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

48	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, ApJ, 903, L23
46	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, ApJ, 900, L25
40	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
40	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, ApJ, 873, L20
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
29	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
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
26	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, ApJ, 882, L8
23	Spontaneous emission of electromagnetic fluctuations in magnetized plasmas Yoon, Peter H. & López, Rodrigo A., 2017, Physics of Plasmas, 24, 022117
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	Electron mirror and cyclotron instabilities for solar wind plasma Sarfraz, M., López, R. A., Ahmed, Shahzad & Yoon, P. H., 2022, MNRAS, 509, 3764
22	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
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
21	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	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
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
16	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
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	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	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, ApJ, 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	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
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
13	Instability of Langmuir-beam waves: Kappa-distributed electrons Lazar, M., López, R. A., Poedts, S. & Shaaban, S. M., 2023, Physics of Plasmas, 30, 082106
12	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
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	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	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
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	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
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
9	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	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
8	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
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
7	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	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
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
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
5	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	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
5	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
4	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
4	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
3	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
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	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
2	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
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	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	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
2	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
1	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
1	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
0	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
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	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
0	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