2024 SHIELD Publications

Nature Astronomy

1. Opher, M., Loeb, A., & Peek, J. (2024). A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2–3 Myr ago. Nature Astronomy, 8, 983. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02279-8

Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL)

2. Zhao, L.-L., Zank, G. P., & Li, H. (2024). Effects of finite frequency in turbulence spectral observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 962(L14). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad20e1 

3. Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Dayeh, M. A., Sokół, J. M., Chen, Y., Powell, E., Turner, D. L., Baliukin, I., Dialynas, K., & Izmodenov, V. (2024). Inferring the interstellar magnetic field direction from energetic neutral atom observations of the heliotail. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 967(L12). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad4498 

4. Swazyna, P., M. Bzowski, K. Dialynas, M. Opher, L. Dyke, F. Fraternale, A. Galli, J. Heerikhuisen, M. Z. Kornbleuth, D. Koutroumpa, I. Kowalska-Leszczyńska (2024). Interstellar neutral hydrogen in the heliosphere: New Horizons observations in the context of models. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 969(L20). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad5832

Astrophysical Journal Supplement (ApJS)

 5. J. G. Alonso Guzman, V. Florinski, G. Toth,S. Sharma, B. van der Holst, and M. Opher, Numerical Modeling of Energetic Charged-particle Transport with SPECTRUM Software: General Approach and Artificial Effects due to Field Discretization, ApJS, 272, 46 (2024) doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ad4637

Astrophysical Journal

6. Turner, D. L., Michael, A. T., & Provornikova, E., Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Eriksson, S., Lavraud, B., Mostafavi, P., Hill, M. E.   Pontus Brandt (2024). Evidence of a thick heliopause boundary layer resulting from active magnetic reconnection with the interstellar medium. The Astrophysical Journal, 960, 130. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad05d3

7. Powell, E., Opher, M., Kornbleuth, M., Baliukin, I.,  Michael, A., Wood, B., Izmodenov, V., Toth, G., Tenishev, V. (2024). Lyman-alpha absorption in a “croissant-like” heliosphere. The Astrophysical Journal, 961, 235. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0cee

8. Florinski, V., Ghanbaria, F., Kleiman, J., Opher, M., Giacalone, J., Kota, J., & Cummings, A. (2024). Magnetic trapping of galactic cosmic rays in the outer heliosheath. The Astrophysical Journal, 961(2). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0b15

9. Adhikari, L., Zank, G. P., Telloni, D., Zhao, L., Wang, B., Webb, G., Tang, B., & Nykyri, K. (2024). Turbulence and proton and electron heating rates in the solar corona: Analytical approach. The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 52. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad3109

10. Zhu, X., He, J., Zank, G. P., Verscharen, D., Zhao, L.-L., Duan, D., & Lin, R. (2024). Evolution of interplanetary turbulence and the associated turbulence anisotropy in the outer heliosphere: Voyager 2 observations. The Astrophysical Journal, 966, 88. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2eae

11. Adhikari, L., Zank, G. P., Zhao, L., Wang, B., Tang, B., Telloni, D., Pitna, A., & Nykyri, K. (2024). MHD inertial and energy-containing range turbulence anisotropy in the young solar wind. The Astrophysical Journal, 965, 94. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2fc4

12. Opher, M., Loeb, A., Zucker, C., Goodman, A., Konietzka, R.,  Worden, A. Z., Economo, E. P., Miller, J. A.,  Alves, J., Grone, J. (2024). The passage of the solar system through the edge of the local bubble. The Astrophysical Journal, 972, 201. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad596e

13. Chen, Y., Toth, G., Powell, E., Arshad, T., Bair, E., Kornblueth, M., & Opher, M. (2024). A kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic model with adaptive mesh refinement for modeling heliosphere neutral-plasma interaction. The Astrophysical Journal, 973, 46. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad6323 

14. Zhao, L.-L., Zank, G. P., Opher, M., Zieger, B., Li, H., Florinski, V., Adhikari, L., Zhu, X., & Nakanotani, M. (2024). Turbulence, waves, and Taylor’s hypothesis for heliosheath observations. The Astrophysical Journal, 973, 26. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad64c8

15. Dialynas, K., Krimigis, S. M., Decker, R. B., Hill, M. E., Nikoukar, R., & Opher, M. (2024). Anisotropies of 40–139 keV ions measured beyond the termination shock and in the very local interstellar medium. The Astrophysical Journal, 974(2), 174. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7601

16. Yin, Z., Drake, J. F., & Swisdak, M. (2024). Simultaneous proton and electron energization during macroscale magnetic reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal, 974, 74. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7131

17. Du, S., Opher, M., Giacalone, J., Guo, F., Richardson, J. D., & Zieger, B. (2024). The effects of turbulence on heliosheath ions and implications for energetic neutral atoms. The Astrophysical Journal, 974, 210. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7374

18. Cummings, A. C., Kota, J., Richardson, J. D., Rankin, J. S., & Heikkila, B. C. (2024). On the acceleration site of anomalous cosmic rays: Voyager 2 observations of their anisotropy in the heliosheath. The Astrophysical Journal, 977, 76. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8e66 

19. Bhoriya, D., Balsara, D., Florinski, V., Kumar, H. (2024) Going Beyond the MHD Approximation: Physics-based Numerical Solution of the CGL Equations ApJ 970 154 doi.org//10.3847/1538-4357/ad50a4

Geophysical Research Letters (GRL)

20. Miller, J. A., Opher, M., Hatzaki, M., Papachristopoulou, K., & Thomas, B. C. (2024). Earth’s mesosphere during possible encounters with massive interstellar clouds 2 and 7 million years ago. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(17). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110174

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

21. Mostafavi, P., Kieokaew, R., Bowen, T., & Telloni, D. (2024). Editorial: Kinetic plasma dynamics in the light of novel in situ heliospheric observations: Synergistic view with theories and simulations. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 11, 1491455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2024.1491455

Advances in Space Research

22. Guo, J., Wang, B., Whitman, K., Plainaki, C., Zhao, L., Bain, H. M., Cohen, C., Dalla, S., & Zheng, Y. (2024). Particle radiation environment in the heliosphere: Status, limitations, and recommendations. Advances in Space Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2024.03.070

Physics of Plasmas

23. Xia, L., & Swisdak, M. (2024). Magnetic reconnection on a Klein bottle. Physics of Plasmas, 31, 083902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0222454 

24. Yin, Z., Drake, J. F., & Swisdak, M. (2024). A computational model for ion and electron energization during macroscale magnetic reconnection. Physics of Plasmas. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0199679