Vytenis Marija Vasyliunas

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Vytenis Marija Vasyliunas's Degrees

PhD Physics University of Chicago
Masters Physics University of Chicago
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What is a geomagnetic storm (1994) (1817)
A survey of low-energy electrons in the evening sector of the magnetosphere with OGO 1 and OGO 3. (1968) (1425)
Theoretical models of magnetic field line merging (1975) (1215)
First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment (2001) (1181)
Mathematical models of magnetospheric convection and its coupling to the ionosphere (1970) (717)
Corotating solar wind streams and recurrent geomagnetic activity: A review (2006) (547)
Plasma distribution and flow (1983) (501)
Global dayside ionospheric uplift and enhancement associated with interplanetary electric fields (2004) (404)
Current understanding of magnetic storms: storm-substorm relationships (1998) (350)
On the flux and the energy spectrum of interstellar ions in the solar system (1976) (312)
The Interrelationship of Magnetospheric Processes (1972) (310)
The plasma experiment on the 1977 Voyager Mission (1977) (258)
Plasma Observations Near Jupiter: Initial Results from Voyager 1 (1979) (227)
Plasma Observations at Io with the Galileo Spacecraft (1996) (199)
Scaling relations governing magnetospheric energy transfer (1982) (185)
Plasma observations near saturn: initial results from voyager 1. (1981) (174)
Prompt penetration electric fields (PPEFs) and their ionospheric effects during the great magnetic storm of 30-31 October 2003 (2008) (172)
RAPID – The Imaging Energetic Particle Spectrometer on Cluster (1993) (156)
Plasma Observations Near Uranus: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1979) (150)
On the balance of stresses in the plasma sheet (1972) (139)
Saturn: Search for a missing water source (2002) (115)
Plasma Observations Near Jupiter: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1979) (115)
The Configuration of Jupiter ’ s Magnetosphere (2003) (112)
Observations at the planet Mercury by the plasma electron experiment, Mariner 10 (1976) (102)
Meaning of ionospheric Joule heating (2004) (98)
Plasma Observations Near Neptune: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1989) (94)
Plasma density distribution along the magnetospheric field: RPI observations from IMAGE (2001) (87)
Plasmaspheric mass loss and refilling as a result of a magnetic storm (2004) (82)
Electric field and plasma flow: What drives what? (2001) (79)
OH in Saturn's magnetosphere: Observations and implications (1998) (79)
Low-energy electrons on the day side of the magnetosphere (1968) (77)
Deep space plasma measurements (1971) (65)
The ionosphere of Ganymede (2001) (59)
Jovian auroral signature of Io's corotational wake (2002) (58)
Interaction between the magnetospheric boundary layers and the ionosphere (1979) (58)
An Overview of Magnetospheric Dynamics (1976) (54)
Auroral zone dayside precipitation during magnetic storm initial phases (2001) (52)
Simultaneous IMP 2 and OGO 1 observations of bow shock compression (1968) (51)
The magnetic anomaly model of the Jovian magnetosphere: Predictions for Voyager (1979) (50)
The magnetic-anomaly model of the Jovian magnetosphere - A post-Voyager assessment (1981) (50)
The convection-dominated magnetosphere of Uranus (1986) (50)
24 - The configuration of Jupiter's magnetosphere (2004) (45)
Theoretical modeling for the stereo mission (2008) (43)
Role of the plasma acceleration time in the dynamics of the Jovian magnetosphere (1994) (41)
Interplanetary Shocks, Magnetopause Boundary Layers and Dayside Auroras: The Importance of a Very Small Magnetospheric Region (2001) (40)
Electron density distribution over the northern polar region deduced from IMAGE/radio plasma imager sounding (2003) (40)
Modeling the Europa plasma torus (1993) (38)
Evidence for a geomagnetic wake at 500 Earth radii (1970) (38)
The largest imaginable magnetic storm (2001) (37)
Low energy electrons in the magnetosphere as observed by OGO-1 and OGO-3 (1969) (35)
Relation between magnetic fields and electric currents in plasmas (2005) (35)
Plasma Observations Near Saturn: Initial Results from Voyager 2 (1982) (35)
Magnetospheric substorms: Some problems and controversies (1973) (35)
Comparing Jupiter and Saturn: dimensionless input rates from plasma sources within the magnetosphere (2008) (34)
Time evolution of electric fields and currents and the generalized Ohm's law (2005) (33)
A two‐dimensional model of plasma transport and chemistry in the Jovian magnetosphere (1998) (33)
Fundamentals of Current Description (2013) (31)
Nonuniqueness of magnetic field line motion (1972) (31)
A simple derivation of the Dessler‐Parker‐Sckopke relation (1968) (31)
Magnetosphere-ionosphere/thermosphere coupling: Self-consistent solutions for a one-dimensional stratified ionosphere in three-fluid theory (2009) (30)
Low energy particle fluxes in the geomagnetic tail (1970) (30)
Magnetospheric Cleft Symposium (1974) (30)
Modulation of Jovian interplanetary electrons and the longitude variation of decametric emissions (1975) (29)
Outflow of ions from Ganymede: A reinterpretation (2000) (29)
Heating of the solar atmosphere by strong damping of Alfvén waves (2009) (29)
Geometry of the plasma sheet in the midnight‐to‐dawn sector of the Jovian Magnetosphere: Plasma observations with the Galileo spacecraft (1997) (28)
A crude estimate of the relation between the solar wind speed and the magnetospheric electric field (1968) (28)
Concepts of magnetospheric convection (1975) (27)
The physical basis of ionospheric electrodynamics (2012) (25)
Solar wind‐magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling: Neutral atmosphere effects on signal propagation (2005) (25)
The mechanical advantage of the magnetosphere: solar-wind-related forces in the magnetosphere-ionosphere-Earth system (2007) (24)
Upper limit on the electric field along a magnetic O line (1980) (24)
Ionosphere/thermosphere heating determined from dynamic magnetosphere-ionosphere/thermosphere coupling (2011) (22)
Millimeter wave atmospheric sounding from space shuttle (1985) (22)
IMPACT: Science goals and firsts with STEREO (2005) (21)
Discussion of paper by Harold E. Taylor and Edward W. Hones, Jr., ‘Adiabatic motion of auroral particles in a model of the electric and magnetic fields surrounding the Earth’ (1968) (20)
Reinterpreting the Burton‐McPherron‐Russell equation for predicting Dst (2006) (19)
Mathematical theory of isothermal blast waves and the question of their applicability to supernova remnants (1976) (19)
A note on current closure (1999) (19)
Multiple‐Branch Model of the open magnetopause (1995) (18)
A method for evaluating the total magnetospheric energy output independently of the ε parameter (1987) (18)
Maximum scales for preserving flux tube content in radial diffusion driven by interchange motions (1989) (17)
Electrodynamics of the Ionosphere/Magnetosphere/Solar Wind System at High Latitudes (1989) (16)
AME: A Cross-Scale Constellation of CubeSats to Explore Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar–Terrestrial Relation (2020) (14)
Steady State Aspects of Magnetic Field Line Merging (2013) (14)
Substorm research moves toward a unifying framework (1998) (14)
Plasma Observations at Venus with Galileo (1991) (14)
Comparative magnetospheres: lessons for Earth (2004) (14)
Theories of magnetospheres around accreting compact objects (1979) (13)
A THREE-FLUID MODEL OF SOLAR WIND-MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE COUPLING (2005) (13)
Low‐frequency waves in the solar wind near Neptune (1991) (12)
Physical origin of pickup currents (2016) (12)
Time scale for magnetic field changes after substorm onset: Constraints from dimensional analysis (1996) (11)
Inductive‐dynamic magnetosphere‐ionosphere coupling via MHD waves (2014) (11)
Neptune's polar cusp region: Observations and magnetic field analysis (1992) (11)
Theoretical considerations on where a substorm begins (1998) (10)
Large-Scale Morphology of the Magnetosphere (1983) (9)
Fundamental Concepts Associated with Magnetic Reconnection (2016) (9)
Plasma Sheet Dynamics: Effects on, and Feedback from, the Polar Ionosphere (1980) (9)
Global dayside ionospheric uplift and enhancements due to interplanetary shock electric fields (2017) (9)
Decrease in SYM-H during a storm main phase without evidence of a ring current injection (2015) (8)
Ionospheric and boundary contributions to the Dessler-Parker-Sckopke formula for Dst (2006) (8)
EFFECT OF HORIZONTALLY INHOMOGENEOUS HEATING ON FLOW AND MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE CHROMOSPHERE OF THE SUN (2014) (7)
Solar Wind - Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling: Signal Arrival Time and Perturbation Relations (2002) (6)
Terrestrial cometary tail and lunar corona induced by small comets: Predictions for Galileo (1990) (6)
Observations of low energy electrons with the OGO-A satellite. (1966) (6)
Inductive-dynamic coupling of the ionosphere with the thermosphere and the magnetosphere (2014) (6)
Rotationally driven interchange instability: Reply to André and Ferrière (2007) (6)
Fundamentals of planetary magnetospheres (2009) (6)
Evidence for a diurnally rocking plasma mantle at Neptune (1990) (6)
Plasma temperature profiles in the magnetosphere of Neptune (1995) (5)
THERMAL AND SUPRATHERMAL PLASMAS IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE. (1971) (5)
Corrections to paper by Vytenis M. Vasyliunas ‘A survey of low-energy electrons in the evening sector of the magnetosphere with OGO 1 and OGO 3’ (1968) (5)
Lack of evidence for solar-cycle variations in high-speed streams in the solar wind (1975) (5)
Comment on 'Simulation Study on Fundamental Properties of the Storm-Time Ring Current' by Y. Ebihara and M. Ejiri (2001) (5)
The last words (1984) (5)
Heat conduction limits on calorimetric effects at Mercury due to solar wind‐magnetosphere interactions (1987) (4)
MAGNETIC FIELD LINE MERGING: BASIC CONCEPTS (1983) (4)
Physics of the Jovian magnetosphere. 11. Plasma distribution and flow. (1983) (4)
Aspects of global magnetospheric processes (2010) (4)
The low energy plasma in the Uranian magnetosphere (1987) (4)
Correction [to “Plasma temperature profiles in the magnetosphere of Neptune” by A. Eviatar, V. M. Vasyliūnas, and J. D. Richardson] (1996) (3)
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere/Thermosphere Coupling: Self-consistent Solutions for a 1-D Stratified Ionosphere in 3-fluid Theory (2009) (3)
Energy conversion in planetary magnetospheres (2010) (3)
Magnetotail: Unsolved Fundamental Problem of Magnetospheric Physics (2015) (3)
Plasma Density Distributions in the Ionosphere of Ganymede (1999) (3)
The Dayside Ionospheric "Superfountain" (DIS), plasma transport and other consequences (2006) (3)
25 - The Dynamics of the Jovian magnetosphere (2004) (3)
Non‐existence of gravitationally controlled partial corotation in cosmogonic plasmas (1987) (3)
Time scale of the largest imaginable magnetic storm (2011) (3)
The giant planets and their satellites: Report on the Cospar Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, May 18–21, 1982 (1983) (2)
Plasma Astrophysics And Space Physics (2012) (2)
Interplanetary fields and plasmas (1971) (2)
Dimensionless parameters for classifying solar wind interactions (1989) (2)
Reply [to “Comment on “Current understanding of magnetic storms: Storm‐substorm relationships,” by Y. Kamide et al.”] (1999) (2)
Theoretical models of magnetic field line merging. I. [in cosmic plasmas (1975) (2)
Interplanetary Shock Triggering of Planetary Auroras (2000) (2)
How is the ionosphere driven by the magnetosphere? (2011) (2)
Understanding the Magnetosphere: The Counter-intuitive Simplicity of Cosmic Electrodynamics (2008) (2)
How energy is conserved in Newtonian gravity (2022) (1)
Summary of Conference (1985) (1)
Comment on “The superposition of rotating and stationary magnetic sources: Implications for the auroral region” [Phys. Plasmas 10, 2971 (2003)] (2004) (1)
Reply [to “Comment on “A note on current closure” by Vytenis M. Vasyliunas”] (2000) (1)
Dialogue on the relative roles of reconnection and the "viscous" interaction in providing solar-wind energy to the magnetosphere (2017) (1)
The magnetospheres of Uranus and Neptune : what we know and what we don ’ t know (2011) (1)
Prompt Penetration of Magnetospheric Convection to Low Latitudes: What is the Physical Mechanism? (2006) (1)
Role of the solar wind in the structure and dynamics of magnetospheres (2013) (1)
Numerical simulations for CLUSTER tested with EQUATOR-S and GEOTAIL (2000) (1)
Magnetosphere: From Plasma Observations to Reconnection Theory (2020) (1)
Dispersion Relation and Perturbation Relations for a Three-Fluid Plasma (2002) (0)
Stress balance in the Jovian magnetotail: implications of empirical models (2003) (0)
Transport in the magnetosphere of Jupiter: Plasma transport out of the Io torus (2018) (0)
Physics of the Space Environment (2000) (0)
Limitations of the magnetic field line concept and consequences for reconnection (2017) (0)
Understanding of the Temperature Profile of the Solar Chromosphere (2016) (0)
Definitions of Reconnection Revisited: Distinction Between Magnetic Reconnection and Plasma Reconnection (2015) (0)
The Source of Protons at Io (2002) (0)
Stress balance of “camshaft” magnetic fields (2015) (0)
SCHWARM - a swarm of small spacecraft to study plasma turbulence and magnetic field annihilation (1999) (0)
The Solar and Interplanetary Causes of Magnetic Storms, Substorms and Quiet (2000) (0)
Chromospheric Circulation Driven by Horizontally Inhomogeneous Heating (2013) (0)
The Ptolemaic Approach to Ionospheric Electrodynamics (2010) (0)
Large-scale models of the ionosphere/magnetosphere/solar wind system - MHD as a unifying principle (2013) (0)
Stress Balance of Strong Magnetic Fields in the Solar Photosphere and Chromosphere (2016) (0)
Angular momentum transfer at Jupiter: boundary conditions required by field-aligned potential (2009) (0)
Comparative Magnetospheres in the Solar System (2015) (0)
Depletion and Refilling of the Plasmasphere as a Result of a Magnetostorm (2002) (0)
Origin of periodicities in Saturn's magnetosphere: Is it a phenomenon unique to Saturn? (2014) (0)
How do horizontal neutral winds create vertical plasma flows (2012) (0)
Physical nature of near-Earth magnetotail reconnection events (2015) (0)
Principles Of Heliophysics: a textbook on the universal processes behind planetary habitability (2019) (0)
A One-dimensional Ionosphere Solution with Self-consistent Neutral Motion (2004) (0)
Trapped energetic electrons at Ganymede revisited (2003) (0)
James B. Macelwane Award to Dan McKenzie, Gerald Schubert and Vytenis M. Vasyliunas (1975) (0)
Book review ``Physics of the Space Environment'' by Tamas I. Gombosi (2000) (0)
Role of waves in the dynamics of planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres (2016) (0)
The Axford conjecture and the properties of an open magnetosphere (2014) (0)
Methods of Small-Scale Multi-Satellite Measurements for Project Roy (2000) (0)
Summary of the Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Physical Signatures of Magnetospheric Boundary Layer Processes (1994) (0)
Calculating the external magnetic force on the Earth's dipole (2010) (0)
25 Dynamics of the J avian Magnetosphere (2009) (0)
Plasma transport out of the Io torus: Open questions (2017) (0)
Plasma transport out of the Io torus (2017) (0)
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere/Thermosphere Coupling (2001) (0)
The Magnetosphere: A System of Standing Waves (2017) (0)
Impossibility of calculating magnetic field change from current disruption (2007) (0)
Puzzles of Saturns dual periodicities: irrelevance of the rotation rate (2015) (0)
Relation between global and local aspects of reconnection (1989) (0)
A high latitude electron density model derived from image/RPI sounding (2002) (0)
Alfvén wings in the solar system (2015) (0)
A Model of the Chromosphere: Heating, Structures, and Convection (2012) (0)
Model of An Expanding Heliosphere (2015) (0)
Revising the triggers of the 31 March 2001 geomagnetic storm (2013) (0)
Outflow of plasma without removal of magnetic flux: The three-dimensional magnetic topology (2018) (0)
Neutral-plasma Interaction in the Chromosphere: Collisional Heating (2008) (0)
Magnetospheric Particles and Fields 1975: Summary (1976) (0)
Obituary: Sir Ian Axford FRS (2010) (0)
Interacting With Alex Dessler: Birkeland Currents, Jovian Aurora, Magnetic Anomaly, and More (2018) (0)
In Memoriam: Sir Ian Axford (1933-2010) (2010) (0)
Relative importance of thermosphere/ionosphere in magnetospheric electrodynamics at Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn (2014) (0)
Harry Petschek and the Universality of Magnetic Reconnection (2006) (0)
In Memoriam Arne K. Richter (1941-2015) (2015) (0)
Observational Constraints on Theoretical Description of Plasma and Magnetic Flux Transport in the Io Torus (2019) (0)
What is the real magnetic topology of the Vasyliunas cycle (2018) (0)
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE PROFILES IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE OF NEPTUNE (1997) (0)
Herbert S. Bridge (1996) (0)
Chapter 1 Fundamental Concepts Associated with Magnetic Reconnection (2016) (0)

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