First-authored, refereed papers of George Livadiotis

A list of first-authored, refereed publications of George Livadiotis, 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: 0000-0002-7655-6019

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 79
No. of citations: 3043

2025

  1. Stability of Adiabatic Processes and Evolution of Pickup Ion Dimensionality [1]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 995, 49
  2. Thermodynamic Constraints on Solar Wind Radial Profiles [2]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 989, 174
  3. What Defines Stationarity in Space Plasmas [4]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 982, 169
  4. Entropy transfer from solar radio bursts to energetic particles [0]
    Livadiotis, George, Cuesta, Manuel E., Khoo, Leng Y., Shen, Mitchell M., McComas, David J., Pulupa, Marc, Bale, Stuart D. & Livi, Roberto, Science Advances, 11, eadz7419
  5. Thermodynamic and kinematic origins of anisotropic relativity [1]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., Scientific Reports, 15, 25618

2024

  1. Kappa-tail Technique: Modeling and Application to Solar Energetic Particles Observed by Parker Solar Probe [11]
    Livadiotis, G., Cummings, A. T., Cuesta, M. E., Bandyopadhyay, R., Farooki, H. A., Khoo, L. Y., McComas, D. J., Rankin, J. S., Sharma, T., Shen, M. M., Cohen, C. M. S., Muro, G. D. & Xu, Z., ApJ, 973, 6
  2. Thermodynamics of Pickup Ions in the Heliosphere [14]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Shrestha, Bishwas. L., ApJ, 968, 66
  3. The theory of thermodynamic relativity [9]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., Scientific Reports, 14, 22641
  4. Universality of kappa distributions [10]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., EPL (Europhysics Letters), 146, 41003

2023

  1. Extensive entropy: the case of zero entropy defect [8]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., Physica Scripta, 98, 105605
  2. Connection between Polytropic Index and Heating [15]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 956, 88
  3. Transport Equation of Kappa Distributions in the Heliosphere [23]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 954, 72
  4. Temperature of the Polar Inner Heliosheath: Connection to Solar Activity [9]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Zirnstein, E. J., ApJ, 951, 21
  5. Entropy defect in thermodynamics [32]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., Scientific Reports, 13, 9033
  6. Entropy defect: Algebra and thermodynamics [14]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., EPL (Europhysics Letters), 144, 21001

2022

  1. Thermodynamics of the Inner Heliosheath [28]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H. O., Schwadron, N. A., Szalay, J. R. & Zirnstein, E., ApJS, 262, 53
  2. Physical Correlations Lead to Kappa Distributions [26]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 940, 83

2021

  1. Anisotropic Kappa Distributions. I. Formulation Based on Particle Correlations [18]
    Livadiotis, G., Nicolaou, G. & Allegrini, F., ApJS, 253, 16
  2. Relationship between Polytropic Index and Temperature Anisotropy in Space Plasmas [28]
    Livadiotis, G. & Nicolaou, G., ApJ, 909, 127
  3. Thermodynamic Definitions of Temperature and Kappa and Introduction of the Entropy Defect [28]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., Entropy, 23, 1683
  4. Black-body radiation in space plasmas [6]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., EPL (Europhysics Letters), 135, 49001

2020

  1. Estimation of Turbulent Heating of Solar Wind Protons at 1 au [14]
    Livadiotis, G. P., Dayeh, M. A. & Zank, G., ApJ, 905, 137
  2. Statistical analysis of the impact of environmental temperature on the exponential growth rate of cases infected by COVID-19 [18]
    Livadiotis, George, PLoS ONE, 15, e0233875
  3. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics: Equivalence Between Dual Entropy and Dual Probabilities [3]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 22, 594
  4. Polytropes in plasmas described by kappa distributions - Application in atmospheric modelling [0]
    Livadiotis, George, Contributions to Plasma Physics, 60, e202000041

2019

  1. Theoretical aspects of Hamiltonian kappa distributions [9]
    Livadiotis, G., Physica Scripta, 94, 105009
  2. On the generalized formulation of Debye shielding in plasmas [25]
    Livadiotis, G., Physics of Plasmas, 26, 050701
  3. Turbulent Heating in Solar Wind Thermodynamics [14]
    Livadiotis, G., ApJ, 887, 117
  4. Rankine-Hugoniot Shock Conditions for Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Described by Kappa Distributions [19]
    Livadiotis, G., ApJ, 886, 3
  5. On the Origin of Polytropic Behavior in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas [54]
    Livadiotis, G., ApJ, 874, 10
  6. Collision frequency and mean free path for plasmas described by kappa distributions [18]
    Livadiotis, G., AIP Advances, 9, 105307
  7. Connection of Turbulence with Polytropic Index in the Solar Wind Proton Plasma [22]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 21, 1041

2018

  1. Using Kappa Distributions to Identify the Potential Energy [55]
    Livadiotis, G., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 1050
  2. Thermal Doppler Broadening of Spectral Emissions in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas [9]
    Livadiotis, G., ApJS, 239, 25
  3. Generation of Kappa Distributions in Solar Wind at 1 au [84]
    Livadiotis, G., Desai, M. I. & Wilson, L. B., III, ApJ, 853, 142
  4. Kappa Distributions: Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics of Space and Astrophysical Plasmas [26]
    Livadiotis, George, Universe, 4, 144
  5. Derivation of the entropic formula for the statistical mechanics of space plasmas [37]
    Livadiotis, George, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 25, 77
  6. High Density Nodes in the Chaotic Region of 1D Discrete Maps [3]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 20, 24
  7. Thermodynamic origin of kappa distributions [76]
    Livadiotis, George, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 122, 50001

2017

  1. On the Simplification of Statistical Mechanics for Space Plasmas [14]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 19, 285
  2. On the Convergence and Law of Large Numbers for the Non-Euclidean L p -Means [1]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 19, 217

2016

  1. Kappa Function as a Unifying Framework for Discrete Population Modeling [16]
    Livadiotis, G., Assas, L., Dennis, B., Elaydi, S. & Kwessi, E., Natural Resource Modeling, 29, 130
  2. Superposition of Polytropes in the Inner Heliosheath [62]
    Livadiotis, G., ApJS, 223, 13
  3. Plasma-field Coupling at Small Length Scales in Solar Wind Near 1 AU [50]
    Livadiotis, G. & Desai, M. I., ApJ, 829, 88
  4. Non-Euclidean-normed Statistical Mechanics [10]
    Livadiotis, George, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 445, 240
  5. Invariant Spectra in N-Coupled Standard Maps [1]
    Livadiotis, George, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 26, 1650084-440
  6. Curie law for systems described by kappa distributions [19]
    Livadiotis, George, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 113, 10003
  7. Modeling anisotropic Maxwell-Jüttner distributions: derivation and properties [10]
    Livadiotis, George, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 1145

2015

  1. A discrete-time host–parasitoid model with an Allee effect [13]
    Livadiotis, G., Assas, L., Dennis, B., Elaydi, S. & Kwessi, E., Journal of Biological Dynamics, 9, 34
  2. Shock Strength in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas [33]
    Livadiotis, G., ApJ, 809, 111
  3. Introduction to special section on Origins and Properties of Kappa Distributions: Statistical Background and Properties of Kappa Distributions in Space Plasmas [180]
    Livadiotis, George, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 1607
  4. Kappa distribution in the presence of a potential energy [59]
    Livadiotis, George, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 880
  5. Kappa and q Indices: Dependence on the Degrees of Freedom [57]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 17, 2062

2014

  1. Electrostatic shielding in plasmas and the physical meaning of the Debye length [51]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & McComas, Journal of Plasma Physics, 80, 341
  2. Large-scale quantization from local correlations in space plasmas [16]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 119, 3247
  3. ``Lagrangian Temperature'': Derivation and Physical Meaning for Systems Described by Kappa Distributions [51]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 16, 4290

2013

  1. Understanding Kappa Distributions: A Toolbox for Space Science and Astrophysics [361]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., Space Science Reviews, 175, 183
  2. Fitting method based on correlation maximization: Applications in space physics [47]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 118, 2863
  3. Pressure of the Proton Plasma in the Inner Heliosheath [70]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Funsten, H. O. & Fuselier, S. A., ApJ, 762, 134
  4. Near-equilibrium heliosphere - Far-equilibrium heliosheath [11]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., Solar Wind 13 (Editors: Zank, Gary P., Borovsky, Joe, Bruno, Roberto, Cirtain, Jonathan, Cranmer, Steve, Elliott, Heather, Giacalone, Joe, Gonzalez, Walter, Li, Gang, Marsch, Eckart, Moebius, Ebehard, Pogorelov, Nick, Spann, Jim & Verkhoglyadova, Olga), American Institute of Physics Conference Series, 1539, p. 344
  5. Evidence of Large-Scale Quantization in Space Plasmas [45]
    Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., Entropy, 15, 1118

2012

  1. General Allee effect in two-species population biology [15]
    Livadiotis, G. & Elaydi, S., Journal of Biological Dynamics, 6, 959
  2. Pick-up Ion Distributions and Their Influence on Energetic Neutral Atom Spectral Curvature [56]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Randol, B. M., Funsten, H. O., Möbius, E. S., Schwadron, N. A., Dayeh, M. A., Zank, G. P. & Frisch, P. C., ApJ, 751, 64
  3. Non-equilibrium Thermodynamic Processes: Space Plasmas and the Inner Heliosheath [73]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 749, 11
  4. Expectation Values and Variance Based on L p -Norms [11]
    Livadiotis, George, Entropy, 14, 2375

2011

  1. Invariant Kappa Distribution in Space Plasmas Out of Equilibrium [171]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 741, 88
  2. The Influence of Pick-up Ions on Space Plasma Distributions [57]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 738, 64
  3. First Sky Map of the Inner Heliosheath Temperature Using IBEX Spectra [111]
    Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O. & Schwadron, N. A., ApJ, 734, 1

2010

  1. Measure of the departure of the q-metastable stationary states from equilibrium [45]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., Physica Scripta, 82, 035003
  2. Exploring Transitions of Space Plasmas Out of Equilibrium [125]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., ApJ, 714, 971

2009

  1. Beyond kappa distributions: Exploiting Tsallis statistical mechanics in space plasmas [318]
    Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A11105
  2. Approach on Tsallis statistical interpretation of hydrogen-atom by adopting the generalized radial distribution function [36]
    Livadiotis, George, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 45, 930
  3. Definition and Applications of the Ascent-Probability Distribution in One-Dimensional Maps [2]
    Livadiotis, George, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 19, 3567
  4. Upper limit of the total magnetic flux in an active region according to the photometric-magnetic dynamical model [3]
    Livadiotis, George & Moussas, Xenophon, Advances in Space Research, 43, 694

2008

  1. Approach to block entropy modeling and optimization [7]
    Livadiotis, George, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 387, 2471

2007

  1. The sunspot as an autonomous dynamical system: A model for the growth and decay phases of sunspots [12]
    Livadiotis, George & Moussas, Xenophon, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 379, 436
  2. Approach to general methods for fitting and their sensitivity [45]
    Livadiotis, George, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 375, 518
  3. 'Thermal ghosts': apparent decay of fixed surfaces caused by heat diffusion [1]
    Livadiotis, George, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 40, 907

2006

  1. The rotation number in one-dimensional maps: definition and applications [5]
    Livadiotis, G. & Voglis, N., Journal of Physics A Mathematical General, 39, 15231

Created on Wed Apr 22 04:30:50 2026.