Publications of R. A. Lopez

A list of publications authored or co-authored by R. A. Lopez, 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: 0000-0003-3223-1498

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 64 (refereed: 64)
No. of citations: 834
First author papers: 17 (refereed: 17)

2026

  1. Alpha Core─Beam Origin in Low-β Solar Wind Plasma: Insights from Fully Kinetic Simulations [0]
    Pezzini, L., Bacchini, F., Zhukov, A. N., Arró, G. & López, R. A., ApJ, 997, 158
  2. Regulation of temperature anisotropy for solar wind protons and alpha particles by collisions and instabilities [0]
    Yoon, Peter H., Salem, Chadi S., Lazar, Marian, Martinović, Mihailo M., Klein, Kristopher G., López, Rodrigo A., Shaaban, Shaaban M., Seough, Jungjoon, Huang, Jia, Sarfraz, Muhammad & Poedts, Stefaan, A&A, 705, A14

2025

  1. Extended Scenarios for Solar Radio Emissions With Downshifted Electron Beam Plasma Excitations [2]
    Lazar, M., López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Fichtner, H., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2024JA033597
  2. Dynamic spectra of solar radio emissions from weak-turbulence simulation [2]
    Lazar, M., Ziebell, L. F., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., A&A, 696, A187
  3. Heat-flux Instabilities of Regularized Kappa Distributed Strahl Electrons Resolved with ALPS [1]
    Schröder, Dustin L., Lazar, Marian, López, Rodrigo A. & Fichtner, Horst, ApJ, 987, 110
  4. Cumulative Proton Right-handed Instabilities in the Young Solar Wind Observed by PSP [1]
    Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, M., Fichtner, H., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., ApJ, 993, 1

2024

  1. Magnetic Spectra Comparison for Kappa-distributed Whistler Electron Fluctuations [4]
    H. P., Daniel, Moya, Pablo S., Zenteno-Quinteros, Bea & López, Rodrigo A., ApJ, 970, 132
  2. Fully Kinetic Simulations of Proton-beam-driven Instabilities from Parker Solar Probe Observations [12]
    Pezzini, L., Zhukov, A. N., Bacchini, F., Arrò, G., López, R. A., Micera, A., Innocenti, M. E. & Lapenta, G., ApJ, 975, 37
  3. Numerical simulations of temperature anisotropy instabilities stimulated by suprathermal protons [2]
    Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A., Lazar, M. & Poedts, S., A&A, 691, A86
  4. Decoding the formation of hammerhead ion populations observed by Parker Solar Probe [4]
    Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., Yoon, P. H. & Poedts, S., A&A, 692, L6
  5. The role of the thermal properties of electrons on the dispersion properties of Alfvén waves in space plasmas [0]
    Villarroel-Sepúlveda, N., Moya, P. S., López, R. A. & Verscharen, D., A&A, 689, A261
  6. Boundary of the Distribution of Solar Wind Proton Beta versus Temperature Anisotropy [9]
    Yoon, P. H., Lazar, M., Salem, C., Seough, J., Martinović, M. M., Klein, K. G. & López, R. A., ApJ, 969, 77
  7. Regulation of Solar Wind Electron Temperature Anisotropy by Collisions and Instabilities [5]
    Yoon, Peter H., Salem, Chadi S., Klein, Kristopher G., Martinović, Mihailo M., López, Rodrigo A., Seough, Jungjoon, Sarfraz, Muhammad, Lazar, Marian & Shaaban, Shaaban M., ApJ, 975, 105
  8. Quasi-linear Analysis of Proton-cyclotron Instability [0]
    Yoon, Peter H., López, Rodrigo A., Seough, Jungjoon, Rashid, Muhammad, Salem, Chadi S., Sarfraz, Muhammad, Lazar, Marian & Shaaban, Shaaban M., ApJ, 976, 173
  9. Non-Thermal Solar Wind Electron Velocity Distribution Function [13]
    Yoon, Peter H., López, Rodrigo A., Salem, Chadi S., Bonnell, John W. & Kim, Sunjung, Entropy, 26, 310

2023

  1. Instability of Langmuir-beam waves: Kappa-distributed electrons [13]
    Lazar, M., López, R. A., Poedts, S. & Shaaban, S. M., Physics of Plasmas, 30, 082106
  2. The aperiodic firehose instability of counter-beaming electrons in space plasmas [5]
    Lazar, M., López, R. A., Moya, P. S., Poedts, S. & Shaaban, S. M., A&A, 670, A85
  3. Hybrid Simulation and Quasi-linear Theory of Bi-Kappa Proton Instabilities [13]
    López, R. A., Yoon, P. H., Viñas, A. F. & Lazar, M., ApJ, 954, 191
  4. The effect of heavy ions on the dispersion properties of kinetic Alfvén waves in astrophysical plasmas [5]
    Villarroel-Sepúlveda, N., López, R. A. & Moya, P. S., A&A, 675, A84
  5. Bi-Kappa Proton Mirror and Cyclotron Instabilities in the Solar Wind [12]
    Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Zaheer, S., ApJ, 950, 131

2022

  1. About the effects of solar wind suprathermal electrons on electrostatic waves [9]
    Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., Astrophysics and Space Science, 367, 104
  2. Temperature anisotropy instabilities stimulated by the solar wind suprathermal populations [23]
    Lazar, Marian, López, R. A., Shaaban, Shaaban Mohammed, Poedts, Stefaan, Yoon, Peter Haesung & Fichtner, Horst, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8, 249
  3. Mixing the Solar Wind Proton and Electron Scales. Theory and 2D-PIC Simulations of Firehose Instability [11]
    López, R. A., Micera, A., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., Lapenta, G., Zhukov, A. N., Boella, E. & Shaaban, S. M., ApJ, 930, 158
  4. Comparing the Counter-beaming and Temperature Anisotropy Driven Aperiodic Electron Firehose Instabilities in Collisionless Plasma Environments [2]
    Moya, Pablo S., López, Rodrigo A., Lazar, Marian, Poedts, Stefaan & Shaaban, Shaaban M., ApJ, 937, 49
  5. Electron mirror and cyclotron instabilities for solar wind plasma [23]
    Sarfraz, M., López, R. A., Ahmed, Shahzad & Yoon, P. H., MNRAS, 509, 3764

2021

  1. On the Role of Solar Wind Expansion as a Source of Whistler Waves: Scattering of Suprathermal Electrons and Heat Flux Regulation in the Inner Heliosphere [29]
    Micera, A., Zhukov, A. N., López, R. A., Boella, E., Tenerani, A., Velli, M., Lapenta, G. & Innocenti, M. E., ApJ, 919, 42
  2. On the interplay of solar wind proton and electron instabilities: linear and quasi-linear approaches [7]
    Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A. & Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., MNRAS, 503, 3134
  3. Proton-Alpha Drift Instability of Electromagnetic Ion-Cyclotron Modes: Quasilinear Development [2]
    Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, Marian, Yoon, Peter H., Poedts, Stefaan & López, Rodrigo A., Physics, 3, 1175

2020

  1. A firehose-like aperiodic instability of counter-beaming electron plasmas [3]
    López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Moya, P. S., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 62, 075006
  2. Alternative High-plasma Beta Regimes of Electron Heat-flux Instabilities in the Solar Wind [46]
    López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Moya, P. S., ApJ, 900, L25
  3. Particle-in-cell Simulation of Whistler Heat-flux Instabilities in the Solar Wind: Heat-flux Regulation and Electron Halo Formation [48]
    Micera, A., Zhukov, A. N., López, R. A., Innocenti, M. E., Lazar, M., Boella, E. & Lapenta, G., ApJ, 903, L23
  4. Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Parallel Proton Firehose Instability Influenced by the Electron Temperature Anisotropy in Solar Wind Conditions [16]
    Micera, A., Boella, E., Zhukov, A. N., Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A., Lazar, M. & Lapenta, G., ApJ, 893, 130
  5. Electromagnetic Ion-Ion Instabilities in Space Plasmas: Effects of Suprathermal Populations [17]
    Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., ApJ, 899, 20

2019

  1. Whistler instability stimulated by the suprathermal electrons present in space plasmas [28]
    Lazar, M., López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Fichtner, H., Astrophysics and Space Science, 364, 171
  2. Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Whistler Heat-flux Instability in Solar Wind Conditions [26]
    López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., Yoon, P. H., Micera, A. & Lapenta, G., ApJ, 882, L8
  3. Particle-in-cell Simulations of Firehose Instability Driven by Bi-Kappa Electrons [40]
    López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S., Yoon, P. H., Viñas, A. F. & Moya, P. S., ApJ, 873, L20
  4. Quasi-linear approach of the whistler heat-flux instability in the solar wind [30]
    Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., Poedts, S. & López, R. A., MNRAS, 486, 4498
  5. Firehose instabilities triggered by the solar wind suprathermal electrons [40]
    Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., Fichtner, H. & Poedts, S., MNRAS, 483, 5642

2018

  1. Spatial damping of parallel propagating electromagnetic waves in magnetized plasmas [7]
    Khokhar, Tajammal H., Bashir, M. F., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Murtaza, G., Physics of Plasmas, 25, 084501
  2. Spatial propagation and damping of ordinary electromagnetic mode [5]
    Khokhar, Tajammal H., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Murtaza, G., Physics of Plasmas, 25, 082114
  3. Low frequency electromagnetic fluctuations in Kappa magnetized plasmas [11]
    Kim, Sunjung, Lazar, M., Schlickeiser, R., López, R. A. & Yoon, P. H., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60, 075010
  4. Suprathermal Spontaneous Emissions in κ-distributed Plasmas [14]
    Lazar, M., Kim, S., López, R. A., Yoon, P. H., Schlickeiser, R. & Poedts, S., ApJ, 868, L25
  5. Electromagnetic Electron Cyclotron Instability in the Solar Wind [35]
    Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Moya, P. S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 6
  6. Simulation and Quasi-linear Theory of Magnetospheric Bernstein Mode Instability [8]
    Lee, Junggi, Yoon, Peter H., Seough, Jungjoon, López, Rodrigo A., Hwang, Junga, Lee, Jaejin & Choe, G. S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 7320
  7. Effects of Thermal Fluctuations on Temperature Anisotropy Instabilities in the Solar Wind [5]
    López, Rodrigo A. & Yoon, Peter H., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 8924
  8. Electromagnetic Thermal Noise in Upper-Hybrid Frequency Range [6]
    Yoon, Peter H., Hwang, Junga, López, Rodrigo A., Kim, Sunjung & Lee, Jaejin, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 5356

2017

  1. Spontaneous emission of electromagnetic fluctuations in Kappa magnetized plasmas [15]
    Kim, Sunjung, Schlickeiser, R., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Lazar, M., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 125003
  2. Landau damping in Kaniadakis and Tsallis distributed electron plasmas [17]
    López, Rodrigo A., Navarro, Roberto E., Pons, Sebastian I. & Araneda, Jaime A., Physics of Plasmas, 24, 102119
  3. Kinetic Scale Structure of Low-frequency Waves and Fluctuations [21]
    López, Rodrigo A., Viñas, Adolfo F., Araneda, Jaime A. & Yoon, Peter H., ApJ, 845, 60
  4. Simulation of electromagnetic fluctuations in thermal magnetized plasma [14]
    López, Rodrigo A. & Yoon, Peter H., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 115003
  5. Electron contribution in mirror instability in quasi-linear regime [21]
    Noreen, N., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Zaheer, S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 6978
  6. Velocity moment-based quasilinear theory and particle-in-cell simulation of parallel electron firehose instability [22]
    Yoon, P. H., López, R. A., Seough, J. & Sarfraz, M., Physics of Plasmas, 24, 112104
  7. Spontaneous emission of Alfvénic fluctuations [7]
    Yoon, P. H., López, R. A., Vafin, S., Kim, S. & Schlickeiser, R., Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 095002
  8. Spontaneous emission of electromagnetic fluctuations in magnetized plasmas [23]
    Yoon, Peter H. & López, Rodrigo A., Physics of Plasmas, 24, 022117

2016

  1. Relativistic Cyclotron Instability in Anisotropic Plasmas [3]
    López, Rodrigo A., Moya, Pablo S., Navarro, Roberto E., Araneda, Jaime A., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Alejandro Valdivia, J., ApJ, 832, 36
  2. Magnetic fluctuations in anisotropic space plasmas: The effect of the plasma environment [11]
    Valdivia, J. A., Toledo, B. A., Gallo, N., Muñoz, V., Rogan, J., Stepanova, M., Moya, P. S., Navarro, R. E., Viñas, A. F., Araneda, J., López, R. A. & Díaz, M., Advances in Space Research, 58, 2126

2015

  1. Propagation of localized structures in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas using particle-in-cell simulations [3]
    López, Rodrigo A., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Valdivia, Juan A., Physics of Plasmas, 22, 092115
  2. Spontaneous Electromagnetic Fluctuations in a Relativistic Magnetized Electron-Positron Plasma [16]
    López, Rodrigo A., Navarro, Roberto E., Moya, Pablo S., Viñas, Adolfo F., Araneda, Jaime A., Muñoz, Víctor & Alejandro Valdivia, J., ApJ, 810, 103
  3. Critical density for Landau damping in a two-electron-component plasma [6]
    Rupp, Constantin F., López, Rodrigo A. & Araneda, Jaime A., Physics of Plasmas, 22, 102306

2014

  1. Kinetic transverse dispersion relation for relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with Maxwell-Jüttner velocity distribution functions [9]
    López, Rodrigo A., Moya, Pablo S., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Valdivia, J. Alejandro, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 092107
  2. Particle-in-cell simulation for parametric decays of a circularly polarized Alfvén wave in relativistic thermal electron-positron plasma [9]
    López, Rodrigo A., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Alejandro Valdivia, J., Physics of Plasmas, 21, 032102
  3. Large-amplitude electromagnetic waves in magnetized relativistic plasmas with temperature [11]
    Muñoz, V., Asenjo, F. A., Domínguez, M., López, R. A., Valdivia, J. A., Viñas, A. & Hada, T., Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 21, 217

2013

  1. Self-modulation of nonlinear Alfvén waves in a strongly magnetized relativistic electron-positron plasma [19]
    López, Rodrigo A., Asenjo, Felipe A., Muñoz, Víctor, Chian, Abraham C.-L. & Valdivia, J. A., Physical Review E, 88, 023105

2012

  1. Parametric decays in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with relativistic temperatures [13]
    López, Rodrigo A., Asenjo, Felipe A., Muñoz, Víctor & Alejandro Valdivia, J., Physics of Plasmas, 19, 082104

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