Publications of S. Ledvina

A list of publications authored or co-authored by S. Ledvina, 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: 0000-0002-2450-775X

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 58 (refereed: 50)
No. of citations: 2393
First author papers: 13 (refereed: 11)

2026

  1. Currents in Titan's Ionosphere [0]
    Fillingim, Matthew, Ledvina, Stephen, Edberg, Niklas & Kim, Konstantin, 62702

2025

  1. The Solar Wind Interaction With an Orbiting Venus [0]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2025JA034130
  2. Evolution of Force-Free Magnetic Structure in the Dayside Ionosphere of Mars [0]
    Cravens, T. E., Hamil, O., Renzaglia, A. R., Shaver, S. R., Ledvina, S. A. & Kennedy, C. S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2024JA033365
  3. The generation, propagation, and impact of magnetosonic waves in the Mars magnetosphere: analysis of global hybrid simulations [0]
    Cupp, Shane, Fowler, Chris & Ledvina, Stephan, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, 2025, p. EPSC-DPS2025-762
  4. Magnetic Pumping in Planetary Magnetospheres: Comparisons at Mars and Earth [0]
    Regan, Catherine, Fowler, Christopher, Agapitov, Oleksiy & Ledvina, Stephen, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, 2025, p. EPSC-DPS2025-135
  5. Piercing the Martian Veil: A Statistical Study of Interplanetary Magnetic Field Reach Through Ionospheric Pressure Balance [2]
    Shaver, S. R., Andersson, L., Ramstad, R., Waghule, Bhagyashree, Brain, D., Lillis, R., Cravens, T., Halekas, J., Xu, S., Hinton, P. C., Malaspina, D., Liemohn, M. W., Ledvina, S., Gruesbeck, J. R. & Curry, S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, 2024JA033254

2024

  1. Pioneer Venus Orbiter Observations of Solar Wind Driven Magnetosonic Waves Interacting With the Dayside Venusian Ionosphere [2]
    Fowler, C. M., Ledvina, S., Chaston, C. C., Persson, M., Ramstad, R. & Luhmann, J., Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109613

2023

  1. Fourier Analysis of Magnetic Fields in the Ionosphere of Mars [7]
    Cravens, T. E., Hamil, O., Renzaglia, A., Ledvina, S. A. & Howard, S. K., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 128, e2022JA031044

2022

  1. A Revised Understanding of the Structure of the Venusian Magnetotail From a High-Altitude Intercept With a Tail Ray by Parker Solar Probe [11]
    Collinson, Glyn A., Ramstad, Robin, Frahm, Rudy, Wilson, Lynn, Xu, Shaosui, Whittlesey, Phyllis, Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e96485

2021

  1. An Explanation of the Nightside Ionospheric Structure of Venus [14]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 126, e27779

2020

  1. Magnetic Reconnection in the Ionosphere of Mars: The Role of Collisions [25]
    Cravens, T. E., Fowler, C. M., Brain, D., Rahmati, A., Xu, S., Ledvina, S. A., Andersson, L. & Renzaglia, A. R., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e28036

2018

  1. Chemical interactions between Saturn's atmosphere and its rings [76]
    Waite, J. H., Perryman, R. S., Perry, M. E., Miller, K. E., Bell, J., Cravens, T. E., Glein, C. R., Grimes, J., Hedman, M., Cuzzi, J., Brockwell, T., Teolis, B., Moore, L., Mitchell, D. G., Persoon, A., Kurth, W. S., Wahlund, J.-E., Morooka, M., Hadid, L. Z., Chocron, S., Walker, J., Nagy, A., Yelle, R., Ledvina, S., Johnson, R., Tseng, W., Tucker, O. J. & Ip, W.-H., Science, 362, aat2382

2017

  1. The role of the electron temperature on ion loss from Mars [18]
    Brecht, Stephen H., Ledvina, Stephen A. & Jakosky, Bruce M., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 8375
  2. Estimates of Ionospheric Transport and Ion Loss at Mars [35]
    Cravens, T. E., Hamil, O., Houston, S., Bougher, S., Ma, Y., Brain, D. & Ledvina, S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 10,626
  3. Ion escape rates from Mars: Results from hybrid simulations compared to MAVEN observations [19]
    Ledvina, Stephen A., Brecht, Stephen H., Brain, David A. & Jakosky, Bruce M., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 8391

2016

  1. Ionospheric loss from Mars as predicted by hybrid particle simulations [23]
    Brecht, Stephen H., Ledvina, Stephen A. & Bougher, Stephen W., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 121, 10,190
  2. A Review of General Physical and Chemical Processes Related to Plasma Sources and Losses for Solar System Magnetospheres [1]
    Seki, K., Nagy, A., Jackman, C. M., Crary, F., Fontaine, D., Zarka, P., Wurz, P., Milillo, A., Slavin, J. A., Delcourt, D. C., Wiltberger, M., Ilie, R., Jia, X., Ledvina, S. A., Liemohn, M. W. & Schunk, R. W., Plasma Sources of Solar System Magnetospheres (Editors: Nagy, Andrew F., Blanc, Michel, Chappell, Charles R. & Krupp, Norbert), p.27

2015

  1. A Review of General Physical and Chemical Processes Related to Plasma Sources and Losses for Solar System Magnetospheres [16]
    Seki, K., Nagy, A., Jackman, C. M., Crary, F., Fontaine, D., Zarka, P., Wurz, P., Milillo, A., Slavin, J. A., Delcourt, D. C., Wiltberger, M., Ilie, R., Jia, X., Ledvina, S. A., Liemohn, M. W. & Schunk, R. W., Space Science Reviews, 192, 27

2014

  1. The role of the Martian crustal magnetic fields in controlling ionospheric loss [31]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 5340
  2. Pickup ion measurements by MAVEN: A diagnostic of photochemical oxygen escape from Mars [26]
    Rahmati, A., Cravens, T. E., Nagy, A. F., Fox, J. L., Bougher, S. W., Lillis, R. J., Ledvina, S. A., Larson, D. E., Dunn, P. & Croxell, J. A., Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 4812

2012

  1. Control of ion loss from Mars during solar minimum [27]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., Earth, Planets and Space, 64, 165
  2. Consequences of negative ions for Titan's plasma interaction [7]
    Ledvina, Stephen A. & Brecht, Stephen H., Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L20103
  3. The orientation of Titan's dayside ionosphere and its effects on Titan's plasma interaction [24]
    Ledvina, Stephen A., Brecht, Stephen H. & Cravens, Thomas E., Earth, Planets and Space, 64, 207
  4. Investigating magnetospheric interaction effects on Titan's ionosphere with the Cassini orbiter Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer, Langmuir Probe and magnetometer observations during targeted flybys [12]
    Luhmann, J. G., Ulusen, D., Ledvina, S. A., Mandt, K., Magee, B., Waite, J. H., Westlake, J., Cravens, T. E., Robertson, I., Edberg, N., Agren, K., Wahlund, J.-E., Ma, Y.-J., Wei, H., Russell, C. T. & Dougherty, M. K., Icarus, 219, 534

2010

  1. A comparison of global models for the solar wind interaction with Mars [114]
    Brain, D., Barabash, S., Boesswetter, A., Bougher, S., Brecht, S., Chanteur, G., Hurley, D., Dubinin, E., Fang, X., Fraenz, M., Halekas, J., Harnett, E., Holmstrom, M., Kallio, E., Lammer, H., Ledvina, S., Liemohn, M., Liu, K., Luhmann, J., Ma, Y., Modolo, R., Nagy, A., Motschmann, U., Nilsson, H., Shinagawa, H., Simon, S. & Terada, N., Icarus, 206, 139
  2. The loss of water from Mars: Numerical results and challenges [20]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., Icarus, 206, 164
  3. Dynamical and magnetic field time constants for Titan's ionosphere: Empirical estimates and comparisons with Venus [28]
    Cravens, T. E., Richard, M., Ma, Y.-J., Bertucci, C., Luhmann, J. G., Ledvina, S., Robertson, I. P., Wahlund, J.-E., Ågren, K., Cui, J., Muller-Wodarg, I., Waite, J. H., Dougherty, M., Bell, J. & Ulusen, D., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 115, A08319
  4. Cone model-based SEP event calculations for applications to multipoint observations [73]
    Luhmann, J. G., Ledvina, S. A., Odstrcil, D., Owens, M. J., Zhao, X.-P., Liu, Yang & Riley, Pete, Advances in Space Research, 46, 1
  5. Investigation of the force balance in the Titan ionosphere: Cassini T5 flyby model/data comparisons [10]
    Ulusen, D., Luhmann, J. G., Ma, Y.-J., Ledvina, S., Cravens, T. E., Mandt, K., Waite, J. H. & Wahlund, J.-E., Icarus, 210, 867

2009

  1. TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission [61]
    Coustenis, A., Atreya, S. K., Balint, T., Brown, R. H., Dougherty, M. K., Ferri, F., Fulchignoni, M., Gautier, D., Gowen, R. A., Griffith, C. A., Gurvits, L. I., Jaumann, R., Langevin, Y., Leese, M. R., Lunine, J. I., McKay, C. P., Moussas, X., Müller-Wodarg, I., Neubauer, F., Owen, T. C., Raulin, F., Sittler, E. C., Sohl, F., Sotin, C., Tobie, G., Tokano, T., Turtle, E. P., Wahlund, J.-E., Waite, J. H., Baines, K. H., Blamont, J., Coates, A. J., Dandouras, I., Krimigis, T., Lellouch, E., Lorenz, R. D., Morse, A., Porco, C. C., Hirtzig, M., Saur, J., Spilker, T., Zarnecki, J. C., Choi, E., Achilleos, N., Amils, R., Annan, P., Atkinson, D. H., Bénilan, Y., Bertucci, C., Bézard, B., Bjoraker, G. L., Blanc, M., Boireau, L., Bouman, J., Cabane, M., Capria, M. T., Chassefière, E., Coll, P., Combes, M., Cooper, J. F., Coradini, A., Crary, F., Cravens, T., Daglis, I. A., de Angelis, E., de Bergh, C., de Pater, I., Dunford, C., Durry, G., Dutuit, O., Fairbrother, D., Flasar, F. M., Fortes, A. D., Frampton, R., Fujimoto, M., Galand, M., Grasset, O., Grott, M., Haltigin, T., Herique, A., Hersant, F., Hussmann, H., Ip, W., Johnson, R., Kallio, E., Kempf, S., Knapmeyer, M., Kofman, W., Koop, R., Kostiuk, T., Krupp, N., Küppers, M., Lammer, H., Lara, L.-M., Lavvas, P., Le Mouélic, S., Lebonnois, S., Ledvina, S., Li, J., Livengood, T. A., Lopes, R. M., Lopez-Moreno, J.-J., Luz, D., Mahaffy, P. R., Mall, U., Martinez-Frias, J., Marty, B., McCord, T., Menor Salvan, C., Milillo, A., Mitchell, D. G., Modolo, R., Mousis, O., Nakamura, M., Neish, C. D., Nixon, C. A., Nna Mvondo, D., Orton, G., Paetzold, M., Pitman, J., Pogrebenko, S., Pollard, W., Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Rannou, P., Reh, K., Richter, L., Robb, F. T., Rodrigo, R., Rodriguez, S., Romani, P., Ruiz Bermejo, M., Sarris, E. T., Schenk, P., Schmitt, B., Schmitz, N., Schulze-Makuch, D., Schwingenschuh, K., Selig, A., Sicardy, B., Soderblom, L., Spilker, L. J., Stam, D., Steele, A., Stephan, K., Strobel, D. F., Szego, K., Szopa, C., Thissen, R., Tomasko, M. G., Toublanc, D., Vali, H., Vardavas, I., Vuitton, V., West, R. A., Yelle, R. & Young, E. F., Experimental Astronomy, 23, 893
  2. Modeling and Simulating Flowing Plasmas and Related Phenomena [0]
    Ledvina, S. A., Ma, Y.-J. & Kallio, E., Comparative Aeronomy (Editors: Nagy, Andrew F., Balogh, André, Cravens, Thomas E., Mendillo, Michael & Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo), p.143
  3. Plasma Flow and Related Phenomena in Planetary Aeronomy [2]
    Ma, Y.-J., Altwegg, K., Breus, T., Combi, M. R., Cravens, T. E., Kallio, E., Ledvina, S. A., Luhmann, J. G., Miller, S., Nagy, A. F., Ridley, A. J. & Strobel, D. F., Comparative Aeronomy (Editors: Nagy, Andrew F., Balogh, André, Cravens, Thomas E., Mendillo, Michael & Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo), p.311

2008

  1. Energetic ion precipitation at Titan [98]
    Cravens, T. E., Robertson, I. P., Ledvina, S. A., Mitchell, D., Krimigis, S. M. & Waite, J. H., Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L03103
  2. Modeling and Simulating Flowing Plasmas and Related Phenomena [97]
    Ledvina, S. A., Ma, Y.-J. & Kallio, E., Space Science Reviews, 139, 143
  3. Venus Express observations of atmospheric oxygen escape during the passage of several coronal mass ejections [39]
    Luhmann, J. G., Fedorov, A., Barabash, S., Carlsson, E., Futaana, Y., Zhang, T. L., Russell, C. T., Lyon, J. G., Ledvina, S. A. & Brain, D. A., Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 113, E00B04
  4. Plasma Flow and Related Phenomena in Planetary Aeronomy [27]
    Ma, Y.-J., Altwegg, K., Breus, T., Combi, M. R., Cravens, T. E., Kallio, E., Ledvina, S. A., Luhmann, J. G., Miller, S., Nagy, A. F., Ridley, A. J. & Strobel, D. F., Space Science Reviews, 139, 311

2007

  1. The Solar Wind Interaction with the Martian Ionosphere/Atmosphere [0]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., The Mars Plasma Environment (Editors: Russell, C. T.), p.15
  2. A heliospheric simulation-based approach to SEP source and transport modeling [48]
    Luhmann, J. G., Ledvina, S. A., Krauss-Varban, D., Odstrcil, D. & Riley, P., Advances in Space Research, 40, 295

2006

  1. The Solar Wind Interaction With the Martian Ionosphere/Atmosphere [51]
    Brecht, Stephen H. & Ledvina, Stephen A., Space Science Reviews, 126, 15
  2. Composition of Titan's ionosphere [161]
    Cravens, T. E., Robertson, I. P., Waite, J. H., Yelle, R. V., Kasprzak, W. T., Keller, C. N., Ledvina, S. A., Niemann, H. B., Luhmann, J. G., McNutt, R. L., Ip, W.-H., De La Haye, V., Mueller-Wodarg, I., Wahlund, J.-E., Anicich, V. G. & Vuitton, V., Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L07105
  3. Venus O + pickup ions: Collected PVO results and expectations for Venus Express [44]
    Luhmann, J. G., Ledvina, S. A., Lyon, J. G. & Russell, C. T., Planetary and Space Science, 54, 1457
  4. A model of the ionosphere of Saturn's rings and its implications [25]
    Luhmann, J. G., Johnson, R. E., Tokar, R. L., Ledvina, S. A. & Cravens, T. E., Icarus, 181, 465
  5. A Comparison between Global Solar Magnetohydrodynamic and Potential Field Source Surface Model Results [265]
    Riley, Pete, Linker, J. A., Mikić, Z., Lionello, R., Ledvina, S. A. & Luhmann, J. G., ApJ, 653, 1510

2005

  1. Titan's ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini Ta data [73]
    Cravens, T. E., Robertson, I. P., Clark, J., Wahlund, J.-E., Waite, J. H., Ledvina, S. A., Niemann, H. B., Yelle, R. V., Kasprzak, W. T., Luhmann, J. G., McNutt, R. L., Ip, W.-H., De La Haye, V., Müller-Wodarg, I., Young, D. T. & Coates, A. J., Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L12108
  2. Ion distributions in Saturn's magnetosphere near Titan [39]
    Ledvina, S. A., Cravens, T. E. & KecskeméTy, K., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 110, A06211
  3. Oxygen Ions Observed Near Saturn's A Ring [51]
    Waite, J. H., Cravens, T. E., Ip, W.-H., Kasprzak, W. T., Luhmann, J. G., McNutt, R. L., Niemann, H. B., Yelle, R. V., Mueller-Wodarg, I., Ledvina, S. A. & Scherer, S., Science, 307, 1260
  4. Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer Results from the First Flyby of Titan [374]
    Waite, J. Hunter, Niemann, Hasso, Yelle, Roger V., Kasprzak, Wayne T., Cravens, Thomas E., Luhmann, Janet G., McNutt, Ralph L., Ip, Wing-Huen, Gell, David, De La Haye, Virginie, Müller-Wordag, Ingo, Magee, Brian, Borggren, Nathan, Ledvina, Steve, Fletcher, Greg, Walter, Erin, Miller, Ryan, Scherer, Stefan, Thorpe, Rob, Xu, Jing, Block, Bruce & Arnett, Ken, Science, 308, 982

2004

  1. Titan's induced magnetosphere [21]
    Ledvina, S. A., Luhmann, J. G., Brecht, S. H. & Cravens, T. E., Advances in Space Research, 33, 2092
  2. Ambient ion distributions in Saturn's magnetosphere near Titan during a non-Voyager type interaction [8]
    Ledvina, S. A., Luhmann, J. G. & Cravens, T. E., Advances in Space Research, 33, 221
  3. Ion distributions of 14 amu pickup ions associated with Titan's plasma interaction [10]
    Ledvina, Stephen A., Brecht, Stephen H. & Luhmann, Janet G., Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17S10
  4. Induced magnetospheres [93]
    Luhmann, J. G., Ledvina, S. A. & Russell, C. T., Advances in Space Research, 33, 1905

2003

  1. A Magnetohydrodynamic Test of the Wang-Sheeley Model [1]
    Ledvina, S. A., Luhmann, J. G. & Abbett, W. P., Solar Wind Ten (Editors: Velli, Marco, Bruno, Roberto, Malara, Francesco & Bucci, B.), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 679, p. 323

2002

  1. Pickup ions near Mars associated with escaping oxygen atoms [36]
    Cravens, T. E., Hoppe, A., Ledvina, S. A. & McKenna-Lawlor, S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 107, 1170
  2. Pressure balance across magnetic flux ropes in the ionosphere of Venus [8]
    Ledvina, S. A., Nunes, D. C., Cravens, T. E. & Tinker, J. L., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 107, 1074

2000

  1. Ion Trajectories in Saturn's Magnetosphere Near Titan [14]
    Ledvina, S. A., Cravens, T. E., Salman, A. & Kecskemety, K., Advances in Space Research, 26, 1691

1998

  1. A two-dimensional multifluid MHD model of Titans plasma environment [56]
    Cravens, T. E., Lindgren, C. J. & Ledvina, S. A., Planetary and Space Science, 46, 1193
  2. A three-dimensional MHD model of plasma flow around Titan [61]
    Ledvina, S. A. & Cravens, T. E., Planetary and Space Science, 46, 1175

1997

  1. Magnetohydrodynamic processes in the inner coma of comet Halley [9]
    Lindgren, C. J., Cravens, T. E. & Ledvina, S. A., Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 17395

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