven flow in a spherical domain
Guervilly, Céline, Wood, Toby S. & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2013, Physical Review E, 88, 053010
2 The effect of the Prandtl number on penetrative convection
Brummell, Nicholas H., 1993, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 68, 115
2 Self-consistent simulations of a von Kármán type dynamo in a spherical domain with metallic walls
Guervilly, Céline & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2012, Physical Review E, 86, 046317
2 On the Origin of Solar Hemispheric Helicity Rules: Rise of 3D Magnetic Flux Concentrations through a Background Magnetic Field
Manek, Bhishek & Brummell, Nicholas, 2024, ApJ, 971, 7
1 A Dynamo Confinement Scenario for the Solar Tachocline and Its Implications for Spin-down in the Radiative Spreading Regime
Matilsky, Loren I., Korre, Lydia & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2026, ApJ, 1005, 134
0 Boussinesq convection in a gaseous spherical shell
Korre, L., Brummell, N. & Garaud, P., 2019, EAS Publications Series, EAS Publications Series, 82, p. 373
0 Evaluating the Σ-effect Model of the Solar Hemispherical Helicity Bias via Direct Numerical Simulations
Noone Wade, Jacob B. & Brummell, Nicholas H., 2026, ApJ, 1000, 284
0 The Effect of Small Scale Motion on an Essentially-Nonlinear Dynamo
Byington, Benjamin M., Brummell, Nicholas H. & Tobias, Steven M., 2011, Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies (Editors: Brummell, Nicholas H., Brun, A. Sacha, Miesch, Mark S. & Ponty, Yannick), IAU Symposium, 271, p. 367


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