Publications of Francesco Pecora

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Francesco Pecora, 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: 0000-0003-4168-590X

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 41 (refereed: 40)
No. of citations: 508
First author papers: 14 (refereed: 13)

2026

  1. Characterization of the Alfvén Transition in the Young Solar Wind using Parker Solar Probe Observations Approaching Solar Maximum [1]
    Adhikari, Subash, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Goodwill, Joshua, Matthaeus, William H., Ruffolo, David, Thepthong, Panisara, Pongkitiwanichakul, Peera, Roy, Sohom, Pecora, Francesco, Chhiber, Rohit, Pradata, Rayta, Usmanov, Arcadi, Stevens, Michael, Badman, Samuel, Romeo, Orlando, Wang, Jiaming & Goldstein, Melvyn L., ApJ, 997, 259
  2. A learning module on the Sun and the space weather [0]
    Chiappetta, F., Meringolo, C., Riccardi, P., Cianni, W. Di, Pecora, F. & Prete, G., Physics Education, 61, 015030
  3. Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) [9]
    DeForest, Craig E., Gibson, Sarah E., Killough, Ronnie, Waltham, Nick R., Beasley, Matt N., Colaninno, Robin C., Laurent, Glenn T., Seaton, Daniel B., Hughes, J. Marcus, Guhathakurta, Madhulika, Viall, Nicholeen M., Attié, Raphael, Banerjee, Dipankar, Barnard, Luke, Biesecker, Doug A., Bisi, Mario M., Bothmer, Volker, Brody, Antonina, Burkepile, Joan, Cairns, Iver H., Campbell, Jennifer L., Case, Traci R., Caspi, Amir, Cheney, David, Chhiber, Rohit, Clapp, Matthew J., Cranmer, Steven R., Davies, Jackie A., de Koning, Curt A., Desai, Mihir I., Elliott, Heather A., Farid, Samaiyah, Gallardo-Lacourt, Bea, Gilly, Chris, Gobat, Caden, Hanson, Mary H., Harrison, Richard A., Hassler, Donald M., Henley, Chase, Henry, Alan M., Howard, Russell A., Jackson, Bernard V., Jones, Samuel, Kolinski, Don, Lamb, Derek A., Lehtinen, Florine, Lowder, Chris, Malanushenko, Anna, Matthaeus, William H., McComas, David J., McGee, Jacob, Morgan, Huw, Oberoi, Divya, Odstrcil, Dusan, Parmenter, Chris, Patel, Ritesh, Pecora, Francesco, Persyn, Steve, Pizzo, Victor J., Plunkett, Simon P., Provornikova, Elena, Raouafi, Nour Eddine, Redfern, Jillian A., Rouillard, Alexis P., Smith, Kelly D., Smith, Keith B., Talpas, Zachary S., Tappin, S. James, Thernisien, Arnaud, Thompson, Barbara J., Van Kooten, Samuel, Walsh, Kevin J., Webb, David F., Wells, William L., West, Matthew J., Wiens, Zachary, Yang, Yan & Zhukov, Andrei N., Solar Physics, 301, 16
  4. Parker Solar Probe analysis across the Alfvénic transition: velocity shear, magnetic deflection, and switchback formation [0]
    Goodwill, Joshua, Adhikari, Subash, Payne, Dominic, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Badman, Samuel, Pecora, Francesco, Pongkitiwanichakul, Peera, Pradata, Rayta, Romeo, Orlando, Roy, Sohom, Ruffolo, David, Stevens, Michael, Thepthong, Panisara, Usmanov, Arcadi, Wang, Jiaming, Goldstein, Melvyn L., Chhiber, Rohit & Matthaeus, William H., MNRAS, 547, stag242
  5. Interplanetary magnetic correlation and low-frequency spectrum over many solar rotations [2]
    Wang, Jiaming, Pecora, Francesco, Chhiber, Rohit, Roy, Sohom & Matthaeus, William H., Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 123, e2519811122

2025

  1. Estimation of Effective Viscosity to Quantify Collisional Behavior in Collisionless Plasma [3]
    Adhikari, Subash, González, Carlos A., Yang, Yan, Oughton, Sean, Pecora, Francesco, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi & Matthaeus, William H., ApJ, 992, 180
  2. The Effect of Turbulence on the Angular Momentum of the Solar Wind [5]
    Chhiber, Rohit, Usmanov, Arcadi V., Matthaeus, William H. & Pecora, Francesco, ApJ, 985, L13
  3. Distinct Solar Energetic Particle Shock Intensity─Diffusion Coefficient Relationships in the Inner Heliosphere [0]
    Cuesta, M. E., Fraschetti, F., Livadiotis, G., Farooki, H. A., Shen, M. M., Khoo, L. Y., Szalay, J. R., Rankin, J. S., McComas, D. J., Mitchell, D. G., Christian, E. R., Mitchell, J. G., Berland, G. D., Cohen, C. M. S., Leske, R. A., Xu, Z., Muro, G. D., Pecora, F., Ruffolo, D., Matthaeus, W. H., Giacalone, J., Schwadron, N. A., Desai, M. I., Dayeh, M. A., Bale, S. D., Stevens, M. L. & Livi, R., ApJ, 993, L15
  4. General properties of the magnetosheath: the MMS unbiased campaign [1]
    Pecora, Francesco, Chhiber, Rohit, Roy, Sohom, Chasapis, Alexandros, Vo, Tien, Sorriso-Valvo, Luca, Montagud-Camps, Victor, Wang, Jiaming & Matthaeus, William H., essoar.173939561
  5. Turbulence in the terrestrial magnetosheath: Space-time correlation using the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission [0]
    Pecora, Francesco, Matthaeus, William H., Greco, Antonella, Dmitruk, Pablo, Yang, Yan, Carbone, Vincenzo & Servidio, Sergio, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 122, e2519635122
  6. Observations of 1/f Noise at Mercury's Solar Wind Using MESSENGER Data [5]
    Pradata, Rayta A., Roy, Sohom, Matthaeus, William H., Wang, Jiaming, Chhiber, Rohit, Pecora, Francesco & Yang, Yan, ApJ, 984, L23

2024

  1. The Alfvén transition zone observed by the Parker Solar Probe in young solar wind - global properties and model comparisons [17]
    Chhiber, Rohit, Pecora, Francesco, Usmanov, Arcadi V., Matthaeus, William H., Goldstein, Melvyn L., Roy, Sohom, Wang, Jiaming, Thepthong, Panisara & Ruffolo, David, MNRAS, 533, L70
  2. Correlation of Coronal Mass Ejection Shock Temperature with Solar Energetic Particle Intensity [8]
    Cuesta, Manuel Enrique, McComas, D. J., Khoo, L. Y., Bandyopadhyay, R., Sharma, T., Shen, M. M., Rankin, J. S., Cummings, A. T., Szalay, J. R., Cohen, C. M. S., Schwadron, N. A., Chhiber, R., Pecora, F., Matthaeus, W. H., Leske, R. A. & Stevens, M. L., ApJ, 964, 114
  3. A Closer Look at Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Solar Wind at 1 au: Results from Improved Automated Detection [7]
    Farooki, Hameedullah, Noh, Sung Jun, Lee, Jeongwoo, Wang, Haimin, Kim, Hyomin, Abduallah, Yasser, Wang, Jason T. L., Chen, Yu, Servidio, Sergio & Pecora, Francesco, ApJS, 271, 42
  4. Axial Flux Evolution of Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes from 0.06 to 10 au [7]
    Farooki, Hameedullah, Lee, Jeongwoo, Pecora, Francesco, Wang, Haimin & Kim, Hyomin, ApJ, 965, L18
  5. Evaluation of Scale-dependent Kurtosis with HelioSwarm [1]
    Pecora, Francesco, Pucci, Francesco, Malara, Francesco, Klein, Kristopher G., Marcucci, Maria Federica, Retinò, Alessandro & Matthaeus, William, ApJ, 970, L36
  6. Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Simulations as a Testing Ground for PUNCH [3]
    Pecora, Francesco, Yang, Yan, Gibson, Sarah, Viall, Nicholeen M., Chhiber, Rohit, DeForest, Craig & Matthaeus, William H., Solar Physics, 299, 137
  7. In-situ observations of the three-dimensional energy cascade rate and Yaglom flux in the Earth's magnetosheath [0]
    Pecora, Francesco, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 66, 125008
  8. Observed Fluctuation Enhancement and Departure from WKB Theory in Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind [7]
    Ruffolo, David, Thepthong, Panisara, Pongkitiwanichakul, Peera, Roy, Sohom, Pecora, Francesco, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Chhiber, Rohit, Usmanov, Arcadi V., Stevens, Michael, Badman, Samuel, Romeo, Orlando, Wang, Jiaming, Goodwill, Joshua, Goldstein, Melvyn L. & Matthaeus, William H., ApJ, 977, L19
  9. Parker Solar Probe Observations of Energetic Particles in the Flank of a Coronal Mass Ejection Close to the Sun [6]
    Schwadron, N. A., Bale, Stuart D., Bonnell, J., Case, A., Shen, M., Christian, E. R., Cohen, C. M. S., Davis, A. J., Desai, M. I., Goetz, K., Giacalone, J., Hill, M. E., Kasper, J. C., Korreck, K., Larson, D., Livi, R., Lim, T., Leske, R. A., Malandraki, O., Malaspina, D., Matthaeus, W. H., McComas, D. J., McNutt, R. L., Mewaldt, R. A., Mitchell, D. G., Niehof, J. T., Pulupa, M., Pecora, Francesco, Rankin, J. S., Smith, C., Stone, E. C., Szalay, J. R., Vourlidas, A., Wiedenbeck, M. E. & Whittlesey, P., ApJ, 970, 98
  10. Anisotropy of Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind at 1 au [13]
    Wang, Jiaming, Chhiber, Rohit, Roy, Sohom, Cuesta, Manuel E., Pecora, Francesco, Yang, Yan, Fu, Xiangrong, Li, Hui & Matthaeus, William H., ApJ, 967, 150
  11. 1/f Noise in the Heliosphere: A Target for PUNCH Science [10]
    Wang, Jiaming, Matthaeus, William H., Chhiber, Rohit, Roy, Sohom, Pradata, Rayta A., Pecora, Francesco & Yang, Yan, Solar Physics, 299, 169
  12. Effective viscosity, resistivity, and Reynolds number in weakly collisional plasma turbulence [10]
    Yang, Yan, Matthaeus, William H., Oughton, Sean, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Pecora, Francesco, Parashar, Tulasi N., Roytershteyn, Vadim, Chasapis, Alexandros & Shay, Michael A., MNRAS, 528, 6119

2023

  1. Compressible Turbulence in the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Parker Solar Probe's First Eight Perihelia [11]
    Cuesta, Manuel Enrique, Chhiber, Rohit, Fu, Xiangrong, Du, Senbei, Yang, Yan, Pecora, Francesco, Matthaeus, William H., Li, Hui, Steinberg, John, Guo, Fan, Gan, Zhaoming, Conrad, Emma & Swanson, Diana, ApJ, 949, L19
  2. The Eruption of a Magnetic Flux Rope Observed by Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe [17]
    Long, David M., Green, Lucie M., Pecora, Francesco, Brooks, David H., Strecker, Hanna, Orozco-Suárez, David, Hayes, Laura A., Davies, Emma E., Amerstorfer, Ute V., Mierla, Marilena, Lario, David, Berghmans, David, Zhukov, Andrei N. & Rüdisser, Hannah T., ApJ, 955, 152
  3. Parker Solar Probe Encounters the Leg of a Coronal Mass Ejection at 14 Solar Radii [15]
    McComas, D. J., Sharma, T., Christian, E. R., Cohen, C. M. S., Desai, M. I., Hill, M. E., Khoo, L. Y., Matthaeus, W. H., Mitchell, D. G., Pecora, F., Rankin, J. S., Schwadron, N. A., Szalay, J. R., Shen, M. M., Braga, C. R., Mostafavi, P. S. & Bale, S. D., ApJ, 943, 71
  4. Relaxation of the turbulent magnetosheath [10]
    Pecora, F., Yang, Y., Chasapis, A., Servidio, S., Cuesta, M. E., Roy, S., Chhiber, R., Bandyopadhyay, R., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Burch, J. L. & Matthaeus, W. H., MNRAS, 525, 67
  5. Three-Dimensional Energy Transfer in Space Plasma Turbulence from Multipoint Measurement [14]
    Pecora, Francesco, Yang, Yan, Matthaeus, William H., Chasapis, Alexandros, Klein, Kristopher G., Stevens, Michael, Servidio, Sergio, Greco, Antonella, Gershman, Daniel J., Giles, Barbara L. & Burch, James L., Physical Review Letters, 131, 225201
  6. Multipoint Turbulence Analysis with HelioSwarm [13]
    Pecora, Francesco, Servidio, Sergio, Primavera, Leonardo, Greco, Antonella, Yang, Yan & Matthaeus, William H., ApJ, 945, L20
  7. Quantifying the Agyrotropy of Proton and Electron Heating in Turbulent Plasmas [10]
    Yang, Yan, Pecora, Francesco, Matthaeus, William H., Roy, Sohom, Cuesta, Manuel Enrique, Chasapis, Alexandros, Parashar, Tulasi, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L. & Burch, J. L., ApJ, 944, 148

2022

  1. Isotropization and Evolution of Energy-containing Eddies in Solar Wind Turbulence: Parker Solar Probe, Helios 1, ACE, WIND, and Voyager 1 [39]
    Cuesta, Manuel Enrique, Chhiber, Rohit, Roy, Sohom, Goodwill, Joshua, Pecora, Francesco, Jarosik, Jake, Matthaeus, William H., Parashar, Tulasi N. & Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi, ApJ, 932, L11
  2. Magnetic Switchback Occurrence Rates in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe and 1 au [33]
    Pecora, Francesco, Matthaeus, William H., Primavera, Leonardo, Greco, Antonella, Chhiber, Rohit, Bandyopadhyay, Riddhi & Servidio, Sergio, ApJ, 929, L10
  3. On the Transmission of Turbulent Structures across the Earth's Bow Shock [31]
    Trotta, Domenico, Pecora, Francesco, Settino, Adriana, Perrone, Denise, Hietala, Heli, Horbury, Timothy, Matthaeus, William, Burgess, David, Servidio, Sergio & Valentini, Francesco, ApJ, 933, 167

2021

  1. Current Sheets, Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Heliosphere. Part I. 2-D or not 2-D? General and Observational Aspects [51]
    Khabarova, O., Malandraki, O., Malova, H., Kislov, R., Greco, A., Bruno, R., Pezzi, O., Servidio, S., Li, Gang, Matthaeus, W., Le Roux, J., Engelbrecht, N. E., Pecora, F., Zelenyi, L., Obridko, V. & Kuznetsov, V., Space Science Reviews, 217, 38
  2. Parker Solar Probe observations of helical structures as boundaries for energetic particles [23]
    Pecora, F., Servidio, S., Greco, A., Matthaeus, W. H., McComas, D. J., Giacalone, J., Joyce, C. J., Getachew, T., Cohen, C. M. S., Leske, R. A., Wiedenbeck, M. E., McNutt, R. L., Hill, M. E., Mitchell, D. G., Christian, E. R., Roelof, E. C., Schwadron, N. A. & Bale, S. D., MNRAS, 508, 2114
  3. Identification of coherent structures in space plasmas: the magnetic helicity-PVI method [29]
    Pecora, F., Servidio, S., Greco, A. & Matthaeus, W. H., A&A, 650, A20
  4. Current Sheets, Plasmoids and Flux Ropes in the Heliosphere. Part II: Theoretical Aspects [32]
    Pezzi, O., Pecora, F., Le Roux, J., Engelbrecht, N. E., Greco, A., Servidio, S., Malova, H. V., Khabarova, O. V., Malandraki, O., Bruno, R., Matthaeus, W. H., Li, G., Zelenyi, L. M., Kislov, R. A., Obridko, V. N. & Kuznetsov, V. D., Space Science Reviews, 217, 39

2020

  1. A bridge between research, education and communication [10]
    Chiappetta, F., Pecora, F., Prete, G., Settino, A., Carbone, V. & Riccardi, P., Nature Astronomy, 4, 2

2019

  1. Statistical Analysis of Ions in Two-Dimensional Plasma Turbulence [8]
    Pecora, Francesco, Pucci, Francesco, Lapenta, Giovanni, Burgess, David & Servidio, Sergio, Solar Physics, 294, 114
  2. Single-spacecraft Identification of Flux Tubes and Current Sheets in the Solar Wind [28]
    Pecora, Francesco, Greco, Antonella, Hu, Qiang, Servidio, Sergio, Chasapis, Alexandros G. & Matthaeus, William H., ApJ, 881, L11

2018

  1. Ion diffusion and acceleration in plasma turbulence [19]
    Pecora, F., Servidio, S., Greco, A., Matthaeus, W. H., Burgess, D., Haynes, C. T., Carbone, V. & Veltri, P., Journal of Plasma Physics, 84, 725840601

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