First-authored, refereed papers of Giovanni Lapenta, ordered by citations

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

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-3123-4024

171	Self-Feeding Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection on Macroscopic Scales Lapenta, Giovanni, 2008, Physical Review Letters, 100, 235001
104	Exactly energy conserving semi-implicit particle in cell formulation Lapenta, Giovanni, 2017, Journal of Computational Physics, 334, 349
104	Kinetic approach to microscopic-macroscopic coupling in space and laboratory plasmasa) Lapenta, Giovanni, Brackbill, J. U. & Ricci, Paolo, 2006, Physics of Plasmas, 13, 055904
99	Particle simulations of space weather Lapenta, Giovanni, 2012, Journal of Computational Physics, 231, 795
85	Secondary reconnection sites in reconnection-generated flux ropes and reconnection fronts Lapenta, Giovanni, Markidis, Stefano, Goldman, Martin V. & Newman, David L., 2015, Nature Physics, 11, 690
83	Nonlinear evolution of the lower hybrid drift instability: Current sheet thinning and kinking Lapenta, Giovanni & Brackbill, J. U., 2002, Physics of Plasmas, 9, 1544
79	Particle Rezoning for Multidimensional Kinetic Particle-In-Cell Simulations Lapenta, Giovanni, 2002, Journal of Computational Physics, 181, 317
75	Scales of guide field reconnection at the hydrogen mass ratio Lapenta, G., Markidis, S., Divin, A., Goldman, M. & Newman, D., 2010, Physics of Plasmas, 17, 082106
65	Dynamic and Selective Control of the Number of Particles in Kinetic Plasma Simulations Lapenta, Giovanni & Brackbill, Jeremiah U., 1994, Journal of Computational Physics, 115, 213
63	Relaxation of Relativistic Plasmas Under the Effect of Wave-Particle Interactions Lapenta, Giovanni, Markidis, Stefano, Marocchino, Alberto & Kaniadakis, Giorgio, 2007, ApJ, 666, 949
58	The unexpected role of the lower hybrid drift instability in magnetic reconnection in three dimensions Lapenta, Giovanni, Brackbill, J. U. & Daughton, W. S., 2003, Physics of Plasmas, 10, 1577
57	Dipole moments on dust particles immersed in anisotropic plasmas Lapenta, Giovanni, 1995, Physical Review Letters, 75, 4409
56	Electromagnetic energy conversion in downstream fronts from three dimensional kinetic reconnectiona) Lapenta, Giovanni, Goldman, Martin, Newman, David, Markidis, Stefano & Divin, Andrey, 2014, Physics of Plasmas, 21, 055702
51	Bipolar electric field signatures of reconnection separatrices for a hydrogen plasma at realistic guide fields Lapenta, G., Markidis, S., Divin, A., Goldman, M. V. & Newman, D. L., 2011, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L17104
49	On the origin of the crescent-shaped distributions observed by MMS at the magnetopause Lapenta, G., Berchem, J., Zhou, M., Walker, R. J., El-Alaoui, M., Goldstein, M. L., Paterson, W. R., Giles, B. L., Pollock, C. J., Russell, C. T., Strangeway, R. J., Ergun, R. E., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Torbert, R. B. & Burch, J. L., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 2024
48	Linear theory of plasma wakes Lapenta, Giovanni, 2000, Physical Review E, 62, 1175
46	Kinetic simulations of x-line expansion in 3D reconnection Lapenta, Giovanni, Krauss-Varban, D., Karimabadi, H., Huba, J. D., Rudakov, L. I. & Ricci, Paolo, 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L10102
43	Self-consistent seeding of the interchange instability in dipolarization fronts Lapenta, Giovanni & Bettarini, Lapo, 2011, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L11102
41	Particle acceleration and energy conservation in particle in cell simulations Lapenta, Giovanni & Markidis, Stefano, 2011, Physics of Plasmas, 18, 072101
39	Nature of the force field in plasma wakes Lapenta, Giovanni, 2002, Physical Review E, 66, 026409
34	Particle-in-cell simulation of glow discharges in complex geometries Lapenta, G., Iinoya, F. & Brackbill, J. U., 1995, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 23, 769
26	Effect of a Converging Flow at the Streamer Cusp on the Genesis of the Slow Solar Wind Lapenta, Giovanni & Knoll, D. A., 2005, ApJ, 624, 1049
26	Separatrices: The crux of reconnection Lapenta, Giovanni, Markidis, Stefano, Divin, Andrey, Newman, David & Goldman, Martin, 2015, Journal of Plasma Physics, 81, 325810109
25	Control of the number of particles in fluid and MHD particle in cell methods Lapenta, Giovanni & Brackbill, J. U., 1995, Computer Physics Communications, 87, 139
25	Reconnection in the Solar Corona: Role of the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Lapenta, Giovanni & Knoll, D. A., 2003, Solar Physics, 214, 107
24	Kink instability of flux ropes anchored at one end and free at the other Lapenta, Giovanni, Furno, Ivo, Intrator, Thomas & Delzanno, Gian Luca, 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 111, A12S06
24	Spontaneous transition to a fast 3D turbulent reconnection regime Lapenta, G. & Bettarini, L., 2011, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 93, 65001
24	Achieving fast reconnection in resistive MHD models via turbulent means Lapenta, G. & Lazarian, A., 2012, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 19, 251
22	Simulation of dust particle dynamics for electrode design in plasma discharges Lapenta, G. & Brackbill, J. U., 1997, Plasma Sources Science Technology, 6, 61
21	Do We Need to Consider Electrons' Kinetic Effects to Properly Model a Planetary Magnetosphere: The Case of Mercury Lapenta, Giovanni, Schriver, David, Walker, Raymond J., Berchem, Jean, Echterling, Nicole F., El Alaoui, Mostafa & Travnicek, Pavel, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 127, e30241
21	SWIFF: Space weather integrated forecasting framework Lapenta, Giovanni, Pierrard, Viviane, Keppens, Rony, Markidis, Stefano, Poedts, Stefaan, Šebek, Ondřej, Trávníček, Pavel M., Henri, Pierre, Califano, Francesco, Pegoraro, Francesco, Faganello, Matteo, Olshevsky, Vyacheslav, Restante, Anna Lisa, Nordlund, Åke, Trier Frederiksen, Jacob, Mackay, Duncan H., Parnell, Clare E., Bemporad, Alessandro, Susino, Roberto & Borremans, Kris, 2013, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 3, A05
20	Local Regimes of Turbulence in 3D Magnetic Reconnection Lapenta, G., Pucci, F., Goldman, M. V. & Newman, D. L., 2020, ApJ, 888, 104
19	DEMOCRITUS: An adaptive particle in cell (PIC) code for object-plasma interactions Lapenta, Giovanni, 2011, Journal of Computational Physics, 230, 4679
18	Turbulent Energization of Electron Power Law Tails during Magnetic Reconnection Lapenta, Giovanni, Berchem, Jean, Alaoui, Mostafa El & Walker, Raymond, 2020, Physical Review Letters, 125, 225101
17	A multiscale study of ion heating in Earth's magnetotail Lapenta, Giovanni, Ashour-Abdalla, Maha, Walker, Raymond J. & El Alaoui, Mostafa, 2016, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 515
16	Multiscale MHD-Kinetic PIC Study of Energy Fluxes Caused by Reconnection Lapenta, Giovanni, El Alaoui, Mostafa, Berchem, Jean & Walker, Raymond, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27276
16	Advances in the Implementation of the Exactly Energy Conserving Semi-Implicit (ECsim) Particle-in-Cell Method Lapenta, Giovanni, 2023, Physics, 5, 72
16	Energy exchanges in reconnection outflows Lapenta, Giovanni, Goldman, Martin V., Newman, David L. & Markidis, Stefano, 2017, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 014019
14	Variational grid adaptation based on the minimization of local truncation error: time-independent problems Lapenta, Giovanni, 2004, Journal of Computational Physics, 193, 159
13	Simulation of Astrophysical Jets: Collimation and Expansion into Radio Lobes Lapenta, G. & Kronberg, P. P., 2005, ApJ, 625, 37
13	Detecting Reconnection Sites Using the Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetic Fields Lapenta, Giovanni, 2021, ApJ, 911, 147
13	Point kinetic model for fluid fuel systems Lapenta, G., Mattioda, F. & Ravetto, P., 2001, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 28, 1759
13	Ion Flow Induced Attractive Force in Complex Plasma Crystals Lapenta, Giovanni & Lapenta, Giovanni, 2001, Physica Scripta, 64, 599
12	Propagation speed of rotation signals for field lines undergoing magnetic reconnection Lapenta, Giovanni, Goldman, Martin, Newman, David & Markidis, Stefano, 2013, Physics of Plasmas, 20, 102113
12	Computer experiments on the relaxation of collisionless plasmas Lapenta, Giovanni, Markidis, Stefano & Kaniadakis, Giorgio, 2009, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2009, 02024
10	Formation and Reconnection of Electron Scale Current Layers in the Turbulent Outflows of a Primary Reconnection Site Lapenta, Giovanni, Goldman, Martin, Newman, David L. & Eriksson, Stefan, 2022, ApJ, 940, 187
9	Immersed boundary method for plasma simulation in complex geometries Lapenta, G. & Brackbill, J. U., 1996, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 24, 105
8	Cost-effectiveness of fully implicit moving mesh adaptation: A practical investigation in 1D Lapenta, Giovanni & Chacón, Luis, 2006, Journal of Computational Physics, 219, 86
7	A new paradigm for 3D Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Lapenta, Giovanni, 2003, Space Science Reviews, 107, 167
6	Analysis of non-Maxwellian fusion reaction rates with electron screening Lapenta, Giovanni & Quarati, Piero, 1993, Zeitschrift fur Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei, 346, 243
6	Study of current intensification by compression in the Earth magnetotail Lapenta, Giovanni & King, Joshua, 2007, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 112, A12204
5	Space Weather Prediction and Exascale Computing Lapenta, Giovanni, Markidis, Stefano, Poedts, Stefaan & Vucinic, Dean, 2013, Computing in Science and Engineering, 15, 68
2	Non-Maxwellian nuclear reaction rates with electron screening Lapenta, G. & Quarati, P., 1992, Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, 28, 126
1	A recipe to detect the error in discretization schemes Lapenta, Giovanni, 2004, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 59, 2065
1	Large-scale momentum exchange by microinstabilities: a process happening in laboratory and space plasmas Lapenta, Giovanni, 2009, Physica Scripta, 80, 035507
0	Power to the particles Lapenta, Giovanni, 2023, Nature Physics, 19, 159
0	Neutron transport problems in anisotropic media Lapenta, G., Ravetto, P., Rostagno, M. M., Jacqmin, R., Malvagi, F. & Rimpault, G., 2001, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 28, 1271