Publications of Eric J. Zirnstein

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Eric J. Zirnstein, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0001-7240-0618

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 108 (refereed: 105)
No. of citations: 3773
First author papers: 38 (refereed: 37)

2026

  1. Kelvin─Helmholtz Instability and Energetic Neutral Atoms in the Heliosphere [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Fraternale, F., Pogorelov, N. V. & Bera, R. K., ApJ, 997, L11

2025

  1. Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Voyager 1 and 2 Directions [2]
    Fuselier, Stephen A., Zirnstein, Eric J., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Galli, André, Richardson, John D., Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Schwadron, Nathan A., Dayeh, Maher A., McComas, David J., Funsten, Herbert O., Sokół, Justyna M., Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Z. & Gasser, Jonathan, ApJ, 987, 15
  2. Simulating a Steady-state Heliosphere [1]
    Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Zirnstein, Eric J. & Pogorelov, Nikolai V., ApJS, 276, 13
  3. A Numerical Model for the Dynamics of Pickup Ions Outside the Heliopause and IBEX "Ribbon" Observation [3]
    Huang, Yifan, Guo, Fan, Zirnstein, Eric J., Noh, Sung Jun, Li, Hui, Reisenfeld, Daniel B. & Heerikhuisen, Jacob, ApJ, 987, 192
  4. Spectral Properties of Globally Distributed ENA Fluxes across Diverse Regions of the Heliosphere [2]
    Kim, Thomas K., Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Zirnstein, Eric J., Janzen, Paul H., Merrill, Asher S., Noh, Sung Jun, Walia, Nehpreet K., Chen, Yue, Guo, Fan, Osthus, Dave, Beesley, Lauren J., Shin, Dae-Kyu, Sokół, Justyna M., Bzowski, Maciej, Kubiak, Marzena A., Porowski, Czeslaw & Funsten, Herbert O., ApJ, 992, 119
  5. Interstellar Pickup Ion Observations to 60 au [14]
    McComas, D. J., Shrestha, B. L., Livadiotis, G., Szalay, J. R., Zirnstein, E. J., Elliott, H. A., Brandt, P. C., Poppe, A. R., Singer, K. N., Stern, A., Verbiscer, A. & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, ApJ, 980, 154
  6. Characteristics of the IBEX Ribbon and Their Implications for a Source Region Outside the Heliopause [5]
    Noh, Sung Jun, Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Beesley, Lauren J., Chen, Yue, Guo, Fan, Funsten, Herbert O., Janzen, Paul H., Kim, Thomas K., Merrill, Asher, Osthus, Dave, Walia, Nehpreet K. & Zirnstein, Eric J., ApJ, 980, 8
  7. High-resolution Observations of Pickup-ion-mediated Shocks to 60 au [9]
    Shrestha, Bishwas L., McComas, David J., Zirnstein, Eric J., Livadiotis, George, Elliott, Heather A., Brandt, Pontus C., Stern, Alan, Poppe, Andrew R., Parker, Joel, Provornikova, Elena, Singer, Kelsi, Verbiscer, Anne & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, ApJ, 984, 11
  8. An Investigation of the Evolution of Heliosheath Energetics Using a Pressure Enhancement Event Observed by IBEX [2]
    Walia, Nehpreet K., Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Beesley, Lauren J., Janzen, Paul H., Kim, Thomas K., Merrill, Asher S., Noh, Sung Jun, Osthus, Dave & Zirnstein, Eric J., ApJ, 987, 201
  9. Slab Turbulence in the Very Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Giacalone, J., Zank, G. P., Guo, F., Heerikhuisen, J., Li, H. & Reisenfeld, D. B., ApJ, 993, 219
  10. Formation of H+ PUI Tails Downstream of Distant Interplanetary Shocks [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Shrestha, B. L., Elliott, H. A., Brandt, P. C., Stern, S. A., Poppe, A. R., Parker, J., Provornikova, E., Singer, K., Verbiscer, A. & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, ApJ, 986, 205
  11. Viewing Global Changes in the Heliosheath with IMAP's Energetic Neutral Atom Imagers [3]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Bower, J., Clark, G., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O., Gkioulidou, M., Mitchell, D. G., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 985, 188
  12. Distance to the IBEX Ribbon beyond the Heliopause [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 995, 208
  13. Global heliospheric termination shock strength in the solar-interstellar interaction [1]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Shrestha, B. L., Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & Szalay, J. R., Nature Astronomy, 9, 1495
  14. Predictions for New Horizons' SWAP Measurements Downstream of the Heliospheric Termination Shock [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Shrestha, B. L., Elliott, H. A., Brandt, P. C., Stern, S. A., Poppe, A. R., Parker, J., Provornikova, E., Singer, K., Verbiscer, A. & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, ApJ, 987, L23

2024

  1. Suprathermal H+ Pickup Ion Tails in the Outer Heliosphere [10]
    Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zirnstein, Eric J., McComas, David J., Brandt, Pontus, Stern, Alan, Elliott, Heather A., Poppe, Andrew R., Singer, Kelsi N. & Verbiscer, Anne, ApJ, 960, 35
  2. Evolving Outer Heliosphere: Tracking Solar Wind Transients from 1 au to the VLISM with IBEX and Voyager 1 [6]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Rankin, J. S., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J., Swaczyna, P., Beesley, L. J. & Reisenfeld, D. B., ApJ, 974, 213

2023

  1. Statistical methods for partitioning ribbon and globally-distributed flux using data from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [12]
    Beesley, Lauren J., Osthus, Dave, Moran, Kelly R., Ausdemore, Madeline A., Meadors, Grant David, Janzen, Paul H., Zirnstein, Eric J., Weaver, Brian P. & Reisenfeld, Daniel B., arXiv:2302.03089
  2. Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe [18]
    Brandt, P. C., Provornikova, E., Bale, S. D., Cocoros, A., DeMajistre, R., Dialynas, K., Elliott, H. A., Eriksson, S., Fields, B., Galli, A., Hill, M. E., Horanyi, M., Horbury, T., Hunziker, S., Kollmann, P., Kinnison, J., Fountain, G., Krimigis, S. M., Kurth, W. S., Linsky, J., Lisse, C. M., Mandt, K. E., Magnes, W., McNutt, R. L., Miller, J., Moebius, E., Mostafavi, P., Opher, M., Paxton, L., Plaschke, F., Poppe, A. R., Roelof, E. C., Runyon, K., Redfield, S., Schwadron, N., Sterken, V., Swaczyna, P., Szalay, J., Turner, D., Vannier, H., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R., Wurz, P. & Zirnstein, E. J., Space Science Reviews, 219, 18
  3. Investigating the IBEX Ribbon Structure a Solar Cycle Apart [5]
    Dayeh, M. A., Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 952, 19
  4. Determining the IBEX Ribbon Transverse Profile from ENA Temporal Variations: A Proof of Concept for IMAP Observations [6]
    Dayeh, M. A., Zirnstein, E. J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 945, L33
  5. Temperature of the Polar Inner Heliosheath: Connection to Solar Activity [9]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 951, 21
  6. The Effect of Angular Scattering Imposed by Charge Exchange and Elastic Collisions on Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen Atoms [4]
    Rahmanifard, F., Swaczyna, P., Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Galli, A., Sokół, J. M., Schwadron, N. A., Möbius, E., McComas, D. J. & Fuselier, S. A., ApJ, 959, 129
  7. Unified Picture of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field from Voyager and IBEX [9]
    Rankin, J. S., McComas, D. J., Zirnstein, E. J., Burlaga, L. F. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 945, L31
  8. Tracking the Rapid Opening and Closing of Polar Coronal Holes through IBEX ENA Observations [4]
    Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zirnstein, Eric J. & McComas, David J., ApJ, 943, 34
  9. Interstellar Conditions Deduced from Interstellar Neutral Helium Observed by IBEX and Global Heliosphere Modeling [19]
    Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Heerikhuisen, J., Kubiak, M. A., Rahmanifard, F., Zirnstein, E. J., Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., McComas, D. J., Möbius, E. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 953, 107
  10. Spherical Harmonic Representation of Energetic Neutral Atom Flux Components Observed by IBEX [2]
    Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJS, 266, 26
  11. Filtration of Interstellar Neutral Helium by Elastic and Charge Exchange Collisions in Heliospheric Boundaries [6]
    Swaczyna, P., Rahmanifard, F., Zirnstein, E. J. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 943, 74
  12. Constraints on the IBEX Ribbon's Origin from Its Evolution over a Solar Cycle [11]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 949, 45

2022

  1. Evolution of the Heliotail Lobes over a Solar Cycle as Measured by IBEX [8]
    Dayeh, M. A., Zirnstein, E. J., Fuselier, S. A., Funsten, H. O. & McComas, D. J., ApJS, 261, 27
  2. Whence the Interstellar Magnetic Field Shaping the Heliosphere? [12]
    Frisch, P. C., Piirola, V., Berdyugin, A. B., Heiles, C., Cole, A., Hill, K., Magalhães, A. M., Wiktorowicz, S. J., Bailey, J., Cotton, D. V., Kedziora-Chudczer, L., Schwadron, N. A., Bzowski, M., McComas, D. J., Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Harlingten, C. & Redfield, Seth, ApJS, 259, 48
  3. Thermodynamics of the Inner Heliosheath [27]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H. O., Schwadron, N. A., Szalay, J. R. & Zirnstein, E., ApJS, 262, 53
  4. First High-resolution Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ion Mediated Shocks in the Outer Heliosphere [27]
    McComas, D. J., Shrestha, B. L., Swaczyna, P., Rankin, J. S., Weidner, S. E., Zirnstein, E. J., Elliott, H. A., Singer, K. N., Spencer, J., Stern, S. A. & Weaver, H. A., ApJ, 934, 147
  5. IBEX Ribbon Separation Using Spherical Harmonic Decomposition of the Globally Distributed Flux [17]
    Swaczyna, P., Eddy, T. J., Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H. O. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJS, 258, 6
  6. Water-Group Pickup Ions From Europa-Genic Neutrals Orbiting Jupiter [25]
    Szalay, J. R., Smith, H. T., Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Begley, L. J., Bagenal, F., Delamere, P. A., Wilson, R. J., Valek, P. W., Poppe, A. R., Nénon, Q., Allegrini, F., Ebert, R. W. & Bolton, S. J., Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e98111
  7. Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [12]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Dayeh, M. A., Rankin, J. S., McComas, D. J. & Swaczyna, P., ApJ, 937, L38
  8. In Situ Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ions from 1 au to the Outer Heliosphere [34]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Möbius, E., Zhang, M., Bower, J., Elliott, H. A., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V. & Swaczyna, P., Space Science Reviews, 218, 28
  9. Oblique and rippled heliosphere structures from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [22]
    Zirnstein, Eric J., Shrestha, Bishwas L., McComas, David J., Dayeh, Maher A., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Sokół, Justyna M. & Swaczyna, Paweł, Nature Astronomy, 6, 1398

2021

  1. Solar Wind Interaction with the Pluto System [2]
    Bagenal, F., McComas, D. J., Elliott, H. A., Zirnstein, E. J., McNutt, R. L., Jr., Lisse, C. M., Kollman, P., Delamere, P. A. & Barnes, N. P., The Pluto System After New Horizons (Editors: Stern, S. A., Moore, J. M., Grundy, W. M., Young, L. A. & Binzel, R. P.), p.379
  2. Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosheath: Constraints from in situ Measurements and Models [15]
    Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., Richardson, J. D., Reisenfeld, D. B., Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Dayeh, M. A., Schwadron, N. A., McComas, D. J., Elliott, H. A., Gomez, R. G., Starkey, M. J., Kornbleuth, M. Z., Opher, M. & Dialynas, K., ApJ, 915, L26
  3. Signature of a Heliotail Organized by the Solar Magnetic Field and the Role of Nonideal Processes in Modeled IBEX ENA Maps: A Comparison of the BU and Moscow MHD Models [22]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Baliukin, I., Dayeh, M. A., Zirnstein, E., Gkioulidou, M., Dialynas, K., Galli, A., Richardson, J. D., Izmodenov, V., Zank, G. P. & Fuselier, S., ApJ, 921, 164
  4. Interstellar Pickup Ion Observations Halfway to the Termination Shock [64]
    McComas, D. J., Swaczyna, P., Szalay, J. R., Zirnstein, E. J., Rankin, J. S., Elliott, H. A., Singer, K., Spencer, J., Stern, S. A. & Weaver, H., ApJS, 254, 19
  5. A Three-dimensional Map of the Heliosphere from IBEX [51]
    Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Bzowski, Maciej, Funsten, Herbert O., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Janzen, Paul H., Kubiak, Marzena A., McComas, David J., Schwadron, Nathan A., Sokół, Justyna M., Zimorino, Alex & Zirnstein, Eric J., ApJS, 254, 40
  6. Strength of the Termination Shock Inferred from the Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux from IBEX [13]
    Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zirnstein, Eric J., Heerikhuisen, Jacob & Zank, Gary P., ApJS, 254, 32
  7. Breathing of the Heliosphere [17]
    Sokół, Justyna M., Dayeh, Maher A., Fuselier, Stephen A., Nicolaou, Georgios, McComas, D. J. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 922, 250
  8. Slowdown and Heating of Interstellar Neutral Helium by Elastic Collisions beyond the Heliopause [24]
    Swaczyna, P., Rahmanifard, F., Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 911, L36
  9. Turbulent Acceleration of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Heliospheric Termination Shock Forms the Global ENA Spectrum [24]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Bandyopadhyay, R., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 916, L21
  10. Heliosheath Proton Distribution in the Plasma Reference Frame [28]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Swaczyna, P., ApJS, 252, 26
  11. Dependence of the IBEX Ribbon Geometry on Pitch-Angle Scattering outside the Heliopause [9]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 908, 35

2020

  1. Heliospheric Structure as Revealed by the 3-88 keV H ENA Spectra [11]
    Czechowski, A., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J. M., Kubiak, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J., Zirnstein, E. J., Pogorelov, N. V., Schwadron, N. A., Hilchenbach, M., Grygorczuk, J. & Zank, G. P., ApJ, 888, 1
  2. First Global Images of Ion Energization in the Terrestrial Foreshock by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [9]
    Dayeh, M. A., Szalay, J. R., Ogasawara, K., Fuselier, S. A., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H. O., Petrinec, S. M., Schwadron, N. A. & Zirnstein, E. J., Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e88188
  3. Solar Cycle of Imaging the Global Heliosphere: Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Observations from 2009-2019 [73]
    McComas, D. J., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M. A., DeMajistre, R., Funsten, H. O., Janzen, P. H., Kowalska-Leszczyńska, I., Kubiak, M. A., Schwadron, N. A., Sokół, J. M., Szalay, J. R., Tokumaru, M. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJS, 248, 26
  4. Energetic Neutral Atom Flux from the Inner Heliosheath and Its Connection to Termination Shock Properties [12]
    Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zirnstein, Eric J. & Heerikhuisen, Jacob, ApJ, 894, 102
  5. Density of Neutral Hydrogen in the Sun's Interstellar Neighborhood [90]
    Swaczyna, P., McComas, D. J., Zirnstein, E. J., Sokół, J. M., Elliott, H. A., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M. A., Richardson, J. D., Kowalska-Leszczynska, I., Stern, S. A., Weaver, H. A., Olkin, C. B., Singer, K. N. & Spencer, J. R., ApJ, 903, 48
  6. Distance to the Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Source from the Heliotail [14]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., ApJ, 897, 138
  7. Asymmetric Structure of the Solar Wind and Heliosphere from IBEX Observations [11]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., ApJ, 894, 13
  8. Response of Pickup Ions in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to Solar Variations: Implications for the Evolution of the IBEX Ribbon and Interstellar Helium [11]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Mostafavi, P., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Pogorelov, N. V., ApJ, 891, 56
  9. Turbulence in the Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon [26]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Giacalone, J., Kumar, R., McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 888, 29

2019

  1. Interstellar Neutral Helium in the Heliosphere from IBEX Observations. VI. The He+ Density and the Ionization State in the Very Local Interstellar Matter [51]
    Bzowski, M., Czechowski, A., Frisch, P. C., Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., Grygorczuk, J., Heerikhuisen, J., Kubiak, M. A., Kucharek, H., McComas, D. J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N. A., Slavin, J., Sokół, J. M., Swaczyna, P., Wurz, P. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 882, 60
  2. Variability in the Position of the IBEX Ribbon over Nine Years: More Observational Evidence for a Secondary ENA Source [35]
    Dayeh, M. A., Zirnstein, E. J., Desai, M. I., Funsten, H. O., Fuselier, S. A., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A. & Szalay, J. R., ApJ, 879, 84
  3. Temporal Evolution of the Latitude and Energy Dependence of the Energetic Neutral Atom Spectral Indices Measured by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Over the First Nine Years [13]
    Desai, M. I., Dayeh, M. A., Allegrini, F., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H., Heerikhuisen, J., Fuselier, S. A., Pogorelov, N., Schwadron, N. A., Zank, G. P., Zirnstein, E. J., Sokół, J. M., Tokumaru, M., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M. A. & Reisenfeld, D. B., ApJ, 875, 91
  4. Slowing of the Solar Wind in the Outer Heliosphere [66]
    Elliott, Heather A., McComas, David J., Zirnstein, Eric J., Randol, Brent M., Delamere, Peter A., Livadiotis, George, Bagenal, Fran, Barnes, Nathan P., Stern, S. Alan, Young, Leslie A., Olkin, Catherine B., Spencer, John, Weaver, Harold A., Ennico, Kimberly, Gladstone, G. Randall, Smith, Charles W., Horizons Plasma, New & Particle Team, ApJ, 885, 156
  5. The Effect of Suprathermal Protons in the Heliosheath on the Global Structure of the Heliosphere and Heliotail [39]
    Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Zirnstein, Eric J., Pogorelov, Nikolai V., Zank, Gary P. & Desai, Mihir, ApJ, 874, 76
  6. Expanding Global Features in the Outer Heliosphere [32]
    McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O., Janzen, P. H., Schwadron, N. A., Szalay, J. R. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 872, 127
  7. Inner Heliosheath Shocks and Their Effect on Energetic Neutral Atom Observations by IBEX [13]
    Mostafavi, P., Zank, G. P., Zirnstein, E. J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 878, L24
  8. He+ Ions Comoving with the Solar Wind in the Outer Heliosphere [16]
    Swaczyna, P., McComas, D. J. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 875, 36
  9. Angular Scattering in Charge Exchange: Issues and Implications for Secondary Interstellar Hydrogen [18]
    Swaczyna, P., McComas, D. J., Zirnstein, E. J. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 887, 223
  10. Strong Scattering of ∼keV Pickup Ions in the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field Draped around Our Heliosphere: Implications for the IBEX Ribbon's Source and IMAP [30]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & Swaczyna, P., ApJ, 876, 92
  11. Parallax of the IBEX Ribbon Indicates a Spatially Retained Source [16]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P., McComas, D. J. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 879, 106

2018

  1. Energy Distribution of Pickup Ions at the Solar Wind Termination Shock [40]
    Kumar, Rahul, Zirnstein, Eric J. & Spitkovsky, Anatoly, ApJ, 860, 156
  2. Heliosphere Responds to a Large Solar Wind Intensification: Decisive Observations from IBEX [62]
    McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J., Janzen, P. H., Reisenfeld, D. B., Schwadron, N. A., Szalay, J. R. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 856, L10
  3. Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP): A New NASA Mission [189]
    McComas, D. J., Christian, E. R., Schwadron, N. A., Fox, N., Westlake, J., Allegrini, F., Baker, D. N., Biesecker, D., Bzowski, M., Clark, G., Cohen, C. M. S., Cohen, I., Dayeh, M. A., Decker, R., de Nolfo, G. A., Desai, M. I., Ebert, R. W., Elliott, H. A., Fahr, H., Frisch, P. C., Funsten, H. O., Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., Galvin, A. B., Giacalone, J., Gkioulidou, M., Guo, F., Horanyi, M., Isenberg, P., Janzen, P., Kistler, L. M., Korreck, K., Kubiak, M. A., Kucharek, H., Larsen, B. A., Leske, R. A., Lugaz, N., Luhmann, J., Matthaeus, W., Mitchell, D., Moebius, E., Ogasawara, K., Reisenfeld, D. B., Richardson, J. D., Russell, C. T., Sokół, J. M., Spence, H. E., Skoug, R., Sternovsky, Z., Swaczyna, P., Szalay, J. R., Tokumaru, M., Wiedenbeck, M. E., Wurz, P., Zank, G. P. & Zirnstein, E. J., Space Science Reviews, 214, 116
  4. Time Dependence of the IBEX Ribbon and the Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux Using the First 9 Years of Observations [45]
    Schwadron, N. A., Allegrini, F., Bzowski, M., Christian, E. R., Dayeh, M. A., Desai, M. I., Fairchild, K., Frisch, P. C., Funsten, H. O., Fuselier, S. A., Galli, A., Janzen, P., Kubiak, M. A., McComas, D. J., Moebius, E., Reisenfeld, D. B., Sokół, J. M., Swaczyna, P., Szalay, J. R., Wurz, P. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJS, 239, 1
  5. The Pickup Ion-mediated Solar Wind [117]
    Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Zhao, L.-L., Mostafavi, P., Zirnstein, E. J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 869, 23
  6. The Role of Pickup Ion Dynamics Outside of the Heliopause in the Limit of Weak Pitch Angle Scattering: Implications for the Source of the IBEX Ribbon [35]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 855, 30
  7. In Situ Observations of Preferential Pickup Ion Heating at an Interplanetary Shock [43]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Kumar, R., Elliott, H. A., Szalay, J. R., Olkin, C. B., Spencer, J., Stern, S. A. & Young, L. A., Physical Review Letters, 121, 075102
  8. Constraining the Evolution of the Proton Distribution Function in the Heliotail [20]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Galli, A., ApJ, 865, 150
  9. Stochastic Acceleration of ∼0.1-5 keV Pickup Ions in the Heliotail [31]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Galli, A., ApJ, 860, 170
  10. Simulation of the Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Increase in 2014 and Its Effect on Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosphere [45]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Szalay, J. R., ApJ, 859, 104

2017

  1. Interstellar Pickup Ion Observations to 38 au [87]
    McComas, D. J., Zirnstein, E. J., Bzowski, M., Elliott, H. A., Randol, B., Schwadron, N. A., Sokół, J. M., Szalay, J. R., Olkin, C., Spencer, J., Stern, A. & Weaver, H., ApJS, 233, 8
  2. Seven Years of Imaging the Global Heliosphere with IBEX [95]
    McComas, D. J., Zirnstein, E. J., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O., Fuselier, S. A., Janzen, P. H., Kubiak, M. A., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Reisenfeld, D. B., Schwadron, N. A., Sokół, J. M., Szalay, J. R. & Tokumaru, M., ApJS, 229, 41
  3. Imprint of the Sun’s Evolving Polar Winds on IBEX Energetic Neutral Atom All-sky Observations of the Heliosphere [23]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., ApJ, 846, 63
  4. Structure of the Heliotail from Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations: Implications for the 11-year Solar Cycle and Pickup Ions in the Heliosheath [70]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Zank, G. P., Pogorelov, N. V., Funsten, H. O., McComas, D. J., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 836, 238

2016

  1. Pluto's interaction with its space environment: Solar wind, energetic particles, and dust [54]
    Bagenal, F., Horányi, M., McComas, D. J., McNutt, R. L., Elliott, H. A., Hill, M. E., Brown, L. E., Delamere, P. A., Kollmann, P., Krimigis, S. M., Kusterer, M., Lisse, C. M., Mitchell, D. G., Piquette, M., Poppe, A. R., Strobel, D. F., Szalay, J. R., Valek, P., Vandegriff, J., Weidner, S., Zirnstein, E. J., Stern, S. A., Ennico, K., Olkin, C. B., Weaver, H. A., Young, L. A., Gladstone, G. R., Grundy, W. M., McKinnon, W. B., Moore, J. M., Spencer, J. R., Andert, T., Andrews, J., Banks, M., Bauer, B., Bauman, J., Barnouin, O. S., Bedini, P., Beisser, K., Beyer, R. A., Bhaskaran, S., Binzel, R. P., Birath, E., Bird, M., Bogan, D. J., Bowman, A., Bray, V. J., Brozovic, M., Bryan, C., Buckley, M. R., Buie, M. W., Buratti, B. J., Bushman, S. S., Calloway, A., Carcich, B., Cheng, A. F., Conard, S., Conrad, C. A., Cook, J. C., Cruikshank, D. P., Custodio, O. S., Dalle Ore, C. M., Deboy, C., Dischner, Z. J. B., Dumont, P., Earle, A. M., Ercol, J., Ernst, C. M., Finley, T., Flanigan, S. H., Fountain, G., Freeze, M. J., Greathouse, T., Green, J. L., Guo, Y., Hahn, M., Hamilton, D. P., Hamilton, S. A., Hanley, J., Harch, A., Hart, H. M., Hersman, C. B., Hill, A., Hinson, D. P., Holdridge, M. E., Howard, A. D., Howett, C. J. A., Jackman, C., Jacobson, R. A., Jennings, D. E., Kammer, J. A., Kang, H. K., Kaufmann, D. E., Kusnierkiewicz, D., Lauer, T. R., Lee, J. E., Lindstrom, K. L., Linscott, I. R., Lunsford, A. W., Mallder, V. A., Martin, N., Mehoke, D., Mehoke, T., Melin, E. D., Mutchler, M., Nelson, D., Nimmo, F., Nunez, J. I., Ocampo, A., Owen, W. M., Paetzold, M., Page, B., Parker, A. H., Parker, J. W., Pelletier, F., Peterson, J., Pinkine, N., Porter, S. B., Protopapa, S., Redfern, J., Reitsema, H. J., Reuter, D. C., Roberts, J. H., Robbins, S. J., Rogers, G., Rose, D., Runyon, K., Retherford, K. D., Ryschkewitsch, M. G., Schenk, P., Schindhelm, R., Sepan, B., Showalter, M. R., Singer, K. N., Soluri, M., Stanbridge, D., Steffl, A. J., Stryk, T., Summers, M. E., Tapley, M., Taylor, A., Taylor, H., Throop, H. B., Tsang, C. C. C., Tyler, G. L., Umurhan, O. M., Verbiscer, A. J., Versteeg, M. H., Vincent, M., Webbert, R., Weigle, G. E., White, O. L., Whittenburg, K., Williams, B. G., Williams, K., Williams, S., Woods, W. W. & Zangari, A. M., Science, 351, aad9045
  2. Latitude, Energy, and Time Variations in the Energetic Neutral Atom Spectral Indices Measured by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) [8]
    Desai, M. I., Dayeh, M. A., Allegrini, F., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H., Heerikhuisen, J., Fuselier, S. A., Pogorelov, N., Schwadron, N. A., Zank, G. P., Zirnstein, E. J., Janzen, P. & Reisenfeld, D. B., ApJ, 832, 116
  3. Neutral Atom Properties in the Direction of the IBEX Ribbon [33]
    Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Gamayunov, Konstantin V., Zirnstein, Eric J. & Pogorelov, Nikolai V., ApJ, 831, 137
  4. Pluto's interaction with the solar wind [34]
    McComas, D. J., Elliott, H. A., Weidner, S., Valek, P., Zirnstein, E. J., Bagenal, F., Delamere, P. A., Ebert, R. W., Funsten, H. O., Horanyi, M., McNutt, R. L., Moser, C., Schwadron, N. A., Strobel, D. F., Young, L. A., Ennico, K., Olkin, C. B., Stern, S. A. & Weaver, H. A., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 121, 4232
  5. The geology of Pluto and Charon through the eyes of New Horizons [213]
    Moore, Jeffrey M., McKinnon, William B., Spencer, John R., Howard, Alan D., Schenk, Paul M., Beyer, Ross A., Nimmo, Francis, Singer, Kelsi N., Umurhan, Orkan M., White, Oliver L., Stern, S. Alan, Ennico, Kimberly, Olkin, Cathy B., Weaver, Harold A., Young, Leslie A., Binzel, Richard P., Buie, Marc W., Buratti, Bonnie J., Cheng, Andrew F., Cruikshank, Dale P., Grundy, Will M., Linscott, Ivan R., Reitsema, Harold J., Reuter, Dennis C., Showalter, Mark R., Bray, Veronica J., Chavez, Carrie L., Howett, Carly J. A., Lauer, Tod R., Lisse, Carey M., Parker, Alex Harrison, Porter, S. B., Robbins, Stuart J., Runyon, Kirby, Stryk, Ted, Throop, Henry B., Tsang, Constantine C. C., Verbiscer, Anne J., Zangari, Amanda M., Chaikin, Andrew L., Wilhelms, Don E., Bagenal, F., Gladstone, G. R., Andert, T., Andrews, J., Banks, M., Bauer, B., Bauman, J., Barnouin, O. S., Bedini, P., Beisser, K., Bhaskaran, S., Birath, E., Bird, M., Bogan, D. J., Bowman, A., Brozovic, M., Bryan, C., Buckley, M. R., Bushman, S. S., Calloway, A., Carcich, B., Conard, S., Conrad, C. A., Cook, J. C., Custodio, O. S., Ore, C. M. Dalle, Deboy, C., Dischner, Z. J. B., Dumont, P., Earle, A. M., Elliott, H. A., Ercol, J., Ernst, C. M., Finley, T., Flanigan, S. H., Fountain, G., Freeze, M. J., Greathouse, T., Green, J. L., Guo, Y., Hahn, M., Hamilton, D. P., Hamilton, S. A., Hanley, J., Harch, A., Hart, H. M., Hersman, C. B., Hill, A., Hill, M. E., Hinson, D. P., Holdridge, M. E., Horanyi, M., Jackman, C., Jacobson, R. A., Jennings, D. E., Kammer, J. A., Kang, H. K., Kaufmann, D. E., Kollmann, P., Krimigis, S. M., Kusnierkiewicz, D., Lee, J. E., Lindstrom, K. L., Lunsford, A. W., Mallder, V. A., Martin, N., McComas, D. J., McNutt, R. L., Mehoke, D., Mehoke, T., Melin, E. D., Mutchler, M., Nelson, D., Nunez, J. I., Ocampo, A., Owen, W. M., Paetzold, M., Page, B., Parker, J. W., Pelletier, F., Peterson, J., Pinkine, N., Piquette, M., Protopapa, S., Redfern, J., Roberts, J. H., Rogers, G., Rose, D., Retherford, K. D., Ryschkewitsch, M. G., Schindhelm, R., Sepan, B., Soluri, M., Stanbridge, D., Steffl, A. J., Strobel, D. F., Summers, M. E., Szalay, J. R., Tapley, M., Taylor, A., Taylor, H., Tyler, G. L., Versteeg, M. H., Vincent, M., Webbert, R., Weidner, S., Weigle, G. E., Whittenburg, K., Williams, B. G., Williams, K., Williams, S., Woods, W. W. & Zirnstein, E., Science, 351, 1284
  6. Energetic neutral atom and interstellar flow observations with IBEX: Implications for the global heliosphere [0]
    Schwadron, N. A., McComas, D. J., Christian, E. R., Desai, M. I., Funsten, H. O., Fuselier, S. A., Moebius, E., Reno, M., Scherrer, J. & Zirnstein, E., Solar Wind 14, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1720, p. 080002
  7. Effects of solar wind speed on the secondary energetic neutral source of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer ribbon [23]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., A&A, 586, A31
  8. Geometry and Characteristics of the Heliosheath Revealed in the First Five Years of Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations [39]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A. & Zank, G. P., ApJ, 826, 58
  9. Interplanetary Magnetic Field Sector from Solar Wind around Pluto (SWAP) Measurements of Heavy Ion Pickup near Pluto [13]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Elliott, H. A., Weidner, S., Valek, P. W., Bagenal, F., Stern, S. A., Ennico, K., Olkin, C. B., Weaver, H. A. & Young, L. A., ApJ, 823, L30
  10. Local Interstellar Magnetic Field Determined from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon [182]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Funsten, H. O., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Pogorelov, N. V., ApJ, 818, L18

2015

  1. Latitudinal and Energy Dependence of Energetic Neutral Atom Spectral Indices Measured by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [11]
    Desai, M. I., Allegrini, F., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Fuselier, S. A., Pogorelov, N., Schwadron, N. A., Zank, G. P. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 802, 100
  2. Symmetry of the IBEX Ribbon of Enhanced Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Flux [21]
    Funsten, H. O., Bzowski, M., Cai, D. M., Dayeh, M., DeMajistre, R., Frisch, P. C., Heerikhuisen, J., Higdon, D. M., Janzen, P., Larsen, B. A., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Möbius, E., Reese, C. S., Roelof, E. C., Reisenfeld, D. B., Schwadron, N. A. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 799, 68
  3. κ-distributed protons in the solar wind and their charge-exchange coupling to energetic hydrogen [37]
    Heerikhuisen, J., Zirnstein, Eric & Pogorelov, Nikolai, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 1516
  4. The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons [316]
    Stern, S. A., Bagenal, F., Ennico, K., Gladstone, G. R., Grundy, W. M., McKinnon, W. B., Moore, J. M., Olkin, C. B., Spencer, J. R., Weaver, H. A., Young, L. A., Andert, T., Andrews, J., Banks, M., Bauer, B., Bauman, J., Barnouin, O. S., Bedini, P., Beisser, K., Beyer, R. A., Bhaskaran, S., Binzel, R. P., Birath, E., Bird, M., Bogan, D. J., Bowman, A., Bray, V. J., Brozovic, M., Bryan, C., Buckley, M. R., Buie, M. W., Buratti, B. J., Bushman, S. S., Calloway, A., Carcich, B., Cheng, A. F., Conard, S., Conrad, C. A., Cook, J. C., Cruikshank, D. P., Custodio, O. S., Dalle Ore, C. M., Deboy, C., Dischner, Z. J. B., Dumont, P., Earle, A. M., Elliott, H. A., Ercol, J., Ernst, C. M., Finley, T., Flanigan, S. H., Fountain, G., Freeze, M. J., Greathouse, T., Green, J. L., Guo, Y., Hahn, M., Hamilton, D. P., Hamilton, S. A., Hanley, J., Harch, A., Hart, H. M., Hersman, C. B., Hill, A., Hill, M. E., Hinson, D. P., Holdridge, M. E., Horanyi, M., Howard, A. D., Howett, C. J. A., Jackman, C., Jacobson, R. A., Jennings, D. E., Kammer, J. A., Kang, H. K., Kaufmann, D. E., Kollmann, P., Krimigis, S. M., Kusnierkiewicz, D., Lauer, T. R., Lee, J. E., Lindstrom, K. L., Linscott, I. R., Lisse, C. M., Lunsford, A. W., Mallder, V. A., Martin, N., McComas, D. J., McNutt, R. L., Mehoke, D., Mehoke, T., Melin, E. D., Mutchler, M., Nelson, D., Nimmo, F., Nunez, J. I., Ocampo, A., Owen, W. M., Paetzold, M., Page, B., Parker, A. H., Parker, J. W., Pelletier, F., Peterson, J., Pinkine, N., Piquette, M., Porter, S. B., Protopapa, S., Redfern, J., Reitsema, H. J., Reuter, D. C., Roberts, J. H., Robbins, S. J., Rogers, G., Rose, D., Runyon, K., Retherford, K. D., Ryschkewitsch, M. G., Schenk, P., Schindhelm, R., Sepan, B., Showalter, M. R., Singer, K. N., Soluri, M., Stanbridge, D., Steffl, A. J., Strobel, D. F., Stryk, T., Summers, M. E., Szalay, J. R., Tapley, M., Taylor, A., Taylor, H., Throop, H. B., Tsang, C. C. C., Tyler, G. L., Umurhan, O. M., Verbiscer, A. J., Versteeg, M. H., Vincent, M., Webbert, R., Weidner, S., Weigle, G. E., White, O. L., Whittenburg, K., Williams, B. G., Williams, K., Williams, S., Woods, W. W., Zangari, A. M. & Zirnstein, E., Science, 350, aad1815
  5. Using Kappa Functions to Characterize Outer Heliosphere Proton Distributions in the Presence of Charge-exchange [39]
    Zirnstein, E. J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 815, 31
  6. Structure of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon from Secondary Charge-exchange at the Solar-Interstellar Interface [49]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 804, L22
  7. Simulations of a Dynamic Solar Cycle and Its Effects on the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon and Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux [43]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 804, 5

2014

  1. Energetic Neutral Atoms Measured by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): Evidence for Multiple Heliosheath Populations [50]
    Desai, M. I., Allegrini, F. A., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H., Fuselier, S. A., Heerikhuisen, J., Kubiak, M. A., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V., Schwadron, N. A., Sokół, J. M., Zank, G. P. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 780, 98
  2. The Effect of New Interstellar Medium Parameters on the Heliosphere and Energetic Neutral Atoms from the Interstellar Boundary [98]
    Heerikhuisen, J., Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Pogorelov, N. V. & Zank, G. P., ApJ, 784, 73
  3. Charge-exchange Coupling between Pickup Ions across the Heliopause and its Effect on Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Flux [65]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Zank, G. P., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J. & Desai, M. I., ApJ, 783, 129

2013

  1. Circularity of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon of Enhanced Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Flux [131]
    Funsten, H. O., DeMajistre, R., Frisch, P. C., Heerikhuisen, J., Higdon, D. M., Janzen, P., Larsen, B. A., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Möbius, E., Reese, C. S., Reisenfeld, D. B., Schwadron, N. A. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 776, 30
  2. Connection of the solar wind with the interstellar medium through numerical modeling [1]
    Heerikhuisen, J., Zirnstein, E., Kawamura, A. D., Pogorelov, N. V. & Zank, G. P., Solar Wind 13 (Editors: Zank, Gary P., Borovsky, Joe, Bruno, Roberto, Cirtain, Jonathan, Cranmer, Steve, Elliott, Heather, Giacalone, Joe, Gonzalez, Walter, Li, Gang, Marsch, Eckart, Moebius, Ebehard, Pogorelov, Nick, Spann, Jim & Verkhoglyadova, Olga), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1539, p. 319
  3. Heliospheric Structure: The Bow Wave and the Hydrogen Wall [164]
    Zank, G. P., Heerikhuisen, J., Wood, B. E., Pogorelov, N. V., Zirnstein, E. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 763, 20
  4. Simulating the Compton-Getting Effect for Hydrogen Flux Measurements: Implications for IBEX-Hi and -Lo Observations [35]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 778, 112

2012

  1. Numerical simulations of primary and secondary hydrogen ENA fluxes at 1 AU [10]
    Zirnstein, Eric, Heerikhuisen, Jacob & Pogorelov, Nikolai, Space Weather: the Space Radiation Environment: 11th Annual International AstroPhysics Conference (Editors: Hu, Qiang, Li, Gang, Zank, Gary P., Ao, Xianzhi, Verkhoglyadova, Olga & Adams, James H.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1500, p. 262

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