Publications of R. A. Lopez ordered by citations

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

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-3223-1498

50	Particle-in-cell Simulation of Whistler Heat-flux Instabilities in the Solar Wind: Heat-flux Regulation and Electron Halo Formation Micera, A., Zhukov, A. N., López, R. A., Innocenti, M. E., Lazar, M., Boella, E. & Lapenta, G., 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 903, L23
48	Alternative High-plasma Beta Regimes of Electron Heat-flux Instabilities in the Solar Wind López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Moya, P. S., 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 900, L25
43	Particle-in-cell Simulations of Firehose Instability Driven by Bi-Kappa Electrons López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S., Yoon, P. H., Viñas, A. F. & Moya, P. S., 2019, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 873, L20
43	Firehose instabilities triggered by the solar wind suprathermal electrons Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., Fichtner, H. & Poedts, S., 2019, MNRAS, 483, 5642
35	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 Micera, A., Zhukov, A. N., López, R. A., Boella, E., Tenerani, A., Velli, M., Lapenta, G. & Innocenti, M. E., 2021, ApJ, 919, 42
35	Electromagnetic Electron Cyclotron Instability in the Solar Wind Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Moya, P. S., 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 6
30	Quasi-linear approach of the whistler heat-flux instability in the solar wind Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Yoon, P. H., Poedts, S. & López, R. A., 2019, MNRAS, 486, 4498
28	Whistler instability stimulated by the suprathermal electrons present in space plasmas Lazar, M., López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Fichtner, H., 2019, Astrophysics and Space Science, 364, 171
27	Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Whistler Heat-flux Instability in Solar Wind Conditions López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., Yoon, P. H., Micera, A. & Lapenta, G., 2019, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 882, L8
23	Temperature anisotropy instabilities stimulated by the solar wind suprathermal populations Lazar, Marian, López, R. A., Shaaban, Shaaban Mohammed, Poedts, Stefaan, Yoon, Peter Haesung & Fichtner, Horst, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8, 249
23	Velocity moment-based quasilinear theory and particle-in-cell simulation of parallel electron firehose instability Yoon, P. H., López, R. A., Seough, J. & Sarfraz, M., 2017, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 112104
23	Electron mirror and cyclotron instabilities for solar wind plasma Sarfraz, M., López, R. A., Ahmed, Shahzad & Yoon, P. H., 2022, MNRAS, 509, 3764
22	Spontaneous emission of electromagnetic fluctuations in magnetized plasmas Yoon, Peter H. & López, Rodrigo A., 2017, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 022117
21	Kinetic Scale Structure of Low-frequency Waves and Fluctuations López, Rodrigo A., Viñas, Adolfo F., Araneda, Jaime A. & Yoon, Peter H., 2017, ApJ, 845, 60
20	Electron contribution in mirror instability in quasi-linear regime Noreen, N., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Zaheer, S., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 6978
19	Self-modulation of nonlinear Alfvén waves in a strongly magnetized relativistic electron-positron plasma López, Rodrigo A., Asenjo, Felipe A., Muñoz, Víctor, Chian, Abraham C.-L. & Valdivia, J. A., 2013, Physical Review E, 88, 023105
17	Fully Kinetic Simulations of Proton-beam-driven Instabilities from Parker Solar Probe Observations Pezzini, L., Zhukov, A. N., Bacchini, F., Arrò, G., López, R. A., Micera, A., Innocenti, M. E. & Lapenta, G., 2024, ApJ, 975, 37
17	Landau damping in Kaniadakis and Tsallis distributed electron plasmas López, Rodrigo A., Navarro, Roberto E., Pons, Sebastian I. & Araneda, Jaime A., 2017, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 102119
17	Particle-in-cell Simulations of the Parallel Proton Firehose Instability Influenced by the Electron Temperature Anisotropy in Solar Wind Conditions Micera, A., Boella, E., Zhukov, A. N., Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A., Lazar, M. & Lapenta, G., 2020, ApJ, 893, 130
17	Electromagnetic Ion-Ion Instabilities in Space Plasmas: Effects of Suprathermal Populations Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., 2020, ApJ, 899, 20
16	Spontaneous Electromagnetic Fluctuations in a Relativistic Magnetized Electron-Positron Plasma López, Rodrigo A., Navarro, Roberto E., Moya, Pablo S., Viñas, Adolfo F., Araneda, Jaime A., Muñoz, Víctor & Alejandro Valdivia, J., 2015, ApJ, 810, 103
15	Instability of Langmuir-beam waves: Kappa-distributed electrons Lazar, M., López, R. A., Poedts, S. & Shaaban, S. M., 2023, Physics of Plasmas, 30, 082106
15	Spontaneous emission of electromagnetic fluctuations in Kappa magnetized plasmas Kim, Sunjung, Schlickeiser, R., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Lazar, M., 2017, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 125003
14	Non-Thermal Solar Wind Electron Velocity Distribution Function Yoon, Peter H., López, Rodrigo A., Salem, Chadi S., Bonnell, John W. & Kim, Sunjung, 2024, Entropy, 26, 310
14	Simulation of electromagnetic fluctuations in thermal magnetized plasma López, Rodrigo A. & Yoon, Peter H., 2017, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 115003
14	Suprathermal Spontaneous Emissions in κ-distributed Plasmas Lazar, M., Kim, S., López, R. A., Yoon, P. H., Schlickeiser, R. & Poedts, S., 2018, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 868, L25
13	Hybrid Simulation and Quasi-linear Theory of Bi-Kappa Proton Instabilities López, R. A., Yoon, P. H., Viñas, A. F. & Lazar, M., 2023, ApJ, 954, 191
13	Parametric decays in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with relativistic temperatures López, Rodrigo A., Asenjo, Felipe A., Muñoz, Víctor & Alejandro Valdivia, J., 2012, Physics of Plasmas, 19, 082104
12	Bi-Kappa Proton Mirror and Cyclotron Instabilities in the Solar Wind Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Zaheer, S., 2023, ApJ, 950, 131
11	Boundary of the Distribution of Solar Wind Proton Beta versus Temperature Anisotropy Yoon, P. H., Lazar, M., Salem, C., Seough, J., Martinović, M. M., Klein, K. G. & López, R. A., 2024, ApJ, 969, 77
11	Mixing the Solar Wind Proton and Electron Scales. Theory and 2D-PIC Simulations of Firehose Instability López, R. A., Micera, A., Lazar, M., Poedts, S., Lapenta, G., Zhukov, A. N., Boella, E. & Shaaban, S. M., 2022, ApJ, 930, 158
11	Large-amplitude electromagnetic waves in magnetized relativistic plasmas with temperature Muñoz, V., Asenjo, F. A., Domínguez, M., López, R. A., Valdivia, J. A., Viñas, A. & Hada, T., 2014, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 21, 217
11	Low frequency electromagnetic fluctuations in Kappa magnetized plasmas Kim, Sunjung, Lazar, M., Schlickeiser, R., López, R. A. & Yoon, P. H., 2018, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 60, 075010
11	Magnetic fluctuations in anisotropic space plasmas: The effect of the plasma environment 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., 2016, Advances in Space Research, 58, 2126
10	Kinetic transverse dispersion relation for relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas with Maxwell-Jüttner velocity distribution functions López, Rodrigo A., Moya, Pablo S., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Valdivia, J. Alejandro, 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 092107
9	Simulation and Quasi-linear Theory of Magnetospheric Bernstein Mode Instability Lee, Junggi, Yoon, Peter H., Seough, Jungjoon, López, Rodrigo A., Hwang, Junga, Lee, Jaejin & Choe, G. S., 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 7320
9	Particle-in-cell simulation for parametric decays of a circularly polarized Alfvén wave in relativistic thermal electron-positron plasma López, Rodrigo A., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Alejandro Valdivia, J., 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 032102
9	About the effects of solar wind suprathermal electrons on electrostatic waves Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., 2022, Astrophysics and Space Science, 367, 104
8	On the interplay of solar wind proton and electron instabilities: linear and quasi-linear approaches Shaaban, S. M., Lazar, M., López, R. A. & Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., 2021, MNRAS, 503, 3134
8	Kappa-Distributed Electrons in Solar Outflows: Beam-Plasma Instabilities and Radio Emissions Lazar, M., López, R. A., Poedts, S. & Shaaban, S. M., 2023, Solar Physics, 298, 72
8	The aperiodic firehose instability of counter-beaming electrons in space plasmas Lazar, M., López, R. A., Moya, P. S., Poedts, S. & Shaaban, S. M., 2023, A&A, 670, A85
8	Spatial damping of parallel propagating electromagnetic waves in magnetized plasmas Khokhar, Tajammal H., Bashir, M. F., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Murtaza, G., 2018, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 084501
7	Spontaneous emission of Alfvénic fluctuations Yoon, P. H., López, R. A., Vafin, S., Kim, S. & Schlickeiser, R., 2017, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 095002
6	Critical density for Landau damping in a two-electron-component plasma Rupp, Constantin F., López, Rodrigo A. & Araneda, Jaime A., 2015, Physics of Plasmas, 22, 102306
6	Electromagnetic Thermal Noise in Upper-Hybrid Frequency Range Yoon, Peter H., Hwang, Junga, López, Rodrigo A., Kim, Sunjung & Lee, Jaejin, 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 5356
6	The effect of heavy ions on the dispersion properties of kinetic Alfvén waves in astrophysical plasmas Villarroel-Sepúlveda, N., López, R. A. & Moya, P. S., 2023, A&A, 675, A84
6	Decoding the formation of hammerhead ion populations observed by Parker Solar Probe Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, M., López, R. A., Yoon, P. H. & Poedts, S., 2024, A&A, 692, L6
6	Spatial propagation and damping of ordinary electromagnetic mode Khokhar, Tajammal H., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Murtaza, G., 2018, Physics of Plasmas, 25, 082114
5	A firehose-like aperiodic instability of counter-beaming electron plasmas López, R. A., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Moya, P. S., 2020, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 62, 075006
5	Magnetic Spectra Comparison for Kappa-distributed Whistler Electron Fluctuations H. P., Daniel, Moya, Pablo S., Zenteno-Quinteros, Bea & López, Rodrigo A., 2024, ApJ, 970, 132
5	Regulation of Solar Wind Electron Temperature Anisotropy by Collisions and Instabilities Yoon, Peter H., Salem, Chadi S., Klein, Kristopher G., Martinović, Mihailo M., López, Rodrigo A., Seough, Jungjoon, Sarfraz, Muhammad, Lazar, Marian & Shaaban, Shaaban M., 2024, ApJ, 975, 105
5	Effects of Thermal Fluctuations on Temperature Anisotropy Instabilities in the Solar Wind López, Rodrigo A. & Yoon, Peter H., 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 8924
3	Relativistic Cyclotron Instability in Anisotropic Plasmas López, Rodrigo A., Moya, Pablo S., Navarro, Roberto E., Araneda, Jaime A., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Alejandro Valdivia, J., 2016, ApJ, 832, 36
3	Comparing the Counter-beaming and Temperature Anisotropy Driven Aperiodic Electron Firehose Instabilities in Collisionless Plasma Environments Moya, Pablo S., López, Rodrigo A., Lazar, Marian, Poedts, Stefaan & Shaaban, Shaaban M., 2022, ApJ, 937, 49
3	Propagation of localized structures in relativistic magnetized electron-positron plasmas using particle-in-cell simulations López, Rodrigo A., Muñoz, Víctor, Viñas, Adolfo F. & Valdivia, Juan A., 2015, Physics of Plasmas, 22, 092115
3	Dynamic spectra of solar radio emissions from weak-turbulence simulation Lazar, M., Ziebell, L. F., Yoon, P. H., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., 2025, A&A, 696, A187
3	Heat-flux Instabilities of Regularized Kappa Distributed Strahl Electrons Resolved with ALPS Schröder, Dustin L., Lazar, Marian, López, Rodrigo A. & Fichtner, Horst, 2025, ApJ, 987, 110
2	Numerical simulations of temperature anisotropy instabilities stimulated by suprathermal protons Shaaban, S. M., López, R. A., Lazar, M. & Poedts, S., 2024, A&A, 691, A86
2	Alpha Core─Beam Origin in Low-β Solar Wind Plasma: Insights from Fully Kinetic Simulations Pezzini, L., Bacchini, F., Zhukov, A. N., Arró, G. & López, R. A., 2026, ApJ, 997, 158
2	Proton-Alpha Drift Instability of Electromagnetic Ion-Cyclotron Modes: Quasilinear Development Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, Marian, Yoon, Peter H., Poedts, Stefaan & López, Rodrigo A., 2021, Physics, 3, 1175
2	Regulation of temperature anisotropy for solar wind protons and alpha particles by collisions and instabilities 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, 2026, A&A, 705, A14
2	Cumulative Proton Right-handed Instabilities in the Young Solar Wind Observed by PSP Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, M., Fichtner, H., López, R. A. & Poedts, S., 2025, ApJ, 993, 1
2	Extended Scenarios for Solar Radio Emissions With Downshifted Electron Beam Plasma Excitations Lazar, M., López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Poedts, S. & Fichtner, H., 2025, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2024JA033597
1	Quasi-linear Analysis of Proton-cyclotron Instability Yoon, Peter H., López, Rodrigo A., Seough, Jungjoon, Rashid, Muhammad, Salem, Chadi S., Sarfraz, Muhammad, Lazar, Marian & Shaaban, Shaaban M., 2024, ApJ, 976, 173
0	Quasi-linear approach of bi-Kappa distributed electrons with dynamic κ parameter: EMEC instability Moya, Pablo S., Navarro, Roberto E., Lazar, Marian, Yoon, Peter H., López, Rodrigo A. & Poedts, Stefaan, 2026, A&A, 707, A78
0	Modeling complex plasma instabilities in space plasmas: Three-component electron formalism of heat-flux instabilities Schröder, Dustin L., Lazar, Marian, Fichtner, Horst, López, Rodrigo A. & Poedts, Stefaan, 2026, A&A, 709, A3
0	Dynamic spectra of type III radio emissions from particle-in-cell simulations Lazar, M., López, R. A., Poedts, S., Ziebell, L. F. & Yoon, P. H., 2026, A&A, 712, L11
0	Parker Solar Probe Observations of Proton Core-Beam Distributions in Heliospheric Current Sheet Region: Quasilinear Instability Analysis Combined With Collisional Relaxation Rashid, M., Yoon, P. H., Huang, J., Salem, C., Sarfraz, M., Alnussirat, S., López, R. A., Seough, J., Xie, H., Larson, D. & Livi, R., 2026, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 131, e2025JA034852
0	Wave─Particle Equilibria with Heavy Ions in Weakly Collisional Space Plasmas Villarroel-Sepúlveda, Nicolás, Verscharen, Daniel, Moya, Pablo S., López, Rodrigo A. & Klein, Kristopher G., 2026, ApJ, 1002, 49
0	The role of the thermal properties of electrons on the dispersion properties of Alfvén waves in space plasmas Villarroel-Sepúlveda, N., Moya, P. S., López, R. A. & Verscharen, D., 2024, A&A, 689, A261
0	Hybrid Simulations of the Proton Beam Instabilities in the Young Solar Wind: The Formation of Hammerhead-like Distributions López, R. A., Shaaban, Shaaban M., Lazar, M., Pezzini, L., Poedts, S., Fichtner, H. & Yoon, P. H., 2026, ApJ, 1005, 219