Publications of M. Swisdak ordered by citations


A list of publications authored or co-authored by M. Swisdak, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-5435-3544

Number of papers: 153
No. of citations: 9428

938 Electron acceleration from contracting magnetic islands during reconnection
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Che, H. & Shay, M. A., 2006, Nature, 443, 553
370 Formation of Electron Holes and Particle Energization During Magnetic Reconnection
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Cattell, C., Shay, M. A., Rogers, B. N. & Zeiler, A., 2003, Science, 299, 873
285 Two-Scale Structure of the Electron Dissipation Region during Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
Shay, M. A., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2007, Physical Review Letters, 99, 155002
277 A Magnetic Reconnection Mechanism for the Generation of Anomalous Cosmic Rays
Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Swisdak, M. & Chamoun, J. N., 2010, ApJ, 709, 963
275 Dipolarization fronts as a signature of transient reconnection in the magnetotail
Sitnov, M. I., Swisdak, M. & Divin, A. V., 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A04202
250 Formation of secondary islands during magnetic reconnection
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Schoeffler, K. M., Rogers, B. N. & Kobayashi, S., 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L13105
249 Diamagnetic suppression of component magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
Swisdak, M., Rogers, B. N., Drake, J. F. & Shay, M. A., 2003, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 108, 1218
247 The mechanisms of electron heating and acceleration during magnetic reconnection
Dahlin, J. T., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 092304
245 Cluster observations of electron holes in association with magnetotail reconnection and comparison to simulations
Cattell, C., Dombeck, J., Wygant, J., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Goldstein, M. L., Keith, W., Fazakerley, A., André, M., Lucek, E. & Balogh, A., 2005, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 110, A01211
194 Production of Energetic Electrons during Magnetic Reconnection
Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A., Thongthai, W. & Swisdak, M., 2005, Physical Review Letters, 94, 095001
193 Ion heating resulting from pickup in magnetic reconnection exhausts
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Phan, T. D., Cassak, P. A., Shay, M. A., Lepri, S. T., Lin, R. P., Quataert, E. & Zurbuchen, T. H., 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A05111
183 A Magnetic Reconnection Mechanism for Ion Acceleration and Abundance Enhancements in Impulsive Flares
Drake, J. F., Cassak, P. A., Shay, M. A., Swisdak, M. & Quataert, E., 2009, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 700, L16
175 The Hall fields and fast magnetic reconnection
Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A. & Swisdak, M., 2008, Physics of Plasmas, 15, 042306
165 The Power-law Spectra of Energetic Particles during Multi-island Magnetic Reconnection
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Fermo, R., 2013, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 763, L5
161 The Vector Direction of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Outside the Heliosphere
Swisdak, M., Opher, M., Drake, J. F. & Alouani Bibi, F., 2010, ApJ, 710, 1769
155 A current filamentation mechanism for breaking magnetic field lines during reconnection
Che, H., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2011, Nature, 474, 184
146 Electron Acceleration during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection
Arnold, H., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Guo, F., Dahlin, J. T., Chen, B., Fleishman, G., Glesener, L., Kontar, E., Phan, T. & Shen, C., 2021, Physical Review Letters, 126, 135101
138 Switchbacks as signatures of magnetic flux ropes generated by interchange reconnection in the corona
Drake, J. F., Agapitov, O., Swisdak, M., Badman, S. T., Bale, S. D., Horbury, T. S., Kasper, J. C., MacDowall, R. J., Mozer, F. S., Phan, T. D., Pulupa, M., Szabo, A. & Velli, M., 2021, A&A, 650, A2
134 Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes
Bale, S. D., Drake, J. F., McManus, M. D., Desai, M. I., Badman, S. T., Larson, D. E., Swisdak, M., Horbury, T. S., Raouafi, N. E., Phan, T., Velli, M., McComas, D. J., Cohen, C. M. S., Mitchell, D., Panasenco, O. & Kasper, J. C., 2023, Nature, 618, 252
134 Quantifying gyrotropy in magnetic reconnection
Swisdak, M., 2016, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 43
131 The scaling of embedded collisionless reconnection
Shay, M. A., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Rogers, B. N., 2004, Physics of Plasmas, 11, 2199
122 Kinetic signatures of the region surrounding the X line in asymmetric (magnetopause) reconnection
Shay, M. A., Phan, T. D., Haggerty, C. C., Fujimoto, M., Drake, J. F., Malakit, K., Cassak, P. A. & Swisdak, M., 2016, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 4145
108 Electron acceleration in three-dimensional magnetic reconnection with a guide field
Dahlin, J. T., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2015, Physics of Plasmas, 22, 100704
103 The importance of plasma β conditions for magnetic reconnection at Saturn's magnetopause
Masters, A., Eastwood, J. P., Swisdak, M., Thomsen, M. F., Russell, C. T., Sergis, N., Crary, F. J., Dougherty, M. K., Coates, A. J. & Krimigis, S. M., 2012, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L08103
100 MMS observations of large guide field symmetric reconnection between colliding reconnection jets at the center of a magnetic flux rope at the magnetopause
Øieroset, M., Phan, T. D., Haggerty, C., Shay, M. A., Eastwood, J. P., Gershman, D. J., Drake, J. F., Fujimoto, M., Ergun, R. E., Mozer, F. S., Oka, M., Torbert, R. B., Burch, J. L., Wang, S., Chen, L. J., Swisdak, M., Pollock, C., Dorelli, J. C., Fuselier, S. A., Lavraud, B., Giles, B. L., Moore, T. E., Saito, Y., Avanov, L. A., Paterson, W., Strangeway, R. J., Russell, C. T., Khotyaintsev, Y., Lindqvist, P. A. & Malakit, K., 2016, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 5536
99 Transition from ion-coupled to electron-only reconnection: Basic physics and implications for plasma turbulence
Sharma Pyakurel, P., Shay, M. A., Phan, T. D., Matthaeus, W. H., Drake, J. F., TenBarge, J. M., Haggerty, C. C., Klein, K. G., Cassak, P. A., Parashar, T. N., Swisdak, M. & Chasapis, A., 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 082307
97 Parallel electric fields are inefficient drivers of energetic electrons in magnetic reconnection
Dahlin, J. T., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2016, Physics of Plasmas, 23, 120704
97 Electron heating during magnetic reconnection: A simulation scaling study
Shay, M. A., Haggerty, C. C., Phan, T. D., Drake, J. F., Cassak, P. A., Wu, P., Oieroset, M., Swisdak, M. & Malakit, K., 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 122902
90 Structure and dynamics of a new class of thin current sheets
Sitnov, M. I., Swisdak, M., Guzdar, P. N. & Runov, A., 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 111, A08204
89 The effects of turbulence on three-dimensional magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
Price, L., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Cassak, P. A., Dahlin, J. T. & Ergun, R. E., 2016, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 6020
89 Inherently three dimensional magnetic reconnection: A mechanism for bursty bulk flows?
Shay, M. A., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Dorland, W. & Rogers, B. N., 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1345
88 Spontaneous formation of dipolarization fronts and reconnection onset in the magnetotail
Sitnov, M. I., Buzulukova, N., Swisdak, M., Merkin, V. G. & Moore, T. E., 2013, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 22
88 Orientation of the reconnection X-line
Swisdak, M. & Drake, J. F., 2007, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11106
86 Three-Species Collisionless Reconnection: Effect of O+ on Magnetotail Reconnection
Shay, M. A. & Swisdak, M., 2004, Physical Review Letters, 93, 175001
85 Is the Magnetic Field in the Heliosheath Laminar or a Turbulent Sea of Bubbles?
Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Schoeffler, K. M., Richardson, J. D., Decker, R. B. & Toth, G., 2011, ApJ, 734, 71
85 A statistical model of magnetic islands in a current layer
Fermo, R. L., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2010, Physics of Plasmas, 17, 010702
83 Secondary Magnetic Islands Generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a Reconnecting Current Sheet
Fermo, R. L., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2012, Physical Review Letters, 108, 255005
78 Transition from antiparallel to component magnetic reconnection
Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A. & McIlhargey, J. G., 2005, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 110, A05210
76 A model of the bifurcated current sheet
Sitnov, M. I., Guzdar, P. N. & Swisdak, M., 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1712
76 Suppression of Electron Thermal Conduction in the High β Intracluster Medium of Galaxy Clusters
Roberg-Clark, G. T., Drake, J. F., Reynolds, C. S. & Swisdak, M., 2016, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 830, L9
73 The structure of the magnetic reconnection exhaust boundary
Liu, Yi-Hsin, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2012, Physics of Plasmas, 19, 022110
73 Electron holes and heating in the reconnection dissipation region
Che, H., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Yoon, P. H., 2010, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L11105
72 Magnetic reconnection, buoyancy, and flapping motions in magnetotail explosions
Sitnov, M. I., Merkin, V. G., Swisdak, M., Motoba, T., Buzulukova, N., Moore, T. E., Mauk, B. H. & Ohtani, S., 2014, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 119, 7151
71 Onset of collisionless magnetic reconnection in two-dimensional current sheets and formation of dipolarization fronts
Sitnov, M. I. & Swisdak, M., 2011, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 116, A12216
67 A computational model for exploring particle acceleration during reconnection in macroscale systems
Drake, J. F., Arnold, H., Swisdak, M. & Dahlin, J. T., 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 012901
62 von Kármán Energy Decay and Heating of Protons and Electrons in a Kinetic Turbulent Plasma
Wu, P., Wan, M., Matthaeus, W. H., Shay, M. A. & Swisdak, M., 2013, Physical Review Letters, 111, 121105
57 A Model of the Heliosphere with Jets
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Opher, M., 2015, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 808, L44
53 The Acceleration of Ions in Solar Flares during Magnetic Reconnection
Knizhnik, K., Swisdak, M. & Drake, J. F., 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 743, L35
53 A simple MHD model for the formation of multiple dipolarization fronts
Guzdar, P. N., Hassam, A. B., Swisdak, M. & Sitnov, M. I., 2010, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20102
52 Drift waves, intense parallel electric fields, and turbulence associated with asymmetric magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
Ergun, R. E., Chen, L.-J., Wilder, F. D., Ahmadi, N., Eriksson, S., Usanova, M. E., Goodrich, K. A., Holmes, J. C., Sturner, A. P., Malaspina, D. M., Newman, D. L., Torbert, R. B., Argall, M. R., Lindqvist, P.-A., Burch, J. L., Webster, J. M., Drake, J. F., Price, L., Cassak, P. A., Swisdak, M., Shay, M. A., Graham, D. B., Strangeway, R. J., Russell, C. T., Giles, B. L., Dorelli, J. C., Gershman, D., Avanov, L., Hesse, M., Lavraud, B., Le Contel, O., Retino, A., Phan, T. D., Goldman, M. V., Stawarz, J. E., Schwartz, S. J., Eastwood, J. P., Hwang, K.-J., Nakamura, R. & Wang, S., 2017, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 2978
49 Nonlinear Development of Streaming Instabilities in Strongly Magnetized Plasma
Che, H., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Yoon, P. H., 2009, Physical Review Letters, 102, 145004
48 Kinetic Dissipation Around a Dipolarization Front
Sitnov, M. I., Merkin, V. G., Roytershteyn, V. & Swisdak, M., 2018, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 4639
48 Localized Oscillatory Energy Conversion in Magnetopause Reconnection
Burch, J. L., Ergun, R. E., Cassak, P. A., Webster, J. M., Torbert, R. B., Giles, B. L., Dorelli, J. C., Rager, A. C., Hwang, K.-J., Phan, T. D., Genestreti, K. J., Allen, R. C., Chen, L.-J., Wang, S., Gershman, D., Le Contel, O., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J., Wilder, F. D., Graham, D. B., Hesse, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Price, L. M., Shay, M. A., Lindqvist, P.-A., Pollock, C. J., Denton, R. E. & Newman, D. L., 2018, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 1237
47 A Porous, Layered Heliopause
Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F. & Opher, M., 2013, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 774, L8
47 Wave Generation and Heat Flux Suppression in Astrophysical Plasma Systems
Roberg-Clark, G. T., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Reynolds, C. S., 2018, ApJ, 867, 154
47 On the 3-D structure and dissipation of reconnection-driven flow bursts
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Cassak, P. A. & Phan, T. D., 2014, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 3710
46 Comparison of a statistical model for magnetic islands in large current layers with Hall MHD simulations and Cluster FTE observations
Fermo, R. L., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Hwang, K.-J., 2011, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 116, A09226
45 Laboratory Observations of Electron Heating and Non-Maxwellian Distributions at the Kinetic Scale during Electron-Only Magnetic Reconnection
Shi, Peiyun, Srivastav, Prabhakar, Barbhuiya, M. Hasan, Cassak, Paul A., Scime, Earl E. & Swisdak, M., 2022, Physical Review Letters, 128, 025002
45 Influence of asymmetries and guide fields on the magnetic reconnection diffusion region in collisionless space plasmas
Eastwood, J. P., Phan, T. D., Øieroset, M., Shay, M. A., Malakit, K., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F. & Masters, A., 2013, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 55, 124001
44 Ion Heating and Acceleration During Magnetic Reconnection Relevant to the Corona
Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2012, Space Science Reviews, 172, 227
44 Development of a Turbulent Outflow During Electron-Positron Magnetic Reconnection
Swisdak, M., Liu, Yi-Hsin & Drake, J. F., 2008, ApJ, 680, 999
44 Ultracold Plasma Expansion in a Magnetic Field
Zhang, X. L., Fletcher, R. S., Rolston, S. L., Guzdar, P. N. & Swisdak, M., 2008, Physical Review Letters, 100, 235002
42 Whistler-regulated Magnetohydrodynamics: Transport Equations for Electron Thermal Conduction in the High-β Intracluster Medium of Galaxy Clusters
Drake, J. F., Pfrommer, C., Reynolds, C. S., Ruszkowski, M., Swisdak, M., Einarsson, A., Thomas, T., Hassam, A. B. & Roberg-Clark, G. T., 2021, ApJ, 923, 245
41 The Effects of Plasma Beta and Anisotropy Instabilities on the Dynamics of Reconnecting Magnetic Fields in the Heliosheath
Schoeffler, K. M., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2011, ApJ, 743, 70
40 Turbulence in Three-Dimensional Simulations of Magnetopause Reconnection
Price, L., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Burch, J. L., Cassak, P. A. & Ergun, R. E., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 11,086
40 Reconnection onset in the magnetotail: Particle simulations with open boundary conditions
Divin, A. V., Sitnov, M. I., Swisdak, M. & Drake, J. F., 2007, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L09109
36 A model of the bifurcated current sheet: 2. Flapping motions
Sitnov, M. I., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Guzdar, P. N. & Rogers, B. N., 2004, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L09805
35 Scattering of Energetic Electrons by Heat-flux-driven Whistlers in Flares
Roberg-Clark, G. T., Agapitov, O., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2019, ApJ, 887, 190
34 The Effect of a Guide Field on Local Energy Conversion During Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: Particle-in-Cell Simulations
Cassak, P. A., Genestreti, K. J., Burch, J. L., Phan, T.-D., Shay, M. A., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Price, L., Eriksson, S., Ergun, R. E., Anderson, B. J., Merkin, V. G. & Komar, C. M., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 11,523
33 The onset of ion heating during magnetic reconnection with a strong guide field
Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 072903
33 Localized and Intense Energy Conversion in the Diffusion Region of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection
Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Price, L., Burch, J. L., Cassak, P. A. & Phan, T.-D., 2018, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 5260
32 The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity
Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Zieger, B. & Toth, G., 2017, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 839, L12
32 Ohm's Law, the Reconnection Rate, and Energy Conversion in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection
Liu, Yi-Hsin, Hesse, Michael, Genestreti, Kevin, Nakamura, Rumi, Burch, James L., Cassak, Paul A., Bessho, Naoki, Eastwood, Jonathan P., Phan, Tai, Swisdak, Marc, Toledo-Redondo, Sergio, Hoshino, Masahiro, Norgren, Cecilia, Ji, Hantao & Nakamura, Takuma K. M., 2025, Space Science Reviews, 221, 16
32 Data Mining Reconstruction of Magnetotail Reconnection and Implications for Its First-Principle Modeling
Sitnov, Mikhail, Stephens, Grant, Motoba, Tetsuo & Swisdak, Marc, 2021, Frontiers in Physics, 9, 90
30 Characteristics of Multi-scale Current Sheets in the Solar Wind at 1 au Associated with Magnetic Reconnection and the Case for a Heliospheric Current Sheet Avalanche
Eriksson, Stefan, Swisdak, Marc, Weygand, James M., Mallet, Alfred, Newman, David L., Lapenta, Giovanni, Wilson, Lynn B., III, Turner, Drew L. & Larsen, Bjorn, 2022, ApJ, 933, 181
30 Suppression of Energetic Electron Transport in Flares by Double Layers
Li, T. C., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2012, ApJ, 757, 20
30 Correlated Spatio-temporal Evolution of Extreme-Ultraviolet Ribbons and Hard X-Rays in a Solar Flare
Naus, S. J., Qiu, J., DeVore, C. R., Antiochos, S. K., Dahlin, J. T., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2022, ApJ, 926, 218
29 Flux Rope Merging and the Structure of Switchbacks in the Solar Wind
Agapitov, O. V., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Bale, S. D., Horbury, T. S., Kasper, J. C., MacDowall, R. J., Mozer, F. S., Phan, T. D., Pulupa, M., Raouafi, N. E. & Velli, M., 2022, ApJ, 925, 213
29 The effects of strong temperature anisotropy on the kinetic structure of collisionless slow shocks and reconnection exhausts. I. Particle-in-cell simulations
Liu, Yi-Hsin, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2011, Physics of Plasmas, 18, 062110
28 Multiple Subscale Magnetic Reconnection Embedded inside a Heliospheric Current Sheet Reconnection Exhaust: Evidence for Flux Rope Merging
Phan, T. D., Drake, J. F., Larson, D., Oieroset, M., Eriksson, S., Yin, Z., Lavraud, B., Swisdak, M., Bale, S. D., Livi, R., Romeo, O., Whittlesey, P., Halekas, J., Rahmati, A., Pulupa, M., Szabo, A., Koval, A., Moncuquet, M., Kasper, J., Stevens, M., Desai, M. & Raouafi, N., 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 971, L42
27 The Interplay Between Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence
Stawarz, J. E., Muñoz, P. A., Bessho, N., Bandyopadhyay, R., Nakamura, T. K. M., Eriksson, S., Graham, D. B., Büchner, J., Chasapis, A., Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A., Ergun, R. E., Hasegawa, H., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Swisdak, M. & Wilder, F. D., 2024, Space Science Reviews, 220, 90
27 The effects of strong temperature anisotropy on the kinetic structure of collisionless slow shocks and reconnection exhausts. II. Theory
Liu, Yi-Hsin, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2011, Physics of Plasmas, 18, 092102
27 Distinctive features of internally driven magnetotail reconnection
Sitnov, M. I., Merkin, V. G., Pritchett, P. L. & Swisdak, M., 2017, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 3028
27 Decomposition of plasma kinetic entropy into position and velocity space and the use of kinetic entropy in particle-in-cell simulations
Liang, Haoming, Cassak, Paul A., Servidio, Sergio, Shay, Michael A., Drake, James F., Swisdak, Marc, Argall, Matt R., Dorelli, John C., Scime, Earl E., Matthaeus, William H., Roytershteyn, Vadim & Delzanno, Gian Luca, 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 082903
27 Large-scale parallel electric fields and return currents in a global simulation model
Arnold, H., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Dahlin, J., 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 102903
26 Magnetic Reconnection in Solar Flares and the Near-Sun Solar Wind
Drake, J. F., Antiochos, S. K., Bale, S. D., Chen, Bin, Cohen, C. M. S., Dahlin, J. T., Glesener, Lindsay, Guo, F., Hoshino, M., Imada, Shinsuke, Oka, M., Phan, T. D., Reeves, Katherine K. & Swisdak, M., 2025, Space Science Reviews, 221, 27
25 Three-dimensional simulations of the orientation and structure of reconnection X-lines
Schreier, R., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F. & Cassak, P. A., 2010, Physics of Plasmas, 17, 110704
24 An interhemispheric model of artificial ionospheric ducts
Perrine, R. P., Milikh, G. M., Papadopoulos, K., Huba, J. D., Joyce, G., Swisdak, M. & Dimant, Y., 2006, Radio Science, 41, RS4002
23 Test of methods to infer the magnetic reconnection geometry from spacecraft data
Denton, R. E., Sonnerup, B. U. Ö., Birn, J., Teh, W.-L., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Hesse, M. & Baumjohann, W., 2010, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 115, A10242
22 Simultaneous Proton and Electron Energization during Macroscale Magnetic Reconnection
Yin, Zhiyu, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2024, ApJ, 974, 74
22 Particle heating and energy partition in low-β guide field reconnection with kinetic Riemann simulations
Zhang, Qile, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 072115
21 Fast magnetic reconnection due to anisotropic electron pressure
Cassak, P. A., Baylor, R. N., Fermo, R. L., Beidler, M. T., Shay, M. A., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F. & Karimabadi, H., 2015, Physics of Plasmas, 22, 020705
21 Parker Solar Probe Observations of Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts in Quiescent Plasmas near the Sun
Eriksson, Stefan, Swisdak, Marc, Mallet, Alfred, Kruparova, Oksana, Livi, Roberto, Romeo, Orlando, Bale, Stuart D., Kasper, Justin C., Larson, Davin E. & Pulupa, Marc, 2024, ApJ, 965, 76
20 Electron-only reconnection and associated electron heating and acceleration in PHASMA
Shi, Peiyun, Srivastav, Prabhakar, Barbhuiya, M. Hasan, Cassak, Paul A., Scime, Earl E., Swisdak, M., Beatty, Cuyler, Gilbert, Tyler, John, Regis, Lazo, Matthew, Nirwan, Ripudaman Singh, Paul, Mitchell, Scime, Ethan E., Stevenson, Katey & Steinberger, Thomas, 2022, Physics of Plasmas, 29, 032101
20 Dynamics of Double Layers, Ion Acceleration, and Heat Flux Suppression during Solar Flares
Li, T. C., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2014, ApJ, 793, 7
20 Simulation study of a positive ionospheric storm phase observed at Millstone Hill
Swisdak, M., Huba, J. D., Joyce, G. & Huang, Chao-Song, 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L02104
20 Multiscale Nature of the Magnetotail Reconnection Onset
Sitnov, M. I., Motoba, T. & Swisdak, M., 2021, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e93065
19 On the formation of a plasma bubble
Sitnov, M. I., Guzdar, P. N. & Swisdak, M., 2005, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L16103
18 The adiabatic phase mixing and heating of electrons in Buneman turbulence
Che, H., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Goldstein, M. L., 2013, Physics of Plasmas, 20, 061205
18 Magnetic Reconnection─driven Energization of Protons up to ∼400 keV at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet
Desai, M. I., Drake, J. F., Phan, T., Yin, Z., Swisdak, M., McComas, D. J., Bale, S. D., Rahmati, A., Larson, D., Matthaeus, W. H., Dayeh, M. A., Starkey, M. J., Raouafi, N. E., Mitchell, D. G., Cohen, C. M. S., Szalay, J. R., Giacalone, J., Hill, M. E., Christian, E. R., Schwadron, N. A., McNutt, R. L., Malandraki, O., Whittlesey, P., Livi, R. & Kasper, J. C., 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 985, L38
18 The Formation of Magnetic Depletions and Flux Annihilation Due to Reconnection in the Heliosheath
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., 2017, ApJ, 837, 159
18 Coronal Electron Confinement by Double Layers
Li, T. C., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2013, ApJ, 778, 144
18 Outstanding Questions and Future Research on Magnetic Reconnection
Nakamura, R., Burch, J. L., Birn, J., Chen, L.-J., Graham, D. B., Guo, F., Hwang, K.-J., Ji, H., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Liu, Y.-H., Oka, M., Payne, D., Sitnov, M. I., Swisdak, M., Zenitani, S., Drake, J. F., Fuselier, S. A., Genestreti, K. J., Gershman, D. J., Hasegawa, H., Hoshino, M., Norgren, C., Shay, M. A., Shuster, J. R. & Stawarz, J. E., 2025, Space Science Reviews, 221, 17
17 The Role of Pressure Anisotropy on Particle Acceleration during Magnetic Reconnection
Schoeffler, K. M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Knizhnik, K., 2013, ApJ, 764, 126
15 Particle-in-cell simulation study of the scaling of asymmetric magnetic reconnection with in-plane flow shear
Doss, C. E., Cassak, P. A. & Swisdak, M., 2016, Physics of Plasmas, 23, 082107
15 The generation of random variates from a relativistic Maxwellian distribution
Swisdak, M., 2013, Physics of Plasmas, 20, 062110
14 Magnetized jets driven by the Sun: The structure of the heliosphere revisited—Updates
Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zieger, B., Swisdak, M. & Toth, G., 2016, Physics of Plasmas, 23, 056501
14 Turbulence and Transport During Guide Field Reconnection at the Magnetopause
Price, L., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F. & Graham, D. B., 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27498
14 Test of Shi et al. method to infer the magnetic reconnection geometry from spacecraft data: MHD simulation with guide field and antiparallel kinetic simulation
Denton, R. E., Sonnerup, B. U. Ö., Swisdak, M., Birn, J., Drake, J. F. & Hesse, M., 2012, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 117, A09201
14 Wave Generation by Flare-accelerated Ions and Implications for 3He Acceleration
Fitzmaurice, A., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2024, ApJ, 964, 97
14 Advanced Methods for Analyzing in-Situ Observations of Magnetic Reconnection
Hasegawa, H., Argall, M. R., Aunai, N., Bandyopadhyay, R., Bessho, N., Cohen, I. J., Denton, R. E., Dorelli, J. C., Egedal, J., Fuselier, S. A., Garnier, P., Génot, V., Graham, D. B., Hwang, K. J., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Korovinskiy, D. B., Lavraud, B., Lenouvel, Q., Li, T. C., Liu, Y.-H., Michotte de Welle, B., Nakamura, T. K. M., Payne, D. S., Petrinec, S. M., Qi, Y., Rager, A. C., Reiff, P. H., Schroeder, J. M., Shuster, J. R., Sitnov, M. I., Stephens, G. K., Swisdak, M., Tian, A. M., Torbert, R. B., Trattner, K. J. & Zenitani, S., 2024, Space Science Reviews, 220, 68
14 A computational model for ion and electron energization during macroscale magnetic reconnection
Yin, Zhiyu, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2024, Physics of Plasmas, 31, 062901
13 Using Direct Laboratory Measurements of Electron Temperature Anisotropy to Identify the Heating Mechanism in Electron-Only Guide Field Magnetic Reconnection
Shi, Peiyun, Scime, Earl E., Barbhuiya, M. Hasan, Cassak, Paul A., Adhikari, Subash, Swisdak, M. & Stawarz, Julia E., 2023, Physical Review Letters, 131, 155101
13 The Role of Magnetic Shear in Reconnection-driven Flare Energy Release
Qiu, J., Alaoui, M., Antiochos, S. K., Dahlin, J. T., Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Robison, A., DeVore, C. R. & Uritsky, V. M., 2023, ApJ, 955, 34
13 Effects of Large-Scale Convection on p-Mode Frequencies
Swisdak, M. & Zweibel, E., 1999, ApJ, 512, 442
12 Atypical current sheets and plasma bubbles: A self-consistent kinetic model
Sitnov, M. I., Guzdar, P. N. & Swisdak, M., 2007, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L15101
11 Simulation Models for Exploring Magnetic Reconnection
Shay, Michael, Adhikari, Subash, Beesho, Naoki, Birn, Joachim, Büchner, Jörg, Cassak, Paul, Chen, Li-Jen, Chen, Yuxi, Cozzani, Giulia, Drake, James, Guo, Fan, Hesse, Michael, Jain, Neeraj, Pfau-Kempf, Yann, Lin, Yu, Liu, Yi-Hsin, Oka, Mitsuo, Omelchenko, Yuri, Palmroth, Minna, Pezzi, Oreste, Reiff, Patricia H., Swisdak, Marc, Toffoletto, Frank, Toth, Gabor & Wolf, Richard A., 2025, Space Science Reviews, 221, 81
11 The Weibel instability inside the electron-positron Harris sheet
Liu, Yi-Hsin, Swisdak, M. & Drake, J. F., 2009, Physics of Plasmas, 16, 042101
10 Solar wind with Hydrogen Ion charge Exchange and Large-Scale Dynamics (SHIELD) DRIVE Science Center
Opher, Merav, Richardson, John, Zank, Gary, Florinski, Vladimir, Giacalone, Joe, Sokół, Justyna M., Toth, Gabor, Buxner, Sanlyn, Kornbleuth, Marc, Gkioulidou, Matina, Nikoukar, Romina, Van der Holst, Bart, Turner, Drew, Gross, Nicholas, Drake, James, Swisdak, Marc, Dialynas, Kostas, Dayeh, Maher, Chen, Yuxi, Zieger, Bertalan, Powell, Erick, Onubogu, Chika, Ma, Xiaohan, Bair, Ethan, Elliott, Heather, Galli, Andre, Zhao, Lingling, Adhikari, Laxman, Nakanotani, Masaru, Hill, Matthew E., Mostafavi, Parisa, Du, Senbei, Guo, Fan, Reisenfeld, Daniel, Fuselier, Stephen, Izmodenov, Vladislav, Baliukin, Igor, Cummings, Alan, Miller, Jesse, Wang, Bingbing, Ghanbari, Keyvan, Kota, Jozsef, Loeb, Abraham, Burgess, Juditra, Hokanson, Sarah Chobot, Morrow, Cherilyn, Hong, Adam & Boldon, Andrea, 2023, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 1143909
10 Constraints on the Alfvénicity of Switchbacks
Agapitov, O. V., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Choi, K.-E. & Raouafi, N., 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 959, L21
9 Scaling of the Growth Rate of Magnetic Islands in the Heliosheath
Schoeffler, K. M., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 750, L30
9 Scaling of Electron Heating by Magnetization During Reconnection and Applications to Dipolarization Fronts and Super-Hot Solar Flares
Barbhuiya, M. Hasan, Cassak, P. A., Shay, M. A., Roytershteyn, Vadim, Swisdak, M., Caspi, Amir, Runov, Andrei & Liang, Haoming, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 127, e30610
9 Instabilities and turbulence in low-β guide field reconnection exhausts with kinetic Riemann simulations
Zhang, Qile, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 102115
9 Hemispheric Daytime Ionospheric Response to Intense Solar Wind Forcing
Mannucci, A. J., Tsurutani, Bruce T., Iijima, Byron, Komjathy, Attila, Wilson, Brian, Pi, Xiaoqing, Sparks, Lawrence, Hajj, George, Mandrake, Lukas, Gonzalez, Walter D., Kozyra, Janet, Yumoto, K., Swisdak, M., Huba, J. D. & Skoug, R., 2005, Geophysical Monograph Series, 159, 261
8 Noise-induced magnetic field saturation in kinetic simulations
Juno, J., Swisdak, M. M., Tenbarge, J. M., Skoutnev, V. & Hakim, A., 2020, Journal of Plasma Physics, 86, 175860401
6 Wave Generation and Energetic Electron Scattering in Solar Flares
Ma, Hanqing, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2023, ApJ, 954, 21
6 Axis and velocity determination for quasi two-dimensional plasma/field structures from Faraday's law: A second look
Sonnerup, Bengt U. Ö., Denton, Richard E., Hasegawa, Hiroshi & Swisdak, M., 2013, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 118, 2073
6 The reversibility of magnetic reconnection
Xuan, M., Swisdak, M. & Drake, J. F., 2021, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 092107
6 A Comparison of Particle-in-cell and Hybrid Simulations of the Heliospheric Termination Shock
Swisdak, M., Giacalone, J., Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Zank, G. P. & Zieger, B., 2023, ApJ, 959, 4
5 In-situ observations of the magnetothermodynamic evolution of electron-only reconnection
Payne, D. S., Swisdak, M., Eastwood, J. P., Drake, J. F., Pyakurel, P. S. & Shuster, J. R., 2025, Communications Physics, 8, 36
5 Suppression of the collisionless tearing mode by flow shear: implications for reconnection onset in the Alfvénic solar wind
Mallet, A., Eriksson, S., Swisdak, M. & Juno, J., 2025, Journal of Plasma Physics, 91, E62
5 Probing Proton versus Electron Heating and Energization during Magnetic Reconnection
Yin, Zhiyu, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2025, ApJ, 995, 159
4 Reduction of the Downward Energy Flux of Nonthermal Electrons in the Solar Flare Corona due to Cospatial Return-current Losses
Alaoui, Meriem, Holman, Gordon D. & Swisdak, M., 2024, ApJ, 974, 177
4 The Impact of Alfvénic Shear Flow on Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence
Ervin, Tamar, Mallet, Alfred, Eriksson, Stefan, Swisdak, M., Juno, James, Romeo, Orlando M., Phan, Tai, Bowen, Trevor A., Livi, Roberto, Whittlesey, Phyllis L., Larson, Davin E. & Bale, Stuart D., 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 992, L11
4 Ion beam instabilities during solar flare energy release
Fitzmaurice, A., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2025, Physics of Plasmas, 32, 042114
4 Characterizing Ion Flows Across a Magnetotail Dipolarization Jet
Arnold, H., Swisdak, M. & Drake, J. F., 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 6326
4 Slow Shock Formation Upstream of Reconnecting Current Sheets
Arnold, H., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Guo, F., Dahlin, J. T. & Zhang, Q., 2022, ApJ, 926, 24
3 Magnetic Switchback Formation: A Review of Proposed Mechanisms
Wyper, Peter F., Squire, Jonathan, Pariat, Etienne, Agapitov, Oleksiy V., Drake, Jim F., Magyar, Norbert, Matthaeus, William H., Matteini, Lorenzo, Ruffolo, David, Réville, Victor, Shi, Chen, Shoda, Munehito, Swisdak, Marc, Velli, Marco, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Gannouni, Bahaeddine, Lionello, Roberto, Madjarska, Maria S., Owens, Mathew J., Raouafi, Nour E., Sterling, Alphonse C. & Tripathi, Durgesh, 2026, Space Science Reviews, 222, 43
2 What is the Heliopause? Importance of Magnetic Reconnection and Measurement Requirements
Lavraud, B., Opher, M., Dialynas, K., Turner, D. L., Eriksson, S., Provornikova, E., Kornbleuth, M. Z., Mostafavi, P., Fedorov, A., Richardson, J. D., Fuselier, S. A., Drake, J., Swisdak, M., Eubanks, M., Chen, T. Y., Kucharek, H., Kollmann, P., Blanc, M., André, N., Génot, V., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., Barabash, S., Brandt, P. & McNutt, R., 2023, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10, 17
2 Whistler wave scattering of energetic electrons past 90°
Ma, Hanqing, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2024, Physics of Plasmas, 31, 102301
2 Comment on ``Creation of Magnetic Energy in the Solar Atmosphere''
Swisdak, M. & Shay, M., 2001, Physical Review Letters, 86, 1662
2 The Maximum Particle Energy Gain during Magnetic Reconnection
Yin, Zhiyu, Arnold, H., Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2026, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 998, L12
1 MMS Observations of Oscillating Energy Conversion and Electron Vorticity in an Electron-Scale Layer Within a Southward Magnetopause Reconnection Exhaust
Eriksson, S., Ahmadi, N., Burch, J. L., Genestreti, K. J., Swisdak, M., Argall, M. R. & Newman, D. L., 2024, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109878
1 Evolution and Impact of Switchbacks Throughout the Heliosphere
Mallet, Alfred, Shi, Chen, Tenerani, Anna, Agapitov, Oleksiy, Akhavan-Tafti, Mojtaba, Badman, Samuel, Bizien, Nina, Bowen, Trevor, Desai, Mihir I., Drake, J. F., Horbury, Timothy, Larosa, Andrea, Madjarska, Maria S., Malara, Francesco, Matteini, Lorenzo, Owens, Mathew, Réville, Victor, Sioulas, Nikos, Soni, Shirsh Lata, Squire, Jonathan, Suen, Gabriel Ho Hin, Swisdak, Marc, Velli, Marco, Verniero, Jaye, Watkins, Nicholas & Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, 2026, Space Science Reviews, 222, 59
1 Magnetic reconnection on a Klein bottle
Xia, Luke & Swisdak, M., 2024, Physics of Plasmas, 31, 083902
1 Kinetic Simulation of Magnetic Reconnection with Pickup Ions: Shell Stability and Reconnection Rate Analysis
Pyakurel, P. S., Swisdak, M., Eriksson, S., Shrestha, B. L., Liu, Y.-H., TenBarge, J. M., Shay, M. A. & Phan, T. D., 2025, ApJ, 988, 119
1 Ubiquitous Occurrences of Multiscale Layers of Magnetic Reconnection across a Solar Wind Stream Interaction Region at 1 au
Eriksson, S., Chasapis, A., Mallet, A. & Swisdak, M., 2025, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 990, L41
0 The effect of shear flow on the resistive tearing instability
Mallet, Alfred, Eriksson, Stefan, Swisdak, Marc & Juno, James, 2025, Journal of Plasma Physics, 91, E146
0 Signatures of Reconnection and a Split Heliospheric Tail in High-energy Energetic Neutral Atoms
Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Yin, Zhiyu, Dialynas, K., Chen, Y., Giacalone, J., Sokół, J. M., Gkioulidou, M., Baliukin, I., Izmodenov, V. & Zank, G. P., 2026, ApJ, 1004, 1
0 Shay and Swisdak Reply:
Shay, M. A. & Swisdak, M., 2005, Physical Review Letters, 95, 099502
0 Numerical Simulations of the Effects of Out-of-plane Velocity Shear on Magnetic Reconnection in the Near-Sun Solar Wind
Swisdak, M., Eriksson, Stefan & Mallet, Alfred, 2026, ApJ, 997, 346
0 The Dependence of Electron-only Magnetic Reconnection on Plasma Beta and Magnetic Shear: Theory and Observations
Pyakurel, P. S., Mallet, A., Phan, T. D., Swisdak, M., Øieroset, M. & Burch, J. L., 2026, ApJ, 1002, 153
0 The Self-generation of Core Fields and Electron Scattering in Flux Ropes during Magnetic Reconnection
Ma, Hanqing, Drake, J. F. & Swisdak, M., 2026, ApJ, 1003, 139


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