First-authored, refereed papers of George Livadiotis, ordered by citations

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

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361	Understanding Kappa Distributions: A Toolbox for Space Science and Astrophysics Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2013, Space Science Reviews, 175, 183
318	Beyond kappa distributions: Exploiting Tsallis statistical mechanics in space plasmas Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A11105
180	Introduction to special section on Origins and Properties of Kappa Distributions: Statistical Background and Properties of Kappa Distributions in Space Plasmas Livadiotis, George, 2015, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 1607
171	Invariant Kappa Distribution in Space Plasmas Out of Equilibrium Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2011, ApJ, 741, 88
125	Exploring Transitions of Space Plasmas Out of Equilibrium Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2010, ApJ, 714, 971
111	First Sky Map of the Inner Heliosheath Temperature Using IBEX Spectra Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Dayeh, M. A., Funsten, H. O. & Schwadron, N. A., 2011, ApJ, 734, 1
84	Generation of Kappa Distributions in Solar Wind at 1 au Livadiotis, G., Desai, M. I. & Wilson, L. B., III, 2018, ApJ, 853, 142
76	Thermodynamic origin of kappa distributions Livadiotis, George, 2018, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 122, 50001
73	Non-equilibrium Thermodynamic Processes: Space Plasmas and the Inner Heliosheath Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2012, ApJ, 749, 11
70	Pressure of the Proton Plasma in the Inner Heliosheath Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Schwadron, N. A., Funsten, H. O. & Fuselier, S. A., 2013, ApJ, 762, 134
62	Superposition of Polytropes in the Inner Heliosheath Livadiotis, G., 2016, ApJS, 223, 13
59	Kappa distribution in the presence of a potential energy Livadiotis, George, 2015, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 880
57	The Influence of Pick-up Ions on Space Plasma Distributions Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2011, ApJ, 738, 64
57	Kappa and q Indices: Dependence on the Degrees of Freedom Livadiotis, George, 2015, Entropy, 17, 2062
56	Pick-up Ion Distributions and Their Influence on Energetic Neutral Atom Spectral Curvature 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., 2012, ApJ, 751, 64
55	Using Kappa Distributions to Identify the Potential Energy Livadiotis, G., 2018, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 1050
54	On the Origin of Polytropic Behavior in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Livadiotis, G., 2019, ApJ, 874, 10
51	Electrostatic shielding in plasmas and the physical meaning of the Debye length Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & McComas, 2014, Journal of Plasma Physics, 80, 341
51	``Lagrangian Temperature'': Derivation and Physical Meaning for Systems Described by Kappa Distributions Livadiotis, George, 2014, Entropy, 16, 4290
50	Plasma-field Coupling at Small Length Scales in Solar Wind Near 1 AU Livadiotis, G. & Desai, M. I., 2016, ApJ, 829, 88
47	Fitting method based on correlation maximization: Applications in space physics Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2013, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 118, 2863
45	Evidence of Large-Scale Quantization in Space Plasmas Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2013, Entropy, 15, 1118
45	Measure of the departure of the q-metastable stationary states from equilibrium Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2010, Physica Scripta, 82, 035003
45	Approach to general methods for fitting and their sensitivity Livadiotis, George, 2007, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 375, 518
37	Derivation of the entropic formula for the statistical mechanics of space plasmas Livadiotis, George, 2018, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 25, 77
36	Approach on Tsallis statistical interpretation of hydrogen-atom by adopting the generalized radial distribution function Livadiotis, George, 2009, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 45, 930
33	Shock Strength in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Livadiotis, G., 2015, ApJ, 809, 111
32	Entropy defect in thermodynamics Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2023, Scientific Reports, 13, 9033
28	Thermodynamics of the Inner Heliosheath Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H. O., Schwadron, N. A., Szalay, J. R. & Zirnstein, E., 2022, ApJS, 262, 53
28	Thermodynamic Definitions of Temperature and Kappa and Introduction of the Entropy Defect Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2021, Entropy, 23, 1683
28	Relationship between Polytropic Index and Temperature Anisotropy in Space Plasmas Livadiotis, G. & Nicolaou, G., 2021, ApJ, 909, 127
26	Physical Correlations Lead to Kappa Distributions Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2022, ApJ, 940, 83
26	Kappa Distributions: Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics of Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Livadiotis, George, 2018, Universe, 4, 144
25	On the generalized formulation of Debye shielding in plasmas Livadiotis, G., 2019, Physics of Plasmas, 26, 050701
23	Transport Equation of Kappa Distributions in the Heliosphere Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2023, ApJ, 954, 72
22	Connection of Turbulence with Polytropic Index in the Solar Wind Proton Plasma Livadiotis, George, 2019, Entropy, 21, 1041
19	Rankine-Hugoniot Shock Conditions for Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Described by Kappa Distributions Livadiotis, G., 2019, ApJ, 886, 3
19	Curie law for systems described by kappa distributions Livadiotis, George, 2016, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 113, 10003
18	Anisotropic Kappa Distributions. I. Formulation Based on Particle Correlations Livadiotis, G., Nicolaou, G. & Allegrini, F., 2021, ApJS, 253, 16
18	Collision frequency and mean free path for plasmas described by kappa distributions Livadiotis, G., 2019, AIP Advances, 9, 105307
18	Statistical analysis of the impact of environmental temperature on the exponential growth rate of cases infected by COVID-19 Livadiotis, George, 2020, PLoS ONE, 15, e0233875
16	Kappa Function as a Unifying Framework for Discrete Population Modeling Livadiotis, G., Assas, L., Dennis, B., Elaydi, S. & Kwessi, E., 2016, Natural Resource Modeling, 29, 130
16	Large-scale quantization from local correlations in space plasmas Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2014, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 119, 3247
15	Connection between Polytropic Index and Heating Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2023, ApJ, 956, 88
15	General Allee effect in two-species population biology Livadiotis, G. & Elaydi, S., 2012, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 6, 959
14	Entropy defect: Algebra and thermodynamics Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2023, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 144, 21001
14	Thermodynamics of Pickup Ions in the Heliosphere Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Shrestha, Bishwas. L., 2024, ApJ, 968, 66
14	Turbulent Heating in Solar Wind Thermodynamics Livadiotis, G., 2019, ApJ, 887, 117
14	Estimation of Turbulent Heating of Solar Wind Protons at 1 au Livadiotis, G. P., Dayeh, M. A. & Zank, G., 2020, ApJ, 905, 137
14	On the Simplification of Statistical Mechanics for Space Plasmas Livadiotis, George, 2017, Entropy, 19, 285
13	A discrete-time host–parasitoid model with an Allee effect Livadiotis, G., Assas, L., Dennis, B., Elaydi, S. & Kwessi, E., 2015, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 9, 34
12	The sunspot as an autonomous dynamical system: A model for the growth and decay phases of sunspots Livadiotis, George & Moussas, Xenophon, 2007, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 379, 436
11	Expectation Values and Variance Based on L p -Norms Livadiotis, George, 2012, Entropy, 14, 2375
11	Kappa-tail Technique: Modeling and Application to Solar Energetic Particles Observed by Parker Solar Probe 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., 2024, ApJ, 973, 6
11	Near-equilibrium heliosphere - Far-equilibrium heliosheath Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2013, 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
10	Universality of kappa distributions Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2024, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 146, 41003
10	Non-Euclidean-normed Statistical Mechanics Livadiotis, George, 2016, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 445, 240
10	Modeling anisotropic Maxwell-Jüttner distributions: derivation and properties Livadiotis, George, 2016, Annales Geophysicae, 34, 1145
9	Thermal Doppler Broadening of Spectral Emissions in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Livadiotis, G., 2018, ApJS, 239, 25
9	Temperature of the Polar Inner Heliosheath: Connection to Solar Activity Livadiotis, G., McComas, D. J. & Zirnstein, E. J., 2023, ApJ, 951, 21
9	Theoretical aspects of Hamiltonian kappa distributions Livadiotis, G., 2019, Physica Scripta, 94, 105009
9	The theory of thermodynamic relativity Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2024, Scientific Reports, 14, 22641
8	Extensive entropy: the case of zero entropy defect Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2023, Physica Scripta, 98, 105605
7	Approach to block entropy modeling and optimization Livadiotis, George, 2008, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 387, 2471
6	Black-body radiation in space plasmas Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2021, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 135, 49001
5	The rotation number in one-dimensional maps: definition and applications Livadiotis, G. & Voglis, N., 2006, Journal of Physics A Mathematical General, 39, 15231
4	What Defines Stationarity in Space Plasmas Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2025, ApJ, 982, 169
3	Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics: Equivalence Between Dual Entropy and Dual Probabilities Livadiotis, George, 2020, Entropy, 22, 594
3	High Density Nodes in the Chaotic Region of 1D Discrete Maps Livadiotis, George, 2018, Entropy, 20, 24
3	Upper limit of the total magnetic flux in an active region according to the photometric-magnetic dynamical model Livadiotis, George & Moussas, Xenophon, 2009, Advances in Space Research, 43, 694
2	Thermodynamic Constraints on Solar Wind Radial Profiles Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2025, ApJ, 989, 174
2	Definition and Applications of the Ascent-Probability Distribution in One-Dimensional Maps Livadiotis, George, 2009, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 19, 3567
1	Thermodynamic and kinematic origins of anisotropic relativity Livadiotis, George & McComas, David J., 2025, Scientific Reports, 15, 25618
1	Stability of Adiabatic Processes and Evolution of Pickup Ion Dimensionality Livadiotis, G. & McComas, D. J., 2025, ApJ, 995, 49
1	'Thermal ghosts': apparent decay of fixed surfaces caused by heat diffusion Livadiotis, George, 2007, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 40, 907
1	Invariant Spectra in N-Coupled Standard Maps Livadiotis, George, 2016, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 26, 1650084-440
1	On the Convergence and Law of Large Numbers for the Non-Euclidean L p -Means Livadiotis, George, 2017, Entropy, 19, 217
0	Entropy transfer from solar radio bursts to energetic particles Livadiotis, George, Cuesta, Manuel E., Khoo, Leng Y., Shen, Mitchell M., McComas, David J., Pulupa, Marc, Bale, Stuart D. & Livi, Roberto, 2025, Science Advances, 11, eadz7419
0	Polytropes in plasmas described by kappa distributions - Application in atmospheric modelling Livadiotis, George, 2020, Contributions to Plasma Physics, 60, e202000041