Publications by IRF scientists 2016

(and publications from previous years not previously listed)

Refereed publications

Allegrini, Frédéric, Kent Coulter, Robert W. Ebert, Georgios Nicolaou, Vasiliki Zorbas Poenitzsch, Investigation of the Influence of Surface Composition on the Charge State Distribution of ~keV Hydrogen Exiting Thin Carbon Foils for Space Plasma Instrumentation, Advances in Space Research, 57 (11), 2420-2426, 2016.

Allen, R. C., J.-C. Zhang, L. M. Kistler, H. E. Spence, R.-L. Lin, B. Klecker, M. W. Dunlop, M. André and V. K. Jordanova, A statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster: 2. Associated plasma conditions, J. Geophys. Res., Space Phys., 121, 6458-6479, doi:10.1002/2016JA022541, 2016.

André, M., W. Li, S. Toledo-Redondo, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads, D. B. Graham, C. Norgren, J. Burch, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, R. Ergun, R. Torbert, W. Magnes, C. T. Russell, B. Giles, T. E. Moore, M. O. Chandler, C. Pollock, D. T. Young, L. A. Avanov, J. C. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, W. R. Paterson, B. Lavraud and Y. Saito, Magnetic reconnection and modification of the Hall physics due to cold ions at the magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 6705-6712, doi:10.1002/2016GL069665, 2016.

Andrews, D. J., S. Barabash,  N. J. T. Edberg, D. A Gurnett, B. E. S. Hall,  M. Holmström, M. Lester, D. D. Morgan,  H. J. Opgenoorth,  R. Ramstad, B. Sánchez-Cano, M. Way, and O. Witasse, Plasma observations during the Mars atmospheric “plume” event of March-April 2012,  J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 3139-3154, doi:10.1002/2015JA022023, 2016.

Andriopoulou, M., R. Nakamura, K. Torkar, W. Baumjohann, R. B. Torbert, P.-A. Lindqvist, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, J. Dorelli, J. L. Burch and C. T. Russell, Study of the spacecraft potential under active control and plasma density estimates during the MMS commissioning phase, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 4858-4864, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068529, 2016.

Bale, S. D., and 83 co-authors, including M. André and A. Vaivads, The FIELDS instrument suite for Solar Probe Plus. Measuring the Coronal plasma and magnetic field, plasma waves and turbulence, and radio signatures of solar transients, Space Sci. Rev., 204, 49. doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5, 2016.

Barghouthi, I. A., H. A. Abudayyeh, R. Slapak, H. Nilsson, O + and H + above the polar cap: Observations and semikinetic simulations, J. Geophys. Res., Space Phys., 121, 1, 459-474, DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021990, 2016.

Behar, E., H. Nilsson, G. S Wieser, Z. Nemeth, T.W. Broiles, I. Richter, Mass loading at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: A case study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 4, 1411-1418, DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067436, 2016.

Blanc, M., D. J. Andrews, A. J. Coates, D. C. Hamilton, C. M. Jackman, X. Jia, A. Kotova, M. Morooka, H. T. Smith and J. H. Westlake, Saturn plasma sources and associated transport processes, in Plasma sources of solar system magnetospheres, Vol 52 of the series Space Sciences series of ISSI, 237-283, Springer, ISBN 978-1-4939-3543-7, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-3544-4_7, 2016.

Breuillard, H., O. Le Contel, A. Retino, A. Chasapis, T. Chust, L. Mirioni, D. B. Graham, F. D. Wilder, I. Cohen, A. Vaivads, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. T. Marklund, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, R. E. Ergun, K. A. Goodrich, J. Macri, J. Needell, M. Chutter, D. Rau, I. Dors, C. T. Russell, W. Magnes, R. J. Strangeway, K. R. Bromund, F. Plaschke, D. Fischer, H. K. Leinweber, B. J. Anderson, G. Le, J. A. Slavin, E. L. Kepko, W. Baumjohann, B. Mauk, S. A. Fuselier and R. Nakamura, Multispacecraft analysis of dipolarization fronts and associated whistler wave emissions using MMS data, 7279-7286, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069188, 2016.

Breuillard, H., E. Yordanova, A. Vaivads, and O. Alexandrova, The effects of kinetic instabilities on small-scale turbulence in Earth’s magnetosheath, Astrophys. J., 829, 54, doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/829/1/54, 2016.

Broiles, T. W., G. Livadiotos, J. L. Burch, K. Chae, G. Clark, T. E. Cravens, R. Davidson, A. Eriksson, R. A. Frahm, S. A. Fuselier, J. Goldstein, R. Goldstein, P. Henri, H. Madanian, K. Mandt, P. Mokashi, C. Pollock, A. Rahmati, M. Samara and S. J. Schwartz, Characterizing cometary electrons with kappa distributions, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 7407-7422, doi:10.1002/2016JA022972, 2016.

Broiles, T. W., J. L. Burch, K. Chae, G. Clark, T. E. Cravens, A. Eriksson, S. A. Fuselier, R. A. Frahm, S. Gasc, R. Goldstein, P. Henri, C. Koenders, G. Livadiotis, K. E. Mandt, P. Mokashi, Z. Nemeth, E. Odelstad, M. Rubin, and M. Samara, Statistical analysis of suprathermal electron drivers at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, S312-S322, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2942, 2016.

Burch, J. L., and 51 co-authors, including Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space, Science, 352, 10.1126/science.aaf2939, 2016.

Chai, L., Y. Wei, W. Wan, TL. Zhang, ZJ. Rong, M. Fraenz, E. Dubinin, H. Zhang, J. Zhong, X. Han, S. Barabash, An induced global magnetic field looping around the magnetotail of Venus, J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys., 121, 1, 688-698, DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021904, 2016.

Chen, L.-J., M. Hesse, S. Wang, D. Gershman, R. Ergun, C. Pollock, R. Torbert, N. Bessho, W. Daughton, J. Dorelli, B. Giles, R. Strangeway, C. Russell, Y. Khotyaintsev, J. Burch, T. Moore, B. Lavraud, T. Phan and L. Avanov, Electron energization and mixing observed by MMS in the vicinity of an electron diffusion region during magnetopause reconnection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 6036-6043, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069215, 2016.

Collinson, G. A., R. A. Frahm, A. Glocer, A. J. Coates, J. M. Grebowsky, S. Barabash, S. D. Domagal-Goldman, A. Fedorov, Y. Futaana, L. K. Gilbert, G. Khazanov, T. A. Nordheim, D. Mitchell, T. E. Moore, W. K. Peterson, J. D. Winningham, T. L. Zhang,   The electric wind of Venus: A global and persistent “polar wind”-like ambipolar electric field sufficient for the direct escape of heavy ionospheric ions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 12, 5926-5934, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068327, 2016.

Consolini, G., F. Giannattasio, E. Yordanova, Z. Vörös, M. F. Marcucci, M. Echim and T. Chang, On the scaling features of magnetic field fluctuations at non-MHD scales in turbulent space plasmas, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 767, 012003, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/767/1/012003, 2016.

Cowley, S. W. H., P. Zarka, G. Provan, L. Lamy and D. J. Andrews, Comment on “A new approach to Saturn’s periodicities” by J. F. Carbary, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 2418-2422, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021996, 2016.

Dalin P., N. Gavrilov, N. Pertsev, V. Perminov, A. Pogoreltsev, N. Shevchuk, A. Dubietis, P. Völger, M. Zalcik, A. Ling, S. Kulikov, A. Zadorozhny, G. Salakhutdinov, I. Grigoryeva, A case study of long gravity wave crests in noctilucent clouds and their origin in the upper tropospheric jet stream, J. Geophys. Res., Atmospheres, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025422, 2016.

Deca, J. and A. Divin, Reflected charged particle populations around dipolar lunar magnetic magnetic anomalies, Astrophys. J., 829:60, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/829/2/60, 2016.

Deca, J., A. Divin, X. Wang, B. Lembège, S. Markidis, M. Horányi, and G. Lapenta, Three-dimensional full-kinetic simulation of the solar wind interaction with a vertical dipolar lunar magnetic anomaly, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 4136-4144, doi:10.1002/2016GL068535, 2016.

Dhanya, M. B., A. Bhardwaj, Y. Futaana, S. Barabash, A. Alok, M. Wieser, M. Holmstrom, P. Wurz, Characteristics of proton velocity distribution functions in the near-lunar wake from Chandrayaan-1/SWIM observations, Icarus, 271, 120-130, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.01.032, 2016.

Divin, A., Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads, M. André, S. Toledo-Redondo, S. Markidis and G. Lapenta, Three-scale structure of diffusion region in the presence of cold ions, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 12,001-12,013, doi: 10.1002/2016JA023606, 2016.

Dubinin, E., M. Fraenz,  D. Andrews, and D. Morgan, Martian ionosphere observed by Mars Express. 1. Influence of the crustal magnetic fields,  Planet. Space. Sci., 124, 62-75, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2016.02.004, 2016.

Duru, F., D. A. Gurnett, C. Dieval, D. D. Morgan, D. Pisa, R. Lundin, A case study of a density structure over a vertical magnetic field region in the Martian ionosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 10, 4665-4672, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068686, 2016.

Eastwood, J. P., T. D. Phan, P. A. Cassak, D. J. Gershman, C. Haggerty, K. Malakit, M. A. Shay, R. Mistry, M. Øieroset, C. T. Russell, J. A. Slavin, M. R. Argall, L. A. Avanov, J. L. Burch, L. J. Chen, J. C. Dorelli, R. E. Ergun, B. L. Giles, Y. Khotyaintsev, B. Lavraud, P. A. Lindqvist, T. E. Moore, R. Nakamura, W. Paterson, C. Pollock, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert and S. Wang, Ion-scale secondary flux ropes generated by magnetopause reconnection as resolved by MMS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 4716-4724, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068747, 2016.

Edberg, N. J. T., M. Alho, M. André, D. J. Andrews, E. Behar, J. L. Burch, C. M. Carr, E. Cupido, I. A. D. Engelhardt, A. I. Eriksson, K.-H. Glassmeier, C. Goetz, R. Goldstein, P. Henri, F. L. Johansson, C. Koenders, K. Mandt, C. Möstl, H. Nilsson, E. Odelstad, I. Richter, C. S. Wedlund, G. Stenberg Wieser, K. Szego, E. Vigren and M. Volwerk, CME impact on comet 67/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, S45-S56, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2112, 2016.

Edberg, N. J. T., A. I. Eriksson, E. Odelstad, E. Vigren, D. J. Andrews, F. Johansson, J. L. Burch, C. M. Carr, E. Cupido, K.-H. Glassmeier, R. Goldstein, J. S. Halekas, P. Henri, C. Koenders, K. Mandt, P. Mokashi, Z. Nemeth, H. Nilsson, R. Ramstad, I. Richter, G. Stenberg Wieser,Solar wind interaction with comet 67P: impact of corotating interaction regions, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 949-965, doi:10.1002/2015JA022147, 2016.

Elliott, Heather A., David J. McComas, Phil Valek, Georgios Nicolaou, Scot Weidner, George Livadiotis, The New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) Observations of the Solar Wind from 11-33 au, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 223, 2, 19, DOI: 10.3847/0067-0049/223/2/19, 2016.

Emile, O., R. Niemiec, C. Brousseau, J. Emile, K. Mahdjoubi, W. Wei, B. Thide,   Mechanism of angular momentum transfer from microwaves to a copper ring, European Phys. J. D., 70, 8, 172, DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2016-70193-6, 2016.

Ergun, R. E., J. C. Holmes, K. A. Goodrich, F. D. Wilder, J. E Stawarz, S. Eriksson, D. L. Newman, S. J. Schwartz, M. V. Goldman, A. P. Sturner, D. M. Malaspina, M. E. Usanova, R. B. Torbert, M. Argall, P.-A. Lindqvist, Y. Khotyaintsev, J. L. Burch, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, J. J. C. Dorelli, L. Avanov, M. Hesse, L. J. Chen, B. Lavraud, O. Le Contel, A. Retino, T. D. Phan, J. P. Eastwood, M. Oieroset, J. Drake, M. A. Shay, P. A. Cassak, R. Nakamura, M. Zhou, M. Ashour-Abdalla and M. André, Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5626-5634, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068992, 2016.

Ergun, R. E., K. A. Goodrich, F. D. Wilder, J. C. Holems, J. E. Stawarz, S. Eriksson, A. P. Sturner, D. M. Malaspina, M. E. Usanova, R. B. Torbert, P.-A. Lindqvist, Y. Khotyaintsev, J. L. Burch, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Goles, M. Hesse, L. J. Chen, G. Lapenta, M. V. Goldman, D. L. Newman, S. J. Schwartz, J. P. Eastwood, T. D. Phan, F. S. Mozer, J. Drake, M. A. Shay, P. A. Cassak, R. Nakamura and G. Marklund, Magnetospheric Multiscale satellites observations of parallel electric fields associated with magnetic reconnection, Phys. Rev. Lett., 116, 235102, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102, 2016.

Ergun, R. E., L. A. Andersson, C. M. Fowler, A. K. Woodson, T. D. Weber, G. T. Delory, D. J. Andrews, A. I. Eriksson, T. McEnulty, M. W. Morooka, A. I. F. Stewart, P.R. Mahaffy and B. M. Jakosky, Enhanced O + 2 loss at Mars due to an ambipolar electric field from electron heating, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 4668-4678, doi: 10.1002/2016JA022349, 2016.

Erickson, P. J., H. Matsui, J. C. Foster, R. B. Torbert, R. E. Ergun, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, M. R. Argall, C. J. Farrugia, K. W. Paulson, R. J. Strangeway and W. Magnes, Multipoint MMS observations of fine-scale SAPS structure in the inner magnetosphere, Geopys. Res. Lett., 43, 7294-7300, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069174, 2016.

Eriksson, S., B. Lavraud, F. D. Wilder, J. E. Stawarz, B. L. Giles, J. L. Burch, W. Baumjohann, R. E. Ergun, P.-A. Lindqvist, W. Magnes, C. J. Pollock, C. T. Russell, Y. Saito, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert, D. J. Gershman, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, J. C. Dorelli, S. J. Schwartz, L. Avanov, E. Grimes, Y. Vernisse, A. P. Sturner, T. D. Phan, G. T. Marklund, T. E. Moore, W. R. Paterson and K. A. Goodrich, Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of magnetic reconnection associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5606-5615, doi:10.1002/2016GL068783, 2016.

Eriksson, E., A. Vaivads, D. B. Graham, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, E. Yordanova, H. Hietala, M. André, L. A. Avanov, J. C. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, B. Lavraud, W. R. Paterson, C. J. Pollock, Y. Saito, W. Magnes, C. Russell, R. Torbert, R. Ergun, P-A. Lindqvist and J. Burch, Strong current sheet at a magnetosheath jet: Kinetic structure and electron acceleration, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 9608-9618, doi:10.1002/2016JA023146, 2016.

Facskó, G., I. Honkonen, T. ?ivkovi ?, L. Palin, E. Kallio, K. Ågren, H. Opgenoorth, E. I. Tanskanen, and S. Milan, One year in the Earth’s magnetosphere: A global MHD simulation and spacecraft measurements, Space Weather, 14, 351-367, doi:10.1002/2015SW001355, 2016.

Farrugia, C. J., B. Lavraud, R. B. Torbert, M. Argall, I. Kacem, W. Yu, L. Alm, J. Burch, C. T. Russell, J. Shuster, J. Dorelli, J. P. Eastwood, R. E. Ergun, S. Fuselier, D. Gershman, B. L. Giles, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, P. A. Lindqvist, H. Matsui, G. T. Marklund, T. D. Phan, K. Paulson, C. Pollock and R. J. Strangeway, Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission observations and non-force free modeling of a flux transfer event immersed in a super-Alfvénic flow, Geophys. Res. Lett, 43, 6070-6077, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068758, 2016.

Fatemi, S., A. R. Poppe, K. K. Khurana, M. Holmström, G. T. Delory, On the formation of Ganymede’s surface brightness asymmetries: Kinetic simulations of Ganymede’s magnetosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 10, 4745-4754, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068363, 2016.

Feyerabend, M., S. Simon, F. M. Neubauer, U. Motschmann, C. Bertucci, N. J. T. Edberg, G. B. Hospodarsky, and W. S. Kurth, Hybrid simulation of Titan’s interaction with the supersonic solar wind during Cassini’s T96, accepted, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 35-42, doi:10.1002/2015GL066848, 2016.

Frahm, R. A., M. Yamauchi, J. D. Winningham, R. Lundin, J. R. Sharber, H. Nilsson, A. J. Coates,   Foreshock ions observed behind the Martian bow shock, Plan. Space Sci., 127, 15-32, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.12.011, 2016.

Fu, H. S., J. B. Cao, A. Vaivads, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, M. André, M. Dunlop, W. L. Liu, H. Y. Lu, S. Y. Huang, Y. D. Ma and E. Eriksson, Identifying magnetic reconnection events using the FOTE method, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 1263-1272, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021701, 2016.

Fujiwara, Y., J. Kero, M. Abo, C. Szasz, T. Nakamura, MU radar head echo observations of the 2012 October Draconid outburst, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455, 3, 3273-3280, DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv2492, 2016.

Fuselier, S. A., and 35 co-authors, including E. Vigren, Ion chemistry in the coma of comet 67P near perihelion, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, S67-S77, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2149, 2016.

Galand, M., K. L. Héretier, E. Odelstad, P. Henri, T. W. Broiles, A. J. Allen, K. Altwegg, A. Beth, J. L. Burch, C. M. Carr, E. Cupido, A. I. Eriksson, K.-H. Glassmeier, F. L. Johansson, J.-P. Lebreton, K. E. Mandt, H. Nilsson, I. Richter, M. Rubin, L. B. M. Sagnières, S. J. Schwartz, T. Sémon, C.-Y. Tzao, X. Vallières, E. Vigren and P. Wurz, Ionospheric plasma of comet 67P probed by Rosetta at 3 au from the Sun, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, S331-S335, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2891, 2016.

Goetz, C., C. Koenders, K. C. Hansen, J. Burch, C. Carr, A. Eriksson, D. Fröhoff, C. Guettler, P. Henri, H. Nilsson, I. Richter, M. Rubin, H. Sierks, B. Tsurutani, M. Volwerk and K.-H. Glassmeier, Structure and evolution of the diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462 (Suppl_1): S459-S467, doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3148, 2016.

Goetz, C., C. Koenders, I. Richter, K. Altwegg, J. Burch, C. Carr, E. Cupido, A. Eriksson, C. Guettler, P. Henri, P. Mokashi, Z. Nemeth, H. Nilsson, M. Rubin, H. Sierks, B. Tsurutani, C. Vallat, M. Volwerk and K.-H. Glassmeier, First detection of a diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Astron. Astrophys., 588, A24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527728, 2016.

Goodrich, K. A., R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, J. Burch, R. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, C. Russell, R. Strangeway, W. Magnes, D. Gershman, B. Giles, R. Nakamura, J. Stawarz, J. Holmes, A. Sturner and D. M. Malaspina, MMS Multipoint electric field observations of small-scale magnetic holes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5953-5959, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069157, 2016.

Graham, D. B., Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, C. Norgren, A. Vaivads, M. André, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. T. Marklund, R. E. Ergun, W. R. Paterson, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, C. J. Pollock, J. C. Dorelli, L. A. Avanov, B. Lavraud, Y. Saito, W. Magnes, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert and J. L. Burch, Electron currents and heating in the ion diffusion region of asymmetric reconnection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 4691-4700, doi:10.1002/2016GL068613, 2016.

Graham, D. B., A. Vaivads, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, and M. André. Whistler emission in the separatrix regions of asymmetric magnetic reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 1934-1954, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021239, 2016.

Graham, D. B., Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads and M. André, Electrostatic solitary waves and electrostatic waves at the magnetopause, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 3069-3092, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021527, 2016.

Greco, A., S. Perri, S. Servidio, E. Yordanova, and P. Veltri, The complex structure of magnetic field discontinuities in the turbulent solar wind, Astrophys. J. Lett., 823, L39, doi: 10.3847/2041-8205/823/2/L39, 2016.

Grün, E., J. Agarwal, N. Altobelli, K. Altwegg, M. S. Bentley, N. Biver, V. Della Corte, N. Edberg, P. D. Feldman, M. Galand, B. Geiger, C. Götz, B. Grieger,   C. Güttler, P. Henri, M. Hofstadter, M. Horanyi, E. Jehin, H. Krüger, S. Lee, T. Mannel, E. Morales, O. Mousis, M. Müller, C. Opitom, A. Rotundi, R. Schmied, F. Schmidt, H. Sierks, C. Snodgrass, R. H. Soja, M. Sommer, R. Srama, C.-Y. Tzou, J.-B. Vincent, P. Yanamandra-Fisher, M. F. A’Hearn, A. I. Erikson [sic] et al., The 2016 Feb 19 outburst of comet 67/CG: an ESA Rosetta multi-instrument study, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, S220-S234, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2088, 2016.

Hall, B. E. S., M. Lester, J. D. Nichols, B. Sánchez-Cano, D. J. Andrews, H. J. Opgenoorth and M. Fränz, A survey of superthermal electron flux depressions, or “electron holes,” within the illuminated Martian induced magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 4835-4857, doi: 10.1002/2015JA021866, 2016.

Hall, B. E. S., M. Lester, B. Sánchez-Cano, J. D. Nichols, D. J. Andrews, N. J. T. Edberg, H. J. Opgenoorth, M. Fränz, M. Holmström, R. Ramstad, O. Witasse, M. Cartacci, A. Cicchetti, R. Noschese and R. Orosei, Annual Variations in the Martian bow shock location as observed by the Mars Express mission, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 11474-11494, doi: 10.1002/2016JA023316, 2016.

Holmberg, M. K. G., J.-E. Wahlund, E. Vigren, T. A. Cassidy and D. J. Andrews, Transport and chemical loss rates in Saturn’s inner plasma disk, J. Geophys. Res., Space Phys ics, 121, 2321-2334, DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021784, 2016.

Huang, S. Y. F. Sahraoui, A. Retino, O. Le Contel, Z. G. Yuan, A. Chasapis, N. Aunai, H. Breuillard, X. H. Deng, M. Zhou, H. S. Fu, Y. Pang, D. D. Wang, R. B. Torbert, K. A. Goodrich, R. E. Ergun, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, W. Magnes, K. Bromund, H. Leinweber, F. Plaschke, B. J. Anderson, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore and J. L. Burch, MMS observations of ion-scale magnetic island in the magnetosheath turbulent plasma, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 7850-7858, doi: 10.1002/2016GL0700332016.

Huang, S. Y., H. S. Fu, Z. G. Yuan, A. Vaivads, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Retino, M. Zhou, D. B. Graham, K. Fujimoto, F. Sahraoui, X. H. Deng, B. Ni, Y. Pang, S. Fu, D. D. Wang and X. Zhou, Two types of whistler waves in the hall reconnection region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 6639-6646, doi: 10.1002/2016JA022650, 2016.

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Vigren, E., M. Galand, A. Wellbrock, A. J. Coates, J. Cui, N. J. T. Edberg, P. Lavvas, L. Sagnières, D. Snowden, V. Vuitton and J.-E. Wahlund, Suprathermal electrons in Titan’s sunlit ionosphere: Model-observation comparisons, Astrophys. J., 826, 131, doi: 10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/131, 2016.

Vigren, E., K. Altwegg, N. J. T. Edberg, A. I. Eriksson, M. Galand, P. Henri, F. Johansson, E. Odelstad, C.-Y. Tzou and X. Valliéres, Model-Observation Comparisons of Electron Number Densities in the Coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during 2015 January, The Astronomical Journal 152, 3, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/3/59, 2016.

Voeroes, Z., E. Yordanova, M. M. Echim, G. Consolini, Y. Narita, Turbulence-generated proton-scale structures in the terrestrial magnetosheath, Astrophys. J. Lett., 819, 1, L15, DOI: 10.3847/2041-8205/819/1/L15, 2016.

Vogt, M. F, P. Withers, K. Fallows, C. L. Flynn,  D. J. Andrews, F. Duru, and D. D. Morgan, Electron densities in the ionosphere of Mars: A comparison of MARSIS and radio occultation measurements,  J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, doi:10.1002/2016JA022987, 2016.

Volwerk, M., Richter, I., Tsurutani, B., Götz, C., Altwegg, K., Broiles, T., Burch, J., Carr, C., Cupido, E., Delva, M., Dósa, M., Edberg, N. J. T., Eriksson, A., Henri, P., Koenders, C., Lebreton, J.-P., Mandt, K. E., Nilsson, H., Opitz, A., Rubin, M., Schwingenschuh, K., Stenberg Wieser, G.,Szegö, K., Vallat, C., Vallieres, X., and Glassmeier, K.-H.: Mass-loading, pile-up, and mirror-mode waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Ann. Geophys., 34, 1-15, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-1-2016, 2016.

Vorburger, A., P. Wurz, S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, M. Wieser, A. Bhardwaj, M. B. Dhanya, K. Asamura, Transport of solar wind plasma onto the lunar nightside surface, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 20, 10586-10594, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071094, 2016.

Vörös, Z., E. Yordanova, M. M. Echim, G. Consolini, and Y. Narita, Turbulence-generated proton-scale structures in the Terrestrial magnetosheath, Astrophys. J. Lett.,   819, L15, doi: 10.3847/2041-8205/819/1/L15, 2016.

Wang, X.-D., M. Alho, R. Jarvinen, E. Kallio, S. Barabash, Y. Futaana, Emission of hydrogen energetic neutral atoms from the Martian subsolar magnetosheath, J, Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 1, 190-204, DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021653, 2016.

Wedlund, C. S., E. Kallio, M. Alho, H. Nilsson, G. S. Wieser, H. Gunell, E. Behar, J. Pusa, G. Gronoff, The atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko diagnosed by charge-exchanged solar wind alpha particles, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 587, A154, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527532, 2016.

Wieser, M., Y. Futaana, S. Barabash, P. Wurz, Emission of energetic neutral atoms from water ice under Ganymede surface-like conditions, Icarus, 269, 91-97, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.043, 2016.

Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, K. A. Goodrich, M. V. Goldman, D. L. Newman, D. M. Malaspina, A. N. Jaynes, S. J. Schwartz, K. J. Trattner, J. L. Burch, M. R. Argall, R. B. Torbert, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, O. Le Contel, L. Mirioni, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, F. Plaschke, W. Magnes, S. Eriksson, J. E. Stawarz, A. P. Sturner and J. C. Holmes, Observations of whistler mode waves with nonlinear parallel electric fields near the dayside magnetic reconnection separatrix by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5909-5917, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069473, 2016.

Wilder, F. D., and 25 co-authors, including Y. Khotyaintsev, Observations of large-amplitude, parallel, electrostatic waves associated with the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability by the magnetospheric multiscale mission, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 8859-8866, doi:10.1002/2016GL070404, 2016.

Wintoft, P., A. Viljanen, M. Wik, Extreme value analysis of the time derivative of the horizontal magnetic field and computed electric field, Ann. Geophys., 34, 4, 485-491, DOI: 10.5194/angeo-34-485-2016, 2016.

Withers, P., M. Matta, M. Lester, D. Andrews, N. J. T. Edberg, H. Nilsson, H. Opgenoorth, S. Curry, R. Lillis, E. Dubinin, M. Fränz, X. Han, W. Kofman, L. Lei, D. Morgan, M. Pätzold, K. Peter, A. Opitz, J. A Wild and O. Witasse, The morphology of the topside ionosphere of Mars under different solar wind conditions: Results of a multi-instrument observing campaign by Mars Express in 2010, Planet. Space Sci, 120, 24-34, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.10.013, 2016.

Yang, L., J. J. P. Paulsson, C. S. Wedlund, E. Odelstad, N. J. T. Edberg, C. Koenders, A. I. Eriksson, and W. J. Miloch, Observations of high-plasma density region in the inner coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko during early activity, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, 533-544, 2016.

Yordanova, E., Z. Vörös, A. Varsani, D. B. Graham, C. Norgren, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads, E. Eriksson, R. Nakamura, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, R. E. Ergun, W. Magnes, W. Baumjohann, D. Fischer, F. Plaschke, Y. Narita, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, O. Le Contel, C. Pollock, R. B. Torbert, B. J. Giles, J. L. Burch, L. A. Avanov, J. C. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, W. R. Paterson, B. Lavraud and Y. Saito, Electron scale structures and magnetic reconnection signatures in the turbulent magnetosheath, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5969-5978, doi:10.1002/2016GL069191, 2016.

Zalcik, M.S., T.W. Lohvinenko, P. Dalin, and W.F. Denig: North American noctilucent cloud observations in 1964-77 and 1988-2014: Analysis and Comparisons, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 110, 1, 8-15, 2016.

Zhang, H., K. K. Khurana, M. G. Kivelson, S. Fatemi, M. Holmstrom, V. Angelopoulos, Y. D. Jia, W. X. Wan, L. B. Liu, Y. D. Chen, H. J. Le, Q. Q. Shi, W. L. Liu, Alfven wings in the lunar wake: The role of pressure gradients, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 11, 10698-10711, DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022360, 2016.

Zhou, M., M. Ashour-Abdalla, J. Berchem, R. J. Walker, H. Liang, M. El-Alaoui, M. L. Goldstein, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, C. Zhao, W. R. Paterson, B. L. Giles, C. J. Pollock, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch, J. C. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, L. A. Avanov, B. Lavraud and M. O. Chandler, Observation of high-frequency electrostatic waves in the vicinity of the reconnection ion diffusion region by the spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, Geophys. Res. Let., 43, 4808-4815, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069010, 2016.

Zou, H., Y. G. Ye, J. Wang, S. Jin, E. Nielsen, J. Cui, X. D. Wang, A method to estimate the neutral atmospheric density near the ionospheric main peak of Mars, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics,121, 4, 3464-3475, DOI: 10.1002/2015JA022304, 2016.

Zou, Y., Y. Nishimura, J. K. Burchill, D. J. Knudsen, L. R. Lyons, K. Shiokawa, S. Buchert, S. Chen, M. J. Nicolls, J. M. Ruohoniemi, K. A. McWilliams, N. Nishitani, Localized field-aligned currents in the polar cap associated with airglow patches, J. Geophys. Res., Space Physics, 121, 10,172-10,189, doi:10.1002/2016JA022665, 2016.

Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, C. Haggerty, M. A. Shay, J. P. Eastwood, D. J. Gershman, J. F. Drake, M. Fujimoto, R. E. Ergun, F. S. Mozer, M. Oka, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch, S. Wang, L. J. Chen, M. Swisdak, C. Pollock, J. C. Dorelli, S. A. Fuselier, B. Lavraud, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, Y. Saito, L. A. Avanov, W. Paterson, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, Y. Khotyaintsev, P. A. Lindqvist and K. Malakit, MMS observations of large guide field symmetric reconnection between colliding reconnection jets at the center of a magnetic flux rope at the magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett.,43, 5536-5544, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069166, 2016.


Other publications

Abe, S., J. Kero, T. Nakamura, Y. Fujiwara, S. Numatawara, J. Watanabe, H. Hashiguchi, Orbit determination of meteoroids by MU radar meteor head echo observations, Proc. 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), 30, 1-4, 2015.

Eriksson, A., N. Edberg, I. Engelhardt, F. Johansson, E. Odelstad, E. Vigren, P. Henri, J.-P. Lebreton, T. Broiles, K. Mandt, C. Carr., The plasma environment of Rosetta at comet 67P, Proceedings of the 14th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, 04-08 April 2016,  ESA Special Publication, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2016.

Eriksson, Elin, Beginner’s guide to iPIC3D 2016 PDC Summer School: Introduction to High-Performance Computing, [Stockholm: KTH], 2016:
https://www.kth.se/files/view/markidis/5846cba0a4ba671c5d0bfb2d/ee_pdc_course_project_report_v.pdf

Johansson, F. L., P. Henri, A. Eriksson, X. Vallieres, J.-P. Lebreton, C. Beghin, G. Wattieaux, E. Odelstad, Simulations of the Rosetta spaceft interaction with comet plasma, in Proceedings of the 14th International Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, 04-08 April 2016, ESA Special Publication, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2016.

Kastinen, D., J. Kero, A statistical approach to the temporal development of orbital associations, Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Egmond, the Netherlands, 2-5 June 2016,Adriana Roggemans and Paul Roggemans (eds), International Meteor Organization, 2016, ISBN 978-2-87355-030-1, pp. 123-126.

Odelstad, E., G. Stenberg-Wieser, M. Wieser, A. I. Eriksson, H. Nilsson, F. L. Johansson,Measure-ments of the electrostatic potential of Rosetta at comet 67P, Proceedings of the 14th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, 04-08 April 2016,  ESA Special Publication, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2016.

Olsthoorn, Bart, High resolution (5-min) analysis of Sun-Earth coupling efficiency since 1981, Kiruna: Institutet för rymdfysik, 2016 (IRF Technical Report 055, March 2016).

Phal, Y. D., D. D. Phal, Use of fiber optic interconnects for signal integrity, Proc. 2016 ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC, Valencia, Spain, 23-25 May 2016, L. Ouwehand (ed.) (ESA SP-738), 2016: doi: 10.1109/AeroEMC.2016.7504561

Stempels, E., J. Kero, The Swedish Allsky Meteor Network: first results, Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Egmond, the Netherlands, 2-5 June 2016, Adriana Roggemans and Paul Roggemans (eds), International Meteor Organization, 2016, pp. 288-290.

Vaverka, J., A. Pellinen-Wannberg, J. Kero, I. Mann, A. De Spiegeleer, A. Hamrin, C. Norberg, T. Pitkänen, Spacecraft potential influenced by meteoroid hypervelocity impacts, Proceedings of the 14th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, NL, 04-08 April 2016,  ESA Special Publication, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 2016.


Licentiate theses

Engelhardt, Ilka, Plasma and dust at Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus and comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Licentiate thesis, Uppsala university, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:uu-308971

Eriksson, Elin, 3D magnetic nulls and regions of strong current in the Earth’s magnetosphere,Licentiate thesis, Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:uu-292742

Johlander, Andreas, Ion dynamics and structure of collisionless shocks, Licentiate thesis, Uppsala university, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:uu-303636

Odelstad, Elias, Rosetta spacecraft potential and activity evolution of comet 67P, Licentiate thesis, Uppsala: Uppsala university, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:uu-294395


Student theses completed at IRF

Kerényi, Máté, Vacuum Chamber Design for RATEX-J Radiation Testing, Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits, KTH, School of Electrical Engineering (EES), 2016, oai:DiVA.org:kth-187727

Nunez, Emmanuel, Characterization of Neutral Particle Detector Time-of-Flight Measurement as Dependent on Space and Time in the Environment of Venus, Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:ltu-59582

Werner, Anita Linnéa Elisabeth, Comparison of the shock arrival times for Earth-directed ICMEs provided by the WSA-Enlil+Cone model and in-situ observations at L1: A Case Study, Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits, Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Physics; Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:uu-296537

Xystouris, George, Investigation of the electron density close to the rings of Saturn and Prediction of the F-ring plasma characteristics, Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits, Uppsala university, 2016, oai:DiVA.org:uu-314112

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