Publications of Merav Opher

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Merav Opher, 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: 0000-0002-8767-8273

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 71 (refereed: 70)
No. of citations: 1290
First author papers: 8 (refereed: 7)

2026

  1. 2D Kelvin─Helmholtz Instability with Anisotropic Pressure [0]
    Biswas, Shishir, Nakanotani, Masaru, Balsara, Dinshaw S., Florinski, Vladimir & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 999, 144
  2. Solar Wind Forecasting for Long-term Variations of the Global Heliosphere [0]
    Gasser, Jonathan, Sokół, Justyna M., Dayeh, Maher A., Elliott, Heather A., Singer, Kelsi N. & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 999, 11
  3. A "Valley" in Heliospheric Energetic Particle Intensities and Implications for a New Horizons Encounter with the Solar Wind Termination Shock [0]
    Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Dialynas, Konstantinos, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Brown, Lawrence E., Kollmann, Peter, Decker, Robert D., Manweiler, Jerry W., Reeve, W. Spencer, Florinski, Vladimir, Zhang, Ming, Richardson, John, Opher, Merav, Giacalone, Joe, Adhikari, Laxman, Brandt, Pontus C., Carcaboso, Fernando, Cooper, John F., Elliott, Heather A., Gold, Robert, Haggerty, Dennis, Hamilton, Douglas C., Kota, Jozsef, Lario, David, Lasley, Scott, McNutt, Ralph, Jr., Mitchell, Donald G., Mostafavi, Parisa, Parker, Joel, Poppe, Andrew R., Powell, Erick, Provornikova, Elena, Singer, Kelsi N., Sokół, Justyna M., Stern, S. Alan, Verbiscer, Anne J., Wang, Bingbing & Zhao, Lingling, ApJ, 996, 135

2025

  1. The Impact of Physical Processes on the Radial Evolution of the Distant Pickup Ion Mediated Solar Wind [2]
    Adhikari, Laxman, Zank, Gary P., Shrestha, Bishwas L., Tasnim, Samira, Zhao, Lingling, Elliott, Heather, Opher, Merav, Wang, Bingbing, Le Roux, Jakobus, Pitňa, Alexander, McComas, David J., Mostafavi, Parisa, Richardson, John, Zhu, Xingyu, Wu, Yihong, Sokół, Justyna M. & Nikoukar, Romina, ApJ, 987, 182
  2. Consequences of Hot Electrons for the Structure of the Outer Heliosphere [2]
    Bair, Ethan Schuyler, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Zachary, Zieger, Bertalan, Toth, Gabor & van der Holst, Bart, ApJ, 988, 223
  3. On the Anisotropic Velocity Distribution of Newborn Pickup Ions in the Heliosheath [4]
    Du, Senbei, Opher, Merav & Kornbleuth, Marc, ApJ, 982, L59
  4. 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
  5. Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Solar Wind Termination Shock Revisited [6]
    Giacalone, Joe, Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Gkioulidou, M., Köta, J., Puzzoni, E., Richardson, J. D. & Zank, G. P., ApJ, 980, 29
  6. The Coupling and Evolution of Kelvin─Helmholtz and Rayleigh─Taylor Instabilities in the Heliosheath [1]
    Ma, Xiaohan, Opher, Merav & Kornbleuth, Marc, ApJ, 988, 248
  7. Instabilities along the Axis of the Heliospheric Jets [8]
    Ma, Xiaohan, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc & Toth, Gabor, ApJ, 978, 57
  8. PUI Heating in the Supersonic Solar Wind [5]
    Mostafavi, Parisa, Adhikari, Laxman, Shrestha, Bishwas L., Zank, Gary P., Opher, Merav, Hill, Matthew E., Elliott, Heather A., Brandt, Pontus C., McNutt, Ralph L., McComas, David J., Poppe, Andrew R., Provornikova, Elena, Nikoukar, Romina, Kollmann, Peter, Stern, S. Alan, Singer, Kelsi N., Verbiscer, Anne & Parker, Joel, ApJ, 979, 222
  9. Exploring the Complex Heliotail Boundary by an Extended Level Set Approach [2]
    Onubogu, C., Opher, M., Kornbleuth, M., Tóth, G. & Florinski, V., ApJ, 980, L19
  10. Large-scale Field-aligned Flows in the Heliosheath [1]
    Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Decker, Rob, Richardson, John, Bair, Ethan, Dialynas, Kostas, Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Du, Senbei & Florinski, Vladimir, ApJ, 985, 85
  11. Termination Shock Particle Streaming Upstream at New Horizons [4]
    Powell, Erick, Opher, Merav, Bair, Ethan, Hill, Matthew, Nikoukar, Romina, Giacalone, Joe, Dialynas, Konstantinos, Richardson, John D., Brandt, Pontus C., Singer, Kelsi N., Stern, S. Alan, Provornikova, Elena, Verbiscer, Anne J., Poppe, Andrew R., Parker, Joel Wm. & New Horizons Heliospheric Team, ApJ, 978, L11
  12. Modeling Cosmic-Ray Acceleration at Nonplanar Astrophysical Shocks Using the SPECTRUM Code [0]
    Sharma, S., Huang, Y., Alonso Guzmán, J. G., Florinski, V., Schoenbaum, L. T. & Opher, M., ApJS, 281, 30
  13. Evolution of Large-scale Structures in the Energetic Neutral Atom Sky Maps in Energy and Solar Activity [3]
    Sokół, Justyna M., Gasser, Jonathan, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Dialynas, Kostas, Galli, André, Dayeh, Maher A., Fuselier, Stephen A., Reisenfeld, Daniel B. & Funsten, Herbert O., ApJ, 992, 168
  14. Magnetic Turbulence Intermittency and Compressibility in the Inner Heliosheath and Very Local Interstellar Medium [1]
    Zhao, L.-L., Florinski, V., Zank, G. P., Opher, M., Richardson, J., Kurth, W. S., Silwal, A., Zhu, X., Subashchandar, N. S. M., Alonso Guzman, J. G. & Jin, Z., ApJ, 992, L4

2024

  1. A Kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic Model with Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Modeling Heliosphere Neutral-plasma Interaction [8]
    Chen, Yuxi, Toth, Gabor, Powell, Erick, Arshad, Talha, Bair, Ethan, Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 973, 46
  2. Anisotropies of 40─139 keV Ions Measured beyond the Termination Shock and in the Very Local Interstellar Medium [2]
    Dialynas, Konstantinos, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Decker, Robert B., Hill, Matthew E., Nikoukar, Romina & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 974, 174
  3. The Effects of Turbulence on Heliosheath Ions and Implications for Energetic Neutral Atoms [2]
    Du, Senbei, Opher, Merav, Giacalone, Joe, Guo, Fan, Richardson, John D. & Zieger, Bertalan, ApJ, 974, 210
  4. Magnetic Trapping of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Outer Heliosheath and Their Preferential Entry into the Heliosphere [5]
    Florinski, Vladimir, Guzman, Juan Alonso, Kleimann, Jens, Baliukin, Igor, Ghanbari, Keyvan, Turner, Drew, Zieger, Bertalan, Kóta, Jozsef, Opher, Merav, Izmodenov, Vladislav, Alexashov, Dmitry, Giacalone, Joe & Richardson, John, ApJ, 961, 244
  5. Numerical Modeling of Energetic Charged-particle Transport with SPECTRUM Software: General Approach and Artificial Effects due to Field Discretization [3]
    Guzmán, J. G. Alonso, Florinski, V., Tóth, G., Sharma, S., van der Holst, B. & Opher, M., ApJS, 272, 46
  6. Inferring the Interstellar Magnetic Field Direction from Energetic Neutral Atom Observations of the Heliotail [7]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Dayeh, M. A., Sokół, J. M., Chen, Y., Powell, E., Turner, D. L., Baliukin, I., Dialynas, K. & Izmodenov, V., ApJ, 967, L12
  7. Earth's Mesosphere During Possible Encounters With Massive Interstellar Clouds 2 and 7 Million Years Ago [2]
    Miller, Jesse A., Opher, Merav, Hatzaki, Maria, Papachristopoulou, Kyriakoula & Thomas, Brian C., Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110174
  8. A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2-3 Myr ago [17]
    Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham & Peek, J. E. G., Nature Astronomy, 8, 983
  9. The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble [8]
    Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Zucker, Catherine, Goodman, Alyssa, Konietzka, Ralf, Worden, Alexandra Z., Economo, Evan P., Miller, Jesse A., Alves, João, Grone, Jonathan, Kornbleuth, Marc, Peek, J. E. G. & Foley, Michael M., ApJ, 972, 201
  10. Lyα Absorption in a "Croissant-like" Heliosphere [6]
    Powell, Erick, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Z., Baliukin, Igor, Michael, Adam T., Wood, Brian E., Izmodenov, Vladislav, Toth, Gabor & Tenishev, Valeriy, ApJ, 961, 235
  11. Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen in the Heliosphere: New Horizons Observations in the Context of Models [11]
    Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Dialynas, K., Dyke, L., Fraternale, F., Galli, A., Heerikhuisen, J., Kornbleuth, M. Z., Koutroumpa, D., Kowalska-Leszczyńska, I., Kubiak, M. A., Michael, A. T., Müller, H.-R., Opher, M. & Rahmanifard, F., ApJ, 969, L20
  12. Evidence of a Thick Heliopause Boundary Layer Resulting from Active Magnetic Reconnection with the Interstellar Medium [3]
    Turner, Drew L., Michael, Adam, Provornikova, Elena, Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav, Eriksson, Stefan, Lavraud, Benoit, Mostafavi, Parisa, Hill, Matthew E., Brandt, Pontus, Cohen, Ian J., Westlake, Joseph, Richardson, John D., Schwadron, Nathan A. & McComas, David J., ApJ, 960, 130
  13. Turbulence, Waves, and Taylor's Hypothesis for Heliosheath Observations [11]
    Zhao, L.-L., Zank, G. P., Opher, M., Zieger, B., Li, H., Florinski, V., Adhikari, L., Zhu, X. & Nakanotani, M., ApJ, 973, 26

2023

  1. Theory and Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: High Plasma Beta Regime [17]
    Adhikari, Laxman, Zank, Gary P., Wang, Bingbing, Zhao, Lingling, Telloni, Daniele, Pitna, Alex, Opher, Merav, Shrestha, Bishwas, McComas, David J. & Nykyri, Katariina, ApJ, 953, 44
  2. Turbulence and Diffusive Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Very Local Interstellar Medium [4]
    Florinski, V., Alonso Guzman, J. G., Giacalone, J., le Roux, J. A. & Opher, M., ApJ, 948, 66
  3. The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy [10]
    Galli, André, Baliukin, Igor I., Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav, Fuselier, Stephen A., Sokół, Justyna M., Dialynas, Konstantinos, Dayeh, Maher A., Izmodenov, Vladislav V. & Richardson, John D., ApJ, 954, L24
  4. Probing the Length of the Heliospheric Tail with Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) from 0.52 to 80 keV [20]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Dialynas, K., Zank, G. P., Wang, B. B., Baliukin, I., Gkioulidou, M., Giacalone, J., Izmodenov, V., Sokół, J. M. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 945, L15
  5. An Anomalous Cosmic-Ray Mediated Termination Shock: Implications for Energetic Neutral Atoms [14]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Zank, G. P., Wang, B. B., Giacalone, J., Gkioulidou, M. & Dialynas, K., ApJ, 944, L47
  6. A Comparison of Particle-in-cell and Hybrid Simulations of the Heliospheric Termination Shock [5]
    Swisdak, M., Giacalone, J., Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Zank, G. P. & Zieger, B., ApJ, 959, 4
  7. Relating Energetic Ion Spectra to Energetic Neutral Atoms [14]
    Wang, Bingbing, Zank, Gary P., Shrestha, Bishwas L., Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 944, 198

2022

  1. On the Energization of Pickup Ions Downstream of the Heliospheric Termination Shock by Comparing 0.52-55 keV Observed Energetic Neutral Atom Spectra to Ones Inferred from Proton Hybrid Simulations [26]
    Gkioulidou, Matina, Opher, M., Kornbleuth, M., Dialynas, K., Giacalone, J., Richardson, J. D., Zank, G. P., Fuselier, S. A., Mitchell, D. G., Krimigis, S. M., Roussos, E. & Baliukin, I., ApJ, 931, L21
  2. MSWIM2D: Two-dimensional Outer Heliosphere Solar Wind Modeling [12]
    Keebler, Timothy B., Tóth, Gábor, Zieger, Bertalan & Opher, Merav, ApJS, 260, 43
  3. The Structure of the Large-Scale Heliosphere as Seen by Current Models [41]
    Kleimann, Jens, Dialynas, Konstantinos, Fraternale, Federico, Galli, André, Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Izmodenov, Vladislav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav & Pogorelov, Nikolai, Space Science Reviews, 218, 36
  4. The Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion Exchange and Large-scale Dynamics (SHIELD) Code: A Self-consistent Kinetic-Magnetohydrodynamic Model of the Outer Heliosphere [19]
    Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Borovikov, D., ApJ, 924, 105
  5. On the Energy Dependence of Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropies in the Very Local Interstellar Medium [3]
    Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Brown, Lawrence, Kota, Jozsef, Decker, Robert B., Dialynas, Konstantinos, Hamilton, Douglas C., Krimigis, Stamatios M., Lasley, Scott, Roelof, Edmond C., Mitchell, J. Grant, Florinski, Vladimir., Giacalone, Joe., Richardson, John & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 934, 41

2021

  1. 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
  2. Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Protons Accelerated at the Solar-wind Termination Shock at Multiple Locations [41]
    Giacalone, J., Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Kòta, J., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., ApJ, 911, 27
  3. The Development of a Split-tail Heliosphere and the Role of Non-ideal Processes: A Comparison of the BU and Moscow Models [24]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Baliukin, I., Gkioulidou, M., Richardson, J. D., Zank, G. P., Michael, A. T., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V., Izmodenov, V., Alexashov, D., Fuselier, S., Drake, J. F. & Dialynas, K., ApJ, 923, 179
  4. 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 [23]
    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
  5. The Impact of Kinetic Neutrals on the Heliotail [13]
    Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Drake, J. F., ApJ, 906, 37
  6. A Turbulent Heliosheath Driven by the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability [37]
    Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zank, G., Powell, E., Shelley, W., Kornbleuth, M., Florinski, V., Izmodenov, V., Giacalone, J., Fuselier, S., Dialynas, K., Loeb, A. & Richardson, J., ApJ, 922, 181
  7. Using Magnetic Flux Conservation to Determine Heliosheath Speeds [9]
    Richardson, J. D., Cummings, A. C., Burlaga, L. F., Giacalone, J., Opher, M. & Stone, E. C., ApJ, 919, L28

2020

  1. Combined ∼10 eV to ∼344 MeV Particle Spectra and Pressures in the Heliosheath along the Voyager 2 Trajectory [34]
    Dialynas, Konstantinos, Galli, Andre, Dayeh, Maher A., Cummings, Alan C., Decker, Robert B., Fuselier, Stephen A., Gkioulidou, Matina, Roussos, Elias, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Mitchell, Donald G., Richardson, John D. & Opher, Merav, ApJ, 905, L24
  2. The Confinement of the Heliosheath Plasma by the Solar Magnetic Field as Revealed by Energetic Neutral Atom Simulations [21]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Michael, A. T., Sokół, J. M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Drake, J. F., ApJ, 895, L26
  3. The Downwind Solar Wind: Model Comparison with Pioneer 10 Observations [19]
    Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Zhao, L.-L., Giacalone, J., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., ApJ, 901, L23
  4. Publisher Correction: A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions [1]
    Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Drake, James & Toth, Gabor, Nature Astronomy, 4, 719
  5. A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions [82]
    Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Drake, James & Toth, Gabor, Nature Astronomy, 4, 675

2019

  1. Corrugated Features in Coronal-mass-ejection-driven Shocks: A Discussion on the Predisposition to Particle Acceleration [3]
    Páez, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Falceta-Gonçalves, D. & Opher, M., ApJ, 879, 122

2018

  1. Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Maps for the “Croissant” Heliosphere [16]
    Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Michael, A. T. & Drake, J. F., ApJ, 865, 84
  2. Consequences of Treating the Solar Magnetic Field as a Dipole on the Global Structure of the Heliosphere and Heliosheath [16]
    Michael, A. T., Opher, M. & Tóth, G., ApJ, 860, 171

2017

  1. The Deflection of the Cartwheel CME: ForeCAT Results [12]
    Capannolo, Luisa, Opher, Merav, Kay, Christina & Landi, Enrico, ApJ, 839, 37
  2. The Formation of Magnetic Depletions and Flux Annihilation Due to Reconnection in the Heliosheath [17]
    Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., ApJ, 837, 159
  3. Predicting the Magnetic Field of Earth-impacting CMEs [43]
    Kay, C., Gopalswamy, N., Reinard, A. & Opher, M., ApJ, 835, 117
  4. The Twist of the Draped Interstellar Magnetic Field Ahead of the Heliopause: A Magnetic Reconnection Driven Rotational Discontinuity [32]
    Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Zieger, B. & Toth, G., ApJ, 839, L12
  5. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the CME-Sheath and Sheath-Solar-wind Interfaces [6]
    Páez, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Falceta-Gonçalves, D. & Opher, M., ApJ, 851, 112

2016

  1. Using ForeCAT Deflections and Rotations to Constrain the Early Evolution of CMEs [32]
    Kay, C., Opher, M., Colaninno, R. C. & Vourlidas, A., ApJ, 827, 70
  2. Probability of CME Impact on Exoplanets Orbiting M Dwarfs and Solar-like Stars [68]
    Kay, C., Opher, M. & Kornbleuth, M., ApJ, 826, 195
  3. Voyager Observations of Magnetic Sectors and Heliospheric Current Sheet Crossings in the Outer Heliosphere [12]
    Richardson, J. D., Burlaga, L. F., Drake, J. F., Hill, M. E. & Opher, M., ApJ, 831, 115

2015

  1. A Model of the Heliosphere with Jets [56]
    Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Opher, M., ApJ, 808, L44
  2. The Heliocentric Distance where the Deflections and Rotations of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections Occur [55]
    Kay, C. & Opher, M., ApJ, 811, L36
  3. Global Trends of CME Deflections Based on CME and Solar Parameters [136]
    Kay, C., Opher, M. & Evans, R. M., ApJ, 805, 168
  4. Constraining the Masses and the Non-radial Drag Coefficient of a Solar Coronal Mass Ejection [18]
    Kay, C., dos Santos, L. F. G. & Opher, M., ApJ, 801, L21
  5. Magnetic Flux Conservation in the Heliosheath Including Solar Cycle Variations of Magnetic Field Intensity [14]
    Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Provornikova, E., Richardson, J. D. & Tóth, G., ApJ, 803, L6
  6. Magnetized Jets Driven By the Sun: the Structure of the Heliosphere Revisited [124]
    Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zieger, B. & Gombosi, T. I., ApJ, 800, L28

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