First-authored, refereed papers of Eric J. Zirnstein, ordered by citations

A list of first-authored, refereed publications of Eric J. Zirnstein, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0001-7240-0618

187	Local Interstellar Magnetic Field Determined from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Funsten, H. O., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Pogorelov, N. V., 2016, ApJ, 818, L18
70	Structure of the Heliotail from Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations: Implications for the 11-year Solar Cycle and Pickup Ions in the Heliosheath Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Zank, G. P., Pogorelov, N. V., Funsten, H. O., McComas, D. J., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Schwadron, N. A., 2017, ApJ, 836, 238
65	Charge-exchange Coupling between Pickup Ions across the Heliopause and its Effect on Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Flux Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Zank, G. P., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J. & Desai, M. I., 2014, ApJ, 783, 129
49	Structure of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon from Secondary Charge-exchange at the Solar-Interstellar Interface Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., 2015, ApJ, 804, L22
46	Simulation of the Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Increase in 2014 and Its Effect on Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes from the Heliosphere Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V., Reisenfeld, D. B. & Szalay, J. R., 2018, ApJ, 859, 104
44	In Situ Observations of Preferential Pickup Ion Heating at an Interplanetary Shock 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., 2018, Physical Review Letters, 121, 075102
42	Simulations of a Dynamic Solar Cycle and Its Effects on the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Ribbon and Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Flux Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J. & Dayeh, M. A., 2015, ApJ, 804, 5
40	Geometry and Characteristics of the Heliosheath Revealed in the First Five Years of Interstellar Boundary Explorer Observations Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A. & Zank, G. P., 2016, ApJ, 826, 58
39	Using Kappa Functions to Characterize Outer Heliosphere Proton Distributions in the Presence of Charge-exchange Zirnstein, E. J. & McComas, D. J., 2015, ApJ, 815, 31
35	In Situ Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ions from 1 au to the Outer Heliosphere Zirnstein, E. J., Möbius, E., Zhang, M., Bower, J., Elliott, H. A., McComas, D. J., Pogorelov, N. V. & Swaczyna, P., 2022, Space Science Reviews, 218, 28
35	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 Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J. & Dayeh, M. A., 2018, ApJ, 855, 30
35	Simulating the Compton-Getting Effect for Hydrogen Flux Measurements: Implications for IBEX-Hi and -Lo Observations Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Schwadron, N. A., 2013, ApJ, 778, 112
31	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 Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & Swaczyna, P., 2019, ApJ, 876, 92
31	Stochastic Acceleration of ∼0.1-5 keV Pickup Ions in the Heliotail Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Galli, A., 2018, ApJ, 860, 170
28	Heliosheath Proton Distribution in the Plasma Reference Frame Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Swaczyna, P., 2021, ApJS, 252, 26
27	Turbulence in the Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon Zirnstein, E. J., Giacalone, J., Kumar, R., McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., 2020, ApJ, 888, 29
24	Turbulent Acceleration of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Heliospheric Termination Shock Forms the Global ENA Spectrum Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Bandyopadhyay, R., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., 2021, ApJ, 916, L21
23	Imprint of the Sun’s Evolving Polar Winds on IBEX Energetic Neutral Atom All-sky Observations of the Heliosphere Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., 2017, ApJ, 846, 63
23	Effects of solar wind speed on the secondary energetic neutral source of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer ribbon Zirnstein, E. J., Funsten, H. O., Heerikhuisen, J. & McComas, D. J., 2016, A&A, 586, A31
22	Oblique and rippled heliosphere structures from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Zirnstein, Eric J., Shrestha, Bishwas L., McComas, David J., Dayeh, Maher A., Heerikhuisen, Jacob, Reisenfeld, Daniel B., Sokół, Justyna M. & Swaczyna, Paweł, 2022, Nature Astronomy, 6, 1398
20	Constraining the Evolution of the Proton Distribution Function in the Heliotail Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Galli, A., 2018, ApJ, 865, 150
16	Parallax of the IBEX Ribbon Indicates a Spatially Retained Source Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P., McComas, D. J. & Heerikhuisen, J., 2019, ApJ, 879, 106
14	Distance to the Energetic Neutral Hydrogen Source from the Heliotail Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., 2020, ApJ, 897, 138
13	Interplanetary Magnetic Field Sector from Solar Wind around Pluto (SWAP) Measurements of Heavy Ion Pickup near Pluto 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., 2016, ApJ, 823, L30
12	Explanation of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atom Fluxes Observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Dayeh, M. A., Rankin, J. S., McComas, D. J. & Swaczyna, P., 2022, ApJ, 937, L38
11	Response of Pickup Ions in the Very Local Interstellar Medium to Solar Variations: Implications for the Evolution of the IBEX Ribbon and Interstellar Helium Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Mostafavi, P., Heerikhuisen, J., McComas, D. J. & Pogorelov, N. V., 2020, ApJ, 891, 56
11	Constraints on the IBEX Ribbon's Origin from Its Evolution over a Solar Cycle Zirnstein, E. J., Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., 2023, ApJ, 949, 45
11	Asymmetric Structure of the Solar Wind and Heliosphere from IBEX Observations Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J. & Sokół, J. M., 2020, ApJ, 894, 13
9	Dependence of the IBEX Ribbon Geometry on Pitch-Angle Scattering outside the Heliopause Zirnstein, E. J., Dayeh, M. A. & Heerikhuisen, J., 2021, ApJ, 908, 35
7	Evolving Outer Heliosphere: Tracking Solar Wind Transients from 1 au to the VLISM with IBEX and Voyager 1 Zirnstein, E. J., Kim, T. K., Rankin, J. S., Dayeh, M. A., McComas, D. J., Swaczyna, P., Beesley, L. J. & Reisenfeld, D. B., 2024, ApJ, 974, 213
4	Viewing Global Changes in the Heliosheath with IMAP's Energetic Neutral Atom Imagers 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., 2025, ApJ, 985, 188
1	Slab Turbulence in the Very Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon Zirnstein, E. J., McComas, D. J., Giacalone, J., Zank, G. P., Guo, F., Heerikhuisen, J., Li, H. & Reisenfeld, D. B., 2025, ApJ, 993, 219
1	Global heliospheric termination shock strength in the solar-interstellar interaction Zirnstein, E. J., Kumar, R., Shrestha, B. L., Swaczyna, P., Dayeh, M. A., Heerikhuisen, J. & Szalay, J. R., 2025, Nature Astronomy, 9, 1495
0	Kelvin─Helmholtz Instability and Energetic Neutral Atoms in the Heliosphere Zirnstein, E. J., Fraternale, F., Pogorelov, N. V. & Bera, R. K., 2026, ApJ, 997, L11
0	Distance to the IBEX Ribbon beyond the Heliopause Zirnstein, E. J. & Dayeh, M. A., 2025, ApJ, 995, 208
0	Formation of H+ PUI Tails Downstream of Distant Interplanetary Shocks 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, 2025, ApJ, 986, 205
0	Predictions for New Horizons' SWAP Measurements Downstream of the Heliospheric Termination Shock 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, 2025, ApJ, 987, L23