First-authored, refereed papers of Eric J. Zirnstein

A list of first-authored, refereed publications of Eric J. Zirnstein, 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: 0000-0001-7240-0618

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 37
No. of citations: 1026

2026

  1. Kelvin─Helmholtz Instability and Energetic Neutral Atoms in the Heliosphere [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Fraternale, F., Pogorelov, N. V. & Bera, R. K., ApJ, 997, L11

2025

  1. Global heliospheric termination shock strength in the solar-interstellar interaction [1]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Shrestha, B. L., Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & Szalay, J. R., Nature Astronomy, 9, 1495
  2. Distance to the IBEX Ribbon beyond the Heliopause [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 995, 208
  3. Slab Turbulence in the Very Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon [1]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Giacalone, J., Zank, G. P., Guo, F., Heerikhuisen, J., Li, H. & Reisenfeld, D. B., ApJ, 993, 219
  4. Predictions for New Horizons' SWAP Measurements Downstream of the Heliospheric Termination Shock [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Shrestha, B. L., Elliott, H. A., Brandt, P. C., Stern, S. A., Poppe, A. R., Parker, J., Provornikova, E., Singer, K., Verbiscer, A. & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, ApJ, 987, L23
  5. Formation of H+ PUI Tails Downstream of Distant Interplanetary Shocks [0]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Shrestha, B. L., Elliott, H. A., Brandt, P. C., Stern, S. A., Poppe, A. R., Parker, J., Provornikova, E., Singer, K., Verbiscer, A. & New Horizons Heliophysics Team, ApJ, 986, 205
  6. Viewing Global Changes in the Heliosheath with IMAP's Energetic Neutral Atom Imagers [4]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Bower, J., Clark, G., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O., Gkioulidou, M., Mitchell, D. G., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 985, 188

2024

  1. Evolving Outer Heliosphere: Tracking Solar Wind Transients from 1 au to the VLISM with IBEX and Voyager 1 [7]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Rankin, J. S., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J., Swaczyna, P., Beesley, L. J. & Reisenfeld, D. B., ApJ, 974, 213

2023

  1. Constraints on the IBEX Ribbon's Origin from Its Evolution over a Solar Cycle [11]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 949, 45

2022

  1. In Situ Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ions from 1 au to the Outer Heliosphere [35]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Möbius, E., Zhang, M., Bower, J., Elliott, H. A., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V. & Swaczyna, P., Space Science Reviews, 218, 28
  2. Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [12]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Dayeh, M. A., Rankin, J. S., McComas, D. J. & Swaczyna, P., ApJ, 937, L38
  3. Oblique and rippled heliosphere structures from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer [22]
    Zirnstein, Eric J., Shrestha, Bishwas L., McComas, David J., Dayeh, Maher A., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Sokół, Justyna M. & Swaczyna, Paweł, Nature Astronomy, 6, 1398

2021

  1. Heliosheath Proton Distribution in the Plasma Reference Frame [28]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Swaczyna, P., ApJS, 252, 26
  2. Turbulent Acceleration of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Heliospheric Termination Shock Forms the Global ENA Spectrum [24]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Bandyopadhyay, R., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 916, L21
  3. Dependence of the IBEX Ribbon Geometry on Pitch-Angle Scattering outside the Heliopause [9]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 908, 35

2020

  1. Distance to the Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Source from the Heliotail [14]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., ApJ, 897, 138
  2. Asymmetric Structure of the Solar Wind and Heliosphere from IBEX Observations [11]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., ApJ, 894, 13
  3. Response of Pickup Ions in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to Solar Variations: Implications for the Evolution of the IBEX Ribbon and Interstellar Helium [11]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Mostafavi, P., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Pogorelov, N. V., ApJ, 891, 56
  4. Turbulence in the Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon [27]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Giacalone, J., Kumar, R., McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 888, 29

2019

  1. Parallax of the IBEX Ribbon Indicates a Spatially Retained Source [16]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P., McComas, D. J. & Heerikhuisen, J., ApJ, 879, 106
  2. Strong Scattering of ∼keV Pickup Ions in the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field Draped around Our Heliosphere: Implications for the IBEX Ribbon's Source and IMAP [31]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & Swaczyna, P., ApJ, 876, 92

2018

  1. In Situ Observations of Preferential Pickup Ion Heating at an Interplanetary Shock [44]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Kumar, R., Elliott, H. A., Szalay, J. R., Olkin, C. B., Spencer, J., Stern, S. A. & Young, L. A., Physical Review Letters, 121, 075102
  2. Constraining the Evolution of the Proton Distribution Function in the Heliotail [20]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Galli, A., ApJ, 865, 150
  3. Stochastic Acceleration of ∼0.1-5 keV Pickup Ions in the Heliotail [31]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Galli, A., ApJ, 860, 170
  4. Simulation of the Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Increase in 2014 and Its Effect on Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosphere [46]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Szalay, J. R., ApJ, 859, 104
  5. The Role of Pickup Ion Dynamics Outside of the Heliopause in the Limit of Weak Pitch Angle Scattering: Implications for the Source of the IBEX Ribbon [35]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 855, 30

2017

  1. Imprint of the Sun’s Evolving Polar Winds on IBEX Energetic Neutral Atom All-sky Observations of the Heliosphere [23]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., ApJ, 846, 63
  2. Structure of the Heliotail from Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations: Implications for the 11-year Solar Cycle and Pickup Ions in the Heliosheath [70]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Zank, G. P., Pogorelov, N. V., Funsten, H. O., McComas, D. J., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 836, 238

2016

  1. Geometry and Characteristics of the Heliosheath Revealed in the First Five Years of Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations [40]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A. & Zank, G. P., ApJ, 826, 58
  2. Interplanetary Magnetic Field Sector from Solar Wind around Pluto (SWAP) Measurements of Heavy Ion Pickup near Pluto [13]
    Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Elliott, H. A., Weidner, S., Valek, P. W., Bagenal, F., Stern, S. A., Ennico, K., Olkin, C. B., Weaver, H. A. & Young, L. A., ApJ, 823, L30
  3. Local Interstellar Magnetic Field Determined from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon [187]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Funsten, H. O., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Pogorelov, N. V., ApJ, 818, L18
  4. Effects of solar wind speed on the secondary energetic neutral source of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer ribbon [23]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., A&A, 586, A31

2015

  1. Using Kappa Functions to Characterize Outer Heliosphere Proton Distributions in the Presence of Charge-exchange [39]
    Zirnstein, E. J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 815, 31
  2. Structure of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon from Secondary Charge-exchange at the Solar-Interstellar Interface [49]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 804, L22
  3. Simulations of a Dynamic Solar Cycle and Its Effects on the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon and Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux [42]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J. & Dayeh, M. A., ApJ, 804, 5

2014

  1. Charge-exchange Coupling between Pickup Ions across the Heliopause and its Effect on Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Flux [65]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Zank, G. P., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J. & Desai, M. I., ApJ, 783, 129

2013

  1. Simulating the Compton-Getting Effect for Hydrogen Flux Measurements: Implications for IBEX-Hi and -Lo Observations [35]
    Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 778, 112

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