Publications of Luca Franci

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Luca Franci, 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: 0000-0002-7419-0527

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 51 (refereed: 48)
No. of citations: 1469
First author papers: 12 (refereed: 9)

2026

1. Fluid and Kinetic Properties of the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet [1]
   Fargette, Naïs, Eastwood, Jonathan P., Phan, Tai D., Matteini, Lorenzo & Franci, Luca, ApJ, 997, 174

2025

1. Polytropic Analysis of Large-scale Compressive Fluctuations in the Solar Wind: Fluid and Kinetic Behavior [0]
   Ioannou, C., Nicolaou, G., Owen, C. J., Verscharen, D., Coburn, J. T. & Franci, L., ApJ, 988, 253

2024

1. Anisotropy of plasma turbulence at ion scales: Hall and pressure-strain effects [8]
   Hellinger, Petr, Verdini, Andrea, Montagud-Camps, Victor, Franci, Luca, Papini, Emanuele, Matteini, Lorenzo & Landi, Simone, A&A, 684, A120
2. Turbulent Energy Conversion Associated With Kinetic Microinstabilities in Earth's Magnetosheath [4]
   Lewis, Harry C., Stawarz, Julia E., Matteini, Lorenzo, Franci, Luca, Klein, Kristopher G., Wicks, Robert T., Salem, Chadi S., Horbury, Timothy S. & Wang, Joseph H., Geophysical Research Letters, 51, 2024GL112038
3. Alfvénic fluctuations in the expanding solar wind: Formation and radial evolution of spherical polarization [19]
   Matteini, L., Tenerani, A., Landi, S., Verdini, A., Velli, M., Hellinger, P., Franci, L., Horbury, T. S., Papini, E. & Stawarz, J. E., Physics of Plasmas, 31, 032901
4. Temperature anisotropy instabilities driven by intermittent velocity shears in the solar wind [0]
   Opie, Simon, Verscharen, Daniel, Chen, Christopher H. K., Owen, Christopher J., Isenberg, Philip A., Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, Franci, Luca & Matteini, Lorenzo, Journal of Plasma Physics, 90, 905900602
5. Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter [31]
   Trotta, Domenico, Larosa, Andrea, Nicolaou, Georgios, Horbury, Timothy S., Matteini, Lorenzo, Hietala, Heli, Blanco-Cano, Xochitl, Franci, Luca, Chen, C. H. K., Zhao, Lingling, Zank, Gary P., Cohen, Christina M. S., Bale, Stuart D., Laker, Ronan, Fargette, Nais, Valentini, Francesco, Khotyaintsev, Yuri, Kieokaew, Rungployphan, Raouafi, Nour, Davies, Emma, Vainio, Rami, Dresing, Nina, Kilpua, Emilia, Karlsson, Tomas, Owen, Christopher J. & Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F., ApJ, 962, 147

2023

1. Magnetospheric Multiscale measurements of turbulent electric fields in earth's magnetosheath: How do plasma conditions influence the balance of terms in generalized Ohm's law? [5]
   Lewis, Harry C., Stawarz, Julia E., Franci, Luca, Matteini, Lorenzo, Klein, Kristopher, Salem, Chadi S., Burch, James L., Ergun, Robert E., Giles, Barbara L., Russell, Christopher T. & Lindqvist, Per-Arne, Physics of Plasmas, 30, 082901

2022

1. Plasma Turbulence in the Near-Sun and Near-Earth Solar Wind: A Comparison via Observation-Driven 2D Hybrid Simulations [3]
   Franci, Luca, Papini, Emanuele, Del Sarto, Daniele, Hellinger, Petr, Burgess, David, Matteini, Lorenzo, Landi, Simone & Montagud-Camps, Victor, Universe, 8, 453
2. Anisotropic Electron Heating in Turbulence-driven Magnetic Reconnection in the Near-Sun Solar Wind [31]
   Franci, Luca, Papini, Emanuele, Micera, Alfredo, Lapenta, Giovanni, Hellinger, Petr, Sarto, Daniele Del, Burgess, David & Landi, Simone, ApJ, 936, 27
3. Ion-scale Transition of Plasma Turbulence: Pressure-Strain Effect [23]
   Hellinger, Petr, Montagud-Camps, Victor, Franci, Luca, Matteini, Lorenzo, Papini, Emanuele, Verdini, Andrea & Landi, Simone, ApJ, 930, 48
4. Quantification of the Cross-helicity Turbulent Cascade in Compressible MHD Simulations [5]
   Montagud-Camps, Victor, Hellinger, Petr, Verdini, Andrea, Papini, Emanuele, Franci, Luca & Landi, Simone, ApJ, 938, 90
5. A Case for Electron-Astrophysics [18]
   Verscharen, Daniel, Wicks, Robert T., Alexandrova, Olga, Bruno, Roberto, Burgess, David, Chen, Christopher H. K., D'Amicis, Raffaella, De Keyser, Johan, de Wit, Thierry Dudok, Franci, Luca, He, Jiansen, Henri, Pierre, Kasahara, Satoshi, Khotyaintsev, Yuri, Klein, Kristopher G., Lavraud, Benoit, Maruca, Bennett A., Maksimovic, Milan, Plaschke, Ferdinand, Poedts, Stefaan, Reynolds, Christopher S., Roberts, Owen, Sahraoui, Fouad, Saito, Shinji, Salem, Chadi S., Saur, Joachim, Servidio, Sergio, Stawarz, Julia E., Štverák, Štěpán & Told, Daniel, Experimental Astronomy, 54, 473

2021

1. Scale dependence and cross-scale transfer of kinetic energy in compressible hydrodynamic turbulence at moderate Reynolds numbers [15]
   Hellinger, Petr, Verdini, Andrea, Landi, Simone, Papini, Emanuele, Franci, Luca & Matteini, Lorenzo, Physical Review Fluids, 6, 044607
2. Spectral Transfer and Kármán-Howarth-Monin Equations for Compressible Hall Magnetohydrodynamics [26]
   Hellinger, Petr, Papini, Emanuele, Verdini, Andrea, Landi, Simone, Franci, Luca, Matteini, Lorenzo & Montagud-Camps, Victor, ApJ, 917, 101
3. Flattening of the Density Spectrum in Compressible Hall-MHD Simulations [2]
   Montagud-Camps, Victor, Němec, František, Šafránková, Jana, Němeček, Zdeněk, Verdini, Andrea, Grappin, Roland, Papini, Emanuele & Franci, Luca, Atmosphere, 12, 1162
4. Properties of Hall-MHD Turbulence at Sub-Ion Scales: Spectral Transfer Analysis [7]
   Papini, Emanuele, Hellinger, Petr, Verdini, Andrea, Landi, Simone, Franci, Luca, Montagud-Camps, Victor & Matteini, Lorenzo, Atmosphere, 12, 1632
5. Spacetime Hall-MHD Turbulence at Sub-ion Scales: Structures or Waves? [21]
   Papini, Emanuele, Cicone, Antonio, Franci, Luca, Piersanti, Mirko, Landi, Simone, Hellinger, Petr & Verdini, Andrea, ApJ, 917, L12
6. A Novel Method for Estimating the Intrinsic Magnetic Field Spectrum of Kinetic-Range Turbulence [9]
   Pitňa, Alexander, Šafránková, Jana, Němeček, Zdeněk, Franci, Luca & Pi, Gilbert, Atmosphere, 12, 1547
7. Comparative Analysis of the Various Generalized Ohm's Law Terms in Magnetosheath Turbulence as Observed by Magnetospheric Multiscale [15]
   Stawarz, J. E., Matteini, L., Parashar, T. N., Franci, L., Eastwood, J. P., Gonzalez, C. A., Gingell, I. L., Burch, J. L., Ergun, R. E., Ahmadi, N., Giles, B. L., Gershman, D. J., Le Contel, O., Lindqvist, P. -A., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J. & Torbert, R. B., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 126, e8447

2020

1. In Situ Observation of Hall Magnetohydrodynamic Cascade in Space Plasma [61]
   Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, Chasapis, Alexandros, Hellinger, Petr, Matthaeus, William H., Verdini, Andrea, Landi, Simone, Franci, Luca, Matteini, Lorenzo, Giles, Barbara L., Gershman, Daniel J., Moore, Thomas E., Pollock, Craig J., Russell, Christopher T., Strangeway, Robert J., Torbert, Roy B. & Burch, James L., Physical Review Letters, 124, 225101
2. Modeling MMS Observations at the Earth's Magnetopause with Hybrid Simulations of Alfvénic Turbulence [26]
   Franci, Luca, Stawarz, Julia E., Papini, Emanuele, Hellinger, Petr, Nakamura, Takuma, Burgess, David, Landi, Simone, Verdini, Andrea, Matteini, Lorenzo, Ergun, Robert, Le Contel, Olivier & Lindqvist, Per-Arne, ApJ, 898, 175
3. Magnetic field turbulence in the solar wind at sub-ion scales: in situ observations and numerical simulations [38]
   Matteini, L., Franci, L., Alexandrova, O., Lacombe, C., Landi, S., Hellinger, P., Papini, E. & Verdini, A., Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 7, 83
4. Effects of Fluctuating Magnetic Field on the Growth of the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Earth's Magnetopause [24]
   Nakamura, T. K. M., Stawarz, J. E., Hasegawa, H., Narita, Y., Franci, L., Wilder, F. D., Nakamura, R. & Nystrom, W. D., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27515
5. Multidimensional Iterative Filtering: a new approach for investigating plasma turbulence in numerical simulations [12]
   Papini, Emanuele, Cicone, Antonio, Piersanti, Mirko, Franci, Luca, Hellinger, Petr, Landi, Simone & Verdini, Andrea, Journal of Plasma Physics, 86, 871860501
6. Fast Acceleration of Transrelativistic Electrons in Astrophysical Turbulence [28]
   Trotta, Domenico, Franci, Luca, Burgess, David & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 894, 136

2019

1. Kinetic plasma turbulence: recent insights and open questions from 3D3V simulations [50]
   Cerri, Silvio Sergio, Grošelj, Daniel & Franci, Luca, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 6, 64
2. Turbulence versus Fire-hose Instabilities: 3D Hybrid Expanding Box Simulations [25]
   Hellinger, Petr, Matteini, Lorenzo, Landi, Simone, Franci, Luca, Verdini, Andrea & Papini, Emanuele, ApJ, 883, 178
3. Spectral anisotropies in high resolution three-dimensional simulations [1]
   Landi, S., Franci, L., Papini, E., Matteini, L., Verdini, , A. & Hellinger, P., Nuovo Cimento C Geophysics Space Physics C, 42, 18
4. Statistics of magnetic reconnection and turbulence in Hall-MHD and hybrid-PIC simulations [5]
   Papini, E., Franci, L., Landi, S., Hellinger, P., Verdini, , A. & Matteini, L., Nuovo Cimento C Geophysics Space Physics C, 42, 23
5. Can Hall Magnetohydrodynamics Explain Plasma Turbulence at Sub-ion Scales? [70]
   Papini, Emanuele, Franci, Luca, Landi, Simone, Verdini, Andrea, Matteini, Lorenzo & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 870, 52
6. Characteristics of Solar Wind Fluctuations at and below Ion Scales [9]
   Pitňa, Alexander, Šafránková, Jana, Němeček, Zdeněk, Franci, Luca, Pi, Gilbert & Montagud Camps, Victor, ApJ, 879, 82
7. Properties of the Turbulence Associated with Electron-only Magnetic Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetosheath [106]
   Stawarz, J. E., Eastwood, J. P., Phan, T. D., Gingell, I. L., Shay, M. A., Burch, J. L., Ergun, R. E., Giles, B. L., Gershman, D. J., Le Contel, O., Lindqvist, P.-A., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J., Torbert, R. B., Argall, M. R., Fischer, D., Magnes, W. & Franci, L., ApJ, 877, L37
8. Numerical simulations of high cross-helicity turbulence from 0.2 to 1 AU [4]
   Verdini, A., Grappin, R., Montagud-Camps, V., Landi, S., Franci, , L. & Papini, E., Nuovo Cimento C Geophysics Space Physics C, 42, 17
9. Three-dimensional local anisotropy of velocity fluctuations in the solar wind [13]
   Verdini, Andrea, Grappin, R., Alexandrova, O., Franci, L., Landi, S., Matteini, L. & Papini, E., MNRAS, 486, 3006

2018

1. Three-dimensional simulations of solar wind turbulence with the hybrid code CAMELIA [24]
   Franci, L., Hellinger, P., Guarrasi, M., Chen, C. H. K., Papini, E., Verdini, A., Matteini, L. & Landi, S., Journal of Physics Conference Series, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 1031, p. 012002
2. Solar Wind Turbulent Cascade from MHD to Sub-ion Scales: Large-size 3D Hybrid Particle-in-cell Simulations [86]
   Franci, Luca, Landi, Simone, Verdini, Andrea, Matteini, Lorenzo & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 853, 26
3. von Kármán-Howarth Equation for Hall Magnetohydrodynamics: Hybrid Simulations [70]
   Hellinger, Petr, Verdini, Andrea, Landi, Simone, Franci, Luca & Matteini, Lorenzo, ApJ, 857, L19

2017

1. Plasma turbulence at ion scales: a comparison between particle in cell and Eulerian hybrid-kinetic approaches [33]
   Cerri, S. S., Franci, L., Califano, F., Landi, S. & Hellinger, P., Journal of Plasma Physics, 83, 705830202
2. Magnetic Reconnection as a Driver for a Sub-ion-scale Cascade in Plasma Turbulence [128]
   Franci, Luca, Cerri, Silvio Sergio, Califano, Francesco, Landi, Simone, Papini, Emanuele, Verdini, Andrea, Matteini, Lorenzo, Jenko, Frank & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 850, L16
3. Mirror Instability in the Turbulent Solar Wind [29]
   Hellinger, Petr, Landi, Simone, Matteini, Lorenzo, Verdini, Andrea & Franci, Luca, ApJ, 838, 158
4. Decay of Solar Wind Turbulence behind Interplanetary Shocks [20]
   Pitňa, Alexander, Šafránková, Jana, Němeček, Zdeněk & Franci, Luca, ApJ, 844, 51

2016

1. Plasma Beta Dependence of the Ion-scale Spectral Break of Solar Wind Turbulence: High-resolution 2D Hybrid Simulations [76]
   Franci, Luca, Landi, Simone, Matteini, Lorenzo, Verdini, Andrea & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 833, 91
2. Two-dimensional hybrid simulations of kinetic plasma turbulence: Current and vorticity vs proton temperature [11]
   Franci, Luca, Hellinger, Petr, Matteini, Lorenzo, Verdini, Andrea & Landi, Simone, Solar Wind 14, American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1720, p. 040003

2015

1. High-resolution Hybrid Simulations of Kinetic Plasma Turbulence at Proton Scales [107]
   Franci, Luca, Landi, Simone, Matteini, Lorenzo, Verdini, Andrea & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 812, 21
2. Solar Wind Turbulence from MHD to Sub-ion Scales: High-resolution Hybrid Simulations [62]
   Franci, Luca, Verdini, Andrea, Matteini, Lorenzo, Landi, Simone & Hellinger, Petr, ApJ, 804, L39
3. Plasma Turbulence and Kinetic Instabilities at Ion Scales in the Expanding Solar Wind [50]
   Hellinger, Petr, Matteini, Lorenzo, Landi, Simone, Verdini, Andrea, Franci, Luca & Trávníček, Pavel M., ApJ, 811, L32
4. Stiffness effects on the dynamics of the bar-mode instability of neutron stars in full general relativity [17]
   Löffler, Frank, De Pietri, Roberto, Feo, Alessandra, Maione, Francesco & Franci, Luca, Physical Review D, 91, 064057

2014

1. Neutron star instabilities in full general relativity using a Γ =2.75 ideal fluid [13]
   De Pietri, Roberto, Feo, Alessandra, Franci, Luca & Löffler, Frank, Physical Review D, 90, 024034

2013

1. Bar-mode instability suppression in magnetized relativistic stars [6]
   Franci, L., De Pietri, R., Dionysopoulou, K. & Rezzolla, L., Journal of Physics Conference Series, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 470, p. 012008
2. Dynamical bar-mode instability in rotating and magnetized relativistic stars [22]
   Franci, Luca, De Pietri, Roberto, Dionysopoulou, Kyriaki & Rezzolla, Luciano, Physical Review D, 88, 104028