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20152026
most citedThe Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

485 citations · 1.4k across the 47 of their papers we have counts for

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48 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Local Interstellar Flow Parameters from the First Intersection of IMAP-Lo's Parameter Tubes

Nathan A. Schwadron, Mitchell M. Shen, Fatemeh Rahmanifard +24

The Sun's motion through the interstellar medium creates a flow of interstellar neutral (ISN) atoms through the heliosphere. ISN He, due to its high universal abundance and relativ…

astro-ph.SR2026★ 1 cited

Review of Machine Learning Models for Solar Energetic Particle Prediction

Spiridon Kasapis, Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Kathryn Whitman +73

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events have attracted increasing attention due to their significant radiation hazards for aviation, spacecraft electronics, and human missions beyond…

astro-ph.EP2026

Constraining Electron-Impact Ionization of O Through UV Aurora Observations at Ganymede

Stefan Duling, Joachim Saur, Darrell Strobel +3

While photoionization rates of Ganymede's O dominated atmosphere are well constrained, the contribution of electron-impact ionization is rather uncertain. Previous quantitative…

physics.space-ph2026

Auroral Acceleration Generates Electron Beams in Jupiter's Middle Magnetosphere

June Piasecki, Joachim Saur, George Clark +3

Observations made by the Juno spacecraft above Jupiter's polar regions have revealed that electrons accelerated toward Jupiter, which contribute to auroral emissions, are frequentl…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Comparison of Geminid Models with the PSP/WISPR-observed Phaethon Dust Trail

Karl Battams, Galina O. Ryabova, Angel J. Gutarra-Leon +3

White-light observations from the WISPR instrument on NASA's Parker Solar Probe recently revealed the presence of a narrow, dense dust trail close to the orbit of asteroid 3200 Pha…

astro-ph.EP2025

A Rotational Disruption Crisis for Zodiacal Dust

Kedron Silsbee, Brandon S. Hensley, Jamey R. Szalay +2

A systematic torque from anisotropic radiation can rapidly spin up irregular grains to the point of breakup. We apply the standard theory of rotational disruption from radiative to…

astro-ph.SR2025

Global Heliospheric Termination Shock Strength in the Solar-Interstellar Interaction

E. J. Zirnstein, R. Kumar, B. L. Shrestha +4

A heliospheric termination shock (HTS) surrounds our solar system at approximately 100 astronomical units from the Sun, where the expanding solar wind (SW) is compressed and heated…

astro-ph.SR2025

Comparing Methods for Calculating Solar Energetic Particle Intensities: Re-binning versus Spectral Binning

M. E. Cuesta, L. Y. Khoo, G. Livadiotis +13

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events have been observed for decades in the interplanetary medium by spacecraft measuring the intensity of energetic ions and electrons. These inten…

astro-ph.EP2024

Diverse dust populations in the near-Sun environment characterized by PSP/ISIS

M. M. Shen, J. R. Szalay, P. Pokorný +9

The Integrated Science Investigation of the Sun (ISIS) energetic particle instrument suite on Parker Solar Probe is dedicated to measuring energetic ions and electrons in th…

physics.space-ph2024★ 3 cited

Corotation-bounce resonance of ions in Jupiter's magnetosphere

Y. Sarkango, J. R. Szalay, P. A. Damiano +6

Banded energy distributions of H, O, S, and O or S ions between 100 eV to ~20 keV are consistently observed in Jupiter's magnetosphere mapping to M-…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 11 cited

Magnetic reconnection-driven energization of protons up to 400 keV at the near-Sun heliospheric current sheet

M. I. Desai, J. F. Drake, T. Phan +22

We report observations of direct evidence of energetic protons being accelerated above ~400 keV within the reconnection exhaust of a heliospheric current sheet (HCS) crossing by NA…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 6 cited

Size distribution of small grains in the inner zodiacal cloud

J. R. Szalay, P. Pokorný, D. M. Malaspina

The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft has transited the inner-most regions of the zodiacal cloud and detects impacts to the spacecraft body via its electric field instrument. Mul…

astro-ph.SR2024

Observations of Kappa Distributions in Solar Energetic Protons and Derived Thermodynamic Properties

M. E. Cuesta, A. T. Cummings, G. Livadiotis +13

In this paper we model the high-energy tail of observed solar energetic proton energy distributions with a kappa distribution function. We employ a technique for deriving the therm…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 1 cited

Parker Solar Probe Observations of Energetic Particles in the Flank of a Coronal Mass Ejection Close to the Sun

N. A. Schwadron, Stuart D. Bale, J. Bonnell +32

We present an event observed by Parker Solar Probe at 0.2 au on March 2, 2022 in which imaging and \emph{in situ} measurements coincide. During this event, PSP passed through…

astro-ph.EP2024

Properties of electrons accelerated by the Ganymede-magnetosphere interaction: survey of Juno high-latitude observations

J. Rabia, V. Hue, N. Andre +16

The encounter between the Jovian co-rotating plasma and Ganymede gives rise to electromagnetic waves that propagate along the magnetic field lines and accelerate particles by reson…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 10 cited

Mass supply from Io to Jupiter's magnetosphere

L. Roth, A. Blöcker, K. de Kleer +24

Since the Voyager mission flybys in 1979, we have known the moon Io to be both volcanically active and the main source of plasma in the vast magnetosphere of Jupiter. Material lost…

physics.space-ph2024

Correlation of Coronal Mass Ejection Shock Temperature with Solar Energetic Particle Intensity

Manuel Enrique Cuesta, D. J. McComas, L. Y. Khoo +13

Solar energetic particle (SEP) events have been observed by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft since its launch in 2018. These events include sources from solar flares and cor…

astro-ph.EP2024

How long-lived grains dominate the shape of the Zodiacal Cloud

Petr Pokorny, Althea V. Moorhead, Marc J. Kuchner +2

Grain-grain collisions shape the 3-dimensional size and velocity distribution of the inner Zodiacal Cloud and the impact rates of dust on inner planets, yet they remain the least u…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

The case for studying other planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres in Heliophysics

Ian J. Cohen, Chris Arridge, Abigail Azari +37

Heliophysics is the field that "studies the nature of the Sun, and how it influences the very nature of space - and, in turn, the atmospheres of planetary bodies and the technology…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Synergies between interstellar dust and heliospheric science with an Interstellar Probe

Veerle J. Sterken, Silvan Hunziker, Kostas Dialynas +40

We discuss the synergies between heliospheric and dust science, the open science questions, the technological endeavors and programmatic aspects that are important to maintain or d…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 16 cited

Source of radio emissions induced by the Galilean moons Io, Europa and Ganymede: in situ measurements by Juno

C. K. Louis, P. Louarn, B. Collet +13

At Jupiter, part of the auroral radio emissions are induced by the Galilean moons Io, Europa and Ganymede. Until now, except for Ganymede, they have been only remotely detected, us…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 14 cited

Formation, Structure, and Detectability of the Geminids Meteoroid Stream

Wolf Z. Cukier, Jamey R. Szalay

The Geminids meteoroid stream produces one of the most intense meteor showers at Earth. It is an unusual stream in that its parent body is understood to be an asteroid, (3200) Phae…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 25 cited

The Io, Europa and Ganymede auroral footprints at Jupiter in the ultraviolet: positions and equatorial lead angles

Vincent Hue, Randy Gladstone, Corentin K. Louis +16

Jupiter's satellite auroral footprints are a consequence of the interaction between the Jovian magnetic field with co-rotating iogenic plasma and the Galilean moons. The disturbanc…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

Probing Ganymede's atmosphere with HST Ly images in transit of Jupiter

Lorenz Roth, Gregorio Marchesini, Tracy M. Becker +6

We report results from far-ultraviolet observations by the Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede transiting across the planet's dayside hemisphere. {Within} a t…