Publications of M. A. Shay ordered by citations

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

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1861-4767

295	Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space Torbert, R. B., Burch, J. L., Phan, T. D., Hesse, M., Argall, M. R., Shuster, J., Ergun, R. E., Alm, L., Nakamura, R., Genestreti, K. J., Gershman, D. J., Paterson, W. R., Turner, D. L., Cohen, I., Giles, B. L., Pollock, C. J., Wang, S., Chen, L.-J., Stawarz, J. E., Eastwood, J. P., Hwang, K. J., Farrugia, C., Dors, I., Vaith, H., Mouikis, C., Ardakani, A., Mauk, B. H., Fuselier, S. A., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J., Moore, T. E., Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A., Khotyaintsev, Yuri V., Lindqvist, P.-A., Baumjohann, W., Wilder, F. D., Ahmadi, N., Dorelli, J. C., Avanov, L. A., Oka, M., Baker, D. N., Fennell, J. F., Blake, J. B., Jaynes, A. N., Le Contel, O., Petrinec, S. M., Lavraud, B. & Saito, Y., 2018, Science, 362, 1391
119	Parker Solar Probe In Situ Observations of Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts during Encounter 1 Phan, T. D., Bale, S. D., Eastwood, J. P., Lavraud, B., Drake, J. F., Oieroset, M., Shay, M. A., Pulupa, M., Stevens, M., MacDowall, R. J., Case, A. W., Larson, D., Kasper, J., Whittlesey, P., Szabo, A., Korreck, K. E., Bonnell, J. W., de Wit, T. Dudok, Goetz, K., Harvey, P. R., Horbury, T. S., Livi, R., Malaspina, D., Paulson, K., Raouafi, N. E. & Velli, M., 2020, ApJS, 246, 34
109	Properties of the Turbulence Associated with Electron-only Magnetic Reconnection in Earth’s Magnetosheath 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., 2019, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 877, L37
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
67	Turbulence-driven magnetic reconnection and the magnetic correlation length: Observations from Magnetospheric Multiscale in Earth's magnetosheath Stawarz, J. E., Eastwood, J. P., Phan, T. D., Gingell, I. L., Pyakurel, P. S., Shay, M. A., Robertson, S. L., Russell, C. T. & Le Contel, O., 2022, Physics of Plasmas, 29, 012302
61	Incompressive Energy Transfer in the Earth’s Magnetosheath: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Chasapis, A., Chhiber, R., Parashar, T. N., Matthaeus, W. H., Shay, M. A., Maruca, B. A., Burch, J. L., Moore, T. E., Pollock, C. J., Giles, B. L., Paterson, W. R., Dorelli, J., Gershman, D. J., Torbert, R. B., Russell, C. T. & Strangeway, R. J., 2018, ApJ, 866, 106
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
52	Exploring the statistics of magnetic reconnection X-points in kinetic particle-in-cell turbulence Haggerty, C. C., Parashar, T. N., Matthaeus, W. H., Shay, M. A., Yang, Y., Wan, M., Wu, P. & Servidio, S., 2017, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 102308
50	Particle Acceleration in Strong Turbulence in the Earth's Magnetotail Ergun, R. E., Ahmadi, N., Kromyda, L., Schwartz, S. J., Chasapis, A., Hoilijoki, S., Wilder, F. D., Cassak, P. A., Stawarz, J. E., Goodrich, K. A., Turner, D. L., Pucci, F., Pouquet, A., Matthaeus, W. H., Drake, J. F., Hesse, M., Shay, M. A., Torbert, R. B. & Burch, J. L., 2020, ApJ, 898, 153
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
43	Guide Field Reconnection: Exhaust Structure and Heating Eastwood, J. P., Mistry, R., Phan, T. D., Schwartz, S. J., Ergun, R. E., Drake, J. F., Øieroset, M., Stawarz, J. E., Goldman, M. V., Haggerty, C., Shay, M. A., Burch, J. L., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Lindqvist, P. A., Torbert, R. B., Strangeway, R. J. & Russell, C. T., 2018, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 4569
41	Energy dissipation in turbulent reconnection Bandyopadhyay, R., Chasapis, A., Matthaeus, W. H., Parashar, T. N., Haggerty, C. C., Shay, M. A., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L. & Burch, J. L., 2021, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 112305
36	MMS Observations of Beta-dependent Constraints on Ion Temperature Anisotropy in Earth’s Magnetosheath Maruca, Bennett A., Chasapis, A., Gary, S. P., Bandyopadhyay, R., Chhiber, R., Parashar, T. N., Matthaeus, W. H., Shay, M. A., Burch, J. L., Moore, T. E., Pollock, C. J., Giles, B. J., Paterson, W. R., Dorelli, J., Gershman, D. J., Torbert, R. B., Russell, C. T. & Strangeway, R. J., 2018, ApJ, 866, 25
36	Turbulent heating due to magnetic reconnection Shay, M. A., Haggerty, C. C., Matthaeus, W. H., Parashar, T. N., Wan, M. & Wu, P., 2018, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 012304
35	Kinetic simulation of asymmetric magnetic reconnection with cold ions Dargent, J., Aunai, N., Lavraud, B., Toledo-Redondo, S., Shay, M. A., Cassak, P. A. & Malakit, K., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 5290
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
32	The reduction of magnetic reconnection outflow jets to sub-Alfvénic speeds Haggerty, Colby C., Shay, Michael A., Chasapis, Alexandros, Phan, Tai D., Drake, James F., Malakit, Kittipat, Cassak, Paul A. & Kieokaew, Rungployphan, 2018, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 102120
31	Strategies for Determining the Cascade Rate in MHD Turbulence: Isotropy, Anisotropy, and Spacecraft Sampling Wang, Yanwen, Chhiber, Rohit, Adhikari, Subash, Yang, Yan, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Shay, Michael A., Oughton, Sean, Matthaeus, William H. & Cuesta, Manuel E., 2022, ApJ, 937, 76
30	Energy Flux Densities near the Electron Dissipation Region in Asymmetric Magnetopause Reconnection Eastwood, J. P., Goldman, M. V., Phan, T. D., Stawarz, J. E., Cassak, P. A., Drake, J. F., Newman, D., Lavraud, B., Shay, M. A., Ergun, R. E., Burch, J. L., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Lindqvist, P. A., Torbert, R. B., Strangeway, R. J. & Russell, C. T., 2020, Physical Review Letters, 125, 265102
30	Energy transfer in reconnection and turbulence Adhikari, S., Parashar, T. N., Shay, M. A., Matthaeus, W. H., Pyakurel, P. S., Fordin, S., Stawarz, J. E. & Eastwood, J. P., 2021, Physical Review E, 104, 065206
29	Reconnection from a turbulence perspective Adhikari, S., Shay, M. A., Parashar, T. N., Pyakurel, P. Sharma, Matthaeus, W. H., Godzieba, D., Stawarz, J. E., Eastwood, J. P. & Dahlin, J. T., 2020, Physics of Plasmas, 27, 042305
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
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
19	Magnetospheric Multiscale analysis of intense field-aligned Poynting flux near the Earth's plasma sheet boundary Stawarz, J. E., Eastwood, J. P., Varsani, A., Ergun, R. E., Shay, M. A., Nakamura, R., Phan, T. D., Burch, J. L., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Goodrich, K. A., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Lindqvist, P.-A., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J. & Torbert, R. B., 2017, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 7106
16	Solar Orbiter observations of an ion-scale flux rope confined to a bifurcated solar wind current sheet Eastwood, J. P., Stawarz, J. E., Phan, T. D., Laker, R., Robertson, S., Zhao, L.-L., Zank, G. P., Lavraud, B., Shay, M. A., Evans, V., Angelini, V., O'Brien, H. & Horbury, T. S., 2021, A&A, 656, A27
16	THEMIS multispacecraft observations of a reconnecting magnetosheath current sheet with symmetric boundary conditions and a large guide field Øieroset, M., Phan, T. D., Shay, M. A., Haggerty, C. C., Fujimoto, M., Angelopoulos, V., Eastwood, J. P. & Mozer, F. S., 2017, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 7598
14	Effect of a guide field on the turbulence like properties of magnetic reconnection Adhikari, S., Shay, M. A., Parashar, T. N., Matthaeus, W. H., Pyakurel, P. S., Stawarz, J. E. & Eastwood, J. P., 2023, Physics of Plasmas, 30, 082904
12	Scaling of Ion Bulk Heating in Magnetic Reconnection Outflows for the High-Alfvén-speed and Low-β Regime in Earth's Magnetotail Øieroset, M., Phan, T. D., Drake, J. F., Starkey, M., Fuselier, S. A., Cohen, I. J., Haggerty, C. C., Shay, M. A., Oka, M., Gershman, D. J., Maheshwari, K., Burch, J. L., Torbert, R. B. & Strangeway, R. J., 2024, ApJ, 971, 144
12	Spatial evolution of magnetic reconnection diffusion region structures with distance from the X-line Øieroset, M., Phan, T. D., Ergun, R., Ahmadi, N., Genestreti, K., Drake, J. F., Liu, Y.-H., Haggerty, C., Eastwood, J. P., Shay, M. A., Pyakurel, P. S., Haaland, S., Oka, M., Goodbred, M., Eriksson, S., Burch, J. L., Torbert, R. B., Khotyaintsev, Y., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J., Gershman, D. J. & Giles, B. L., 2021, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 122901
11	Scale filtering analysis of kinetic reconnection and its associated turbulence Adhikari, Subash, Yang, Yan, Matthaeus, William H., Cassak, Paul A., Parashar, Tulasi N. & Shay, Michael A., 2024, Physics of Plasmas, 31, 020701
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	Super-Alfvénic Propagation and Damping of Reconnection Onset Signatures Sharma Pyakurel, P., Shay, M. A., Haggerty, C. C., Parashar, T. N., Drake, J. F., Cassak, P. A. & Gary, S. Peter, 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 341
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
8	On the Short-scale Spatial Variability of Electron Inflows in Electron-only Magnetic Reconnection in the Turbulent Magnetosheath Observed by MMS Pyakurel, P. S., Phan, T. D., Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A., Øieroset, M., Haggerty, C. C., Stawarz, J., Burch, J. L., Ergun, R. E., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Torbert, R. B., Strangeway, R. J. & Russell, C. T., 2023, ApJ, 948, 20
7	Alpha Particle Temperature Anisotropy in Earth's Magnetosheath DeWeese, Haley, Maruca, Bennett A., Qudsi, Ramiz A., Chasapis, Alexandros, Pultrone, Mark, Johnson, Elliot, Vines, Sarah K., Shay, Michael A., Matthaeus, William H., Gomez, Roman G., Fuselier, Stephen A., Giles, Barbara L., Gershman, Daniel J., Russell, Christopher T., Strangeway, Robert J., Burch, James L. & Torbert, Roy B., 2022, ApJ, 941, 12
7	Scale Separation Effects on Simulations of Plasma Turbulence Edyvean, Jago, Parashar, Tulasi N., Simpson, Tom, Juno, James, Delzanno, Gian Luca, Guo, Fan, Koshkarov, Oleksandr, Matthaeus, William H., Shay, Michael & Yang, Yan, 2024, ApJ, 972, 173
6	Structure of Exhausts in Magnetic Reconnection with an X-line of Finite Extent Shepherd, L. S., Cassak, P. A., Drake, J. F., Gosling, J. T., Phan, T.-D. & Shay, M. A., 2017, ApJ, 848, 90
6	Scaling theory of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection spreading Arencibia, Milton, Cassak, P. A., Shay, M. A. & Priest, E. R., 2021, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 082104
5	Identifying the Growth Phase of Magnetic Reconnection Using Pressure-Strain Interaction Barbhuiya, M. Hasan, Cassak, Paul A., Chasapis, Alex, Shay, Michael A., Cozzani, Giulia & Retinò, Alessandro, 2025, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, 2024JA033446
5	Three-Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection Spreading in Current Sheets of Non-Uniform Thickness Arencibia, Milton, Cassak, Paul A., Shay, Michael A., Qiu, Jiong, Petrinec, Steven M. & Liang, Haoming, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 128, e2022JA030999
5	Detection of Large Guide Field Electron-Only Reconnection in a Filamentary Current Sheet Immersed in a Large-Scale Magnetopause Reconnection Exhaust Pyakurel, P. S., Phan, T. D., Øieroset, M., Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A., Mallet, A., Stawarz, J., Wang, S., Oka, M., Genestreti, K. J., Ahmadi, N., Burch, J. L., Torbert, R. B., Ergun, R. E., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L. & Strangeway, R. J., 2025, Physical Review Letters, 134, 115201
4	Suppression of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in the High Ion β, Strong Guide Field Limit Giai, Carlos A., Haggerty, Colby C., Shay, Michael A., Cassak, Paul A. & Davis, Zachary K., 2024, ApJ, 977, 218
3	A Machine Learning-Based Approach to Time-series Wave Identification in the Solar Wind Fordin, Samuel, Shay, Michael, Wilson, Lynn B., III, Maruca, Bennett & Thompson, Barbara J., 2023, ApJ, 949, 40
3	Statistics of pressure fluctuations in turbulent kinetic plasmas Adhikari, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Parashar, T. N., Shay, M. A. & Cassak, P. A., 2023, MNRAS, 526, 4067
2	The Enhancement of Ion Heating in Kinetic, Antiparallel Reconnection in the Presence of a Flow Shear Haggerty, Colby C., Sikorski, Derek, Shay, Michael A., Phan, Tai D., Cassak, Paul A., Murtas, Giulia & Pyakurel, Prayash S., 2025, ApJ, 995, 156
2	Factors controlling the statistics of magnetic reconnection in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence Khan, M. B., Shay, M. A., Oughton, S., Matthaeus, W. H., Haggerty, C. C., Adhikari, S., Cassak, P. A., Fordin, S., O'Donnell, D., Yang, Y., Bandyopadhyay, R. & Roy, S., 2026, Physical Review E, 113, 015207
2	Magnetic Reconnection Energy Fluxes in the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet as Observed by Parker Solar Probe Eastwood, J. P., Phan, T. D., Drake, J. F., Shay, M. A., Øieroset, M., Fargette, N., Waters, C. L., Lewis, H. C., Badman, S. T., Stevens, M. L., Halekas, J. & Bale, S. D., 2026, ApJ, 996, 140
2	Effects of a Guide Field on the Larmor Electric Field and Upstream Electron Temperature Anisotropy in Collisionless Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection Ek-In, Surapat, Malakit, Kittipat, Ruffolo, David, Shay, Michael A. & Cassak, Paul A., 2017, ApJ, 845, 113
2	Dependence of electron pressure─strain interaction on guide magnetic field for ion coupled magnetic reconnection Adhikari, Subash, Cassak, Paul A., Barbhuiya, M. Hasan, Shay, Michael A., Chasapis, Alexandros, Yang, Yan & Matthaeus, William H., 2025, Physics of Plasmas, 32, 122304
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	Flow Crossover and Parallel Outflow during Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Pianpanit, Theerasarn, Malakit, Kittipat, Prapan, Pakkapawn, Ruffolo, David, Pongkitiwanichakul, Peera, Suetrong, Piyawat, Shay, Michael A. & Cassak, Paul A., 2026, Physical Review Letters, 136, 085201
0	Collimation of diamagnetic laser-driven plasma outflows by an ambient magnetic-pressure gradient Tian, Yigeng, Leung, Chung Hei, Bose, Arijit, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Shay, Michael A. & Matthaeus, William H., 2026, Physics of Plasmas, 33, 052704
0	Electron crossover and diffusion region width in symmetric, collisionless magnetic reconnection Suetrong, P., Pongkitiwanichakul, P., Malakit, K., Pianpanit, T., Shamir, M., Shay, M. A., Cassak, P. A. & Ruffolo, D., 2026, Physics of Plasmas, 33, 052102