Dr Thomas Howson

Dr Thomas Howson

Honorary Lecturer

Email
tah2@st-andrews.ac.uk
Location
Mathematical Institute

 

Research areas

The coronal heating problem - how are the high temperatures of the Sun's atmosphere maintained? Using numerical MHD codes, I investigate energy dissipation and wave propagation in the solar corona.

More information on my current research activities is available on my .

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Kumar, A., Howson, T. A., Pagano, P. & De Moortel, I., 1 Aug 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 541, 4, p. 2843-2852 10 p.

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

  • 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

  • Open access
    Enerhaug, E., Howson, T. A. & De Moortel, I., 11 Jan 2024, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 681, 7 p., L11.

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

  • Open access
    Howson, T. & De Moortel, I., 29 Jan 2023, In: Physics. 5, 1, p. 140-160 21 p.

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

  • Open access
    Howson, T. A. & Breu, C. A., Nov 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526, 1, p. 499–511 13 p.

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

  • Open access
    Howson, T., 15 Feb 2022, In: Symmetry. 14, 2, 23 p., 384.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Pascoe, D. J., De Moortel, I., Pagano, P. & Howson, T. A., 1 Oct 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 516, 2, p. 2181–2188 8 p.

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

  • Open access
    Howson, T. A. & De Moortel, I., 24 May 2022, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 661, 14 p., A144.

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

  • Open access
    De Moortel, I. & Howson, T. A., 14 Dec 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal. 941, 1, 10 p., 85.

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

  • Open access
    Johnston, C. D., Hood, A. W., De Moortel, I., Pagano, P. & Howson, T. A., Oct 2021, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 654, 16 p., A2.

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