Publications of Merav Opher ordered by citations


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

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-8767-8273

Number of papers: 71
No. of citations: 1290

136 Global Trends of CME Deflections Based on CME and Solar Parameters
Kay, C., Opher, M. & Evans, R. M., 2015, ApJ, 805, 168
124 Magnetized Jets Driven By the Sun: the Structure of the Heliosphere Revisited
Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Zieger, B. & Gombosi, T. I., 2015, ApJ, 800, L28
82 A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions
Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Drake, James & Toth, Gabor, 2020, Nature Astronomy, 4, 675
68 Probability of CME Impact on Exoplanets Orbiting M Dwarfs and Solar-like Stars
Kay, C., Opher, M. & Kornbleuth, M., 2016, ApJ, 826, 195
56 A Model of the Heliosphere with Jets
Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M. & Opher, M., 2015, ApJ, 808, L44
55 The Heliocentric Distance where the Deflections and Rotations of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections Occur
Kay, C. & Opher, M., 2015, ApJ, 811, L36
43 Predicting the Magnetic Field of Earth-impacting CMEs
Kay, C., Gopalswamy, N., Reinard, A. & Opher, M., 2017, ApJ, 835, 117
41 Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Protons Accelerated at the Solar-wind Termination Shock at Multiple Locations
Giacalone, J., Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Kòta, J., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., 2021, ApJ, 911, 27
41 The Structure of the Large-Scale Heliosphere as Seen by Current Models
Kleimann, Jens, Dialynas, Konstantinos, Fraternale, Federico, Galli, André, Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Izmodenov, Vladislav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Opher, Merav & Pogorelov, Nikolai, 2022, Space Science Reviews, 218, 36
37 A Turbulent Heliosheath Driven by the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
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., 2021, ApJ, 922, 181
34 Combined ∼10 eV to ∼344 MeV Particle Spectra and Pressures in the Heliosheath along the Voyager 2 Trajectory
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, 2020, ApJ, 905, L24
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, ApJ, 839, L12
32 Using ForeCAT Deflections and Rotations to Constrain the Early Evolution of CMEs
Kay, C., Opher, M., Colaninno, R. C. & Vourlidas, A., 2016, ApJ, 827, 70
26 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
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., 2022, ApJ, 931, L21
24 The Development of a Split-tail Heliosphere and the Role of Non-ideal Processes: A Comparison of the BU and Moscow Models
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., 2021, ApJ, 923, 179
23 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
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., 2021, ApJ, 921, 164
21 The Confinement of the Heliosheath Plasma by the Solar Magnetic Field as Revealed by Energetic Neutral Atom Simulations
Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Michael, A. T., Sokół, J. M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Drake, J. F., 2020, ApJ, 895, L26
20 Probing the Length of the Heliospheric Tail with Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) from 0.52 to 80 keV
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., 2023, ApJ, 945, L15
19 The Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion Exchange and Large-scale Dynamics (SHIELD) Code: A Self-consistent Kinetic-Magnetohydrodynamic Model of the Outer Heliosphere
Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Borovikov, D., 2022, ApJ, 924, 105
19 The Downwind Solar Wind: Model Comparison with Pioneer 10 Observations
Nakanotani, M., Zank, G. P., Adhikari, L., Zhao, L.-L., Giacalone, J., Opher, M. & Richardson, J. D., 2020, ApJ, 901, L23
18 Constraining the Masses and the Non-radial Drag Coefficient of a Solar Coronal Mass Ejection
Kay, C., dos Santos, L. F. G. & Opher, M., 2015, ApJ, 801, L21
17 A possible direct exposure of the Earth to the cold dense interstellar medium 2-3 Myr ago
Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham & Peek, J. E. G., 2024, Nature Astronomy, 8, 983
17 Theory and Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: High Plasma Beta Regime
Adhikari, Laxman, Zank, Gary P., Wang, Bingbing, Zhao, Lingling, Telloni, Daniele, Pitna, Alex, Opher, Merav, Shrestha, Bishwas, McComas, David J. & Nykyri, Katariina, 2023, ApJ, 953, 44
17 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
16 Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Maps for the “Croissant” Heliosphere
Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Michael, A. T. & Drake, J. F., 2018, ApJ, 865, 84
16 Consequences of Treating the Solar Magnetic Field as a Dipole on the Global Structure of the Heliosphere and Heliosheath
Michael, A. T., Opher, M. & Tóth, G., 2018, ApJ, 860, 171
15 Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosheath: Constraints from in situ Measurements and Models
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., 2021, ApJ, 915, L26
14 Magnetic Flux Conservation in the Heliosheath Including Solar Cycle Variations of Magnetic Field Intensity
Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Provornikova, E., Richardson, J. D. & Tóth, G., 2015, ApJ, 803, L6
14 An Anomalous Cosmic-Ray Mediated Termination Shock: Implications for Energetic Neutral Atoms
Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Zank, G. P., Wang, B. B., Giacalone, J., Gkioulidou, M. & Dialynas, K., 2023, ApJ, 944, L47
14 Relating Energetic Ion Spectra to Energetic Neutral Atoms
Wang, Bingbing, Zank, Gary P., Shrestha, Bishwas L., Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, 2023, ApJ, 944, 198
13 The Impact of Kinetic Neutrals on the Heliotail
Michael, A. T., Opher, M., Tóth, G., Tenishev, V. & Drake, J. F., 2021, ApJ, 906, 37
12 The Deflection of the Cartwheel CME: ForeCAT Results
Capannolo, Luisa, Opher, Merav, Kay, Christina & Landi, Enrico, 2017, ApJ, 839, 37
12 MSWIM2D: Two-dimensional Outer Heliosphere Solar Wind Modeling
Keebler, Timothy B., Tóth, Gábor, Zieger, Bertalan & Opher, Merav, 2022, ApJS, 260, 43
12 Voyager Observations of Magnetic Sectors and Heliospheric Current Sheet Crossings in the Outer Heliosphere
Richardson, J. D., Burlaga, L. F., Drake, J. F., Hill, M. E. & Opher, M., 2016, ApJ, 831, 115
11 Interstellar Neutral Hydrogen in the Heliosphere: New Horizons Observations in the Context of Models
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., 2024, ApJ, 969, L20
11 Turbulence, Waves, and Taylor's Hypothesis for Heliosheath Observations
Zhao, L.-L., Zank, G. P., Opher, M., Zieger, B., Li, H., Florinski, V., Adhikari, L., Zhu, X. & Nakanotani, M., 2024, ApJ, 973, 26
10 The Discrepancy between Observed and Predicted Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms below Solar Wind Energy
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., 2023, ApJ, 954, L24
9 Using Magnetic Flux Conservation to Determine Heliosheath Speeds
Richardson, J. D., Cummings, A. C., Burlaga, L. F., Giacalone, J., Opher, M. & Stone, E. C., 2021, ApJ, 919, L28
8 Instabilities along the Axis of the Heliospheric Jets
Ma, Xiaohan, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc & Toth, Gabor, 2025, ApJ, 978, 57
8 The Passage of the Solar System through the Edge of the Local Bubble
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., 2024, ApJ, 972, 201
8 A Kinetic-magnetohydrodynamic Model with Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Modeling Heliosphere Neutral-plasma Interaction
Chen, Yuxi, Toth, Gabor, Powell, Erick, Arshad, Talha, Bair, Ethan, Kornbleuth, Marc & Opher, Merav, 2024, ApJ, 973, 46
7 Inferring the Interstellar Magnetic Field Direction from Energetic Neutral Atom Observations of the Heliotail
Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Dayeh, M. A., Sokół, J. M., Chen, Y., Powell, E., Turner, D. L., Baliukin, I., Dialynas, K. & Izmodenov, V., 2024, ApJ, 967, L12
6 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the CME-Sheath and Sheath-Solar-wind Interfaces
Páez, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Falceta-Gonçalves, D. & Opher, M., 2017, ApJ, 851, 112
6 Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Solar Wind Termination Shock Revisited
Giacalone, Joe, Kornbleuth, M., Opher, M., Gkioulidou, M., Köta, J., Puzzoni, E., Richardson, J. D. & Zank, G. P., 2025, ApJ, 980, 29
6 Lyα Absorption in a "Croissant-like" Heliosphere
Powell, Erick, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Z., Baliukin, Igor, Michael, Adam T., Wood, Brian E., Izmodenov, Vladislav, Toth, Gabor & Tenishev, Valeriy, 2024, ApJ, 961, 235
5 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 Magnetic Trapping of Galactic Cosmic Rays in the Outer Heliosheath and Their Preferential Entry into the Heliosphere
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, 2024, ApJ, 961, 244
5 PUI Heating in the Supersonic Solar Wind
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, 2025, ApJ, 979, 222
4 On the Anisotropic Velocity Distribution of Newborn Pickup Ions in the Heliosheath
Du, Senbei, Opher, Merav & Kornbleuth, Marc, 2025, ApJ, 982, L59
4 Turbulence and Diffusive Transport of Cosmic Rays in the Very Local Interstellar Medium
Florinski, V., Alonso Guzman, J. G., Giacalone, J., le Roux, J. A. & Opher, M., 2023, ApJ, 948, 66
4 Termination Shock Particle Streaming Upstream at New Horizons
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, 2025, ApJ, 978, L11
3 Corrugated Features in Coronal-mass-ejection-driven Shocks: A Discussion on the Predisposition to Particle Acceleration
Páez, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Falceta-Gonçalves, D. & Opher, M., 2019, ApJ, 879, 122
3 Evidence of a Thick Heliopause Boundary Layer Resulting from Active Magnetic Reconnection with the Interstellar Medium
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., 2024, ApJ, 960, 130
3 Numerical Modeling of Energetic Charged-particle Transport with SPECTRUM Software: General Approach and Artificial Effects due to Field Discretization
Guzmán, J. G. Alonso, Florinski, V., Tóth, G., Sharma, S., van der Holst, B. & Opher, M., 2024, ApJS, 272, 46
3 Evolution of Large-scale Structures in the Energetic Neutral Atom Sky Maps in Energy and Solar Activity
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., 2025, ApJ, 992, 168
3 On the Energy Dependence of Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropies in the Very Local Interstellar Medium
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, 2022, ApJ, 934, 41
2 Earth's Mesosphere During Possible Encounters With Massive Interstellar Clouds 2 and 7 Million Years Ago
Miller, Jesse A., Opher, Merav, Hatzaki, Maria, Papachristopoulou, Kyriakoula & Thomas, Brian C., 2024, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110174
2 Anisotropies of 40─139 keV Ions Measured beyond the Termination Shock and in the Very Local Interstellar Medium
Dialynas, Konstantinos, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Decker, Robert B., Hill, Matthew E., Nikoukar, Romina & Opher, Merav, 2024, ApJ, 974, 174
2 Exploring the Complex Heliotail Boundary by an Extended Level Set Approach
Onubogu, C., Opher, M., Kornbleuth, M., Tóth, G. & Florinski, V., 2025, ApJ, 980, L19
2 Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Voyager 1 and 2 Directions
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, 2025, ApJ, 987, 15
2 The Impact of Physical Processes on the Radial Evolution of the Distant Pickup Ion Mediated Solar Wind
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, 2025, ApJ, 987, 182
2 Consequences of Hot Electrons for the Structure of the Outer Heliosphere
Bair, Ethan Schuyler, Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc Zachary, Zieger, Bertalan, Toth, Gabor & van der Holst, Bart, 2025, ApJ, 988, 223
2 The Effects of Turbulence on Heliosheath Ions and Implications for Energetic Neutral Atoms
Du, Senbei, Opher, Merav, Giacalone, Joe, Guo, Fan, Richardson, John D. & Zieger, Bertalan, 2024, ApJ, 974, 210
1 Publisher Correction: A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions
Opher, Merav, Loeb, Abraham, Drake, James & Toth, Gabor, 2020, Nature Astronomy, 4, 719
1 Large-scale Field-aligned Flows in the Heliosheath
Opher, Merav, Kornbleuth, Marc, Decker, Rob, Richardson, John, Bair, Ethan, Dialynas, Kostas, Nikoukar, Romina, Hill, Matthew E., Du, Senbei & Florinski, Vladimir, 2025, ApJ, 985, 85
1 The Coupling and Evolution of Kelvin─Helmholtz and Rayleigh─Taylor Instabilities in the Heliosheath
Ma, Xiaohan, Opher, Merav & Kornbleuth, Marc, 2025, ApJ, 988, 248
1 Magnetic Turbulence Intermittency and Compressibility in the Inner Heliosheath and Very Local Interstellar Medium
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., 2025, ApJ, 992, L4
0 2D Kelvin─Helmholtz Instability with Anisotropic Pressure
Biswas, Shishir, Nakanotani, Masaru, Balsara, Dinshaw S., Florinski, Vladimir & Opher, Merav, 2026, ApJ, 999, 144
0 Solar Wind Forecasting for Long-term Variations of the Global Heliosphere
Gasser, Jonathan, Sokół, Justyna M., Dayeh, Maher A., Elliott, Heather A., Singer, Kelsi N. & Opher, Merav, 2026, ApJ, 999, 11
0 Modeling Cosmic-Ray Acceleration at Nonplanar Astrophysical Shocks Using the SPECTRUM Code
Sharma, S., Huang, Y., Alonso Guzmán, J. G., Florinski, V., Schoenbaum, L. T. & Opher, M., 2025, ApJS, 281, 30
0 A "Valley" in Heliospheric Energetic Particle Intensities and Implications for a New Horizons Encounter with the Solar Wind Termination Shock
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, 2026, ApJ, 996, 135


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